Richard Hammond's Workshop (2021) s03e03 Episode Script

1
I want to go back
to the original blue.
It's a Delahaye which is
like a French Rolls-Royce.
Big moment, getting
this painted. I'm scared.
It looks absolutely brilliant.
- Oh, God.
- What are you going to say?
What's - I think it's time
we raise our hourly rate.
How much can you spend to get
it ready for sale? About 15 grand.
To actually be able
to help an animal
that is on the verge of
extinction, how could you say no?
No matter how much he wants to do it, there's
no way is this car coming home with us.
Something worked!
Two years ago, I set up a
classic car restoration business
with the Greenhouse family.
He can recover any vehicle.
Oh!
Turning my passion
into a successful business
with my family in
tow Choo-choo!
..hasn't exactly
been plain sailing
No, Mother, shush.
..but things are
finally on the up.
We've got work How
far do you wanna go with it?
..new staff. Ooh!
We're racing again Never
drives that quick on the way to work!
..and we're going
international. Merci, monsieur!
I just hope I haven't
taken on too much.
Ah! I've got that
"gone wrong" feeling.
All is good with our
little workshop business.
The only problem right
now is Neil has taken on
an Italian rust bucket
to save some leopards.
Long story, but the idea here is
he is gonna restore a
Lancia Delta Integrale
so the owner can
sell it to raise funds
for a leopard enclosure
at his wildlife park.
The only problem is,
it's gonna require a lot more work
than the budget will allow, I think.
So I'm gonna have to
have a word with Dr Doolittle
before he gets carried away.
Ah! Neil Greenhouse.
Oh, hello. You
timed that just right,
I made you a cup of tea there.
You made me a cup of tea?
Yeah! Go on. Thank you.
I didn't put any sugar in
cos you're sweet enough. Right?
Here, have a biscuit. I don't want a
biscuit. Have a biscuit. Thank you.
Look at that, ooh.
Animals? Yeah, eh?
Neil? What? How much
is the car gonna cost to do?
I don't think it's bad at all. And
that's why I made you a cup of tea.
Yeah. Biscuit. Because for once in
your life, you've done the right thing.
When there are animals
involved in any way,
you go mental, don't you?
It's the decent
thing to do, isn't it?
But it's expensive, how
much is it gonna cost me?
How much is it gonna cost me?
Yeah, but it's not a case of money, is it?
Yes, it is. It's a
bill. It's an invoice.
It is specifically Hey, look -
..and definitively a case of money.
Look, look, I can see that
you haven't grasped the fact
that you've actually
done the right thing.
How much are we gonna spend on it? Well, it
ain't all about the actual figures, money, is it?
Not everything is down
to money. Look, look,
what are you asking
me? Just ask me straight.
How much is it gonna cost
us to save the leopards?
It's all down to the hours, so
if we can keep to the hours.
When he gets the invoice and
pays it, he's going to sell the car.
As will - It will stop two
leopards going extinct.
So it's all just down to
hours, and we can sort it.
It's nothing to worry
about, honestly. Really.
I'll tell you what,
I've never admitted it,
but I think you're
actually taller than me.
I've never noticed that.
You win. You broke me.
You will be. Just, I'm broken.
Ooh! I think I got away
with that, I ain't sure.
What that man is doing basically
is putting his hands in my pocket,
ripping out my wallet,
rifling through whatever
notes he can find left in there
and throwing them over the fence
to feed them to some leopards.
That's what he's doing.
Absolute madness.
'It's not all about the money.'
It's a business, you muppet.
Neil seems intent
on blowing our profits.
So today, I'm on the hunt
for high-end customers.
I'm in London, coming to
quite a special car show.
It's at Saville Row, which is the
sort of famous street in London
where all the tailors are based.
And it's kind of a posh car show.
So it will have the
right people there.
If I want to move our
hourly rate up to £95 an hour
and work on cars
at a higher level,
these are the people
that will allow that.
You're not gonna crash
any of these, are you?
I'm not allowed near 'em,
this is as close as I can get.
That's spectacular!
You're not shy and
retiring, are you? Oh, no.
I feel so underdressed.
I'm intrigued, this is
an electrified GT40.
Yes. Yeah. Bloody hell. It's
an amazing car in the first place.
We're always respectful
and honourable of its roots,
its character, its soul, we are recovering
petrolheads so we don't come in -
'Recovering?' Yeah. Stay with it.
Stay with it. Still got combustion as well.
We're not wedded to EV being the only
solution here. It's just part of the picture,
fully electric, hybrid, petrol, diesel,
synthetic fuel, we'll have all of that.
Couldn't be more on the
same page, Richard. Good.
So this is
That's electrified.
Oh, my God, tell me
they haven't done this!
Alfa Romeo 6C. One
of my favourite cars.
It's an electrified E-type.
Not sure how I feel about throwing
the engine away in an E-type.
If it is a series two that has the engine
derived from the 3.8 straight-six in mind,
which is one of the
best engines ever made,
and it's been thrown
away. And why?
Why make that? There are
electric cars, just buy an electric car.
You don't have to destroy
the engine out of this one.
I came to the show
today to tout for business.
But I got distracted by
how much focus there was
on electrifying classic cars.
Electrification for
new cars, I get it,
for old cars, I'm not so sure.
There are other ways
of keeping cars running
without destroying
the planet we live on,
and I need to know more about
it, cos it affects my business,
my passion, and
the world I live on.
So investigation is required.
I was hoping to wow the Cogs
with a hatful of high-end customers
at the morning meeting,
but I do have one new lead.
Right, I had had a
conversation with a mate of mine,
and he's got a Jaguar XK120
that might be a job we could do.
It was owned by a Thai prince
who was into racing,
and it's been restored,
but there's micro
blisters on the paint.
Does that mean it has
to be bare-metalled?
It would have to be bare-metalled,
yeah. Oh, it is booked into an event.
Is it actually
competing at an event?
No, it's a sort of
Salon Prive-type event.
Basically, it's a
really posh car show
where all the cars
can be bought.
What if I were to look at the
car? How would you price that job?
It's a bit tricky.
Very, very expensive.
OK, I'm gonna draw this
to a close. Right. Get on.
Do you want a cup of tea? Yes.
I do, actually. Let's
have a cup of tea.
Chaps, I'm off to see the
Jag. What, by yourself?
Yeah, I'm taking the
trailer, cos if it's right -
You wanna take somebody with
you, really, I'm not being funny
Not free because they're
quite complex things and
What? I know what I'm talking about. Well, you know
what I mean, it ain't just a case of looking at. Yeah.
Look, I can do it. I can do
this on my own. I'm a big boy.
Stay and get on with your work. I'm
going. You're not gonna persuade me.
I could have done
it. You could have.
But the problem is with it, it
could all go so terribly wrong
with one of these, couldn't it?
Well, what I know is it's a 120
and it was owned by prince.
Bira, is it? I don't know.
Yeah, well, do you know
the story of Prince Bira? No.
Well, when Jaguar
very, very first made the
first XK120s, we built three.
They put Prince Bira in one
and they raced at Silverstone.
This isn't that car. It's
just a car owned by him.
HKV 455, that
was the registration.
Really? You are such an anorak.
I get very excited about XK120s,
they're one of my favourite cars.
Here we go here, we're here.
I promise not to commit us to
anything we can't do. I won't let you.
Hello, Richard. You are the owner.
Good to see you. Nice to see you.
This is Andy. Hello, Andy.
He knows about these cars.
Good. Is it there? Yes, it
is. Right, let's have a look.
Oh, I love that colour. That's original
colour, isn't it? Beautiful, isn't it?
What are your intentions for it?
Well, I wanna take it
in a few weeks to Salon
Prive, and I want it to look good.
If you have a look around,
you're gonna see that
some of the paint
work isn't perfect.
I am going to find my
glasses. Yeah, you -
Andy, stop standing there
and laughing at me looking at it.
I'm just doing
what I could, right?
That's - Yeah, you
can see quite a bit,
yeah, on that wing. So
there's something there. Yeah.
There's a bit of
micro blistering there.
Yeah, it's got it
all over, hasn't it?
Why are these bubbles?
That's all micro blister.
What's caused that?
When these are restored,
what usually happens
is they're bare-metalled,
and you do the bodywork
and you spray fill them.
Right. Now, what can happen,
spray filler is very porous,
so if any moisture gets in it,
it could create micro blisters.
Yes, we could make
it look shiny and good,
but it ain't gonna last. Right.
To make it last, you have to
take it back to bare metal.
It's only gonna get worse.
It's not gonna get better. Yeah.
He's not normally this gloomy.
Problem is now, you're
in the stage with this car
where you could go for
Concours with it. Yeah.
What's it like under the
bonnet? Here you go.
I'll let you do it,
you're the expert.
The early grilles have a
separate little pip on the front.
So where the rightness
of the fin comes around
Yeah it's supposed to have another little fin
in front of it, so it's got, like, a little indent.
When you talk about this to
people in pubs, do they wander off?
Erm, see how anal
Concours can get.
I can actually remember
filing head bolts,
so all the nuts
pointed the same way.
So how long would you spend
getting all the head bolts
aligned the same way?
Days. This is hundreds and
hundreds of pounds. Yes.
So that these are pointed
the right way, in the right place.
Exactly. But we don't want
to go that far with this car.
No, no, I'll tell you
what, I've got a slight
We do bring a defibrillator
with us. Yes. I knew it was bad.
Yeah, right. So meanwhile,
back on planet Earth
where I suspect Johnny lives,
what could you do in
the time available, Andy?
I've got a plan for you. Right.
People wanna come and see the car cos of who
owned it. It doesn't have to be 100% perfect.
Yeah. So why don't
we have it, polish it up?
We can get rid of a lot
of the little scratch marks.
I think it'll still look
beautiful at Salon Prive.
Take it to Salon Prive. Yeah. Then when
you're ready, I'd still love to do the car.
That would be perfect.
Well, let's get it on the trailer,
and get it gone,
and make it beautiful.
We've got two bites at
it now, ain't we? Yeah.
Cos we've got
the job of cleaning
and touching it up and
sending it off to Salon Prive.
But hopefully, I think I've
convinced him to have it
done properly in
the winter months.
What makes that car
interesting is its story,
and the other car I know of in
our lives that has a good story
is a certain massive
blue Delahaye
Mm because that
was Chiron's car.
What if we got that back
into the workshop Yeah.
..and gave that a
similar bit of loving
and get that to Salon Prive
as well? So this is a way of us
getting associated with
the right kinds of cars.
They've got great stories.
People wanna hear about it.
Oh, The Smallest Cog worked on this. That is pretty
cool actually, innit? Oh, yeah. Let's get this car back.
The Saville Row car show
last week got me thinking.
The necessary and
inevitable ban on fossil fuels
is gonna impact my
industry and all of us.
What puzzles me is
there are alternatives
as well as electric, but no-one's
really talking about them.
I'm heading into West Sussex
for my first physical encounter
with synthetic fuel, and have lined
up the perfect chance to do that.
William Medcalf is a well-known
specialist restorer
of vintage Bentleys.
He runs his cars
on synthetic fuel.
So, if synthetic fuel works,
and it apparently does,
that's 1.3 billion cars
can stay on the road.
Obviously, as somebody running a classic
restoration business, that's quite good news.
It's make do and
mend on a global scale.
My business is saved,
my passion is saved,
and I can run my old Mustang
and look my daughters in the eye
and know I'm not destroying the
planet they live on. Everybody wins.
Oh, my goodness!
Oh, look at the those.
It'll tell me about my phone.
Just a moment. Oh, what?
Forgotten your phone.
Oh, thank you
very much, my dear.
Just a moment.
Your flies are undone.
Ah! That smell.
Oh, I got goosebumps.
I have. It's these cars. They
do it to you if you love cars.
I'm gonna like it here.
William. Richard. You all right?
How're you? Last time I saw you,
you threw a bread roll at me.
Yeah, sorry about that. Did it hit
you? Yeah. Yeah. There you go.
Nice to see in your home
territory. I have never asked you,
is this, like, a family thing? Yeah, father's
influence. Yes. He was a toolmaker by trade,
and he rebuilt one of
these on the kitchen table.
And when it was finished,
he said, 'We need to test it.'
So family holiday
was 28,000 miles
around America and
Canada in nine months
with three kids in the back,
Mum and Dad in the front.
Nine months! That was
your life? That was, yes.
And you came back and
said, 'I enjoyed being in that car.
I wanna base my life
around it.' Here it is.
Let's talk about this synth
fuel part. Can I have a look
around your business? Certainly.
Lead on. You're in charge.
Can I have this?
So this is what
you've come to see.
Oh, yes. So hang on.
This is a four-and-a-half.
Four-and-a-half-litre Bentley, 1929.
This is running on
synthetic fuel. Right.
How green is the fuel?
We've chosen one because it's green from
end to end in the manufacturing process.
So you're recycling the carbon
that's already in the atmosphere.
So manufacturing process being
hydrogen is made From water.
So hydrogen is cracked out of the
water using renewable energy. Yeah.
So zero carbon footprint
to that point? Yeah.
Then carbon dioxide Out of the
atmosphere. So they're removing
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,
combining it with the hydrogen.
Sticking it in a biomass
liquid. It's waste product.
That's the ethanol element. Yep. And then
Put it all together. Yeah. Bit of magic.
Yeah. You've got
petrol. This is the future.
We change nothing on the
car. Just put it in the fuel tank.
So no changes at all? So today, we're going
to Goodwood and we got to get some hot laps.
Are you testing the
car or the fuel? Fuel.
What else are you doing
to test this? I'm interested.
What does it do to the
paint, to the leather?
Does it mix with
water? What do you do?
So we've got a whole
little laboratory set up
where we're just messing
around with it. I wanna see that.
You wanna see that as well? Yeah, I wanna
see that. All right, come and have a look.
Where's the laboratory?
Is it in the container?
Hello, this has all got a
bit Breaking Bad, hasn't it?
Well, yeah. Oh, wow.
Right. So what are you doing?
So here, we are testing
every material we know today
that comes into contact
with the fuel on a Bentley
and, er, compare it
against regular pump gas.
So you've got Synthetic.
..cork washer with synthetic,
and ordinary fuel. Yep.
Can I have a look at it?
Yeah, you can. Oh, so that's it?
That's the stuff. It
looks exactly the same.
So that's You've just
dropped a cork washer in,
because as the fuel goes
around the car's fuelling system,
it will come into direct contact
Yeah with cork washers. Yeah.
And if this melts it, that's a
problem. So you're not just testing it
by driving around in the
car, 'Oh, yeah, it works.' Yeah.
This is all part of that process.
So, yeah, I just want to know
it's not gonna melt
my gaskets. Yeah.
Because, so this is This is actual
engineering and testing in action.
Absolutely. Shall we
go and drive the car?
Yes, yes. Good. After you,
lead on. This is seeing it in action.
Hello. All right, love.
What? You're joking.
Yeah, well, don't do
nothing. I'll be there now.
I've been called away
on a mission of mercy.
It's a jackdaw and he's
come down the chimney liner
and he's sat in my fire
grate, in my log burner,
now looking at my
missus in the front room.
So she can either watch
the TV or watch the wildlife
without leaving the house or
looking out through the window.
It'll catch on in years to
come. Everybody will want one.
Ah, here we go. And
what do we have here?
Right, come on, Mr
Jackdaw. Don't you bite me.
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, there we go.
Now, what have I told you
about coming down the fireplace?
That's naughty, isn't it?
Naughty. No, no, no.
You ready?
Go on.
Another good deed
for the day done.
Just two leopards to go now.
One of my favourite,
favourite all-time motoring cars.
So we're on it now. This is
it. We run on synthetic fuel.
We are going into the future
in our, best part, of a
hundred-year-old car. Oh, yeah.
Let's go.
Oh, it's got guts. Yes,
you can feel it. Oh, yes.
It's exactly the same in
terms of torque, power. Yeah.
We're gonna drive
through town now
in the greenest car here.
It's greener than
him. Greener than him.
I wanna see a see a Tesla
or an electric car of any sort.
Cos we are greener
than them, and we are.
Right. I'll be the observer,
you be the driver. Right.
Have you got to get your romper
suit on? Yeah, my suit and helmet. Ah.
It's with very good reason
that motor sport is the place
where we're first seeing this whole
synthetic fuel business picked up
because at the heart of
it, why are they doing it?
There's no excuse. You
can't say to the world,
'Well, I was delivering
organs to a hospital.'
'Well, I was trying to see if
my green car will go a bit faster
than that blue car
around this circle.
Everybody's had an amazing
time.' Yeah, but is that worth
pumping carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere for,
and worsening the very real
issue of global warming? No, it's not.
Which means they've got
to clean it up, and they are.
I mean, that's planet-saving.
And a bit of me
had begun to think,
'Wait a minute,
all of this is over.'
But it's not.
But why aren't we
hearing about it?
I don't know the answer.
But we should be.
Yes!
Hello. Come in.
Kamla. Richard. Hello.
Come in. Sit down. Right.
So I wanted to catch up
with you on the Jaguar XK?
Yes, that is exciting.
Yeah, it's a nice job, that.
Is that our first one
at the higher rate?
Er, no, because it's not
like a full respray job. Right.
And it might lead to one.
So the car is lovely. Well, we still got
the hours that the lads are still working.
Yeah, that's true. But you
see, I want to tempt him in. OK.
So what we need to take
into account now, we've got
an extra two head count
now with Sophie and Isaac.
Overheads have gone up. Yes,
our overheads have gone up.
In fact, our utilities
have gone up as well.
So we do need to
start charging £95.
And I noticed the Lancia
down there as well. Yes.
Please tell me that
one's at £95 an hour.
That is an interesting
one. It's owned by
a man who owns and
operates a wildlife park. OK.
And he's gonna sell it to fund a
new enclosure for his leopards.
That's very different
for us, isn't it? I know.
But it's - He has a
strictly limited budget,
so he's paying 15 grand.
Can I ask how you
came to the £15,000?
But are you confident we're
covering our labour and parts?
No, that's how much he's got.
It's a bit like I - We can't agree to
jobs on how much somebody's got.
It's the other way
around. We tell them
how much a job is
costing. We cost it out.
I know. So what if he'd come to
you and said, 'I've got £10,000'?
Neil would probably still have done
it. He is Dr Doolittle with a spanner.
Hm. So long as we're not
making a loss, though, Richard.
I do at some point want
to start repaying your loans.
We've hit £400,000 now. So
that's how much you're owed.
And the only way we're
going to start repaying you
is by making a profit.
OK, I will, I will
Promise? ..introduce, I promise,
new hourly rate introduced,
I will charge £95
an hour. Please.
Thank you. See you soon. Bye.
That was a very disappointing
meeting with Richard.
He's not rolled out the £95
an hour that we'd agreed.
I feel like we're
going backwards
because Neil's agreed
a fixed price on that.
We shouldn't be
doing fixed-price jobs.
I think this is another vehicle
that we're going to make a loss on.
Mindy.
Hello? What? Oh, you're joking?
Where? Yeah. Yeah, I know it.
No, no, I'll come get you.
No, I'll come now. On my way.
Mindy was out in our Discovery,
which is our old school-run car
that's done good service
and should have been retired
and put out to graze years ago,
and she has broken down on the
way back from a visit to the doctor's,
where she was told she has
a virus and has to go to bed.
Erm
Hello.
Yes.
Right. Why wasn't
she in the G-Wagen?
Well, we've got the
answer to the test.
You're in trouble now.
If it's the fuel pump, it's gonna
cost more than the car's worth.
Yeah.
What, you want me to buy a new
car, so that you can go to a party?
Yes, I bought the G-Wagen.
But I bought it
as the family car.
But I can't just
buy another car!
I'm not a Kardashian,
and neither are you!
I bought a family G-Wagen!
This is bullying.
Yeah.
Love you.
Thanks for calling, angel.
There, there you go.
That's my life for you, Isaac.
There. Oh, brilliant.
There's more roadworks than
chuffing road in Hertfordshire!
There's nothing there.
They're cutting some
trees down, I think.
You don't close the road to
do some frigging gardening!
This is proper dodgy.
We need the world's
fastest-ever recovery.
Hello.
So good that you found this out
before Izzy broke down in the north!
It's OK. I'm sorry.
If I didn't have a workshop
business, I'd have said,
'Oh, I better call
the AA or the RAC.'
None of this would I have
had to have been involved with.
Mind, do you want
to get in the pickup?
Sorry, mate.
Right, Mind, I'm gonna have
to drop you off at the gate.
So are you in a position to
be able to tuck yourself in bed
- and feel better?
- Near enough. Good.
Thank you very much, everybody.
You're more than welcome.
Let's get out of here.
See you in the morning.
Everybody's gone home, and
I'm here working on the Lancia.
And I think with this,
I might have bitten off
more than I can chew.
Anthony has managed to do the
mechanical work that needed doing.
But the problem
with that is I am miles
and, I mean, miles behind it.
It's basically rotten.
So it's a lot of work. It's
hours and hours and hours.
But I've got to keep
the books balanced.
What's gonna happen, I'm gonna have
to have some early mornings, late nights,
and not tell anybody and just
try and move it on and get it done.
But I just can't have
anybody knowing,
especially Kamla and Richard.
So I've got to just
keep cracking on,
and hopefully,
nobody will notice.
Unless somebody does
pay attention for once,
and then they'll think the
welding fairies have been in.
Good thing is it's gonna be a really
nice day when I can look at those leopards
and see them in their enclosure.
That'll make it all worthwhile.
I require the
Discovery this weekend.
So for Pa's sake,
I hope it's done.
Hm. That's not done, is it?
Guess it's time to go and
have a little word with Pa.
Daddy? Yes?
Hello, baby. Hello. Come in. OK.
Erm, so, like, the Discovery.
Yes? Yeah. Doesn't
look done, does it?
How would you
know looking at it?
Like, by all the
tools surrounding it.
That's because it's being done.
Yeah. It's in - And how long?
Well, time scale is - Well, no,
I'm gonna stop you right there.
Time scale is Saturday.
And if it's not gonna be fixed,
we need to look at other options.
So I would spend, in your
world, £100,000 on a new car
that you would go and
be sick in at a party?
No, that's a little bit uncouth.
I wouldn't be sick in it.
I will get the car done.
Isaac's looking at it,
and the Flump is
good with the car.
He's on it. OK, I'm
going home. Erm,
Isabella Darcy Alana Hammond,
come in here immediately.
I've just opened
this. What is it?
Last-chance reminder.
Tax it or lose it.
I don't, like It's not Because if it's
addressed to you, then it's addressed to you.
This is something that
you need to learn about.
I want you to come and
see how much it costs
in the grown-up world.
We have to tax your vehicle.
That's extortionate!
Have you got your card?
I don't, like At this point, I'm
in, like, a bit of a tricky situation.
How much money have you
got in your bank? No, because -
How much money have
you got? It's a tricky one.
I've got £1.13,
is what I've got.
Yeah. What about
your savings account?
£1.13. I said what I said.
Well, I'm sorry. I'm not
very good with money.
Right. I'll pay then. Thanks.
OK, I'm just gonna leave you with this,
I think, cos I don't really wanna have to.
I'm just - I'm gonna go
cos, like, I'm gonna go now.
OK? I just might finish
this. So I'll see you soon.
Yeah. See ya. Bye!
That's nasty, that is.
Oh, yeah. That is a bit of glamour
in the workshop, but not you.
I mean, the car's
looking fantastic.
Yeah, we've got
rid of all these, look.
I'll demonstrate it to you.
Ah, I hate it when you put
sandpaper on fresh paint. Ah.
What he's trying to do is
cut back the layers of paint
on the top where it's bubbled.
But the problem with that,
you're risking going
through the layers of paint
and causing holes in the
paint work, so it's a bit tricky.
That is amazing, though, isn't it?
They're the right cars to go to the event.
Both bring a brilliant story with them. And
with that in mind, it's quite a smart event.
What are we talking, trousers?
I'd wear trousers, definitely, yeah.
And maybe
a different hat. Oh!
I'm sorry. You're right.
Summer's almost here. We'll
be all right. I'll get rid of the hat.
Can I have a go at doing one of
those lumps out? No. Just do one?
Oh, we've got the jacket
off and everything else.
Well, see those then?
Yeah. Like, little squirt.
Now, how much
pressure? Two fingers.
Yeah. You'll feel
it under the paper.
Don't saw it. Caress
it. Gentle with it.
Do you offer telephone
services? Yeah.
OK. We should do.
Just over a month ago,
Neil returned this Delahaye
to its original
striking blue colour.
It'll be joining the
Jag at the event.
I'll be honest, I've never
taken a car to Salon Prive.
Not one I've ever painted.
So it's quite a big
moment for me in a way.
It's not a Concours event.
It's more like cars for sale.
Oh. So they take 'em there
and people make a big offer
and they let them
go and then - Exactly.
A lot of people have been looking
at this car, so I'm a bit nervous
to what people
would expect to see.
You always get that thing,
'Is my work good enough?'
So, we'll just have to see.
Get it as good as we can.
We can't do no more than that.
That car's done
200,000 miles with us
on the school run.
It's part of the family.
It's a bit like watching a
vet work on the family pet.
Please live.
My girls are very fond of it.
And it represents
a part of my wallet.
I've checked all the electrics,
and all the fuel pumps work,
so we'll give it a start
and see what it does.
Come on and work
your magic, young fella.
Moment of truth. Ooh!
He should be happy now.
It lives! It was out of
fuel. That was it? Yeah.
The fuel gauge is reading wrong,
though. It said it was half full.
Yeah, there's nothing in
there. Completely bone-dry.
You can have a packet of crisps.
Flavour of your choosing. Ooh-ho!
Prawn cocktail. That's
redeemable for me any time you like.
Well done. All right. Thank
you. Yes! That is a huge relief.
Run out of fuel.
I've just realised that means,
erm, I've got a phone call to make.
I'm gonna enjoy this.
Izzy, sweetheart, good news.
Even better news, the
Jaguar and Delahaye
are ready to be
picked up for the show.
Neil, transport's here,
better get these out.
Ready to go? Yeah, you
all right? Yeah, I think so.
Looks nice.
Hopefully it'll start now.
Watch out. Come
on, you're all right.
I don't think you'll get it looking
much better than that, will you? No.
It's come out better than I thought,
to be fair. One down, one to go. Yeah.
Get rid of the Delahaye now
and see what she
looks like at Salon Prive.
Hope the weather's like this. Reckon
the sun will come out tomorrow?
Tomorrow? Tomorrow. I bet my
bottom dollar it'll be out tomorrow.
All the cars at Salon
Prive are for sale.
I better brief the chaps.
So today, if somebody
does come along
and they are interested,
you both have got to go into
super-slick salesman mode.
If, erm, yeah, you know, we
get a bit of a sale on the go and -
Just cos you've got a hat on,
you think it's appropriate
to start going, "All right."
Like something out of Dad's army all of a
sudden. I've sold quite a few cars in my time.
Yeah. Got any watches in
there? I've got. There it is.
Look at that, the buff log book.
When's the last time
you had fun in the buff?
A Corgi bicycle. But this - It's
not a bicycle, it's a motorbike.
Is there a whole different
business going on here?
No, no. What else have
you got in there? Well
What?
What? Is this your truck?
Why have you got this?
Oh, my God! This is because
they sell things at this event.
I would say they sell
They make money. Look
That is a crappy old
pickup that's in your garden.
What else have you got in there?
Er, well, I've got an MO
there, but that wouldn't be any
VW Caddy, is this your van?
The gas van.
So, because you're
coming to the Salon Prive
at which they sell
multi-million-pound cars,
we're there to
represent our Delahaye,
you've got in your pocket
a buff log book from
a 1949 motorcycle,
that appalling pickup
that's mouldering
next to your garage on your
driveway, and your own truck.
Oh, look at that, look.
Yeah. Right, let's do it.
Come on, old fella.
Do you want a hand up?
Right, let's go and find
our car. Ooh, look at all that.
It's an Alfa Romeo.
It's a static display.
Ah, chaps, that
one there, I reckon.
I would say that's our
little blue beauty there.
The first of our two
classics on show today
is the 1947 Delahaye.
We've invited a specialist
classic car auctioneer to value it.
So this guy looking at the
car, that is James Good.
So I wanna know if
we've added value to it.
There was a lot of
pressure in painting that car.
I'm hoping it's gonna be worth
more than when it came to us.
Hello, Richard, nice to see you again.
You've met these guys. Neil, Andrew, hello.
Right, so there is our Delahaye.
Yes. Er, valuation, what do
you need to do to look at it?
Now seeing it with its gleaming,
fabulous original colour on it,
I think this car has
been brought to life,
and it looks
absolutely resplendent.
So we know that Hissam paid
Two-fifty-five.
Two-fifty-five. Yeah.
Value now, what
do we think? Well
I think its value today is
£275,000 to £300,000. Right.
Because of who it was,
you know, let's face it,
you know, Louis Chiron
was a debonair womaniser.
He had the right car
..and I think the story
with him and the car and
his racing prowess, et cetera,
I think you could top the
£300,000 and go above it.
So we've certainly added
more value to it than its costs.
Absolutely. James,
thank you. Nice to see you.
Thank you very much.
Right, so we've added value.
So importantly, we are here with
not just one car that we painted,
but there is also the other
car, the Jag, that he refinished.
Why don't we leave Captain Sales
here? Let's go have a look at the XK.
I'm a bit worried leaving him
by himself, though. No problem.
I might need a hand to carry the
cash to the car though, mate. No cash.
It's a very handsome
car, and it could just do
with a new handsome
owner, and you're just a man.
Our wives confiscated
chequebooks before we came.
I would have a
word with the missus,
buy her some flowers
on the way home.
I couldn't interest you in a nice
Mazda pickup or a Corgi motorcycle?
Is that the log book really for
this? No, no, but it could be.
I've got a pen.
Time to see if the
customer is happy
with Andrew's clever
quick fix on the Jaguar.
Oh, here she is.
Well, it holds its own
much better than it would've
done. It's a lot better, isn't it?
Hello. How are you? Nice
to see you. Nice to see you.
How are you, mate? Yeah,
good. Thanks. Very good.
It's looking really fantastic - Well,
as far as you can get it without
It's only, like, a temporary
fix. It's gonna come back. Yeah.
If you do decide to go
ahead and want it sorted
Yes we'd love to get it as
crisp as it - No, exactly. No.
That's the plan. Yeah.
Good. That's great.
Right. Lovely to see you,
very glad we got it here.
Thank you very much for all the hard
work. Enjoy your day. Yeah, cheers.
Well, he was happy.
He likes it. It's great.
Imagine how happy he'd
be if he'd done it properly.
It's my worry, you've
done too good a job
cos he's gonna
look at that and think,
'I don't need to paint it, '
and I want him to paint it.
He won't cos those blisters
are still there. Yeah, that's true.
I wonder how Neil's getting on.
On this lovely sunny day, a
car that we've all worked on,
that I've had the
honour of painting
has now got to be driven around
on the grass at this lovely event.
It's just an amazing feeling.
And there she goes. There's our
neighbour going. We've got to get cracking.
Hello, hello, hello.
Is this your car, sir?
Just don't get it hot. If it gets hot and
overheats, can I literally just depart?
Get out, walk away, don't
look back. I'll just leave.
Right. Ready? Contact.
See you later. Be careful.
I'm a bit concerned
it's gonna overheat.
Although we only did the paintwork,
people will judge the whole car.
We don't want it to break
down here. It's smelling hot.
You're all right, don't panic.
Don't panic. Don't
panic. I'm anxious.
Our reputation is at
stake. Enjoy the day.
Look, everybody is
happy. We're happy.
It's too late. I'm anxious.
Have Have faith.
It smells warm. Yeah.
I say turn her off and
wait for that one to move.
Let's knock her off
for a second there.
You're a little bit nervous, aren't you? I'm
just anxious. Is your heart not racing now?
When you're happy, you're
really happy, aren't you?
I am. I'm very happy. The Delahaye,
it's owned by Louis Chiron Yes, I know.
..and I'm about to drive it through
Salon Prive. Well, if it starts. Yeah.
Oh, no. No, you don't want that.
Oh, no! Not now.
Oh. Did you do that?
Just - You did.
You're not funny.
You're not funny.
I don't find you funny.
Please, could you tell us a
little bit about this Delahaye 135?
It was commissioned
by Louis Chiron himself,
restored in 2012, but
in the wrong colour.
All we had to go on to identify
the original colours of this car
was a black-and-white
photograph to start with.
Thank you very much,
Richard, and The Smallest Cog.
Louis Chiron's very car, ladies and
gentlemen. Thank you very much, Richard.
Absolute pleasure. Thank you.
There you are. Well done. I don't
know what you were worried about.
I'd say this was a key moment
in what's happened to our
little business since we started.
I did promise them we will one day
have a car on the lawns at a top event,
and there is a car we've done
next to £3.8 million Pan Ferrari,
and it earned its place
on the lawn next to it.
And that says it all. It's -
I'm so, so pleased for
and proud of the guys.
The thing is, it's very nice to be
here and very nice to see these cars,
but it's not our world as such.
Whatever car you look at here,
that doesn't matter what
it is or what it's worth,
it was made by a
working-class man.
I don't look at a car
from monetary value.
I look at it for the styling and I think of
the chap that made it. That's what I think of.
The thing is, the show goes
on for another three days.
No, you're not having three
days out of the workshop.
We have got too
much to get done.
Well, we have got a We had a bit of a
backup plan, still in the boot of the car.
Can't be here, can we?
No. But we can be here.
Three days of this,
it's like we're here.
Are you ready?
Yeah. Yeah. It's good.
Ah, perfect. There you
go. See, it's like I'm there,
and now we can escape to the
pub. Let's go then. See you later.
Don't look back.
Never look back.