Shed & Buried Classic Cars Season 3 Episode 9

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00:00Totti right watch this yeah no no sit sit down already just getting that very good yeah there

00:11we go and there we go bean sitting blimey isn't it wonderful that at least someone will do

00:18something that you ask when you ask it I didn't want to say anything yeah but you know I just

00:22hope you'd perhaps take some kind of sort of heed from what's going on there oh I thought

00:27they were being trained I didn't realize it was us actually someone's got your hat fuzz

00:32get out of it you come on bean doesn't do that we're back oh I'm loving this scouring Britain

00:42sheds for classic cars a thing of beauty proper special quintessential Brits that's nice a Lee

00:49Francis American icons look at the amount of chrome on the front there and continental curios that is

00:57a Lancia Aprilia we're gonna buy them thank you so much sort them it's the sunroof no please I'm

01:05getting out now drive them and sell them for a tidy profit oh we're in the money this is shed buried

01:14classic cars we're on our way to Bristol and we're going open mic what do you call a bloke with leaves

01:27on his head Russell ah and that's who we're gonna go and see all right okay got you all right yeah now

01:35what's uh what's Russell's poison I'm not quite sure it's poisonous on the phone he didn't seem to have

01:40being poisoned yeah yeah I think he's got an eclectic mix I think that's what we normally call

01:46it yeah a bit of old and new four wheels and two he's got four wheels yeah I think he might have the

01:52odd two wheel yeah yeah cool and he probably might have something in between like a three wheel you

01:58never know that's true yeah they do exist it doesn't really matter whether it's British American

02:04Italian Scandinavian yeah whatever yeah as long as it's got some character about it that's what

02:11matters isn't it yeah well you get that kind of moment of excitement that's what really rose our boat

02:17is what's in here that we've never seen before yeah and if it's affordable let's buy it exactly whether

02:24we leave Russell's with a Nissan Leaf or a Model T Ford with Leaf Springs who knows but Russell here we

02:32come tell me mate right there's a there's a minor there there's something over there yeah tell me I

02:42mean what what's your poison British cars any cars I mean tell me British cars so Russell tell me about

02:48you mate so restoring stuff I'm a welder and then you collect the odd motor at the same time yeah yeah

02:53we'll have a mosey about a little rummage in there is everything for sale everything's for sale

02:58yeah everything's very cool even you yeah I've seen the size of your wallet yeah yeah so you know

03:03there won't be much yeah exactly I'll be buying the odd spanner yeah great hey Ross fantastic mate

03:09well we'll have a quick go out here yeah and then we'll be in there yeah thanks mate happy day

03:14starts outside yeah let's go over here we'll see you next to the ubiquitous Morris minor he's got a

03:25rather rare a British saloon that I think is a standard 12 or 14 what what Austin no standard

03:36standard was a Midlands based manufacturer who built cars and tractors before the brand name

03:43disappeared when they merged with triumph the standard 14 was a popular car of the early 50s

03:49though this one has seen better days you would lose your shirt on that wouldn't you you would

03:54have to restore it out of love not money you know where it's probably more likely to be destined for

04:00where banger racers oh no shame really how do you fancy uh going inside well you better throw the

04:08dog's ball go on you go and get it where is it down Shep come on you got to be of a certain age to

04:14remember that inside Russell is going for the TARDIS of the year award with a collision of commercial

04:22curios that is a van body on something else maybe American iron the interior is a little bit um

04:32care ward would you like to take a look sir stationary engines we got ourselves a little

04:39Lister D stationary engine yeah that's lovely on the trolley so that's that's great even better

04:44it's ready to sit in front of look at those country shows yeah assorted bric-a-brac hold on

04:51cunard line i'll tell you what mate yeah that would be an open shut case and another classic brit

05:03now that looks really rather nice yeah doesn't it now come on then tell me austin what it's a 10 hen

05:11released in 1932 the austin 10 is a classic mid-range saloon aimed squarely at the middle class market

05:19so this was like i suppose probably your sort of bankish manager or at least well-to-do merchant i

05:27was going to say going around in one of these yeah possibly yeah grocer grocer yeah yeah yeah so a

05:34grocer maybe with two shops the interior looks pretty okay well actually the seat cushions have been

05:40re-upholstered by it's because there's been an awful lot of grocer's bottoms on there well that's right oh my

05:45what's that now that is extraordinary now what is this then fuzzy it's not it's one of those yeah

05:52it's a standard 14. but hang on a sec but wait a minute what but it's done as america

05:59russell look what just talk to me what's this about standard 14 made to look military so it wasn't

06:08originally it wasn't military no but the one outside you were looking at was former raf okay

06:14and better condition so sort of took that theme across i see oh right okay i get it i actually

06:20think it looks pretty cool it does look cool you know it looks like a kind of staff car do you know

06:25what i mean yeah yeah and it's got well you know it's it's aged but it has got a complete interior by

06:33looks of things yeah okay does it run at all it does start it's not the best it needs you know

06:39your expertise oh don't look at me mate well it needs his expertise oh let's just have a little

06:43look under there what's under there this is a flathead this is uh this is a side valve engine

06:50so so you're nice and slowly then yeah very slowly but it'll it'll get there when it is going it ain't

06:56slow oh okay it isn't it isn't slow so once you wind it up oh yeah it'll do 70 miles an hour quite

07:02comfortably will it yeah yeah it does look lovely though i like it it's got a certain chance funky

07:08i mean it's i mean where are you going to find another one outside yeah that's a good point well

07:13delivered yeah now look there's something behind here that i want to have a look at go on right

07:18okay now what the heck is that that is a 1954 nash roller tractor that's it that's a tipper does it

07:27is it a powered tipper no you just a manual tipper oh okay yeah uh motorcycle seat bsa stationary engine

07:33and a three speeds forward and reverse it's actually got a roller on it as well it's for

07:37rolling the garden oh look at that i've driven up the road yeah yeah yeah it does 25 miles now 25

07:44miles per hour it really battles along i'll tell you it's becoming more and more attractive but

07:48stopping it again is a yeah that is an issue yeah let's go hang on what's that

07:55that's a little uh chinese trials bike oh cool sweet little thing yeah one two five semi-automatic

08:02that's super cool that could be really good fun that thing yeah well look this is a good fun

08:08corner here all right should we have a look over there then russell's second unit

08:13that's got a lovely triumph saloon and uh oh oh no no no look it's a dennis you like these don't you

08:24look at that look it's got it's got the starting handle and everything come back now that is lovely

08:30okay i've got a hankering for i've got a hankering for a dennis you know what i have to say

08:36that is exactly the same as the one that i got nailed is it i paid 300 quid yeah from dennis mower

08:44like that and i sold it for 70. did you yeah okay so look right we've got that um standard 14

08:53oh yeah military military spec one yeah we've got the one next door to it which is an austin 14.

08:59austin lost in 10. 10. yeah i i really like that one yeah but you know i just do like austin's

09:05there's that motorbike oh yes of course yeah okay and there's also the tipper the little tipper

09:10now that that is that's a lot in quite a compact area come on let's go do a deal all right mind the

09:18step yeah all right

09:19i don't know where to start rush where should we start loads of stuff in a in a very small space as

09:29well that's great compact yeah compact but lovely yeah okay mate so go on then what right i'm going

09:36to start off by asking about the austin 10 there okay so is it for sale yes yeah how much are you

09:43looking for for that five and a half five and a half okay all right well i'll chip in then okay

09:48mm-hmm yeah what my very rare tractor how much is that grand yeah okay next to it is a the trials

09:58bike yeah the trials bike how much is that 650. okie cokey okay now standing in front of us is this

10:06standard 14. 32 32. does this run and ride it starts it wants tinkering with does it stop i drove it in

10:17here oh right okay from from where just outside yeah did you use the brakes to stop it yes i did

10:23yeah okay and they did stop yeah yeah yeah okay okay that's good all right good now i'm just wondering

10:28what to perhaps pair and wheel and deal with do you know what i mean what do you think i think it's

10:34gotta be what the little tractor truck tipper truck yeah not for a grand no nothing else you want to

10:41chuck it with it okay let me have a think three two so that would be four two and with the motorbike four eight

10:54four two the lot

10:57four four

11:00um four three

11:11now that is extraordinary we're down in bristol with russell and his jam-packed shed full of

11:18curiosities we've offered four thousand two hundred for a standard car a tipper and a scrambler bike

11:25but he wants more

11:29four four

11:31um four three

11:35four two

11:37no four four

11:42bargain

11:44go on then russ okay cheers four thousand four hundred of your finest british pounds

11:49yeah we'll be winking your way great hey mate what a great day

11:55next day back at the shed we reveal all

12:00we have ourselves man okay it's a standard right motor but apart from that it's been turned into a

12:09military staff car kind of american tip doesn't it with knobbly rear tires yeah well we thought we

12:16might off-road it yeah i think it looks great and apparently it's got a good turn of speed it'll do

12:2165 70 miles per hour yeah it is something that old you have to concentrate on the steering yeah very

12:29much so look right i think we should just accessorize that i'm not quite sure quite how

12:34but i've got a feeling there could be a couple of american stars on the doors

12:38do you know what i mean right yeah i don't know it does apparently have a running problem as well

12:41might be a little bit of a carburettor clean coming up and potentially it might have a little

12:47bit of a weep in the cylinder head but that's an easy job is it can we just clear this up a slight

12:53running here does it run yes oh okay don't know yes it runs never tried it it runs but bubbles it

13:01might do i think it's rather a lovely thing that we're going to get going we're going to accessorize

13:07and then we could we've invaded oxfordshire a few times perhaps we should go to wiltshire this time

13:12and surprise them yeah right attack yeah deliver a general to wiltshire tidworth oh we could deliver

13:19a general yeah staff car as for the scrambler and the roller tipper if we have time we'll give

13:29them a bit of a fettle but the main job is the standard 14 with its u.s military paint job

13:37there we go four cylinders of standard fineness there shall i get in and have a look i mean bean's

13:44in there but i think i'm sure she'll move what are you going to do just crank it and see what happens

13:48you obviously have to pull okay i'm going to get in this one watch out bean

13:53yes

14:00it's running but it's not happy so our nice little runner is not quite sprinting

14:07number four cylinder isn't firing the number three the leads can just disconnect it from the cap

14:12so that's an easy fix right okay so three's an easy fix four less so do you think we should take

14:18it for a spin and see if four chimes in i think we should change the spark plug on number four first

14:22yeah i agree with you al overruled typical fuzz removes the spark plug and it looks like we were

14:30right to wait there we are okay our first remedy is to burn off the old fuel and crud

14:42but when fuzz tries again

14:47what's happening the end cylinder when i take the cap off quite away yeah it fires on that cylinder

14:53right okay so i think we should change that plug that's better yeah that's exactly the right one

14:57is it well i hope it's all right because i bought that at a jumble ready ready third time lucky yeah

15:08sounds good no that's much better it's not bouncing around

15:12like it was that sounds fantastic uh yeah i think we might have a little bit of a carburetor

15:17problem yeah maybe there's an extra here we can maybe can i just make a suggestion yes why don't

15:21we just pile in and take it down and drive them back good idea see if it works so what is it not

15:25worth fiddling with the air screw before we go quickly very quickly i can get a screwdriver all right mate

15:31overruled again alan's 30 second adjustment turns into 30 minutes as he discovers a new problem a worn

15:41gasket it's leaking here fuzz when you turned off it squirted fuel out of this joint here oh right okay

15:47the solution is for fuzz to make a new one i'm using the hammer in the ring end of this spanner just to

15:55cut the hole in this homemade gasket after alan has filed down the flange connecting the carb to the air

16:07intake to make sure that it's flat they've re-plumbed the carb and try again okay ignition on

16:14client pulling the starter now a bit of choke

16:25it runs but it sounds even worse we could do with setting the idle it bogs down a little bit doesn't it

16:38hold on now i've got an idea i've got an idea as well what's that let me just take it for a drive

16:44let's take it for a drive just see what happens yeah because it may suddenly free up a bit

16:49unusually got a lovely tick over it's a beautiful tick over see if it drives let's go have a drive

16:54are you going to drive i don't mind well i'm closest i can drive i'll go in the back all right

17:00come on then being oh hang on there's a cylinder head on my seat oh dear

17:04so finally we're in the car but getting it going doesn't quite cure the problem something's trying to

17:10chime in i still think we should take all the spark plugs out first yeah i think we should take all

17:17the spark plugs out and also look at the points

17:25do you know what i know there's some fettling to be done quite substantial yeah oh oh you pulled your

17:30knob off i just trying to get it in reverse reverse madam yeah that's it that's it that's it yeah

17:42if you pull on the uh pull on the crook rather than the uh rather than the knob it'll uh it'll avoid that

17:52once this is sorted i'm planning a military themed outing but we've got our work cut out

17:58there's a lot to do isn't there to make it run beautiful yes for the first little test run i think

18:04that's the right result back at the shed alan and skid move on to the scrambler i'm quite looking forward

18:17to this al yeah me too this look it looks virtually new doesn't it just dusty yeah i mean it is a far

18:22eastern kind of knock off cheap motorbike but i tell you what when it runs it's probably great fun

18:29so um should we just do the usual just see if it runs i mean it's fairly new i think i think it's

18:34going to be pilot jet blocked it's always the pilot yeah well especially with modern fuel got good

18:39ignition system on these you always have a good spark let's see it's got some fuel in it yeah see if it

18:43starts yeah and then see what happens from there alan checks the fuel and then gives it a first kick

18:52it's got good compression

18:56yeah it's working the engine sounds good yeah it's not rightly is it

19:01no smoke these things don't get used that's trying isn't it yeah let's just warm it up warm it up

19:18no it's definitely got some block jets so like the standard the scrambler has carb trouble while skid

19:29does some cleaning alan dismounts the carb and gives it some tough love well that's nice and clean in

19:37there that's a good sign so there's the pilot jet there's the main jet and that's the idle adjusting

19:41screw so we'll take the jets out and see if they're clear

19:44yeah the pilot jet's completely blocked can't see any light through it at all so i've got a wire brush

19:50bristle hopefully i can make that and go through the jet it's very reluctant to go in the problem

19:58these days is the fuel it's the it's the ethanol in the fuel attacks the jets it causes the fuel to

20:02block up and make a big mess you can just see it in the float channel it's started to happen here

20:06looks it's got that green tinge on here it's just started to take effect but because this hole is so

20:13small it blocks up very quickly and it stops the engine from running so i managed to find a really

20:17small wire brush with very fine bristles and that now goes through and goes through nicely alan refits

20:24the carb and goes again uh carbs done carbs cleaned out tank drains fresh fuel let's give it a go choke on

20:43let it warm up a little bit huh let it warm up a bit yeah yeah that's much better isn't it finally

20:48he gives the gears a quick check that's perfect that runs really well it's good i think we've got to

20:55take it out now i'm gonna get a crush on it all right then and away he goes

21:01it might be a cheap as chips chinese import that will soon be thrashed and crashed by someone with

21:12more spots than sense but if it allows alan to rediscover his inner teenager i'm all for it

21:21so a great end to the day but the scramblers just one of our three purchases

21:26tomorrow we've got to take on the tipper but the big task is to get the standard ready for

21:33its military theme day will it cut the mustard or will it sink into the oxfordshire mud

21:39we had an interesting day yesterday with our standard we got it running but it's not very happy

22:02today we're gonna have another try but first our other purchase the three-wheel dumper truck with a

22:09bsa engine i'll tell you what we should try and do is if we get it going i'll bet you we can get

22:14three of us on it oh easily yeah oh easily don't you think perhaps even the odd dog yeah we just take

22:20it down the road and back yeah i think we should put some fuel in it and just see if it goes okay let's

22:24do that i'll put a little tottie we're not bothering with the spark plug scenario or anything like that

22:28we're just going to see if we get lucky just got this feeling it's just going to work fighting talk

22:33higher so let's see four stroke isn't it yes it's a raw stroke okay choke on bit of throttle bit of

22:41throttle a bit of crankage come on then cranker

22:50it's dead as a doornail first attempt not so good so alan checks for a spark

22:56a massive spark right before you put that back here yeah let's go keep all right yeah get some

23:02start me up round two oh that was a fire yeah yeah it's definitely something just fire

23:16what we need to do is go down to the workshop just file this square see that's at an angle oh right

23:28okay should be dead square like that all right do you want to try it with the um which way is it

23:31turning if you try the rope i'm going to follow that our tipper roller bsa oddity has dual start

23:39first attempt that kicks back it's going to suck him down like a big sucker

23:46close was it second time with feeling and a slug of easy start ready yeah

24:00like all those bsa motorbikes it needs a bit of patience but in the end it gets there

24:09yeah pop off here we go no no

24:13ready

24:13oh

24:15whoa whoa

24:16jeez god blimey

24:22i have no idea how any of these controls work honest man we didn't get that far

24:29mainly because i put it into third and i didn't have enough revs i don't think i think we need

24:34to adjust the air screw do you think i think it's just i think it is pilot error

24:37i feel like it's moving forwards

24:46it's going remarkably well getting it going again

24:49god did you see that fire it's not so easy but eventually we're away

25:01we're in third

25:03in 1950 our nash super tipper tractor retailed at 186 quid and was advertised as suitable for both

25:11the farm and the garden 75 years later it's still running but only just

25:18should we disembark yeah certainly felt really powerful yeah great fun though

25:24thank god we brought the starter cord ready yeah

25:27yeah

25:35or maybe not

25:38off we go

25:39you've heard of a bull in a china shop but what about a tractor

25:47can he stop it that's the main thing

25:51can i just say if i'm correct uh i was terrified because of the cutout switch i don't think works

26:02and i thought this will blunder its way through anything yeah well yeah you've got to actually

26:06stall it on the throttle that that electronical stop i don't think works you could have shoved

26:11the choke down al i was panicking no you didn't you took control i wanted to stop there once

26:17we realized you're safe it was really funny yeah it's quite heavy steering isn't it h i know it is

26:22the steering is heavy yeah you won't get many over 60s driving this no you won't i'm knackered

26:28so i'm absolutely trashed i'm gonna have to sit down come on let's go and sit down on the bench

26:34oh dear look boys i think look we got it going it runs right we just you know at some point give

26:43it a wash before sale but basically man that is something that someone is going to love who's

26:49into those kind of industrial kind of things you know they've just got to tinker with the

26:52carburetor yeah okay well we can tinker with that and we can clean it but basically lads we have a

26:58three-wheel tipper slash dumper yeah slash roller yeah which is a runner and it certainly makes you

27:05laugh and it makes you laugh yes exactly it's fun yeah nearly kills us but it nearly rests

27:10so with the tipper sorted next day we're back on the standard alan thinks we've got an ignition

27:20problem so he starts with the distributor so what we're going to do is take the distributor off

27:25yeah strip it down so i can make that work right okay basically needs to lose off these two bolts

27:28and this should just lift out the engine out it comes and immediately alan notices something

27:34skid come and look at this this may or may not be a contributory issue to our problem yeah look at

27:39that bolt it's touching the distributor case that's going to short it out is that the live feed that's

27:44the live feed and this is actually loose look you can move it your finger see that slide it along

27:47oh yeah what do you need to do bend that down yeah we'll do that take it off bend that down

27:51yeah yeah it may have been a definitely a contributory cause if nothing well with

27:55vibration it might be just occasionally archy let's get this top plate off and we can see what

27:59we've got to work with yeah yeah modern cars have computer controlled ignition but engines from this

28:05era were run by electromechanical distributors like this they were full of small moving parts that were

28:12easily disturbed that hair is a blonde hair though i'm not sure where that came from but i can tell you

28:17what that's definitely not henry's henry would not have been delving in here and also that's not

28:20highlighted very good point yeah so let's throw it away mate

28:24five minutes later it's reassembled do you think you sort of the problem uh i think it will i think

28:32all these things add up you know a little bit here a little bit there hopefully al i mean you never know

28:37back in it goes and we try again okay here we go hang on ah come on in hey bloody hell hey by the

28:46way the veterinary says that she's a little overweight yes about how many biscuits probably a couple of

28:53packs right okay here we go

28:57you've broken it you've broken it al oh hey what was that so there you go even our resident genius

29:22doesn't always get it right what we should have done was took a picture of the setup before we took

29:27it apart we were exactly too excited to get on with the repair that we didn't take a picture

29:31the only solution is to dig out the hand crank and realign the pistons there you go you're on

29:37gonna get your piston number one top dead top dead center on compression stroke right and i can see

29:42where the rotor arm is pointing to and align the distributor cap in the correct place

29:44because i would suggest we're a little bit out turn it over now till you hear a hiss

29:49from my finger i thought keep going one keep going two turns later i stop there stop there

29:56alan seems confident but the engine won't play ball it's on two cylinders okay the back two

30:05cylinders aren't firing at all yes we have four out running pulled the caps off made no difference

30:09to the engine at all okay well but at least we got two running the same engine was later used

30:14in the mark four jag so it was well thought of but there's a lot more cleaning and adjusting

30:20before it's running on all four cylinders and ticking over properly that is lovely and see if it

30:27starts just on its own with no throttle or anything here comes the acid test

30:32oh look at that that is lovely sounds amazing doesn't it yeah alan guy you you are a pair of geniuses

30:42i've just been an assistant yeah proper team effort this morning mate it's absolutely fantastic and

30:47i obviously it just things really came together when i arrived yeah once the uh blonde highlights

30:52out the distributor it seems to be fine i think that's what was jamming it out i think it's a long

30:56it's a long way from a cast like you said one quiet tea come on suitably refreshed me and skid move on to

31:06the final stage of the restow enhancing the military theme with some extra us army stars

31:15it's all in the prep innit i think these couple of us army stars

31:22will just uh you know just finish it off right there we go

31:29yeah skid carefully marks up the position for the stencil but there's a problem i can't find

31:38any low-tech contact adhesive so i thought spray mount is what we were looking for so

31:43we're using what every child has yeah great um we're going to use this wiping just do the bit is

31:49the bits that are going to be a nightmare are the corners and the lines of the stars you need it stuck

31:55down because otherwise uh the paint gets under it it's going to bleed isn't it i don't know this

32:00is going to work i think it will i don't think there's going to be a problem i think it's going

32:04to go rather well what could possibly go wrong not a lot the five-pointed star has been used by the

32:11u.s army since 1942 when it was introduced to identify their gear i mean if this was in world war

32:19two yeah yeah uh we'll be doing this on the fire i'm sure of it no they did this before the d-day

32:24landings oh do they yes so that the planes could see who was theirs oh right when they got in the

32:30forests and things right aerosol paint didn't become widely available until the mid-1950s but for

32:37something like this it's a godsend not that skid always approves right leave that now let's do the

32:43other side just leave it you're gonna make it running i'm not making it worse oh hang on leave

32:50it alone ah just leave it please you'll come back in a minute i know you're looking at me that needs

32:59more just leave it a minute all right patience

33:04we repeat the process on the other side by which time the first side is dry and ready for a big reveal

33:11that's not gone well

33:21that is absolutely terrible we should have got spray mount you couldn't have done it worse

33:28even if you half close your eyes it's rubbish so alan's not the only genius who occasionally makes

33:35a bad move can i draw your attention away from the square i don't think we've ever got something so

33:45wrong no that is proper wrong what are we gonna do let it dry and try and take up those bits out we

33:52won't take up them out i might have a go because it's thicker on the letters it's not good it doesn't

33:59bode well i warned you tomorrow we're gonna take the standard on a multi-surface military road trip

34:10to see how it runs with a bit of luck it'll get dirty enough to hide the stars but after all our

34:16engine problems will our standard go the distance

34:32three weeks ago in a shed near bristol now that is extraordinary it's a standard 14. we found a 1950s

34:40british saloon car the u.s military trim we tested it repaired it it bogs down a little bit doesn't it

34:49and enhanced it in a manner of speaking that is absolutely terrible now after a little bit of tidying

34:57up of our efforts it's ready for a proper test drive come road trip have i got a lovely day for

35:05us lined up all right okay so now look i'll take you through it bit by bit we have before us a faux

35:12military vehicle now it also has off-road tires at the back that's good for gripping the most yeah so

35:19the big question in my mind is is there any point in them only if you go off-road yeah exactly then once

35:28we've had our fill of that i thought we might take it on a little road adventure just to try it out

35:34where i hear you ask where what we're going to do is we are going to one of my favorite museums

35:42yeah which is obviously a military museum yes that involves our helicopters and airplanes of course it

35:48will do yeah it might do yeah yeah yeah anyway we're going to middle wallop okay ah we're going to go to

35:55the army air museum right that's very cool okay but on the way i thought we might just have a little

36:01stop off for scorch okay yeah excellent well let's hope it makes it fuzz if not i'm blaming you two

36:08it's going to be fine i've got a feeling that this is going to be one of those great trouble-free journeys

36:16so off we go it's a shame that guy's not here to enjoy the fun but we're going to i can't believe

36:23guy's ill oh no i'm a bit worried about him he's never sick he's never ill our off-road test track

36:30is my mate nigel's farm are those knobbly rear tyres for show or for go only one way to find out foot down

36:39and into second where's the knob you've lost your knob the knob's come off just go just go knobless

36:50if you're all right yeah well look oh little roll about somewhere okay we'll find the knob in a minute

37:01here we go i think it's really fast you know what feels really fast that is pretty quick isn't it

37:09in the 1950s standards were occasionally used for rallying and judging from the way this one

37:15handles it should have happened more often pull it around there sir come on here we go here we are

37:27right see if you can stay on the strip down the middle back spring seats are working really well

37:31good yeah really good yeah really good about trying to stay on the strip watch it bouncy

37:40no i think this is uh i think this has potential it has to be a classic rally car yeah

37:47or a bit of a trailer anyway maybe uh slap some bigger springs on so it's a bit taller

37:52you think you can afford escort wouldn't you yeah

37:58this is such fun this is great i love it so far it's passing the test with flying colors

38:05it's not even overheating let's go i see a full throttle launch

38:09i have to admit i had no idea the standard would drive so well but who's complaining

38:25back on the blacktop before we head for the museum in middle wallop time for a tea break

38:31i'm not worried about this getting to middle wallop at all no yeah we've even got a working fuel gauge

38:36yeah working everything gauge man we can tell that it's working fuel gauge because it's just above zero

38:45yeah don't start all right just because i look we've got to sell it after we've been that's true

38:50you don't want to sell it with the surface of fuel exactly here we go look on unparched yeah come on

38:57quick cup of tea then we'll get on yeah

39:04now look right i think we need a bit of clankage only because this car has excelled yeah it's brilliant

39:12amazingly performance do you know what it is really shocking no rattles no bangs no

39:17sticks nothing and i tell you what there's no spluttering on the throttle no no we're doing

39:22at least 35 miles an hour i have no doubt that it's going to be an accomplished car on the open

39:29road i think so right drink up time's money i feel like some cake at the army museum well that'd be good

39:39it's another 40 miles to middle wallop so a good test for our car

39:43one never beaten fourth gear off-road because i was hammering it in third no and that's traveling

39:50along nice look at that it is yeah from the late 30s onwards standard began to call these flying 14s

39:57because of their aerodynamic styling so the army flying museum seems like a good end point for our road

40:04trip come on then mate we'll just have a quick little rommage we need an education seeing as the

40:09standards got us here as curator susan explains the museum tells the story of the army flying corps

40:18and the various aircraft they've used during world war ii army gliders played a vital role in the d-day

40:25landings can you imagine right no i'd go all right al fuzz what we're going to do is we're going to get

40:31into this glider right you're going to be towed across the channel right and then we're going to release

40:36the wire and you're going to crash into a field there are helicopters of all sizes and shapes

40:43and some real oddities like this jeep fitted with chopper blades sorry so hang on a second

40:50so they were looking about how to get behind enemy lines in world war ii yeah some really clever soul

40:57thought a willis jeep might actually be able to be controlled using a rotor blade yeah i mean it's sort

41:03of like an almost an auto gyro system oh okay all right yeah so they were dropped out were they

41:08floats down and then floated down like a sycamore seed oh right i see can you imagine with the willis

41:13jeep look we're just going to float you down on the rotors like an auto rotate i'll just say please

41:18don't just go look i'll drive there it's fine whether anyone ever tried attaching chopper blades to a

41:26standard 14 like ours who knows but either way it flies have you enjoyed a little brief whiz round

41:34it's been worth the drive that's right i mean we'd like to present you with our very own exhibit for

41:41you to keep at the museum for the uh for the rest of time no she won't want it oh me oh right i thought

41:48i thought you meant the standard car no no she wouldn't want that yeah that would be great oh well

41:52i'm here i'm available yeah i could just sort of live in the huey i just need a kettle yeah that's

41:59it really just pop out and tell tales absolutely actually talking about people who like tea we

42:03better find out from chopper roy where that car's worth anything go on hey all right susan thank you

42:07so very much thank you very much all right it's an absolute pleasure i'll be back very shortly

42:11next day back at base we find out can i just apologize for our stenciling oh you'll kill it

42:24by taking it off road we've managed to kind of sort of subdue you know the problem i think it's kind

42:31of blended it extra patina yeah now i've got to tell you mate okay this thing absolutely flies

42:38that's it it's an acquired taste let's just face the music yeah what do you reckon it's gonna be niche

42:46but you only want two people that want it and you're there aren't you so it's gonna oh mid to high

42:52through high threes mid mid would be a bit mean the high threes definitely okay okay hang on well let's

42:58call that four we paid russell four four for the car plus the tipper and the scrambler so not a bad price

43:09i reckon the dump truck and the bike is a grand yeah yeah yeah well there you go then all right

43:15so well what have we done made a monkey haven't we yeah that's right well yeah 500 yeah that's it

43:20approximately i think depending obviously whether we're getting late threes or early fours oh that's

43:26true but you're a prospective monkey all right mate so there's potential 500 in it yeah it's a proper

43:31crowd puller yeah oh it's a crowd puller they would they wouldn't it yeah rather like you roy yeah

43:36not the crowds anyway lovely to see roy isn't it really nice i do like the t-shirt

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