06x05 & 06x06 - AUDI Quattro (Part 1 & 2)

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Welcome to Wheeler Dealers,
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classic cars in need of TLC
and we make them great again.

Now, I find the motors.

And I fix them up.

This time we've got a budget of
just £5,000 to buy and restore a car.

And hopefully we'll make a
little bit of profit when we sell it on.

That's the plan. Now, we want to get
seriously acquainted with a rally legend.

We're on the hunt for an Audi Quattro.
This is a genuine rally car for the road.

At launch in the 80s, it set new standards
of grip, performance and handling.

The Quattro is a piece of motor in history.

It dominated the world
rally scene with the help

of its revolutionary
four-wheel drive system.

And as a road car, it
delivered brutish good looks

and a driving experience
that was totally unique.

All I have to do now is find one.

Just under 3,000 Quattros were sold
in the UK, but only about 1,000 remain.

So, they're hard to find.

After an initial scan on the web,
nothing came up in our price range.

So, I kept searching and
calling possible leads in the trade.

Dougie, nothing.
I know I've given yourself a tall order.

No, I'm looking for something sub-5 grand.

There must be something out there.

That'd be good, wouldn't it?

Eventually, I found one worthy of a visit.

This one's four and a half
grand, finished in silver.

It looks like the guy's
got a few cars to sell,

so he could be looking
forward to getting rid of this one.

And it just goes to show, doesn't it?

Jump on the phone, be
persistent, keep visiting the Internet

and something will turn
up trumps in the end.

And this car sounds absolutely perfect.

Problem is, it's being
sold by a part-time trader

and he might be reluctant to
give me a few quid off the price.

It's going to be hard to
crack that sweet deal.

But it's definitely worth a look.

Well, it looks like the right
place to come and buy a car

because I always say,
when you're buying a car,

the surroundings are as important
as the car that you're buying.

And here it is. Look at that.

The Audi Quattro, a car of my dreams.

It's on the right level plate.
It's a C plate, so it's an 85, 86.

It's got the alloy wheels, it's
got the nice flare wheel arches.

I've noticed... Ooh, that's a bit nasty.

A little bit of Mark on the bumper there.
That might need addressing.

And it's always worth,
before you knock on the door,

just to have a quick run round the car and
make sure the rear bumper's gone as well.

But there are just knocks
and bruises on the car

and this looks like the guy you are.

I think you must be Ben.

Yes, how are you, mate?

Thank you very much for sparing
the time for me to look at this.

Right, now, I'm going to tell you, Ben, the
car of my dreams, when I was growing up,

the Audi Quattro was
something I aspired to.

And to think that I can go
and buy one for very little

money today puts a nice
big tiggly smile on my face.

But already I've noticed that your car,

well, obviously, does it belong
to the Army, the Navy, before?

Because it's had a
few battle scars, isn't it?

We've had it for about five years now.

A few little bits round
it, as you can imagine,

but other than that,
no, it's quite a nice car.

All right, so have a look inside.
No problem at all, Mike.

Right. Oh, look at that.

That's a proper Chavs interior.

There are kids in the
shopping centre where I live.

with scarves and baseball caps
made out of the same stuff as that.

Oh, no, yeah, but in 1986,
Mike, that was the interior.

All the rage. Yeah, it was, wasn't it?

And look at the gear knob.
I mean, that's shot, isn't it?

That's all a bit tight.

But it looks all right.
A little bit scruffy inside.

The seat's a little bit threadbare.

That's had a bit of use, boy.

Has a bit of use, yeah.

The thing that I'm worried about
the most is the mechanicals.

What's it drive like?

Runs very well, but the
clutch is a little bit sticky.

Any chance of taking your spin?

No problem at all.

You don't mind? No, you carry on.

All right. Superb.

All right, sir.

Mwah!

And... ...start.

I've got to say, there's
something about driving

an Audi Quattro that
puts a smile on my face.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Listen to that!

That's a unique sound.

That's the five-cylinder growl
coming from this 2.1-litre.

turbocharged engine.

I better admit, the brakes
are going a bit fast there.

That's because this car will do 0
to 60 in a shade over six seconds.

Whoo-hoo!

And it grips!

I mean, it is a thoroughbred
rally car that's built for the road.

And you have to think,
this car, when it was around,

I mean, it was every, sort
of, 17-year-old boy's dream.

And it's the car that started
a whole new generation.

of cars that followed it in its wake.

You've got to think of cars
like the Super Impressor,

the Mitsubishi Evo, the
Lancia Delta Rentagrale.

They will all fall on the
strength of the Audi Quattro.

Well, I've got to say, so far, so good.

This car is making all
the right noises to me.

But then it's making
some odd noises as well.

There's a booming noise
coming from the back,

almost like the car's
got no carpet in the boot.

But I think it's a rumbling, really,
coming from the rear wheels.

So maybe it's losing
the wheel bearing down

the back, and that
could be quite expensive.

And one of the things that's
popped up almost immediately,

every time I lift my foot off the clutch,

the clutch pedal stays behind
for a second or two, too long,

and then it pings up.

Now, that could be as disastrous as a
whole master cylinder that needs changing.

And on a car like this,
it's going to be expensive.

The only wrong noise it's
making is the price right now.

£4,400 is far too much for a car
that needs this amount of work

and what I'm doing to it is that noise coming
from the back could be a wheel bearing.

Then we've got the problems at the front.

Then we've got the bumpers, knee-painting,

the seats for a little bit of Fredbear.

So I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

I'm going to bid him £1,000 less.

£3,400.

Oh, yeah, I'm going
in with the size 10 drop.

Ben, how did you get on?

I actually really enjoyed the car, Ben.

Yes.

You really enjoyed the car.

You've described it right.

I like the fact that you've
done the HPI checks on it.

You personally like this car as well.

I do like this car as well.

However, I don't like the
price you're asking for it.

You know I'm going to say that.

Everyone who comes round
your house is going to say that.

I've got a couple of little problems.

One is the paintwork and I
have got to do the paintwork.

The front and rear bumpers need redoing.

When you take it on the test
drive, you're right, the clutch is sticky

and it's blooming terrifying in a
way that the clutch is sticking down.

You're having to pump
the pedal to bring it back up.

Yes.

Also, there's a load of rumbling
coming from the back up.

I'm not quite sure what it is, but it
sounds really boomy in the back.

I think it might be a wheel bearing.

Okay, so that will need doing.

And the interior, as original
and as chavvy as it is,

it is a little bit shot on the inside.

So I need to address that as well.

So overall, it looks
great and it feels great.

Yes.

But there are a load of
things need doing for it.

Yes.

Now, you've got it up for £4,400.

That's correct.

I've got cash on me, hard cash.

That's right.

You know I'm not going to muck about.

You're going to get the cash off of me
and I'm going to drive off into the sunset.

You'll never see me again.

Okay, mate.

£3,400.

Come on, Mike.

I can't knock a grand off it.

£1,000 is nothing these days.

Come on, that's a gas bill.

For anyone these days,
that's a mum's gas bill.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll do it for four.

I think that's fair.

That's £400.

It's a classic car in the making, Mike.

Come on.

Okay, it's too much money.

I'll tell you what, I'll give
you, I'll give you £3,600.

No.

Come on, I've gone up a bit.

£3,600.

I'll tell you what, I'll do it
for £3,800 and we'll have a...

£3,800.

I'll net you round.

Done.

Done.

I've got myself an Audi Quattro.

And I've got £3,800.

Nothing.

You're blind of drinks.

If I was Ben, I wouldn't
have let the car go for that.

My gut instinct says I've
picked up a bargain muscle car.

£3,800 is mad.

If me and Ed can get this
car back to its legendary best,

then we're sure to bag a profit.

You've got to think, you know, this car,
when it was brand new, it was £40,000.

£40,000!

Let's just hope that I have
bought what I think is a proper

Wheeler dealer's gem and there's
no hidden gremlins underneath,

because if there are, then I'm
afraid Ed could be in for the long haul.

Oops, I think I should have
kept my big mouth shut.

All that chasse about big profit,
I've gone and jinxed the motor.

That clutch seems to be getting worse.

I really don't want to get
stranded on the dual carriageway.

Clutching this car, the
stickiness is getting worse,

so I thought it was just worth checking.

It's got clutch fluid in it, it has.

It's driving me nuts.

Let's just hope I can
limp back to the workshop.

Hey, we're back in the 80s.

I'm back in the 80s.

I said I got a bit of a surprise for you.

That's for you, Ed.

You're right.

This is wicked.
It's big, it's bold, it's brass,

and it looks like it's
been used as a rally car.

Look at the state of
these bumpers, for a start.

Yeah, don't worry too much about that,
because I've had a really good look round it

and I thought for an 80s
car, it hasn't worn too badly.

It's just got a little Mark there.

They're quite big marks, but actually,
you know, I'm going to have to fix it,

because you're just never
going to get these bumpers again.

They're so hard to get
past with these cars.

The interior's lovely though.

Look at that interior.

That is so chavvy.

I mean, I said, I reckon there's
somebody with a baseball cap on

exactly the same as
this interior right now.

It's got a little hole in the driving seat.

It has a gear knob looking
pretty unpleasant as well.

And a few of the knobs and dials
were a little bit worse for wear, but...

You're probably going to have to
buy a kind of a second-hand interior.

You're never going to get a new one.

I think it's going to be too hard to
repair, but it's still going to be doable.

It's good though.

There is a little Mark there.

Oh, look at this.

And that's just, again, a bit more damage,
and again, I'm going to have to fix it,

because we're just never
going to get hold of one of these.

Listen, it's a long car.

Very difficult to see
the four corners of it.

Well, I think, you know,
the bumpers we are going

to have to repair, but,
you know, that's not so bad.

It just seems okay.

Um, it's good, mate.

I'll tell you what though, down the
back, there's a little bit of a noise.

What kind of noise is it?

Probably a bearing noise.

That might not be so hard to fix,
again, if we can get hold of the parts.

Right, but it's all good
and straight down the side.

The really good news is the engine head.

Nothing to do to the engine.

It's powerful, the turbo kicks in,

got a good power delivery
out of the bends, and it breaks.

It really does stop hardening the brakes.

So what's the catch?

Because there's always a catch.

You know the thing
that's bolted to the engine?

Like the clutch.

The clutch in between the two.

Oh, you're joking.

Okay, you do realize that all these
parts are still quite hard to get hold of.

They're going to be expensive.

How much did you pay for this car, Karl?

I'd give around the mid £3,000 Mark for it.

Okay, that's probably a good
price, except that when we

bolt all these other bits on,
it's going to be, obviously,

you can owe us a lot more money.

It's going to be fantastic, and we've
got a car with real sound values.

And don't worry about it.

All things haters, they're back in fashion.

You've only got to look in Mrs.
B's wardrobe.

She's got the old shoulder pads
back out and the upturned collar.

Big hair, excellent.

She has got the big head.

We're going to be in
the profits with this one.

Trust me.

When we turn it around sunshine,

you'll be smiling on the
other side of your face.

Ed is getting all fired up about a quattro,

but my niggling fear is that
when it starts work on that clutch,

there might be a nasty surprise in store.

We've bagged an icon of the rally well,

the superb Audi Quattro,

for only 3,800 quid.

But it's not without its problems.

There are those niggling
little doubts that noise

coming from the back
could be a wheel bearing.

Then we've got the problems at the front.

Then we've got the bumpers need painting.

The seats are a little bit of Fred Bear.

We've got a total
budget of just five grand,

so Ed's got some work to do.

If we're ever going to get this beauty

into tip-top shape and
then sold on for a profit.

Mike has found us this brilliant 80s icon,

the Audi Quattro,

but typically he's presented me with a
little teeny weeny problem with the clutch,

which I just know is going to
turn out to be a massive job.

And then, of course, parts
for these cars are quite tricky

to get a hold of, which means
that some of the bigger bits

might be as much as a couple
of hundred pounds to buy.

Then there's all the work
I'm going to have to do.

Mike said the clutch was sticky.

Actually, it's spongy.

When you press the pedal down,

it feels soft and squidgy,

not as firm as it should be.

Whatever has caused the problem,

no one will buy a performance
car with a clutch like this.

I've got to fix it.

Now, the first thing to notice
about the clutch mechanism.

of this car is that it's
hydraulic, not cable.

I can see here that the
reservoir for the clutch

has actually been quite badly
damaged and also quite badly repaired.

So what you've ended up with

is obviously a load of cable
ties holding this thing in place,

but it's been leaking
fluid into the scuttle,

which, of course, has
been eating away the paint.

It's not a good thing.
I'm going to have to change that,

but it doesn't necessarily mean it's
the only thing wrong with the system.

If I follow this pipe that
comes from the reservoir down,

it goes through the scuttle,
through the bulkhead,

into the inside of the car, I'm
guessing to the master cylinder,

so that will be the next
place for me to look.

Our clutch system is hydraulic,

which means clutch fluid
is used to relay the motion

of the master cylinder
to the sl*ve cylinder.

Either component could be defective
and might have caused the spongy pedal.

I can really see very
clearly what's going on now.

So I can see the master cylinder,
and actually, there's no corrosion on it.

It looks almost brand new.

Perhaps somebody's
actually replaced it recently,

which means it would have been
a bit more big of a job to look at it.

But there's also no fluid leaks anywhere,
which is also very, very good news.

So I think, really, if it
isn't the master cylinder,

it could be a problem
somewhere else, but this is OK.

What a relief it's not the master cylinder,

as that would have cost us 75
pounds and taken hours to replace.

Now, I'm looking for
the sl*ve cylinder now.

I can see the pipe
coming out of the bulkhead.

on the other side of the car,
so I'm now following that down.

It goes to a union, which is into
a flexi pipe, which I can see here.

It's all in pretty good
Nick, actually, which is nice.

And I can't really see much more than that.

I think what I'm going to have to do is
maybe just undo that steering rack there.

There's only two bolts.

Sometimes getting to an inaccessible part

involves hours of labour,
so I've been let off lightly.

OK, well, I've moved the
steering rack out of the way.

I can now actually see our sl*ve cylinder

and the flexi pipe going to
it is looking pretty good too.

There's no corrosion, there's no leaks.

So if it's not the master
cylinder or the sl*ve cylinder,

it really must be this
reservoir that's the problem.

And I reckon what's happened
is where this has been damaged,

either some water or some grit,
some dirt has got into the fluid.

It's contaminated the fluid and
stopped it being non-compressible.

So if you can imagine
you've got your master

cylinder as a piston
pushing on that fluid,

the fluid is then supposed to
transmit that motion or that energy

into the sl*ve cylinder,
which is another piston,

which then pushes on to the
mechanism which operates the clutch.

Now, to fix this, we need to replace this
reservoir and then bleed the entire system.

Hopefully this will cure the
problem once I've bled the system.

I'll have to put in some new
clutch fluid and put it to the test.

It's easy enough to
remove the old reservoir,

but remember, it's important
to check the rubber hose

to make sure it's in good condition
before you reconnect it to the new part.

OK, we're nearly ready to bleed the system.

I've connected a plastic pipe to
the bleeder put on the sl*ve cylinder.

This is now going off to a container
so I can catch all that used brake fluid.

I'm now adding hydraulic clutch fluid,

which needs to be
flushed through the system.

So, Paul, can you give us a hand, please?

So, Paul's just going to get into the car,

he's going to operate the clutch and
get my spanner on the bleed nipple.

What's going to happen is
he's going to put the clutch down

and he's going to say it's down and then
I'm going to then open the bleed nipple.

It's like a little valve, really.

OK, if you push the pedal down, please.

OK, down, thank you.

Pumping the pedal pushes the
fluid out of the open bleed nipple.

You can only release a small
amount of fluid each time,

so it takes a while to get all of
the old fluid out of the system.

That's looking pretty unpleasant, so
it's a good thing we're changing this.

Keep watching the reservoir.

You do not want to end
up running low on that

because, of course, then you have
to bleed the system all over again.

OK, I think there's no air there.

Try the pedal. Is it good?

Yeah, it feels good.

Cool. In that case, we have
now got rid of our spongy clutch.

We'd never have sold
the car with this problem.

It was an essential job and,
luckily for us, an easy fix.

Do it yourself and you'll save
around £100 in garage fees.

In its day, this was a really sporty car,

but because of that,
it was driven in a really

sporty fashion and that
means loads of battle scars.

Now, also, because this
car is quite slab-fronted,

it also suffers quite
a bit from stone chips

and these bumpers
are not looking good any

more and they are
rather letting the car down.

We want it to look as
good as it possibly can,

so I'm going to get it a
professional paint job.

But money's tight, so what I'm
going to do to save a few quid

is I'm going to do all
the prep work myself.

Now, we do have a problem with that, because
this bumper's made out in two places.

You can see a piece
there and the more floppy,

delicate bit around the outside of that.

And because it is quite
flimsy, if I was to take it off,

I'm worried I might cause a bit more
damage, so I'm going to do all the prep work

and get the painting done
while they're still on the car.

To give me access to that
bumper, I need to take all of this off.

Before I can prep all of the bumper,

I'm going to have to look at these
really quite outrageous Denson bumps.

This being the worst of them,

I'm going to have to actually fill that
first before I can then go over some primer

and then sort of feather it
in to the areas around that.

So before I do that, of course,

I want to make sure that
I don't actually damage

the good paintwork
on the car, which is the

wing, so I'm going to
mask those up first of all.

I'm going to use some special filler.

to sort out this ding here.

But before I can put the filler in,
I just want to give it a bit of a key.

Just making sure it's nice and clean,

using a bit of pre-paint.

Pre-paint is basically a solvent, which
helps remove any kind of grease or oil

that might be contaminating
the bit that I'm about to either

paint normally or, in this
case, put some filler into.

This filler is mixed with
hardener about 50 to 1.

Once it sets, it will still
flex with the plastic bumper.

As always, when applying filler,
just try and be as neat as possible.

The less you put on, the
less you have to take off again.

While the filler's drying,

I'm just going to prepare the rest
of the bumper with an abrasive pad,

perhaps a little bit of
sandpaper, where I need to.

Sanding certainly isn't my favourite job,

but it's worth putting
the effort in to do it right.

Get the finish flat and smooth now,

otherwise the final
paintwork will look awful.

OK, well, the filler should now be
hard, so I'm just going to rub it down,

get it nice and smooth, and then fill in.

any gaps that I might have left.

Now, it always makes sense to use a cork,

which is quite simply just a bit of cork.

Very, very easy, but that way,

you've got a much better
chance of getting it flat.

If you use your fingers, you
tend to end up with grooves.

Take it nice and easy.

Don't try and gouge out too much in one go.

It's just a matter of being patient,

just taking your time, trying to enjoy it.

OK, I'm going to use
special plastic primer.

Basically, it's flexible, so
it'll move around as they do.

Using controlled side-to-side movements,

I can ensure the primer is
applied evenly for the best finish.

Only use aerosol paint
in a well-ventilated area.

Ed, how are you?

Oh, right, actually.

You've been pleasing me.
I've done all right.

The clutch turned out
to be a bit of a result.

It took a long time to sort it out,

but basically, the reservoir was
the only thing that needed fixing.

It cost £65, which is a lot of
money for a tiny bit of plastic,

but it's much better than having to spend
a couple of hundred quid on the clutch.

Right, so what about the looks of this car?

Because it looks a mess.

Well, as you can see, I've had
a bit of a go on these bumpers.

I want to get them painted professionally,

so we're going to send these off now.

But it's going to make
the car look really cool.

And what about the other
problems we got with the car?

There was a rumbling
noise down at the rear.

Yeah, I've still got
to have a look at that.

And also, the interior, I
could do with a bit of a hand.

You could try and find
us a nice new one for us,

or maybe a second-hand one that looks good.

You want me to do some work?

You can't do something.

Find an interior for this car?

Yeah.

OK, yeah, I can do that.

I'll get onto that.

We're still on target
to keep within our

five grand budget, but
that could all change,

because Ed needs to sort
out that noise coming from the

back end of the car and
fix that tatty broken interior.

We've got a budget of just £5,000

to buy and restore a classic
car that we can sell on for a profit.

And here it is.

Look at that.

A car of my dreams.

I wanted an Audi Quattro,

an iconicated bruiser
that we could return to

its former glory and
keep it where it belongs.

Out on the road.

I picked one up for a bargain.

£3,800.

Done.

Done.

I've got myself an Audi Quattro.

This rare motor has been
keeping my mechanic, Ed, busy.

First, he fixed a spongy clutch
by replacing the faulty reservoir,

and then he gave the Audi's
tyre bodywork a spruce-up

by patching and painting
the front and rear bumpers.

Check out the paint
finish on these bumpers.

Looks superb.

Makes the car much more saleable.

But before I can think about flogging the
motor, there's still plenty of work to do.

Ed's got to sort out the interior,

but at first that boy
better get his hands oily.

as he sorts out that Rumble
coming from the back end.

Mike was complaining
about a bit of a rumbling

noise coming from
the back of our Quattro,

but he's been quite vague
as to exactly what it was.

Now, I'm suspecting bearings

because of the use of the
car and the age of the vehicle,

but it's quite hard when
wobbling just statically.

to find out actually
if it really is or not.

Now, there is a little
bit of a wobble here,

but because it's a
really cheap part to fix,

I'm just going to go ahead
and change it anyway,

and that way we've got
a bit of peace of mind.

The wheel bearings ensure
that the wheels rotate smoothly.

In our car, they're ball-bearing based.

In a 4x4 performance car,
they take real punishment,

and as they wear, they
make an annoying drone.

You can often hear this
vibration in the cabin.

Okay, I have a bit of a problem here.

The center nut has
obviously been on for a while.

It doesn't want to come off easily.

I'm just going to try and
put the wheel bolts back in,

and that will give me a
little extra purchase on it.

I'm going to put the
handbrake on, hold the disc,

and this way, the hub and now the
brake disc are effectively a one-part.

So now when I try to undo
that, there's a lot more torque

trying to counteract
the undoing of that nut.

With a bit of know-how and the right tools,

I think I've got this one sussed.

Pull down, so if anything,
you're making the car heavier,

and again, no jerky movements.

There we go.

Sometimes a bit of smooth
brute force over technology.

Now, there is a slim, slim chance
that I could try and pull the bearing out.

Once I've got everything off, to pull the
bearing out and sort of push it back in,

but to be honest, it'd be a
lot easier if it was on a press.

Only catch for that means I've
got to take all of this rear strut off.

That means there's a few things to remove.

I've got to take off the ABS
sensor on this side here.

I've got to undo the track control arm.

I've got to undo the caliper
and also the bottom ball joint.

and of course the top
of the strut mount itself.

Let's crack on.

This car is over 23 years old,

and many components haven't been taken off
it since it rolled out of the factory new,

so getting them off is hard work.

Well, I've got the strut
off the car, but we can't get

to the bearings yet because
the disc brake's in the way.

That's been held on
by the caliper's carrier,

and that's been held
on by these seized bolts.

I need to heat them
up, try and get them out,

and then we can start getting
on with the rest of the work.

I'm heating the nut to over 3,000
degrees Celsius with a blowtorch.

This should expand the
nut and then loosen it.

Well, now, that was a bit of a pain,
but a bit of heat, and it's sorted out.

Quite a tricky one, but
it'd been much harder on

the car, so it didn't
make sense to take it off.

So now, finally, we've got
our carrier out of the way,

which means that our disc
brake comes off, which is great.

And there is our hub.

So now we've got to the bearing itself.

So you can see there's a circlip just here,

and there's one on the other side,

and that holds the
bearing into basically

what's a big hole with
a couple of slots in it.

The circlip is easy to remove,

but getting the old bearing
out needs a serious bit of kit.

I need to apply a lot
of force to press it out.

We'll see where we are.

And to do that, I need the help of this.

This is a 20-ton hydraulic floor press.

So now, start pumping it up.

Imagine how hard it would
be to try and do this on the car.

And with the right tools, out
pops the old damaged bearing.

Well, here's our new wheel bearing.

As you can see, it's got a
little split down the side there.

Basically, it's got two races
of ball bearings in there.

It makes it extra strong,
and as you can see,

it spins around the inside,
or the outside stays still.

Very simple.

With the old bearing removed,
I can now fit in a new one.

But first, I need to put in a circlip.

This is going to give the
bearing a bit of a stop.

So when you put the
bearing in from the back,

you've got somewhere for it to go up to,

and that way it won't
be pushing it too far,

because otherwise I won't
get both circlips in together.

And there we go.

So now the bearing can go on the inside.

To fit the new bearing,

it's back to my 20-ton
press to push it into place.

Once the bearing is in position, I
need to replace the second circlip.

and then refit the hub.

Now the whole assembly is back together,

I can finally fix the rear
strut back onto the car.

So the drive shaft is now in,

and I've got the ball joint into
the socket as well, which is great.

Well, that certainly was quite a hard job.

All I had to do was change
the rear wheel bearing.

The bearing ended up pretty much taking
the back of the car apart to get to it,

but now it's done, it's all sorted.

I'm going to feel the benefit
of that, or at least hear the

benefit of that, when I'm
taking it out on the open road.

Well worth doing, though.

I'm on the way to an Audi specialist to
find some replacement seats for our car.

Ed has discovered that
apart from the warm fabric,

the frame of the driver's
seat is broken as well.

This don't look right.

I was expecting a big
garage called Quattro Corner.

Look, this is suburbia.

I hope I got the right address.

Hello there.

Hello.

Looking for a place called Quattro Corner.

You're here. You've arrived.

You're kidding.
Are you Pete, I suppose, on the phone?

That's right. Mike.

That's right, yeah.

How you doing, Mike?

Not bad at all.

I was expecting to see some
sort of huge parts department,

and that's what I was looking for.

Used to be like that, but... Where
do you keep all the bits then?

Upstairs. Come and have a look if you want.

So you keep everything upstairs?

Yep, either in the bedroom or in the loft.

As you can see, I've got a big...
Wow! Look at that. That's brilliant.

Come on, what have you got in here?

Have you got fan belts, engine
mountains, clutches, everything?

Yep, got everything you want in here, Mike.

Nothing I haven't got.

It's amazing, and it really is a
little weenie parts department.

It certainly is, yeah, and
they're the same parts, as I say.

Same quality, same OE
parts, original equipment.

What I actually do is buy the parts
from the manufacturer, not through Audi.

So if anyone out there is looking
for a part not only for an Audi,

for any car, really,
the best thing to do is,

rather than just go
straight to the manufacturer,

the best thing to do
is jump on the Internet,

spend at least a morning
searching around,

and you'll find somebody like you out there
who would sell the parts a lot cheaper.

You need to go to a specialist,

not just the local corner shop.

You need to find a specialist,

somebody that specialises
in that particular car, Mike.

Well, this is all very nice, but what
about that donor interior I need?

That's an Audi Coupe G2
interior that I've just had in.

From a mid-eighties quattro?

That's right, yeah.

I mean, the seat squabs
are pretty good, aren't they?

I mean, most of these parts here,

these are what you usually go on.

Yeah, that's what's gone on now.

Right, I'm not certain it's
the right colour for your car,

but then again, I don't
know what colour your car is.

It's champagne, champagne colour.

Right, I'm not sure.

Was it blue in champagne?

Well, it'll go in, certainly, yeah.

Listen, my head, it can
work miracles of interiors.

That's all you need.

How much is that?
Is it a complete interior?

That's 200 sound.



Go on, 150 quid cash.



Done, I'll have that.

Lovely.

That's it, Mike.

Thank you very, very much, Pete.

Not a problem, mate.

It's been an absolute pleasure.

Likewise, I hope to see you again.

And you, mate. Good luck.

Cheers, Mike.

Cheers.

The Audi is a rare and desirable car,

but getting it straight has
put a strain on poor old Ed.

And there's more headaches to come.

He has to sort out the broken driver's seat

and I hope that new
interior I got does the trick.

I went after this rare
and desirable Audi

Quattro and found this
superb example in silver.

There's something about driving an
Audi Quattro that puts a smile on my face.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

But it did need some work.

Ed's fixed that Rumble at
the rear end by changing the

wheel bearings and worked
his magic on that spongy clutch.

He's also smartened up
the front and rear bumpers.

But the real challenge is still to come.

Ed now has to tackle
that tatty driver's seat.

It's been an uphill struggle for Ed,

but I'm hoping the finished car will
fetch a higher price and more profit.

Our Audi Quattro is very
difficult to get parts for

and a case in point is
our damaged driver's seat.

You can see the frame is broken.

Also, the fabric was damaged as well.

What I'm hoping to do is
use the mechanical parts

of the seat frame from the seat
we've just bought to fix our original one.

Or at least, that's the plan.

The green fabric of the new seat
doesn't match our grey interior,

so I can't just swap the seats over.

The damaged driver's
seat cover has been sent

off to be restitched,
and when it's ready,

I'll be putting it back
onto the repaired frame.

Okay, I've stripped down the
seat back from our donor seat,

and with them next to
each other, they are looking

pretty similar, so fingers
crossed it's going to be okay.

The first thing I notice is that
the foam on our original seat

is actually better than
the one that Mike got,

so I'm going to go with
that, and what I'd love to do

is just take that foam
and the new seat cover

and then just pop it
onto here, but I think.

because there are a few
differences, we might have a problem,

so I'll take this bit of foam off
and just see where we're at.

Making one good seat
out of two bad ones is hard

work, but original
interiors are so hard to find.

It's the only way to fix our broken seat.

Now, I've noticed a problem we've got here.

This little thing here, this adjuster,

which pops onto the side here
and is bolted into position there,

what this does is it moves the
seat adjuster from down there

to actually this position,
and that's because you've got

the transmission tunnel
in the middle of the

car, a big lump of metal
that gets in the way.

Because the seats are not identical,

I'm taking the adjuster from the old seat

and sticking it onto the new frame.

It's another fiddly but essential fix.

Well, there's the spacer.

I'll just pop it in here like so.

It's just a little bit proud,
so it's going to keep

everything moving, which is
lovely. I'll pop that into there.

Now, what I need to do next is put a bolt,

weld a bolt onto the frame there.

So before I can do that,
I'm just going to clean

it up, get rid of the
paint with a grinder.

Removing the original paint
allows me to weld metal to metal

as it creates a clean surface
for the new metal to bond with.

OK, so now I've got
a bolt, just a little M8.

I'm just going to pop
that back into position.

All right, well, it looks pretty good.

Just to stop any corrosion, I'm just
going to put a bit of paint on there,

but now I can put this
thing back together again.

With the new frames modified,

all I have to do is fit our
repaired upholstery onto them.

This has helped maintain
the originality of our Quattro.

Finally, now it's time to fit
that repaired driver's seat.

Well, it seems that this
seat repair is a bit of a result.

First of all, it's time to fit
that repair driver's seat.

First of all, got that lovely
fabric repair on the bolster.

You'd never know it had been done.

Next thing is the seat
back doesn't collapse.

In fact, you can now let people into
the back of the car nice and easily.

But also, a little bit of a
bonus is that now the seat

moves forwards and backwards
only when you want it to.

When this car came into the
workshop, it was in pretty good Nick,

but I knew if we're going
to make any money at all

out of it, we need to get
it into tip-top condition.

So I've thrown everything at it.

I've been over this
Quattro from top to tail,

and now, mechanically
and cosmetically, it's spot on,

which gives me rather a
large feeling of satisfaction.

I just hope I can wrestle the
keys off Mike for the test drive

because I reckon I deserve it.

My initial search to find one
of these cars on the Internet

and in the trade
magazines proved difficult,

but it pays to be patient
as I eventually came across

this stunning example
being sold by a local dealer.

It's been hard work, but our Finnish
Audi looks absolutely fantastic.

Ed soon got stuck into this project

by replacing the reservoir,
which cured that spongy clutch.

On the outside, our Audi was looking tired,

so he smarted up the front and
rear bumpers with a new paint job.

The back end sounded like a freight train,

so he replaced the
noisy rear wheel bearings.

Finally, using a donor interior,

he got stuck into fixing the broken driver's
seat and smarted up that tatty interior.

I paid £3,800 for our 80s bruiser.

We then spent £65 on
a new clutch reservoir.

The new bearings cost £74 each,

while a fresh paint job for the front
and rear bumpers came in at £200.

Accessories and spares were £70.

The donor interior was £175.

And finally, the seat retrim costs £110.

All in all, the car owes us £4,568.

Yes! Looking sharp, Edward!

Absolutely. Wow!

I'll tell you what,
it's big, it's bold, it's

brash, and it looks
amazing and great work.

Well, thank you.

It's been a bit of a
chore though, this one.

The problem with the clutch
originally, the spongy clutch,

actually turned out to be just the
reservoir we needed to change,

which saved us a whole load of
money and a whole load of time.

Didn't I tell you it'd be easy?

Yeah, you did. OK, I'll give you that one.

But the bumpers, look at those.
They look fantastic.

Well worth painting them.

That has transformed the car.

But the real pick of a job
was those real wheel bearings.

They were an absolute nightmare.

I had to take the whole car apart.

And I'll see you times
up the interior as well.

Yeah, the interior's
looking really smart as well.

It's ready to go.

It is ready to go.

I tell you what you've
done with this car, Ed,

you have literally just
wound back the clock.

This car is fantastic.

Really, really sought after as well.

People like me, people in their
middle age, are hankering after


can go and relive their youth.

So I reckon there's going to be a marketplace
for this and we will sell it easily.

But before we do, we're going
to take your big hair out for a ride.

Edward, fire up the Quattro.

Now, Ed, I really wanted you
to have a drive of the Quattro

because it's one of the cars
you have to drive before you die.

I mean, this is motorsport legend.

You're driving a slice of hitch brake.

Get in! Get in, you!

A bit more, a bit more power, and then...

Oh, my word.

It's a little bit of a lag, but then it
just really just kicks to the back of it.

It is brutal, isn't it? It's fantastic.

The steering is just so firm, you know?

It's like if there's no detachment, like
you sometimes get with power steering.

And you just point it and it
goes where you want it to go.

It actually handles just like
a high-performance motor

but a modern one,
and it's like 23 years old.

Good driving, Ed. Well done so far.

Thank you, sir.

Now, Ed, I bought this
car, I think, for the right price

in the first place,
and although it's iconic

and it'd be lovely to hold on
to it, it's time to cash in, mate.

So this is the bit where you say
we're going to make a fortune.

Usually, yes, but unfortunately
the world's changed, Ed,

and people are cashing
out of high-performance

cars that are only doing


into more frugal little cars that
are doing 60, 70 miles to the gallon.

So I reckon with this car we're
going to struggle a little bit,

and I think we have to be a bit more
realistic around the £6,000 price range.

£6,000. Right? And we sell it.

And what if we can't get £6,000?

Listen, this car's a top
performer, and so am I.

So it's up to me and the
car to do the rest of the job.

But so far from you, well done.

Leave it up to me. OK.

The Audi cut a dash in the mud, but it's
not a great look for any potential buyers.

So when we got it back,
we treated her to a full valet,

and then we stuck an head
on a specialist Audi website.

But no offers just yet.

So as you can see, the bumper's all
in tip-top Nick cos I had them repainted.

Yalloy wheels, not a Mark on them.

Absolutely flawless.

Definitely got the Gene Hunt look.

It has got the... That's exactly right.

Gene Hunt look, eh?

That legendary build quality you
do get from an iconic German car.

I want hard cash for our stunning Quattro.

I need a sale.

This young lad has spent ages looking
over the car, but is he just a tyre-kicker?

This fella called Simon has
come down to see the car.

He looks young, doesn't he?
I think the car's older than him.

But who can fault our amazing Audi Quattro?

Let's just hope he likes it.

So then, Simon, what do you think?

Not bad at all, yeah.

It's a pristine example, I think,
of fine German engineering.

What made you want one?

I've liked them for a long
time, since I was a kid, really.

I used to walk past
one on the way to school

and really liked it ever since
then, really liked the shape.

I mean, this car's 24 years old.

It's probably older than you, isn't it?

I'm a little bit older than that. I'm 31.

Well, it still looks sharp as a button.
It goes fantastically.

We've done a little bit
of work to it ourselves.

When I got it, it was a little bit messy,

but Ed has tidied it all up.

It's been nicely restored
back to original condition.

Tidy, yeah.

One of the other things was there
was a little Rumble coming from the rear.

I thought it might have
been a diff problem,

but actually it just turned out to be
wheel bearings, a nice easy fix for Ed.

Done a little bit of paint work,
both front and rear bumpers,

just to tidy it up, but
matched it in beautifully

with good paint,
and they look lovely.

They do, yeah.

Nice top job.

I'll tell you what you will enjoy.

You'll enjoy the big whoosh of air as
you plant your foot down into the carpet

when this five-cylinder,


takes a big gulp of air and
it charges down the road.

These do sell for up to
£10,000, but I'm not being greedy.

I've advertised the car, I
think, for a fair price, £5,950.

So give us the cash
and you can take it away.

It's a bit steep.
It's a bit more than I wanted to pay.

Everyone says that.

Yeah, a bit steep.
I'm looking at more like £5,000.

£5,000?

No, you're nuts. This isn't 1980. It's now.

You're going to have to
do a bit better than that.

I'll tell you what, £5,750, do a deal.

You've got yourself a cheap car.

How about £5,200?

£5,200 cash.

Let me think about what we've done to it.

I'll tell you what, I
don't usually do this.

I'm going to give you
£500 off the asking price.

I'm going to let you have it, £5,450.

Don't bid me any more on that.

OK, that's a deal, yeah.

That sounds fair enough.

Top work. You got yourself a nice car.

Fantastic!

We made just short of a grand in profit

and we've kept the truly
great car on the road.

Our quattro has turned out
to be a real success story.

We took a 1980s icon
and fast-tracked it into a


made a good profit to boot.

If you want to see
more cars getting a

wheelie-dealer treatment
then join us again soon.

I'll be the same.