04x03 - Testing Times

[bunniefuu]

I think my fairy godmother
just arrived

and he's called Richard...

So, why don't you have a go in this
with no pressure and do some skids?

Ha ha ha!

This is what I've got to do!

This is Field Marshal Montgomery's
Rolls-Royce.

Don't be nervous...

It's nearly three years

since the Smallest Cog
opened its doors...

The business still owes me
a fortune...

I've been hiding bank statements,
I'm basically running a social club!

So, it's time
for a big shake-up...

Clock in in the morning,
clock onto a job.

The dawn of a new era...

But not everyone likes change...

...I am very nervous about all of it.

This isn't going to tell me
what to do!

I'll tell you that for nothing.

We make history

with our most important
restoration yet.

Did Montgomery or Churchill
ever imagine you sitting in it?

Probably not.

...The work must be completed
on time.

Oh, she's eager!

Can we race
into a bright new future...

...with me at the wheel?

Oh, oh, oh!

[THEME MUSIC]

[DRUM ROLLS]

Oh, look at that, look.

We'll get a shine out of these,
I reckon.

I want to see my face in them.
[LAUGHS]

Yeah, they're being idiots...

but they are taking it
seriously I think

'cause this is our opportunity
to look at a big job.

We've been asked by the MOD

to quote for restoration work

on Field Marshal Montgomery's
Rolls-Royce.

It was the first civilian car
over the beaches after D-Day.

This will be the first real test
of whether we have upped our game

in terms of professionalism.

The eyes of the world
will be on our work...

so we've got to be realistic
in our quote.

Ah, look at this.
Right! They're arriving.

You're all looking
very crisp and smart.

I don't think
you'll actually be inspected,

but if you are inspected
everybody passes muster.

They've stopped,
let's go and have a look.

Can we have
that as our work truck?

No.

Hiya, Richard.
Brigadier.

Good to see you again. How are you?
Good to see you again. Very well.

As promised,
Montgomery's Rolls-Royce.

And we've got a very capable,
highly trained crew

who are gonna help you
get the car off the truck.

Ah, it's actually arrived

and I'm, sort of, anticipating
and dreading this moment

because this isn't just any car.

This is a 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith
and it's priceless.

This is a piece of history
for this country.

And if we don't look after it,
we'll be history!

Is it my turn, is it?

I'd like to stress
in true military fashion,

young Isaac
did not volunteer for this.

He was volunteered.

Just let it roll off, please.

Oh, god, I'm suddenly nervous.

Isaac, don't c*ck it up.

Oh, good lord.

Oh, my god,
it is only as wide as the...

Ooh!

Look at his little face.

That is a man concentrating.

Well done. Thank goodness.
That's a relief.

Well done, Isaac!

I'm gonna go
and empty my trousers.

Our job now is...

we will go through that

and we will produce
a proper, proper estimate.

Thank you.
And you need detail, don't you?

We do.

Thank you, Richard.
Nice to see you.

She's in your capable hands.

We will definitely look after her.

I think Isaac's gone for a lie down.

Jobs like that
do not come along every other day.

I mean, there is only
one of those cars.

We've got to provide them with
a forensic line-by-line estimate of

what we would do,
how we would do it,

and what it would cost...

and that is a job for our details
focused consultant, Richard.

And his time with us
is coming to an end soon,

so, he's gonna have
to get a move on.

Are you scared?

No.
OK.

Good, because everybody else is.

Well, if we produce

an accurate estimate,

which is what my forte is,

then we'll be making

an informed decision
at the beginning.

I have every faith in you.

This is you doing what you do
so good luck.

This is a bit of
a military operation here.

This will test you.
The more you look, the more you see.

The difficulty is that we've got

these repairs dotted
all over the place.

And then when you join the dots,
where do you stop and start here?

Where do you stop and start there?

Where do you stop and start here?
Yeah.

Before you know it,
they all blend into each other.

What we've got to do is work out
what the total hours are

and the most efficient way
of getting through that.

Yeah. Yeah.

And really we've got
to put milestones in

where we think we're gonna be up
to a certain point.

If you could draw a plan up...
Yes.

...and then we can have
a chat about it...

Yeah.
...and see what we come up with.

I would absolutely
love to do this Rolls-Royce

because this is, well,
it's just such an important car

and it would be the pinnacle
of my career to actually do that.

I'm just a bit worried that...

it's easy to frighten people off
with a massive quote.

It's the job of a lifetime
and I would hate to lose it.

[BIRDS CHIRP]

Some years ago

I came dashing home
through the front door...

guys look what I've got...
I've got this!

And they went, pfff, whatever...

and so I put them away in the loft.

You can get games replicating,

like specific racetracks
and even cars...

and I can practice.

Now, practice what you might ask.

Until recently, The Smallest Cog,

we were racing
a little MGB GT race car...

And then I mothballed it
not long ago in a local car museum.

That was the end of that
until recently.

I've decided
I might kick it off again.

OK, not a panic.
This goes like that.

Thing is I'm off to do
my racing licence test tomorrow

at Silverstone,

which I need to pass
if I'm gonna be allowed to race.

That's damn near
exactly the right position

for the gear lever on an MGB GT.

So, I reckon that goes there.

That's pretty much exactly right.

Er... power.

Ah! It's alive!

When you're driving on the telly
like I've done all those years...

It's all about sliding it back

and making it look good
for the camera and being flashy.

Race driving is all about icy cool,
calm and calculating

and icy cool, calm and calculating's
far from my resting state.

I'm gonna spend some time up here...

Uh... practising.

Green light,
give it all you've got.

Wait a minute, oh,
this is like the real thing for me.

That's a wall!

I did that in a Jaguar once...

Steve.
Richard!

How are you, mate, nice to see you.

Right, I'm in the classroom.
Where do I sit? What do I do?

Do you want to take a seat?
I'll take a seat, OK.

The key thing is,
you've done your revision.

OK.

When we go out on track
and I sit alongside you.

What we need to see

is that you're safe,
you're competent.

There will come a point
when I'll stop talking.

And what I need to see
is that you can drive me

for two or three laps
without instruction,

fully under control,
at a decent pace.

We'll do the track bit first.
And then you're gonna sit my exam.

Cool, I'm ready. Bring it on.

The novice driver training test

that we do
and the licence that is issued,

I would say it's very similar
to a pilot's licence

with the same level of gravity,
really.

So, the reality is
we don't give these things away.

You have to earn them.

Here's your toy for the day.
This is it. 410 horses.

So, sit on board.
I'm in.

Helmet on
Helmet going on.

Get yourself strapped in.
Right.

I haven't taken a driving test
in some considerable time.

What I'm gonna have to do
is not apply the usual driving

that I've done for decades.

When you have one of the world's
most famous car journalists

known like, globally, for really...

I'm gonna the word 'hooning' it,

I will be looking really closely

because any of that
televisual stunting stuff

is really not gonna work
on the racetrack.

OK, Rich,
if you want to fire her up.

Handbrake off.

You've got green
at the end of the pit line.

We're good to go.

So, we've come out onto the track,
we're across to the left-hand side,

looking through the corner
and then rotate.

So, we've ended up
on the wrong side of the road

so, I'm gonna guide you on it
the next time.

On the brakes,
down the gears, in quite deep,

and then we turn across,
over the curb...

I can't work this out.

That's alright. You will, you will.
Where are we bloody going...

And then we're going
to put it into the inside,

clip on the inside and out
onto the hangar straight.

And then we ease
gently back over to the right.

We come down the hill here.

I've already forgotten
the bloody track, Steve!

It's massive.
I'm useless.

It's enormous!
Richard, it's massive.

It's not obvious
where you're supposed to be.

No, but it will be
if you look further ahead.

You're gonna have
to trust me on this.

That's the one thing
you're not doing.

I have been doing this very badly
for a very long time, Steve!

I have a lot of stuff
to relearn here!

Think how much hospital time
I could have saved you!

[LAUGHS]
Haha!

Get the flow. Just relax.
Just stay relaxed.

There's your clipping point.
Look at the exit.

Look at the exit. Good.

And now across to the left.
Good. Perfect.

That's the sweet spot. And in.

Hard breaks.
Look through the bend.

Smoothly in.
Pick the gas up a little bit.

Good! Hold that one knot. Perfect!

Left. Yes. Yes!

About 1,000% better on that section.
Really?

Let's just put it together
for a couple of laps

'cause you are right
on the tipping point.

You're there. Away you go!

Right, now the test starts for real.

Hold it together, Hammond.
Concentrate.

[ENGINE REVS]

Right, we're going in
because I need to pee.

Ha ha ha!
Have I been that bad, Steve?

Oh, no!

From my point of view,
that is, young man, a pass.

It's a long time since I've had
that said to me in a car.

It's about 36 years.

The main thing is a pass.

Now, I've got to do the exam...

Oh, bugger.

Oh, my word, actually.

So, some of those
I haven't revised... erm...

Just read the questions
carefully, Rich.

Yeah.
And use the common sense answers.

Do you want one of my sandwiches
to keep you going?

No, I'm alright. Thank you.

Unless he absolutely nails it,

he's coming back again
and again and again.

Right, I'm done.

Um...

Take that.

There were a few
that I wasn't...

If I mess it up,
I'll look like such a muppet.

Just say it, Steve.
Just relax!

Oh, god! Thank you!

It's 100% pass.

Ooh...

I'm actually rather pleased
with that.



Um, I'm not lying that is a relief.

Oh, thank goodness.

I can legally go and have a go
in my little race car.

I think it will be great!

Although one thing...

I haven't yet told the Cogs
about my new grand plan...

[BIRDS CHIRP]

Hello?

You alright, chaps?

How are you?
Thanks for coming over.

Um... I'm sorry
for having the chat here.

A bit unusual, but it's important
that it's just us having a chat.

There has for a while

been a bit of an elephant
in the workshop.

The elephant being racing.

It was hideously expensive...
Costly.

...and it didn't bring
in a lot of work.

No.
No.

But I have recently had cause

to have my enthusiasm
for it renewed.

So, my proposal is this,
we go racing again.

OK.

There are some changes.
Professional drivers cost.

Expensive, yeah.
There's no way around it.

But there is in our circle somebody
we all know, another driver,

pretty experienced, done a lot.

Isaac, he's done a lot of driving.
Yeah.

There's also another driver

that's done a lot of driving
all over the place...

It's me! I'm talking about me!
Oh!

I'm talking about me.
Oh... Yeah.

So, my proposal is this.
Anthony, you and I are our drivers.

Neil, you run the pits and the car
while we're racing.

To be honest,
I thought that was the end.

No more racing,
because it didn't bring the work in,

that was the end of...
the end of the road.

So, I'm going home actually
very, very happy.

And that's exactly
why I am keen to go racing again.

They are motivated.
But there is now a lot to be done...

The car needs testing.
I need testing.

I've never actually driven it.

I need some track time...

and the race season begins
in a few weeks.

We are gonna have
to get going with this.

To racing?
Yeah. To racing.

To racing.
...and to engineering!

And to engineering.

One thing that I have learned
through bitter experience

is that whilst the big resto jobs

like, hopefully, the Rolls
are great and prestigious

and they keep Neil busy.

We do still need those smaller,
mechanical ones,

to keep Isaac and Anthony busy.

And I've got one coming
in this morning

that could be interesting.

It's one
of your favourites isn't it?

I love these, I love a 944,
I've always liked these.

Clive!

Good to finally meet you
having spoken on the phone.

And this-this is the car
in question.

That is the car.

And it is an automatic
which you need it to be

on account of your
motorcycling mishap.

Yeah.
We kind of had a bit of an accident.

Yeah. It wasn't.
It was a while ago, was it?

Yeah, a while ago. 1985.

Same age as the car.

So, you bought this
because you've always liked 944s...

They are a lovely car.
Always liked these.

But I was always into motorbikes.

And I've just got too old,

too much arthritis in my hand
so the bikes have all gone.

Just to be clear,

it was feeling too old
that stopped you riding bikes,

not losing an arm in a bike crash.

No.
So, you carried on riding?

Yes, for probably
another 30 years, I suppose.

How?

Just converted
so that I could use it.

Clutch and brake on the left
and the throttle on the right foot.

I bet that was interesting
the first time

you went out, wasn't it?

Oh!
Yeah.

I forgot how... what I was doing
and I went into a hedge.

Ah, yeah.
They pulled me out.

I learnt again.

Go again. Yeah.
Go again, yeah.

If it can be done I'm gonna do it.

It's not gonna stop me.
If not, you're gonna try.

I'm going to try and try. Yeah.

All the bikes have gone now.

Yeah, so,
this is an important car to you.

This is.
Yeah.

This is your... this is your toy?
This is my toy.

Yes! Number one toy.

So, this isn't 'body'.
This is purely mechanical.

All mechanical.

And what needs doing?
My department.

Yes, listen in.

Well, the main thing
is the power steering.

Yeah.
Because the power steering is OK.

It works.

But when you're at low speed,

it's very hard to pull
and I have to yank it round.

Most cars now
are electric power steering.

Yeah.

If you're happy
to go down that route?

So, that'll be consistent
the whole time if it's electric.

...consistent all the time then.
Yeah...

Excellent. Alright.

Clive, real pleasure to meet you.
And you.

And thank you
for being an inspiration to bikers.

Thank you very much.
Cheers, Clive.

It's going to be fun.

I love Clive's stories...

It's unreal how like losing one arm

you can't imagine
how bad that would be.

But to actually still ride bikes
and keeping the motoring alive

and now he's got a Porsche,
which is a great-looking car.

First thing I'll do now is,
I'll take it for a drive

and see how bad
the power steering really is.

I'm now going to attempt
a one-arm turn on a roundabout.

This could be interesting.

Oh, my god.

That's not the easiest.

Flippin heck.
How does he drive like this?

I've only literally done
not even a mile

and I can feel the muscles there

in the top of my arm working
already.

Anything I can do

to make this better
power steering-wise,

I can see how this is going
to benefit Clive.

I've got to take my hat off to him.

It's amazing how he's
adjusted to do this,

and how he ever rode
a motorbike is beyond me?

[BIRDS CHIRP]

I'm getting ready for racing

and I've got to go and get
kitted out with all my clobber

because my race suit,
helmet, etc,

all went out of date.

Because it does.

This isn't gonna be a cheap visit.

The kit is expensive.

But it needs to be
because if something goes wrong,

which let's be honest I'm driving,
it probably will,

I need to be wearing
the most protective clobber I can.

Morning, Tom!
Good morning, how are you?

How are you?
Yeah, very good are you OK?

I'm excited,
so, I need the full set of clobber.

OK, alright, why don't
we go into the warehouse?

Stuff. I like this bit.
It's always shopping, isn't it?

It is.
Yeah.

Right to protect my noggin,

my life has been saved by crash
helmets more than once.

Yeah, infamously.

If you wanna chuck that on.

That looks good.
So, we've got a lid.

Yeah.

Cool. Um, next.

Race suit.

Yes. I need one of those.
Yeah. OK.

If you follow me...

Substantially
smaller than Anthony's.

Well, yeah. There is that.

Is there a changing room or...

You can just hide behind,

sort of, the trailer
or something, that's fine.

Right.
I'll stand here and avert my eyes.

Racing is all about glamour,
isn't it?

And I'm really feeling it.
Right. Hang on.

There's quite a lot of it.

Haha, yeah. OK.

Maybe we need to find
you the next size down.

Yes.
Yeah. Alright.

Let me have a look.

I can't remember the last time
I sold a size two...

Have you added it up?
I have, yeah.

It comes to a grand total
of 2,028 pounds...

It's quite expensive,
racing isn't it?

...and 26 pence. OK.

I shall do it justice
by not crashing too quickly.

Yeah, well,
at least if that does happen,

you're about as geared up
as you can be.

Yes.

And if there's any driver
that needs it,

then it's probably gonna be you.

[WESTERN MUSIC]

This is making my head hurt,
this is... in my head it works.

If I can change
the diameter of that pulley

on the power steering pump
to smaller,

which means then that
the ratio it would be spinning

compared to the crank
could be quicker at low revs,

it would make the steering lighter
at lower revs.

And it would be cheaper for Clive

because he won't need a new
power steering system.

And also, it'd be a lot quicker job

which Richard would be
very happy about

because it would be in and out.

To get a pulley for that
I believe if I take it off

and take it to our engineering
friend next door, Hadrian,

he can actually make me one smaller.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

H? Got a question?

Got a Porsche.
Yeah?

Customer's got one arm.

He's struggling with the steering.

It's quite heavy.
Right.

Am I on the right path of thinking

if I shrink the pulley
on the pump...

Yes.
...would it make it lighter...

Easier? Yes.
...easier at lower revs.

OK. Next question.
Can you make one?

Let's have a look.

That one's 105 mil.



What would you recommend?

I'd go for 90.


Yes.

So, how much
would you charge me to do that?

It's not a lot of money
to actually make that.

OK.

It's the fact that you've
got to do a programme for it

so, the first one would be 100 quid.

Yeah.
Alright?

Yeah, I'd be well up for that.
Who do I see for this?

That'll be Matt in the workshop.

Is it OK
if I go and grab him now?

Yep, help yourself.
Thank you, H.

I'm not gonna lie,
that is an absolute result.

Literally, a few steps
from our workshop,

I can actually get this stuff made.

So, this could be 100-pound
down the drain,

or I've actually come up
with a good idea for once,

but we won't know
until that pulley is fully made.


[BIRDS CHIRP]

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Do you reckon Rich
is going to be nervous like I was?

On my first day?

Think of it this way, right.
Yeah?

It's his first day
of actually walking the walk

instead of talking the talk.

We're headed
into deepest Wales to Llandow,

the little track
where we do our testing

for our MGB GT race car.

But today it's different
because, well, I'm driving.

Also Patrick Blakeney Edwards,
an experienced team manager, racer,

classic car restoration
workshop boss,

he's agreed to come over

so, he'll give his assessment
on the car,

on Anthony, on me as a driver

so, thinking about it,
the pressure is on.

Morning, chaps.
Good morning.

So, the idea of today.

This is a test day.

We're testing the car
and team and the drivers.

The problem is you've got to go fast
and then be careful.

That's the trick, isn't it?
Yeah, fast.

What was the other thing?
Careful.

Careful.
Careful.

Let's get her warmed up, ready.

[ENGINE REVS]

Patrick Blakeney Edwards
is just hoving into view.

Morning.
Morning.

Alright, fella?

Today is gonna end up with seeing

which of the three of us
sets the fastest lap in the car.

There's no way around it.
I completely agree.

We're-we're boys.
It's going to happen.

Who's going out first, then?
Patrick's going first.

Three laps and then start timing.

Right. Give it a go.
Don't detonate it.

Bye.
Honestly.

You wouldn't wanna be on
an aeroplane with him would you,

he wouldn't shut the door, would he?

This is a guy
who's raced a lot of classic cars

assessing our classic race car.

Yeah.
Yeah.

I wanna hear what he makes of it.
I'm really intrigued.

Oh, here we go, here we go.




Yeah.

Oh, for [BLEEP] sake!

He's quick.

Well, he's done a lot of this.
Yeah.

[ENGINE REVS]



All depends on his braking now
as to whether he gets... 50.43.

Oh.

He's pitting.

Out of the box,
I think that's not bad.

The whole thing is quite balanced.
It's quite an easy car to drive.

It's not hard, is it?
But really good.

It's a really positive start.

Alright. You've done a 50.43.

You did get quicker each lap...
You did get quicker.

...almost as if you do
a lot of racing.

No, pressure, Anthony.

If you could get it under the 50
it would be good!

Right. Go steady.
Yeah.

I'm afraid it's 54.5.

He'll be disappointed.
Well, that ain't bad though!

It's his first lap,
give him a chance!


Oh, nice.

Here we go.
Going in the right direction.

He's on it.


There we go!

That's his fast lap.
That's really good.

He should be pleased with that.

OK?

Yeah, all good.

You did well.


That's great!

Getting there.
Now, it's Richard's turn.

Let's see what happens.

Right,
keep your expectations moderate

and maybe get a fire engine nearby.

Ah, I'm in!

If Richard does well,

I'm hoping it'll give him
a bit more enthusiasm

to get back
into the driving seat of the garage

because as of late,

I think he's been
having a lot of pressure

with running the workshop.

It would be nice to see him
have a smile on his face.

Good luck. Look after it.

Thank you. Will do.
Nobody trusts me.

Right, here I go.
My first go in our little race car.

This has been
quite a long journey for him.

Yeah.
Very.

You know, obviously he's busy
with other things that he's doing.

Of course. Yeah...

Tell you what...
you're closer to the truth...

...than you ever realise.

He's been trying to run the garage,

running everything,
doing his other job.

He really needs this to boost
his-his passion back into the garage

because he's starting
to lose the will.

Just watch myself here.

I'm very conscious
of the lads watching.

They're convinced
I'm going to crash it.



He's doing well. He isn't far off.

The gear shift is lovely!

Oh, little MGB,
you've had a second life.

Once you were
a dowdy little classic,

now, you're a little race car!



Good. That's better.
Good man.

This feels great.

Now, there's a point to running
a classic car restoration business

because I get to have fun!

Haha!



I wonder
whether we should be worried, Ant.

I'm thinking that as well!

[LAUGHTER]

This is it.
This is gonna be the one.


He's quicker than me then.

He should be really happy with that.
He's actually not bad, is he?

Hehehe. What an amazing little car.

I love it!

He's got a smile on his face!

It's lovely.
What a great little car, isn't it?

Bless it.

The setup is professional.
The car's really nicely prepared.

And I think Richard
should be really, really pleased

with that performance.

He is certainly competent enough

to get out in that car
and perform respectably.

I remember
at the finish of last season,

I'd reached a point where I really,

well, I didn't just question,
is this racing business worth it.

I answered it.
No it's not, it's too expensive.

It's too much hassle.
It's not worth the payoff.

But after a successful
test day today

of team, car and drivers,

it is worth it
and we're going to do it again.

So, we can press green
on cog racing this year.

Go.
Yeah!

Party time!
And it's not broken.

[LAUGHTER]


[BIRDS CHIRP]

Come on, Isaac, got me coffee ready?

Yeah.
Good lad.

So, Matt's made me a new pulley

and as you can see there,
the size difference is quite big.

So, I'm hoping I put this on
and the power steering gets lighter.

That's a good start. It lines up.

So, it's gonna be wheels on

and the moment of truth,
the test drive.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Alright, Clive?
Hello there.

Without messing around

I reckon we should
get out on the road

and see if it works.

Lovely job.

Hopefully,
you'll feel the difference,

especially at the next roundabout

because you've got to go
all the way around it.

Yeah.
So, moment of truth.

How did you find that roundabout?

The steering's brilliant.

Is it OK, yeah?
At the moment, yeah.

If we go straight down now.
Yeah.

That'll take us
to a car parking area.

That's lovely.
Look at that.

Perfection!
Perfection!

Is that OK?

Yeah, it's a lot better than it was.

Phew!

Alright, should we head back
to the workshop?

Yeah. Let's do it.
I'm happy with that.

Enjoy the 944.

That was a nice little job!

I'm actually surprised
that something in there worked.

No, but it came in, assessed it,

came up with a solution,
delivered it.

Customer happy.

Yeah. Under his budget.
Under budget.

We obviously made our margin.
Yeah.

And I should imagine,
it feels pretty good for you.

I actually feel really good
at the moment.

Something actually works.
Well done. I like that.

Pleased with that.
I'll try and keep it up.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Today is the day the brigadier

and team come in

to discuss our quotes for the work

on the Rolls-Royce...
Monty's Rolls-Royce.

I'm nervous
because it's quite a lot of money.

But this quote is
the bare minimum

to get that car
looking properly smart,

in its Sunday best.

And that's between 29,347
and 32,990.

That's the ballpark.

And if they greenlight

it we will work through this
line by line.

This is us growing up.

Hello.
Hey, Richard.

Nice to see you again.
Yeah, yeah.

Good to see you again.

Richard, can I introduce you,
please, to Simon?

Simon, Museum Director.
Nice to meet you.

And the Royal Logistical
Museum curator, Sam.

Hi. Nice to meet you.
Sam? Nice to meet you.

Right. First things first.
Let's have a look at the car.

The reason it's covered in tape is,
this is what we've been marking up.

The process has been,
let's go through it

and spot every blemish,

every bit of damage
and that's what you've done.

Yes.
Wanna give us the headlines?

So, we've gone through
and we've looked at the car.

Obviously, it's been repainted
in the '70s at some point.

You can see where they've painted up
to the bottom of the door here

so, this paint isn't
the same as this paint.

Also down on the roof here

you can see where there's new paint
under the old paint

and there's some damage
on the top edge.

Yeah, so, she was actually damaged
in April 1941

during an air raid in London.

That's the first car
we've ever had in here

with b*mb damage to it.

That's quite remarkable.

That's why you reckon
that side bows out slightly.

Yeah.

Which that says,
that is part of its story.

That's exactly what you probably
wouldn't want to get rid of, that,

because that's-that's part
of its history.

I think there's
certainly gonna be a balance

between keeping it
look-looking like a car

from 1939

and not making it look like it
just came off a production line now

because we still want it
to look like Monty's car.

Yeah.
But with the damage addressed.

And so that's-that's the challenge
we're going to face.

The numbers on here
are not entirely small.

This is the projected cost
for going through

and doing all the targeted bits
rather than everything.

I'm going to assume
from the variety of expressions...

The gurning!

...on the faces in front of us

that-that wouldn't go well
back at base.

We talk about D-Day.

Well, this is gonna be D-Day

for Richard Joyce's new approach
to estimating.

I just hope he's got it right.

OK, well, I think we're going
to have to have a discussion.

I think this is slightly more
than we wanted to spend.

It's a difficult discussion,

but it's where
we're going to have to be.

We'll leave you
to your deliberations,

fighting, shouting, screaming,
wailing...

Right, now we wait...

When do we go back in?

I'd give them five minutes,
shall we?

I'm going to have
to knock on my own office door.

How did it go?
How did you get on?

They're deliberating.
Although I did a birth of thinking.

They were a bit scared.
They went like this. Oh!

Yeah? Yeah?
Come on in!

We're back.

So, having shocked
and scared you, sorry.

What's your thinking?

I'm gonna disclose a figure
I wasn't gonna disclose to you,

which was our maximum figure

and I'm afraid
it's a little bit lower than yours.

We don't think
we can afford to spend

more than 25,000 pounds.

It would be a great shame
to have to descope

the package of works.

What we could do,
if we cap it at 25,000 from you.

I wanna get all of it done for that

and if I go over your spend
I'll suck it up.

Well, that's hugely,
hugely great for this.

Fantastic.

You know, on behalf of the museum,
the team, the trustees,

if you can do that,
that would be greatly appreciated.

So, listen, the main news
is we can get on with it.

It's 'green light'. It's 'go'.

Fantastic.

Wonderful.
Brilliant.

Thank you very much indeed.

Honestly, I'm desperate
to see the job's done.

Thank you.
Thank you...

Well, we got the job.

Yeah, OK, I've said
I'll soak up the difference

between their budget
and what it's actually gonna cost.

But it is different this time

because that is
a significant vehicle.

And I wanna play my part
in preserving it,

in respecting it
and showing it off to the world.

I realise that might look like

I'm running the business
with my heart and not my head again,

but there is contingency
in our estimate.

There's extra money in case
we find problems.

And because this estimate
is in such fine detail,

we can keep a close eye on that
as we work through it,

so, assuming Neil doesn't discover
any spectacular horrors,

I reckon we could bring this in
for 25K.

That's what I'm gonna
be pushing for.

We got the Rolls-Royce job
which is great

but I feel for Richard a bit

because at the end of the day

if there is any overspend
on this car

he's gonna have to soak it up.

But if you look at the car
it's got five-stars,

that's exactly what it is.

It's a five-star job.

And it's the best and most important
car we've ever, ever worked on

so, it's a great day
for the business.

All credit
to our consultant Richard,

he pulled that one out of the bag.

And it's good timing,

today's the last day
of his consultancy period

so, he is going out
with something of a hurrah.

To be honest, since he's come in,
he has turned it around a bit.

He has.
It has helped.

He's taught this old dog
a few tricks, hasn't he?

RJ, I'm anxious.

If I said to you, yeah,

I'll let you know how we're doing
in six months,

would you just laugh
and say six months?

You won't be there.
No, no.

With a bit more staff in there
you'll keep on top of it.

More staff?

More staff. Definitely.

Mate, thank you very much
for being here.

No, problem. It's been my pleasure.

Come on, Richard,
we've got you a cake.

We've got you a cake.
Look. Look at that...

He has got us organised
so, I'm grateful to him for that.

But he's quite clear
that we need more staff

and there is no doubt, we do.

The problem there is

the more people I've got out there
on the workshop floor,

the more management they take
and management also costs.

He leaves us in better shape
than he found us.

But I don't think we're done yet.

What you've done
in the long run will continue.

And if it doesn't it
would be calling you

back to put it right!

They're going to go,
"Argh, where's all the paint gone?"

They're going to notice.

It was black
when they brought it in.

It's now silver.

Right, everybody,
if you could start queuing.

This looks like boot camp,
doesn't it?

Stop the van, don't take Richard.

Oh, dear.