Bangers & Cash Restoring Classics Season 7 Episode 2

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00:00Matthewsons auction more than 700 classic cars, bikes and trucks every month.

00:10Beautiful bit of kit. What a rarity. Absolute heaven.

00:15At their garages in New Yorkshire, our television crews have been trying to understand their business.

00:21You'll get the hang of it soon. You've only been around us for five years.

00:24From what I can see, they've learned very little.

00:26But that hasn't stopped us taking a risk on classics close to our hearts.

00:31Oh, it's an Esco!

00:33It is a 1942 WLA.

00:36You have no suspension, you have no brakes, you have no steering.

00:40In one word, knackered.

00:43We've made it worse.

00:45So far, the experts have done us proud.

00:48It's come out very, very nice, hasn't it?

00:50It's very good. This is the best one that I've seen.

00:54Absolutely brilliant.

00:56But it's a nightmare, balancing the books, when we come to sell them again.

01:00We've spent just over £40,000.

01:03Dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

01:05£22,000.

01:07You're saving another vehicle. You're performing a public service, really.

01:10And it's the only way you can look at it.

01:12But the worst thing you can do is think that you're going to make any money out of it.

01:15Whoa!

01:17Man.

01:18This week, we take on a Mini designed by a famous tailor.

01:32It was based on the clothes that he was wearing at the time.

01:35Right.

01:36Well, he maybe should have worn some slightly different colour clothes then, shouldn't he?

01:40All we know is, this rare piece of haute car tour...

01:44I think it might be filler.

01:46...could be another riches to rags story.

01:49The subframe is absolutely shot.

01:51It's had numerous repairs. Nothing wrong with it.

01:56As long as you do it somewhere near right and happen.

01:59No.

02:00It's been half of it.

02:04Plus, the motorbike that kick-started a thousand competitive trails riders.

02:09It was every farmer's kid's dream, wasn't it, to have a little TY80.

02:14If you can do this now, you might have started on one of these.

02:19Assuming you actually got it started.

02:30Right on the edge of the sweeping North York Moors,

02:33the auction showrooms host more classics than you can shake a stick at.

02:39Some of them give us the opportunity to be reminded

02:41just how basic our everyday, bog-standard cars used to be.

02:46You don't want to get on the A64 and the A1 with this to you.

02:49You wouldn't be driving down the Leeds.

02:51But if you were a bit precious and had a few extra quid during the 70s and 80s,

02:55there was a solution.

02:57And that was the special edition.

03:00Charging a little bit more for a little bit more.

03:04Maybe put the next level seats in or some bespoke colour seats or whatever it might be.

03:10Maybe a bit of paint.

03:12We're struggling to sell them. What can we do? Let's call them a laser.

03:15Limited edition, isn't it? Straight away, limited edition.

03:18Must be worth more money.

03:19It's a fashion accessory, simple as that.

03:21It's just like a handbag, pair of shoes, whatever.

03:24People want other people to admire what they've got.

03:28Sometimes easier said than done,

03:30but the one we're looking at is a real collector's item.

03:33It's a 1999 Rover Mini, but styled by a man usually associated with high fashion.

03:46To celebrate 40 years of the Mini Cooper, Rover turned to clothes designer Paul Smith

03:51to work his magic on a limited edition of this already iconic car.

03:56Naturally, he colour matched one of his favourite shirts to get the paint colour right.

04:02Then added a high quality leather interior and a very stylish 24 carat gold bonnet badge.

04:09All this was then contrasted with various bits of citrus green dotted around the car.

04:15Only 300 were sold in the UK and they weren't cheap.

04:20At over 10 grand, it was the most expensive Mini to date.

04:25We love it, but Derek seems to be in two minds.

04:32As far as one of these limited edition upgraded, modified, call it what you like,

04:38model of a Mini or anything else come to that, they are a bit odd.

04:42Yeah. I mean, this tickled me.

04:44Whatever possessed him to paint the petrol tank in the boot, which you can't see, green, you know,

04:51it's a bit weird, isn't it, really?

04:52I mean, I don't know what you think about doing about that.

04:55It's already been painted, as you can see.

04:57That's filler bubbling there.

04:58You know, it's got the ultimate leather seats, which is fantastic, I must admit, and they are lovely and comfortable.

05:07It's got a CD player, so what?

05:09It's got a fancy dash, I must admit.

05:11I mean, it's a nice bespoke dash, and it's got West of England cloth headlining,

05:16which is the same sort of cloth you got in Rolls-Royces and Bentleys.

05:20What a weird going on.

05:22And it's so odd and unusual and rare that, yeah, it may be worth having a try.

05:321999 Rover Mini, Paul Smith. Fair little thing though, isn't it? Massive interest here.

05:3711, 11.5, 12, 12,000, 250 with me.

05:4112, 5, 12, 750 is the 13.

05:4513.

05:46This is going to run, isn't it?

05:47And it's a bit up.

05:48Let's see.

05:49Back in, 13.

05:5013, 1.

05:5113, 1.

05:52But on sale and going.

05:5413, 2.

05:5513, 3.

05:5713, 4.

05:5813, 5.

06:00On sale and going.

06:0213,500.

06:04Going to be sold.

06:05On sale and going.

06:0713, 5.

06:08There we are.

06:09Well done, yeah.

06:11Fantastic.

06:12So we bought one of 300.

06:14It's great.

06:15It's great.

06:20We're shipping this one out to our friends at Mini Sport in Burnley, Lancashire.

06:24Chris Harper might be a bit nervous because the last time we brought him a car, most of it arrived in boxes.

06:30Oh, we do like rummaging.

06:31Yeah.

06:32Well, it's all out looking at it.

06:36The biggest thing with these is if people have messed around with them and taken the bits off that are important.

06:46Dash is all right.

06:47It's not broken, which is good.

06:48Then there's this badge here, which tells you it's a Paul Smith.

06:51So that's an important piece, so that hasn't been messed around with.

06:55The gauges are right.

06:57Wheels are right.

06:58Which is a start.

06:59It looks pretty good.

07:00If we're going to find anything, we're going to find it underneath.

07:04Never our favourite bit, but workshop manager Rob Eastwood is on hand to break any bad news gently.

07:14First impressions are you've actually maybe bought something that's not in bad order.

07:26It's not uncommon to have a bit of oil around on a Mini.

07:29I would suggest that that's getting on the slightly too much side.

07:34We'll have to have a look, clean it all off and just work out what's going on.

07:38A car of this age now, generally what we would find would be, it'd need a floor in it.

07:45Probably needing wings.

07:46Quite often, possibly even a race shell.

07:48Obviously we're in a better situation than that with this car.

07:51One of the things that I can tell you straight away after trying to get it on the ramp is,

07:56the car's going to need some new rubber cones on it.

07:59I couldn't get it over the little lip in the floor here.

08:04So the car's sitting low?

08:05The car is sitting too low, yeah.

08:07Because our Mini is short on space, the original suspension didn't use traditional springs.

08:14In fact, it actually had rubber cones fitted to the front and rear subframes.

08:20On the front they were mounted vertically, and on the rear, horizontally,

08:25to allow more leverage for a softer ride.

08:28The cones are attached to a trumpet, which in turn are connected to the wheels via a radius arm.

08:35When the wheel hits a bump, the arm pivots, and the rubber cone compresses.

08:42Although other systems were tried, this simple, cheap setup remained on the classic Mini until production ended.

08:48As for the rest of the car, Rob is starting to sound suspicious.

08:55There's been some form of repair on this side here.

09:00I don't want to see it, but I think it might be filler.

09:08That should be a continuous line all the way down, and it comes and it goes, and it comes and it goes.

09:15So if it's not steel, we need to do something with it.

09:20If it's steel and it's been repaired, it's perfectly fine.

09:23Worst case scenario, it could end up with inner and outer seal on it.

09:27At the rear, more potential expense.

09:30The subframe that carries all the suspension.

09:33It has seen better days.

09:34I can see it looks like someone's actually done a bit of welding on it,

09:37which is not actually MOT-able.

09:40Because it's a structural part of the car.

09:42Because it's a structural part of the car.

09:44And a big lump of metal that now needs replacing.

09:48Yeah, it does put the price up, but we've got to try and protect what we're putting on there.

09:53Difficult to disagree.

09:55As always, in for a penny, in for many pounds.

09:59In Burnley, with our fashionable Paul Smith Mini being a bit more down at heel than we thought,

10:21Rob decides to take it for a test drive.

10:24I know Minis are bouncy, Rob, but everything's vibrating.

10:31Everything is vibrating.

10:33So you remember when we were discussing the rubber cords?

10:36Would it be anything to do with that then?

10:38Yes.

10:39As classic Minis of this age go, it drives pretty well.

10:44It's all fixable.

10:46We can get all the gears with no crunching.

10:49The clutch is not slipping.

10:51It doesn't wander over the road.

10:54It stops all right.

10:55So by the time we've done a bit to it, I think it'll come quite nicely.

11:04Today, there's a very obvious first job to tackle.

11:08There's issues going on that we know of down on the sill, which we're going to have a deeper delve into today.

11:14For this particular investigation, the interior will need to come out.

11:19And while all this is going on, mechanic Warren turns his attention to the rear subframe that's destined for the scrap heap.

11:26It's going to be a busy morning.

11:28How are we looking over there?

11:31The subframe is absolutely shot.

11:34There is flex in it, as you can see here.

11:38Can you see there?

11:39It's just gone very thin here.

11:41As normal, most of the things underneath here are really rusty.

11:46The fuel filter, all the brackets for holding all the cables on.

11:50But that's kind of expected because it's all underneath.

11:53So they'll get replaced when we put it all back together.

11:57As for the suspect's sills, with the carpets out, James has revealed some evidence.

12:03So, we've had a pan here and just taken it up to find some spot welds.

12:09Which means it's had a bit of a repair on this side, like we thought it had this side as well.

12:15Just have a spot weld.

12:18Get Basil to have a look at it and see what he thinks.

12:23Basil, or Baz as he's known, works across the yard where his body shop is.

12:28For the time being, he's not committing to anything.

12:31We'll have a look and we'll discuss it.

12:40With an emphasis on doing everything in the right order, Warren and James get to work.

12:45Removing the rear assembly.

12:50It's a surprisingly quick job.

12:56So, now we've got the sub-prem out.

12:57We're going to cut the sill off.

12:59So we can see what's going on behind there, effectively.

13:02And then that'll give us an answer whether we're going to have to start cutting inner sills.

13:06And things like that, but fingers crossed.

13:10That's never worked in the past.

13:13It'll have had numerous repairs.

13:15Nothing wrong with it, as long as you do it somewhere near right.

13:19And roughly?

13:21Not with this particular bit, no.

13:24We've had a half of it.

13:25Somebody's part cut a plate out and then left the top side of it in, so it's all rusty round here, and put a plate on the inside.

13:37You put a plate on for an MOT, which everybody's done.

13:40It should be seam welded.

13:42It's not.

13:43It wouldn't pass an MOT like that.

13:44I would probably put a new inner sill and outer sill into it.

13:50Yet again, we've been a bit caught out by hidden problems.

13:54With a vague sense of needing a distraction from the Mini, we turn to the Yorkshire countryside for inspiration.

14:08The rugged hills and farmland are actually responsible for creating several homegrown world champions.

14:14Paul can't claim to be one, but he has been known to enjoy a weekend of motorcycle trials.

14:25Precision riding, with points for not putting your foot down.

14:28It's quite nasty, and it bottoms out on a roof there.

14:33Back in the early 80s, if you were still at primary school, like 12 times world champion Dougie Lampkin, you may well have wanted one of these.

14:42It's a Yamaha TY80, and we fancy it for our second project.

14:47Resident bike expert, Sooty, has come to have a look.

14:52Nice little bike.

14:53Very popular in the day.

14:55It's like a proper motorbike, no twist-and-go like some of them are.

14:58You know, it's got gears, it's got a clutch.

15:01A little bit on the tatty side, but it will live.

15:03If this is restored, it'll look lovely.

15:05Is it worth serving?

15:07Oh, yeah. Yeah, there will be collector's bikes eventually.

15:09I mean, they aren't now up to a point.

15:11If I'd had this when I was a little lad, I'd have been over the moon.

15:14This off-road only 1982 model may not have indicators or brake lights, but it does come with a letter from the current owner.

15:22TY80, I've had it since new.

15:25It was bought for me by my parents as an 18th birthday present in 1982.

15:29Well, that's fantastic, isn't it? Isn't that lovely? Look at that.

15:32Brilliant.

15:34Where are we going to be on that? You tell me.

15:35£800 we've got.

15:36£8.25 with Ollie down there at £8.25.

15:39£8.50.

15:40Yes, please.

15:41£8.75, £8.75.

15:43£900.25 at £9.25.

15:47It's on sale.

15:48The hammer's coming down at £925.

15:51£9.25.

15:54Yeah!

15:56We've bought a little bike!

15:57We've decided to send our Yammy to some true enthusiasts.

16:06Adrian and Bob Dawson, based in Pocklington, near York, have raced sidecars for years and restored countless classic bikes.

16:15Oh, yeah, very good.

16:18They're also very familiar with the TY80.

16:21Oh, it fits on their retreat, doesn't it?

16:27It was every farmer's kid's dream, wasn't it, to have a little TY80.

16:31There's probably not very many that have survived, because most of them will be upside down in a ditch somewhere.

16:36Or the back of a barn, rotting away.

16:38Yeah.

16:39The beauty of this one is it's kind of all there.

16:43You know, if there was loads of bits missing off it, then that's when it becomes a bit trickier.

16:47But although some of it's a bit rusty and a bit manky, it's all saveable by the look of it.

16:54We want this iconic little machine to look good, but it's unlikely we'd ever recoup the costs of making it pristine.

17:02We could try and do like a halfway house on it.

17:05Get the frame powder coated, but touch that in, do the mud guards and get the tang painted.

17:11The wheel rims might clean up a little.

17:12With a bit of polish, you could get rid of a lot of that, because it is just surface.

17:16The forks, you won't get them back.

17:18You know, the reason that's gone is because the corrosion's got under the lacquer.

17:22This bike was apparently only ridden for one year and then put away in a shed.

17:26So the first task is to check out the engine.

17:30Just making a little bit of two-stroke mix, so 50 parts petrol to one part oil.

17:36So in a litre, there's 20 mils of two-stroke oil.

17:41Adrian, if you were a betting man, is it going to run?

17:44Ah, yeah, let's say yes. Why not?

17:49Okay, your dad's got a tenner on it starting.

17:53I'd have maybe quite liked to have had a look to see if there's a spark first.

17:57Ah, we're going to live the end this way.

17:59We're going to need to go for it, are we?

18:00Yeah.

18:02Yeah.

18:07I think we probably need to check for a spark.

18:09Yeah, make sure.

18:10Which is probably what we should have done to start with.

18:12So we're taking the spark plug out and then we're going to lay it on the top of the cylinder head.

18:17We just got a bit giddy.

18:22We.

18:23Aye.

18:25So now we're going to plug it back into the suppressor cap.

18:29Lay it on the top of the cylinder head.

18:32No.

18:36No, there's no spark.

18:39So we're trying a new plug now, just in case that plug's a bit duff.

18:44Oh, yes, there is one.

18:46Excellent.

18:50First kick.

18:51Yay!

18:59Fantastic.

19:05I think that's a bit of a result, really.

19:06Bit of a success story, that, yeah.

19:09A five quid spark plug and a quick change of the gearbox oil.

19:13It actually looks very clean.

19:15And this pocket rocket is off round the garden.

19:22That sounds well, doesn't it?

19:23Sounds really, really good as that.

19:26Considering it probably hasn't been used since 1983.

19:31Still doing that.

19:32This is looking like a very manageable restoration.

19:41Which is a bit more than we can say for our Paul Smith Mini.

19:45Baz is progressing well.

19:48But it turns out the other sill, on the driver's side, was also in a bad way.

19:53We've got one side complete.

19:56I'm finishing this side off.

19:58I've cut half of the inner sill out and put a piece in.

20:02Here.

20:04This comes all the way under, right through, and it's all one piece.

20:07So basically the idea is just to get rid of all the rot.

20:12So this panel would normally be this shape.

20:16And that goes right up there.

20:19If you wanted to put a new piece in, a new pillar in, you could with this.

20:25But there's nothing wrong with that bit up there.

20:27So I've cut it, and we're going to join it here.

20:32So it'll just slide in, and weld on.

20:36That's it. Easy.

20:40The good news is, we've been able to isolate just the problem areas,

20:44which minimises cost.

20:46If it were corroded at the back, you'd end up taking your back bin out,

20:51cutting bottoms of your quarter panels out.

20:53It's not, so I've done it this way.

20:55You've got off fairly lightly with this one. It's not too bad.

21:15In Lancashire, Baz is making good progress,

21:19restoring the sills of our 26-year-old Paul Smith Mini,

21:22which gives us an opportunity to enjoy some craftsmanship rooted in the 1800s.

21:28Our seats are looking a bit tired, so we've taken them to Stephen Merritt in Cheshire,

21:34who trained with Connolly Leather.

21:36Their hides graced everything, from wartime Spitfires to Aston Martins and Rolls Royces.

21:42We were fortunate that when we left Connolly's back in 88 to set up on our own,

21:48that they gave us the exclusive franchise, and we were proud of that.

21:52Connolly's were the most prestigious tanner in the world,

21:55and we wanted to try and preserve their leather.

21:57Stephen has seen some ripe basket cases come through here.

22:02They aren't too bad. It's just as typical with black leather.

22:06It goes a little bit shiny, particularly if you've got textured leather.

22:10The colonising process is essentially repeating the final coat and colouring stages

22:15that the hide went through in its early stages.

22:17So we're going to be literally repainting the seats, and the process starts with soap and water.

22:25With leather, you know, being a skin, you'll find that hot water opens the pores,

22:29cold water closes it, so by giving it a nice hot soapy wash,

22:33a lot of the time it will soften the finishes and soften the leather.

22:36On this interior you've got just leather facings.

22:39All the side borders and all the backs are all vinyl.

22:42The piping's all vinyl. There's nothing new here. This was a way of saving money.

22:45Next up, a degreaser.

22:49What we're aiming to do is remove kind of any build-up of any products,

22:54any conditioning creams or oils or whatever,

22:57or just surface dirt and grease over the years that the initial soap and water didn't remove.

23:03Just like any other respray, masking is another important part of the process.

23:09I don't really want to be colouring plastic because I don't know how well we're going to adhere,

23:13and I don't know potentially whether over time it could come off onto someone's clothing.

23:20So let's not take any chances. Let's just get it all masked off.

23:24When it comes to the painting, overdoing it is the schoolboy error.

23:28You want all your grain structure still visible. All those creases are telling a story of the life of this car.

23:37Finally, a matte emulsion, so the leather matches the finish of the vinyl.

23:42Stephen now just needs to work his magic on the other seat.

23:49Back with our pint-sized Yamaha near York, Bob and his dad Adrian are now ready to take some bits off it.

24:00I think the first thing to do is to get the seat and the tank off and the mudguards.

24:07We're going to have a little go at straightening this exhaust because I'm pretty sure that should be sort of level there.

24:11I think someone's flipped it over backwards and given it a bit of a dink on the back end.

24:15The plan is to get most of the bits and pieces off that we're going to either change or have a go at cleaning up.

24:25Seat's in good nick. It just needs a bit of a clean and that will go back on again.

24:31As for the exhaust pipe, that probably just needs a bit of brute force.

24:35We're hoping to put a big bar on here, a scaffold pole is what we've got.

24:42And then we're going to apply some pressure and just see how easy it is to straighten it back to where we think it might have been before.

24:48The big bar's not big enough.

24:54Oh, that's definitely moved a bit.

24:56That might have done it, actually, Bob. That's clear of the wheel now. Clear of the tyre going up and down.

25:10That's all right, isn't it?

25:12Well, I think it's a lot better than it was.

25:17The tiny front forks on this beginner's bike are badly corroded, so they'll be swapped for new.

25:23Everything does feel very toy size, doesn't it?

25:26Yeah.

25:28But he's still a proper bit of machinery.

25:31It's a very good replica of the larger versions, that is for sure.

25:35They've done a good job of just scaling it down.

25:40That's coming out quite nicely.

25:42Yeah.

25:44Quite often with these little off-road bikes, they end up getting water and muck in them.

25:47Aye.

25:49Sounds like there's a bit of oil in there.

25:51Well, if that oil's 40 years old...

25:54Actually, that's not too bad, I wouldn't have thought.

25:58For this bike, Adrian is keen to do just the right amount of work on it.

26:03Not usually our skill set.

26:06The plan with the frame was to try and touch in the silver rather than getting it completely blasted and powder coated.

26:12Which obviously means a complete strip down.

26:13The barrel and the head on the engine are a bit of a mess.

26:18The barrel particularly is quite rusty.

26:20Be nice if we could get that painted black, which is what it will have been initially.

26:24We've got the tyres off.

26:27We're just sort of thinking about vapour blasting the wheels.

26:30It sounds severe, but this process is actually quite low impact on both our rims and the environment.

26:38So it's a mixture of, like, pumping water with glass beads in it and compressed air.

26:44The water lubricates the glass beads so it's not as invasive as normal shot blasting.

26:52So you see how it's not, like, disturbing the chrome, but it's taking the sort of pitted bits off.

26:58So I think that's probably going to work if we just kind of tickle it up, basically.

27:02And I think it'll give us a lot nicer wheel at the end of it.

27:05Not bad. We've still got chrome.

27:10It's very hard to see when you get going through the glass.

27:13So there's a few of the spokes that maybe you just want a little bit more.

27:17But, yeah, overall, I'm quite happy with that.

27:26As for our designer Mini, the slightly laborious task of sorting out the sills is nearing completion.

27:32And it won't be long before the welded areas are repainted in that distinctive Paul Smith blue.

27:39So we can now concentrate on the rear subframe, which includes the suspension.

27:44To newly qualified mechanic Tom, the problem is obvious.

27:49So you've got your suspension cones here, which are effectively like your spring.

27:55And they're buggered, really.

27:57So you've got your radius arm here, the trumpet and the cone go in this nylon cup.

28:03That pivots around that centre there and pushes the trumpet into the cone.

28:09A pin goes through that central pivot point.

28:12And like so much of this assembly, it's all very worn.

28:16Your pin won't sit in there squaring.

28:19It'll sort of be banging around, which means your arm will be moving around in ways it shouldn't.

28:23And nobody wants that.

28:27Workshop manager Rob knew from the start the subframe would need swapping.

28:32But it should add value and keep the next owner happy.

28:35Get this done and the other bits done.

28:37It'll, you know, there'll be another 25 years, won't it, before it, hopefully, needs any work.

28:42On this occasion, we're going to keep the cost down.

28:45We're going to use an aftermarket one.

28:47Readily available. The quality's, you know, there in them.

28:49It's just not a genuine one.

28:52It's a fairly radical repair, but in some ways, surprising that it's taken so long to need it.

28:59This design is a 1959 design to throw away.

29:03You know, if you got 10 years out of a Mini, you were doing all right.

29:07So not just throw the subframe in the bin, you'd throw the car in the bin back then.

29:11Fortunately, unfortunately, you know, they lasted better than they probably were ever designed to.

29:17Amongst the new parts, there are opportunities for recycling, thanks to other people's scrapped cars.

29:26We've reused stuff, cleaned some stuff up.

29:29This is an original arm that's been reconditioned.

29:32So what we do is we put new bearings in it, new pin, painted all up.

29:37It's like brand new.

29:39It's just getting everything lined up.

29:41And with it being a Mini, everything's tight for space.

29:46Soon to be added into this rebuild are the brakes.

29:49So we've got your original complete back plates that have seen better days in all honesty.

29:58So starting to...

30:00They're not bad, but they're starting to get a bit crusty around the edges.

30:04And your shoes are getting a bit worn and they're a bit old.

30:09So what we do have is a complete back plate.

30:12So we've got new cylinders, new shoes, new hardware, new handbrake levers.

30:18All pre-put together, ready to just put straight onto the car.

30:23Now everything's available for a minute.

30:25It just shows how much of a stamp they've made in car culture, I guess.

30:32I mean, everyone knows about a Mini.

30:34And, thanks to skillful engineering,

30:37ours will be back on the road in the next few days.

30:55Just outside York, our Yamaha TY80 has now had its frame painted and is ready for reassembly.

31:03Bob has cleaned and reconditioned many of the original parts.

31:07But there's also a few new bits.

31:10So we're just going to put these front forks in.

31:14I think that's probably the first little job.

31:18Just got to take that top bolt off and then slide this in here.

31:22Yeah, it is a fair few months ago since we took it all apart.

31:26Well, we've been waiting for various bits and pieces,

31:29so I think it's remembering where everything goes.

31:31Other jobs are a bit more familiar.

31:34Like with an old-school bicycle.

31:38Got a nice new rim tape.

31:41Well, we've got new everything, really,

31:43because the old ones were not very nice.

31:47You see here you've got, like, your little nuts

31:49that come through from the end of these spokes.

31:52That just stops the inner tube being able to be punctured by those, basically.

31:57And then we've got a nice new front tyre.

32:01That is tyre soap.

32:04So it just helps it sit on the rim and makes it a bit easier to put on.

32:07So we just sort of get it halfway on like that and then fit the new tube in.

32:15So, yeah, we've just got to, like, feed it in.

32:18And then the favourite bit's always trying to get this valve in here

32:20and see if you can snap your fingers off in the process.

32:24It's a chunky tyre on this bike, though, so no plastic levers here.

32:28And this just spins it on.

32:39As easy as that.

32:42Adrian has ordered new mudguards, because they were a bit rough as well.

32:46Oh, they do look better, don't they?

32:48I'll hold it, if you like.

32:52Don't scratch it.

32:54It's definitely a fiddly little job, yeah.

32:57But, you know, we like fiddly little jobs.

33:06We've got the cable to the drum brake at the front,

33:09so it's just a case of getting it to the right adjustment,

33:12so it's pulling it enough to activate the brake.

33:14That's close to where it was.

33:16Yeah, that doesn't feel bad, actually.

33:18This bike was designed to be scraped over rocks,

33:22dragged through mud and generally abused

33:24by anyone under the height of five foot.

33:27And that's probably what's going to happen in the future.

33:30So this project was all about doing a thorough overhaul,

33:34but not going mad with it.

33:36Well, yeah, it looks good, doesn't it?

33:38Yeah.

33:40Definitely a different bike to what rolled in.

33:41Some probably child is going to get themselves a right good little thing out there

33:45to radge around a farm on or something like that.

33:47Yeah.

33:50It's a great little machine.

33:52But as for Adrian's son,

33:54he might be better off with something a bit more full size.

33:56As for the money, including tax and commission,

34:03we bought our little yammy for £1,036.

34:07Labour was £1,200.

34:10And parts were £890.

34:13Bringing the total to a fairly restrained £3,126.

34:21Back at Mathewson's, it's like a wheelie down memory lane for Paul.

34:26Oh, little T. Why, look?

34:28Yeah, brilliant little thing.

34:30They're iconic, mate, aren't they?

34:32They were certainly your first proper trials bike.

34:36I had one for Charlie.

34:38And generally speaking, if you go back far enough,

34:41if you started off and got one of them,

34:43you then continued on the trials stroke motorbike path forever.

34:49We up.

34:57Look at that. Brilliant, innit?

35:01Don't need a smoke. You like a bit of smoke.

35:03Tell you what, it runs well, doesn't it?

35:06What a little sweetie that is, innit?

35:09I'm assuming we've painted tank mudguards, the white bits, have you?

35:15Anyway, that's great, is that? Well done.

35:17Is that off? That's off.

35:19It's like Christmas all at once, innit?

35:21Maybe.

35:22We'll see how much it sells for.

35:25Yamaha TY80.

35:28What a lovely, lovely little bike this is.

35:31Current bid is already more than I bought it for.

35:34I spotted it and I knew.

35:35The bike and restoration work.

35:36It's come back looking lovely.

35:38A load of fun.

35:39So there you go.

35:40We've got interest here with me.

35:42We're 1,000, 11, 12, 13, 14,

35:451,500 pound there.

35:46At 1,500 pound.

35:49Mark was first 1,600.

35:51Oh John, there's a frenzy.

35:541,800 says Alan.

35:561,800, 19 says Mark.

35:582,000 says Jack.

36:002,1 says Mark.

36:02At 2,100 pound then.

36:03He's doing well.

36:04Who is he?

36:05I know.

36:062,100.

36:072,2 says Alan.

36:09At 2,200 then.

36:11Alan on the phone there.

36:122,3 says Jack.

36:132,4 says Mark.

36:152,004, 2,5 says Jack.

36:18And 50.

36:19At 2,550 pound then.

36:22For the first.

36:23For the second.

36:24For the third and last time.

36:26Mark on the telephone.

36:28Hold on.

36:30There you go.

36:31A bit of a loss.

36:32But probably about a grand more than they usually sell for.

36:36Paul's pleased.

36:38We've sold the TY80.

36:39We have.

36:40Alan, what do you think we've done?

36:42Well, fantastic, weren't I?

36:44You know, you've sold the TY80 and I thought it did very well.

36:52You did a sympathetic restoration, didn't you?

36:55So I think that was the right call on that bike.

36:58A new owner, West Country farmer Phil Holt, also did alright out of it.

37:0430 years ago, he bought one for his son Kevin.

37:07And now, having snapped up hours, his grandson Eddie will be riding the same machine around his fields in Devon.

37:13In Burnley, after 12 weeks at Chris' garage, the work on our Paul Smith Mini is almost complete.

37:29And it's looking very dapper indeed.

37:31Certainly a lot better than what you brought in, that's for sure.

37:35We've just given it a new lease of life.

37:39Mechanic James is putting the finishing touches to the driver's side front suspension.

37:44And there's two.

37:45The other side, including the brakes, is already complete.

37:50I think that was probably put on from new, so it's not done bad.

37:54The sills have all been repainted, and the largely new rear subframe assembly is also in place.

38:01This is a car to be ready for somebody to drive it, take it to shows, be admired.

38:06What I'd like to do is to show people that you can buy a Mini.

38:09You don't have to put 40, 50 grand into it to have a nice one.

38:14You can buy one and you can sympathetically restore it.

38:17We think this could be one of the best examples around of this iconic limited edition.

38:23But if we didn't spend 50 grand, how much did it cost?

38:28Including tax and commission, it was £14,715 to buy.

38:34Parts were £1,585.

38:37But the labour was £12,621.

38:43Bringing the total to a slightly steep £28,921.

38:50Back in Pickering, it just so happens that one of the Matthewsons actually drives a Mini.

38:57Admittedly, Charlie's is a bit more powerful though.

39:01First impressions are really, really good.

39:02I stood here, it's blue.

39:04If I stand there, it's purple.

39:08But it's alright because it has got green dust caps.

39:10It was based on the clothes that he was wearing at the time when Rover said,

39:14can you do as a special edition model?

39:16Right.

39:17Well, he maybe should have worn some slightly different colour clothes then, shouldn't he?

39:21But to be fair, you've got to be a bit different with your colours or else it would just look like a normal car, wouldn't it?

39:27At least you can walk up to it and go purple and green or blue and green.

39:32That's a Paul Smith one.

39:33I did squint underneath, it looked very, very nice.

39:36And all the seams and panel gaps look good.

39:38The general rule of thumb, Grandad used to tell me, was a pound coin.

39:41If you can get a pound coin in at the top, in the middle and the bottom, then they're not too bad.

39:44I haven't seen anything yet that I don't like or that I'd have to change.

39:51Inside is lovely, isn't it?

39:53I actually quite like it, you know.

39:58It drives really, really well. Pulls nicely.

40:01Feels good.

40:03I don't know whether it's the way it does that over the bumps or because you feel like you're so small.

40:07I don't know what it is. There is something about a little mini that kind of makes you just giggle and just laugh a little bit.

40:15It's odd, it really is.

40:18But yeah, no, it certainly feels nice.

40:21You can tell it's all new underneath, which makes a big difference to a car.

40:26Underneath is almost as important or more important than what's on top.

40:31I think I'm experiencing just like in a little car that you can't really drive because it's too small and uncomfy.

40:37All that, but you still like it because it's a little mini.

40:45Lot number 272, 1999, Rover Mini, Paul Smith.

40:50The Bengals and Cash.

40:52Massive amount of interest here.

40:54Oh, I like the sound of that.

40:55Massive interest in it, naturally.

40:57So there you go.

40:58Start me then, where are you going to be?

40:59I've got 13,500 there, 14,000, 14,500, 15,000 with me.

41:03Who wants 15,500?

41:05We're nearly halfway.

41:0715,000.

41:08Who wants 15,500?

41:10We're over the original purchase price.

41:12Well, that might be the case, but don't forget we've had it recommissioned.

41:15Don't get bogged down in that, John.

41:18Best bid I've got on my books, 15,000 pounds.

41:20You're all out, all the rest of these people are out.

41:23Should we do a sort of half-hearted clap?

41:25Second, third and last time, 15,000.

41:30There we are, 15,000.

41:32It's that sort of clap, isn't it?

41:34We're disappointed, and we haven't even answered to Derek yet.

41:40These days, though, we don't usually tell him how much money we've lost, because it's not good for his blood pressure.

41:45And he seems to think around 15,000 is about right.

41:49Dead straight body, straight as a die, very smart.

41:53So that's why I sort of built up this 15-plus somehow, you know?

41:56And I was really pleased that it achieved about that, because it deserves to.

42:01So, no, I'm pleased for it.

42:03And I think you should be pleased, as long as it don't owe you too much.

42:07As long as you haven't gone barmy at it.

42:09You might talk about money.

42:11No, it's vulgar, innit?

42:12I don't like talking about it, yeah.

42:14It's a vulgar subject, it's his money.

42:16But the good news is, this Paul Smith classic could have been tailor-made for its new owner, Ron Amy.

42:23He's already invested in the brand.

42:24My Paul Smith backpack is going to be very comfortable in the put.

42:30Wow, brilliant.

42:33This is the Paul Smith sweats-up.

42:35See how the colour matches.

42:37Not bad, eh?

42:39He's also wearing a Paul Smith hat.

42:43Softed.

42:45He's not attempting to cut the cloth differently.

42:48He's attempting to complement colours.

42:51And that's what he's done with this.

42:52There we are.

42:55Ah, very nice.

42:57It's just your original Mini.

42:59Modernised and Paul Smith quite understated.

43:03I'll just enjoy it.

43:05Drive it around locally.

43:07Only when it's good weather.

43:09It'll never be out in the winter.

43:10I don't know who it was that said you should always wear your best clothes.

43:15I've made an attempt to be complimentary to the car with my dress today.

43:19I must say I don't always wear my best clothes.

43:23I'm not even sure what my best clothes are.

43:25That's hot.

43:29To be continued...

43:31To be continued...

43:34To be continued...

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