02x09 - Episode 9

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This time... Neil,
something's worked.

The smallest cog goes global.

We might have just picked up our first
international climb.

Oh, my God, where are you?

I'm in my backyard.

It's nice.

We get roped into the world of steam
machines.

It's lit!

I don't like it.

Absolutely horrible.

And as we race to restore my
oldest mate's car... Fire away.

The pressure boils over.

Oh, you're not going to like this?

That is mega bad.

Fire him up!

Let's go!

I've fulfilled a lifelong dream.

This all yours?

It's all ours.

I've set up a classic car
restoration business with

automotive wonder family Neil,
Anthony and Andrew Greenhouse.

Oh, God!

But it's become a money pit.

Bad, bad, bad.

And if we don't break even soon...

Ten.

But the budget's ten.

There's a real chance we may go bust.

We're not going on a tour, is there to be
fair?

So I've come up with ambitious new plans.

Welcome to your club.

We've just got to push forward into the
big league.

We're even going racing to find cars that
need our help.

Now it wouldn't be the time to give them a
business card.

I'm determined to turn my lifelong
obsession... Come on, little car!

...into a thriving business.

Will it turn over?

Nope.

That's a good idea.

MUSIC

Kind of a big day today in the Hammond
household.

Izzy and Willow are going.

Izzy's going back to university in
Bristol.

Have you got everything?

No, not yet.

Hang on.

And Willow is starting the university
doing equestrian things.

Oh, I hit my head.

And today's the day they both go.

Take that, yeah?

Is that the duvet off your bed?

No.

Right, Izzy, are you sure you've got
everything?

Yeah, goodbye.

Goodbye?

Yes.

Oh, God.

You really are...
...mis-independent.

Bye.

Bye.

That's that there, isn't it?

Education, clothes, shelter...

Done all that.

You've got a tear.

I do.

What, save a lot on food?

What?

Just saying.

Ugh.

Place is tidy already, look.

I don't like it tidy.

Things are going to be different at home.

But at least I've got the workshop to keep
me busy.

Right now, in terms of work at the
workshop, and there is some going on,

we've got...

...the Toyota.

It's a lovely little job.

Car owned by a young man.

It was his car as a child when he grew up
in Sri Lanka.

The car was damaged in the boxing day
tsunami.

It was mended locally in a bit of a rush
on a limited budget.

It was painted the wrong colour.

And he wants it returned to the colour he
remembers from his childhood.

It's a lovely sentimental job,
but not a big budget.

I mean, little if zero profit.

So I feel what we need now is the next
job.

The next job needs to be a juicy,
profitable, but interesting, exciting job.

Something a bit special.

Morning, Neil.

How's Toyota?

It's getting there.

Toyota was that colour originally.

Do you want to see it there?

Correct.

We need to get that off there.

Carry on, but don't forget budget job.

£5,000.

Stop at that.

Got to be right, babe.

Morning!

Matthew Parking called.

Can you give him a call back?

Matthew, as in...
Matthew Parking.

OK.

Are there it now?

Well, that's brilliant.

All right, Matthew, I'll let you know how
it goes.

Bye.

Oh!

I was about to say I
love it when a plan comes

together, but I don't
really know how that feels.

But I think it just did.

So, about a year ago, in Neil's old
workshop, we did a quick turnaround job

painting a Fiat Panda door.

We did it for a guy called Matthew
Parking, who works at Brightwell's local

auction house specialising in classic
cars.

I did it because the
hope was, well, if he likes

it, Matthew might
recommend us to customers.

What has worked?

Because he's just called me to say he's
got a customer.

He's actually abroad and he's bought some
cars there.

There's work in it for us.

It's worked.

Neil, something's worked.

Neil, you know how I said, carry on,
get it done, budget...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I want you to stop.

I want you to come with me.

We might have just picked up our first
international client.

Come with me.

I'll explain on the way.

This represents for us if we get the job.

Yeah.

This is a proper step up.

This is, like, solid business.

The owner in Singapore
has said he wants us to

give him an idea of
what work could be done.

I think all we can aim for today,
and I'm going to pitch it to him like that

when I write it up as a report,
is it's an initial look.

You know what I like about this?

This isn't one of my old customers from
Trump.

This isn't a friend of yours.

This isn't a friend of anybody.

This is a new customer.

If he's thinking of building a car
collection, this might just be the start.

Oh, look at that.

Hello.

There we are.

That's us.

We have arrived.

That's a singer.

Locust Elite.

Two Jags.

Well, let's get at it.

The owner, Hisam, has
been buying cars at auction

remotely from Singapore
and storing them here.

He's looking for a local workshop like
ours to maintain them.

His brief is.

He wants, um, recommissioned up and
running.

Plus, I think, you know, if there's
anything glaringly obvious that needs

doing, let's give him a quote for doing
it.

Yeah.

Four C2 E-Type.

First assessment.

That looks quite a tidy car.

So, underneath.

It has had some not-so-good-looking
repairs on the back.

Ready for a bit of power?

Ready for a bit of power.

Just open the throttle a little bit more.

Crank it?

Yeah.

That's not smooth at all.

That should be so machine-smooth on a
six-cylinder, shouldn't it?

Pretty solid old car, this.

It's a lot better than the other one,
I think.

Oh, that sounds better.

Lotus.

You won't be looking for rust on the
bodywork after all.

No, because it's made of fiberglass.

Oh, look at that.

Contri-cl*max engine.

He's bought well there.

Oh, nice lumpy little idle.

One final contender.

This is a pretty little car.

Yes, a little single Le Mans.

I like these.

Yeah, nice.

It is a nice car.

Most of the battery...

I mean, people were small in those days,
even though I can't get in.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Very mist-a-toad.

That big?

Nothing leaking, nothing spewed out of it.

I quite enjoy that process.

And actually, we didn't discover any
horrors.

They're all good and they're all jobs we
can do easily.

Right, to the workshop, I'm going to write
up reports and make them good.

I'll use my computer.

Ah, back from inspecting the cars for
Hisam.

And I thought I'd really enjoy putting you
into a document for it because that feels

like... It's like a
school project, isn't it?

I'm hating it.

Because it's just...

a colossal faff.

I need to get these quotes done quickly to
try and win the work.

It's just a case of focusing and avoiding
distractions.

Richard!

Hello, there, how are you?

I'm all right.

Good?

Busy?

Yeah.

How long have you been working on that?

About two hours.

Don't say anything.

Doing it in word is
that... Bloody years.

I'm only on the second of four cars,
Mind.

What's a better way of doing this?

Don't need someone else to do it.

There is nobody else to do this.

This is the problem I have.

They're working and need to work.

Oh, and have you used the telephone
message book?

There are messages on there.

I'm trying to do this document for this
guy.

He's sitting in Singapore
thinking, I really want

these blokes to go over
and sort out my four cars.

There could be four more jobs on that
paper.

This is like triage in accidents and
emergencies.

You've got to decide which of the cases
you can deal with.

Before you leave today, promise me you'll
listen to the answer machine messages.

Write them on here.

Yes.

And I'll check because I'll come back and
I'll look at this.

Yes.

To see if you've written them.

OK, right.

MUSIC

I suddenly think I need to find something
for Mindy to do.

BUZZER

Martin, yeah, it's me.

Hello.

Look, I've got a job for you.

Mindy.

Yeah.

And she's always wanted to learn how to
drive it.

And you're the man to teach her properly.

All right, brilliant.

Thanks, mate.

Thank you.

MUSIC

Just started the sanding process and it's
not looking good.

And if you look at the paint I've rubbed
through, it's like an old oak tree.

It's been painted, I think, of counted 17
different re-spray jobs.

One after another, after another.

See the little lines in the paint?

I've got to bear metal there and the roof
looks really, really wobbly.

Now, I've come to realise the
roof's really wobbly because

it's got, like, a quarter
of an inch of paint on it.

So I think we've got about six and a half
to seven days left on this car.

And it's got to be all stripped now to be
repaired, repainted and rebuilt.

A bit of a tall order, I think.

I managed to finish my homework and get
the quotes out to Hissam.

And he must have been reasonably pleased
because he's come straight back to me.

I am about to set up a call with Hissam.

This is somebody who is buying cars
differently from the way most of us would

because he's buying them in Herefordshire
from Singapore unseen.

It's a new thing for him, so I am
intrigued.

Hello.

Hello.

Hissam.

Good, we meet at last.

Oh, my God, where are you?

I'm in my backyard.

That's nice.

You bought a
collection, the start of a

collection of cars here
in Little Herefordshire.

I've always wanted to get into classic
cars, but it's a bit daunting.

You bought quite smartly the 2 plus 2e
types.

They've been lifting off gradually,
and that's because there is a market for

people who are increasingly saying you
need something that can accommodate more

people, and the values have reflected
that.

The little lotus is what a sweetheart.

I think it's quite a steal.

With the little singer, we got it running.

How does she run?

Not brilliantly, but I don't know how old
the fuel was.

We literally got it running.

OK, that's firing on some cylinders and
shut it down.

When would you like us to start off getting
these cars in and getting on with it?

Absolutely up to you.

Whatever space you have, you can start.

Well, they're great jobs for
us from that point of view

because we can start weaving
those into the schedules.

Absolutely a pleasure to meet you.

Thank you very much for entrusting us,
and we shall deliver.

Thank you.

Take care.

Bye.

See you later.

That was positive, that.

It felt a bit strange.

I was a bit nervous at all over the place
because, you know, there's our little

smallest cog workshop here in Hereford,
talking to a man in Singapore.

There she is.

There she is, bless her in all her glory.

When we first got this tractor,
it was shiny.

Was it really?

Yeah.

How long have you had it?

Many years.

And it's taken until now for you to feel
the urge to have a go.

Well, he's always telling me, why have you
got that great big tractor?

I should learn to drive it, really.

Come on, then.

Oh, my God.

Are you going in first?

Yeah, I'll go in first.

Right.

I'm going in.

Do you want a cushion?

Oh, that's... There's a
cushion in everything.

Very nice, isn't it?

Hang on.

Right.

Right, do in here.

Right.

A bit like a car.

You've got a clutch.

But you've got a brake for each back wheel
of the tractor.

And then this one here does the loader on
the front to lift the loader.

You see now, I'm going
to have to be careful

with that, because that
looks like a gear knob.

It does look like a gear knob.

It does look like a gear knob.

But as long as you don't get too
excitable, it'll be fine.

What could possibly go wrong?

Yeah, I know.

What can go wrong?

Right.

We'll swap places.

Yeah.

Yeah, don't leave me.

Don't leave me just in case.

I'm not allowed out.

You're not allowed out.

Now let's see what you learned.

Oh, Christ.

Right, hang on.

Clutch.

OK.

We need to lift the loader up or else
we'll be digging the grass up.

Oh.

That's it.

That'll do.

Right, into it.

Hang on.

Into it.

Into forwards.

That went into two.

That's fine.

And then it'll go, won't it?

And then it'll go.

Oh, and we're away.

Don't worry.

It's not like my neck's fine now.

See, I'm happy just tweaking like that.

I don't need to go any faster than that.

No, this is fine.

If you push the one that says
two forwards... This one's a three.

Yeah, push it to three.

Look at that level of excitement just went
up.

Oh, I'm so excited now.

Do what I need to do now.

Drive it for a little bit and get more
confident.

Yeah, get more confident.

I like that.

It's a nice thing to drive, isn't it?

She's pretty good at
driving anything, really,

so I'm sure she'll
take that in her stride.

We wouldn't let Richard drive it.

We trust Mindi.

Oh, there we are.

And that was that.

That was that.

Wow.

That wasn't actually too bad for a novice.

That was pretty good.

Brilliant.

Well done, everybody.

Well done.

That's tried-to-driving sorted.

It is.

It is great that we've got the possibility
of jobs like Hisham's coming in.

I'm thrilled.

But we have got stuff in the workshop,
jobs we've got to get done.

Like the Riley, which
is for my oldest mate,

Les Shepherd, I've known
since we were both 17.

And I'm doing it as a favour, but he is my
besties friend.

And, you know, he's been working on it
himself for 30 years, but he couldn't

quite just get it over the line and get it
finished.

So that's what I've offered to do.

But the thing is, what he's always wanted
to do is take it up a classic hill climb,

compete it, and I know there is one coming
up.

It's the last one of the seasons.

It's the last chance for us to do it.

So I'm going to suggest it.

I'm going to offer it up.

Hey!

Hello.

Man, how's things going?

How's things in the mirror?

Wild.

Not nice.

Is it raining?

Yes.

Of course it is.

Yes.

Right.

Here's what I wanted to say.

You're Riley.

OK.

You wanted to hill climb it.

What if we did that at Chelsea Walsh?

Not being made.

Which is... What is it?

It's the oldest... That's the oldest
motoring thing in the country, isn't it?

In the world in continuous use.

It's in two weeks.

Oh, sh*t, right.

OK.

Yeah, it's going to be
tight, but we can get the

car, we can get it running
well enough to do it.

Stated aim, we will aim for that.

Two weeks from now, you and me,
bottom of that hill, way exciting.

Let's take a minute.

Yeah, I'll see you then.

Bye.

Bye.

Bless him.

Andrew, you know what I promised my oldest
mate, Liz, we'd do is Riley.

And his dream is to take it hill climbing.

Yes.

It's a nice dream.

It is a nice dream, actually.

Exactly.

Well, the last hill climbing of the season
at Chelsea Walsh, the classic of all

classics, is in two weeks' time,
and I've promised Liz we'd enter the car.

Two weeks?

I've entered the car.

Bit tight in there?

Yeah.

So, I'd like... Can you get on it?

Replicate.

Because it just makes you a death trap.

What are we going to do to it all together
then?

We just need to get it
ready because I don't

particularly want to
k*ll my oldest friend.

Why don't you be project leader on that
project?

Think about it.

It's like rank.

Yeah, buttons.

Yeah, oh, great.

And grade.

You're pleased.

That's it, yes.

Actually, I am quite pleased.

I don't mind working on Liz's little ride.

There you go, you see.

Let's get the tank on.

Liz, my oldest mate.

He's a great shepherd.

And an enthusiastic engineer, but he can
only go so far.

He can only do so much.

We're not vintage car specialists,
but we've got more tools than he has,

so let me take it in and finish it.

Liz is royally.

I know the engine doesn't run,
so we've got to fix that issue.

And there's some really cobbled up bits on
there, like some suspension parts that

look like they've been stick welded
together.

It's not Liz's vault.

He's not a mechanic.

Like I'm not a sheep farmer.

Because it's hand-built, there's nothing
you can go and buy off the shelf.

Caught you with your feet up?

Yoga.

Desk yoga.

Excellent.

Hello.

What?

Liz is royally.

Yes.

Need some parts making?

What parts?

Front suspension shock absorbers.

I think Liz made those.

Yeah, if I play to him...
But they're terrible.

Could you ever wear them, Adrian?

He does like to charge.

Might be going to deal with him though,
won't he?

OK, right.

I'll go and get Adrian.

I should tempt him in with a trail of meat
and Guinness.

At Adrian's workshop, he has the kind of
tech that can make just about anything

from scratch, including
computer-controlled milling machines that

could be used to fabricate new suspension
parts for Liz's car.

I have brought Adrian for you.

Adrian.

Talking through what we need.

Somebody, I think it may have been a
certain sheep farmer.

It was.

As maidies, they look quite nice,
don't they?

Doesn't look very safe to me.

Would it be possible if I took that unit
off?

Could you make us one piece one?

Yeah, make it all in one.

Obviously, you entered into spending a bit
of money on her now.

That was my next point.

Now, as you know, we're a much smaller
operation than yours.

Not only is our workshop smaller, our bank
account is quite a lot smaller as well.

Well, if I could nick a couple of your lads
for a day, I'm taking the steamsaw out.

When?

Next Monday, come in.

That's Bank Holiday Monday.

Will they come back with any bits missing?

Only if they're careless.

Bring one of your cars.

There'll be a vintage car.

All right.

It's a great day out.

OK, right.

We'll do that.

I'll come as well.

With our parts problem hopefully
resolved, we need to focus

on the single biggest issue
with the Riley, the engine.

Lez has found cracks in the block and
they'll need to be dealt with.

If we get this up, I can
then have a look at the

head and see what needs
doing and work our plan, OK?

Yeah, steady, steady, steady.

Up a bit.

I need to get the crank out of it.

Yeah.

Now we get it stripped right down.

Well, I look forward to the challenge.

Thanks for the luck.

Thank you.

It'd be nice to get this all stripped
down.

We've got a couple of cracks.

I'm not sure if that's repairable
and Lez is such a wonderful

bloke that none of us want to
make that phone call to upset him.

The thing is, this is the heart of that
car and this is his pride and joy.

Knowing this would be a problem,
I've already lined up some specialist help.

In the back of this van is Lez's engine.

The engine block is cracked.

But there's a new technique that's been
employed increasingly on cast iron arts.

Laser welding.

If they can do this, it will save this
block and if it is quick and cheap and

effective, this is going to be very good
news.

If, however, it isn't
quick, cheap and effective,

I can have a massive
problem with Lez's engine.

There it is.

Hello.

Hello, Richard.

Nice to see you.

Nice to meet you.

This door looks a bit serious.

Yeah, we don't mess around here.

Right, do you want to have a look at what
I've got?

Yeah, let's have a look at what you've
got.

Whoa!

All seeing, Richard.

Yeah, so we've
got... What's this?

Cracks.

So there's one there and there's your
other one there.

This is quite a common
repair and in all fairness,

they're generally quite
a slight forward repair.

We've got a camera set up so you can see
what I'm seeing.

Oh, there's a crack.

So you can see the crack there.

Yeah, there you go.

And there's your problem.

So you can actually see that opening up
there.

So I'm just making sure... Oh,
my God!

So you're just knocking holes?

Yeah, you can see that this weld is
actually taken.

So this is tiny, tiny adjustments.

We're just finishing off now, Richard.

Once he's repaired all the
cracks, Alan will have to machine

the top of the block to make
sure it's perfectly smooth.

Above all else, today means,
hopefully, I won't have to make

that awful phone call to Les
and say, hey, your engine's had it.

Just... I'm not going to believe it until I
get it back with all those cracks repaired.

It's the day of Hadrian's steamfare.

Time for us to hold up our end of the
bargain.

And we may even be able to drum up some
business for the cog.

Hello, there's Neil.

Hello.

Directing us in.

He's kept us a spot.

Hello.

Morning.

So you're marshalling?

Oh, marshalling and anything to get a
beaker roll, I think.

Look at the old, old Paul,
um... GT, I know, they're great.

I like the colour of that.

Always loved these.

I've been to Mark on Escort with the steel
wheels on.

Lovely.

Oh, look.

How lovely.

That's gorgeous.

Excellent.

Nice colour of one, hasn't it?

Yeah.

Look how nice that is inside.

Great.

Look at the work on it.

It's a clock lock.

Yeah.

Stick you to the day when you saw a Sierra
and a classic car show.

You couldn't drop it in the awkward space.

I think we'll sit here for a bit,
then we'll have an ice cream.

Hadrian will come up to us and we'll say,
Yeah, the steam engines are lovely.

Hey, Charlie.

Nice to see you, like, all relaxed.

We're here.

We've done it.

The deal was you were here to help me.

We're supporting you.

We're here at your event.

Oh, no, I'm right over there, which is
where we've got to go.

Right, lead on.

What can we do?

Just huming.

OK, here we are, guys.

This is our little compound here.

What, all of this?

Yeah.

So you come to a fair like this... Yeah.

..to spend three days cutting up wood on a
steam saw.

And socialising.

Here we go.

Ready?

Get on with it.

That's him, not me.

Hadrian's been obsessed with steam engines
for as long as I've known him.

They are his thing.

To me, they're just gigantic bombs on
wheels.

And as for his 19th-century steam saw...

It's lethal.

I don't like it, age.

It's terrifying.

It's fine.

It's fine, right?

It's absolutely horrible.

It's the scariest thing I've ever seen.

It's only dangerous.

It's only dangerous when I say,
could you go in there while it's running?

Oh, so this is the drive?

Yeah, so it's on the slower speed.

So that'll be... That's it, yeah.

That's amazing.

I wouldn't tell Hadrian this, but it's an
incredible machine.

What are you doing now?

Oh, you're going to bang a wedge in.

Oh, God.

Right, so that blade's just about ready to
come through now.

So when it comes through, you drop that
into the new sword.

Right, back around.

Look what we made.

Well, careful.

Don't let it drop.

We'll get that end down.

Don't panic, Mr. Manor, in.

Let go.

All right, wind your toes.

Ready?

Drop.

That's a nice bit of wood, isn't it?

It is nice.

You're starting to warm for that,
aren't you?

No, I'm still not warming steam.

It's all big, noisy, sweaty things,
and that's just the owners.

Right, I'm having a cup of tea now.

That's what's happening next.

Don't not tell me, with all this steam,
I can't get a cup of tea.

Like a million kettles.

There's a kettle, kettle.

Right, back to some proper work.

The Toyota.

In the end, it has had to be stripped back
to bare metal to do the job properly.

Next step now, we've finished the filler
off, so we've got all our nice lines,

nice and square and straight, the car
straight, straighter than it ever would

have been, with 73,000 coats of paint on
it, so we've got it back to the right shape.

Now, our next step now is to prepare it a
bit more, get some sealer on there,

get it primed, get it flatted,
get it in the oven, and get it painted.

This is our gizmo, which will scan our
paint,

technology at its best.

Now, scanning the
brain colour and putting it

exactly how it would have
been when the car was new.

So basically, that's saying now that the
measurement's done, so we can plug that

into the computer and see if we can get a
match.

Every colour in there is logged into a
computer, and what that computer does,

it actually picks up the closest
formulation.

I've got the formulation
up now for our brain,

but I can get that mixed
up and then away to go.

But the whole point of Adara bringing that
car to us was it's got photographs that

car when it was new and he wants it back
in the original colour.

He's gone to numerous places trying to get
that job sorted and he's actually had the

car respray totally the
wrong colour, which

has destroyed his
childhood dreams of that car.

So the whole point
of bringing it to us was

to make sure that it
was the right colour.

It looks to me like chocolate brown.

Let's go and see what our colour matches
like on the car.

All important.

That bit there is the original paint from
the factory.

What we can do is dab a bit on there.

It'll always be a different colour till it
dries.

So what we've got to do is patiently wait
for it to dry.

It's like waiting for your best shirt to
dry when you're going out.

Stuck in the tumble dryer.

Come on, come on.

You can't rush it.

I'm happy with that.

The maestro is at work.

He gets all anxious before he goes in to
do this.

And then he goes into this zen-like state.

It's going to look amazing now.

It really is.

If this doesn't strike memories for Adara,
I don't know what will.

He'll connect with the car now.

It'll matter to him again.

It'll be the car he remembers from his
childhood because of the colour.

That's the first couple of coats.

It's going to wait for it to dry a minute
and then flash off.

But when you put it
on the car, you've got to

build the coats up
to get the right colour.

If you let it go too dry, it's no good.

And if it's too wet, it's no good.

It's like Goldilocks.

It's got to be just right.

Just like this cappuccino.

Adrian's a fair man.

And in return for us stepping into his
world of steam, he's got one of his lads

to fire up his high-tech machine and make
new suspension parts for Leslie's Riley.

Andrew, I have jewellery for you.

Beautiful items.

That's the old one.

Fair play.

I'll stop with that, I need.

No, you can't believe it.

Look how much better that is.

These are the new ones.

And what they've done is...

The machine's made of one bit,
is it?

Yeah, all out of one piece.

Do they have to take it out and do the
thread out?

No, the machine does it.

The whole milling machine does a lot.

Andrew, how in God's name do we, by Sunday
morning, turn this into a functioning car?

It's going to be brilliant, but it's not
done.

All right, well, at least you can crack on
with that.

Yeah.

It's going to be proper close with that,
Riley.

However we cut it, it is, I mean,
down to the bottom.

We'll see.

Oh, I say, chaps.

Ta-da!

That...

That is amazing.

That is just amazing, isn't it?

That's incredible.

Well, I just hope it calls up memories for
it.

Well, we shall see.

We shall see very shortly, because he is
arriving.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That'd be bad.

Right, I'm going to go and get him.

Name's the move to truth.

I'm scared, but...
I'm terrified.

Hello.

How are you?

I'm all right, thank you.

How are you?

Nice to see you.

Very well indeed.

Please open the door.

Oh, my God.

Wow.

Is it right?

That's perfect.

Is it the right colour?

Yeah, it's exactly the right colour.

It is, yeah.

Oh, God, it's such a relief.

It's exactly how I remember it.

It's incredible.

I can't quite believe it.

That's my car.

In the end, we had to bare metal it.

They discovered how many coats paint?





So I can see the body lines on the wheel
archers.

Yeah, to be honest, it makes us happy to
see you.

Yeah, honestly, I was chatting to my dad
the other day, and I was saying this was

probably the only part of my childhood
that I have left.

I've lost a lot of things, and this is...

I'm happy to have it back as it was.

Wow.

I used to sit in the seat when I was a
little kid going to school, and now I'm

here, sitting in the car completely
repainted in the colour that it used to

be, and I can't quite get my head round
it.

The car's been on an incredible journey.

It's been through the
tsunami, it's been driven in

Japan, it's been driven in
Sri Lanka, and it's now here.

It looks incredible.

It looks like it's rolled out of the
factory, so I'm really impressed with the

work and all the little details that the
team got right.

With the Toyota gone and a
small slice of cash in the bank,

we now need to focus all
our attention on Leslie's Riley.

Got an engine?

I have an engine.

It's here.

The engine may be fixed, but it's not in
the car, and there's plenty still to do.

And Shelsley Walsh is tomorrow.

Oh, this is exciting!

Go on.

Oh, I can get down a little bit,
mate.

Going down.

My son's steady now, son.

My son's steady.

So I'm going to leave you.

It's in now.

Is it?

Yes, call me.

Would you call me when it started?

I'm going to go and collect Lez from the
train station.

It's travelled down from the lakes.

This is it.

This is the day he sees his car.

It's not finished.

There's a lot to do.

The engine needs to be set up.

It's not running yet, and that's a bit of
a worry.

There you are, mate.

Made it?

Yeah, I got here.

Long trip, man.

Yeah, it is a long journey.

Just sit here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

How's my bus?

Well, we've got today to turn it from not
a car into a car.

OK.

Right.

Let us go and survey... Stay, can I
have a look at it straight away, man?

Ladies and gentlemen, Lez.

Morning.

Good morning, gents.

There's your car.

Where we've got it, too.

Lovely chance.

What can I say?

It's just superb, isn't it?

What a job.

They just made it better.

They've just improved the job and made
it like I should have finished it, really.

But we've got a lot to do.

We've got an awful lot to do, man.

So I'm ready to rock and roll.

Let's have a look at this.

That's the back car.

That goes on there.

Almost looks as though we know what we're
doing.

Andrew, the bear
of us... You reckon?

Yeah.

This is retin' me work.

Dude, you're doing good.

I can see your finger.

It's all looking good.

But that's not what you want.

That's it, mate.

I've got it.

I've got it.

We're just next.

It's radiator, isn't it?

You get that side, I'll get this.

It's going to be amazing.

To get it up the hill and I'm confident
now we will.

Yeah.

As long as it starts.

Right, OK.

We'll be ready to roll.

It's good.

Begin.

Right.

Anybody panic in here?

Just the anticipation of panic.

Come on, Roydly.

You can do it.

Try again.

Try again, mate.

Oh, that sounds better.

Get it.

Yep.

That's it, then.

That is bloody good news.

Not bad for an engine that hasn't been run
in decades.

We checked all your lets.

Yeah.

Hold on.

Oh, you're not going to like this.

Water, innit?

Oh, God.

Salad cream, innit?

Look at it.

And we've only run it a minute or two.

Yeah.

What's happened?

We've got water in the oil.

No.

Seriously bad?

Bad.

Salad cream on steroids.

That is mega bad.

If we run that now with water in the oil
like that, the oil doesn't do its job.

Engines, heat ceases and destroys itself.

Calm.

Risky.

I'm ashamed.

It was running bloody well.

At this point, normal people would give
up, but we've got a secret weapon,

Neil.

When I was doing the oldest engine,
it did exactly the same.

When I fired him up, the water was coming
up the studs.

These studs go down into the waterway.

So, in other words, when the cylinder
head's bolted on, those studs come out of

the engine block where the pistons are,
and the cylinder head compresses it down

onto a gasket and keeps the cylinder
sealed.

What you've got with this
is that the water is actually

coming out, especially
that cylinder stud there.

That water is going into the oilway and
then contaminating the oil.

So, what we're hoping is we put this
solution in there, which has got like

little ceramic particles
in there, and when the

engine warms up, it'll
follow the waterways.

And when it meets oxygen, it seals.

So it should seal that stud.

It's the last ditch attempt.

We need to try and salvage the job.

We've got to try, haven't we?

But this solution,
which should, if we get

the engine warmer,
that will stop it leaking.

It's basically cocoa, isn't it?

Get it in.

That's the goodness there.

That's better.

This is going to be the moment of truth
then.

We're ready?

Right out, mate.

Fire away.

Fire away again.

Better than it was.

Yeah, definitely.

You can see it there.

Clear it up.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We've got so far, touch wood, clean oil.

It'll be good to give it a try and see
what it's like.

We're just going to whip it
round in that little courtyard,

see what the brakes are
like, and just see it runs OK.

Yeah, I don't think that's curing it.

Shall I just dip the oil?

Let's see what the colour of the oil is.

Yeah.

It's clean, isn't it?

I think we're all right.

That's a bit of good news, isn't it?

Well, here we go.

The day beginner fear.

It does.

You excited?

I am.

I am excited.

Mixed with an element of fear.

The car looks hot and sexy.

Come on, let's go.

MUSIC

That'll do it, mate.

Perfect.

Let's get the beast off,
and then we can check

it's all punctually
looking good, don't you?

You are.

Ta-da!

Are you all right?

Terrified.

OK, good, good, good.

I've never seen you scared.

It works!

Don't drive in a k-poom.

Please make it to the paddock.

He'll be all right.

It's been a wheel spin.

It might be just a hill, but the Shelsley
Walsh hill climb is one of the most

significant and iconic strips of tarmac in
the history of motorsport.

Today, we have to get a little fat shepherd
up a hill in his homemade race car.

He's never driven the hill climb,
he's never driven competitively.

He's always dreamt of it, and now he's
going to it.

I think he's suddenly realising...

Look at you.

You look racy.

Yeah.

Tight.

Virile.

Really?

Young.

Don't forget your reading glasses.

Thanks, mate.

Is that enough less?

Just for it.

All right, coming out with him.

I'm scared, I'm nervous for him.

For God's sake, stay safe.

You hurt yourself in this, I would never,
ever forgive myself.

Proud of you.

Come on, lad.

I feel like crying a bit, I'm really
scared.

Come on, lad.

Don't hurt him.



Are you all right?

For God's sake, let's be careful.

Just watch the time, lad.



Or in our case, getting to the top.

At any time.

You two have done that.

That is an absolute dream for that man.

That was a powerful moment.

I was quite... I didn't think
we were going to do it.

I've known, Leds, long enough that cars
are still the stuff of dreams.

Just both.

Cos we used to sit in the
bridge, having saved up

enough money for a pint
each, dreaming about cars.

So, there's still a fantastical,
magical thing.

And so, to get to come here today amongst
all these fantastic cars, and lovely

people, Leds is in the car that he built,
and he's so proud of them.

It's said to be quite, it's the prettiest
car here.

Yeah, man, it is.

Well done.

Perfect.

Leds has come a long way in it.

He's 30 years of building that,
guys.

But we've managed
to get it together, get it

running, and we've
delivered on Leds's dream.

And it's better than that.

That's better than Malibu, isn't it?

You can't boy that friendship,
that camaraderie.

You can't boy that.

Yeah, I feel a bit emotional.

It's strange that I always wanted to do
this.

I always wanted to hill climb.

I'm not particularly competitive at all.

I just like the feeling of wearing that
machine for that time.

And you're living in that moment,
and that just feels good.

This is the sort of driveway I want.

Your bungalow would look a bit smaller at
the end of it.

That's a proper three-five cent.

Oh, yeah.



Race weekend is coming up.

We've got our own camper.

Oh, this is it now.

Come on up, let's do this.

Bloody hell.

Steady on, fella.