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Shed & Buried: Classic Cars - Season 3 Episode 10 -
Ford Transit
Ford Transit
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00:00I know you love it, but I'm going to send the brakes out.
00:03We've got other things to do.
00:04Okay, we'll make it easier up on a proper lift.
00:07Yeah, exactly.
00:08It's your circuit system, isn't it?
00:09Yeah, that's true.
00:11Henry, you've left your toolkit lying out.
00:15Where's that mine?
00:16Can I just say, my toolkit, as you know, comprises of two things.
00:21A credit card and a mobile phone.
00:24We're back.
00:26Oh, I'm loving this.
00:27Scouring Britain's sheds for classic cars.
00:30A thing of beauty.
00:31Proper special.
00:32Quintessential Brits.
00:34That's nice.
00:35A Lee Francis.
00:36American icons.
00:37Look at the amount of chrome on the front there.
00:40And Continental Curios.
00:42That is a Lancia Aprilia.
00:45We're going to buy them.
00:46Thank you so much.
00:47Fantastic, Ludo.
00:48Sort them.
00:49It's the sunroof.
00:51No, please, I'm getting out now.
00:52Drive them.
00:54And sell them for a tidy profit.
00:56Oh, we're in the money.
00:59This is Sheddenberry's Classic Cars.
01:05We're on our way to rugby.
01:08And Fuzz is in the grump.
01:09You got me down here in the morning, and then you told me where we're going.
01:17We're going to just outside rugby to go and see Mark.
01:21Oh.
01:21Who lives ten minutes away from my house.
01:26I could have had a lie-in.
01:27Yeah.
01:28I'm really sorry about that.
01:30You didn't want to drive, did you?
01:31No.
01:32Thanks so much.
01:33Because he's local to you.
01:34Yeah.
01:35I know you don't know him, but what's he got?
01:37I don't know him.
01:39But he's something of a whizzo engineer.
01:43Oh, is he?
01:43Yeah, he is.
01:44I think he has a nice line in sort of hand-built race cars and the like and stuff like that.
01:50Race cars?
01:51Bit of an engineer.
01:51That's expensive stuff, mate.
01:53Yeah, it is.
01:53Hopefully he's got some other stuff.
01:54I can't see you buying a period race car.
01:58Financially, I don't think we can.
02:00Can we?
02:00No.
02:01We haven't made enough money for a while.
02:03No.
02:04Anyway, just outside of rugby, that's good enough for me.
02:08I mean, maybe on the way back, you can drop me off.
02:11Oh, wait a minute.
02:12No.
02:12My car's in yours.
02:14That's such a shame, isn't it?
02:15You're going to have to drive me home.
02:20Whether we come back with a race car and an empty wallet to cheer Fuzz up,
02:24who knows?
02:25But rugby, here we come.
02:31Mark?
02:32Yes?
02:33I can see a grey Fergie.
02:35I can see an Albion.
02:37But then again, I can see sports cars and things.
02:39And bikes.
02:41And bikes.
02:42Yeah, go on then.
02:42Well, it's addictive.
02:43I know.
02:44Once you start, you can't seem to stop.
02:46Is that really?
02:47Yeah.
02:47And you set out to make room for something, so you sell a few,
02:51but you generally don't sell and you just keep collecting.
02:53Yeah, you just build a bigger shed.
02:55Yeah, you have to buy somewhere with a bigger barn.
02:57So what is for sale, though?
02:59Is everything else for sale?
03:00Well, there's one or two for sale.
03:02Okay, well, look, I'll tell you what we'll do.
03:03We'll have a rummage about.
03:04I might call you in and ask you on some things.
03:07Yeah.
03:07Yeah, that we're not sure about.
03:08Yeah.
03:09And then at the end, hopefully, we'll have a haggle.
03:11Yeah.
03:11That's it.
03:12Yeah, we're looking forward to that bit.
03:13Fantastic.
03:13Cheers, Mark.
03:14All right.
03:15Lovely job, Lee.
03:15Brilliant.
03:15Okay, well, I think we'll start.
03:17I want to start down there.
03:18Okay.
03:19I've just got this feeling that downhill's always good.
03:21Yeah.
03:21Yeah, it's like my career.
03:23You're certainly going that way.
03:24Yeah, yeah.
03:25Watch it.
03:26See you in a minute, Mark.
03:26Yeah.
03:27All right.
03:27Look at them.
03:31Look at that in there.
03:32Look at what?
03:34The DB24.
03:35Oh, I don't like them.
03:36Now, look at this.
03:38They're the ugliest Aston Martin I've ever seen in my life.
03:41Are you out of your mind?
03:43I don't like DB24s.
03:47The Aston Martin DB24 was the four-seater version of the classic DB2,
03:53though not as fast as its predecessor and often overlooked.
03:57Today, DB24s sell for £200,000 upwards.
04:03Why have they suddenly gone through the roof?
04:06This has been a late blossom.
04:07Everybody's looking at the DB4s, 5s and 6s.
04:10Hang on, we're talking ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan.
04:13Yeah, and suddenly everybody realises that these have turned into swans.
04:18Apart from me.
04:19Honestly, these are beautiful.
04:21But they're out of our price range.
04:22For something more affordable, he's got a couple of tractors and several trials bikes.
04:30Generally speaking, I think he's into motorsport.
04:33Yeah.
04:33And tractors.
04:34If you're into motorsport, occasionally you might need to pull something out of a hedge.
04:38Yeah.
04:39Especially if I'm driving.
04:41Yes.
04:41OK, mate, well, look, the DKW's rather nice.
04:43Yeah, I like that.
04:44But obviously we're here for a car.
04:49Outside, there are more tractors and some classic trucks.
04:53He's got a Ford D-series.
04:58That tyre's like my lungs.
05:00Well, yeah.
05:01At least that can be inflated.
05:02It's easily going to be pumped up.
05:04Yeah.
05:05A 1975 Bedford TK.
05:08TK was one of the well-beating truck designs of the early 1960s.
05:14Yeah.
05:14And I think in certain far-flung parts of the world, they're still much revered.
05:19And tucked into a container.
05:21Ooh.
05:23Now, look at that.
05:25That is a Mark I, isn't it?
05:27It is.
05:281967, 68.
05:30Oh, I quite like these.
05:34Nicknamed Britain's most wanted van by the Metropolitan Police,
05:38the Ford Transit Mark I was hugely popular with both tradesmen and bank robbers.
05:44Several engines and body types were available,
05:46enabling it to carry significant loads.
05:50Oh, look, it's got a pickup back to it.
05:53It has as well.
05:54That's very nice, actually.
05:55Hang on, it's left-hand drive again.
05:57It is, yeah.
05:58But that's OK.
05:59You don't mind a left-hand drive vehicle, do you?
06:01Where's Mark?
06:03Mark?
06:04Where's it come from?
06:05So, a friend of mine, he found it in a German woodyard.
06:07Back was loaded up with planks when he picked it up.
06:10Yeah.
06:10He brought it back here and we purchased it.
06:13Wow, so you've got it running and everything.
06:14Yeah, it's all up and running.
06:15So, is it for sale?
06:17Yeah, it could be for sale.
06:18OK, and it's carried plenty of planks around before,
06:20so it could do a few more, couldn't it?
06:22Yeah, I am a plank.
06:23Yeah.
06:24I was including myself.
06:26Well, I'm more flat pack, apart from a bit of a bulge there.
06:29Yeah, UK registered now, ready to go.
06:31Oh, that sounds good.
06:32Hey, look.
06:33Well, look, we've got another shed to go.
06:34Come on.
06:35Mark's main shed is a veritable carnucopia with MGs, Triumphs and my favourite, a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit.
06:47Now, this is a lovely colour combination, isn't it?
06:50So, we've got...
06:51It is.
06:51Trust you to go.
06:52This is a lovely colour combination, when actually there is a Rolls-Royce in front of you.
06:57The Silver Spirit was the last of the hand-built Rolls-Royces, with a powerful V8 engine and luxurious trim and fitments.
07:10As I get older, I quite like the idea of having a roller like this.
07:17I kind of sort of feel that it's a bank robber done well.
07:21Well, I suppose, yeah, but you wouldn't use one of these to actually rob a bank here, would you?
07:26No, but you use a Transit Mark 1.
07:27Yes, that's right.
07:28That's what you'd use.
07:29You want to be able to carry stuff out.
07:31Whereas this is what you buy with your spoils, once they've been laundered a little.
07:36This is the legacy, isn't it?
07:38Yeah.
07:39Of doing rather well.
07:42There's still no sign of all those race cars, but en route to his last shed, we spot something.
07:48Hey, now.
07:49What is this?
07:51Have you seen the number plate?
07:52Woof.
07:53I have, yeah.
07:53W-O-F.
07:54Yeah, that's a Birmingham-issued registration number.
07:57Is it?
07:58Woof, woof in Birmingham?
07:59Yeah.
08:00Okay, well, look.
08:00I'm sorry.
08:01We should be looking at cars.
08:02But just stopping off here, that's Villiers 250 pad.
08:05Maybe it's a Panther or something.
08:07That looks like a nice, probably late 50s, very early 60s bike.
08:12I like it.
08:13Go on, then.
08:13Let's go over there.
08:15Here.
08:15Great.
08:15Oh, wow.
08:21Oh, my God.
08:21There's very special cars in here.
08:25Mark's final shed fully lives up to the hype with a collection of classic race cars, including
08:30two Coopers and this fabulous MG.
08:33Mark, here, come on in.
08:37Tell me about this.
08:38This is amazing.
08:39Yeah, 1934 MG Q-type.
08:42One of only eight.
08:42First one built.
08:44Would have been a two-seater originally.
08:46They all were two-seaters.
08:48Winter of 34 to 35, it was converted to single-seater by Thompson and Taylors.
08:53Right.
08:53To race the outer circuits at Brooklands.
08:56So what sort of speeds would that have been achieving at the time?
08:59Well, you have a look at the rev counter in there, which was the original rev counter
09:02from when it raced at Brooklands.
09:04It was geared for 24.75 miles per hour per thousand.
09:08And it was revving at about 6,500, 140 miles an hour.
09:12140 miles an hour in that?
09:15Getting on for that.
09:16That would have been utterly terrifying.
09:20I won't bother checking the price of any of these race cars.
09:23Or the beautiful four-seater MG Midget next door, which looks like it's seen a few weddings.
09:30But we have to get something.
09:33Clearly, there's a lot of stuff that's going to be out of our range.
09:37Yeah, well, we can find out.
09:38Yeah.
09:39There was that transit that I liked.
09:41Yeah, yeah, we'll see what that's worth.
09:43Well, we could try the D-series.
09:45Yeah, the D-series, that looks pretty good as well.
09:47Or Bedford.
09:48This is lovely.
09:49I mean, we can only ask, can't we?
09:51Way out of line.
09:52Yeah.
09:52Shall we go and see Mark?
09:53Yeah.
09:53Come on, then.
09:54Okay.
09:59Where are we going to start?
10:01There's a couple of Bedford trucks.
10:03I know the blue one's a TK.
10:04Yeah, TK's mine in Laura.
10:06I use it quite a bit for being a tipper.
10:08It's quite useful.
10:09It could be bought, but it'd probably carry a bit of a premium.
10:12Would it?
10:13Yeah.
10:13All right, I don't like premiums.
10:15No.
10:15No.
10:16I'm not going to talk about the 2.4.
10:18No?
10:19You can.
10:19Well, I do like the 2.4, but I doubt that's for sale, and I doubt it's within our budget
10:24anyway.
10:24No, well, my father bought that 40-odd years ago, and we've just recommissioned it.
10:30It's been off the road for 39 years.
10:32Yeah?
10:32The first year it's been back on the road.
10:34Wow.
10:34So, yeah, no, that one's got to stay, that one.
10:37There is a bike in there.
10:38Panther, is it?
10:39How much of that?
10:40But, well, somewhere around about 2,000.
10:44Okay.
10:44Might be a bit of wiggle room in that.
10:46Okay, mate.
10:46All right.
10:47All right.
10:48Okay.
10:48Now, we opened up a container.
10:51Oh, yeah.
10:51And in there, there was a little transit flatbed.
10:54Yes.
10:55So, is that for sale?
10:56Yeah.
10:57I think we'd need to be somewhere around 6,000, Mark, for that.
11:01Okay.
11:02What was it again?
11:03Yeah, 6,000, that.
11:05Yeah, but we might be a bit of wiggle room in it.
11:07All right.
11:08Unless we have a deal with a bike as well, and we can put that on the back.
11:11Five grand?
11:12Yeah.
11:12No, it might need to be a tad more than that.
11:15What about 5, 2?
11:18Yeah.
11:19How about 5, 7?
11:21We're up in rugby with Mark and his eclectic collection of race cars and lorries.
11:39We've bid 5,500 for a Mark 1 transit.
11:44But will he go for it?
11:46You're about to squeeze another £50 each between you, can't you?
11:495, 6?
11:50I don't know, mate.
11:50It's time.
11:51Well, I've made him spend a bit of money recently.
11:54Yeah, he has.
11:54And he's looking at me now.
11:56I'll tell you what.
11:57What about if I give you the 100?
11:59All right.
12:00Yeah.
12:01We're having a deal at 5, 6?
12:025, 6, come on then.
12:03Okay.
12:04Well done, Mark.
12:05We're going to talk about a panther.
12:06Shall we load that on the back as well?
12:07No, no, no.
12:08The thing is, is that I believe that that panther, I would think it's nearer the 1,200 quid.
12:14Do you know what I mean?
12:15Yeah, I think we could about strap that on the back for 1,200 pounds.
12:19Has it got a V5, the panther?
12:20Yeah, it has.
12:20Yeah, and the original buff, but, yeah.
12:23Okay.
12:23All right.
12:24Look at that.
12:24Okay.
12:25All right, great.
12:26A double purchase.
12:27Didn't expect that.
12:28That's a double whammy.
12:29I never, ever expected that.
12:30Hey, Mark, thank you so very much.
12:32What a lovely day.
12:35On the following afternoon, we reveal all.
12:39Have you seen a transit?
12:40Mark 2 or Mark 1?
12:42It's a Mark 1.
12:42It's amazing.
12:43It's proper nice.
12:44The colour's just nice as well.
12:45Yeah.
12:46The tyres look good.
12:47Is it all running up and nice and going?
12:48Well, supposedly, yeah.
12:50I love the back.
12:50The back's really cool.
12:52Yeah, it is, isn't it?
12:53Yeah, it's got that.
12:53Oh, that's what it's for.
12:55That bit of scap across the back is so you can lean things up.
12:58Then your planks, yeah.
12:59Ladders.
12:59Scaffle poles.
13:00Is it the case, then, with these pickups,
13:03that the pickup is actually more valuable
13:05than the actual van itself, if you see what I mean?
13:08Well, I think, in any case,
13:11an early transit is a valuable piece of kit anyway.
13:14And because this one's got an original back on it
13:17in very nice condition,
13:19I think it's a remarkable survivor.
13:21Do you know what I think about this?
13:22What?
13:23I think that it looks like a scrap man's vehicle.
13:27It does, actually, doesn't it?
13:28Yeah, yeah.
13:29Colin's.
13:29You know, sort of,
13:30old iron.
13:32Try that, Henry.
13:33Any old iron?
13:34That's it.
13:35Iron!
13:36Any old iron?
13:39You've got to get it with a bit more of a
13:41iron.
13:42Okay.
13:43Iron!
13:44That's it.
13:44That's the one.
13:45Iron!
13:45Perfect.
13:46Perfect.
13:47Can you blow a bugle?
13:47That's what we're going to do, then.
13:50We're going to go and collect iron.
13:53We're going to go and collect scrap.
13:54Okay, so look,
13:55what I think we should do,
13:56obviously,
13:56get it going,
13:57clean it up,
13:57but I also think we should put some decals,
14:00get Pete the signwriter in.
14:02Cole and the Sun scrap dealer.
14:04As for the panther with the Villiers lump,
14:07it doesn't look as though it's run for a while,
14:08but I'm sure it'll be no trouble
14:10for the engine whisperer.
14:12It's late in the day.
14:14Tomorrow,
14:15you get working on that.
14:16Yeah.
14:17Right?
14:17And Fuzz and I'll have a look over on the transit.
14:19Yeah.
14:24Next day,
14:25we're up with the lark.
14:27Oi!
14:28I just heard it in my head, then.
14:30Sorry, did you?
14:31Yeah.
14:31Lucky you've got some cushioning on there.
14:34But while Alan's having a fiddle in there,
14:36Yeah.
14:37Yeah?
14:37With the motorcycle,
14:39you'll be taking for a test ride.
14:40Well,
14:41I'm just pre-empting that,
14:42because I'm just checking the fluids.
14:44Come on,
14:44is that ready to go?
14:45Yeah, sure.
14:45Come on.
14:46All right, come on.
14:46So our Ford Transit rides again.
14:57Have you shrunk?
14:59No.
14:59Why are you so low?
15:00Look, my seat has collapsed.
15:02Yeah, it's lost its stuffing.
15:06And in fact, over one side,
15:08so over this side,
15:09there's a bit more stuffing,
15:11there's a bit more support.
15:12But on this side,
15:13where I think,
15:15you know,
15:15the previous operative of this machine
15:17has got in and out,
15:19it's broken the seat.
15:21after its incarceration in that container,
15:27the good news is our transit runs,
15:29but it's not quite perfect.
15:32What are the problems here?
15:34Your seat is a problem.
15:35Yeah, the seat.
15:36Tickover's a bit high.
15:37Yeah, it is.
15:39Maybe we've got a little bit of steering wonder.
15:41Have we?
15:42Yeah, just a little bit,
15:43so maybe we can have a little look at that.
15:45Yeah, maybe,
15:46but also,
15:46I noticed that the tyres are a bit cracked.
15:48So the steering kind of stodginess, really.
15:52It's sort out of the bonnet as well.
15:53So that's our shopping list for the transit.
15:58But how much does Alan have to do on the Panther?
16:01We've got a problem.
16:02The kickstart spring's broken,
16:04and then Henry and Fuzz
16:05didn't get the key for the bike.
16:07So he hasn't got the key for the bike.
16:08We can't see if the ignition works.
16:10So what I'm going to do
16:10is take this cover off
16:11and see if I can bypass the ignition switch
16:13to get it to run.
16:14It doesn't appear to have a battery fitted,
16:15which is really strange.
16:16I've had a good look around.
16:17There's no battery at all,
16:18so it seems to be direct lighting
16:19and direct ignition.
16:20So let's get this cover off
16:21and see what we can see.
16:23According to Mark,
16:24this bike was last run in 1982,
16:27and it looks as if someone
16:28has been tinkering with it.
16:31So the first thing I want to do
16:33is remove this little cover
16:33to expose the ignition points.
16:36I notice it's only got one screw,
16:37and that screw is loose as well,
16:39which means someone's obviously
16:39been in there before quite recently.
16:42So the gear lever,
16:43oh, which is actually loose,
16:45that comes off.
16:46Kickstart is actually bolted on,
16:49but the nut's loose.
16:50I think someone's been in here
16:51trying to get this working
16:52and given up.
16:53Anyway, that's the transit running.
17:00They're going to have to ride without me,
17:01leave me here working on this bike.
17:03In fact, we've just returned home,
17:05and Fuzz is starting on the transit.
17:08Well, we've got a number of little problems
17:11with this transit.
17:12So one thing, we've got this dent right here.
17:18So it'd be nice to get that out.
17:20But the trouble is with that is
17:22we've got a double skin underneath here.
17:26There's this reinforcement piece
17:27that stops this all flapping around at the front.
17:30And so that means that it's difficult to get out.
17:34So I'm going to have to drill some holes
17:36and then try and use some drifts
17:40just to tap this little dent out.
17:44Fuzz begins by drilling some pilot holes
17:47before using a larger drill bit
17:49to puncture the inner skin.
17:53Once he's in, he improvises,
17:55using the wrong end of a drift,
17:57a kind of punch tool,
17:59to carefully bang out the dent from the inside.
18:01It takes one more hole
18:06and a lot more banging.
18:09I'm not really hitting it that hard.
18:11I'm just trying to tease it out.
18:19But after half an hour,
18:21Fuzz is happy.
18:23What I'm not going to do
18:25is chase this too much.
18:27We've got the dent out a little bit now.
18:29It's kind of less of a crease.
18:31So that's a bit better.
18:32Maybe just rub this down a little bit
18:34and perhaps leave it for the next owner.
18:37We'll have to see.
18:38Maybe we'll get a bit of time to fill it.
18:40But if not,
18:42it looks a tiny bit better.
18:44I suppose the one thing I ought to check now is
18:46now that we've made it slightly less concave,
18:51does the bonnet actually still shut?
18:58It does actually.
18:59Shuts a little bit better.
19:01Alan, meanwhile, has taken the cover off the Panthers' engine.
19:09He was just about to hotwire it
19:11when he had a bit of luck.
19:13I was about to cut the wires.
19:15I was looking around the workshop and I found some keys.
19:17I thought, I wonder if they're going to fit.
19:18I'll put it in the lock and it didn't quite fit.
19:20It went in, but it wouldn't quite turn.
19:24Alan takes the lock back to the lathe
19:26to grind it into a perfect fit
19:28and then reassembles it on the engine.
19:32What a stroke of luck it was finding these keys.
19:34They fit almost perfect,
19:35but now they fit absolutely perfect
19:37and the lock works great.
19:38So we've got ignition off.
19:40Ignition on, it works.
19:42How cool is that?
19:43So the ignition switch is sorted,
19:46but will it run?
19:48Alan refits the engine panel
19:49and mends the spring fitting on the kickstart.
19:52And the kickstart returns.
19:55How cool is that?
19:57When he gives it a kick, though,
19:59his winning streak runs out.
20:03No spark at all.
20:05Totally dead.
20:07Meanwhile, outside...
20:09Are you ready?
20:13The transit's engine is also not quite playing ball
20:16and won't idle properly.
20:19Just a bit cold at the moment,
20:20but once the choke comes off,
20:23if I adjust the screw,
20:25it just operates on the throttle butterfly.
20:30This engine, the S6 V4,
20:32was used in everything from the transit to the Capri
20:35and even in early models of the Ford Granada.
20:44Fuzz adjusts the tickover screw and the mixture screw
20:47and it all sounds much sweeter.
20:50That's quite nice now.
20:56OK.
20:58I think we'll leave it at that
20:59because once we put the air filter back on,
21:02that'll just slightly enrichen the mixture
21:05and I think it'll be absolutely spot on.
21:10And talk about spot on.
21:12Alan's now cleaned the points
21:14and swapped the spark plugs
21:15and after a quick glug of fuel,
21:18he's ready to go.
21:21Right, choke's on.
21:23Let's give it a kick and see what happens.
21:25Oh, this is quite exciting, really.
21:26It's either going to work or it's not going to work,
21:27but hopefully it will work.
21:29Let's see.
21:29It's definitely fired.
21:35It's definitely fired.
21:40She runs perfect.
21:48And the ignition switch works.
21:50How cool is that?
21:51Let's go for a second start.
22:05And it's on two cylinders as well.
22:06It's running just perfect.
22:08I am so chuffed.
22:09That's been quite a lot of work,
22:10but it's been well worth it in the end.
22:11So the Panthers almost fit to prowl,
22:14but there's still work to do on the transit.
22:17Our aim is to take it scrapping this weekend,
22:20but can we get it ready in time?
22:24That is going to have to be changed.
22:26It's an easy job,
22:28but can we get a ball joint for it?
22:41We had a good day yesterday,
22:44fettling the transit and our Panther bike.
22:50She runs perfect.
23:00There are still some gremlins to sort out on the transit,
23:04starting with a faulty door handle.
23:09Let's have a look inside here,
23:10because what we have is a non-functioning driver's side door button.
23:17I think basically the internals of the door button
23:21have pushed through and beyond the little lever that they work on.
23:26So I'm going to take the door handle off and see if I can...
23:31Well, actually, maybe I'll just see if I can get a screwdriver up there
23:34and just flick it back, because it might just need that.
23:38Let's see what we can do.
23:40It sounds too good to be true,
23:44but after a quick jiggle with the screwdriver...
23:46Hold on, what if I pull that back?
23:48Ah, there we go.
23:50That's gone in.
23:52Now, just keep it there.
23:55Yes.
23:57So...
23:58Yes.
24:00That is operating.
24:02Brilliant.
24:03Right.
24:04All I need to do now is shut the door
24:06and see if I can get in from the outside.
24:07The proof of the pudding.
24:09Right.
24:10Let's see if it opens.
24:12Yep.
24:13Wow.
24:14There we go.
24:15You coming out, Bean?
24:17The other issue that Fuzz noticed on our brief test drive was the steering.
24:21I just had this feeling when I was driving this, that the steering was just a little bit vague.
24:27So, I asked one of the fellas to rock the steering and looked underneath here.
24:33And what I found was an absolutely terminal drag link ball joint.
24:39So, that is going to have to be changed.
24:43It's an easy job, but can we get a ball joint for it?
24:48While we hunt down a spare, there's one thing we've got to get on with.
24:52A bit of artwork.
24:55So, we've invited Pete the Sign Writer to come on over.
24:59And just in case it rains on his parade, we've put the transit under cover.
25:04It's a lovely old truck, 1968.
25:06So, we've just got to put a little bit of icing on the cake, I think.
25:10Come on, girls.
25:12Here you are.
25:13You've had a look at the van.
25:14Yep.
25:15I've got this idea, Pete, because we want to go and get some scrap metal.
25:19Right?
25:19Okay.
25:19And I kind of, I don't want scrap metal on it.
25:22I want colon suns in the normal way.
25:25Okay.
25:25Right?
25:25Yeah.
25:26Colon suns.
25:27Right.
25:28And then I kind of think salvage.
25:31And it's a nice word, the word salvage.
25:32You've got an ascender, a capital S, a descender, the G.
25:36Is that what the sign writers call it?
25:37Ascenders and descenders?
25:38Yeah, I do.
25:39Yeah.
25:39I don't know why I've got it from.
25:40Yeah, but you're about the only one left.
25:43Pete starts by drawing up his design on paper.
25:47Like that.
25:47Should be nice.
25:50Salvage.
25:50There you go.
25:52Mate, that looks great.
25:53While I take jelly and the top for a walk, Pete gets to work.
25:58First he charcoals the back of his design, and then he goes over it again with a heavy pencil in order to copy it onto the door.
26:07I guess we are now ready to paint.
26:10Then after laying down a couple of strips of tape to act as guides, he gets to work.
26:16Although it's a lovely old thing, and it's in remarkable condition for the age of it, I think we'll do the lettering just a little bit worn to match the truck.
26:26Pete's chosen a mid-blue for the script to give it a vintage look, but he's not laying it on too thick.
26:34I'm going to leave it just like that.
26:37Henry might even get a little bit of wet and dry or something and just give it a little nib off just to give it a little bit more of a wearer look.
26:47While our resident Leonardo carries on with the lettering, over at the workshop I've got a present for the Panther Boys.
26:54Can I draw your attention to these glorious little batches?
26:59Okay, yeah. I bet those were cheap.
27:01Do you know what? They were about 80 quid.
27:03What are they? 80 pounds.
27:05I don't know why they're so expensive.
27:06They're cast aluminium though. It's really nice, aren't they?
27:08Well, they really are nice.
27:10Greens Sand Foundry, it says.
27:13Anyway, look, if we can find some screws and put those on, give it a clean and put everything back on, is it ready to roll out?
27:22Ready to go. The gear's where clutch works.
27:23Oh, I can't wait, man. I'll tell you what, I think that's going to be lovely when it's done.
27:30With Alan and Skid getting on with some useful work, I play an executive role.
27:36Right, let me do the paint work first.
27:38No, please.
27:40Just stay calm for 30 seconds.
27:43What is the trick, Alan, to stay calm?
27:45Because you're the calmest out of all three of us.
27:47Breathe.
27:50Let it all go over your head.
27:53Don't let them get you down.
27:57And don't let me anywhere near you.
28:00The Repo badges are as good as I hoped.
28:04Panther ceased production in 1967, but there are still plenty of spares available.
28:10Mate, even though they were hugely expensive, it's definitely worth it.
28:13That's lovely.
28:14Back in the hangar, Pete has finished the basic design and is now adding some drop shadows to reinforce the 70s look.
28:24To give the lettering even more of a 3D quality, he darkens the bottom shadow with a more charcoal grey.
28:32See that?
28:34You see the difference in the two greys?
28:36You will when it's outside.
28:37It's just a little decoration that they used to do in the day on lorries and everything, and I really like it.
28:44I just really like that look.
28:46As a finishing touch, he paints on a vintage telephone and some telephone numbers.
28:55It's only taken a couple of hours, but his work has really lifted the transit.
28:59That is just what we're after, mate.
29:02Look at all that shadowing and that distress here.
29:05I love the phone, man.
29:08Well, that's the phone in the day, I guess, isn't it?
29:10Yeah, yeah.
29:111968.
29:12Oh, mate, that is fantastic.
29:14That's before the trim phone.
29:16Hey, but that's really good.
29:17Yeah.
29:17Oh, Pete, that's really added value to it.
29:19I can't wait to show the boys.
29:21Our fuzz is going to love it.
29:28Inspired by Pete, we up the ante on the Panther, cleaning and polishing every visible surface.
29:35And even giving the front forks a quick shot of rattle can.
29:40Now, finally, we're ready for our road test.
29:44For a bike that's been languishing unloved for years, this is a true resurrection.
29:50Oh, mate.
29:52That is a quality motorcycle.
29:54Quite a transformation for a little work, isn't it?
29:56Isn't it just?
29:57Yeah.
29:57Really lovely.
29:58I like that.
29:59It's a bit different as well.
30:00I've never seen a Panther 250 before.
30:03Well, shall we see if it goes up and down the drive?
30:05Let's do it.
30:05I think you've got to.
30:06Yeah, come on then.
30:07Yeah.
30:09And we're off.
30:11Our Panther predates the transit by about ten years.
30:15And its Villiers engine is a bit rougher than the Ford V4.
30:19Who's complaining, though?
30:21It's just great to get it back on the road.
30:24It goes really nicely, this.
30:26It's quite loud, though.
30:28I love it.
30:30It's all good.
30:35For £1,200, this is a snip.
30:40Mate, it rides nice.
30:42You pull away very friskily.
30:43Yeah.
30:44It sounds crisp.
30:45The gears, you know, they're crisp, but they're not getting in there every time.
30:49You've got to sort of hoof them in.
30:50Clutch is dragging, probably.
30:51Yeah, it is a bit.
30:52Mate, it's beautiful.
30:53It's really for sale.
30:54Starts, runs and rides.
30:56Yeah, mate.
30:56That's all you need.
30:57Looks the part.
30:57Sounds the part.
30:59Yeah.
30:59Starts fairly easily.
31:00Yeah.
31:01What more could we want?
31:02Well, not a lot.
31:03Just some money.
31:06So the Panther's looking good, and the Transit's looking great.
31:10Tomorrow, after Fuzz has sorted the last few niggles, we're going to put our Transit to work.
31:16But will Cole and Sons turn a profit?
31:19Or will we end up on the scrap heap of life?
31:23That's better.
31:24Ready on iron.
31:25Ready on iron.
31:25Three, four.
31:35Ooh.
31:36Now.
31:37Yeah.
31:38Look at that.
31:39Two weeks ago, we found a vintage Ford Transit in a container in rugby.
31:44Around the day, look.
31:45Five, six.
31:46Five, six.
31:46Yeah.
31:47We tested it.
31:48Have you shrunk?
31:50My seat has collapsed.
31:52Fettled it.
31:57And adorned it.
31:59That's scrap.
32:00Now, after Fuzz has spent the morning fitting a new air filter and replacing the ball joint
32:05that finally arrived.
32:07Back and forth.
32:10Lovely.
32:11That's much better.
32:13It's time to get our Transit to do what it does best.
32:16Now, we can go scrap collecting.
32:19We're dropping the side.
32:22It all works, then.
32:24Look at that.
32:25Right, I'll get in there.
32:28Our Transit is the perfect vehicle for a bit of scrapping, starting with our own odds and
32:34ends.
32:36I can't wait to get rid of this man.
32:37Well, this one's in the same condition as you look, crusty.
32:42At least it's not wheezy.
32:44Come on, less of a chat.
32:46The flatbed is ten square metres and has a carrying capacity of two tonnes.
32:52Right, storage, here we come.
32:54And we're off.
32:57Our mission, to make a bit of money from our Transit, before we flog it.
33:04Any old iron?
33:06That's perfect.
33:08With you, it's more a case of bring out your dead.
33:11Oh, here we go.
33:11Don't be like...
33:13Long before green bins and blue bins, rag and bone men and mobile scrap merchants were
33:21the original recyclers.
33:23It's a bit like when you're selling newspapers.
33:26All right.
33:26You know, you've got your...
33:27In a turner.
33:30In a turner.
33:31Yes, the iron.
33:33Yeah, that's it.
33:34Don't you mind.
33:35Can I just say, don't you...
33:36I'm very worried you're going to hook your teeth out.
33:40Well, I'll tell you what.
33:42I'll pay to see that.
33:44Flowing a bugle with false teeth is not good.
33:50Iron!
33:50The good news is that Fuzzy's hard work has paid dividends.
33:56Actually, the steering is much better, much more positive.
33:59Oh, is it?
34:00Yeah.
34:00Is it?
34:01Much less wayward.
34:02That means the wheel's going to fall off any moment, doesn't it?
34:05Unlike the passengers, very wayward.
34:07And, of course, the driver.
34:09But the steering, positive.
34:12I'm impressed the speedometer works.
34:14No, no.
34:14Everything works here.
34:15This is growing along really nicely.
34:18I love it.
34:19All I know is it's going to get us to Swindon.
34:22Hooray!
34:22To a scrapper.
34:24Yeah.
34:24Hang on, we're coming into the village now.
34:26Here we go.
34:28Here we go.
34:28Go on, you have to blow harder than that, mate.
34:34That's it.
34:34Any old iron?
34:35Any old iron?
34:36That's it.
34:36Hey.
34:38Get your iron.
34:39Any old iron?
34:41Iron?
34:44Ah, bubbles.
34:46Middle-aged men in lycra.
34:48Always good to give them a shock.
34:49Take your reckon, eh?
34:50Yeah.
34:50There you are.
34:51But, back in the day, you could, I'm sure, make a lot of money out of Spam.
34:57Can you still, do you think?
34:58Well, I suppose it depends.
34:59I'd love to find that out.
35:00Yeah, yeah, I think so.
35:02If there's nothing in the village, we'll head straight for my lock-up.
35:06Guys, honestly, right, there's stuff here.
35:10Stuff that I've completely forgot.
35:12Look, there's a trombone.
35:15Yeah.
35:15Hey, that can go.
35:18That leaf spring.
35:20Each sort of metal has a different value.
35:23Top whack, lead and copper.
35:25Brass, second best.
35:27What are these?
35:27That might be useful.
35:30I love that.
35:31That's, that's brass.
35:35Not swinging very fast anymore, is it?
35:37No.
35:38No, it's destroyed my life.
35:40And steel is just a tenth of the value.
35:43Hey, look, I think we've got ourselves quite a stash.
35:45Yeah.
35:45What do you reckon?
35:46Well, why don't we find out how much we've made out of this little lot, and then we'll
35:51find out exactly how hard we have to work in the future.
35:55Though archetypal workhorses, transit flatbeds were nicknamed little pigs because of their
36:01protruding nose.
36:03How much, though, will our own little pig make us when we take it to market?
36:07Well, I'm going to bet you that we are going to earn about 20 quid the lot.
36:16Do you reckon?
36:17Yeah.
36:17What do you reckon?
36:18I'm going to stick my neck out here.
36:22Yeah.
36:22Because of the batteries and the leg.
36:24Yeah.
36:24I'm going to go 45.
36:26All right.
36:27Yeah.
36:28What do you think, Poz?
36:29I'm going to go in the middle.
36:30I'm going to say 30.
36:32Okay.
36:33All right.
36:33And what we've actually done is cleared all of Henry's stuff out.
36:37Yeah, we've just cleared his shed for him.
36:39Yeah, that's right.
36:39Would I be so cynical?
36:44Yes, maybe.
36:45But I can't wait to find out what our haul is worth.
36:48Here.
36:48We're here.
36:49Where?
36:49It's in here.
36:54Have you noticed how quiet I'm being?
36:56I don't know.
36:57Why are you being so quiet?
36:57I'm just taking it all in.
36:59What?
37:00I've never been to a scrapyard like this.
37:03Welcome to Saunders Scrap Metal in Swindon.
37:06Now, Nick, look what?
37:07Batteries.
37:08We've got to get batteries onto our own.
37:09Yeah, if we just put them onto the scales to start with, we'll get the weight.
37:12Oh, right, we weigh them in.
37:13Yeah, we weigh them and then you get paid accordingly, yeah.
37:15Do we?
37:16Yeah, 100%.
37:16Oh, how exciting.
37:18This could be our first 30p.
37:2160% of a car battery's weight is lead.
37:24About 7 kilos in each one.
37:28Are you sure this is actually going to make a dent in the actual weighing machine?
37:32Well, I don't know.
37:32We'll find out in a second, won't we?
37:35I think we're saving the planet bit by battery bit.
37:39Aren't we, Skid?
37:40Yeah, but how long have we wanted to get these out of the shed?
37:42A long time.
37:43Yeah.
37:45Is that it?
37:46Come on, then.
37:47Tom, tell us how much.
37:48What weight have you got, Tom?
37:49Here we go.
37:50211 kilos.
37:51This is proper exciting.
37:53How much?
37:54211 kilos.
37:55Wow.
37:55That's probably just a couple of kilos over your weight, isn't it?
37:58Something like that.
37:59The cheek on that.
38:00The cheek I have to put up with.
38:01You will not believe it, Nick.
38:02211 kilos and how much do we get paid?
38:04Tom, what's that in price on the money?
38:07So, £73.
38:0973 quid?
38:10There you go.
38:10That's the result.
38:11That's all right, yeah.
38:12You actually might get something.
38:14Blimey.
38:14Baking sandwich.
38:16Yeah, I thought, blimey, that is worth it, isn't it?
38:19It is, yeah.
38:20How much did you say in the van earlier?
38:21I thought we get 20 quid the lot.
38:22Yeah, and I said 45.
38:24Yeah, and 73.
38:25Well, you're still quid, isn't it?
38:25Yeah, I went in the middle.
38:26Yeah, we're happy with that, Nick.
38:27That's fantastic.
38:28And obviously, you've still got your scrap to go, yeah, as well.
38:30Yeah, well, surely we're not going to get much for that.
38:32Yeah, I don't know what we're going to get for that.
38:33We'll find out as well.
38:33Okay, come on, then.
38:34So, shall we take the van round?
38:35Yep, well, if you get the sides back up, pull on the big bridge,
38:38so we get the weight of the chuck and the scrap.
38:40Oh, right, okay.
38:41We'll take it round next door, and then we'll get it off round there.
38:43I'd better not be in the truck, then.
38:45Oh, right, okay.
38:46Okay, let's put the sides up.
38:47This is it.
38:48We're 73 quid in, Nick.
38:50Already.
38:51This is just marvellous.
38:53Fuzz does the honours with the transit.
38:55That's it, Fuzzer.
38:59Go on, son.
39:01Go on.
39:02Left hand down.
39:05That's it.
39:07That's it.
39:08He's got to keep going.
39:10You're on.
39:11So it's 1,660 kilos fully loaded.
39:15Do you like the truck, then, Nick?
39:16Yeah, I love it, yeah.
39:17It could be yours, mate.
39:18How much?
39:20Everything's got a price.
39:21Seven grand.
39:22That's nice.
39:23I think it's all right for a Mark I.
39:25V4.
39:26Yeah, it comes with a bugle as well,
39:28that I've been trying to entice people over for scrappage.
39:31Yeah, scrappage.
39:31You know what I mean?
39:33Now we go round to the steel and iron pile
39:36to dispense our load.
39:39Stop there.
39:39Yeah, that'll do plenty there.
39:43Lovely.
39:44Well, this will make a big one.
39:47Nice.
39:51Lovely.
39:53We are the future.
39:54We are the recyclers.
39:56Hey, do you know what I mean?
39:58And you've cleared a load of space.
40:00Yeah.
40:01It's made you feel good.
40:02Yeah.
40:03And you've had a little learner out of it.
40:05Yeah, well, look, we might have a little bit more.
40:06Should we go and weigh it in properly?
40:08So we've got to put this back on the thingy.
40:10OK.
40:11With you in it.
40:12So if it was 1,660 before, what is it now?
40:16And more importantly, what's it worth?
40:19It's the big moment.
40:20OK, Nick, so we're 73 quid in at the moment with the batteries.
40:25What have we got now?
40:27With that, it was 180 kilos, which brings you to £18 in scrap.
40:31£18 in scrap.
40:32So, OK, batteries are the key, really.
40:34That is, yeah.
40:35OK, hang on.
40:35That's £91.
40:36£91, yeah.
40:38£91.
40:39That's not bad at all, right.
40:40That's all right for a Friday afternoon.
40:42Nick, thank you so much.
40:43Paves the fuel bill, doesn't it?
40:45Thank you very much.
40:46Greta Thunberg loves us, the planet loves us, Nick loves us.
40:54And we love you when you split it three-way.
40:58Hang on.
40:59OK, look, I'll do your deal, all right?
41:01I will contemplate a three-way split only if Chopper Roy values it right, the van.
41:07OK.
41:07OK.
41:07So let's cross fingers.
41:09I'll tell you what, if Roy says we've made some money, then I'll buy you all a cappuccino.
41:15What do you reckon?
41:16I don't like coffee.
41:17Yeah, sounds about normal.
41:18Yeah.
41:23Next day, back at the shed, we find out whether it'll be frothy coffees all round when local
41:28dealer Roy swims by.
41:32Have you seen what isn't for sale in the cab?
41:35Yeah, you wouldn't stand with that in a million years, would you?
41:37No, or them.
41:38Oh, no.
41:38Look.
41:39I thought you were talking about the bugle not being for sale.
41:43No, no, the bugle is perfectly, perfectly available.
41:47Yeah.
41:47It's just the dogs love it in there.
41:49Now then.
41:50Good on.
41:50Chopsicle.
41:51What do you reckon?
41:52Yeah.
41:53It's incredibly solid.
41:54Obviously, Roy wants a right-hand drive dash.
41:57They're not hard to convert.
41:58Roy, you're not going to exactly overtake anyone, are you?
42:01I mean, isn't it clear?
42:03That's true.
42:03Isn't it clear?
42:04I was thinking reversing.
42:05No, the other thing is, of course.
42:07It could be your right shoulder.
42:09If you're doing some collecting of things like, oh, should we saw recycling and stuff like that along the roadside, ideal.
42:18Oh, yeah.
42:18You don't have to go out into the traffic.
42:20Grab and go.
42:21Yeah, absolutely, mate.
42:22What do you think about the Panther as well?
42:23That's nice.
42:24I really like that.
42:25Yeah.
42:25So, on the understanding that you like both.
42:31Yeah, I shouldn't have said that.
42:33What do you reckon they're worth as a pair?
42:36As a pair?
42:38I was going to say always sixes, but you'd probably get a bit more, to be honest.
42:41I think so.
42:42They've got to be worth seven and a half, the pair.
42:43It's got to be.
42:45All right.
42:45Well, let's leave it at that, shall we?
42:46Yeah, I'd have said.
42:47If he's saying seven and a half.
42:49Yeah.
42:50We've got sign writing to take these recounts.
42:52Yeah, all right.
42:53Six, eight.
42:54Badges.
42:55Six, nine.
42:58That's about it, though, isn't it?
42:59Yeah.
43:00Pete the Sign Writer.
43:01Yeah.
43:01A couple hundred.
43:02Yeah, so that's seven, one.
43:04All right, well, 400 quid profit.
43:05That's all right, isn't it?
43:07Yeah.
43:07And also, we made 91 pounds.
43:11Yeah, we did.
43:12Very true.
43:13On the weigh-in.
43:14On the weigh-in, yes.
43:15So, we could just round it up as a monkey, couldn't you?
43:17Yeah.
43:18500 quid profit for basically going scrapping.
43:21Yeah, great stuff.
43:22Yeah.
43:23And what an enjoyable afternoon that was.
43:25What an enjoyable afternoon.
43:25Yeah.
43:26I'll tell you what, mate.
43:27I love scrapyards and the people in them.
43:30You know what you're getting, don't you?
43:31You do.
43:31Yeah.
43:32That's what I like.
43:33No airs and graces.
43:33No airs and graces.
43:34I'll see you next time.
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