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00:00What's up to your nose?
00:06You couldn't make this up. I was on the M40.
00:08Yeah.
00:09And because I'm on the GTR with a big fairing.
00:11Yeah.
00:12I had the visor open.
00:13Yeah.
00:14And at the last second I saw a black blob appear six inches from my face and it was a little bird.
00:19Yeah.
00:20And it hit me in the face and cut my nose.
00:22Six months ago I had a big crow hit the crash helmet and took all the visor mechanism off.
00:27I'll tell you what, he is a bird attractor.
00:29That's it, yes.
00:30Do you think so?
00:31Not in the way that we used to call it in the 80s.
00:33No, exactly.
00:34Yeah.
00:35Definitely not.
00:38I'm Henry Cole.
00:39That is comfy.
00:41And along with fellow fanatic Fuzz Townsend.
00:44That's a magnificent pair of choppers up there.
00:46We're back on the hunt for vintage treasures in the nation's sheds.
00:51Look at this.
00:52We're going to buy them, fix them.
00:54That is fantastic.
00:56And sell them for a tidy profit.
00:59Welcome to Shed and Buried.
01:06I'm off to London with a special guest.
01:11I hope you appreciate this as a treat.
01:14I do, I've been let loose for the day.
01:16Only because Fuzz is on holiday.
01:18I'm happy to do it mate.
01:20We're going to kind of our old stomping ground.
01:23Well we are mate.
01:24We're going London.
01:25South London.
01:26Hence why there's no dog.
01:27Because Jellybean don't like London.
01:29No.
01:30We're going to go and see a bloke called Vec.
01:33He has a labyrinthine underground garage.
01:38Come on.
01:39Yeah, fantastic.
01:40That's got to be good hasn't it?
01:42Yeah, yeah, definitely.
01:46Weather going underground yields some buried treasure.
01:49Who knows?
01:50But Vec's subterranean shed.
01:52Here we come.
01:57Tell me about how's all this come about?
01:59Me and the people I work for, we rent vehicles mostly for film, TV.
02:05We've had this for about 20 years.
02:06Oh really?
02:0720 years?
02:08Yes.
02:09Always have time to accumulate stuff then.
02:11Yeah, exactly.
02:12Every time you get a few bob, you get another vehicle.
02:15You have obviously a penchant for the motor sequels.
02:19Yes.
02:20Haven't you?
02:21Yeah.
02:22Tell me about that.
02:23Well I have to reference my dad.
02:24Okay.
02:25Who got me into them.
02:26It's an eclectic mix now.
02:27Isn't it just?
02:28And anything that really stirs your soul.
02:30It's the social history side of it.
02:32You know, it's not just about the bikes.
02:34So look, we'll have a little mooch about.
02:35Carry on.
02:36We might call you in if we want some info on something.
02:38Yeah, yeah.
02:39And then, well you never know.
02:40I'm full of it.
02:41Might be for sale.
02:42Might not be.
02:43I was just going to say, is everything for sale?
02:44Because you must have some things here.
02:46Everything is very precious to me.
02:48Yes.
02:49What do you think of your offers?
02:51Yeah.
02:52It's all for sale at the right price.
02:54Yeah, of course.
02:55Hey mate, thank you so much for letting us come and have a run.
02:56Yeah, it's fantastic.
02:57Cheers, mate.
02:58Thank you so much.
02:59It's fantastic to come in here.
03:00We'll start over here, shall we?
03:01Yeah.
03:02Carry on.
03:03See you in a bit.
03:04Ta-da.
03:05So, what a place.
03:09One of the biggest we've seen with hundreds of trinkets.
03:12We'll start though with a row of classic bikes.
03:16Will you take a look at that?
03:20Isn't that beautiful?
03:23That is a pristine looking James Autocycle from the 1930s.
03:29Auto cycles were the precursors of the moped.
03:36Light pedal equipped bikes with small economical engines.
03:44Normally, the auto cycles, they all look kind of the same.
03:48Yeah, yeah.
03:49But, this has got something very different about it.
03:51It looks a quality item, doesn't it?
03:53Doesn't it?
03:54But I mean, it's a James.
03:55Have you seen what it's leaning on?
03:56That's a Royal Enfield.
03:57Yeah, but what kind of Royal Enfield?
03:59I'm not sure what the name of that is.
04:01I think, well, it's a small capacity, like competing with the Bantam.
04:04Yeah, exactly.
04:05The BSA.
04:06Very Bantam-esque, yeah.
04:07Isn't it?
04:08I love the colour, I love the patina.
04:09Yeah, that is lovely.
04:10And I love that as well.
04:11Well, everything is lovely.
04:14So, a great start, and looking around, the range of stuff in here is amazing.
04:20From classic bike after classic bike, to Bentleys, Merck's, and this Italian stallionette.
04:32Is that an R bar?
04:33Yes.
04:34Is it?
04:35Well, it says it on the back.
04:36I rather fancy one of these.
04:37I'm just imagining you sat in there, it'd be quite funny.
04:40Why?
04:41That's because I think your head might be on the roof.
04:45R bath is a specialist Italian car maker and racing team, long associated with Fiat.
04:52The R bath 595 was a souped up version of the Fiat 500.
04:57It had a top speed of 75, but was famously nippy and fun to drive.
05:02Do you know, I had a neighbour once, and he collected these, and he managed to get three of these, well, two and a half, in a Mews garage.
05:12Did he really?
05:13Yeah.
05:14He was obsessed by them.
05:15Returning to Vex Motorcycles, this really is an eclectic, eccentric collection.
05:23From British troopers like this, James Captain.
05:26They're sort of post-war, they're as cheap as chips, but they ride really nicely.
05:33Yeah.
05:34And as you get older, as we know, we like something that we can control.
05:38I tell you what, if you wanted to get into classic motorcycling, get one of these.
05:44To Eastern European oddities, like this MZ Trophy.
05:49It's like a British Bulldog.
05:50Ugly, but for some reason they are fantastic.
05:54They're beautifully engineered.
05:55What's not to like about that?
05:57It's probably one of the ugliest motorcycles I've ever seen.
06:00Yeah, but that makes it cool.
06:01Yeah.
06:02It's fugly.
06:03And talk about fun and ugly.
06:06I've never seen one of these before.
06:10Bec, come in here.
06:11Come and have a look.
06:12I mean, what's that?
06:14That.
06:15What is it?
06:16That is a DOT VV, or a DOT VV.
06:19What, devoid of trouble?
06:20Devoid of trouble with Manchester.
06:25DOT was a Salford-based company, which specialised in small, often unusual, bikes and delivery vehicles.
06:34When the moped boom was taking place and the British just couldn't build them,
06:39because I don't think there were any available, they imported these from Italy.
06:43It's got a German Victoria 48cc engine.
06:46Wow, I know.
06:47Three-speed hand-changed gearbox.
06:49The front end's quite funky.
06:50Yeah, leading link.
06:51Yeah.
06:52I've never, ever seen one.
06:53No.
06:54No, nor will you, I don't think.
06:55No, I'm sure.
06:56I'm sure that's the only one left.
06:58These rollers, they're coming of age now, aren't they?
07:01This particular Rolls-Royce is the nicest Rolls-Royce you will ever, ever drive, bar none.
07:07The engine's silent.
07:08Everything's perfect about it.
07:10It's me.
07:11Toby, who I work with.
07:12Yeah.
07:13He bought it.
07:14Did he?
07:15And I wanted it.
07:16The ride is just absolutely gorgeous.
07:18But he'd never saw it.
07:19I don't know.
07:20If you decided you want it, a number could be arranged.
07:24But it'd be quite a high number, I'd imagine.
07:26Yeah.
07:28I don't like the sound of that, but round the corner, there are yet more bikes.
07:35Isn't that cool?
07:36That is so you.
07:37Oh, mate.
07:38I understand why you like them, they are cool.
07:41Don't try and go round a corner.
07:43All right, so all I'm going to say about this kind of stuff, right, is that obviously when
07:47you think about the 70s and the 60s and the chopper era, you always think of Harleys,
07:52right?
07:53But actually, there was such an amazing scene with triumph lumps.
07:57Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
07:58So that is completely synonymous with everything that I loved about motorcycling.
08:03But then moving on, there is a Velocet LE, which to me anyway, is incredibly ugly, but
08:11absolutely adorable.
08:12A bit like the MZ.
08:14Well, I can see.
08:15Do you see what I mean?
08:16Yeah, I can see.
08:17It's not all about, well, the looks when they look like that, there is a charm to them.
08:20Yeah, okay.
08:21You feel sorry for them, I think.
08:22Yeah, yeah, okay.
08:23I suppose so.
08:24Hey, so look, right.
08:25We've got this, James.
08:27It's the vintage one.
08:28Yeah.
08:29That is gorgeous.
08:30Yeah, that's lovely.
08:31That's good.
08:32What else have we got?
08:33That was a Royal Enfield.
08:34Oh yeah, that's beautiful.
08:35That's nice.
08:36Yeah.
08:37All of them are nice.
08:38It's really to pick your poison.
08:39I think I know what we want.
08:40Come on.
08:41Okay.
08:47Okay, let's start, just because they're here.
08:50Captain James.
08:52Yeah.
08:53Is that available?
08:54It could be.
08:55How much is that?
08:56Hmm.
08:57Have to be around about 1,400 on that one.
09:02Okey-cokey.
09:03There is a Triumph Chop in there.
09:05Looks like it's got a Bolliville head on it.
09:07Mm-hmm.
09:08I haven't ridden it for a while.
09:09No.
09:10Went like the clappers.
09:11So that isn't for sale then?
09:12Not really, no.
09:13No.
09:14There is a James Auto Cycle.
09:171937.
09:18Is it?
09:19Yeah.
09:20One of the very first Auto Cycles.
09:21How much is that?
09:22That's 1,500 pounds, reluctantly.
09:25Okay.
09:26All right.
09:27Next to it is a little Royal Enfield.
09:29That's the Prince.
09:30I think it's a Prince Mark II.
09:31Is it?
09:32Yeah, okay.
09:33How much is that?
09:341,200.
09:35Okay.
09:36All right.
09:371,400 for the James Auto Cycle.
09:40We've gone underground to vex subterranean shed.
09:57Ram-packed, full of cars and bikes.
10:00He's got a James Auto Cycle for 1,500 quid, but we want to pay a little less.
10:051,400 for the James.
10:09Yeah, all right.
10:10Yeah?
10:11Yeah.
10:12Shake hands.
10:14All right.
10:14That's fantastic.
10:16I know you liked that.
10:17I could tell from the minute you pulled it out the line.
10:20I just think it's quite a sweet little thing.
10:21It is lovely.
10:22Do you know what I mean?
10:22Beauty.
10:24If only I could get it running properly.
10:27Oh, now he tells us.
10:28Oh, now he tells us.
10:29Next day, Fuzz is back at the shed to take a deco.
10:39I love these.
10:41I love autobikes.
10:42That's what it is, really, isn't it?
10:43Well, we know you've got one very much like this.
10:45Yes, that's right.
10:46This one, I think, is a little bit earlier and much more luxurious
10:49because it has a front suspension.
10:52It may look good, but we are told that it don't run that good.
10:57Okay.
10:57Well, there are one or two things that sort of make me a little bit suspicious about it.
11:02What?
11:02I mean, the chains have been painted silver to make it look nice.
11:06Okay.
11:06Is it nice inside?
11:08Well, that's the story of my life, really, isn't it?
11:10We didn't really check it out, to be honest, did we?
11:12We thought, it looks lovely.
11:13Yeah, we'll have it.
11:14Have you been bamboozled?
11:16Yeah, I didn't even peddle.
11:17Dazzled.
11:18It was the magpie effect again.
11:20Now, I've got this idea.
11:22I've got a new Hudson.
11:24Yeah.
11:24That I've been meaning to get going as well.
11:27Yeah.
11:27Oh, here we go.
11:28I know what's going on.
11:29So, while you're all in the...
11:30So, thrown into the mix, we've now got two to get running.
11:32Hold on a second.
11:33Now you'll be in the auto cycle mindset.
11:37Yes.
11:37I thought perhaps I could wheel my other one in and see whether we could get that going.
11:40Two for one.
11:41Yeah, and one for two.
11:42Yeah.
11:43And three for all.
11:44Okay.
11:44Let's get this in the shed, shall we?
11:47Yes.
11:47And see if Vec's right.
11:54First things first, we get our James into the shed.
11:59Usual, isn't it?
12:00Yeah.
12:00Check we got fuel, clean the points.
12:02Yes.
12:02And then have a pedal.
12:05You're dancing yet?
12:06I don't dance.
12:08No?
12:08Never.
12:10Not even feeling it.
12:13Fuzz releases the fuel line.
12:15Oh, look.
12:18Fuel.
12:20And trains the old fuel.
12:23There we go.
12:24On.
12:27Off.
12:29Skid, meanwhile, opens up the magneto.
12:33There we go.
12:33There's the cover off that.
12:36I always carry a little bit of emery around.
12:40Very good fuzz.
12:41And performs the familiar ritual of cleaning the points.
12:48The tiny electrical contacts, which easily get clogged up.
12:53I find these quite awkward to get to, Fuzz.
12:56Yeah, they are, actually.
12:57They're fiddly little devils.
12:59There you go.
13:02There's a little mark on there.
13:04Yeah, good.
13:07Next stage of the service is to check the spark plug.
13:12Well, it's quite wet, isn't it, that plug?
13:14Yeah.
13:14Shall we blowtorch it?
13:16Yeah, I think we should blowtorch it and get that cleaned up a bit.
13:19I do.
13:21Depending on the nature of the crud,
13:23you can clean the plug either with steel brush or a blowtorch or both.
13:29It'll be very hot.
13:30Ouch.
13:31Ouch.
13:32Ouch.
13:34Shall we see if we can just turn it here?
13:35Yeah.
13:38Any spark there?
13:39I can see a spark, yeah.
13:40I can see a spark.
13:42It's healthy, purpley blue.
13:44I think we're with a fighting chance here.
13:46I think you're right.
13:46Let's pop the plug back in.
13:48Watch your fingers, it's hot.
13:49Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
13:51Oh, dear.
13:52Straight in the petrol.
13:53That's cooled it down.
14:00Uh-oh.
14:00Fortunately, nothing happens, but hot plugs and petrol containers don't go together.
14:07Anyway, we've lived to tell the tale.
14:10To tell the tale, haven't we?
14:12There we go.
14:14Time for me to return to the fray.
14:16Hello, I'm just back.
14:19Well, you're back.
14:20You're timing somehow.
14:21Have you got a hidden camera in here?
14:23No, I was just listening at the door.
14:25Oh.
14:25I was a bit worried there, because your timing always seems to be kind of perfect.
14:29Yeah.
14:29Because we're just fueling it up.
14:31We have a spark.
14:32Oh, right.
14:32We have fuel flow now.
14:34Oh, right.
14:35We're ready to literally drop this down and have a pedal.
14:38Do you think it'll go?
14:39Hopefully, if it's all timed right, then yeah.
14:44So, the moment of truth.
14:46Fuzz gives it a cheeky little pedal.
14:49Right, you ready?
14:49No, it's my bend.
14:54Choke.
14:55Have we got to choke?
14:56Oh, really?
14:57Can I just say, the rear light's on.
15:00Oh, good.
15:01Well, I'm doing something.
15:01Just be gentle with it.
15:03I'm worried about this stand breaking.
15:05Just be gentle.
15:07That's it!
15:08There we go.
15:08It might be smokier than London fog, but in spite of Vec's warning, it runs perfectly.
15:18Oh, that is a fully functioning sickle.
15:21What was he talking about, Vec?
15:24I don't know, but anyway, it's pretty easy.
15:25Unless there's a problem when it goes.
15:28I don't know.
15:29Well, can I just say, the fuel was very yellow.
15:32We drained the fuel.
15:33Well, that might be it.
15:33We cleaned the points, and it's gone first crack.
15:36It sounds lovely.
15:36Yeah, it's a quality machine.
15:39How'd you stop it?
15:40Okay, yeah, just with the decode.
15:42Yeah, like so.
15:43Tick him over.
15:44Oh, mate, that is fantabulose.
15:47I was terribly worried that your strong physique may have bent the standard.
15:52I don't know what you mean.
15:53It is quite frizzy.
15:54Oh, no, no, wait a minute.
15:54Strong physique?
15:56Yeah.
15:56I know what you're saying.
15:57Yeah.
15:58Yeah.
15:58Pot calling the Cat Noir.
16:00Yeah.
16:00If you're riding the new Hudson, I feel sorry for that.
16:05Right, so shall we get this off then and have a look at the new Hudson that I think could
16:09be more problematic?
16:10Okay.
16:11The new Hudson dates from the same period as the James, but is a slightly more basic model.
16:21I've had this one for years, but a few parts have been removed.
16:25Why would you do that?
16:29It was needed for another vehicle, Fuzzy.
16:30Yeah.
16:31And time, as you know, is money.
16:34The next half hour flies by, while Skid hunts for spares.
16:41Fuzzy gives it a once-over.
16:42Right, so I'm just going to take this fuel tap out, there we go, and replace the ceiling
16:54corks that go inside here.
16:57Right, screwdriver.
16:58Yeah.
16:59You are becoming a really great apprentice.
17:04Apprentice?
17:05Yes.
17:05Do apprentices buy all the vehicles?
17:09Once everything's back on, we fill her up.
17:13Tickle the carb, spray on some Easy Start for good measure, and let Fuzz mount up.
17:22Oi!
17:23Ah.
17:25That's wanting to leave home, isn't it?
17:28Yes.
17:29Only because I sat down.
17:30Yeah.
17:31Points.
17:33It's our old bugbear.
17:36The points.
17:37Fuzz gets out his emery paper and gives them a clean.
17:41But still, no can run.
17:45So he removes and cleans the plug, but still no joy.
17:50No, nothing.
17:51No.
17:52Then after swapping the plug, he mounts up yet again.
17:56Until finally...
17:59Yes.
18:00That's it, that's it.
18:01Stop, stop.
18:02Hey, we are ready for a small ride-out.
18:06Yeah.
18:07Mm-hmm.
18:09And away we go.
18:17I'm on our famous James.
18:20Skids wrangling the new Hudson.
18:22Oh, this is fantastic fun.
18:26Just to see Guy riding along on that is just a right joke.
18:30Ha, ha, ha.
18:31I think that little new Hudson's quite cool with everything stripped off it.
18:35The James Autocycle cost around 44 quid when it was new.
18:41It was cheap and cheerful transport aimed at workers and housewives.
18:46But still, it's a lot of fun to ride.
18:52Rock and roll, man.
18:54Even a three-mile trip to the CAF seems like a massive adventure.
18:59Ha, ha, ha.
19:00Ten minutes later, we're there.
19:11Hey, look, so how was it?
19:13All right?
19:13The bike was fantastic.
19:15There was a bit of operator error on my part to start with because of that thumb throttle.
19:20Oh, yeah.
19:20When I was trying to slow down, I kept speeding it up.
19:22Oh, yeah, it has that tendency.
19:24But then when I caught you up, it was happy days from then on.
19:28Hey, look, that thing's amazing.
19:30Yes.
19:30I have to tell you, it wants to go quicker than I feel as though it should do.
19:33This is the same.
19:34Yeah.
19:35And I'll tell you what, I would do distance on that.
19:37It's lovely and smooth.
19:38Can I just tell you one thing that I found funny is when you took your crash helm off,
19:41you still had your hat on.
19:43I know, but that's because I borrowed your lid and it's a mimsy big.
19:46Shall we put this down to a successful test ride?
19:49I think it's absolutely.
19:50I really enjoyed it.
19:51Hey, look, I've got someone to buy that, I reckon.
19:54I don't think you'll have trouble selling that.
19:55No, but I might have trouble getting the right price because I think Patrick's going to love it.
20:01Yeah, they do.
20:02Next day, we get our punter, my mate, local tractor dealer, Patrick Edwards.
20:09The only reason why I called you is because I thought you'd appreciate the kind of, just beauty of that.
20:18You know, it's a good one.
20:19And the history.
20:20Yeah.
20:21And the history.
20:21It's a lovely display piece, isn't it?
20:23Yeah, I wouldn't ride it, but it'd look nice in the kitchen, wouldn't it?
20:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:27Anyway, I'm talking it up here.
20:29No, no, yeah, that's very unlike you, Pat.
20:32I think hopefully we've got you.
20:35I really want two grand for it.
20:37Yeah, it's a bit dear for an ornament, isn't it?
20:40People don't say that about Fabergé eggs.
20:41It does actually run.
20:43Yeah, yeah.
20:43It's not just an ornament.
20:44You never know, on a sunny day, you might decide to venture out on it to the cafe.
20:491,500 quid.
20:50No.
20:50Oh, Pat, look, you and I have known each other for a very, very long time, right?
20:56And I've yet to make any money out of you whatsoever on all the deals that I've done.
21:01I was just thinking exactly the same thing.
21:03There has been the odd one.
21:041,800.
21:061,750, then.
21:08Go on, then.
21:091,750 it is, yeah?
21:11Yeah.
21:11Well, that's great.
21:12Pat's happy.
21:12He's got a lovely little bike.
21:14We're happy we've made a small tickle on it.
21:16All right, Pat.
21:16Well, I was going to say how much profit we've made, but at least...
21:20Best, don't do that when I can't.
21:22Yeah, even if it's a tenner.
21:23Yeah, thanks, Pat.
21:24See you later.
21:27Great thing.
21:28Nice one, mate.
21:28I'll have it delivered.
21:31Hey.
21:32350 quid.
21:33Yeah.
21:33Yeah.
21:33Should we have the petrol out of it as well?
21:35Yeah, drain it now.
21:35Okay.
21:36Yeah.
21:36Yeah.
21:37Every penny counts.
21:38Every penny counts.
21:39Every penny counts.
21:39けども。
21:51Yeah.
21:54Yeah.
21:56Yeah.
21:59Yeah.
22:01Yeah.
22:01Yeah.
22:02Yeah.
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