1 00:00:01,172 --> 00:00:02,137 -[upbeat music playing] -[Mike] This time... 2 00:00:02,172 --> 00:00:03,586 Go on, you old girl, you can do it. 3 00:00:03,620 --> 00:00:06,000 ...we're after the next collectable Landy... 4 00:00:06,034 --> 00:00:10,344 These Discovery Series 1s are absolutely blinding. 5 00:00:10,379 --> 00:00:14,310 ...but this Disco isn't hitting the dance floor any time soon. 6 00:00:14,344 --> 00:00:17,655 The sunroof has been leaking. Look at the state of that! It's a mess, innit? 7 00:00:17,689 --> 00:00:20,689 [Mike] In the workshop, Elvis has to take extreme measures... 8 00:00:20,724 --> 00:00:23,413 I mean, this is turning into a pretty enormous job. 9 00:00:23,448 --> 00:00:26,896 [Mike] ...to get this all-terrain vehicle back in peak condition. 10 00:00:29,655 --> 00:00:31,620 Are we actually towing anything? 11 00:00:33,482 --> 00:00:35,379 [opening theme music playing] 12 00:00:43,034 --> 00:00:46,034 It's the start of a new week in the workshop and Elvis is just 13 00:00:46,068 --> 00:00:49,379 finishing our trusty Discovery's annual service. 14 00:00:49,413 --> 00:00:52,724 There you go, mate. Cup of tea. As promised. How are we getting on? 15 00:00:52,758 --> 00:00:56,206 Nice one. Fully-serviced, mate. Good to go for another 10,000 miles. 16 00:00:56,241 --> 00:00:59,482 Fantastic. It's done 120,000 miles and never missed a beat. 17 00:00:59,517 --> 00:01:02,655 -It's really been a good workhorse for us, isn't it? -It really has, yeah. 18 00:01:02,689 --> 00:01:04,413 As at home on a farmer's field as they are around 19 00:01:04,448 --> 00:01:05,965 -Buckingham Palace, aren't they? -Yeah. 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,137 Great universal vehicles. Taken us everywhere. Towed everything. 21 00:01:09,172 --> 00:01:11,275 -It's a great car. -It's got me thinking about 22 00:01:11,310 --> 00:01:14,103 the Mk1 Discovery, because it's now a bona fide classic. 23 00:01:14,137 --> 00:01:17,344 I've started to look online and I've stumbled upon one 24 00:01:17,379 --> 00:01:19,793 that is sitting on a friend of ours' car lot. 25 00:01:19,827 --> 00:01:21,068 -Russell. -Oh, yeah? 26 00:01:21,103 --> 00:01:22,310 -Yeah. -Let's have a look. 27 00:01:22,344 --> 00:01:24,689 It's almost the same color combination as this. 28 00:01:24,724 --> 00:01:26,689 Champagne, but it's got the tan leather. 29 00:01:26,724 --> 00:01:29,724 -Four and a half grand? -And, get this, you can't see it here, 30 00:01:29,758 --> 00:01:31,758 because the writing is too small. 31 00:01:31,793 --> 00:01:33,758 16,000 genuine miles. 32 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:37,620 Wow, that's amazing, but they are old cars and even though it's cheap 33 00:01:37,655 --> 00:01:39,965 and it's low mileage, I'd be very, very careful. 34 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,723 Listen, if Russell says it's good, 35 00:01:41,758 --> 00:01:43,310 it's well worth me going to take a peek. 36 00:01:43,344 --> 00:01:46,172 It's always worth going to have a look at these things, 37 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:47,827 but if it's got too many issues, 38 00:01:47,862 --> 00:01:50,206 just promise me you'll turn around and walk away. 39 00:01:50,241 --> 00:01:52,275 -I will do. -[chuckles] 40 00:01:52,310 --> 00:01:54,068 [upbeat music playing] 41 00:01:56,033 --> 00:01:58,206 [Mike] Now, you are familiar 42 00:01:58,241 --> 00:02:01,068 with me rattling around the country in this. 43 00:02:01,103 --> 00:02:03,517 My trusty old Land Rover Discovery. 44 00:02:03,551 --> 00:02:06,758 But the DNA of this car goes back 35 years. 45 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:09,068 All the way back, actually, to 1989, 46 00:02:09,103 --> 00:02:12,275 when they launched the Discovery, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. 47 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:15,448 Everyone thought it was a great idea. It plugged the gap between 48 00:02:15,482 --> 00:02:17,517 a Range Rover, the more luxurious car, 49 00:02:17,551 --> 00:02:19,827 and the farmer's vehicle, the Defender. 50 00:02:19,862 --> 00:02:22,931 They just slotted this one in between, really nicely. 51 00:02:22,965 --> 00:02:26,413 The motoring press at the launch loved the Discovery. 52 00:02:26,448 --> 00:02:28,758 It was a huge success for Land Rover. 53 00:02:28,793 --> 00:02:32,344 Marketed to the middle classes as an off-road family car, 54 00:02:32,379 --> 00:02:35,482 it sold more than 3,500 units 55 00:02:35,517 --> 00:02:37,930 in its first three months. 56 00:02:37,965 --> 00:02:41,172 And Land Rover were clever about how they built them. 57 00:02:41,206 --> 00:02:43,930 They used the same chassis, engines and gearboxes 58 00:02:43,965 --> 00:02:46,137 as the Range Rover, but they put 59 00:02:46,172 --> 00:02:48,930 a cheaper, more practical body on the top. 60 00:02:48,965 --> 00:02:52,034 There was also a row of extra foldaway seats 61 00:02:52,067 --> 00:02:55,379 and a larger boot space than their other models. 62 00:02:55,413 --> 00:02:59,067 So it's no surprise it's gone through five different generations. 63 00:02:59,103 --> 00:03:01,689 There are around 260,000 of them 64 00:03:01,724 --> 00:03:03,793 registered in the UK. 65 00:03:03,827 --> 00:03:06,586 Now me, being that canny Wheeler Dealer, 66 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:09,482 I'm always looking for what's on the rise 67 00:03:09,517 --> 00:03:12,724 and what's gonna be next, in terms of popularity. 68 00:03:12,758 --> 00:03:15,655 And I've noticed a bit of interest recently 69 00:03:15,689 --> 00:03:18,172 in early Land Rover Discoveries. 70 00:03:18,206 --> 00:03:21,413 Now, I've managed to track one down through a contact of mine. 71 00:03:21,448 --> 00:03:25,068 Russell. He's the guy that I bought a TVR off, in the past. 72 00:03:25,103 --> 00:03:27,896 He's got a Series 1 Land Rover Discovery. 73 00:03:27,931 --> 00:03:30,827 It's only done 16,000 miles. 74 00:03:30,862 --> 00:03:33,448 Yeah, you heard me right. 16,000 miles. 75 00:03:33,482 --> 00:03:35,137 For a 1997, 76 00:03:35,172 --> 00:03:37,689 V8 automatic Land Rover Discovery. 77 00:03:37,724 --> 00:03:42,310 That's ridiculously low for a car of this vintage 78 00:03:42,344 --> 00:03:45,620 and all for just £4,500. 79 00:03:45,655 --> 00:03:47,724 -[car honks] -So I'm hoping this is a real bargain, 80 00:03:47,758 --> 00:03:50,620 rather than a rusty bag of bolts. 81 00:03:50,655 --> 00:03:52,586 I absolutely love an old car site. 82 00:03:53,620 --> 00:03:56,379 Russ? Come out. 83 00:03:56,413 --> 00:03:58,827 -Ha ha ha! There he is. -Hello, Mike. How are you? 84 00:03:58,862 --> 00:04:01,827 -I'm all right. How are you? -Yeah, I'm fine. I've missed you. 85 00:04:01,862 --> 00:04:04,655 -And you. Good to see you again. -Nice to see you, as well. 86 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:06,758 So, this has come from...? 87 00:04:06,793 --> 00:04:09,172 It's come on sale or return. Off another dealer. 88 00:04:09,206 --> 00:04:10,793 I thought of you straight away. 89 00:04:10,827 --> 00:04:13,586 Where are you gonna buy one that's done 16,000 miles? 90 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:17,000 Well, you're not, are you? It looks like it's done 160,000 miles. 91 00:04:17,034 --> 00:04:19,172 No. It does. And it needs a bit of therapy. 92 00:04:19,206 --> 00:04:21,551 I mean, it probably has been under a cover. 93 00:04:21,586 --> 00:04:23,551 -You can see it's been under a tarp. -Yeah. 94 00:04:23,586 --> 00:04:26,000 Either dragged on and off or been flapping around. 95 00:04:26,034 --> 00:04:29,068 -It's absolutely destroyed the paintwork. -And it's sweated. 96 00:04:29,103 --> 00:04:32,724 Lacquer peel here and there. Round the windows. The window rubbers have gone. 97 00:04:32,758 --> 00:04:34,448 [Mike] Let's have a look inside, Russ. 98 00:04:34,482 --> 00:04:36,172 Ha ha ha! 99 00:04:36,206 --> 00:04:38,103 -Look at that interior! -Well, there you go. 100 00:04:38,137 --> 00:04:40,413 -The leather, that's all original. -Yeah. 101 00:04:40,448 --> 00:04:42,655 -Yeah. -The door cappings, all the wood, 102 00:04:42,689 --> 00:04:44,241 it's all in lovely order. 103 00:04:44,275 --> 00:04:46,724 But, yeah, I know what you're gonna say. 104 00:04:46,758 --> 00:04:49,586 -Well, I can see a little bit of mold on the inside. -Yeah. 105 00:04:49,620 --> 00:04:52,758 -The headlining has let go. -That's where that leaky roof is. 106 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,758 That's where it comes into play. 107 00:04:54,793 --> 00:04:56,206 That's where you're getting your mold. 108 00:04:56,241 --> 00:04:58,586 Them sunroofs did leak from new! 109 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:00,448 You know? That's probably why 110 00:05:00,482 --> 00:05:02,275 -they had the tarpaulin over it. -Gotcha. 111 00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:04,689 -Also got this problem here, on the top of this. -Yeah. 112 00:05:04,724 --> 00:05:08,000 It's been sun-bleached. I mean, it's actually been sunburnt. 113 00:05:08,034 --> 00:05:09,724 Wants a bit of after-sun on there! 114 00:05:09,758 --> 00:05:11,620 -Can we have a look at the engine? -Yeah. Come on. 115 00:05:11,655 --> 00:05:14,172 That's the 3.9 liter V8. 116 00:05:14,206 --> 00:05:16,103 [engine starts] 117 00:05:16,137 --> 00:05:19,758 -[engine runs smoothly] -Oh, Russell! Listen to that. 118 00:05:19,793 --> 00:05:23,344 -Not a rattle. Not a bang. It does sound lovely. -That is... 119 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:26,827 I can really feel that that's a strong-sounding engine. 120 00:05:26,862 --> 00:05:29,724 Right, mate. Mind your fingers. I'm over the moon. 121 00:05:29,758 --> 00:05:31,068 Can I take it for a quick drive? 122 00:05:31,103 --> 00:05:33,793 -We've got a slight problem there. -What's that? 123 00:05:33,827 --> 00:05:36,620 Unfortunately, it isn't MOT'd, the vehicle. 124 00:05:36,655 --> 00:05:38,206 Why has it got no MOT? 125 00:05:38,241 --> 00:05:40,379 It hasn't actually failed the MOT. 126 00:05:40,413 --> 00:05:42,068 It hasn't been submitted for one. 127 00:05:42,103 --> 00:05:45,448 But the last MOT, it did have an advisory, 128 00:05:45,482 --> 00:05:48,896 -which has got slightly worse, over time. -Show me. 129 00:05:49,724 --> 00:05:51,724 Ah, right. Okay. Yeah. 130 00:05:51,758 --> 00:05:53,379 Well, I can see why that would be 131 00:05:53,413 --> 00:05:57,000 an MOT advisory, because the MOT inspector won't like the fact 132 00:05:57,034 --> 00:06:00,379 that it's within 30 centimeters of the seatbelt anchor point. 133 00:06:00,413 --> 00:06:02,413 He will probably fail it on that. 134 00:06:02,448 --> 00:06:04,275 -I would have said so. -Yeah. 135 00:06:04,310 --> 00:06:05,793 But there's a track down the end, 136 00:06:05,827 --> 00:06:07,689 privately owned by a friend of mine. 137 00:06:07,724 --> 00:06:09,482 He said you can drive it down there. 138 00:06:09,517 --> 00:06:11,931 There's also a field you can give it a whiz around. 139 00:06:11,965 --> 00:06:14,482 Ah, mate, that is fantastic. 140 00:06:14,517 --> 00:06:16,344 [upbeat music playing] 141 00:06:16,379 --> 00:06:18,310 I mean, it's just astonishing 142 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:20,379 how good it is and the steering wheel 143 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:23,379 I feel like I'm holding on to something just 144 00:06:23,413 --> 00:06:24,689 pulled out of a factory. 145 00:06:24,724 --> 00:06:27,482 I really do, the seats, it's so comfortable 146 00:06:27,517 --> 00:06:29,310 and so firm. 147 00:06:29,344 --> 00:06:32,551 Everything about it feels new 148 00:06:32,586 --> 00:06:35,241 inside, it really does, except for that... 149 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:41,034 I do love a Land Rover. 150 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:45,241 These Discovery Series 1s are absolutely blinding. 151 00:06:45,275 --> 00:06:47,724 They are so capable. 152 00:06:49,275 --> 00:06:54,862 First impressions are this car is absolutely a proper find. 153 00:06:56,310 --> 00:06:59,034 The only thing I need to try is 154 00:06:59,068 --> 00:07:00,724 the low-ratio gearbox. 155 00:07:00,758 --> 00:07:05,310 It's got two gearboxes. You've got your standard automatic gearbox. 156 00:07:05,344 --> 00:07:08,344 Plus, you've got another box, which is called a transfer box, 157 00:07:08,379 --> 00:07:11,655 that changes the gear ratio from high to low. 158 00:07:11,689 --> 00:07:13,965 If you're in low, it means you can really go through 159 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,241 the muddy stuff, like these hills around me. 160 00:07:21,931 --> 00:07:25,689 Go into neutral. Go from high, down to low. 161 00:07:27,310 --> 00:07:30,137 Back into drive. Now I really have to jump on 162 00:07:30,172 --> 00:07:32,379 the accelerator to make it go anywhere, 163 00:07:32,413 --> 00:07:34,379 because it's in low ratio. 164 00:07:35,758 --> 00:07:38,172 You can climb anything in low ratio. 165 00:07:40,965 --> 00:07:43,034 Oh, this is boggy. 166 00:07:43,068 --> 00:07:46,275 Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! Hee hee hee! 167 00:07:47,965 --> 00:07:50,206 [contented sigh] 168 00:07:50,241 --> 00:07:52,000 Go on, you old girl, you can do it. 169 00:07:54,413 --> 00:07:55,724 Perfect. 170 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,275 [flapping] 171 00:08:02,310 --> 00:08:03,379 Can you hear that? 172 00:08:04,206 --> 00:08:05,931 That wind, you know what that is? 173 00:08:05,965 --> 00:08:07,827 That because the sunroof won't shut. 174 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:10,965 And that's the tight flapping 175 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,379 on the sunroof in the wind. 176 00:08:13,413 --> 00:08:16,448 So let's go back into...high. 177 00:08:16,482 --> 00:08:18,517 [strains] Yay-yay-yay. 178 00:08:18,551 --> 00:08:21,000 Ooh, that's gone... That's gone stiff. 179 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:23,000 I am doing that right, aren't I? 180 00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:26,137 I'm trying to get the vehicle back into... 181 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:28,137 [strains] ...high ratio. 182 00:08:29,379 --> 00:08:32,034 That's gonna need a bit of a service, because... 183 00:08:32,068 --> 00:08:34,379 All right, finally, yeah, I've got there. 184 00:08:34,413 --> 00:08:36,379 That is gonna need some attention. 185 00:08:39,379 --> 00:08:41,034 Let's remember 186 00:08:41,068 --> 00:08:44,931 Russ has only said that he's asking four and a half grand for it. 187 00:08:44,965 --> 00:08:48,310 Four and a half grand for this! 188 00:08:48,344 --> 00:08:51,586 My only worry is if there's rust hidden under the body, 189 00:08:51,620 --> 00:08:54,275 which we'll only discover at the workshop, 190 00:08:54,310 --> 00:08:56,793 but, at that price, it's probably worth taking the risk. 191 00:08:56,827 --> 00:08:59,206 I just hope Elvis agrees with me. 192 00:09:01,413 --> 00:09:03,482 Yeah, I can see you've had fun. 193 00:09:03,517 --> 00:09:06,344 You're definitely buying it now! I ain't cleaning that. 194 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,965 Well, listen, your farmer's field is really gnarly. 195 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,241 It's a really good test of this vehicle. 196 00:09:11,275 --> 00:09:12,551 There was one thing, though. 197 00:09:12,586 --> 00:09:14,068 How did I know that was coming? 198 00:09:14,103 --> 00:09:17,448 I went to put it in low ratio, because it was really boggy down there. 199 00:09:17,482 --> 00:09:19,965 -It went in. It wouldn't come back out again. -Right. 200 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,689 So the transfer box is gonna need a big overhaul. 201 00:09:22,724 --> 00:09:25,482 I weren't aware of that, but, yeah, I can well see it. 202 00:09:25,517 --> 00:09:28,586 If you can make the four and a half grand a little bit keener, 203 00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:31,517 I'll have Harry come and pick it up and get it to my workshop. 204 00:09:32,896 --> 00:09:35,103 Four and a quarter. And that's it, Mike. 205 00:09:35,137 --> 00:09:37,034 Hold out your hand, son. You've got a deal. 206 00:09:37,068 --> 00:09:38,793 I am absolutely over the moon with that. 207 00:09:38,827 --> 00:09:42,137 I've just bought a Discovery Series 1 with only 208 00:09:42,172 --> 00:09:44,000 16,000 miles on the clock. 209 00:09:44,034 --> 00:09:45,827 Blooming brilliant, thank you. 210 00:09:46,517 --> 00:09:48,068 [upbeat music playing] 211 00:09:49,793 --> 00:09:52,827 A couple of days later and transport captain Harry 212 00:09:52,862 --> 00:09:55,551 has trailered our new Disco to the workshop. 213 00:09:56,965 --> 00:09:59,413 So, come on then, let me introduce you to 214 00:09:59,448 --> 00:10:03,275 our Series 1 Land Rover Discovery V8 automatic. 215 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:05,206 Nice. They are good cars. 216 00:10:05,241 --> 00:10:08,517 -Did you drag it out of a bog? -Well, funnily enough, yes, I did. 217 00:10:08,551 --> 00:10:11,000 -Why is it on a trailer? -It ain't got an MOT yet. 218 00:10:11,034 --> 00:10:13,068 I'll explain that in a minute. 219 00:10:13,103 --> 00:10:15,000 But the good news is this Buick-derived 220 00:10:15,034 --> 00:10:18,275 V8 engine is mightily strong, it really is. 221 00:10:18,310 --> 00:10:22,000 It has got that silky smooth automatic gearbox. 222 00:10:22,034 --> 00:10:24,689 The only problem I can find with it is the gear lever 223 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:27,034 between high and low ratio is really stiff. 224 00:10:27,068 --> 00:10:30,344 That's something I can look at but at the moment I can't look past the headlining. 225 00:10:30,379 --> 00:10:32,034 Look at the state of that! 226 00:10:32,068 --> 00:10:36,655 It looks like the sunroof has been leaking. Probably for quite a few years. 227 00:10:36,689 --> 00:10:37,965 It's a bit of a mess, innit? 228 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,068 [Mike] All of that stuff is fixable. 229 00:10:40,103 --> 00:10:43,034 I mean, even the door cards. They're burnt, as well. 230 00:10:43,068 --> 00:10:48,103 Now, let me show you why this will not get an MOT. 231 00:10:48,137 --> 00:10:52,896 Right, the biggest issue we have is right there, in front of you. 232 00:10:52,931 --> 00:10:55,551 Oh, yeah. There's no way that will pass an MOT, like that. 233 00:10:55,586 --> 00:10:59,862 I have got some good news. This is a repairable and replaceable panel. 234 00:10:59,896 --> 00:11:01,620 I can get this for you. 235 00:11:01,655 --> 00:11:04,000 The bits that we can see are little bubbles 236 00:11:04,034 --> 00:11:06,413 on the roof, they're gonna need painting. 237 00:11:06,448 --> 00:11:09,758 All right, let's have a proper inspection, see what else needs doing. 238 00:11:09,793 --> 00:11:12,034 No worries, mate. Yeah, let's get on with it. 239 00:11:24,172 --> 00:11:25,862 Now, there's no doubt this is 240 00:11:25,896 --> 00:11:28,310 a wonderful example of a Series 1 Discovery. 241 00:11:28,344 --> 00:11:30,379 I love the fact that it's the V8 version. 242 00:11:30,413 --> 00:11:33,758 Thirsty engines, like that, may well be a dying breed, 243 00:11:33,793 --> 00:11:36,931 but their DNA, in various forms, is in everything. 244 00:11:36,965 --> 00:11:38,827 From Morgans to TVRs. 245 00:11:38,862 --> 00:11:42,310 This particular one sounds great and is running really well, 246 00:11:42,344 --> 00:11:44,655 so I'm not even thinking about that, for now. 247 00:11:44,689 --> 00:11:47,896 What I am more concerned about is the state of what lies beneath. 248 00:11:50,655 --> 00:11:52,586 [dramatic music playing] 249 00:11:55,206 --> 00:11:57,068 This is the moment of truth. 250 00:11:57,103 --> 00:11:59,517 How much rust are we gonna have to contend with? 251 00:12:04,344 --> 00:12:07,137 These chassis rails along here often rust through, 252 00:12:07,172 --> 00:12:10,103 but, actually, here, it looks in really good condition. 253 00:12:10,137 --> 00:12:13,586 These outriggers here, that support the body from the chassis, 254 00:12:13,620 --> 00:12:16,344 again, they often rust, but this is really good. 255 00:12:19,896 --> 00:12:23,310 There are one or two little things that need a little attention. 256 00:12:23,344 --> 00:12:25,206 Oh, hang on. 257 00:12:25,241 --> 00:12:27,517 Oh, hello, that's not so good. 258 00:12:27,551 --> 00:12:29,896 Okay, so there is some corrosion. 259 00:12:29,931 --> 00:12:31,758 Up here. Oh, dear. 260 00:12:31,793 --> 00:12:34,827 Actually, it's quite bad. There's a big rust hole. 261 00:12:34,862 --> 00:12:36,517 Just up here. 262 00:12:36,551 --> 00:12:40,206 The problem I've got there is it's so close to the point where 263 00:12:40,241 --> 00:12:42,310 the body mounts to the chassis. 264 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:44,965 The only way to repair that is to actually 265 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,793 take the body of the car off, so I can get to it. 266 00:12:47,827 --> 00:12:50,655 I mean, that's actually a pretty substantial job. 267 00:12:55,517 --> 00:12:58,241 Mike reckons this Land Rover Discovery 1 Series is the next 268 00:12:58,275 --> 00:13:01,000 collectable classic, but he could have lumbered me 269 00:13:01,034 --> 00:13:03,931 with a whole load of work, fixing some nasty rust issues. 270 00:13:03,965 --> 00:13:06,517 I'm gonna have to lift the body off the chassis. 271 00:13:08,827 --> 00:13:12,862 Now, this is definitely a big job and it can feel daunting. 272 00:13:12,896 --> 00:13:16,620 The engine is gonna remain attached to the chassis, down low, 273 00:13:16,655 --> 00:13:18,206 whereas the body is gonna rise up, 274 00:13:18,241 --> 00:13:20,034 up on the ramp and be taken away. 275 00:13:20,068 --> 00:13:22,103 What we want to do is disconnect anything 276 00:13:22,137 --> 00:13:24,241 that connects the engine to the body. 277 00:13:24,275 --> 00:13:28,413 All we need to do is be sensible about the way that we do that. 278 00:13:28,448 --> 00:13:31,413 A top tip here is to take a photo of all the pipes and hoses 279 00:13:31,448 --> 00:13:33,655 in their original positions. 280 00:13:33,689 --> 00:13:35,517 [camera clicks] 281 00:13:35,551 --> 00:13:37,724 That way, you can make sure that 282 00:13:37,758 --> 00:13:39,310 everything goes back where it belongs. 283 00:13:51,413 --> 00:13:54,137 These old Discoveries are built on what we call a "Ladder chassis". 284 00:13:54,172 --> 00:13:57,689 They have these two long, steel structures, running all the way down 285 00:13:57,724 --> 00:14:00,655 the length of the car, connected by these crossmembers, 286 00:14:00,689 --> 00:14:03,034 making it look a little bit like a ladder. 287 00:14:03,068 --> 00:14:05,275 In today's world, modern cars are built on 288 00:14:05,310 --> 00:14:07,689 something called a "Monocoque", where the chassis 289 00:14:07,724 --> 00:14:09,965 and the car's body are built out of one piece. 290 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 It does make it safer and a lighter weight, too. 291 00:14:13,034 --> 00:14:15,413 The advantage, though, of this is that, 292 00:14:15,448 --> 00:14:18,379 by disconnecting just ten bolts around the car, 293 00:14:18,413 --> 00:14:20,517 I can separate one half from the other. 294 00:14:35,103 --> 00:14:37,206 Now it's time to lift the top off. 295 00:14:37,241 --> 00:14:39,206 [lift whirs] 296 00:14:41,896 --> 00:14:45,137 I'm hoping I've disconnected everything. 297 00:14:45,172 --> 00:14:48,896 If not, the lift could tear wires or hoses apart and cause problems, 298 00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:51,413 which will take a lot of time and money to fix. 299 00:14:59,827 --> 00:15:02,965 Just a little bit more... and I think we're good. 300 00:15:06,068 --> 00:15:09,724 Right, there we go. The two halves of the car are now separated. 301 00:15:09,758 --> 00:15:13,103 That means I can now see exactly what we're working with 302 00:15:13,137 --> 00:15:15,172 and just how bad this problem is. 303 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,931 And it is quite bad. 304 00:15:16,965 --> 00:15:19,379 I mean, it's actually worse than I thought it was. 305 00:15:19,413 --> 00:15:22,034 In fact, where on earth has that gone? 306 00:15:22,068 --> 00:15:24,793 [laughs] There you go. That's how bad it is. 307 00:15:24,827 --> 00:15:27,551 That's the mount between the chassis and the body, 308 00:15:27,586 --> 00:15:30,586 which should have risen up, with the body of the car, 309 00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:32,068 just like it has on that side, 310 00:15:32,103 --> 00:15:35,827 but it's so heavily corroded, it's actually completely come away. 311 00:15:35,862 --> 00:15:38,068 Stayed on the chassis. I need to get rid of it. 312 00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:40,000 Probably need to buy a new panel for that. 313 00:15:41,551 --> 00:15:43,551 A good job Mike is out on his shopping trip. 314 00:15:43,586 --> 00:15:46,034 I'll text him to add a bulkhead repair panel 315 00:15:46,068 --> 00:15:48,103 to his ever-growing list. 316 00:15:48,137 --> 00:15:51,103 I mean, this is turning into a pretty enormous job. 317 00:15:53,103 --> 00:15:55,896 [Mike] I'm just hoping I can find everything we need, 318 00:15:55,931 --> 00:15:58,965 without knocking a huge hole in our profits. 319 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,517 I've forwarded on a list of parts that I need to my mate, Paul. 320 00:16:02,551 --> 00:16:05,793 He owns Britpart. Hopefully, he's gonna prepare everything 321 00:16:05,827 --> 00:16:07,379 for when I get there. 322 00:16:07,413 --> 00:16:11,310 Let's hope we don't give my credit card too much of a hammering. 323 00:16:11,344 --> 00:16:12,965 [upbeat music playing] 324 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:19,310 Look at all these classic Landies under one roof. 325 00:16:19,344 --> 00:16:21,310 I'm in off-road heaven. 326 00:16:22,172 --> 00:16:23,689 -Paul. -Oh, hello, Mike. 327 00:16:23,724 --> 00:16:25,275 -How are you doing? -Good to see you again. 328 00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:26,931 [Mike] These guys do everything. 329 00:16:26,965 --> 00:16:30,724 They refurb and repair every make and model of Land Rover 330 00:16:30,758 --> 00:16:33,586 and they also ship parts all around the world. 331 00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:36,758 Paul is the head honcho. What he doesn't know 332 00:16:36,793 --> 00:16:39,620 about four by fours isn't worth knowing. 333 00:16:39,655 --> 00:16:41,793 I've come to your toy shop. This looks amazing. 334 00:16:41,827 --> 00:16:43,689 -I know. -It looks really good. 335 00:16:43,724 --> 00:16:46,275 I've got this Series 1 Land Rover. 336 00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:49,000 It's an incredibly low-mileage car. 337 00:16:49,034 --> 00:16:50,551 It is a bit frayed around the edges, 338 00:16:50,586 --> 00:16:53,103 -so it does need your help. -Not a problem. 339 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:55,448 I did send you a list, quite a comprehensive list, 340 00:16:55,482 --> 00:16:57,000 of some of the parts that we need. 341 00:16:57,034 --> 00:16:59,517 -I've got the list. -And then I need some more serious bits. 342 00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:03,068 I've got the age-old problem of the leaky sunroof. 343 00:17:03,103 --> 00:17:04,792 -The electric shower! -[laughing] 344 00:17:04,827 --> 00:17:07,034 Fantastic. Yeah, I do need to repair those. 345 00:17:07,068 --> 00:17:09,275 The electronics can be tricky, but we can help you. 346 00:17:09,310 --> 00:17:12,310 -Right. Lead me to your parts! -Let's go and have a look. 347 00:17:12,344 --> 00:17:15,862 [Mike] Paul has managed to source most of the bits I need from the whopping 348 00:17:15,896 --> 00:17:20,689 140 million quids' worth of stock kept on site. 349 00:17:22,723 --> 00:17:25,827 So... I think that's what you need. 350 00:17:25,862 --> 00:17:27,448 That is exactly what we need, yeah. 351 00:17:27,482 --> 00:17:30,000 Pretty brilliant. What a nice repair panel that'll be. 352 00:17:30,034 --> 00:17:32,068 -How much are they? -About 35 quid. 353 00:17:32,103 --> 00:17:33,862 [blows raspberry] A bargain, yeah, absolutely. 354 00:17:33,896 --> 00:17:35,551 Okay, erm, the sunroof. 355 00:17:35,586 --> 00:17:37,586 -Sunroof parts? Okay. We'll go here. -Yes. 356 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:40,310 Lovely. 357 00:17:40,344 --> 00:17:43,000 [Mike] Of course, for the parts that regularly fail, 358 00:17:43,034 --> 00:17:45,137 demand often outstrips supply. 359 00:17:45,172 --> 00:17:47,620 [Paul] This is the ECU for the sunroof. 360 00:17:47,655 --> 00:17:51,413 When the sunroof leaks, it gets water into the ECU and fries it. 361 00:17:51,448 --> 00:17:53,482 Right, Okay. Let's have a look at that, then. 362 00:17:53,517 --> 00:17:56,724 So this will be a brand-new ECU. Very good. Look at that. 363 00:17:56,758 --> 00:17:58,517 Do I need anything else? 364 00:17:58,551 --> 00:17:59,931 I would swap the switch, as well. 365 00:17:59,965 --> 00:18:03,034 Pretty sure the switch will be fried. I think that will be it. 366 00:18:03,068 --> 00:18:05,965 This is the last one we've got in the world. 367 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,517 -Really? Seriously? -Yeah. 368 00:18:07,551 --> 00:18:09,344 Last sunroof switch for a Discovery 1. 369 00:18:09,379 --> 00:18:11,586 Wow. Right, okay. 370 00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:13,034 Well, let's gather those bits up 371 00:18:13,068 --> 00:18:14,862 and work out a price for the total. 372 00:18:18,448 --> 00:18:20,689 It's like a one-stop shop, coming here 373 00:18:20,724 --> 00:18:22,724 and getting all the parts we need. 374 00:18:22,758 --> 00:18:24,620 Quite incredible, £900 375 00:18:24,655 --> 00:18:27,206 to fully restore a Land Rover. 376 00:18:27,241 --> 00:18:29,448 I mean, it's an absolute bargain. 377 00:18:29,482 --> 00:18:32,482 Right, let's get all this stuff back to Elvis in the workshop. 378 00:18:32,517 --> 00:18:34,724 That boy is gonna feel like it's Christmas. 379 00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:41,862 [Elvis] While I wait for Santa Mike to return with his sack of goodies, 380 00:18:41,896 --> 00:18:45,241 I'm trying to sort that dodgy high-low ratio bit of the gearbox. 381 00:18:47,068 --> 00:18:49,655 Right, now that I've got the body off the chassis, 382 00:18:49,689 --> 00:18:53,137 I've got much better access to this, which is the selector lever 383 00:18:53,172 --> 00:18:56,379 for the high-low ratio part of the automatic gearbox. 384 00:18:56,413 --> 00:18:59,827 Mike has already told me there's a problem and I can see what it is. 385 00:18:59,862 --> 00:19:01,586 It's seized solid. 386 00:19:01,620 --> 00:19:05,068 When you move that lever, it should be transmitted through this linkage, 387 00:19:05,103 --> 00:19:06,931 down here, to the transfer box, 388 00:19:06,965 --> 00:19:09,206 but, at the moment, it's fully stuck. 389 00:19:09,241 --> 00:19:11,551 Not that uncommon, people don't use them often, 390 00:19:11,586 --> 00:19:14,586 so I'm hoping I can service it and fix the problem 391 00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:16,793 without having to spend any money. 392 00:19:19,034 --> 00:19:21,482 My first port of call is to open up the transfer box 393 00:19:21,517 --> 00:19:24,241 and see what state the selector pin inside is in. 394 00:19:28,551 --> 00:19:30,137 [upbeat music playing] 395 00:19:30,965 --> 00:19:33,862 Right. I was fully expecting 396 00:19:33,896 --> 00:19:36,586 that shaft in there to be completely seized solid, 397 00:19:36,620 --> 00:19:38,793 but, actually, that feels like brand-new. 398 00:19:38,827 --> 00:19:41,275 The way it should work is that little selector pin 399 00:19:41,310 --> 00:19:42,931 sits inside the transfer box 400 00:19:42,965 --> 00:19:45,206 and, as you move the lever in the cockpit, 401 00:19:45,241 --> 00:19:49,103 it just goes between that high and low ratio set of gears. 402 00:19:49,137 --> 00:19:50,620 So it means... 403 00:19:50,655 --> 00:19:54,172 it must be in here, where we've got the seizure. 404 00:19:56,655 --> 00:19:58,551 I wonder if it's this rod, 405 00:19:58,586 --> 00:20:02,172 the selector rod inside the transfer box, that's actually seized. 406 00:20:02,206 --> 00:20:03,827 Oh, it has seized. 407 00:20:03,862 --> 00:20:06,517 Yeah, that's solid in there. 408 00:20:06,551 --> 00:20:09,862 If I can't get it freed up, we could be looking at a much trickier 409 00:20:09,896 --> 00:20:11,931 and more expensive job 410 00:20:11,965 --> 00:20:13,827 and no-one wants that. 411 00:20:13,862 --> 00:20:15,724 That's too stiff to move by hand, 412 00:20:15,758 --> 00:20:18,137 but with a little bit of gentle persuasion... 413 00:20:18,172 --> 00:20:20,758 I'm hoping it can be loosened off with a bit of 414 00:20:20,793 --> 00:20:22,586 brute force and ignorance. 415 00:20:26,758 --> 00:20:29,448 Okay, so I've just moved it now, using the lever. 416 00:20:30,275 --> 00:20:31,758 I'm pretty sure that's the fix. 417 00:20:32,655 --> 00:20:34,275 It's probably not that uncommon. 418 00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:36,896 It hasn't been used for so long, that piece of metal 419 00:20:36,931 --> 00:20:39,172 has been in that position for years and years. 420 00:20:39,206 --> 00:20:41,689 Just freeing it up has now brought it back 421 00:20:41,724 --> 00:20:43,586 to the way it should operate. Which means 422 00:20:43,620 --> 00:20:46,068 all I've got to do is clean up the two surfaces, 423 00:20:46,103 --> 00:20:48,965 the seal between them and put the whole thing back together. 424 00:20:50,448 --> 00:20:52,551 Hopefully, it was just a bit of dirt. 425 00:20:52,586 --> 00:20:54,965 I need to reassemble the transfer box, 426 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,103 then I can see if that fix has worked 427 00:20:57,137 --> 00:21:00,034 and saved us a load of cash and extra graft. 428 00:21:00,068 --> 00:21:03,413 There we go. I mean, that works perfectly. 429 00:21:03,448 --> 00:21:07,068 For now, that's all the chassis work that I need to do done, 430 00:21:07,103 --> 00:21:10,068 before I start tackling the body itself, but, first, 431 00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:12,379 I'm gonna give it a proper good clean-up. 432 00:21:14,068 --> 00:21:17,103 Which gives me an excuse to enjoy the sunshine outside. 433 00:21:17,137 --> 00:21:20,689 Didn't they push stuff like this on The World's Strongest Man? 434 00:21:20,724 --> 00:21:24,482 This is called TFR, Traffic Film Remover. 435 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:26,931 It's a reasonably aggressive detergent 436 00:21:26,965 --> 00:21:28,896 that's designed to break down most of the dirt 437 00:21:28,931 --> 00:21:31,310 I will then get the rest off, hopefully, with a jet-washer. 438 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,172 Traffic film is all the environmental pollutants 439 00:21:36,206 --> 00:21:39,517 you'd find in the air and on the road surfaces. 440 00:21:39,551 --> 00:21:41,689 Things like unburnt fuel, brake dust, 441 00:21:41,724 --> 00:21:43,689 oil and soot all get caked 442 00:21:43,724 --> 00:21:46,793 into your chassis and this stuff helps to clean it off. 443 00:21:55,793 --> 00:21:59,206 I'm really happy with that. I'm gonna let it dry off in the sunshine, 444 00:21:59,241 --> 00:22:01,551 before I get it back in the workshop. 445 00:22:05,275 --> 00:22:06,862 [honks horn] 446 00:22:10,586 --> 00:22:13,413 Mate, come and have a look at all of this. 447 00:22:13,448 --> 00:22:16,034 So I've done a proper shopping trip 448 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:20,103 and I've got a massive haul of Land Rover parts for us. 449 00:22:20,137 --> 00:22:22,724 -Oh, well done. -It wasn't too expensive on our cards. 450 00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:24,068 That is a busy haul. 451 00:22:24,103 --> 00:22:26,965 [Mike] Everything in there, rubbers, bumpers, brake parts. 452 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,517 Plus the important bit that you texted me about. 453 00:22:29,551 --> 00:22:31,344 Oh, well done, mate. I'm ready for that, that's good. 454 00:22:31,379 --> 00:22:32,448 The body mount. 455 00:22:32,482 --> 00:22:34,551 And look at this patch-repair panel 456 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:36,344 for that hole, why it failed the MOT. 457 00:22:36,379 --> 00:22:38,793 Perfect. I was thinking, I've booked the car in 458 00:22:38,827 --> 00:22:40,551 for some paintwork to be done. 459 00:22:40,586 --> 00:22:42,896 I might get them to do that, at the same time, 460 00:22:42,931 --> 00:22:44,758 because I've got so much else to do. 461 00:22:44,793 --> 00:22:46,620 Lovely. Well, talking of stuff to do, 462 00:22:46,655 --> 00:22:49,172 I've just driven past the chassis. It's looking good. 463 00:22:49,206 --> 00:22:51,379 It is. It's drying in the sun, because I've had to jet-wash 464 00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:54,000 all that dirt that you put on it on your test drive 465 00:22:54,034 --> 00:22:56,896 and having got rid of all the mud, the chassis is in a great condition. 466 00:22:56,931 --> 00:23:01,068 I'm glad it's in great nick. Any repairs to that could have eaten into our profits. 467 00:23:01,103 --> 00:23:03,000 What are you gonna do next, then? 468 00:23:03,034 --> 00:23:05,103 Once that's dry, I'll get it back in the workshop. 469 00:23:05,137 --> 00:23:07,172 I've got some repairs to do to the body itself. 470 00:23:07,206 --> 00:23:10,758 Then I can reattach the two. Then I'll tackle those sunroofs. 471 00:23:10,793 --> 00:23:12,620 Right, I'm glad you said the sunroofs, 472 00:23:12,655 --> 00:23:15,586 because Paul, at Britpart, reckons, because they leak, 473 00:23:15,620 --> 00:23:18,793 it definitely would have damaged the ECU and the switch. 474 00:23:18,827 --> 00:23:23,689 So, in here, you're gonna find both a replacement ECU for the sunroof and a switch. 475 00:23:23,724 --> 00:23:26,068 -Perfect. Nice one, mate. -Right, give us a hand. 476 00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:30,344 But there's no rest for the wicked. 477 00:23:30,379 --> 00:23:34,275 With the sunburnt door cards now off the car, I'm heading straight out 478 00:23:34,310 --> 00:23:36,344 to see if I can get them resprayed. 479 00:23:36,379 --> 00:23:39,448 No easy job, as they'll need to seamlessly match 480 00:23:39,482 --> 00:23:42,793 the rest of the interior, so I'm hoping my mate, Mark, 481 00:23:42,827 --> 00:23:46,137 at Technispray Paints in Birmingham, can help. 482 00:23:46,172 --> 00:23:49,586 Hey Mark, hopefully, you can sort me out, with my door cards. 483 00:23:49,620 --> 00:23:54,034 Yeah, that's fine. Obviously, we can have a look at it on the spectrometer. 484 00:23:54,068 --> 00:23:57,000 I can measure it. We'll see if it comes up as a standard color. 485 00:23:57,034 --> 00:23:59,724 It probably isn't, which means we'll have to do 486 00:23:59,758 --> 00:24:01,655 -a custom color match. -Wow. 487 00:24:01,689 --> 00:24:04,172 We'll match it exactly to how it is now. 488 00:24:04,206 --> 00:24:05,862 I suppose, down the production line, 489 00:24:05,896 --> 00:24:08,275 it would have had an actual color and a number. 490 00:24:08,310 --> 00:24:09,586 It would have been a proper color. 491 00:24:09,620 --> 00:24:12,620 Obviously over time, it's aged, so it is its own color now. 492 00:24:12,655 --> 00:24:14,689 Probably use this corner here? Looks nice and clean. 493 00:24:14,724 --> 00:24:16,413 -Yeah, let's go for it. -Okay. 494 00:24:16,448 --> 00:24:21,034 [Mike] The human eye can distinguish about 100,000 different colors. 495 00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:24,931 This spectrometer can distinguish two million. 496 00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:26,827 It uses sensors to analyze 497 00:24:26,862 --> 00:24:29,482 the amount of radiation that has been absorbed 498 00:24:29,517 --> 00:24:32,620 by the molecules of the paint, which gives us an exact 499 00:24:32,655 --> 00:24:35,551 breakdown of how the color has been created. 500 00:24:35,586 --> 00:24:37,448 Once he's got the breakdown, 501 00:24:37,482 --> 00:24:40,517 Mark tries to replicate the color in paint. 502 00:24:40,551 --> 00:24:43,793 This is the carousel. We've got ourselves a formulation off the computer, 503 00:24:43,827 --> 00:24:45,862 I'll use that with the ingredients. 504 00:24:45,896 --> 00:24:48,724 Hopefully, it will come out somewhere close to your color. 505 00:24:48,758 --> 00:24:49,586 Excellent. 506 00:24:53,241 --> 00:24:56,655 It's a bit like going to your color matcher, isn't it? In a DIY store. 507 00:24:56,689 --> 00:24:59,275 It's a version of that. The only difference is that, 508 00:24:59,310 --> 00:25:02,482 if you take it in there, they'll give you the nearest color they've got, 509 00:25:02,517 --> 00:25:06,551 whereas here, we'll try and get it absolutely spot-on for you. 510 00:25:06,586 --> 00:25:09,517 Right, that's it, then. We'll put that in the shaker, 511 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:12,310 give it a shake, spray it out and see what it looks like. 512 00:25:14,241 --> 00:25:18,172 [Mike] The paint-shaker operates between 100rpm and 700rpm. 513 00:25:19,517 --> 00:25:22,137 It combines our bespoke color blend 514 00:25:22,172 --> 00:25:25,379 with a binding agent, to produce a sprayable paint. 515 00:25:27,103 --> 00:25:31,103 Mark then sprays our color onto a plastic test panel. 516 00:25:31,137 --> 00:25:34,862 But as the shade will change while it dries, he bakes it in an oven 517 00:25:34,896 --> 00:25:36,482 to speed up the process. 518 00:25:43,172 --> 00:25:47,379 [Elvis] Back in the workshop, I'm ticking off some of the massive list of jobs. 519 00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,965 The body has already been given a lick of paint. 520 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 It's been reunited with the chassis. 521 00:25:53,034 --> 00:25:55,310 The replacement bulkhead repair panel has been fitted. 522 00:25:55,344 --> 00:25:57,413 The new rear-wheel arch is in, too, 523 00:25:57,448 --> 00:26:00,310 so that will no longer be an MOT failure. 524 00:26:00,344 --> 00:26:04,758 Now for the trickiest task, working out what's wrong with our sunroof. 525 00:26:04,793 --> 00:26:07,896 The sunroofs from these Discoveries are prone to leaking. 526 00:26:07,931 --> 00:26:10,862 This one, the front one from our car, is no exception. 527 00:26:10,896 --> 00:26:14,068 You can see, from all this tape that's been put around the outside, 528 00:26:14,103 --> 00:26:16,344 to try and seal it, at some point in its past. 529 00:26:16,379 --> 00:26:18,413 What's happened here is the mechanism, 530 00:26:18,448 --> 00:26:20,137 that holds the glass in place 531 00:26:20,172 --> 00:26:23,137 and allows it to slide up and down the runners, has broken. 532 00:26:23,172 --> 00:26:25,551 That's causing that big gap to open up. 533 00:26:25,586 --> 00:26:28,655 Now if I connect up a battery... 534 00:26:28,689 --> 00:26:33,448 ...I can check that the motor itself is working just fine. 535 00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:35,793 There you go. 536 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:39,310 As I open it up, you can tell exactly where that's broken. 537 00:26:39,344 --> 00:26:43,275 Just in there. The problem is that's a very difficult thing to fix. 538 00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:45,137 So I've found myself, online, 539 00:26:45,172 --> 00:26:47,448 for £55, a replacement second-hand one. 540 00:26:47,482 --> 00:26:49,517 Unfortunately, that didn't come with a motor, 541 00:26:49,551 --> 00:26:51,551 but I now know this motor works. 542 00:26:51,586 --> 00:26:53,586 I can take this one off this unit 543 00:26:53,620 --> 00:26:56,517 and put it onto that one, when we get it back in the car. 544 00:27:04,103 --> 00:27:08,310 [Mike] In Birmingham, our paint-mix test patch is out of the oven. 545 00:27:08,344 --> 00:27:10,413 So it's the moment of truth. 546 00:27:10,448 --> 00:27:12,758 Will we have a perfect match? 547 00:27:12,793 --> 00:27:16,551 Okay, Mike, so this is the color that the computer has given us. 548 00:27:16,586 --> 00:27:19,379 [Mike] Oh, Mark, look at that! That color match is perfect. 549 00:27:19,413 --> 00:27:22,310 So now I've got a color match, where do I go next? 550 00:27:22,344 --> 00:27:24,482 Now you go and see Simon in the spray booth. 551 00:27:24,517 --> 00:27:27,000 Well, mate, I really appreciate all your help so far. 552 00:27:27,034 --> 00:27:29,517 -Thank you very much. -Fantastic. 553 00:27:29,551 --> 00:27:32,172 -You must be Simon. -Hello, there. 554 00:27:32,206 --> 00:27:34,206 -What have we got? -We have got your paint. 555 00:27:34,241 --> 00:27:35,862 It's called Brewers Brown. 556 00:27:35,896 --> 00:27:37,586 [laughs] Oh, get in! 557 00:27:37,620 --> 00:27:39,931 -Yeah, I like that. Brewers Brown! -Good stuff. 558 00:27:39,965 --> 00:27:44,448 Yes, good stuff. I'll be able to sell that after, won't I? 559 00:27:44,482 --> 00:27:48,517 To prep the panels for painting we're cleaning them with a water-based solvent 560 00:27:48,551 --> 00:27:50,965 and then a stronger, vinyl prep solution. 561 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,655 That will mean they're completely free of any dirt, 562 00:27:53,689 --> 00:27:57,551 grease or dust particles. 563 00:27:57,586 --> 00:28:01,793 Then it's finally time for their coat of Brewers Brown paint. 564 00:28:03,793 --> 00:28:07,448 Rather than just respraying the sunburnt top section, 565 00:28:07,482 --> 00:28:10,482 it's better to do the whole lot to give a nice even finish. 566 00:28:13,689 --> 00:28:15,724 Simon, are you happy with the coverage? 567 00:28:15,758 --> 00:28:18,827 -Happy with that. -How much has all this cost me for both panels? 568 00:28:18,862 --> 00:28:20,482 Both panels? £85. 569 00:28:20,517 --> 00:28:22,000 An absolute bargain! 570 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:24,931 -Thank you very much, Simon. I really appreciate it. -My pleasure. 571 00:28:24,965 --> 00:28:27,275 [Mike] Simon is a pro, so I can already tell 572 00:28:27,310 --> 00:28:30,551 my door cards are gonna look spot-on. 573 00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:34,000 [Elvis] Our replacement sunroof is stripped down and ready to go on the car. 574 00:28:34,034 --> 00:28:38,068 If you're attempting this at home, I've got a top tip for you. 575 00:28:38,103 --> 00:28:41,758 These drainage pipes here connect up to the underside of our sunroof unit 576 00:28:41,793 --> 00:28:43,827 and then run down the A pillar of the car 577 00:28:43,862 --> 00:28:46,724 and out through the bottom to get rid of any excess water. 578 00:28:46,758 --> 00:28:49,827 Before I fit the new unit, I just want to blow them through 579 00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:51,413 with a compressed-air line, to make sure they're not 580 00:28:51,448 --> 00:28:54,172 blocked with any dirt and debris. 581 00:28:54,206 --> 00:28:57,448 You probably won't have an air line at home, but a can of compressed air 582 00:28:57,482 --> 00:29:00,137 from a DIY shop will work just as well. 583 00:29:00,172 --> 00:29:02,620 And look at all the crud that's coming out. 584 00:29:04,103 --> 00:29:06,931 With the lines clear and the replacement sunroof prepped, 585 00:29:06,965 --> 00:29:08,620 I can set about fitting it. 586 00:29:08,655 --> 00:29:10,896 It just bolts into position. 587 00:29:15,034 --> 00:29:19,068 And, finally, the motor from our original sunroof can go into place. 588 00:29:19,103 --> 00:29:22,310 Before I do, I'm just gonna pop a little bit of grease 589 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:25,413 onto the gear, just to make sure that it's well lubricated. 590 00:29:32,965 --> 00:29:34,413 Once that's done, 591 00:29:34,448 --> 00:29:38,034 the final things to fit are the ECU and switch that Mike found. 592 00:29:38,068 --> 00:29:41,000 Hopefully, we're ready to catch some rays. 593 00:29:41,862 --> 00:29:44,000 [upbeat music playing] 594 00:29:50,275 --> 00:29:51,896 Awesome. 595 00:29:58,103 --> 00:29:59,620 And all for just 55 quid. 596 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:02,000 Love it. 597 00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:03,758 All fixed. 598 00:30:03,793 --> 00:30:06,896 Elvis! Fella! Come and have a look at how good these are. 599 00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:10,137 -Oh, what have you got? -Remember the door cards? 600 00:30:10,172 --> 00:30:11,931 -Yes. -Right? Burnt, 601 00:30:11,965 --> 00:30:13,689 -a little bit crusty. -Horrible, yeah. 602 00:30:13,724 --> 00:30:15,931 -Ta-da! -You got new ones? 603 00:30:15,965 --> 00:30:18,413 -Sweet. -No. That is the same door card. 604 00:30:18,448 --> 00:30:20,103 I found this company in Birmingham. 605 00:30:20,137 --> 00:30:22,517 Not only have they color-matched and painted 'em, 606 00:30:22,551 --> 00:30:24,793 the burn marks are all gone, as well. 607 00:30:24,827 --> 00:30:26,482 That's amazing. They look brand-new. 608 00:30:26,517 --> 00:30:27,896 Yeah, delighted with those. 609 00:30:27,931 --> 00:30:30,551 We've now got a car that's painted. Gonna look good. 610 00:30:30,586 --> 00:30:33,068 The only thing that let it down was the interior. 611 00:30:33,103 --> 00:30:35,241 Those things are gonna finish it off nicely. 612 00:30:35,275 --> 00:30:39,206 I've been thinking about what we can do to celebrate this car at the end. 613 00:30:39,241 --> 00:30:42,862 I've been thinking, the Discovery was famous for being the best what? 614 00:30:44,068 --> 00:30:45,172 Cricketer? 615 00:30:45,206 --> 00:30:48,344 Ian Botham. It was the best all-rounder, wasn't it? 616 00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:51,000 You could literally put straw in the back, 617 00:30:51,034 --> 00:30:54,758 plough a field, clean it off and then, in the evening, go to the opera 618 00:30:54,793 --> 00:30:56,517 or a nice fancy restaurant. 619 00:30:56,551 --> 00:30:59,172 -I'm thinking we do the same. -A fancy restaurant? Yeah. 620 00:30:59,206 --> 00:31:02,034 Well, let's get it muddy first and then we clean it off. 621 00:31:02,068 --> 00:31:05,517 -Then a posh restaurant? -I'll try and find us a posh restaurant to go to. 622 00:31:05,551 --> 00:31:08,034 -Love it. I'll get these in. -All right. You get them bolted up. 623 00:31:08,068 --> 00:31:10,448 -Good work. -Right, I'll find us somewhere to go. 624 00:31:14,965 --> 00:31:18,551 [Elvis] All that's left is for me to get the final bits and pieces onto our Landy, 625 00:31:18,586 --> 00:31:20,620 so it's ready to hit the road. 626 00:31:20,655 --> 00:31:23,000 First up, Mike's freshly-painted door cards. 627 00:31:24,896 --> 00:31:27,034 Right, here we go. It's a fairly simply process, 628 00:31:27,068 --> 00:31:29,034 but there are a couple of things to look out for. 629 00:31:29,068 --> 00:31:32,275 First of all, this sheet, of what looks like pretty cheap plastic, 630 00:31:32,310 --> 00:31:34,172 actually has an important job to do. 631 00:31:34,206 --> 00:31:36,965 It's a draught-excluder, to make sure that any air 632 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,620 that passes down things like window seals or gaps around door handles 633 00:31:40,655 --> 00:31:42,517 doesn't find its way inside the car. 634 00:31:42,551 --> 00:31:44,724 We need to make sure that stays intact. 635 00:31:44,758 --> 00:31:47,620 The other thing that always happens when people fit these is 636 00:31:47,655 --> 00:31:49,655 these little, cheap, plastic clips, 637 00:31:49,689 --> 00:31:51,689 that hold the door card on, get broken. 638 00:31:53,793 --> 00:31:57,689 So, before you give it any pressure, you've got to make sure that 639 00:31:57,724 --> 00:31:59,620 the little clips are all nicely lined up 640 00:31:59,655 --> 00:32:01,379 in the holes that they go into, 641 00:32:01,413 --> 00:32:04,172 before you, eventually, push it into place. 642 00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:14,034 Then it's just a case of screwing the handles and speakers back in 643 00:32:14,068 --> 00:32:15,758 and that's another job done. 644 00:32:20,137 --> 00:32:23,724 Unfortunately, I've saved the most awkward task till last. 645 00:32:23,758 --> 00:32:26,344 Fitting a new seal to the rear window. 646 00:32:26,379 --> 00:32:29,931 Now, one of the foibles of the Series 1 Discovery was that 647 00:32:29,965 --> 00:32:33,379 the rear screen was sealed in place, rather than bonded, 648 00:32:33,413 --> 00:32:34,758 more like a windscreen. 649 00:32:34,793 --> 00:32:37,517 Of course ours, like many others over time, has perished, 650 00:32:37,551 --> 00:32:40,689 but Mike has managed to find me a new one at his parts visit, 651 00:32:40,724 --> 00:32:42,655 so all I've got to do is get it in. 652 00:32:42,689 --> 00:32:46,448 Once the new rubber seal is in place, I've got a little window fitter's trick, 653 00:32:46,482 --> 00:32:49,931 which involves feeding this rope around the edge of the seal. 654 00:32:49,965 --> 00:32:52,620 The purpose of this rope is that it acts almost like 655 00:32:52,655 --> 00:32:56,137 a continuous tie lever, as we fit the glass into the back door, 656 00:32:56,172 --> 00:32:58,862 just easing the rubber seal over the lip of the door, 657 00:32:58,896 --> 00:33:02,034 making the whole process a little bit easier. 658 00:33:02,068 --> 00:33:06,413 I say easier, from experience, these things can be a nightmare to fit, 659 00:33:06,448 --> 00:33:08,965 so I'm getting my mate, Dan, to give me a hand. 660 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,586 Right, come on, then, Dan. 661 00:33:13,068 --> 00:33:16,379 My job inside the car is to finesse the lip of the seal 662 00:33:16,413 --> 00:33:18,655 around the edge of the window frame using the rope. 663 00:33:20,344 --> 00:33:22,758 Just give it a little shove. About here. That's it. 664 00:33:22,793 --> 00:33:25,793 ...while Dan applies a bit of gentle persuasion. 665 00:33:27,793 --> 00:33:31,068 With a bit of to-me-to-you-ing, we can coax it into position. 666 00:33:34,551 --> 00:33:36,758 That's it. A little bit of a tap. 667 00:33:37,827 --> 00:33:39,413 Okay. 668 00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:43,931 That's it. 669 00:33:46,379 --> 00:33:48,034 Yeah. Nearly. 670 00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:50,034 And, eventually, I think we're there. 671 00:33:53,551 --> 00:33:55,862 Lovely. Nice one, mate. 672 00:33:55,896 --> 00:33:58,862 Thanks, Dan. You can pop those off. Awesome. 673 00:33:59,655 --> 00:34:01,344 I'm so pleased that's now in. 674 00:34:01,379 --> 00:34:03,551 I've still got a couple of side windows to do, 675 00:34:03,586 --> 00:34:05,379 a few more bits inside 676 00:34:05,413 --> 00:34:07,655 and then we're nearly ready to show it off to Mike. 677 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,206 [Mike] When I found our Discovery 1 Series, 678 00:34:11,241 --> 00:34:15,344 it had spent more time trapped in a barn than out in the fields. 679 00:34:15,379 --> 00:34:19,034 It's been under a tarp. It's absolutely destroyed the paintwork. 680 00:34:19,068 --> 00:34:21,862 -So Elvis... -Oh, hello, that's not so good. 681 00:34:21,896 --> 00:34:25,137 ...had to go to extreme lengths to fix its rust issues. 682 00:34:25,172 --> 00:34:28,896 Right, there we go. The two halves of the car are now separated. 683 00:34:28,931 --> 00:34:31,137 [Mike] While I set about sprucing up its appearance. 684 00:34:31,172 --> 00:34:34,137 Oh, Mark, look at that! That color match is perfect. 685 00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:37,241 Now our hard work has got it looking like new, 686 00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:40,000 but how much has this transformation cost us? 687 00:34:41,793 --> 00:34:45,241 I bought the car for £4,250. 688 00:34:46,413 --> 00:34:49,655 The parts for my shopping trip came to £900. 689 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:53,172 The replacement sunroof was £55. 690 00:34:53,206 --> 00:34:56,068 Painting the door card was £85. 691 00:34:56,103 --> 00:34:58,896 Retrimming the deadliner £260. 692 00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:02,344 And painting the welding the body £1800. 693 00:35:02,379 --> 00:35:06,896 Given us a grand total of £7350. 694 00:35:06,931 --> 00:35:10,586 Which is a price well worth shelling out on a Landy with only 695 00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:12,724 16,000 miles on the clock. 696 00:35:12,758 --> 00:35:16,758 So much so, I'm already getting lots of interest from would-be buyers, 697 00:35:16,793 --> 00:35:18,379 after putting it up for sale. 698 00:35:19,517 --> 00:35:22,103 [upbeat music playing] 699 00:35:22,137 --> 00:35:25,655 But, before I do a deal, I want to put the car through its paces, 700 00:35:25,689 --> 00:35:27,586 in the habitat it was built for. 701 00:35:27,620 --> 00:35:29,689 The countryside. 702 00:35:29,724 --> 00:35:32,896 So, I've asked Elvis to drive it over to an estate 703 00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:35,517 in the heart of rural Lincolnshire. 704 00:35:35,551 --> 00:35:37,793 -[Elvis] Hello, mate. -Put it down there. 705 00:35:37,827 --> 00:35:39,551 That looks absolutely fantastic. 706 00:35:39,586 --> 00:35:42,379 -We know how to turn out a vehicle, don't we? -It's come up well. 707 00:35:42,413 --> 00:35:44,103 Look at the paintwork on the bonnet and the roof. 708 00:35:44,137 --> 00:35:45,793 -Yeah. -New rubbers on it as well. 709 00:35:45,827 --> 00:35:48,275 -Did you do that patch repair? -That's been done. 710 00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:50,172 Obviously it's passed an MOT, as well. 711 00:35:50,206 --> 00:35:52,758 -You're gonna love the way it drives. -Looks fantastic. 712 00:35:52,793 --> 00:35:55,275 -What are we doing here, mate? -Right, so this is Revesby. 713 00:35:55,310 --> 00:35:59,482 It's an estate. It's over 6,000 acres. I know the estate manager. 714 00:35:59,517 --> 00:36:01,655 You know, I roll with the aristocracy, sometimes. 715 00:36:01,689 --> 00:36:04,448 And I told him about the Mk1 Disco. 716 00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:07,310 I was talking to him about just how versatile they are. 717 00:36:07,344 --> 00:36:09,862 I said, "I'd like to show it off. Can we come down?" 718 00:36:09,896 --> 00:36:12,689 -He said, "If you do a bit of work." -So what are we doing? 719 00:36:12,724 --> 00:36:16,103 First, we're gonna get the Discovery, hook it up to this trailer. 720 00:36:16,137 --> 00:36:17,896 Me and you are gonna take some logs 721 00:36:17,931 --> 00:36:20,034 from here to the other side of the reservoir. 722 00:36:20,068 --> 00:36:21,758 -[laughing] -Then some other stuff. 723 00:36:21,793 --> 00:36:24,172 -What about that fancy dinner? -We have to earn it. 724 00:36:24,206 --> 00:36:26,931 -I thought this was gonna be a nice, relaxing day. -No, no. 725 00:36:26,965 --> 00:36:28,241 We've got to work, got to earn it. 726 00:36:28,275 --> 00:36:30,241 Right. Reverse up. I'll be here for you. 727 00:36:34,310 --> 00:36:37,482 [Mike] I always say there's no such thing as a free lunch, 728 00:36:37,517 --> 00:36:41,655 so let's set about earning ours, starting with loading up the logs. 729 00:36:43,275 --> 00:36:45,103 Keep coming, keep coming. 730 00:36:45,137 --> 00:36:47,172 Yeah, I reckon about there. 731 00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:48,586 Lovely. 732 00:36:56,413 --> 00:36:58,103 Nice one, Tom. 733 00:36:58,137 --> 00:37:00,965 Then we can hit the road and find out if our Landy 734 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,862 has the power to handle this load. 735 00:37:03,896 --> 00:37:05,827 Are we actually towing anything? 736 00:37:05,862 --> 00:37:07,068 Check we've still got the trailer! 737 00:37:07,103 --> 00:37:08,310 I didn't leave it behind, did I? 738 00:37:08,344 --> 00:37:10,241 -No. Good, isn't it? -[Mike] That is fantastic. 739 00:37:10,275 --> 00:37:13,758 -Two tones of logs there. You can't feel it. -You can't feel it, at all. 740 00:37:13,793 --> 00:37:17,310 Everything about this vehicle is so refined. 741 00:37:17,344 --> 00:37:21,586 For a car from 1997, well, it's just like new, isn't it? 742 00:37:21,620 --> 00:37:26,241 The inside feels like new. The outside looks fantastic now, with the paintwork. 743 00:37:26,275 --> 00:37:29,379 -Yeah. -Headliner, all that has been done, as well. 744 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:33,655 It is getting a little bit rutty here so let's go from high to low. 745 00:37:33,689 --> 00:37:35,965 -You've repaired this now. Yeah? -Yes. 746 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,379 It turned out to be a really simple fix on the linkage. It had just seized up. 747 00:37:40,413 --> 00:37:43,689 -So it only took me five minutes in the end. -Oh, there you go. 748 00:37:43,724 --> 00:37:45,862 Right, so now we're in low ratio, 749 00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:47,931 so we've got four-wheel drive. 750 00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:50,068 That's what this thing is for. 751 00:37:50,103 --> 00:37:53,517 It's so universally usable in so many different situations. 752 00:37:53,551 --> 00:37:55,034 [upbeat music playing] 753 00:37:57,586 --> 00:37:59,931 We're not just cruising over this stuff. 754 00:37:59,965 --> 00:38:02,793 We're cruising over it with air-conditioning! 755 00:38:02,827 --> 00:38:04,862 On electric-heated, 756 00:38:04,896 --> 00:38:07,310 if we wanted, luxury, leather seats. 757 00:38:07,344 --> 00:38:10,413 Electric windows all round. Electric mirrors. 758 00:38:10,448 --> 00:38:12,068 It is flipping brilliant. 759 00:38:13,965 --> 00:38:17,413 It's a jack of all trades. It can literally do anything. 760 00:38:17,448 --> 00:38:19,275 I forgot how good they were. 761 00:38:19,310 --> 00:38:21,965 And this one is... is to die for, it really is. 762 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,482 -What a lovely place to explore with it. -It's great, isn't it? 763 00:38:36,620 --> 00:38:37,965 Right. Okay, mate. 764 00:38:45,310 --> 00:38:48,379 [Mike] That's test one passed with flying colors. 765 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:51,896 Time to radio Tom to receive our next challenge. 766 00:38:51,931 --> 00:38:53,758 -[beeps] -Tom, it's Mike and Elvis. 767 00:38:53,793 --> 00:38:55,655 We've dropped off those logs for you. 768 00:38:55,689 --> 00:38:59,793 "Lovely, that's great. If you could pop over to the deer park, please. 769 00:38:59,827 --> 00:39:03,413 En route, get some fence posts and just drop them off in there. 770 00:39:03,448 --> 00:39:06,379 And then, whilst in there, just have a check around 771 00:39:06,413 --> 00:39:08,448 see if you can see any baby fawns." 772 00:39:08,482 --> 00:39:11,517 Yeah, absolutely, Tom. We look forward to doing that. 773 00:39:11,551 --> 00:39:15,000 -Nice one. We are. -Definitely earning that fancy meal, aren't we? 774 00:39:18,241 --> 00:39:22,137 [Mike] Cor, these country folk work hard! 775 00:39:22,172 --> 00:39:25,551 Normally, you'd need to cart these fence posts in a trailer. 776 00:39:25,586 --> 00:39:27,655 Nice one, mate. 777 00:39:27,689 --> 00:39:29,551 -Lovely. -Just about. 778 00:39:29,586 --> 00:39:31,413 But, with the seats down, 779 00:39:31,448 --> 00:39:34,310 our 1 Series swallows them with no problem. 780 00:39:35,448 --> 00:39:37,793 Leaving us to tackle our third mission, 781 00:39:37,827 --> 00:39:41,034 putting the Landy's off-road capabilities to the test. 782 00:39:41,068 --> 00:39:42,413 [birdsong] 783 00:39:42,448 --> 00:39:45,206 Tom was telling me that, back in the day, 784 00:39:45,241 --> 00:39:47,275 they would have used these vehicles 785 00:39:47,310 --> 00:39:49,000 exactly in this way, 786 00:39:49,034 --> 00:39:51,689 to drive around the grounds, to look at the fawns, 787 00:39:51,724 --> 00:39:55,793 to make sure that they look at the perimeters, that nothing has got out. 788 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:58,965 It's the perfect car for this. It can take on all terrains. 789 00:40:05,206 --> 00:40:07,896 Tom has told me, over the 6,000 acres, 790 00:40:07,931 --> 00:40:11,310 there's, like, 600 beautiful deer in here. 791 00:40:11,344 --> 00:40:14,310 They've recently had baby fawns. 792 00:40:14,344 --> 00:40:16,206 He said what we've got to do is 793 00:40:16,241 --> 00:40:19,655 keep a look-out for the baby fawns, because they are tiny. 794 00:40:19,689 --> 00:40:22,241 He said, "You don't want to run them over." 795 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:25,758 -Is that one over there? Or is that a log? -Another little one. 796 00:40:25,793 --> 00:40:29,551 -They do look like logs. -That is one. You can see his ears sticking up. 797 00:40:29,586 --> 00:40:32,068 Little ears sticking up. Basking in the sun. 798 00:40:33,551 --> 00:40:36,000 -Look. -Oh, yeah. Look at that! 799 00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:38,310 -Yeah, he's tiny. -He's tiny, look at him, 800 00:40:38,344 --> 00:40:40,896 just nestled under the tree, having a sleep. 801 00:40:40,931 --> 00:40:42,827 [Elvis] Oh, honestly, mate, they look so cute. 802 00:40:42,862 --> 00:40:47,241 I feel like I'm on the set of the Disney movie! Don't you? It is kind of weird, isn't it? 803 00:40:47,275 --> 00:40:49,931 That's our work for the day nearly done, 804 00:40:49,965 --> 00:40:52,724 but there is still one important job to do. 805 00:40:52,758 --> 00:40:55,379 I've received a final offer for the car, 806 00:40:55,413 --> 00:40:59,586 so I've organized a video call with the would-be owner, another Mike, 807 00:40:59,620 --> 00:41:01,689 to hopefully finalize the deal. 808 00:41:01,724 --> 00:41:03,793 Hello, mate. How are you? 809 00:41:03,827 --> 00:41:05,689 Not bad, not bad at all. 810 00:41:05,724 --> 00:41:09,448 There is a reason why we're doing this conversation on a computer. 811 00:41:09,482 --> 00:41:11,931 You're not here, physically. Why is that? 812 00:41:11,965 --> 00:41:16,689 At the moment, I'm about 80 miles offshore, in the middle of the sea. 813 00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:18,586 [laughter] 814 00:41:18,620 --> 00:41:20,724 On a gas platform. 815 00:41:20,758 --> 00:41:22,965 Oh, well, good for you, good for you. 816 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:27,206 We hope that you're gonna be delighted with the vehicle that we've got. 817 00:41:27,241 --> 00:41:31,551 We've really put it through its paces. We've been over rufty-tufty ground. 818 00:41:31,586 --> 00:41:34,000 We've done it all in the luxurious comfort of this 819 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,965 Series 1 Land Rover Discovery, 820 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,758 that has only got 16,700 miles on the clock. 821 00:41:39,793 --> 00:41:41,620 It feels like it's brand-new. 822 00:41:41,655 --> 00:41:43,310 Excellent. 823 00:41:43,344 --> 00:41:46,241 I did have over 41 Land Rovers, at one point. 824 00:41:46,275 --> 00:41:47,965 What? 825 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,413 I've got 13, at present, so they are quite addictive. 826 00:41:51,448 --> 00:41:53,103 [laughter] 827 00:41:53,137 --> 00:41:56,137 Well, listen, you must be Mr. Land Rover. 828 00:41:56,172 --> 00:41:58,206 That is absolutely fantastic. 829 00:41:58,241 --> 00:42:01,413 Well, I think it would be a worthy addition to your fleet. 830 00:42:01,448 --> 00:42:03,965 We agreed a price of £9,800. 831 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,034 Are you still happy with that price? 832 00:42:06,068 --> 00:42:07,586 I most certainly am. 833 00:42:07,620 --> 00:42:11,448 Listen. Hold out your virtual hand. You've got yourself a cracking deal. 834 00:42:11,482 --> 00:42:13,931 -[laughs] -There you go, well done. 835 00:42:13,965 --> 00:42:17,586 Thanks again, Michael. We really appreciate it. 836 00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:21,172 What a cracking end to the day and a nice little profit for us. 837 00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:25,137 I suppose I'd better treat Elvis to that fancy meal now. 838 00:42:25,172 --> 00:42:29,206 But only if he can prove that his sunroof repair is watertight. 839 00:42:29,241 --> 00:42:32,862 If I get drenched, he can forget about that dinner. 840 00:42:32,896 --> 00:42:35,965 I've got all the windows up. I've got the roof shut. 841 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,586 -Well, go on, then. Let's give it a try. -Good luck. 842 00:42:40,620 --> 00:42:42,275 [laughs] 843 00:42:53,517 --> 00:42:56,896 Yeah, it's good. Yeah. 844 00:42:56,931 --> 00:42:59,620 -Good? -Yeah, it's not leaking, at all. It's really good. 845 00:42:59,655 --> 00:43:01,103 Good. 846 00:43:04,724 --> 00:43:07,655 Well, as Elvis blows off the dust, after a hard day's work, 847 00:43:07,689 --> 00:43:10,620 it gives us time to reflect just how far we've come. 848 00:43:10,655 --> 00:43:14,000 We originally bought this old Land Rover Discovery for just 849 00:43:14,034 --> 00:43:16,275 £4,250. 850 00:43:16,310 --> 00:43:19,551 We've sold it for £9,800 and quite rightly so. 851 00:43:19,586 --> 00:43:22,310 Look at it! It looks like a new vehicle. 852 00:43:22,344 --> 00:43:25,931 We've had a fantastic day around this country estate. 853 00:43:25,965 --> 00:43:28,344 We've done that low mileage proud. 854 00:43:28,379 --> 00:43:30,482 then join us again soon on Wheeler Dealers. 855 00:43:30,517 --> 00:43:32,482 Ta-ra. Oh. No. 856 00:43:32,517 --> 00:43:35,517 I've got to take this boy out for dinner, haven't I? He's earned it.