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00:04on sale this week the lovely car look the Albus TE21 what a fantastic looking car
00:11this is a car to be proud of British engineer at the best down the road
00:18whizzing along it's lovely ain't she what a majestic old girl 1971 little Morris
00:24camper van there no matter what people say that you can't get away from the
00:28main purpose of converting a van like this is it doubled up as everyday
00:33transport so 1967 triumph there look at that 650 try and what a body machine as
00:40well he actually went to buy a greenhouse came back with the greenhouse stacked in
00:45the pickup and this this motorcycle beside the greenhouse and that's that's the
00:49type of thing he used to do he just used to sniff them out they're not
00:52unbelievable Rayleigh the Matthewsons a dynasty of classic car auctioneers 55
01:03the joys of an auction most people will go to us out with something in mind but come
01:07away with something different the fun is the chase you just don't know what's on
01:14the end of the phone what you're gonna find when you open them doors this is a
01:17family's love affair with motors that have lived a life testing testing most people will buy a car
01:24because they can relate to it maybe a car that dad had you're selling dreams right here we go
01:45it's another day of comings and goings and with the workers hard at it Derek's found the perfect
01:52excuse to escape tempting him today a 60 year old Alvis TE 21 be perfectly frank I've always wanted
02:02one they're like an upmarket mark 2 Jag if you like or you know maybe a slightly down market or
02:09left desirable Aston Martin they're that in that ilk
02:18I've sold a few cars in my time I wish I got a pan for everyone I'd be living somewhere
02:23warm over in
02:25Staffordshire Martin anchor has returned to his salesman's roots when you're showing somebody
02:31around a motor car they always want to go to the driver's door they want to sit in the car
02:35you keep
02:36them away from that as long as possible Martin sold cars for 60 years now he's doing a job on
02:42his 1965 Alvis beautifully designed vehicle I have added since I've owned the car the chrome wire wheels
02:50it had the steel wire wheels but I think the chrome wire wheels give it a little bit more character
02:55the
02:57car is fitted with a sunshine roof we have two very nice wide easy access doors presenting a very smart
03:10interior Duke of Edinburgh owned an Alvis TE convertible come on Alfie he thinks he's going out
03:18for the day nice twin exhaust pipes but the back of the round of car again very stylish this is
03:26in my
03:26opinion anyway I'm biased I suppose we're now getting to the exciting part you've shown the
03:33person the benefits of the motor car as you've taken the round of the styling of the car and the
03:37reasons why things are done um they are now very anxious to get into the driving seat so you've now
03:45got that person basically in your hand you can control what they want to do so it's like having
03:53Derek here we've got a beautiful Walnut dashboard um all the instruments there you've got rev counter
04:03speedometer oil pressure gauge water temperature gauge fuel gauge etc all the necessary equipment you
04:09need it's subtle stylish I recommend you go and buy one this is the ideal car for you have you
04:17bought your
04:17checkbook it'll be a wrench for Martin to sell the car which was left in by his late stepfather Douglas
04:31her name is the Duchess Douglas always described always it's all take the Duchess out today so you
04:39know it is a member of the family but time has to come when it's got to go sadly and
04:47of course any
04:48prospective buyer would like to see the engine
04:53got rid of all the pot it releases how long you had it for 30 bloody years
05:05I'm just sat in the seat put my hands straight on it
05:17was it worth the way of course because you never have to open the bonnet analysis you're such a
05:24wonderful reliable car so that's the reason why oh well there we are beautiful three litre
05:32six-cylinder Alvis engine lovely straight 130 odd brake horse engine twin s shoe carburettors all the
05:42equipment that you require for a very very nice motor car with four-wheeled don't knock disc brakes
05:48we'll drive quickly we'll stop quickly sadly I shed a few tears talking to her in the workshops but she's
05:59going to have to go somebody else will enjoy that motor car and continue with it and because it is
06:06a
06:06car to be proud of it knows British engineering at the best got back hang on a minute check front
06:22of the
06:30lorry it looks like Charlie's getting the hang of this collection lock
06:35hold on hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on ah just tight just tight look
06:41at that that
06:41that's best bit that look at that bumper's safer than car I remember when his granddad used to come in
06:48he used to run out see how many clicks he could get to be fair they're tight they're tight they're
06:53tight
06:53lad he's picked up a 1963 mark one Ford Cortina deluxe that's been stored in a Melton Mowbray lockup
07:02for a decade.
07:03Hey, she's a level old car, Charlie.
07:06I think it's a straight, genuine old thing.
07:09A two-door Cortini.
07:10Obviously, you don't see them on every street corner, do you?
07:13So I think it's kept really, really well.
07:16Obviously, there's bits round it,
07:17but you can see where it's being damp, look,
07:19cross-bottom at the door and that, so...
07:21To be fair, I think he's caught it about at the right time.
07:23If it'd have been in there another ten years,
07:25then it'd maybe be a different story, wouldn't it?
07:28Gives a shove.
07:34That's it.
07:34That'll do.
07:45All me and Amy are on top of the job at bike collections now, aren't we?
07:48Yeah.
07:48Yeah, in and out.
07:49Don't even know where we've been.
07:51It's another beautiful day in Yorkshire.
07:54But that won't deter Matthewson's
07:57top motorcycle sibling collection team.
08:00We are going to Bishop Auckland
08:02for quite a varied collection of bikes, I'm led to believe.
08:06AJFC, so a nice variant of different motorbikes.
08:09That should be good.
08:10So, yeah, that should be a good one.
08:11Hopefully.
08:12As long as Amy keeps me right on the maps.
08:15While the Matthewsons risk a soaking...
08:18See you soon.
08:19See you later.
08:2060 miles away in County Durham, the weather's taken a turn for the better.
08:25And the remnants of a 20-strong motorbike collection are waiting to be picked up.
08:30It's part of his collection.
08:31Some of the motorbikes have already been sold.
08:34And this is...
08:35We have five left.
08:37Four here.
08:37And one up in his motorbike shed.
08:41Nigel Henderson is moving on the last of his dad's bikes and cars.
08:46Alan died three years ago.
08:48And by all accounts, loved a bargain.
08:55So, that particular one, I can remember one day he went to buy a seat for it.
09:01And came back with two cars and no seat.
09:04That's the sort of thing he would do.
09:08Another time he went to get the seat for it and came back with another two motorbikes.
09:13So everything was a project.
09:15So, in the summer months, he used to mess on with his cars and his vintage pick-up.
09:21And in the winter months, he would lock himself away in his motorbike shed and do his motorbikes up.
09:28So everything was an ongoing project, some taken absolutely years.
09:33Amongst the whole, there's a Royal Enfield in bits, a pair of Triumphs and a 1960 AJS 250.
09:41He actually went to buy a greenhouse.
09:43He came back with the greenhouse, stacked in the pickup, and this motorcycle beside the greenhouse.
09:49And that's the type of thing he used to do.
09:51He just used to sniff them out.
09:53I don't know, unbelievable, really.
09:55It's a similar story with the 1965 Norton.
09:59So I'd only gone for the paper, and then the next thing you know, this arrives.
10:05Daughters Alison and Fiona have seen it all before.
10:08All these bikes here, he used to share with people, and Deb would always have to take them to show
10:15his bikes and his cars.
10:17And that wasn't, he wasn't Boston.
10:19He always had a story to tell them.
10:21He had a love for life.
10:23He absolutely loved life.
10:25Every morning, he would get up, and he'd be looking for another project and something else to do.
10:30Also going to the auction at a later date are a couple of Mercs, an F-Reg SEL, and a
10:371967 2.8-litre six-cylinder pagoda.
10:42This was his pride and joy.
10:44He's had it nearly 50 years.
10:47Probably been out in all that time twice in the rain.
10:50On a Sunday, he would go up to Barnard Castle about 15 miles away, get an ice cream, sit and
10:56look at it, sit on the bench, look at his car, drive it back home.
11:00He'd be on his hands and knees, and he'd be shoe polishing.
11:04Everybody back in the day would shoe polish the tyres like this, but he'd be laid on his back doing
11:08it inside.
11:10An absolute fanatic.
11:12Absolutely loved it.
11:15Initially, we didn't want to sell anything, and I wanted to keep everything, you know, but there's only so much
11:22stuff you can keep, isn't there?
11:24And if the next chapter's as good as the chapters before, we're on to a winner.
11:29Yeah.
11:49Now, Martin, lovely to see you.
11:51Likewise.
11:52Nice to see you, mate.
11:53Likewise.
11:54Nice to see you.
11:54Ah.
11:55Lovely little spot.
11:57Nice little place you've got here, isn't it?
11:59Well, it's not bad.
12:00Nice big shed.
12:02All got a big workshop, yes.
12:03Way around there all day long, can't you, mate?
12:05Bang on, eh?
12:06Derek's landed in Staffordshire to pick up Martin Anker's 60-year-old Alvis.
12:12But as always, he's tempted by what else might be on offer.
12:16I've got a BMC car in there that don't leak oil.
12:20Really?
12:20Well, you've drained it out, have you?
12:22Well, it's a Boris Slauson.
12:24I reckon it's the only one in bloody prison.
12:26It is the only one in captivity, I can assure you.
12:29Yeah.
12:30Nice, isn't it?
12:32Yeah.
12:32What do you reckon that's worth?
12:33Hmm.
12:35Got a soft spot for them.
12:36I think they're great, like, you know.
12:38And a nice one like that would do ten grand, wouldn't it?
12:40Yeah.
12:40But eyes are soon back on the main attraction.
12:43A 1965 Alvis TE in light metallic gold.
12:48How long you had this?
12:50Since 1996.
12:52Oh, my word, haven't you?
12:53It's been in the family since 1969.
12:56Long time, isn't it?
12:58Bloody hell.
12:59Have you got overdrive on this?
13:01No, it's got five-speed ZF Fox.
13:02Of course it has.
13:04Absolutely, yeah.
13:05You're just testing me, aren't you?
13:07Yeah.
13:07No, I forgot it's got a ZF.
13:10Nice, isn't it?
13:11If I hadn't been an Aston man, I'd have had one of these.
13:15All right, we won't mess about.
13:16What do you reckon I should put as a reserve price on that?
13:21Ooh, you won't like this.
13:25All I can tell you is what I know it's worth.
13:28What do you reckon it's worth?
13:2920 grand.
13:31What you put on it, it's entirely up to you, but...
13:34If it went for 20, Derek, I'd be satisfied.
13:39Yeah, so it's money, isn't it?
13:40Yeah.
13:41And if somebody wants to give me 30k for the number plate, they can buy it as well.
13:46I thought they'd have put it more than that, to be honest.
13:48I think that's value for money.
13:50Nice car?
13:51Yeah, it's all right.
13:52Yeah, it's, um...
13:53You've got to make allowances for an Alvis.
13:55You have, because there's so many poor ones out there.
13:59But when you come across a nice one, it's a bit of a novelty.
14:02I mean, it's not a Minter, not a Concourse, but it's pretty good.
14:07It's steeped in history, mate.
14:08Yeah.
14:09Can't buy that, can you?
14:10Sorry.
14:11I'm sad to see it go.
14:13You feel it, mate, don't you?
14:14Yeah.
14:15I know where you're coming from.
14:16I've loved this car.
14:17It's been a super car.
14:19You know, I've had hundreds of cars in my lifetime in a motor train.
14:24And I've never been emotional about a motor car before.
14:27No, no.
14:28Oh, my God.
14:31Now, will it be all right driving one of these posh cars?
14:37Sweet old girl, isn't it?
14:39Smooth as silk.
14:45Powerful old car.
14:46Smooth and powerful.
14:49I hope you haven't been bored stiff to old Codgers.
14:54Ticked over up there, isn't it?
14:55Just beautiful.
14:57Can't beat horsepower, can you?
14:58You cannot beat it.
15:00You've got to go to somebody that'll love that car, because it's...
15:03Well, you've just driven it, and I think you've enjoyed it.
15:08Go on, Derek.
15:09Don't prolong the agony.
15:12Bye, baby.
15:20And I could drive it.
15:22Yeah?
15:22Yeah, not bad.
15:27The old Cortina.
15:28Still badged as a console.
15:30Yeah, they had that sort of crossover period, didn't they?
15:33Yeah, I know, funny, isn't it?
15:34Yeah, Ford console before they went full-bore Cortina.
15:38Lurking in the showroom, the dusty Ford that Charlie brought in from Melton Mowbray.
15:44The appeal of that is what?
15:45The amount of doors it's got, or the amount of doors it hasn't got.
15:49It's not great, bless her, but she's so genuine.
15:52She's been in the garage for 30-odd years or something, couldn't it?
15:55I was lucky enough to have a Lotus Cortina Mark 1, and I made the decision to sell it.
16:01Yeah, I lost a little bit on that one of mine, just proved you can't win on everything.
16:04They were achieving in excess of 50,000 at one point.
16:0840-ish now.
16:10Well, they all want two doors, four-door, half the price.
16:15More equals less.
16:16I know she's got some paint issues and bits and pieces, they get that,
16:19but a little lump there, look, a little sweetie.
16:22I think that car will achieve somewhere between ยฃ3,500 and ยฃ4,000.
16:29Which seems incredibly good value to me.
16:31Yeah, but if it was a four-door, a couple of grand for a four-door.
16:36And if you were talking Lotus twin cam?
16:39Ah, yeah, a Lotus twin cam in that condition there, wanting a bit of work,
16:44it'll still push 30 grand.
16:47Crazy, isn't it, really?
16:53Ford Cortina Deluxe, there we are, look.
16:56Two-door Cortina.
16:57That's the one that... Ah!
16:59Yeah, I picked it up, been stood for about 20, I believe,
17:02but 10 in the lock-up that I got it out of.
17:04So, nice, early, two-door Cortina, look, we've got ยฃ3,500 and we're off.
17:10It's been stood in a nice try, Gary, which is the best thing.
17:13At ยฃ3,700 here with me, ยฃ3,800.
17:17It will make a car, it should do more money than that, really.
17:20We will try at ยฃ3,900, I should think so.
17:23At ยฃ4,000 then, at ยฃ4,000, ยฃ4,100.
17:26ยฃ4,200, ยฃ4,300, still provisional, but we will try.
17:32Provisional, Norfolk at ยฃ4,300.
17:34I wasn't far off, far, far enough.
17:37I don't quite know whether it was over-reserved.
17:39It was all the way, let's put it that way.
17:42And, yeah, they had a ยฃ5,000 reserve.
17:45And the best bidder, the day I could get, was ยฃ4,300,
17:48which has been accepted.
17:49So, right decision, rightly so.
17:52Yes, I think that's its money, simple as that.
17:54So, away it goes.
18:09There we go, look.
18:11Do-do-do-do-do.
18:12Oh, blimey.
18:14Oh, he likes his mercs.
18:16Hey, you guys, I'm all right.
18:17You all right?
18:18You all right?
18:18Yeah, yeah.
18:19Nice to meet you.
18:20Nigel, yeah.
18:21Nice to meet you, Jack.
18:23Jack and Amy have made it to County Durham
18:25to pick up the Henderson family's motorbikes.
18:29Oh, wow, you've got a fair collection of bits and pieces,
18:31haven't you, Nigel?
18:31Oh, he had a good collection.
18:33There's a few gone now, but this is what we've got left.
18:37These were all his then, were they?
18:38Yeah, he had a few more, but, you know, we've sold them.
18:42And then there's another one in bits
18:44that he's been doing up for the last 18 years.
18:49Everything's a long-term project.
18:51Yeah, that's it.
18:52And you think, do I spend the money on restoring that,
18:54or do I go and buy another one to go with it?
18:57Yeah, so that's the story.
18:59I know.
19:00Where'd you stop?
19:01The bike market is a bit low at the moment.
19:03Yeah.
19:04It's certainly a buyer's market.
19:06But it has sort of increased.
19:07To be fair, they did really die off for a couple of months,
19:09but I suppose the sun's out now, isn't it?
19:10That's right, yeah.
19:11So, obviously, we'll try our best for you.
19:14A little butcher's bike will sneak in first in the corner.
19:16This is clean, isn't it?
19:17Needs finishing off.
19:19A nice little bike, isn't it?
19:20These sell well.
19:22Yeah, Grandad buys him a lot as well, yeah.
19:29I feel that he's with us.
19:31I'm watching these bikes go.
19:33Nine times out of ten, I'd say us office girls,
19:36the rest of them, bless them, don't really get out.
19:38But no, it's just nice to see where they actually come from
19:41and the story behind them.
19:43And then, obviously, we see the other side of it as well,
19:45after they've sold and where they're going to.
19:48I'm going to have to start taking all the girls out with me, aren't I?
19:50You're going to have to do one at a time.
19:52I'm going to have to just keep changing passengers every month, aren't I?
19:55And then the ones that give you the wrong direction
19:57don't take them against you.
20:00Lovely to meet you.
20:01All right.
20:04Thank you very much.
20:06Safe journey home.
20:07Thanks.
20:08Bye.
20:08Bye.
20:27The sun's shining
20:29and North Yorkshire's looking its best.
20:33The good weather's also brought the browsers out
20:36and Derek's honed in on a vehicle
20:38that for around eight grand
20:40has got holidays written all over it.
20:44Here we have.
20:45Basically, it's an Austin A60 van,
20:48bagged as a Morris, which is fine.
20:50It's a 71, 72, as we can see.
20:53It's a two-berth caravanette conversion.
20:56It tickles me a bit, really,
20:57when you talk to people and they say,
20:59I'm going to have one of them new-style pop-up roofs
21:02and fit it into me day van, for argument's sake.
21:05And I have to laugh, because here we are, 1970,
21:09and basically the same thing, but better.
21:12So it's not a pop-up roof, it's an elevating roof.
21:16This was the era when Britain's post-war workers
21:19had spare time and cash to splash.
21:23Van makers like Bedford and Commer tapped into that,
21:26as the country had its first camper van moment.
21:29Full height means you can stand up, of course,
21:32both ends rather than just one end.
21:34No matter what people say,
21:35you can't get away from the main purpose
21:37of converting a van like this
21:40is it doubled up as everyday transport.
21:43And with a top-down, it went into an everyday garage.
21:46That's the big advantage.
21:58Oh, dear. No.
22:00It'd be like something out of Carry On Camping,
22:01wouldn't it, pulling up on the campsite with that?
22:04There's a little rail, look, you can hang your tea towel on it
22:07to dry when you've washed up.
22:09What is that, Paul, that 1971 Morris?
22:11Oh, lovely, innit? An A60.
22:14Is it? Yeah.
22:15Is it lovely?
22:15Yeah.
22:16Oh, right.
22:17It's an old early camper, innit?
22:19Lovely.
22:20Lovely, it's a...
22:22Yeah.
22:22No, you're not seeing it?
22:23Look at it.
22:24You know, I think she might be more of a five-star girl.
22:26Do you think so?
22:28What, the group or the hotel?
22:32It's got a bench seat, so you could possibly fit three of you in there,
22:35small people.
22:37That'll be to take the water in, look,
22:38and then that's for your petrol.
22:41Is that what it is, Paul?
22:42Is it...?
22:42Yeah, yeah, it will be, won't it, yeah?
22:43Yeah?
22:44I would think that way round as well, yeah.
22:47You don't want to mix them up, do you?
22:48No, no, we've...
22:49It'd be very nice brushing your teeth with petrol, would it?
22:52That's how they'd be clean.
22:53LAUGHTER
22:58Uh, 509, the 1971 Morris there.
23:01Little Morris camper van there.
23:02Well, you know a bit about these.
23:03No.
23:04There you are, there we are.
23:05You think I'd be to nut?
23:08Sun Tour.
23:09Sun Tour, there we are.
23:10No, not for me, that.
23:11Morris then.
23:12Where are we?
23:13You tell me.
23:13Anyone want to start me then?
23:15ยฃ5,000 asking.
23:18Anything on there, Will?
23:19No.
23:19No, I'm afraid I've got nothing on my sheet on this one.
23:23No.
23:23It's good.
23:26So, nothing on, Sam, get your hand up.
23:28No.
23:29Only if you're paying.
23:30Sorry about that, but we're going to have to do.
23:32That's it for the motorhome.
23:34And with no interest, it returned to its owner for a proper staycation.
23:44Alvis!
23:45You want me to come and have a look at this Alvis, don't you?
23:48It looks a real genuine old car, though, doesn't it?
23:51I like bits like this.
23:52Right attention to detail, doesn't it?
23:53Just lovely, isn't it?
23:56They're lovely old girl, aren't they?
23:57They're a good usable old car.
24:00There's a kink there.
24:01There's micro blistering here.
24:04There's micro blistering everywhere, really.
24:06Now, we've all had micro blistering.
24:08And it's gutting.
24:11And it's gutting.
24:38And it's gutting.
24:41It's gutting.
25:03It's gutting.
25:09And it's gutting.
25:14And it's good.
25:18And it's good.
25:27I think it's good.
25:34And it's good.
25:35And it's good.
25:35and in my opinion got it all wrong buy yourself a Morris thousand there's one there look Morris
25:43thousand MGB Triumph Feral maybe but certainly Morris thousand MGB cheapest classic car in the
25:51world to run to maintain super reliable brilliant and then if it's for you then move on to the Alvis
25:59and you mark my words whoever has entered it whoever is selling it vendor best thing he can
26:05do buy himself a Morris thousand he is honestly funny you say that because he has got a Morris
26:12Traveller there you go there you go yep brilliant I was right then weren't I hey look at that that's
26:20twice this week I've been right twice yeah so so that's my take on it yeah start off with a
26:28moggy
26:29finish off with a moggy brilliant and have everything else in between including the
26:35Elvis it's a nice old cat she's all right the bishop opened bikes are back and there's a reception
26:49committee so see another bike for you to go in with all the other bikes good a bit loan bikes
26:58we can do
26:58with a few more how many bikes have you got in 71 how many more do you want last year
27:06140 it's quite
27:13interesting really if you think about it I mean it's got the the shockers always have clearly been in the
27:20sea for a few years I mean there's no doubt about that and it's a Royal Enfield single 350 500
27:26I don't
27:26know what and having joined the throng Derek's on the case it's a winter project that's it which winter
27:35is debatable but it's one of a few winters probably as well as an AJS and a Norton there's a
27:41pair of
27:42triumphs including a classic off-roader it's a little triumph cub a little 200 cub nice little
27:48trailer upswept exhaust really does look the part so he's a trial in man he'll tell you more about
27:53this I would think he's probably trialed them you ever trawled a cub yeah they are popular in you know
28:04like pre 65 trails and stuff like that yeah yeah that's a nice little machine that actually and it's
28:09a right purposeful little bike in it pre 65 of course so it was pre Japanese who came over like
28:17they did with every other model of motorbike and wiped the floor with us unfortunately that's exactly
28:21what they did poor old cub never stood a chance though and the pick of the bunch a bike with
28:27great
28:28escape vibes it's a 650 who gets a trophy and slightly different forks and rubber covers and stuff
28:34like that headlamps like this they just looked a little bit more I think they were maybe Americanized
28:40built for the American market really because they do look they look like a Steve McQueen bike I think
28:45don't they you know it's got what the lads used to call a knacker catcher which was obviously it's a
28:50little rack to put your folded up mac and tie it on with a bungee and they said if you're
28:55unlucky enough
28:56and um went over the top you could easily get tangled up in there like you know but I think
29:01you'd have to
29:01have flies open at that time personally and I don't know many guys that drove rode these but they
29:06fly those flies open that but yeah I think the answer was keep your fly shut and keep your fingers
29:13crossed but that's I think so I think that'll do somewhere between three and a half and four and a
29:20half
29:20nice bike 614 is the lovely Triumph 1967 Triumph there look at that 650 Triumph what a bonnie machine
29:30as well at 3,500 pound we've got at 3,500 pound then are we all done at 35 submitted
29:37at 35 it's still
29:39provisional for the Triumph 650 proving it's still a tricky market for old British bikes
29:47a 1960 AJS thousand pound cheap bike gonna sell it provisionally down a thousand pound bargain of
29:53the day that provisional Norton Jubilee she's a nice old bike makes a change in the colors as well
30:00there you go at 1,500 pound we'll submit that for you the Royal Enfield there we are don't expect
30:09to
30:09ride it home where we're gonna be 800 pound we've got provisional then at 800 pound that we all done
30:15800 pound we'll submit it 1959 Triumph Trials bike there look at that that's a nice bit of kit
30:221350 1375 at 1375 then I'm gonna drop the hammer then at 1375 14 they have to be sharpish that
30:29he's
30:29gonna lose it 1400 quid still the cheapest bike in the world at 1425 1425 then I'm gonna sell
30:36the hammer's coming down at 1425 sold too late missed it there you go
30:42which leaves one of Derek's favorite forms of transport
30:46uh pushers spike uh trays bike I used to ride one when I was 14 or 15 don't you where
30:52I've done
30:52many miles on one of them fell off of a few times and all
30:57there we are then uh current bid 75 pounds 75 pound we got nowhere near enough 100 100 150
31:04one 200 200 200 pounds 250 iron brakes and a little wheel dead right 300 300 pound there's a
31:11little club being formed in York for them you know yeah I'm gonna join it 300 pound 300 pound and
31:17go
31:17I've said I'll come out on me trades bike this is York I'm not I'm gonna put it in the
31:21van leave the
31:22van around the corner and pedal in on me trade bike like you know to the meat so I'm gonna
31:26cheat a bit
31:27three hundred and twenty five quid and away goodbye that selling it then 350 350 pound all done then
31:34last time looking around 350 Hornsea and with offers for all the bikes now in it's down to
31:42Ange to break the news to the Henderson family so I've just got two bikes that are on provisional at
31:49the moment lot 614 the 1967 triumph you had a reserve of 4 000 it's done three and a half
31:55yeah and then the other one is the 1953 royal enfield reserve was 1200 it's done 800
32:02all right perfect that's all of them gone then bye all of them oh that's good news isn't it
32:09oh that's good I'm happy for him that is very unusual because almost every email I send out for people
32:16wanting to sell their bikes says that the bike market is at an all-time low so that's good happy
32:21for him he should be doing cartwheels shouldn't he because the bike market is is very volatile the
32:28old British bikes they really are very very difficult to rehome but bikes in general across the board a
32:36terrific value at the moment if you if you like shall I shan't I buy them now because they cannot
32:41get a lot
32:42cheaper they really can you're in at 180 but 180 pound bid then nice size sign that but 180 pound
33:05bid
33:05look mix on it up there you can see it 180 then provisionally for the first one of my favorite
33:13cars alvis te21 three litre straight six five speed gearbox beautiful car quality car hand-built car
33:23all these panels hand-built bit of micro blessing on the paintwork unfortunately right color right
33:30condition other than that it's going under the hammer now I think personally it's well I know it's worth
33:35between 20 and 25 award-winner cups in the back and such now long-term ownership yeah I've always
33:42wanted one I would love this car first thing I must make crystal clear is the registration number is
33:51not going with the car what doesn't go with the car rash correct well done there you go then so
33:57the
33:57lovely car look the alvis te21 what a fantastic looking car where we're going to be you tell me
34:0215 000 pound thank you at 15 at 15 250 and 5 15 5 15 000 5 and 750 15
34:09750 what a lot of car 15 750 16
34:1316 250 16 250 16 5 oh good morning france hello there 16 000 bonjour no yeah au revoir depends
34:22which
34:23where you are 16 000 5 16 500 in france it's nowhere near enough nowhere nowhere it's got to be
34:3120 000
34:31pound plus 16 500 it's provisional france at the moment we'll speak to the owner we'll see if we can
34:37put a deal together i'm sure we will there will be a deal to be done thank you ever so
34:41much it is a
34:42very majestic looking car at 16 500 pound them we'll put you down france thank you ever so much for
34:47your bidding at 16 500 pounds provisional to france thank you very much
34:55so the alvis will soon be leaving the building because originally we thought that car was gonna
35:01have to go for a lot more father thought that yeah but the the lady and gent that own the
35:06car
35:07martin he's happy to have the bid you know he he wants the money not the car so anyway resurrected
35:12everyone's happy and he's left to paul to cement the on ton cordial with the new owner thank you bye
35:19now bye bye fortunately he's english he's a lot better than my french so uh he he is taking the
35:27holiday in the south of france and it may take a few day to make pay a few weeks later
35:38there's a new
35:39arrival in northern france complete with french number plates and talking of which the original uk
35:46registration has been kept by martin the former owner of the alvis
36:02hello i'm alistair and i'm rachel and we're both from watney originally but living down in
36:07northumberland they're certainly a long way from home but this couple haven't lost their passion
36:13for all things with wheels we've had a motorbike in the conservatory um one christmas i came home
36:20to find the bonnet of my car at the end of my bed that was that was that was my
36:23dad that was
36:24me the conservatory was you so yeah i'm i'm used to it yeah
36:31is the choke on this one slack no no it's tightened up like it will just slowly creep
36:37i was surrounded by cars motorbikes tractors all that growing up so definitely had a lot of freedom
36:43in that regard used to work at a bike shop in orkney cycling shop so went from building
36:49push bikes and then as the usual way it goes it escalates to things with motors
36:55they built up a nice collection of their own the latest of which is a 1967 triumph trophy
37:02on the face of it it's as british as tea and biscuits but alistair has given it an american tweak
37:09i was always wanting to make it into a desert slide so i didn't want one that was either really
37:13really original or really highly restored and like immaculate because i'd feel bad taking off all those
37:20lovely exhausts and things like that because i was just wanting a desert slide so i was wanting something
37:24that was a good base for it for those not in the know hollywood heartthrob steve mcqueen was into
37:30desert sled bikes that were often adapted with high exhaust pipes for racing across california's
37:36arid trails the pipes and the tires make such a big difference and change to the look of the bike
37:42these ones were the 955 so they give a nice line along the side here for the desert sled look
37:48new
37:49tire on the front trial style one all very desert sledy new brakes in there just improve a bit and
37:54they've
37:54actually come up really well along with the right fitment of shocks or the ones that came on it when
38:00i bought it were half an inch short so i was buzzing the tire over some of the big bumps
38:05the chunky tires
38:07was kind of the biggest difference i noticed compared to other bikes that you've had just with the road
38:12noise whereas i'm used to more road road tires road bikes um but as far as being a passenger in
38:19the
38:19back um high exhaust keeps your leg warm alistair had been keeping an eye out for the right bike and
38:33with values of older british motorcycles falling he decided a price of three and a half grand was too good
38:39to miss it's got something that i could play with and have a bit of fun with you weren't going
38:46to
38:46look and then you had a look and then you had to buy it yeah it was a really good
38:51deal honest
38:54in recent months the triumph has been on its travels having been taken back to orkney to be shown off
39:01at
39:01the island's classic motor show there's always amazing the amount of stuff that comes out of the
39:06woodworking orkney for the show like for such a small population on the whole the range of stuff
39:11that can be there definitely keep it and use it there's a few things i just want to tidy up
39:16with
39:16and probably through the winter i'll take it to bits and just give everything a really good clean and
39:21update wiring and things like that i'm not wanting to go through it too much cosmetically because i like
39:27that oily rag side of it but just make it reliable good hopefully leak a little bit less but it's
39:34a
39:34british bike so it's gonna leak but you can only try so hard
39:49you've got such a big steering wheel so obviously it's light on the steering the clutch is soft
39:54it's not a racing car you're not going to start overtaking things at 80 miles an hour because you
39:58wouldn't want to i like it i think it's nice to have a radio in it because you can't hear
40:02the
40:02engines i think because there's a little bit um a bit like sewing machine on the leafy lanes of east
40:09anglia gary sutton's putting the 1963 ford cortina deluxe through its paces after some repair work to
40:17make it roadworthy again so we've got the engine running the brakes are done and everything's lovely
40:23i don't mind the color and a lot of people buy them like this one they turn them in the
40:27light
40:28that's because they're two doors um now if you've got to paint it white um i'm just going to paint
40:33it
40:33blue and then we'll see once it's done i must just sell it and i don't know it's just i
40:40think people
40:40collect pictures don't they or coins or whatever and i just just collect this sort of stuff i remember
40:46when i was a kid you know what i mean so far so straightforward but gary has an itch that
40:53he just
40:53can't scratch so what why so many oh i've got some more but they're in the shed and i couldn't
41:00get
41:00them out in time but sorry you've got some more yeah yeah i've got nine altogether i don't yeah yeah
41:07i don't like obviously like driving them just part of your collecting when you was young and uh i don't
41:14know i just like about the shape i like the back i like the size i can just about getting
41:17them because
41:18i'm a bit slim and i and um yeah i do i like the forward angler and over there a
41:21little bit tight again
41:22how many ford anglers have you got three three yeah i'm not being big-headed nothing i don't
41:28drink and don't smoke and i don't want to drink and i don't want to smoke i've got 260 cars
41:32at one
41:32time how many 160 and the only reason i knew i had 160 because my daughters three daughters grasped me
41:38up to the mum and they went in the field and in the shed and they counted them and then
41:42they told the
41:43mum how many i got wish i had them now but i've i've not got them now i'm down about
41:47wherever i don't know
41:4980 90 but the the cars i've got in there are better cars than what i did have they're a
41:53little bit more
41:53money which would be the go-to one no this this white one i've had this little this look a
42:00lot
42:00but they ain't a proper lotus um i ain't drive that for about 15 years sorry gary you've not driven
42:06it
42:06for 15 years you know we pushed it around here because i knew you was coming so the one that
42:11you've
42:12driven the most out of this lot is the one that you're perched on now yeah because i'm here filming
42:17you you made me yeah but we won't go into that come out does it i think to go in
42:24that car now be
42:24realistic 55 60 is about right you know i mean that's all you want to do because you're not
42:29you want to race you can go down by me you know because we're for saying but this is just
42:33a little beat the weight of people some people wave to you and people love it i mean
42:37my dad had one my granddad had one and now i've got one and everybody's got one and well hang
42:42on
42:42you've got more than one well yeah i thought i don't drink a smoke
42:48and it seems gary's not quite reached the end of the road when it comes to cortinas he's now
42:54eyeing up a mark to estate i might even tell the wife before i buy see how brave i get
42:59i'd like to
43:00come and film that so that was it so best thing not to tell the wives until you get it
43:04home
43:06you lived in and if you've really got the arm tell it belongs to your mate
43:12for a little while it'll be all right won't it
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43:43you
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