Richard Hammond's Workshop (2021) s03e01 Episode Script

1
Here we go. Another day
in the factory of dreams.
Welcome back.
Good news is since you were
last here, we're still in business.
Actually more than that,
we are busy. Like, really busy.
See, there's actual work going on.
Familiar faces all still here.
Morning, Andrew. Morning, mate.
And Neil, morning Neil.
Yeah. His hearing still doesn't
really work. Anthony's here.
Morning. Morning, mate.
That's a new face, belongs to Isaac.
He's a new recruit. Morning.
Very long.
Brings up our average height
a treat.
One more addition over here,
Sophie. She does everything really.
Literally everything. Morning Soph,
have you got mybag?
Thank you. Yeah,
I left this yesterday.
(ENGINE SPUTTERING)
Something worked!
Two years ago, I set up
a classic car restoration business
with the Greenhouse family
We can recover any vehicle.
(GASPS) (HONKS)
Turning my passion
into a successful business
with my family in tow,
(WHOOPS)
hasn't exactly been plain sailing.
No, Mother, shush.
But things are finally on the up.
(APPLAUSE)
We've got work.
How far do you want to go with it?
New staff. Ooh.
We're racing again.
Never drive that quickly on the way
to work.
And we're going international.
Merci, Monsieur.
I just hope I haven't taken on
too much. Argh.
I've got that gone wrong feeling.
Big day for us today.
A very classic French car.
And this isn't just any Delahaye.
This actual car was commissioned
and owned by Louis Chiron,
who was a legendary racing driver.
This is next level.
This puts us in the big league.
Chaps, it's here. It is here.
So that is Chiron's actual car.
He actually drove that car.
That is unique.
That's is a special car. Yeah,
that's exactly what we want.
The new Bugattis are named after.
So Art Deco,
the whole car really is.
Right, so it's time to remove it.
Try to get it in there? Yes.
So now the small matter of getting
a quarter of a million-pound car
with a dead battery
off the trailersafely.
So am I controlling the descent?
(GASPS) Oh, I'm not liking it.
Oh. Are we OK? Yeah,
you're all right, keep going.
OK, we are down.
We can get a rope on it and pull it.
You're like a shire horse,
aren't you. Come on. (LAUGHTER)
Right. Are you ready?
We can recover any vehicle.
(CHUCKLES)
That was
Cor, that was taxing.
The Delahaye is owned
by our international collector
client Hissam, and he wants the car
to look exactly like it did
when it was brand-new.
It was a bright blue.
So you want it -
I want to go back to the original.
But restoring it to the masterpiece
Louis Chiron originally commissioned
is going to be a massive challenge.
If that car could talk
it would tell you
a few stories I'll bet.
It's a dream car to work on.
It's a Delahaye, which
is a French Rolls-Royce.
In the car world,
that is like your Monet,
that is a painting, a work of art.
It's not just a car.
So this is a big day for the Cog,
that's for sure.
A big moment for me
cos this is what I've dreamed of
for years and years
to get to this stage.
Taking the doorhandles off, marking
them all, where they came from.
The biggest pressure on us
is that everything's bespoke
for this car,
if we break anything,
or lose anything,
chances are you ain't going
to find another part for it,
so we've got to be very,
very careful with this car.
Hello? Nobody, I'm home.
This is quite weird, it's because
Izzy is at university in Bristol.
Willow is staying at university
halls in Hartpury
and Mindy's chasing around Arizona
on a pony,
learning how to be a cowboy.
Right. Dinner for one.
I mean, I do cook
when Mindy's home anyway.
Not a lot
and not to any great effect.
(MOBILE RINGING)
(GASPS)
Oh, speak of, that Is Mindy.
Hello. MINDY: Hi. I'm on a horse.
Hang on. There you are.
Hello. How are you?
Good. This is Laquita. Laquita.
And that's like a proper cowboy-type
western horse?
Yep. Behind me is a cactus.
Look at that cactus. It's massive.
It is like you're in a western.
It is amazing.
We're going to the saloon.
Saloon? Are you?
We're going to have a beer.
You're having a beer.
You've frozen. Oh, you're back.
The signal in the Wild West
is intermittent.
Well, have a nice time
in the saloon.
Don't start any fights or throw
anybody through any windows.
OK. OK. Bye-bye now.
Miss you. Bye-bye.
That is so strange.
It's so strange
that after 25 years of me,
that's been me for 25 years,
calling from a jungle, a desert,
glacier, wherever, getting a signal,
"Hi, how are you doing?
What's happening?"
And now
it's the other way around.
Very odd. Yeah.
Right, get me tea in the oven.
Salmon and yesterday's vegetables.
It'll be ready at twenty two.
Hello. Royal Automobile Club.
I'm going to do some research
on the colour of the Delahaye.
It's not going to be just something
you can take off the shelf.
Got to get it right.
When it left the factory,
the Delahaye featured a shade
of light blue
that we've got to match precisely.
I'm hoping the RAC's extensive
motoring library
will give me some clues
to the colour Chiron chose.
Here we go, Louis Chiron.
Oh, he was often known
as Louis the Debonair.
Similar things are often said
about me.
Born in Monaco, 1899.
And he began driving a T22 Bugatti
just in local races.
And he persuaded
a rich American woman to buy him
a T30 Bugatti.
And then with that car,
he became a local champion in 1925.
What a lad. He sounds brilliant.
Chiron wanted a Delahaye.
Commissioned a coachbuilder,
Chapron. These were custom.
These were built-to-order.
That's our car.
Bleu Ciel, sky blue or Blue Miami.
OK. Bleu Ciel, Bleu Miami.
Now I've got the French names
for the colour,
I'll need to find
the exact paint recipe.
But before that I've had one
of my trademark brilliant ideas
They display a different car here
at the Royal Automobile Club
regularly down there,
like that Daytona.
The Delahaye is worthy of that spot.
We're doing it
cos we want to show the world,
look, we've done an important car.
What if I could get it there?
If only I knew
the chairman of the club.
Oh, no wait. I do. I can ask.
BEN: Ah. Richard, how are you?
(MESSAGE TONE)
Oh, that's a bit ominous.
Message off Richard.
Get everybody,
knock off early.
Meet me at the Green Dragon.
Perhaps he's going to buy me
a drink. Never know.
Didn't he go to the RAC today,
Richard? Yeah, he did, yeah.
Perhaps we've been bought out
by some movie star.
More likely be P45, I reckon.
(LAUGHS)
Anthony, Isaac, come on.
Looks a bit posh.
Hang on.
I think it's this way.
OMG, as they say down
on the streets,
this must be serious.
I got a call from Napoleon
this morning calling a meeting.
It's a bit posh for a bit
of a meeting, isn't it?
I don't know,
the posher the surroundings,
the worse the news. Oh.
Well, on that happy note
Glass half empty, mate.
(LAUGHTER)
Right.
Hello, everybody. Hello. Hello.
Thank you all for gathering.
The reason for the gathering
is well, it is, it is good news.
No P45s then.
No, no, this is good news.
So I've just been at the RAC
in London,
where I've been researching
paint colours for the Delahaye.
Every week, they display
a very significant car
in, what they call the Rotunda,
it's like a really posh lobby
in the clubhouse.
And they always have very rare cars,
cars like the one we're doing.
So I happened to know Ben Cussons,
the chairman of the RAC quite well.
He said there is a slot because
they had a car drop out.
There is a slot coming up
in the not too distant future,
and we could have our car there.
So It's erm, it's next week.
(ALL LAUGH SHEEPISHLY)
A week? It's a week. Look. Look.
Here, it's because (STUTTERS)
I want this to come straight
out of the oven, hot off the press,
just like a fresh
It will be hot off the press.
Like a freshly-baked loaf of bread
when it's at its crustiest and best
straight in,
into the foyer, Ta-da.
We're not gonna get this
opportunity again, are we? No.
You've got to go for it.
We can't let this go.
That's why I didn't say no.
I said yes, Ben.
The order of play is,
go like heck on the car,
getting it ready for paint.
I will do the research
and find you the colour
and the ingredients you need.
And I will do my PR bit.
You'll do the PR bit.
And we'll work our asses off.
That's kind of
how it's going to work.
I'm going to come right out
and say that went well.
It was a success.
I think they can see
the opportunity.
Of course, they can.
And you can see Anthony and Neil
and Andrew.
In fact, all of them were proud.
Not long ago, we were working
in Tram Inn, a little place,
then to get a car
as nice as a Delahaye,
with a history of the Delahaye
to a place that Richard is saying
is amazing
because I've never actually
seen the place.
This could be a showstopper.
This could actually be
the biggest thing
the Cog has ever done.
When me and Richard used to talk
at the Tram Inn about these things
that perhaps one day
my dream would be to get
a really important car and get it
painted and get it somewhere.
And now it's become reality,
it's (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
it's a bit worrying, and I don't
want to blow this opportunity,
I really want to make it work.
It's good. It's exciting.
You're going to do all the work.
So let's get it there.
I can see
why Richard's excited
and I can see why Neil and Anthony
are very excited,
but it ain't just a case of
Richard getting that car there.
It's showing off our garage
and what we can do.
So, the pressure is
doing it fast and good
and that is just going to be
I'm still 50/50 whether we're going
to make it but we can try.
This is not the best timing.
Right now I should be pressing on
with my detective work
to identify the precise colour
to paint the Delahaye.
But I promised Izzy I'd look
into a replacement horse lorry
to support Willow's budding
show jumping career.
So it really is, work, daughters.
Work, daugh
Right now, at this moment,
it's got to be daughters.
For my own safety.
Given how expensive everything else
to do with horses is,
I'm braced for it not being
inexpensive to buy a lorry
to put one in, but oh, come on.
So new, that's 84 grand.
I mean, that one looks like the one
we've got anyway. Hang on a minute.
Right. So
I see no reason
why this can't service.
It's done, what, 240,000 miles.
That is nothing
in a truck like this.
Erm. A bit of that.
Dead as a doornail.
(MOBILE CALLING TONE)
NEIL: Morning. Neil, are you busy?
Er, yes. Why do you ask?
Well, I mean, you busy, like,
right now, this moment?
Well, you do remember
what's in the garage?
What we're working on?
Delahaye. Yeah. Yeah, I know.
But I've got a problem.
Oh, right, what's the matter?
You any good with trucks?
Morning. Hello. Thanks for coming.
See, it's a perfectly good truck.
It just Hang on, I'll show you.
Look. Dead as, completely.
But that's (GRUNTS)
I don't know when it was last used.
No lights at all? No, nothing.
But it's obviously died.
What's that for?
You got a gas bottle or something?
You've got a What's that?
That's probably a battery isolator.
Oh, is that? Yes.
You haven't got a battery isolator
on there? It probably has.
Ah, right. I think it has.
Do you have any idea where?
Don't know. The battery will be
somewhere under there,
where the engine is.
Argh. Yeah, it will do that. Yeah,
it's got to be, there's gotta be-
Argh, that's down my neck now.
(LAUGHING)
It's nasty, that.
Is it on the side there?
I don't know. It's open.
Ah, there you are
I was just checking to make sure
you knew.
Ah, batteries. There we are.
I can't feel my hands.
No, I can't feel your hands either.
Just see if there's any
Oh, there's a light flashing.
(ENGINE STARTS)
Ahh, there you are.
It's worth having full home package,
innit?
I'm glad you came out. I'm sorry.
I'm slightly embarrassed.
(SCOFFS) We don't have to show
that bit on the telly, do we? No.
First job, I'm gonna
get this plated,
which is basically
an MOT for trucks.
I'd like to think we've been
able to get this, you know,
usable and I can prove my point.
You don't need a horse lorry,
you've got a horse lorry.
Now I've ticked the lorry
off my to-do list,
It's back to the Delahaye.
With the RAC Event in just six days,
it would be pretty handy
if the Cogs can find traces
of the original colour
under that grey top coat.
It's good.
Doesn't it feel heartbreaking
when you've got this lovely,
lovely shiny paint
and you go (VOCALISES)
Sacrilegious is that.
Oh. (BOTH CHUCKLE)
If that's spray filler
under that blue
that's not original then.
No, definitely not.
No. That's not original.
I don't think they had that much
filler back in 1947, did they?
Seventy-six years ago.
No. No, definitely not.
I can see some late nights coming.
While Neil's trying to find
the car's original colour
by practical means,
I'm struggling
with the academic research.
I've got the French names
for the colour,
but that's not much use by itself.
Without a recipe,
or a visual reference even,
they're just names, just words,
how do I make it?
But as this is becoming
a detective story, I've got a lead,
to get in touch
with Noelle Chapron.
She's the daughter of Henri Chapron,
the French coachbuilder
who originally built the Delahaye.
And she's agreed
to talk to me online.
Apparently she likes to chat.
That's all right.
Bonsoir.
NOELLE: Bonsoir.
Thank you so much for talking to me.
So what I want to ask
for my mystery here.
In 1946, Chiron's Delahaye
arrived at Chapron
and then it's a case of
Chapron building the body for it
that Chiron agreed.
And they agreed a colour.
Do we have any record of the colour?
Well, yeah, I mean
it's on the worksheet,
but the colour
that's on the worksheet.
I've got Bleu Ciel and Blue Miami.
Bleu Ciel is Miami Blue.
It's a very light blue. And what
struck me when I saw this,
it's it looks exactly
like a watercolour I have.
I can show it to you.
So that, do you think
that's the same colour?
Yes, exactly the same colour.
So that is, do you think
that is Bleu Ciel. But it's
I'm sure of it. But it's
It says it said on the,
on the worksheet that
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
of the OK. When you go
Let's see (MUTTERS)
So, he started his business
in 1919
What they did was,
he was doing sometimes
He was (MUTTERS)
(MUTTERING)
But I don't know
Valentine even existed in France.
But the people I know,
I'm going to
er, build cars.
So
I can ask them, then I let you know.
But if you think the company
that made the original blue
still exists It says Glasso.
The company?
I have no idea. I can ask again.
So if I can find Glasso.
They might be closed now.
That needs to be checked.
That's some progress.
Thank you so much for your time,
your help with my research,
take care. Thank you.
OK, bye-bye. Bye-bye.
So, what that tells me is,
this company, Glasso,
may or may not still exist.
So that bit of research
has led to more research.
I mean, I wasn't expecting
to turn round
and pull a tin of the paint
off the shelf, but
Well, the car's got no paint on it
and I don't know what
the paint is going to be.
So there is more to be done.
And the clock isn't going
to wait for us.
We're close, mate.
Stand up on this magical crate.
I got my little scrapey tool out.
What you looking at?
Look at this, eh.
Oh. Seriously? Yeah.
Well-done. Painted with a brush
black. Bloody well-done.
I told you I'm the best brother
in the world.
Would you not call that sky blue?
That is sky blue. That's sky blue.
You might be able to scan
that outside bit there.
See if I can get a spectrometer
on it. See if we can read it.
Moment of truth now.
I bet it's not going to come up
as a Delahaye colour.
What do you reckon?
Put it into the computer,
see what it comes back with.
Ah, hello. I've got good news
and bad news.
Oh. The good news is we actually
found some of the original paint
on that car, the Delahaye.
Miraculously we've found a bit.
You can see the colour. Yeah.
And we've scanned it
and we can match the paint.
We can actually mix it.
Well, there it is.
Well, there is a bit of bad news.
The problem is it's a car colour
that's not really a fancy car.
It's off a Nissan Micra.
Yes, but Louis Chiron did not order
his hand-built Delahaye
finished in Nissan Micra blue,
did he? No.
No. it's a Delahaye.
Not a Nissan Micra.
So that's as close as the computer
can get. I can't do no more.
Seriously can't I can't paint it
in Nissan Micra blue and say
I know what you're saying.
..that's as close as we could get.
It wouldn't be good to say that.
Gotta go to the next level,
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
got to research,
find out what that was.
I'll leave it with you.
Ooh. It's me Mum.
Better answer. Hello, how are you?
Oh. No. Well, don't worry, no look,
I'llYes, no,
I'll come and get you.
Yeah, I will.
Oh, this couldn't come
at a worse time.
Somehow they've managed
to break down, I'm not exaggerating,
maybe 100 yards from their house.
On the left, there they are.
That's remarkable.
That's an incredible piece
of breaking down.
This is good. Hello. Hello.
Thank you. Hi, Rich..
Hello, mate. Good to see you.
That is a world record breaking down
close to where you live.
I went to change gear
and it made a funny noise,
I thought, that's odd. So how
did it feel at the clutch pedal?
Didn't do anything.
It's the clutch. Right.
OK, well, we got to get it on there.
This is the nastiest, oldest,
tattiest trailer
on God's green earth, I warn you.
Mother, keep an eye on him. Yes?
Make sure he doesn't
drive off the trailer, and die.
No. No.
Oh. Are you pulling him rather
than pushing?
Left, a tiny bit.
Darling, don't say left or right,
point that way or that way.
That's what I am doing.
(LAUGHS)
No. Less, less, less, no Mother.
I'm giving. No, Mother.
I'm giving him instructions.
He won't go up the side of the ramp.
No. OK. That's enough.
That's about right.
Mother Shush.
You told me to direct him.
Yeah, but you were sending him,
he won't come up the ramp
because he's too far over
to the right, if you look. OK.
Every time it goes clunk,
that's the handle coming off.
It just doesn't work.
(CLATTERS)
Oh this is, erm.
(LAUGHS) I'm just sitting here.
This handle is just shagged.
Oh, I hate this. I hate it.
(CLATTERS) I want I hate it.
I'll film it and you can push it.
It just doesn't work. It's shite.
Very, very unhappy.
Hello, anybody. Can I get out?
Have you put the handbrake on?
I have put handbrake on.
And close the windows.
Yes, I'm going to. Yeah. Now.
Yes, dear. Certainly dear.
A small problem. You can't get out?
Precisely. My door won't open
on this side. I can open it.
Is he stuck in? (LAUGHS)
(DAD LAUGHS) You're free.
Be careful.
Oh. I think I'll have to leave
this leg here.
Oh, no. We're all right.
All right? Yeah.
(GROANS IN FRUSTRATION)
Bye-bye, little car.
We'll get it fixed.
How are you getting home?
Walking it. It's up the road.
You're going to walk back?
Well, thank you.
See you soon, it'll be repaired.
Right. Ah. Bye, both.
Bye. See you soon.
Bye, mate. Thanks.
Oh, God. (SIGHS)
I was really snappy with my parents,
and I feel bad about that.
But everything's coming
all at once, parents need rescuing,
got to find a horse lorry
replacement for the girls,
and, I'm supposed to be
getting a car ready in my workshop
to be displayed in the most
prestigious situation possible,
the RAC, the heart of motoring,
and I don't know what colour
to paint it.
And this is a reputational thing,
this was supposed to be the big step
for the business.
Got myself into a bit
of a corner here.
The funny thing
we've come to this stage,
we've got all the prep,
got everything sorted,
and it's down to Richard
to sort the paint out.
So, we're actually waiting on him.
So pull your finger out, Richard.
Come on. (CHUCKLES)
This is getting desperate.
Noelle Chapron descendent
of Henri Chapron who built the car,
she mentioned in our conversation,
Glasso,
that's the company that originally
made the paint,
they don't exist any more. However,
they sort of turned into,
or, connected with a modern company
called Glasurit.
So I've emailed them,
so a man is going to call me
from Glasurit, and erm,
(MOBILE RINGING)
Oh. That probably is
Hello? (MAN SPEAKING) You are.
(MAN SPEAKING)
Gavin, hello. Thank you
for calling me. I appreciate it.
(GAVIN SPEAKING)
Right. (GAVIN SPEAKING)
We found some original tiny patches,
of the original colour.
So if you scan it with
your spectrometer.
(GAVIN SPEAKING)
It has access to that database.
(GAVIN SPEAKING)
Oh God, when can you do it?
(GAVIN SPEAKING)
What, so it could be like today?
(GAVIN SPEAKING)
That is epic news, Gavin.
Thank you.
That's a happy phone call
I've had in a long time.
(GAVIN SPEAKING)
Thank you, mate. Bye-bye.
Bye-bye. Yes!
Michael. Richard. Hello.
How are you doing?
Very well. Good, mate.
Right, it's in here.
Neil, this is Michael. Hi, Michael.
Hi, Neil.
Is there anywhere on the car
we can spec?
It all depends how big the lens is.
If you look at that,
that's the original colour.
But there's a bit on that edge,
and a bit on that edge.
If you can get on that bit it would
be good, but can pick it up?
There is a reading on it
and it has saved something
so it's worth getting
the laptop out. Yeah.
Oh, hello. Oh. Mm-hmm.
I can't believe
they've got colours for Delahaye
that's going back Really?
Yeah. No way. Mm-hm.
So what we've got
is a formula there.
That's the mix. That's the recipe.
That's the match mix.
So I'd be able to say to Hissam,
Mate, that is exactly,
that is the colour it was. Mm-hm.
Yeah. That's all I want to do.
When can you do it by?
Good question.
It's, it's pretty pertinent
(CHUCKLES) ..right now. I can get
the formula over to the lab,
they could probably get it mixed
tomorrow, I would imagine.
We're gonna be on time.
Thank you so much. No problem.
All right. Oh.
Yes!
I am feeling a bit
more chipper today
in the knowledge that hopefully
somewhere in a state-of-the-art lab
Mike and his team at Glasurit
are working on the correct
original colour for the Delahaye.
Meanwhile, a more immediate,
pressing and personal matter,
horseboxes.
I'll get back to the business
of persuading my daughter Izzy,
that our present horsebox
is good enough
and I don't need to buy a new one.
So I've got her coming in
for a lesson today in the hopes
I can persuade her
that it's up to the job
of transporting her
and her sister Willow,
and Willow's show jumping horses,
to events around the country,
and save a fortune in so doing.
Hello. Here is the lady herself.
Hello. Hello. Excited?
Yeah. Yeah? Whoo.
Just admire it for a minute. Yeah.
Right. First things first.
The important news is,
I'm your instructor today.
What do you know about
anything to do with trucks?
I know a bit about cars.
Yeah, but this is not a car, is it?
It's just a big car. This is
a massive lorry. It's a big car.
I look ridiculous. It's brilliant.
You look like a trucker already.
I'm going to get in this side now
but you're going to take the seat.
Ah. Look at me. Does this look
like a comfortable seating position?
Yeah, you look like
a little tiny trucker.
OK. You are a little trucker.
(LAUGHS)
(WHOOPS) Turn the keys
and make it begin.
(ENGINE STARTS)
That's it. And then
put your foot on the clutch.
Then you can begin by putting it
into gear. So it's across and up.
So just very slowly come up
off the clutch.
There you go.
It's going to go straight down.
That's it. Straight down there.
See it's just a big car,
(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
it's just a big car.
Errr. I don't like it.
I don't like it.
Basic vehicle handling. You'll be
an expert by the end of it.
When do I stop?
And stop. Slowly. Slowly.
Clutch. Clutch. Jeez,
I forgot about the clutch. Yeah.
So reverse is push it till the end
and across all the way to the left.
(CHUCKLES) I can't.
(GRUNTS)
No, I can't. That could be reverse.
So just very, very slowly
reverse it into the box.
Check, check, check, check.
Look. See?
Imagine you are arriving
at an event now.
Willow's all excited.
Yeah, and it takes me
three hours to park the thing.
And, stop.
You're a trucker. Give me a Yeah.
I need a lie down. So, look.
(SPUTTERS) Oh. The next stage
we apply for a provisional license,
and then you start driving it
on the road.
Or the other option is,
we just get a new one.
Right.
But no, this was
I've had a lovely day. Good.
Right. Well, I'll
I'll have another think.
Yeah. I think you should.
I'm going have to buy a lorry.
Not a lorry, a horse van.
Something that's more manageable.
It's too big.
Yeah, it's a little bit terrifying.
It's a lot bigger than it looks
and it looks huge.
When you're in it it feels like,
you're driving like a boat.
It's going to have to go.
It's going to cost a fortune.
Let's go lorry shopping.
Yippee.
(WHISPERS)
It's fine, it's just fine.
Shop, hello. Got some paint for you.
Mike! Hello. Yes, hello!
Here you go.
This is actually it?
This is it. All that research.
All that work and thought and stress
and it just comes down to that. Yes.
Mate, you are a legend.
You shall be revered
(CHUCKLES) ..honoured
and worshipped. Thank you.
There he is. How are you doing?
All right. this is
the big moment, isn't it?
Getting this painted.
Just some metal. Gonna pretend
it's a Mark One Transit Van.
The most important bit of metal
that's been through here.
I'm not going to let that
worry me, will I? It's just metal.
(LAUGHS)
Concentrate, for God's sake.
ANDREW: Oh, dear.
It's about to be a big moment this.
It'll be the first time
this car has been seen
in its original colour for,
I don't know, 50 years.
Anxious and excited.
Good colour.
Yeah, it is a good colour,
it's beautiful. That is dynamite.
So we won't know until tomorrow
how this has really gone, will we?
One of the best bits
about displaying the Delahaye
at the RAC is that, as a member,
I get to sleep
in the very smart members' hotel,
complete with a rather natty
dressing gown
It's ever so early.
It's half past four.
Half past four. Yeah.
The chaps will be making their way
merrily towards this destination.
I'm sure spirits are high.
They'll be excited.
If we get lost,
can we call the RAC? (LAUGHTER)
There's Harrods there.
Harrods, yeah. Poshness.
Piccadilly Circus.
That marble arch there I reckon.
We're stuck on a monopoly board.
(LAUGHS)
Next step's jail. Yeah.
Where are they?
Please arrive soon, chaps.
Because obviously,
what I do not want
is them to take in the front
of the building,
taken the Ferrari out, and then
there's nothing to go in.
It's around here somewhere.
There it is on the right,
that big building there.
Yes, it's them.
There's my car. Woo-hoo.
I was I knew they'd be here.
I knew they'd turn up. It's fine.
(ALL YAWNING) You look snug
in there. Proper snug.
Not as snug as you look.
Yeah. Cosy, huh?
It's madness. Here you go.
It's a lot of car. ALL: Oh, wow.
That's pretty, innit? Yeah.
Oh, nervous. (GASPS)
This is a bit scary.
(WHOOPS)
It looks absolutely brilliant
in here.
It's going to be the best car
they've ever had in. Look at it.
It couldn't look any better.
And then this evening,
we shall launch it
to the awaiting world.
It's a big day ahead.
I suggest we get some breakfast.
Let's leave this here now
come back
and give it a polish
before we present it.
Hi, I'm Sophie,
I'm the workshop coordinator
for the Smallest Cog. All right.
Nice to meet you.
You're Roger Dudding?
I am Roger Dudding.
Great to meet you, sir,
my name is Zog Ziegler.
Would you like to come in?
I'll organise a glass of champagne
for you, sir. How very nice.
Lovely to see you.
Would you like to come on in
and have a little Yeah.
I've been invited to this event.
It's an absolute pleasure
to be here.
I've not been here before,
but I think the real reason
I've been invited
is to keep an eye on cost.
Because we all know how Zog works.
Let me furnish you with a glass
of champagne. Oh, go on then.
Can I ask What?
Are they the boots you were wearing
when you were riding in the States?
These? Yeah.
They're the actual boots? Yeah.
And you wore them here.
They're really comfy.
Harry Metcalf. How are you?
Hello. Good to see you.
Good to see you.
I'd say it's going all right.
Mr Dudding, the man
with the biggest car collection
in the UK, if not Europe, is there.
Harry Metcalf turned out,
these guys are all auctioneers.
My brother's played a blinder
and brought some
of his banking friends,
but also some collectors
he knows through the money world,
which is great.
That's the mix I wanted.
So they're proper, discreet,
genuine enthusiasts.
(CLINKING)
Ladies and gentlemen. We're now
going to have the great unveiling
through there and make sure
your glasses are charged
on the way out, if they're not.
And we'll see you around the corner.
I'm quite scared.
Ladies and gentlemen,
firstly thank you for coming.
This is an important evening
for us Cogs,
because this is our chance
to show, at last
an important car
in an important place.
So, under the cloth
is Louis Chiron's 1947 Delahaye.
We're very proud to reveal
for the first time in a long time,
resplendent, in the colour
the old fox himself chose,
Louis Chiron's '47 Delahaye.
Take it away.
(APPLAUSE)
(INAUDIBLE)
I am gobsmacked
that he's doing a car like this.
Last time I saw him,
he was doing Mark II Escorts
and that sort of thing.
Now he's doing Delahayes
with Louis Chiron history.
So amazing really.
It is exactly what you've just said,
a piece of art. Thank you.
Congratulations on a phenomenal job.
I appreciate it.
It's beautiful. Beautiful, yeah.
Yeah. Gorgeous. Lovely lines.
Wow. I think the guys need to be so,
so proud of themselves.
All these people have come
and looked at this car
and every single one of them
has been completely
blown away by it.
That worked.
Yeah, I'm proud.
I don't want to get soppy,
but yeah, that was
Look at it. Look at it here, there.
When we pulled that sheet off
that car
and they actually went, 'Wow'.
That is
That's what money can't buy.
It is actually a dream come true.
I cannot find the words to say
what this means to me, personally.
There's our business card
right there. You'll find us.
If you want us, we're like
the A-Team, you'll find us.
We did it.
(LAUGHS) Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's an amazing feeling.
When we were at our
little tiny garage at Tram Inn
Freezing cold.
..And Kingston,
and things have been tough
and been very, very hard at times,
but I never give up.
I never give up.
I just hoped that one day,
this day would come.
All right. I love you
and thank you, all right. We did it.
Well-done, Dad, I'm proud of you.
You are my hero.