Richard Hammond's Workshop (2021) s01e05 Episode Script

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RICHARD HAMMOND: This time
Fire him up. Let's go!
..after months of delays
and spiralling costs,
we finally launch the new workshop.
Yay! We're officially open.
This is when the hard work starts.
But, as usual, I get carried away
(PHONE RINGS)
Why am I doing this?
He's going to think I'm an idiot.
..and enter us into the most
prestigious car show in Europe.
What Hampton Court Palace?
Some of the best cars in the world
will be there.
It's a race against time
I'm consulting the instructions.
..and our reputation's
on the line.
I might actually do a runner.
Cars have been my life.
Just give it a little bit more!
Talking about them
This is a force of nature.
..thrashing them
That's not what I wanted to see!
..and crashing them.
But now
Don't panic, I'm here.
..I'm fulfilling my lifelong dream
and starting my own
classic car workshop
Should I get my overalls on?
..restoring, some of the finest
classic cars in the world
Heavenly Automotive Lord!
..with father and son team,
Neil and Anthony Greenhouse.
We're trusting him
on our reputation.
Look away, bodging in process.
Oh, you son of a!
I'll be learning how to be
a businessman
What you need is The Smallest Cog.
To be honest,
you've got my attention a bit now.
..and getting my hands dirty.
I'm gonna swallow this screw
in a minute and die.
Then do it quietly.
It'll test my bank balance
We could ruin the business
quite easily.
..and my relationships
You'll enjoy it.
Will I?
..as I take my obsession
to a whole new level.
It's the best game I've ever played
and the most terrifying.
(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(SLOW CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC)
It feels so good to be driving
into the new workshop.
This is what we've been working
towards for months.
Now we've got to get everything
ready for the launch event
this coming weekend.
I've invited friends and people
who've been there
on a journey with us.
Yes.
But also potential customers.
Well, actually, it's got to start
paying its way soon
'cause this is costing
a lot of money.
I mean we're into
It's hundreds of thousands now.
That I'm in for.
So I want people to be impressed.
It's like all projects.
They take twice as long
and cost twice as much.
Well, this is that times 10.
(ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES)
Big moment.
First day.
We look cool.
Reservoir Cogs.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
Yeah. Now, this is it.
This is the day.
Hang on, do I have to say anything?
I declare this
Oh, hang on, I can't get the key in.
Wahey.
Oh.
Gentlemen.
Here we go. Day one.
This is it!
We're in.
Yeah.
I mean, it's not completely
finished yet.
We've gotta unload the van.
I've got my van full of stuff
we've gotta get it in there.
Oh! Oh, yes. Look at it.
This is hardly anything.
So, you're saying,
I sold my beautiful Lotus
to give you somewhere to keep this.
That's it. Perfect.
Brilliant.
You need all this.
You need every bit of this and more.
It's like some itinerant tramp
that follows us around.
All we've done is brought down
a bigger holding place.
(CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC)
Guys?
Saturday's roaring up at us.
Fast.
That's the big day.
I've still got stuff to do
with organising it.
I've got to finalise a list
of the people I've invited coming.
Yep.
When they come in here,
it's got to be like
this is "Ta-da"
and it's got to be, "Ta-da."
"Wow!"
Not "Ta-da." "Oh."
Yeah. You do your bit
and we'll do our bit.
We'll do ours, don't worry.
Alright, be good.
Alright. See you later.
It's great to be in
the new workshop,
but we've got four days
to get it looking as we want it,
to impress our customers to get
people and start booking work in.
This launch is vital to attract
new business,
so it's got to make some noise.
I've got the perfect man
for the job.
(CAR HORN TOOTS)
I've recruited, Zog, an old mate
from my motoring journo days.
He's been masterminding publicity
and logistics for the event.
I've been brought in to do this
PR director stuff,
to help make a splash.
And I've come up with a plan
to get some local interest going
that we should have a cavalcade of
classic cars around the town of Ross
and, hopefully, we'll catch some
nice pictures of that happening.
There's a lot to do
and time is running out.
I'll talk to the press.
I will talk to
the local radio people.
I will talk to
the local television people.
Have you got a route planned?
No.
Have you got somebody
to warn the police and things
that you might be having a little
procession through the town?
That's a good point.
We need to find somewhere to gather
at the beginning of the cavalcade.
In Ross?
Yeah.
(FUNK GUITAR MUSIC)
Left here?
Yeah.
See, now, we can come along here.
This is the nice bit of Ross.
It's all nice if you don't mind,
just 'cause you're a Ledbury man.
Richard is a great ideas man,
but also away with the fairies
a little bit.
He'll start something
and get bored.
Then we go round there,
past the moot house.
That's a moot house.
We've got caterers to worry about.
We've got the mayor, who's going to
come on the day to worry about.
We now have to commit to
what we've talked about and do it.
Right, look. We want a meeting place.
This is picturesque.
Spacious.
Give people like 45 minutes to gather
and then set off.
Alright. Well, it's huge..
Yeah, plenty big enough.
A dignified exit.
(GROANS)
Get a proper car.
(SIGHS)
So
everybody gathers here
Will we have a section coned off
I dunno.
..just for the classics
or will they have to park randomly?
Because it's Saturday,
there might be a lot of shoppers.
We can't just make that decision.
We'd have to ask.
OK.
(ENGINE REVS)
Right, there's a lot to sort out.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
RICHARD: The launch day is now
just two days away
and back at the workshop
they're feeling the pressure.
My head feels like
it's going to explode
because it's one thing after another
after another after another.
Deadline, deadline, deadline.
But, we've got to get through it.
We've got a million and one
things to do
and I'm just really, really worried
that we're not going to be ready
for the open day.
I know Richard's been really busy
today, doing what he's doing,
but I could really do with him
being here to give me a hand.
I'm on my way to get some car parts,
but they're not actually for a car.
They're for my top secret project.
We need a handrail
on the mezzanine level,
but I want it to be a bit decorative.
So I've taken inspiration
from those Airfix kits
used to build as a kid.
I'm going to do a giant version
of one of those.
And it'll be brilliant and a huge
success and people should admire it.
(RELAXED MUSIC)
I've known Richard Hammond
a very long time.
When Richard is involved
in something
he immerses himself
I've got a trolley for you, ready.
Oh brilliant!
..but then he is easily
distracted.
like a kitten with a roll of wool.
Nonono
Yes.
But this isn't just passing fancy,
this is a business,
it's people's livelihoods.
Where would I find a horn?
Where's our horns?
Who's got the horn?
I'm just concerned
he keeps focused on the business and
the turnover and the profit margins,
and looking after the employees.
Good mission that.
We're good, this is a reasonable
haul for what I want to do.
Back at home
Eyes.
..I'm pulling a late one to make sure
my Airfix inspired balcony
is ready for the launch.
Oh, Gordon Bennett.
I've even roped in my dad.
We haven't worked in a workshop
together
since I was a little tiny tot.
So, yeah, right now it's great,
but there's a lot to get done.
We've got this
this
and this.
More importantly,
my beer's over there.
I will pass you that
once you've done that.
Thank you.
I'll hold it.
Right, we're going to weld it there.
Yeah.
And there.
Yeah.
And just hope it hasn't got any
magnesium in it, OK.
It won't weld to that, it might
Explode in our faces.
That's the sort of thing.
That's nice.
I just Stand back a bit
when I do this.
Yeah, I will.
Hold that to there.
Yeah.
And then Zzzt zzzt
and it won't explode.
Well, don't ask me, mate,
I haven't got a clue.
Oddly enough, I've not welded
an old nail to a screw
in a mini intake before.
I can't say I have either.
Are we ready?
Yeah.
By George I think we've done it!
Brilliant.
It was an odd old weld.
I think I did a brilliant job there.
You were excellent.
It's double-edged sword, isn't it?
We have a great time in there
'cause we're two blokes
messing about building stuff.
But, actually,
I've got this deadline looming.
It's gotta be ready.
I bet Mum's pleased
you've got involved?
A little bit of peace.
(CHUCKLES)
House to herself.
Yes, probably.
Right now, we're just a day away
from the big launch.
I was expecting to find everything
ready.
There's just
there's still a lot to do.
I feel not an early night coming on.
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)
There you go.
That is the mother of hoovers.
Is it?
And
you look like the right candidate
to operate it.
It's a vacuum cleaner?
Yep, just plug it in.
Oh, excellent.
Turn that.
Don't bother with number one,
go straight for flat-out.
Obviously.
Yeah.
(SOFT UPBEAT COUNTRY MUSIC)
Anthony, where do I plug this in?
I reckon I've got about 30 seconds
until the novelty wears off.
Is that the mayor of Hereford?
(MAN ON PHONE) It is indeed.
We can run that curtain as well
along the bottom of that beam?
Yeah, we can. Perfect.
Perfect along that straight beam.
(SOFT COUNTRY MUSIC CONTINUES)
Strips there
Strip there, strips there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Does it feel like home yet?
What feel like hell?
It's absolutely state-of-the-art!
State-of-the-art!
Everything's new.
Look at that!
That is proper exciting.
A legend is born etc etc.
I am on fire.
Are you?
Um somewhere behind me is the man
from BBC Hereford and Worcester.
Richard, this is an exciting
project.
So who's this for then?
Is it super million pound cars
or could it be something
they've got knocking about
in the shed?
It could be anything, if it's
something that somebody cares about
enough to invest time, care,
patience and money.
Then that's what we're here to do.
I'm really excited for tomorrow.
Once people come down
and see what we're doing,
hopefully they like it
and we'll get jobs off that
which, going forward to the future,
will help.
Very nervous, but this could be
actually something big
for all of us.
It looks like we're set.
There's just time to wow the boys
with my little bit of
creative genius.
(SOFT GUITAR MUSIC)
(MAKES MOCK FANFARE NOISE)
You see!
What's that?
Well, it's the rail.
It's the handrail.
And this is to legislative heights,
and all that sort of stuff - legal.
That's quite impressive.
Quite clever.
You did that?
Yes.
What do you think?
It's like a big
like a big kit car.
Exactly right.
Very clever.
Tomorrow feels like a day that
I thought would never come.
For about 18 months
we've been thinking about it.
Coming in this building
when it was first going up
and then stopped
and then started again.
The first 'wow'
will really matter to us
'cause this was our shared goal,
this is what we're wanting to build.
It'll be fun for friends and family,
but I have invited
some potential customers
and this is a chance to say,
"Look, there we are.
"This is what we got.
This is what we can do."
This is the heart of it.
This is what we've been working for.
So it matters to all of us
personally, as well,
that it looks bang on.
(SOFT CHEERY MUSIC)
(ENGINE STARTS AND HUMS)
Oh my Lord. Oh my Lord.
The day has come.
I've beennot dreading it,
but I've been apprehensive
'cause a lot hangs on it.
So, I will shoot over to
the workshop
and make sure that everything's
tickety-boo there
and I want to check out the route
for the cavalcade,
just to make sure there's no
sudden diversions
or something's sprung up
since we last had a look.
You know how it is?
Morning.
Good morning, Richard.
Shy and retiring, as always.
I know!
How are ya?
I'm not too bad, Neil. How are you?
Oh, not too bad
Nice to see you again.
Looking nice.
Yeah, thank you very much.
I'm really quite nervous about today
because we've got a lot
riding on this.
Did you sleep much last night?
No. I never slept at all last night.
Na, nor me.
To be quite honest.
This is it.
We've got Dean, inevitably,
with one of his Bentley's.
Harry Metcalf, we met him
at the London Concourse,
but I've known him years.
Big car collector.
(WHISPERS) He could be a customer.
Even my mum and dad are here.
They've all come.
The plan is we're going to do, like,
a parade lap of Ross
and then we set off on the drive
to the workshop.
Then it gets a bit nerve-racking
'cause that's when all these people
are gonna see
what we've been working on
all this time.
Nice bit of architecture.
It's a proper old market town
and, with any luck, the crowds
will gather on the pavement,
think, "What's going on here?
Must find out more.
"Ooh, and take my classic
to The Smallest Cog."
OK, everybody fire 'em up.
Let's go!
(UPBEAT CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC)
If I get lost
Oh god.
WellI can't remember the route.
Look at them behind us.
Isn't it great?
Yay!
Test drive Monty on the road.
Give 'em some horn.
(CAR HORN TOOTS)
Yay!
(CHUCKLES)
A slight whine from the gearbox
there, isn't there?
Yeah, it was wasn't it?
(MOANS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(CAR HORN TOOTS)
Well, this will surprise
the good folks of Ross.
It will.
Busy in Ross!
Hi.
Hello.
Classic cars do make people smile.
I know that's cheeky to say
Yeah, they do.
..but people are grinning
their head's off
That looks beautiful down
that street.
(CAR HORNS TOOT)
(CURIOUS MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
Well, I have no experience
with major parking events.
I didn't know that this would be
part of my brief
as Global PR director
for The Smallest Cog,
but I'm sure we'll muddle through
without the cars
banging into each other.
Oh god, I've really
I'm all of a sudden thinking,
what will people make of it,
what if they look and say,
"That's rubbish."
They won't.
I hope not.
(WHINES)
We are now waiting for
the cavalcade.
No diversions on the route.
Thank heavens.
Let the day begin.
(CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC)
Well, at least I didn't get lost.
Here is the E type.
Hello.
Hello.
ZOG: Hello.
Why are the doors up?
Yes, because the mayor's coming
We didn'tdid you want it shut?
No, we'll have the doors up.
Ah In there.
No, that's not going in there.
That's not going in there?
These are going in here.
Everything's here.
Does anybody know how many cars
we've got?
If you've got four
Twenty something.
Right, so 1-2-3
He's never done anything like this
before
and all these people who are here
are enthusiasts,
they know their stuff.
They know what they need.
So this is kind of the big
sales day, isn't it, as well?
This is enormous.
So the hope is they'll be impressed
and it will generate some work.
(SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC)
Ladies and gentlemen,
pray silence, please for?
Right worshipful mayor.
Right worshipful mayor of Hereford.
Ladies and gentlemen, it does really
give me great pleasure
to officially cut the ribbon
and wish everybody
all the best for the future.
Yay!
Thank you for doing that.
Genuinely, I really appreciate that.
Come on chaps, that's pretty cool.
We're officially open.
Now for the serious bit -
salesman mode, Hammond.
Right, get to work you lot.
In there.
Thank you very much for joining.
We will be doing tours for everybody.
These are all things that you guys
will be familiar with.
WOMAN: Yeah.
Prep booth in there.
And really excited that we've got
those air connected tools for it.
It's about controlling dust,
obviously.
This is when the hard work starts.
It's about them focusing on
the customer,
making sure that they have got work
coming in.
That genuinely isn't bad
for a Jenson.
These guys will have seen
far, far worse.
Oh we have.
I'm under the assumption that this
part here is something off that car?
Yeah, but you can't buy them.
This isn't a normal table.
This is one-inch thick steel.
It take the heat away, so when
he's welding the bejesus out of this,
it doesn't move
and it dissipates the heat.
There is new equipment.
It's tidy and clean,
which is an important factor
for producing quality.
On this oven,
you can press a special button
and those jets come in
and it circulates the air.
With the experience of Neil
and his team,
I think could be
a very good success.
That's a nice car.
Yeah, you gonna fix it for me?
What do you want doing to it?
I'll show you.
The problem is here.
Oh, on the bottom of the wheel arch?
Yes.
So a man of your calibre
could fix that?
Yeah.
I've just booked in our first car.
What? Out there?
Yeah, seriously.
Really?
Yeah, I talked to a bloke out there
and he wants to book his car in.
Oh brilliant.
I think it's fantastic
and I'm a Herefordshire resident.
so I'm very, very proud of that.
I think it's absolutely wonderful
we've got some real quality.
A massively leap, you know,
from where they've come from.
But, you know, Neil and Anthony
are no mugs, they'll see through.
You know, they'll carry it off,
they are genius at what they do.
It's a whirlwind.
My head's spinning.
I'm really happy
and I'm really tired.
It's fantastic.
It's really incredible.
It's sort of super high-tech
comes to Herefordshire.
He's a good boy.
He should be very proud of himself.
(QUIRKY UPBEAT MUSIC)
(CLEARS THROAT) Ladies and gentlemen,
if I could have your attention,
please.
We're going to try and do
the photograph now.
Everyone by your vehicles and
make sure the camera can see you.
If you go that way a little bit,
Rich.
Hold it there.
Everybody.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
(SOFT ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC)
I am relieved beyond description
that it's the end of the day.
This has been our place. We built it.
We made this
and it was hellish hard work.
And then everybody coming along,
it was really nerve-racking.
But it went well.
It's actually here now.
All of the effort to get here
was to get to the start line
and that's where we are,
that's what this is.
So, yeah, this is the start.
This is where we kick off.
(ROCK MUSIC)
The launch event was good.
It launched us and people saw
that's who we are and where we are,
but there are bits of work coming in
but I think another little push
to get it over the edge
and to say, "We're here,
we're real and we want work,"
because that's a big hungry beast
we've created there
that needs feeding with jobs.
A lot of them.
20 grand a month.
And I've had a bit of a smart idea.
This might work.
I don't know.
This might not work.
It might be a stupid idea.
Why am I doing this?
He's gonna think I'm an idiot.
(PHONE RINGS)
(ON PHONE) Hello, how are you doing?
I'm alright. How are you, mate?
Good.
Good.
Yeah, not too bad, thank you.
How about you?
Very well.
You know, toddling along,
we're doing well.
We've launched our little business.
We've got work coming in,
but I want to get
I want to put our name on the map
a little bit.
Long and the short of it,
what's the chance of me
getting a car we've been restoring
and have restored
to the Hampton Court show?
(WHISPERS) It's a really big show.
Well, you know, it all depends on
the quality of the car really.
The event was created to gather
the 60 best cars in the world.
Only the best.
But you still have your, like,
tier 2?
What do you have to be
to get in there?
Yeah, I think what you're referring
to is probably the club trophy.
That's it.
Where the Rolls-Royce club
might submit a car
and the Bentley club
might submit a car.
It's a Ford Escort RS 2000.
But, that, to a lot of people now,
is going to be seen
as a really special car.
I mean that's, you know,
people remember them fondly.
I'll say this, we've never had one
before at the event,
but these cars are all gathered here
because of the passion of the owners
of these cars.
You know, this is the car
that peoples dads would have owned.
Exactly, that was my thinking.
So, do you think
do you think we could do it?
I think we could swing it.
Oh mate! That would be
I promise you,
it will be up to scratch.
Yeah, look forward to seeing
the car there.
Mate, that's brilliant.
Thank you, Luke. Owe you big time.
Alright. No worries.
Cheers. Bye.
Yahey.
Bye.
Thank you. Oh my word!
I did not think
that was gonna work.
I thought he just laugh me
out of town, but it worked.
The only thing is
Ooh.
I've got that slightly anticlimactic
feeling you get
after some really good news,
then you realise, "Yeah,
we've actually gotta do it now."
Ahit's not far away.
(SOFT COUNTRY MUSIC)
I bought this Fast 4 to showcase
what the lads can do,
and hopefully turn a profit
when we eventually sell it.
We've stripped the car and
completely restored the rusted body.
Now it's ready for a full respray
and rebuild.
Chaps, I've just been talking
on the phone
to the organiser of
the Hampton Court Palace Concours,
and, long story short,
he said we can take
and show our Escort there.
The Hampton Court Palace?
The big event?
As the Cogas us.
Our work?
Yeah
Alongside the best cars in the world.
Are you happy to do that?
Yeah.
It puts us on the map.
Yeah.
It's not far away.
How long we got?
Next week.
What?
(SOFTLY) Next week.
What? This week coming?
Yeah.
What that has gotta be there?
Yeah.
You prepared for some late nights
then?
Yeah.
I'd love to go though.
I'm a bit nervous time scale wise,
but I'd love to go.
I'd love to get it there.
It's a good idea, you know it is.
Yeah.
Puts us on the map.
OK.
Hampton Court Palace.
That's huge.
That's up here. That is
Massive.
Do you know how big that place is?
Yeah, I've seen it.
That's like Rolls-Royces,
Bugattis, that's everything.
That's all the top-end stuff.
And our work will be there.
Oh, yeah.
I meant it when I said it, some of
the most discerning car collectors
and some of the best cars
in the world will be there.
And
They're gonna be alright.
They see it as an opportunity.
They get it.
I can't put into words how long
this car's gonna take to build.
So we won't be going home.
What worries me
We literally will not be going home.
..you won't get another chance
to get invited there.
Whatever it takes.
We gotta get it done.
Right, we better get on with it.
RICHARD: With so much to do,
we've drafted in Neil's brother,
Andrew, also a bodywork specialist.
Spraying a car that's going to be
shown at the Hampton Court Concours
is a massive test for both our new
65 grand paint room and Neil.
Good luck with it.
Alright.
First one. Don't muck it up.
(JAZZ DRUMBEAT)
Oh hello.
(CYMBAL CRASH)
I love the colour.
Were you nervous?
Yeah, very much now.
Well, that is a significant moment.
First one done.
Right gentlemen, we must commence
operation rebuild Escort.
Oh, yes.
It's out.
Two days - that's all we've got
to turn this shell of a car
into a show-stopping Concours star.
(CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC)
Bit more. Bit more.
Hello, baby.
(BIRDS CHIRP)
Overnight, I've had a call.
What a beautiful place.
Wealthy local businessman
and classic car nut, Dean,
was so impressed by the new workshop
that he wants to see us immediately.
This reminds me of like
Willy Wonka's house should be.
It's just absolutely jaw-droppingly
pretty.
I'll take it.
(CHUCKLES)
Despite the RS deadline
this isn't an invitation
we can put on hold.
He's said that if we impress him
with our work,
we'll be in with a shot of restoring
a super rare type R Bentley.
Please follow me, gentlemen.
Following you.
Yes, please.
(SOFT MUSIC)
Oh.
A Series 2 Land Rover.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Now there are two significant things
that we need to improve on this car.
Obviously, because
this is being used for going down
to the bottom field where we do some
clay pigeon shooting.
Unfortunately, we've had it
too close
and some of the clays have dropped.
Ah. That's what's dinged it? I see.
So there's a light,
small little dint in there.
Yeah.
Some paint has been taken away.
The driver's door
it doesn't shut properly.
That would drive you insane,
I would say.
Exactly.
But I've been waiting
for this moment in time,
for you to come along
(LAUGHTER)
..and get it done for me.
On the basis
that Neil does the work,
conducts the work on my Land Rover
satisfactorily,
he has the ticket
to go to the next level
with the R-Type.
Hampton Court starts tomorrow
but, scarily, the deadline
to get the Escort there is tonight.
While the chaps crack on
with the final stage of body rebuild,
I'm off to get the interior
that's been at retrimming specialist.
This Escort will be the first car
we've done from beginning to end.
The fact that we've got the chance
to take it Hampton Court
is just extraordinary.
Getting there is one thing,
being laughed out of the show
for being bunch of bumpkin idiots
with a terrible car,
is another one.
Right.
This is where I came
about six weeks ago,
to drop the trim off
and now I'm back to collect it.
Exciting.
That, I think, is the man.
Stevo?
Hello.
Hello.
Nice to see you again, mate.
I'm here.
Um How you doing?
That's looking good.
That's good news.
How did it go?
They're one of the worst.
The headrests to do.
That's just my opinion anyway.
That looks brilliant.
I mean, that is, as far as
the RS2000, that is it.
Yeah, I was just giving it
a steaming.
Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, that is the bit, isn't it?
That's what everybody thinks of.
Genius. Well done.
Thank you very much.
Is this mine?
It is.
That looks fab, doesn't it?
Originally the car had black seats,
but beige was an option,
and I've gone for that.
I'm really pleased.
Right, I'll go and put that
in my car.
If they've got any Bloody hell!
I wouldn't
(CHUCKLING)
No, I'm
That's embarrassing. I struggled.
Any of the bits anyone can bring
for me, brilliant,
because I am going to
as soon as it's in the car, I'm off.
(STRAINS) One of those goes in.
That looks really good.
It's gonna look gorgeous
against that midnight blue.
That will look fab.
The stakes are high for this car.
It really, really matters.
It's also really, really
not finished.
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, that's an hysterical laugh.
Yeah.
What I really enjoy is when
one is on a tight deadline,
making sure everybody else
feels the pain.
It's not strictly speaking,
your deadline, it's mine
but I'm sharing it with you.
Is that helping?
Should I shut up?
I'll go away.
I'll leave it to
I'm going to stand over here now
while you finish your critical work.
Thank you chaps for your diligence
and speed.
Mostly the speed.
OK, taking this home to much praise.
Not gonna lie, I'm wondering
if I should have gone black
rather than beige, but it's too late.
(SOFT ROCK MUSIC)
Oh, look at that.
I like the colour.
That's a nice colour.
(GASPS) He's done all this as well,
hasn't he?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh my giddy goodness.
What I am doing here is something
rarely seen around these
or any other parts -
I am consulting the instructions.
I need to know which way around
the seat runners go,
so I'm looking it up.
Yeah, they're all think
I'm an idiot.
Has anybody ever opened this?
(IN ACCENT) We already know it,
we don't need to look it up.
It's all in my head isn't it?
OK, we're missing something.
There's something that goes between
these and the seats isn't there?
There's a frame.
No, shouldn't be.
No, the rails don't go
directly on there.
Yeah, they should do.
They definitely don't.
We could have a major problem
in that case.
Couldn't we?
Massive.
They don't fit directly
to the seats.
There's another little bit
that goes in between.
If we can't find those, we can't put
seats in and we can't take it.
Basically, if anything goes wrong,
we can't take the car
and something has gone wrong.
I might
actually do a runner.
I'm genuinely tempted.
I'm so worried.
I think everybody's getting
properly tired.
Mistakes are being made,
things are taking four times as long
as they should.
If we don't get it to Hampton Court,
we'll just have thrown money away.
Cheer up Hammond, don't be down.
I have a plan.
At my house is some old Capri seats,
which look very similar to them
I'll go and have a quick look and
then I'll tell you in two minutes.
I have the answer
in my hoarding collection.
(FUNK GUITAR MUSIC)
I'm hoping that's what we need.
(GROANS)
Those are the bits?
Well done.
You don't realise how lucky you are!
Oh, the smugness now is gonna be
agony.
Gentlemen
the rag and bone man has solved it
by finding
I am the Lord of Hoarding!
Neil's collection of tat
has solved the problem.
This pile of junk is all we need.
That's the difference between
all of our efforts being wasted
and being worth it.
Gentlemen, we have 45 minutes left
and more than 45 minutes of work
to do.
Yeah.
What I'm going to do is call
Luke, the very nice man
that gave us the slot at one of
the world's premier Concours shows
and plead with him.
Hello Luke?
Hello mate, it's Richard Hammond.
We're booked into arrive at, sort of,
6:00 this evening,
or is it 5:00?
Ah6:00is good, yeah.
Right.
I've got two choices -
I can just be late
and blame the traffic
or say, "Is there any chance
we can push it a bit later?"
What I mean
This is beyond down to the wire.
Ah Well, OK.
I mean we, obviously, would love to
help you out this evening.
But, you know,
we're in a Royal Palace here
and there's a lot of security.
There are people that live inside
Hampton Court Palace, as well.
And there are quite a lot of rules
about when we're allowed
to bring the car's in.
Yeah.
So there's not much we could
do to push it this evening,
but we could welcome you in before
the show opens tomorrow morning.
Ooh, what time would we have to
get there to do that?
That would probably be about 8AM.
7:30-8:00AM.
So we could take it in the morning?
Yeah.
8AM?
Yeah.
Yes, then we will do that.
Luke, that is wonderful,
wonderful news,
and I thank you for it.
Thank you.
Alright, thank you Richard.
Good luck.
Cheers. Thank you.
Cheers. Bye.
Yes!
Oh
that's
that's a significant yes.
Yes? Yes.
We've bought some more time.
We can deliver it tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock,
which means we've bought the time
we need, hopefully, to get it ready.
We'll have to leave it about 5.
It's a bit brutal this.
(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)
Look at that.
I feel so tired.
I just want to go to sleep.
There's no point in going this far
and then giving up on day,
you've got to keep going.
Come on then, Tarquin,
let's have it in.
Oh, that's looking a bit better.
Look at that.
That is a relief
to see that going in.
(GRUNTS)
That's come a long way
in seven weeks.
It's come a long way since Monday.
Yeah.
Well at least it's a whole car,
isn't it?
And I bet none of the other cars
were done in seven weeks.
Let's just get it there ready.
(GRAND MUSIC)
We are turning up at one of the
premier automotive shows in the world
with an old Ford.
Should we do a hand-drawn
'For Sale' sign a piece of cardboard,
and stick it in the windscreen?
Is that classy?
Is that how they do it here?
World of poshness.
Welcome to world of poshness.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC)
On it.
This is one of the top three classic
car shows
Actually in the world.
We are driving a
A Land Rover.
Through the best bit of it.
Oh, that's gorgeous.
Oh, he's got dust on him.
Oh my word!
Bentley's go on.
Oh, that's full 'Mr Toad'.
(HONKS)
This just got real.
I didn't bring me Vaseline
I'm afraid.
Ooh.
Ooh, ooh
Are we OK?
Watch this side, Rich.
I am watching that side.
You're close. You're OK.
You're clear.
All clear.
Breathe in.
Can somebody watch the tail
of my trailer past that Bentley
because I don't want to sell
my house.
(LAUGHTER)
Reckon we slipped into this event
a treat and nobody
Nobody noticed, mate.
Nobody noticed.
That was terrifying.
Are you sure about going on the lawn?
Oh Rob.
Outside the palace!
He meant the other grass.
Oh brilliant.
That's gonna mess the croquet up
isn't it?
It'll be fine.
Some of the best cars in the world.
In the world.
There's people who've spent
hundreds of thousands
And our car from our little
workshop
Yeah.
..is amongst it.
Yeah, it's on the edge,
but it's amongst it.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
Let's have a stroll down and just
check out the competition.
(LAUGHS)
See if we're in with a chance.
Yeah.
Look how fine that line is on there.
Yeah.
That's all in one.
Look how sharp it is on that edge.
Look at the size of the wheels.
That is I like that.
Yeah, it's not perfect though.
No.
I'd say.
I'll tell you what, I was a bit
nervous bringing it here today.
You were?
I look at all the other cars here
and they've spent
She's holding her own.
She's a good little car.
And the other thing is with
this car, if you think about it,
all those all posh high-end cars
are millions of pounds worth
and this is like
you're working class hero car.
Me and dad have never been to a show
like this before.
I've always dreamt of it
and to actually be around this now.
It's like a dream come true
for us both.
A lot of these cars
I've only ever read about,
I've never seen 'em in the flesh.
Well, now we're playing with
the big fishes in the sea,
so this is gonna be like next step.
And, in a minute, I think we've got
the judges coming around
to look around our work.
So I'm starting to get
a bit nervous.
I'm anxious.
Whatever they say,
you'll learn by it.
Hello. Are you the owner sir?
Yes, I'm Richard.
Is now a good time to tell you
I've got an original as well.
Custom.
Oh, no.
No, it's not.
As you can see, there is an engine.
The front required
considerable work.
It had gone in all the places
that these gowhich, Neil, is?
Well, basically, it was delivered by
dustpan and brush.
(LAUGHTER)
Near enough.
And in six weeks
we've changed the chassis legs,
the inner wing, front panel,
the bulkhead.
This car, originally,
did have black interior.
And the netting head guard.
So why did you go for pale?
'Cause Richard decided
he wanted to contrast.
Oh.
I have to say, I've got a real soft
spot for RS 2000's
They're brilliant cars.
They speak totally of the era.
Hugely evocative.
What's important about
a lot of the judging we're doing
is the story
and where the cars come from,
how it's got there
and the story behind this
and the guys that have worked
tirelessly for seven weeks,
really adds to it.
Charming car.
When you restore a car
that's original,
it's that fine balance between
keeping it original
and over-restoring it.
Seeing what they've done to this,
they've hit that balance perfectly.
Mine is an original one and it's
certainly starting to show its age,
so I would definitely consider
sending the car to them.
Beautiful.
Yeah, takes me back many years
when I was first looking at these
back in the 80s.
This is an immaculate model.
Somebody's obviously spent a lot
of love and time putting it together.
Yeah, it fits in very, very well.
You can park that in a car park
next to a Bentley,
I'll bet more people'd be crowding
round the Escort looking at it.
And it's justit's absolutely mint
and it's not been spoiled.
(CURIOUS MUSIC)
So if we're looking at the F40
elegance of design
is the sort of top one.
Out of 10
Well, you've got to say it's top.
It's 10, isn't it?
It is 10. It's perfect.
It's absolutely perfect.
Yeah.
And then, on the Jaguar
the originality of that,
that was sort of
Oh spectacular.
It's not always those super valuable
cars though
that are deserved winners
in my humble opinion.
I do love that RS 2000.
Yeah. Yeah.
It's a people's car.
It's a people's car.
Unfortunately
I know.
..he should have had
the original interior.
I know.
It's a shame because every attention
to detail was matched for it, but
It's such a lovely car and,
you know, the car's behind us,
some incredible machinery here,
but it stands on its own two feet,
doesn't it?
It's a car that people love.
Absolutely.
I think they should definitely be
hugely proud
of what they've achieved.
ANNOUNCER: This is a Mark II
Jaguar 3.8.
The one to have - the M3 of the day.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
We brushed by the trophy.
That's about as close
as we're going to get to it.
1972 Fiat D
The winner of the RAC Club Trophy
RICHARD: Well, well done chaps
for doing it.
Well done all. Well done, The Cog.
If the judge wants us to restore
or work on her car,
what higher accolade than that
could you want?
That's very true,
'cause there's somebody
who's going to know
what they're looking at,
And she said that we could work
on their car.
Yeah.
Her's is an unrestored one
and we could do it.
That is kind of high praise.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
To get here to this place
with that car,
to me, is more
worth more than anything.
And Richard has got us here
and I appreciate that.
It's not just a partnership.
It's a friendship.
Proud of you.
Yeah, I'm proud of you.
You've had a lot of hours,
lot of cold nights in that garage.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY) A lot.
It really feels, now,
like everything is coming together.
We've got the workshop we're in
and seeing what we've seen today.
Talking to the people we've talked to
and talking to the guys
they're confident
we can be back next year
to compete properly.
I think we could do well.
Cogs assemble!
Gonna need a bigger garage.
Monza you think,
"Good work with all these Ferraris."
Today you've loaned 226,000
There are some flaws
with this design aren't there?
Third and final, here's the hammer.
I've got that churning stomach
feeling again.
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