00:00Automatron is the best thing I've ever built and I'll probably never build anything quite
00:05this detailed ever again.
00:09I wanted somewhere between a Cinderella's carriage and a competition halter.
00:21In 2015, inventor Paul started work on his most ambitious project to date.
00:32Having already completed his impressive car, the Cosmatron, he began work on his next invention.
00:37This car has been the most expensive car I've ever built and also it's been the most labour
00:42intensive up to now.
00:43Nearly every part is custom on this car.
00:47Four years of hard work later and Paul has finally finished his once in a lifetime creation
00:53and he's ready to unveil it.
00:56This is my car, Automatron.
00:59I wanted to build a hot rod, fenderless and the engine out.
01:15I didn't want to build anything like what had been built before.
01:20I wanted to go back to the days of the horse-drawn carriage.
01:23I also looked at a lot of top fuel dragster cars as well.
01:28One of the main things people always ask about is, you know, what's the engine?
01:32The engine is V8 and it's got Arden heads on it and it's supercharged.
01:38Sounds like the end of the world and it's really fast.
01:41A lot of it is that they're one-off parts.
01:44You've got the navigation binnacle from a ship but the exhaust tips, if you got married
01:51in the 70s, people would buy you a set of six silver goblets and these are the goblets
01:56chopped off and bolted in there.
01:59This is a fuel tank.
02:02This was originally a gas bottle.
02:05This is part of a Lancaster bomber.
02:07These switches, you would have flicked them and dropped a bomb.
02:15Out and about, driving this one-off creation isn't without its quirks.
02:18There you are.
02:19Making a right turn here.
02:25Vision is somewhat impaired.
02:26All you can see is carburettors and engines.
02:31Probably the worst thing is the amount of attention.
02:34You can't stop anywhere or, you know, you're just going to be surrounded by people.
02:45Did you make it?
02:47The whole thing, yeah.
02:49Took me four and a half years.
02:51I think it's great.
02:53Good job.
02:54Cheers.
02:55Thanks a lot.
02:56Cheers, mate.
02:59How fast does it go?
03:00It goes literally as fast as you dare go.
03:02What's the name?
03:03It's called Automatron.
03:05Are you going to take me for a spin?
03:07Yeah, maybe.
03:09Why not?
03:15I don't know.
03:27Automatron is the best thing I've ever built.
03:29Most time-consuming and the most expensive thing.
03:32And I'll probably never build anything quite this detailed ever again.
03:40Okay, so, that's Automatron.
03:43Sadly, you know, for me, the only thing that I really like is the building of the cars.
03:49And now it's complete.
03:51Automatron's for sale.
03:53And, you know, soon it'll be gone and I'll have the money to fund my next project.
03:58I think when you've been so close to a project and built it,
04:02I don't think you can ever fully, sort of, appreciate it.
04:05Someone else, though, can buy it and, well, you know, I'm sure they'll love it.
04:13www.automatron.com
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