1 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:11,480 I think my fairy godmother just arrived 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:12,560 and he's called Richard... 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,960 So, why don't you have a go in this with no pressure and do some skids? 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,000 Ha ha ha! 5 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:21,240 This is what I've got to do! 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,600 This is Field Marshal Montgomery's Rolls-Royce. 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:26,800 Don't be nervous... 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:30,880 It's nearly three years 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,120 since the Smallest Cog opened its doors... 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,720 The business still owes me a fortune... 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,440 I've been hiding bank statements, I'm basically running a social club! 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,400 So, it's time for a big shake-up... 13 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:44,080 Clock in in the morning, clock onto a job. 14 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:45,200 The dawn of a new era... 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,080 But not everyone likes change... 16 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:48,480 ..I am very nervous about all of it. 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,840 This isn't going to tell me what to do! 18 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:50,920 I'll tell you that for nothing. 19 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,000 We make history 20 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,080 with our most important restoration yet. 21 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,680 Did Montgomery or Churchill ever imagine you sitting in it? 22 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:57,960 Probably not. 23 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,680 ..The work must be completed on time. 24 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:01,880 Oh, she's eager! 25 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,880 Can we race into a bright new future... 26 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:07,160 ..with me at the wheel? 27 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,000 Oh, oh, oh! 28 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,080 (THEME MUSIC) 29 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,640 (DRUM ROLLS) 30 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:38,560 Oh, look at that, look. 31 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,600 We'll get a shine out of these, I reckon. 32 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,280 I want to see my face in them. (LAUGHS) 33 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,440 Yeah, they're being idiots... 34 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,960 but they are taking it seriously I think 35 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,280 'cause this is our opportunity to look at a big job. 36 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,960 We've been asked by the MOD 37 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,680 to quote for restoration work 38 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,160 on Field Marshal Montgomery's Rolls-Royce. 39 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:04,320 It was the first civilian car over the beaches after D-Day. 40 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,240 This will be the first real test of whether we have upped our game 41 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,000 in terms of professionalism. 42 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,520 The eyes of the world will be on our work... 43 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,520 so we've got to be realistic in our quote. 44 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,960 Ah, look at this. Right! They're arriving. 45 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,720 You're all looking very crisp and smart. 46 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,720 I don't think you'll actually be inspected, 47 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,440 but if you are inspected everybody passes muster. 48 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,120 They've stopped, let's go and have a look. 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:37,600 Can we have that as our work truck? 50 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,760 No. 51 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:40,840 Hiya, Richard. Brigadier. 52 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:42,480 Good to see you again. How are you? Good to see you again. Very well. 53 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,080 As promised, Montgomery's Rolls-Royce. 54 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,080 And we've got a very capable, highly trained crew 55 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,680 who are gonna help you get the car off the truck. 56 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:55,600 Ah, it's actually arrived 57 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,560 and I'm, sort of, anticipating and dreading this moment 58 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,600 because this isn't just any car. 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,160 This is a 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith and it's priceless. 60 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,160 This is a piece of history for this country. 61 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,840 And if we don't look after it, we'll be history! 62 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,160 Is it my turn, is it? 63 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,800 I'd like to stress in true military fashion, 64 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,760 young Isaac did not volunteer for this. 65 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,600 He was volunteered. 66 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,000 Just let it roll off, please. 67 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,560 Oh, god, I'm suddenly nervous. 68 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,600 Isaac, don't cock it up. 69 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,800 Oh, good lord. 70 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,200 Oh, my god, it is only as wide as the... 71 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:48,360 Ooh! 72 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,240 Look at his little face. 73 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,320 That is a man concentrating. 74 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:01,640 Well done. Thank goodness. That's a relief. 75 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:04,320 Well done, Isaac! 76 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:05,880 I'm gonna go and empty my trousers. 77 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:12,800 Our job now is... 78 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:13,880 we will go through that 79 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,640 and we will produce a proper, proper estimate. 80 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,840 Thank you. And you need detail, don't you? 81 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,360 We do. 82 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,760 Thank you, Richard. Nice to see you. 83 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:22,280 She's in your capable hands. 84 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,080 We will definitely look after her. 85 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:25,680 I think Isaac's gone for a lie down. 86 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,400 Jobs like that do not come along every other day. 87 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,360 I mean, there is only one of those cars. 88 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,240 We've got to provide them with a forensic line-by-line estimate of 89 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,960 what we would do, how we would do it, 90 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,920 and what it would cost... 91 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,160 and that is a job for our details focused consultant, Richard. 92 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,280 And his time with us is coming to an end soon, 93 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:58,480 so, he's gonna have to get a move on. 94 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,120 Are you scared? 95 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,320 No. OK. 96 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,160 Good, because everybody else is. 97 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,440 Well, if we produce 98 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:08,920 an accurate estimate, 99 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,400 which is what my forte is, 100 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,000 then we'll be making 101 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,920 an informed decision at the beginning. 102 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,040 I have every faith in you. 103 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,800 This is you doing what you do so good luck. 104 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,200 This is a bit of a military operation here. 105 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:34,080 This will test you. The more you look, the more you see. 106 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,040 The difficulty is that we've got 107 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,080 these repairs dotted all over the place. 108 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,160 And then when you join the dots, where do you stop and start here? 109 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,680 Where do you stop and start there? 110 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,600 Where do you stop and start here? Yeah. 111 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,800 Before you know it, they all blend into each other. 112 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,160 What we've got to do is work out what the total hours are 113 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,720 and the most efficient way of getting through that. 114 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:51,800 Yeah. Yeah. 115 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,160 And really we've got to put milestones in 116 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,240 where we think we're gonna be up to a certain point. 117 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,880 If you could draw a plan up... Yes. 118 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,280 ..and then we can have a chat about it... 119 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,680 Yeah. ..and see what we come up with. 120 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,480 I would absolutely love to do this Rolls-Royce 121 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,720 because this is, well, it's just such an important car 122 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,760 and it would be the pinnacle of my career to actually do that. 123 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,720 I'm just a bit worried that... 124 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,760 it's easy to frighten people off with a massive quote. 125 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:21,120 It's the job of a lifetime and I would hate to lose it. 126 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,440 (BIRDS CHIRP) 127 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:34,840 Some years ago 128 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,040 I came dashing home through the front door... 129 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,400 guys look what I've got... I've got this! 130 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,600 And they went, pfff, whatever... 131 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,360 and so I put them away in the loft. 132 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,040 You can get games replicating, 133 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,920 like specific racetracks and even cars... 134 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,640 and I can practice. 135 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,920 Now, practice what you might ask. 136 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,200 Until recently, The Smallest Cog, 137 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:59,880 we were racing a little MGB GT race car... 138 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:03,040 And then I mothballed it not long ago in a local car museum. 139 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,600 That was the end of that until recently. 140 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,280 I've decided I might kick it off again. 141 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,040 OK, not a panic. This goes like that. 142 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,040 Thing is I'm off to do my racing licence test tomorrow 143 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,280 at Silverstone, 144 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,280 which I need to pass if I'm gonna be allowed to race. 145 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,160 That's damn near exactly the right position 146 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,680 for the gear lever on an MGB GT. 147 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,040 So, I reckon that goes there. 148 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,800 That's pretty much exactly right. 149 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,960 Er... power. 150 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,320 Ah! It's alive! 151 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,280 When you're driving on the telly like I've done all those years... 152 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,000 It's all about sliding it back 153 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,400 and making it look good for the camera and being flashy. 154 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,960 Race driving is all about icy cool, calm and calculating 155 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:06,040 and icy cool, calm and calculating's far from my resting state. 156 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,960 I'm gonna spend some time up here... 157 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,040 Uh... practising. 158 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,880 Green light, give it all you've got. 159 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,720 Wait a minute, oh, this is like the real thing for me. 160 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:21,720 That's a wall! 161 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,640 I did that in a Jaguar once... 162 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:38,160 2 Steve. Richard! 163 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,400 How are you, mate, nice to see you. 164 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,120 Right, I'm in the classroom. Where do I sit? What do I do? 165 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,280 Do you want to take a seat? I'll take a seat, OK. 166 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,160 The key thing is, you've done your revision. 167 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,240 OK. 168 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,680 When we go out on track and I sit alongside you. 169 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,000 What we need to see 170 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,200 is that you're safe, you're competent. 171 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,520 There will come a point when I'll stop talking. 172 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,800 And what I need to see is that you can drive me 173 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,960 for two or three laps without instruction, 174 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,040 fully under control, at a decent pace. 175 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,200 We'll do the track bit first. And then you're gonna sit my exam. 176 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:07,640 Cool, I'm ready. Bring it on. 177 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,200 The novice driver training test 178 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,280 that we do and the licence that is issued, 179 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,720 I would say it's very similar to a pilot's licence 180 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,600 with the same level of gravity, really. 181 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:22,640 So, the reality is we don't give these things away. 182 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,120 You have to earn them. 183 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,920 Here's your toy for the day. This is it. 410 horses. 184 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,280 So, sit on board. I'm in. 185 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:34,880 Helmet on Helmet going on. 186 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,000 Get yourself strapped in. Right. 187 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,840 I haven't taken a driving test in some considerable time. 188 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,440 What I'm gonna have to do is not apply the usual driving 189 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,600 that I've done for decades. 190 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:51,920 When you have one of the world's most famous car journalists 191 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,720 known like, globally, for really... 192 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,440 I'm gonna the word 'hooning' it, 193 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,680 I will be looking really closely 194 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,440 because any of that televisual stunting stuff 195 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,720 is really not gonna work on the racetrack. 196 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,640 OK, Rich, if you want to fire her up. 197 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:13,520 Handbrake off. 198 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,360 You've got green at the end of the pit line. 199 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,040 We're good to go. 200 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,320 So, we've come out onto the track, we're across to the left-hand side, 201 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,080 looking through the corner and then rotate. 202 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,560 So, we've ended up on the wrong side of the road 203 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,360 so, I'm gonna guide you on it the next time. 204 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,600 On the brakes, down the gears, in quite deep, 205 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:43,640 and then we turn across, over the curb... 206 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,000 I can't work this out. 207 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,480 That's alright. You will, you will. Where are we bloody going... 208 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:48,520 And then we're going to put it into the inside, 209 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,840 clip on the inside and out onto the hangar straight. 210 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,960 And then we ease gently back over to the right. 211 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,680 We come down the hill here. 212 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,080 I've already forgotten the bloody track, Steve! 213 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:00,320 It's massive. I'm useless. 214 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,480 It's enormous! Richard, it's massive. 215 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:03,440 It's not obvious where you're supposed to be. 216 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,160 No, but it will be if you look further ahead. 217 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:06,680 You're gonna have to trust me on this. 218 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,520 That's the one thing you're not doing. 219 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,640 I have been doing this very badly for a very long time, Steve! 220 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,600 I have a lot of stuff to relearn here! 221 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:18,200 Think how much hospital time I could have saved you! 222 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,200 (LAUGHS) Haha! 223 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,920 Get the flow. Just relax. Just stay relaxed. 224 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,120 There's your clipping point. Look at the exit. 225 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,920 Look at the exit. Good. 226 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,680 And now across to the left. Good. Perfect. 227 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,160 That's the sweet spot. And in. 228 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,600 Hard breaks. Look through the bend. 229 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,800 Smoothly in. Pick the gas up a little bit. 230 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,480 Good! Hold that one knot. Perfect! 231 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:47,880 Left. Yes. Yes! 232 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,040 About 1,000% better on that section. Really? 233 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,360 Let's just put it together for a couple of laps 234 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,120 'cause you are right on the tipping point. 235 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,880 You're there. Away you go! 236 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,280 Right, now the test starts for real. 237 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,960 Hold it together, Hammond. Concentrate. 238 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,040 (ENGINE REVS) 239 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,880 Right, we're going in because I need to pee. 240 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,160 Ha ha ha! Have I been that bad, Steve? 241 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:39,400 Oh, no! 242 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,680 From my point of view, that is, young man, a pass. 243 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,160 It's a long time since I've had that said to me in a car. 244 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,520 It's about 36 years. 245 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,000 The main thing is a pass. 246 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,480 Now, I've got to do the exam... 247 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:57,800 Oh, bugger. 248 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,000 Oh, my word, actually. 249 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:06,360 So, some of those I haven't revised... erm... 250 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,920 Just read the questions carefully, Rich. 251 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,840 Yeah. And use the common sense answers. 252 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,720 Do you want one of my sandwiches to keep you going? 253 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,200 No, I'm alright. Thank you. 254 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,200 Unless he absolutely nails it, 255 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,800 he's coming back again and again and again. 256 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,200 Right, I'm done. 257 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:27,360 Um... 258 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:29,760 Take that. 259 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,360 There were a few that I wasn't... 260 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,240 If I mess it up, I'll look like such a muppet. 261 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,720 Just say it, Steve. Just relax! 262 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,560 Oh, god! Thank you! 263 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,160 It's 100% pass. 264 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,440 Ooh... 265 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,240 I'm actually rather pleased with that. 266 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:58,440 100%. 267 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,920 Um, I'm not lying that is a relief. 268 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,120 Oh, thank goodness. 269 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,600 I can legally go and have a go in my little race car. 270 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,040 I think it will be great! 271 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:17,200 Although one thing... 272 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,480 I haven't yet told the Cogs about my new grand plan... 273 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,360 (BIRDS CHIRP) 274 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,080 Hello? 275 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:28,280 You alright, chaps? 276 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,000 How are you? Thanks for coming over. 277 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,680 Um... I'm sorry for having the chat here. 278 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,520 A bit unusual, but it's important that it's just us having a chat. 279 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,480 There has for a while 280 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,960 been a bit of an elephant in the workshop. 281 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,120 The elephant being racing. 282 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,280 It was hideously expensive... Costly. 283 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,000 ..and it didn't bring in a lot of work. 284 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,080 No. No. 285 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,280 But I have recently had cause 286 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,720 to have my enthusiasm for it renewed. 287 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,800 So, my proposal is this, we go racing again. 288 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,360 OK. 289 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,160 There are some changes. Professional drivers cost. 290 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,800 Expensive, yeah. There's no way around it. 291 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:12,320 But there is in our circle somebody we all know, another driver, 292 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,840 pretty experienced, done a lot. 293 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,000 Isaac, he's done a lot of driving. Yeah. 294 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,160 There's also another driver 295 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,440 that's done a lot of driving all over the place... 296 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,200 It's me! I'm talking about me! Oh! 297 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,600 I'm talking about me. Oh... Yeah. 298 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:33,880 So, my proposal is this. Anthony, you and I are our drivers. 299 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:38,200 Neil, you run the pits and the car while we're racing. 300 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,520 To be honest, I thought that was the end. 301 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,560 No more racing, because it didn't bring the work in, 302 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:44,840 that was the end of... the end of the road. 303 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,520 So, I'm going home actually very, very happy. 304 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,360 And that's exactly why I am keen to go racing again. 305 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,600 They are motivated. But there is now a lot to be done... 306 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,080 The car needs testing. I need testing. 307 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,160 I've never actually driven it. 308 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,080 I need some track time... 309 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,600 and the race season begins in a few weeks. 310 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:03,360 We are gonna have to get going with this. 311 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,480 To racing? Yeah. To racing. 312 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,000 To racing. ..and to engineering! 313 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:09,320 And to engineering. 314 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,400 2 One thing that I have learned through bitter experience 315 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,960 is that whilst the big resto jobs 316 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,200 like, hopefully, the Rolls are great and prestigious 317 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:37,880 and they keep Neil busy. 318 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,280 We do still need those smaller, mechanical ones, 319 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,320 to keep Isaac and Anthony busy. 320 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,200 And I've got one coming in this morning 321 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:47,480 that could be interesting. 322 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:52,800 It's one of your favourites isn't it? 323 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,600 I love these, I love a 944, I've always liked these. 324 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:58,680 Clive! 325 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,520 Good to finally meet you having spoken on the phone. 326 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,480 And this-this is the car in question. 327 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:03,560 That is the car. 328 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,560 And it is an automatic which you need it to be 329 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,600 on account of your motorcycling mishap. 330 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,920 Yeah. We kind of had a bit of an accident. 331 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,920 Yeah. It wasn't. It was a while ago, was it? 332 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,720 Yeah, a while ago. 1985. 333 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,160 Same age as the car. 334 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,680 So, you bought this because you've always liked 944s... 335 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,040 They are a lovely car. Always liked these. 336 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:25,080 But I was always into motorbikes. 337 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,200 And I've just got too old, 338 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,560 too much arthritis in my hand so the bikes have all gone. 339 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,080 Just to be clear, 340 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,640 it was feeling too old that stopped you riding bikes, 341 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,720 not losing an arm in a bike crash. 342 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,400 No. So, you carried on riding? 343 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,840 Yes, for probably another 30 years, I suppose. 344 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,280 How? 345 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,080 Just converted so that I could use it. 346 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,520 Clutch and brake on the left and the throttle on the right foot. 347 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,040 I bet that was interesting the first time 348 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:53,120 you went out, wasn't it? 349 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,200 Oh! Yeah. 350 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,880 I forgot how... what I was doing and I went into a hedge. 351 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,680 Ah, yeah. They pulled me out. 352 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:00,880 I learnt again. 353 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,880 Go again. Yeah. Go again, yeah. 354 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,040 If it can be done I'm gonna do it. 355 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,680 It's not gonna stop me. If not, you're gonna try. 356 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,360 I'm going to try and try. Yeah. 357 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:09,480 All the bikes have gone now. 358 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,280 Yeah, so, this is an important car to you. 359 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,360 This is. Yeah. 360 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:13,440 This is your...this is your toy? This is my toy. 361 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:14,800 Yes! Number one toy. 362 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,840 So, this isn't 'body'. This is purely mechanical. 363 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,000 All mechanical. 364 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,440 And what needs doing? My department. 365 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:20,520 Yes, listen in. 366 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,240 Well, the main thing is the power steering. 367 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,520 Yeah. Because the power steering is OK. 368 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:25,600 It works. 369 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,320 But when you're at low speed, 370 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,760 it's very hard to pull and I have to yank it round. 371 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,360 Most cars now are electric power steering. 372 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:34,440 Yeah. 373 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,560 If you're happy to go down that route? 374 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:36,760 So, that'll be consistent the whole time if it's electric. 375 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:37,880 ..consistent all the time then. Yeah... 376 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:38,960 Excellent. Alright. 377 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,920 Clive, real pleasure to meet you. And you. 378 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,960 And thank you for being an inspiration to bikers. 379 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,360 Thank you very much. Cheers, Clive. 380 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:45,520 It's going to be fun. 381 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,280 I love Clive's stories... 382 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:51,600 It's unreal how like losing one arm 383 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:52,760 you can't imagine how bad that would be. 384 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,000 But to actually still ride bikes and keeping the motoring alive 385 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,640 and now he's got a Porsche, which is a great-looking car. 386 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,680 First thing I'll do now is, I'll take it for a drive 387 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,520 and see how bad the power steering really is. 388 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:15,480 I'm now going to attempt a one-arm turn on a roundabout. 389 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:16,840 This could be interesting. 390 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:24,600 Oh, my god. 391 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,080 That's not the easiest. 392 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,040 Flippin heck. How does he drive like this? 393 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:35,600 I've only literally done not even a mile 394 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,680 and I can feel the muscles there 395 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,440 in the top of my arm working already. 396 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,560 Anything I can do 397 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,240 to make this better power steering-wise, 398 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,200 I can see how this is going to benefit Clive. 399 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:48,720 I've got to take my hat off to him. 400 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,800 It's amazing how he's adjusted to do this, 401 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,440 and how he ever rode a motorbike is beyond me? 402 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,400 (BIRDS CHIRP) 403 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,800 I'm getting ready for racing 404 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,600 and I've got to go and get kitted out with all my clobber 405 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,080 because my race suit, helmet, etc, 406 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,160 all went out of date. 407 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:16,320 Because it does. 408 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,240 This isn't gonna be a cheap visit. 409 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,280 The kit is expensive. 410 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,880 But it needs to be because if something goes wrong, 411 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:29,200 which let's be honest I'm driving, it probably will, 412 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,800 I need to be wearing the most protective clobber I can. 413 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,360 Morning, Tom! Good morning, how are you? 414 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:44,560 How are you? Yeah, very good are you OK? 415 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,000 I'm excited, so, I need the full set of clobber. 416 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,240 OK, alright, why don't we go into the warehouse? 417 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,680 Stuff. I like this bit. It's always shopping, isn't it? 418 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:52,880 It is. Yeah. 419 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,600 Right to protect my noggin, 420 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,520 my life has been saved by crash helmets more than once. 421 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:03,760 Yeah, infamously. 422 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,000 If you wanna chuck that on. 423 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,760 That looks good. So, we've got a lid. 424 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,280 Yeah. 425 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,000 Cool. Um, next. 426 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,200 Race suit. 427 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,800 Yes. I need one of those. Yeah. OK. 428 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,040 If you follow me... 429 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,920 Substantially smaller than Anthony's. 430 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,160 Well, yeah. There is that. 431 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,320 Is there a changing room or... 432 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:33,880 You can just hide behind, 433 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,640 sort of, the trailer or something, that's fine. 434 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,720 Right. I'll stand here and avert my eyes. 435 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,440 Racing is all about glamour, isn't it? 436 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,400 And I'm really feeling it. Right. Hang on. 437 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,200 There's quite a lot of it. 438 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:48,560 Haha, yeah. OK. 439 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,200 Maybe we need to find you the next size down. 440 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,440 Yes. Yeah. Alright. 441 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:52,840 Let me have a look. 442 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,200 I can't remember the last time I sold a size two... 443 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,320 Have you added it up? I have, yeah. 444 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,840 It comes to a grand total of 2,028 pounds... 445 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,560 It's quite expensive, racing isn't it? 446 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,800 ..and 26 pence. OK. 447 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,440 I shall do it justice by not crashing too quickly. 448 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,040 Yeah, well, at least if that does happen, 449 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:16,560 you're about as geared up as you can be. 450 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:17,720 Yes. 451 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:18,800 And if there's any driver that needs it, 452 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,040 then it's probably gonna be you. 453 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,120 (WESTERN MUSIC) 454 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:46,560 This is making my head hurt, this is... in my head it works. 455 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,960 If I can change the diameter of that pulley 456 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,280 on the power steering pump to smaller, 457 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,600 which means then that the ratio it would be spinning 458 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,960 compared to the crank could be quicker at low revs, 459 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,120 it would make the steering lighter at lower revs. 460 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,320 And it would be cheaper for Clive 461 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,440 because he won't need a new power steering system. 462 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,280 And also, it'd be a lot quicker job 463 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:13,800 which Richard would be very happy about 464 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,280 because it would be in and out. 465 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:19,320 To get a pulley for that I believe if I take it off 466 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,880 and take it to our engineering friend next door, Hadrian, 467 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,320 he can actually make me one smaller. 468 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,400 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 469 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:42,120 H? Got a question? 470 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,160 Got a Porsche. Yeah? 471 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,200 Customer's got one arm. 472 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:48,400 He's struggling with the steering. 473 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,880 It's quite heavy. Right. 474 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,440 Am I on the right path of thinking 475 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,600 if I shrink the pulley on the pump... 476 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,120 Yes. ..would it make it lighter... 477 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,560 Easier? Yes. ..easier at lower revs. 478 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,560 OK. Next question. Can you make one? 479 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:02,720 Let's have a look. 480 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,920 That one's 105 mil. 481 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,240 105. 482 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:09,760 What would you recommend? 483 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:10,840 I'd go for 90. 484 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:11,920 90? Yes. 485 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,920 So, how much would you charge me to do that? 486 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,880 It's not a lot of money to actually make that. 487 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:16,960 OK. 488 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,040 It's the fact that you've got to do a programme for it 489 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:19,640 so, the first one would be 100 quid. 490 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,440 Yeah. Alright? 491 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,600 Yeah, I'd be well up for that. Who do I see for this? 492 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,720 That'll be Matt in the workshop. 493 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,040 Is it OK if I go and grab him now? 494 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,800 Yep, help yourself. Thank you, H. 495 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,440 I'm not gonna lie, that is an absolute result. 496 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,040 Literally, a few steps from our workshop, 497 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:41,760 I can actually get this stuff made. 498 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,120 So, this could be 100-pound down the drain, 499 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,720 or I've actually come up with a good idea for once, 500 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,680 but we won't know until that pulley is fully made. 501 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,200 2 (BIRDS CHIRP) 502 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,280 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 503 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,760 Do you reckon Rich is going to be nervous like I was? 504 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,120 On my first day? 505 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,920 Think of it this way, right. Yeah? 506 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,680 It's his first day of actually walking the walk 507 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:14,920 instead of talking the talk. 508 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,320 We're headed into deepest Wales to Llandow, 509 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,080 the little track where we do our testing 510 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,600 for our MGB GT race car. 511 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:31,000 But today it's different because, well, I'm driving. 512 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:36,720 Also Patrick Blakeney Edwards, an experienced team manager, racer, 513 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,720 classic car restoration workshop boss, 514 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,400 he's agreed to come over 515 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,800 so, he'll give his assessment on the car, 516 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,200 on Anthony, on me as a driver 517 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,200 so, thinking about it, the pressure is on. 518 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,600 Morning, chaps. Good morning. 519 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,440 So, the idea of today. 520 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,640 This is a test day. 521 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,320 We're testing the car and team and the drivers. 522 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,840 The problem is you've got to go fast and then be careful. 523 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,960 That's the trick, isn't it? Yeah, fast. 524 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,040 What was the other thing? Careful. 525 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,040 Careful. Careful. 526 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:17,600 Let's get her warmed up, ready. 527 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,680 (ENGINE REVS) 528 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,200 Patrick Blakeney Edwards is just hoving into view. 529 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:26,280 Morning. Morning. 530 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:27,360 Alright, fella? 531 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:28,440 Today is gonna end up with seeing 532 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,440 which of the three of us sets the fastest lap in the car. 533 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,000 There's no way around it. I completely agree. 534 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,880 We're-we're boys. It's going to happen. 535 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,520 Who's going out first, then? Patrick's going first. 536 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,720 Three laps and then start timing. 537 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,160 Right. Give it a go. Don't detonate it. 538 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,400 Bye. Honestly. 539 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,160 You wouldn't wanna be on an aeroplane with him would you, 540 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:51,640 he wouldn't shut the door, would he? 541 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,760 This is a guy who's raced a lot of classic cars 542 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:01,840 assessing our classic race car. 543 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:02,920 Yeah. Yeah. 544 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,840 I wanna hear what he makes of it. I'm really intrigued. 545 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,040 Oh, here we go, here we go. 546 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:17,960 51.60. 547 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,240 51.60? Yeah. 548 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:20,720 Oh, for (BLEEP) sake! 549 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,280 He's quick. 550 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:24,480 Well, he's done a lot of this. Yeah. 551 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,080 (ENGINE REVS) 552 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,080 51.25. Whoo-hoo-hoo! 553 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,600 All depends on his braking now as to whether he gets... 50.43. 554 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,000 Oh. 555 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,160 He's pitting. 556 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,280 Out of the box, I think that's not bad. 557 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:59,600 The whole thing is quite balanced. It's quite an easy car to drive. 558 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,080 It's not hard, is it? But really good. 559 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,400 It's a really positive start. 560 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,880 Alright. You've done a 50.43. 561 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,440 You did get quicker each lap... You did get quicker. 562 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,200 ..almost as if you do a lot of racing. 563 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,000 No, pressure, Anthony. 564 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,840 If you could get it under the 50 it would be good! 565 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,600 Right. Go steady. Yeah. 566 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,200 I'm afraid it's 54.5. 567 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:33,280 He'll be disappointed. Well, that ain't bad though! 568 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:36,120 It's his first lap, give him a chance! 569 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,960 52.54. Oh, nice. 570 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,040 Here we go. Going in the right direction. 571 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,200 He's on it. 572 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:04,840 51.79. There we go! 573 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,120 That's his fast lap. That's really good. 574 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:08,560 He should be pleased with that. 575 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,120 OK? 576 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,360 Yeah, all good. 577 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,440 You did well. 578 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,560 51.79 is your quickest time. That's great! 579 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,040 Getting there. Now, it's Richard's turn. 580 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,320 Let's see what happens. 581 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,280 Right, keep your expectations moderate 582 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,280 and maybe get a fire engine nearby. 583 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,040 Ah, I'm in! 584 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:41,360 If Richard does well, 585 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,760 I'm hoping it'll give him a bit more enthusiasm 586 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,200 to get back into the driving seat of the garage 587 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,080 because as of late, 588 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,160 I think he's been having a lot of pressure 589 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:51,240 with running the workshop. 590 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,800 It would be nice to see him have a smile on his face. 591 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,720 Good luck. Look after it. 592 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,520 Thank you. Will do. Nobody trusts me. 593 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,760 Right, here I go. My first go in our little race car. 594 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,600 This has been quite a long journey for him. 595 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,520 Yeah. Very. 596 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,400 You know, obviously he's busy with other things that he's doing. 597 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:16,520 Of course. Yeah... 598 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:17,760 Tell you what... you're closer to the truth... 599 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:18,840 ..than you ever realise. 600 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,120 He's been trying to run the garage, 601 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,760 running everything, doing his other job. 602 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,400 He really needs this to boost his-his passion back into the garage 603 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,240 because he's starting to lose the will. 604 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,040 Just watch myself here. 605 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,920 I'm very conscious of the lads watching. 606 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,920 They're convinced I'm going to crash it. 607 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,560 54.56. 608 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,400 He's doing well. He isn't far off. 609 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,840 The gear shift is lovely! 610 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,120 Oh, little MGB, you've had a second life. 611 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,520 Once you were a dowdy little classic, 612 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,360 now, you're a little race car! 613 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,520 53.67! 614 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,200 Good. That's better. Good man. 615 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:15,840 This feels great. 616 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,360 Now, there's a point to running a classic car restoration business 617 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,040 because I get to have fun! 618 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,440 Haha! 619 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,240 52.43. 620 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:27,880 I wonder whether we should be worried, Ant. 621 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,160 I'm thinking that as well! 622 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:30,360 (LAUGHTER) 623 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,880 This is it. This is gonna be the one. 624 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,880 51.61. He's quicker than me then. 625 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,800 He should be really happy with that. He's actually not bad, is he? 626 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,800 Hehehe. What an amazing little car. 627 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:49,960 I love it! 628 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,680 He's got a smile on his face! 629 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,440 It's lovely. What a great little car, isn't it? 630 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:57,800 Bless it. 631 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:05,200 The setup is professional. The car's really nicely prepared. 632 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,040 And I think Richard should be really, really pleased 633 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,120 with that performance. 634 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,360 He is certainly competent enough 635 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:15,520 to get out in that car and perform respectably. 636 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,400 I remember at the finish of last season, 637 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,960 I'd reached a point where I really, 638 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,800 well, I didn't just question, is this racing business worth it. 639 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,840 I answered it. No it's not, it's too expensive. 640 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,320 It's too much hassle. It's not worth the payoff. 641 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,800 But after a successful test day today 642 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,600 of team, car and drivers, 643 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,080 it is worth it and we're going to do it again. 644 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,000 So, we can press green on cog racing this year. 645 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,720 Go. Yeah! 646 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,080 Party time! And it's not broken. 647 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,080 (LAUGHTER) 648 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,360 2 (BIRDS CHIRP) 649 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,720 Come on, Isaac, got me coffee ready? 650 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:05,960 Yeah. Good lad. 651 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,160 So, Matt's made me a new pulley 652 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,400 and as you can see there, the size difference is quite big. 653 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:20,480 So, I'm hoping I put this on and the power steering gets lighter. 654 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,440 That's a good start. It lines up. 655 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:37,800 So, it's gonna be wheels on 656 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,120 and the moment of truth, the test drive. 657 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,200 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 658 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,320 Alright, Clive? Hello there. 659 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:13,800 Without messing around 660 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:14,880 I reckon we should get out on the road 661 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,160 and see if it works. 662 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:17,320 Lovely job. 663 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,160 Hopefully, you'll feel the difference, 664 00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:28,240 especially at the next roundabout 665 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:29,360 because you've got to go all the way around it. 666 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,240 Yeah. So, moment of truth. 667 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:41,920 How did you find that roundabout? 668 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,640 The steering's brilliant. 669 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,360 Is it OK, yeah? At the moment, yeah. 670 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,960 If we go straight down now. Yeah. 671 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,800 That'll take us to a car parking area. 672 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,560 That's lovely. Look at that. 673 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,840 Perfection! Perfection! 674 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:04,840 Is that OK? 675 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,520 Yeah, it's a lot better than it was. 676 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,600 Phew! 677 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,800 Alright, should we head back to the workshop? 678 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,000 Yeah. Let's do it. I'm happy with that. 679 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,600 Enjoy the 944. 680 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,000 That was a nice little job! 681 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,040 I'm actually surprised that something in there worked. 682 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,160 No, but it came in, assessed it, 683 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:36,840 came up with a solution, delivered it. 684 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,120 Customer happy. 685 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,800 Yeah. Under his budget. Under budget. 686 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,840 We obviously made our margin. Yeah. 687 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,640 And I should imagine, it feels pretty good for you. 688 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,440 I actually feel really good at the moment. 689 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:47,840 Something actually works. Well done. I like that. 690 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,000 Pleased with that. I'll try and keep it up. 691 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,840 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 692 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,360 Today is the day the brigadier 693 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,720 and team come in 694 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,760 to discuss our quotes for the work 695 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,720 on the Rolls-Royce... Monty's Rolls-Royce. 696 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,680 I'm nervous because it's quite a lot of money. 697 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,960 But this quote is the bare minimum 698 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,200 to get that car looking properly smart, 699 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:29,480 in its Sunday best. 700 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:34,560 And that's between 29,347 and 32,990. 701 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:35,680 That's the ballpark. 702 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,040 And if they greenlight 703 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,440 it we will work through this line by line. 704 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,320 This is us growing up. 705 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:54,520 Hello. Hey, Richard. 706 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,360 Nice to see you again. Yeah, yeah. 707 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:57,440 Good to see you again. 708 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,440 Richard, can I introduce you, please, to Simon? 709 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,360 Simon, Museum Director. Nice to meet you. 710 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,000 And the Royal Logistical Museum curator, Sam. 711 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,920 Hi. Nice to meet you. Sam? Nice to meet you. 712 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,520 Right. First things first. Let's have a look at the car. 713 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,520 The reason it's covered in tape is, this is what we've been marking up. 714 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,000 The process has been, let's go through it 715 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,840 and spot every blemish, 716 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,600 every bit of damage and that's what you've done. 717 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,920 Yes. Wanna give us the headlines? 718 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,120 So, we've gone through and we've looked at the car. 719 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:26,800 Obviously, it's been repainted in the '70s at some point. 720 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,760 You can see where they've painted up to the bottom of the door here 721 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,240 so, this paint isn't the same as this paint. 722 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,640 Also down on the roof here 723 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:36,800 you can see where there's new paint under the old paint 724 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,320 and there's some damage on the top edge. 725 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:43,320 Yeah, so, she was actually damaged in April 1941 726 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,040 during an air raid in London. 727 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,800 That's the first car we've ever had in here 728 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,560 with bomb damage to it. 729 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:49,600 That's quite remarkable. 730 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,640 That's why you reckon that side bows out slightly. 731 00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:52,720 Yeah. 732 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,520 Which that says, that is part of its story. 733 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,600 That's exactly what you probably wouldn't want to get rid of, that, 734 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,520 because that's-that's part of its history. 735 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,440 I think there's certainly gonna be a balance 736 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,400 between keeping it look-looking like a car 737 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:05,800 from 1939 738 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,120 and not making it look like it just came off a production line now 739 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,720 because we still want it to look like Monty's car. 740 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,400 Yeah. But with the damage addressed. 741 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,040 And so that's-that's the challenge we're going to face. 742 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,360 The numbers on here are not entirely small. 743 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,520 This is the projected cost for going through 744 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,400 and doing all the targeted bits rather than everything. 745 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,480 I'm going to assume from the variety of expressions... 746 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:39,560 The gurning! 747 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:40,600 ..on the faces in front of us 748 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,360 that-that wouldn't go well back at base. 749 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,480 We talk about D-Day. 750 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,240 Well, this is gonna be D-Day 751 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,040 for Richard Joyce's new approach to estimating. 752 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,680 I just hope he's got it right. 753 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,120 OK, well, I think we're going to have to have a discussion. 754 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,120 I think this is slightly more than we wanted to spend. 755 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,200 It's a difficult discussion, 756 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:05,520 but it's where we're going to have to be. 757 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:06,920 We'll leave you to your deliberations, 758 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,360 fighting, shouting, screaming, wailing... 759 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,680 Right, now we wait... 760 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,400 When do we go back in? 761 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,120 I'd give them five minutes, shall we? 762 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,120 I'm going to have to knock on my own office door. 763 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,440 How did it go? How did you get on? 764 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,840 They're deliberating. Although I did a birth of thinking. 765 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,200 They were a bit scared. They went like this. Oh! 766 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,840 Yeah? Yeah? Come on in! 767 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:42,000 We're back. 768 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,040 So, having shocked and scared you, sorry. 769 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:46,120 What's your thinking? 770 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,200 I'm gonna disclose a figure I wasn't gonna disclose to you, 771 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,200 which was our maximum figure 772 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,160 and I'm afraid it's a little bit lower than yours. 773 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:56,400 We don't think we can afford to spend 774 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,880 more than 25,000 pounds. 775 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:03,040 It would be a great shame to have to descope 776 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,960 the package of works. 777 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:09,440 What we could do, if we cap it at 25,000 from you. 778 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,520 I wanna get all of it done for that 779 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,600 and if I go over your spend I'll suck it up. 780 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,960 Well, that's hugely, hugely great for this. 781 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,240 Fantastic. 782 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,680 You know, on behalf of the museum, the team, the trustees, 783 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,520 if you can do that, that would be greatly appreciated. 784 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,280 So, listen, the main news is we can get on with it. 785 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,480 It's 'green light'. It's 'go'. 786 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:33,600 Fantastic. 787 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,400 Wonderful. Brilliant. 788 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:36,640 Thank you very much indeed. 789 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:38,120 Honestly, I'm desperate to see the job's done. 790 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,360 Thank you. Thank you... 791 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,080 Well, we got the job. 792 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:53,880 Yeah, OK, I've said I'll soak up the difference 793 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,360 between their budget and what it's actually gonna cost. 794 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:57,520 But it is different this time 795 00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,680 because that is a significant vehicle. 796 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,040 And I wanna play my part in preserving it, 797 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:05,360 in respecting it and showing it off to the world. 798 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,080 I realise that might look like 799 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,280 I'm running the business with my heart and not my head again, 800 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:14,880 but there is contingency in our estimate. 801 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,800 There's extra money in case we find problems. 802 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,120 And because this estimate is in such fine detail, 803 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,040 we can keep a close eye on that as we work through it, 804 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,840 so, assuming Neil doesn't discover any spectacular horrors, 805 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,440 I reckon we could bring this in for 25K. 806 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,360 That's what I'm gonna be pushing for. 807 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,120 We got the Rolls-Royce job which is great 808 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,040 but I feel for Richard a bit 809 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,640 because at the end of the day 810 00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:38,600 if there is any overspend on this car 811 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,080 he's gonna have to soak it up. 812 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,400 But if you look at the car it's got five-stars, 813 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:43,720 that's exactly what it is. 814 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,040 It's a five-star job. 815 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,400 And it's the best and most important car we've ever, ever worked on 816 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,120 so, it's a great day for the business. 817 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,600 All credit to our consultant Richard, 818 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,280 he pulled that one out of the bag. 819 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:03,760 And it's good timing, 820 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,520 today's the last day of his consultancy period 821 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:08,880 so, he is going out with something of a hurrah. 822 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,600 To be honest, since he's come in, he has turned it around a bit. 823 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:13,880 He has. It has helped. 824 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:15,960 He's taught this old dog a few tricks, hasn't he? 825 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,800 RJ, I'm anxious. 826 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:21,960 If I said to you, yeah, 827 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,560 I'll let you know how we're doing in six months, 828 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,840 would you just laugh and say six months? 829 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:27,840 You won't be there. No, no. 830 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,160 With a bit more staff in there you'll keep on top of it. 831 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:31,600 More staff? 832 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,160 More staff. Definitely. 833 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:36,600 Mate, thank you very much for being here. 834 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,680 No, problem. It's been my pleasure. 835 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,400 Come on, Richard, we've got you a cake. 836 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,160 We've got you a cake. Look. Look at that... 837 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,960 He has got us organised so, I'm grateful to him for that. 838 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,160 But he's quite clear that we need more staff 839 00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:54,920 and there is no doubt, we do. 840 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:56,160 The problem there is 841 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,240 the more people I've got out there on the workshop floor, 842 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,360 the more management they take and management also costs. 843 00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,640 He leaves us in better shape than he found us. 844 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:07,760 But I don't think we're done yet. 845 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,640 What you've done in the long run will continue. 846 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:11,720 And if it doesn't it would be calling you 847 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:12,880 back to put it right! 848 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,600 They're going to go, "Argh, where's all the paint gone?" 849 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,160 They're going to notice. 850 00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:27,280 It was black when they brought it in. 851 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,360 It's now silver. 852 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,160 Right, everybody, if you could start queuing. 853 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,720 This looks like boot camp, doesn't it? 854 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,720 Stop the van, don't take Richard. 855 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,000 Oh, dear. 856 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,760 Captioned by AI-Media ai-media.tv