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Bangers and Cash Restoring Classics Season 07 Episode 01
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00:00Matthewsons auction more than 700 classic cars, bikes and trucks every month.
00:10Beautiful bit of kit. What a rarity. Absolute heaven.
00:15At their garages in New Yorkshire, our television crews have been trying to understand their business.
00:21You'll get the hang of it soon. You've only been around us for five years.
00:24From what I can see, they've learned very little.
00:26But that hasn't stopped us taking a risk on classics close to our hearts.
00:31Oh, it's an Escob!
00:33It is a 1942 WLA.
00:36You have no suspension, you have no brakes, you have no steering.
00:40In one word, knackered.
00:43We've made it worse.
00:45So far, the experts have done us proud.
00:48It's come out very, very nice, hasn't it?
00:50It's very good. This is the best one that I've seen.
00:54Yeah, absolutely brilliant.
00:56But it's a nightmare, balancing the books, when we come to sell them again.
01:00We've spent just over £40,000.
01:03Dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
01:05£22,000.
01:07You're saving another vehicle. You're performing a public service, really.
01:10That's the only way you can look at it.
01:12But the worst thing you can do is think that you're going to make any money out of it.
01:15Whoa!
01:17Man.
01:26This week, we take on one of Derek's favourite gameless.
01:30I love this car. If I was going to London this afternoon, I'd go in this.
01:34Oh!
01:35Yes!
01:36It's a V12.
01:38But unfortunately, it's also the broken.
01:41A bit like our restoring mark.
01:44Sounds like your lungs.
01:47Oil coming out the engine.
01:51Plus, a 60s triumph that didn't just keep up with the Joneses, it overtook them.
01:58Great six-cylinder engine. They were like the executive saloon in the day.
02:03If you had one, you'd probably done very well for yourself.
02:06Looks quite nice at first glance, doesn't it?
02:09That's what we thought too.
02:15For anyone based in North Yorkshire, and lucky enough to own a classic motor,
02:19there's no end of beautiful locations, just a short drive away.
02:24But in the unlikely event of needing to travel outside this glorious county,
02:29it might be best attempted in a vehicle that would ease the journey.
02:33But out of all these cars, what would be the best restoration project
02:38that would go the distance?
02:40My pick for a very relaxing, comfortable trip would be the Rolls.
02:47They are such a lovely magic carpet ride. That's why.
02:52Paul has a different approach.
02:55Just for the fun factor, if I was going to do a 100-mile road trip, it'd be that.
03:01A 205 GTI.
03:03You're telling me you'd want to sit and do 100 miles in that?
03:05Yeah, yeah.
03:07But Derek is less forthcoming.
03:10Always reluctant to suggest and say to people, you will buy that.
03:15It sort of comes back and bites your bum.
03:17However, for us, he's happy to make an exception.
03:21His choice, this Daimler Double Six.
03:28In 1960, Jaguar bought Daimler, and eight years later, Jag launched the XJ.
03:33Available with a 12-cylinder engine, which became Daimler's Double Six.
03:38The two brands were independent, but apparently Daimler nabbed the best-built cars off the production line.
03:45About 10% of them.
03:47The Double Six was loaded with every extra Coventry could muster.
03:51It had an electric sunroof, and even a new-fangled trip computer.
03:56It was like sitting in a high-speed gentleman's club.
04:03There were some downsides, though.
04:05A new one in 1980 cost seven times more than a Mini Metro.
04:08And if you managed to squeeze out 10 miles to the gallon, you were doing well.
04:13This one is a 1983 automatic, with the slightly less thirsty HE V12 engine.
04:25I love this car.
04:26This Double Six engine is unbreakable.
04:28It's absolutely fantastic.
04:30I love the colour.
04:31The only downside is this.
04:33They all pick up round the windows, because when they built a new, they didn't seal them up enough.
04:39It's as simple as that.
04:40But this car in general is gorgeous.
04:4262,000 miles on it, which will be right.
04:45You can tell by the interior, and the smell of it.
04:50The general...
04:53Absolutely gorgeous to drive.
04:55If I was going to London this afternoon, and there was a Rolls-Royce sat there, or this, I'd go in this.
05:01With such a suave motor, even we felt obliged to dress appropriately.
05:06Daimler, Double Six HE.
05:08It's a lovely car.
05:10Automatic.
05:11So, they are £5,000 and away.
05:14Thank you, at £5,000.
05:15£6,000 here with me at £6,000.
05:17£6,000.
05:18£6,000, £6,001.
05:19£6,1.
05:20£6,1.
05:21£6,2.
05:22£6,002.
05:23Lovely car.
05:24£6,003.
05:25£6,3.
05:26£4.
05:27£6,4.
05:28£6,400.
05:29Thank you for letting me know.
05:31£6,004.
05:32Provisionally.
05:33I've just looked at my figures.
05:34Provisionally, at £6,500.
05:36£6,500, £6,600, £6,600, thank you for trying.
05:44Provisionally, then, at £6,600, the bangers and cash team at £6,600.
05:51Provisionally, then, there you go.
05:55After a chat with the owner, we agreed on £6,800.
05:58A posh car like this needs a firm of restorers distinguished enough to match it.
06:04This, however, was tricky to find, but our oily mates, Johnny and Mark, just outside York, were available.
06:11They've saved several cars for us.
06:14Are you happy with the angle of this one?
06:15I couldn't care less, Mark. When I'm sat in here, my head's about here, anyway.
06:19And the last one we gave them was an absolute nightmare.
06:23This car is the worst restoration I've seen.
06:26Why is it always cold when I come here?
06:30You pick the wrong time.
06:31You're like a dark cloud, John.
06:33When you come here, it's pleasant, isn't it?
06:36Yeah, it's pleasant when you're not here, then you arrive.
06:38Can you see that above his head?
06:40Mm.
06:40Johnny's just had five weeks in Las Vegas, but Mark...
06:44HE SIGHS
06:45...has some sort of Yorkshire lurgy.
06:47You're suffering, aren't you?
06:48I am suffering.
06:50Every day down here.
06:52But things are about to improve.
06:56HE SIGHS
06:57Oh, yeah!
06:58HE SIGHS
06:59Oh!
06:59HE SIGHS
07:00Yes!
07:00Yes!
07:01Oh, my God. It's a V12.
07:03It is.
07:04Both of our dads have had Daimler double sixes.
07:08Oh, this means a lot to us, you know.
07:10My dad had a Daimler double six coupe.
07:13Coupe.
07:14And what did your...
07:15It was a saloon, I think, about an N-reg.
07:17And here he is, a young Mark Juggins, sometime in the 80s,
07:23before he figured out how to weld.
07:27Elements of, like, the Sweeney and stuff like that, isn't it?
07:30Look at the colour of it.
07:32Minor, minor details.
07:35Mark has done 62,000 miles.
07:38This is really cool, innit?
07:40You know that, don't you?
07:41Whether we'll think that in a few weeks is another matter.
07:46Well, it's quiet, innit?
07:48This two-ton lump of luxury currently has a cooling system fault,
07:53so we've avoided trying to start it.
07:56Go on.
07:59How's that?
08:00That actually does look in very good condition.
08:03We have a little issue there.
08:05I think windscreen really wants out, doesn't it?
08:07Yeah.
08:10Look at that!
08:11This is the exciting bit.
08:13This is a 5.3 V12 fuel-injected, eh?
08:17Shall we go up in the air with it?
08:19Mark just wants to go up in the air.
08:22This is a big car,
08:24so there's a lot of metal underneath to go rusty.
08:31Oil coming out of the engine.
08:33It's kind of wet everywhere, isn't it?
08:34Yeah.
08:35It's actually a good thing,
08:36because it's stopped the car going rusty.
08:37This is in remarkably good condition, isn't it?
08:42It doesn't look like it's going to need a lot,
08:44but it's how far we go with the paintwork.
08:47The other slightly pressing issue is the radiator.
08:51There's definitely something wrong with it.
08:53Oh, got drippy drips already.
08:57What we're going to do,
08:58we're just going to pressurise the water system.
08:59It's a simple air pump.
09:01You pump it up, it puts pressure in it.
09:02Ideally, what we want to see is some water going up.
09:06From where?
09:07Well, somewhere cheap.
09:09So, Mark will pressurise that.
09:10And then...
09:13I think that's fairly self-explanatory there, isn't it?
09:16Can I use this on my lungs?
09:18It does.
09:18It sounds like your lungs, Mark.
09:20It sounds just like your lungs.
09:21I think that'll do.
09:24Just like Mark,
09:25the radiator is very broken.
09:29Also, expensive
09:30and difficult to find a replacement.
09:33Plus, we have some small issues
09:34that could turn into big ones.
09:37For the time being, though,
09:38we remain positive.
09:40Back at Johnny's Garage,
09:55our 1983 Daimler Double Six
09:58does have a number of problems.
10:00We do have an oil leak there, don't we?
10:02But the good news is,
10:03Mark has stopped coughing.
10:05I am feeling a lot better than when it arrived.
10:08I could hardly talk.
10:09A lot of people are probably quite happy about that.
10:15Externally look pretty good.
10:16There's a couple of scabs.
10:17There's a 50-50 chance you might have the odd hole.
10:20But fortunately,
10:21it's looking pretty good underneath.
10:23What we're going to do today
10:24is we're going to take the radiator out.
10:26First thing to do is take the bonnet off
10:27because not a lot of room there, is there?
10:30I think there's just the two wires
10:31for the headlights, isn't there?
10:33Yeah.
10:33Would you like a photo of those, Johnny?
10:35Are you saying that they won't go back
10:36in the same way, Mark?
10:37There's a distinct possibility.
10:40Two wires.
10:40How wrong can it go?
10:42Ready?
10:43OK.
10:44Onto there.
10:45All good.
10:47Perfect.
10:48I'm calling that a day then, are you?
10:49I think so.
10:50Our work here is done.
10:53Helping out in the workshop today
10:55is apprentice Thea.
10:56I think it's a beautiful car.
10:59I love it.
11:02You can kind of see why people like cars like this.
11:05This would be some businessmen,
11:07bank managers, train robbers.
11:10So what credentials of the car
11:12made it suit you to get away?
11:14Not the fuel economy
11:15because you would get away
11:16and you'd have to stop at a petrol station
11:17within about kind of 10 miles.
11:19But you've got big boots, you know,
11:21to put, like, your loot.
11:22You know, bodies are there,
11:23so there's been a few bodies
11:24in the back of boots like this.
11:26So, yeah, a good all-round car.
11:30The current plan
11:31is to somehow source a new radiator.
11:34There's a lot of bolts there, isn't there?
11:35There is a lot of bolts.
11:37If one is even available,
11:39it's likely to be expensive.
11:40But Johnny seems to be rethinking.
11:43You know, this might repair,
11:45mightn't it, looking at that?
11:46It's not actually leaking out of the core,
11:48it's leaking on this edge here.
11:49Engines produce heat
11:54and would be badly damaged
11:55if they weren't cooled,
11:57normally by a radiator.
12:00Our leak is where a central core
12:03joins to one of two tanks.
12:06As the temperature rises,
12:08a thermostat opens
12:09and the belt-driven water pump
12:11starts circulating coolant
12:12from the engine
12:13into the inlet tank of the radiator.
12:15From here,
12:18it gets forced
12:19around the copper fins of the core.
12:21Because they're tightly packed in layers,
12:23the surface area is huge,
12:25which increases the amount of heat
12:27dissipated when air flows over them.
12:31Now, hopefully a lot cooler,
12:33the liquid empties into the outlet tank
12:35before going back to the engine
12:37and on this car,
12:39also the gearbox.
12:40Is that the brand-new one
12:46we just bought?
12:48Yeah.
12:48It doubles up as May's Garage Toilet.
12:50That's the toilet, yeah.
12:53It's too cold to go outside.
12:54Yeah.
12:56You see,
12:56someone's drawn the short straw,
12:58haven't they?
13:00Loosen that off now,
13:01that should lift out.
13:04A viscous fan, they call that.
13:05So the engine turns the water pump
13:07and it doesn't turn this as fast
13:08and as it warms up,
13:09this grabs a bit more
13:10and cools a bit more.
13:11Kind of simple idea,
13:12till the break
13:13and then just make loads of noise.
13:15You're going to get that on your head.
13:18See?
13:20Oh well.
13:21Yeah, oh well.
13:22Oh well.
13:25It hasn't gone to plan,
13:27but it's gone exactly how it always does.
13:30Ooh, ooh, ooh.
13:31With the radiator finally out,
13:33it can now be sent off
13:34for inspection
13:35and possible refurb.
13:37We definitely prefer this option
13:39to sourcing a replacement online.
13:42We did a quick search
13:43and the first thing we found
13:45was £975.
13:47You don't want to overpay
13:48on certain things, do you?
13:49It's in the UK,
13:50it's not going anywhere
13:51excessively warm, is it?
13:53You could probably run it
13:54without the radiator.
13:55Could do today.
13:56Today you could, yeah.
13:57Series 1 Daimler double sixes
14:06were around in the 1970s
14:08and cost more than the average house.
14:11But 50 years ago,
14:13how would one have impressed
14:14one's neighbours on a budget?
14:17Well, Derek has a suggestion
14:19for our second project.
14:21Triumph 2000 Mark 1,
14:25this two-litre engine,
14:26absolutely lovely.
14:27We all know it's been painted.
14:28The interior is so original.
14:30It's got power steering.
14:32It's manual, which is nice.
14:34Got an issue there.
14:36I'm led to believe
14:37that it's come in
14:38with an excessively high reserve.
14:40Nine to ten, I think.
14:41Ooh!
14:42No, nothing like.
14:43Five to six would be absolutely ideal.
14:45Something on that sort of line
14:46and I think it can be improved upon,
14:48but that's no problem.
14:49That can be done very easily.
14:52We really like the Triumph 2,
14:54so we'll follow Derek's advice
14:56and pile in.
14:581969 Triumph 2000 now.
15:01Once buying this car.
15:02G-Reg, as you can see.
15:03So it's got a start low.
15:05Dead straight motor.
15:06Spells nice inside.
15:07Whereabouts then?
15:08Start me on it.
15:09Five, five, five, two,
15:11five, four, five, six,
15:125,600.
15:135,600.
15:14This is about right.
15:15And then 5,600.
15:175,600 pound.
15:185,800.
15:195,800.
15:215,800.
15:22Selling provisionally 5,800.
15:24Are you all done?
15:255,800 for the first, second,
15:27third and last time.
15:2858.
15:29Provisional.
15:30Good.
15:32Given that our bid was more than
15:34three grand below the asking price,
15:36we did have to go to 6,500,
15:38but still not bad.
15:41As for who's doing the work,
15:42we've decided to send the car
15:44to Tim Willis in Darlington.
15:46Triumphs are in his blood.
15:49My dad always loved classic cars.
15:50I've got some fond memories of being in a little spitfire when I was a kid.
15:56Tim's maintained and restored classics for nearly 25 years,
16:00but triumphs have always been the mainstay of his business.
16:03A good one, you take it down the road and you come back with a big smile on your face.
16:08And other classic cars, you can't always say that of.
16:12But how much will he be smiling after he's given hours the once-over?
16:18That's a nice-looking car, isn't it?
16:20Which is a lovely colour.
16:24All Triumphs have this really nice sort of wood veneer dashboard,
16:27and, you know, this has got leather tops to the seats,
16:29which is really nice,
16:30although they do need bringing back to life somehow.
16:33Tim likes an early test drive.
16:38I can hear the engine quite clearly.
16:41There's something missing.
16:45It's squeaky steering.
16:48But it's pulling OK.
16:50But then more of whatever was missing went missing.
16:55It's over there.
16:56It broke down.
16:57It didn't want to go backwards.
16:59And it stopped.
17:00And it's clearly not charging.
17:03A quick jump start,
17:04and we were off back to the workshop and on to the dreaded lift.
17:09As always,
17:10we've got everything crossed for a clean bill of health underneath.
17:15It's had brakes done.
17:16Looks like it's maybe had a replacement steering rack.
17:19Stainless steel exhaust.
17:21And it all seems to be covered in some kind of a coating.
17:25It's not paint, but it's a good sign.
17:28We've got a nice oil leak there from the differential.
17:31But there's no serious corrosion to speak of down this end.
17:35Ah, OK, we've got a bit.
17:37So we didn't quite escape, but that's a small hole.
17:41It's quite a nice car, isn't it?
17:43So we've done good.
17:44I think you've done good.
17:46Yeah.
17:46Yeah.
17:47I think you've done all right.
17:49Back near York,
17:55Mark's got a few moments spare
17:57to investigate some of the high-end features
17:59our 1983 Daimler has to offer.
18:02It's of an era where gadgets were kind of coming into cars
18:07that were getting a little bit more luxurious.
18:09Back in the day,
18:11obviously, I'd have been in this as a kind of 10-year-old,
18:15so you would have had your chauffeur in the front,
18:18but it would have been your dad.
18:19And as a child, obviously,
18:21you can light your own cigarettes as well.
18:22You've got your own little heat events and things like that.
18:26They are such big fuel guzzlers.
18:28It actually runs on two tanks,
18:30and when one runs out,
18:31you press the button and it switches over to the other tank.
18:35Also on the dash,
18:36an example of 40-year-old cutting-edge technology.
18:40We've actually got a computer, haven't we?
18:43It measures distance travelled,
18:44average speed and, terrifyingly, fuel consumption.
18:48That little device will make interesting reading, won't it,
18:51between petrol station visits.
18:54It's used 0.6 of a gallon.
18:55That's probably just starting it up to roll it into the workshop.
18:59As for the next accessory,
19:01Mark has to check it's working,
19:03but he'd rather just forget about it.
19:04It's got an electric sunroof on it.
19:08However, we've had one on a newer garden
19:10that's kind of all fall apart.
19:12It might just go effortlessly, like clockwork,
19:15or you might get grinding, twanging,
19:18and also tearing the paint off
19:20if it gets stuck halfway as well.
19:21Let's just crack on.
19:32It's the first time I think we've had anything
19:34that's gone that way.
19:35It has gone exceptionally well, hasn't it?
19:38And the good news doesn't end there.
19:41Johnny's basically taken out the bottom rubber on this
19:43and it's exposed a bit of that.
19:45It's been covered up in the past with touch-up paint.
19:47It's not a pretty repair.
19:49It is probably a repair
19:51that's stopped it getting considerably worse.
19:54At the moment, it's still fairly sound.
19:57I thought the first poke with a screwdriver
19:59could have gone straight through that.
20:00So, yeah, relatively happy.
20:04On the edge of the moors,
20:20it's going well with our Daimler Double Six,
20:23apart from the large gap under the bonnet
20:25after Mark removed the dilapidated radiator.
20:28Unlike a modern car,
20:30it's cheaper to have a specialist fix it
20:32than to source a new one.
20:35The only one that was found was over £900,
20:38and that's something you don't really want to be spending.
20:41So we will take it in, hope for the best, really.
20:45This requires a trip to Scarborough,
20:48on Yorkshire's dramatic east coast.
20:52And thanks to Neil Kirby,
20:54an opportunity to see a bit of traditional craftsmanship
20:57that often gets overlooked.
20:58We repair mostly classic cars.
21:02Generator radiators, industrial radiators,
21:05stuff that you can't get off the shelf.
21:07With a classic radiator, salt air affects them.
21:11Especially in the seaside area like this,
21:13they rot away.
21:15The copper, they're putting the fins, they're very thin.
21:17Tanks are usually brass.
21:19Over time, they go porous,
21:20so they have to be repaired.
21:21The car looks in reasonable condition.
21:27It's a bit clogged up here
21:28with debris from the roads and such like.
21:32We look like we might have a leak along there.
21:34It looks like either limescale or antifreeze residue.
21:42Neil has spent most of his working life
21:44restoring these vital pieces of equipment.
21:48I took this job 43 years ago nearly now.
21:51Me and my ex-business partner
21:53set up on our own in 1991.
21:56After having four or five staff,
21:58because of the change in the business,
22:00we can't compete with the prices
22:01that you can get on the internet.
22:03I'm back to just doing it here on my own.
22:05We're a dying breed now.
22:08To confirm it's good enough to repair,
22:11Neil needs to do some tests.
22:13We're going to fill it up with water.
22:14If it's blocked up,
22:16when we tip it on its end,
22:17it will flow very slowly from the bottom.
22:19If the water's not going through the radiator quick enough,
22:21it's going to cause overheating
22:23and possibly back pressure.
22:27This is a new radiator off a tractor
22:29and it's how it should look.
22:35And this is ours.
22:37It actually doesn't look brilliant, to be fair.
22:39It also fails the fill it with air
22:43and see if it bubbles out test.
22:49So, probably more than I thought, to be honest there.
22:54Under normal circumstances,
22:55we would try and just re-solar them seams.
22:57I think because of the flow test we did earlier,
23:00it really needs a core.
23:05The prep for this,
23:06even on a chilly February morning,
23:08is pretty hot work.
23:10Just taking the solder out of the joints of the radiator
23:13so we can get this tank away.
23:15A few days later,
23:25the new core arrived.
23:27The original tanks were then re-attached.
23:34And, with Neil using a tin alloy solder,
23:37the joints were sealed.
23:40All good again for years of happy cooling.
23:42Back in Darlington,
23:50Tim is about to start work
23:51on our surprisingly rust-free Triumph 2000.
23:56First up, the engine.
23:59So, we're going to do a compression test
24:01because, while we were out on road test,
24:04as it warmed up,
24:05it started to feel a little bit unhappy with itself.
24:08So, we'll just pop these off.
24:10The nasty old bug leads.
24:12We'll just get rid of those to one side.
24:16And we'll take the plugs out.
24:19Nice to see they haven't been fitted by a gorilla.
24:23The point of this test
24:24is to see if there's a tight seal
24:26between the six cylinders and pistons.
24:29Combustion engines rely on a change in pressure
24:31to suck the air and fuel in
24:33and push the exhaust out.
24:35We're looking for a minimum 120 PSI.
24:39Below 100, it's dead.
24:48165.
24:50Super-duper.
24:52The others were good, too.
24:54160 on that one.
24:56170.
24:56So, the solution turns out to be
24:59a bit of basic maintenance.
25:01Tuning.
25:03So, almost certainly,
25:04carburettors, ignition,
25:05a combination of the two,
25:07and it'll be lovely.
25:08This is all good
25:10because it allowed us to just concentrate
25:12on improving the engine.
25:13First, Tim reduced the chances
25:16of any further roadside embarrassment.
25:19We had a breakdown
25:20because no charging,
25:22so we've got a new battery,
25:23new alternator,
25:24and some wiring issues,
25:25which were actually, I think,
25:26the main root of the problem.
25:28Then, we addressed an issue
25:29that keeps classic owners awake at night.
25:33It may be worth considering
25:35doing an unleaded conversion on it,
25:38just to give the next owner confidence
25:40in knowing that he can drive it anywhere
25:42and he doesn't need to worry about a thing.
25:46Cars like our Triumph,
25:48made before 1989,
25:49relied on the lead in petrol
25:51to lubricate the exhaust and inlet valves.
25:55No lead can result in the valve seats wearing,
25:58causing the valves to stick.
26:00The conversion involves replacing
26:02the valve seats on the cylinder head
26:04with stronger metal.
26:07The other problem is that unleaded fuel
26:09contains ethanol.
26:10It makes for cleaner engines,
26:13but it can damage old rubber pipes,
26:15so we'll be addressing both of these issues.
26:23Our cylinder head,
26:24which has been running with unleaded fuel,
26:26will be sent off to a specialist,
26:29and it looks like the same can be said for the seats.
26:32Tim has reached a verdict.
26:34I'm always loathe to get rid of old,
26:37sort of patinated leather,
26:38but I think this has just gone too far.
26:42Base comes out very easily.
26:45We'll take all the leather bits
26:46to a nice, friendly trimmer,
26:48and we can hopefully make it look like new again.
26:50This is a clean car,
26:54but in the past,
26:55removing interiors has allowed Tim
26:57to unearth some rare artefacts.
27:00Rotting fruit,
27:02sweets,
27:04congealed into the carpets,
27:06moths,
27:08maggots,
27:09you name it,
27:10there's all kinds of stuff.
27:11These were when car seats were chairs.
27:16Yeah.
27:17Going somewhere was an event,
27:19and if the car was marketed as being comfortable
27:21and a sort of executive saloon or luxury saloon,
27:24that's exactly what you got, really.
27:26If we can turn that interior into a beautiful interior,
27:29that's going to be super, isn't it?
27:33With all that removed,
27:35Tim can now concentrate on the stuff
27:37that needs doing underneath.
27:39We're going to take the differential,
27:42the crossmember,
27:44and the rear subframe out,
27:46and then we can deal with the oil leak
27:48from the differential.
27:50This is the box of cogs on the rear axle
27:52that provides power to the wheels,
27:55but also allows them to rotate independently
27:57when you go round a corner.
28:01Getting all these components off
28:03makes another job easier.
28:05You can have a look at just how bad
28:06these two patches of welding are to do
28:08on the rear of the sill area.
28:14The plan is I'm going to poke away at it,
28:17cut away the rusty metal,
28:18and when that big hole is just a hole
28:21in nice, clean metal,
28:22the job doesn't look nearly so bad.
28:25It's just a case of fabricating a few new pieces,
28:27welding them in.
28:28A bit of paint,
28:29a bit of seam sealer,
28:30and we're done.
28:30Back with our Daimler double six,
28:39Johnny and Mark have a present to open.
28:42Look at that.
28:44Oh, look.
28:46It's the same radiator, isn't it?
28:49Well, it's not the same radiator, Mark,
28:50because this one works.
28:51Well, we don't know this yet, do we?
28:53There's quite a faulty one back in, isn't it?
28:56Oh, we've done worse than that before, haven't we?
28:58Yeah.
28:59What we do know
29:00is that it's all been painted up
29:01and now looks like new.
29:04Straightforward, then?
29:05Straightforward.
29:06What is it they say?
29:07Refitting is a reversal of removal.
29:10Is that the exact word?
29:10Something like that.
29:11Sounds good to me.
29:12All right.
29:14Do you want to grab that side?
29:15I'll grab that side.
29:16Just check we don't hit anything on the way down.
29:19It's all a little tight, isn't it?
29:21Is it bigger?
29:22Yep.
29:24And you thought it'd probably shortchange us
29:26with a smaller car, didn't you?
29:30So really, that's in,
29:32and then a lot of wires,
29:34a lot of pipes.
29:35Go back on it.
29:37Yeah, there's not a lot of room around any of this.
29:39Well, they seem to have put two engines in one car, don't they?
29:42They basically have, haven't they?
29:47After quite a bit of fiddling, though,
29:49everything did eventually get reattached
29:51and we were almost ready to start the old beast up.
29:55But the most important thing is to test it, isn't it?
29:58What we'll do, we'll just fill it with water for now
30:01because obviously, if we put coolant in,
30:04guarantee it leaks.
30:05Put water in, guarantee it doesn't leak.
30:07Wasting all that coolant all over the floor
30:09and getting your shoes wet
30:10because someone's forgotten to do a pipe-up
30:13on the radiator or something like that.
30:25But as it turns out,
30:26all seems to be OK.
30:29Johnny and Mark,
30:30and Neil, who fixed the radiator,
30:32have made this V12 sing again
30:34without spending a fortune.
30:38That's running.
30:39No leaks.
30:42So, we'll get the bonnet on,
30:43then drain all that fluid off.
30:45Proper coolant in.
30:46And, er...
30:47I'm calling that a win.
30:50With the main mechanical problem solved,
30:53we can now move on to the paintwork.
30:55Just wiggle it a little bit there.
30:56Which, in theory,
30:58should be fairly straightforward.
31:00In Darlington,
31:18it's full steam ahead
31:19with our 1969 Triumph 2000.
31:24Tim's been busy since we were last here.
31:26Done a whole lot of welding repairs
31:28to the rear and the underside.
31:31Completely refurbished all the suspension.
31:32It's all, like, brand new under there.
31:34Better than brand new, in fact.
31:36But there's still something missing
31:37under the bonnet.
31:39We've taken the cylinder head off
31:41to do an unleaded petrol conversion on it.
31:44That's all ready now.
31:45All the work's been done.
31:46We've just got to finish the assembly on that
31:48and then put all the carburetors and stuff back on it
31:51and get it fired up again and running.
31:52Before that, though,
31:55we get to reinstall the refurbished seats.
31:58Completely recovered in new leather,
32:00they'll be one of the first things
32:02a prospective buyer will see.
32:04So we think it was worth the extra expense.
32:07Looks gorgeous in there now.
32:09Really lifted this car.
32:11Leg room.
32:12Talk about comfort.
32:12That's that seat right back.
32:14Even a lot of big cars,
32:16you don't get that much.
32:17So this is our cylinder head.
32:24This is the combustion chamber.
32:26This is where the valves go.
32:28This is where we put the insert for the valve to sit on.
32:31That's our inlet valve.
32:33And that's our exhaust valve.
32:35The seat, this bit here,
32:36that's a hardened steel insert.
32:39And with that,
32:42Tim gets to reward himself
32:43for all the hard work.
32:45Once you start reassembling,
32:47that's easy and it's really enjoyable.
32:50The new head gasket.
32:52The head.
32:55They're not like those.
32:58Gravity helps.
32:59Nuts and washers.
33:03Water pump on.
33:04Fan belt on.
33:05So the carburetors have all been
33:09completely stripped and refurbished.
33:10And also this troublesome
33:12little water connection here.
33:14It's always corroded and breaks.
33:17There we go.
33:18New hoses, coolant,
33:20oil and spark plugs.
33:22And we're ready for a start.
33:24Tim is confident.
33:26It'll be fine.
33:33Yeah.
33:35It's not firing.
33:37Probably just because
33:39plug-lades aren't on in the right place.
33:42The spark would be trying
33:43to ignite the air-fuel mixture
33:45at the wrong time in the cylinders.
33:48Let's try that.
33:54Not that, then.
33:56But further investigation
33:57points to another culprit.
34:00I don't think I've got fuel
34:01in one of the carburetors,
34:02so it's possible
34:04the little valve is stuck.
34:07Time for some analogue treatment.
34:09I'll just try giving it a little clunk
34:11to see if that can wake it up.
34:16There we go.
34:25Brilliant.
34:26Yeah, really good.
34:28That's what we wanted.
34:29And with that very pleasant sound
34:34ringing in our ears,
34:35after two months in the workshop,
34:37we're all done,
34:38apart from a bit of polishing.
34:40These things take time,
34:42so, yeah,
34:43it's worth it, isn't it?
34:46Definitely worth it
34:47in terms of preservation.
34:49Financially,
34:50well, that's a world apart.
34:52All in,
34:53to buy our luxury triumph
34:55was £7,085.
34:58Labour set us back
34:59£7,980.
35:02Parts came in at
35:03£3,810.
35:05And the seat re-trimming
35:07was £1,560,
35:09bringing the total
35:10to a slightly uncomfortable
35:12£20,435.
35:18She's a beauty, isn't she?
35:19Tan interior, as you can see.
35:21People open the door
35:22and it smells right
35:23and looks nice,
35:24you're halfway there.
35:24Simple as that.
35:25Got the door fitting nice.
35:27The door was awful, wasn't it?
35:28It was really, really
35:29a shocking fit.
35:32Nice, it's lovely, isn't it?
35:33Beautiful car.
35:35But importantly,
35:36how does it drive?
35:38Sweet as a nut.
35:39Made a nice job of the engine,
35:40set that up well, haven't they?
35:43Overall,
35:43you've turned out
35:44a really nice, smart,
35:46well-presented,
35:47very saleable car.
35:49Gearbox is nice and precise.
35:52Look at that.
35:53What a smooth
35:54overdrive operation that is.
35:57Fantastic.
35:59Overdrive engages
36:00a higher ratio gear,
36:02allowing cruising
36:02at lower revs.
36:05Lovely, lovely.
36:08But you can tell
36:09I'm a fan.
36:09I just love them to Princeton.
36:15The Triumph 2000 here.
36:18This is a cracker.
36:19Started with a nice car
36:20and made it even nicer.
36:22Now I've got a lot of bids here.
36:24Go right away up to
36:25£9,250.
36:27At £9,250.
36:29£9,500.
36:30£10,000,
36:31says Andy's phone there,
36:32at £10,000.
36:33£11,000.
36:34Fresh bid.
36:35£11,000 we have.
36:37Gonna bring it down
36:37to £11,000 provisional.
36:40£11,000 provisional.
36:41Not a great result financially,
36:45but there was
36:46a small consolation.
36:48Dering negotiated
36:49an extra grand
36:50on the sale price
36:50with the new owner
36:51after agreeing
36:52to deliver the Triumph
36:53in person
36:53and buy him a pint.
37:02Just outside York,
37:03Johnny and Mark
37:04are nearly done
37:05with our 1983
37:06V12 Daimler.
37:08It's a good-looking car.
37:09Over the last few days,
37:14the paint blemishes
37:15were investigated properly,
37:17filled and painted.
37:18There was no need
37:18to take the windows out.
37:21We're doing the front brakes.
37:23We're replacing the discs
37:24and pads.
37:26There's a tiny oil leak
37:27on the diff,
37:28but I don't think
37:29that's worth getting into.
37:30I don't even think
37:31they'd advise it.
37:32We always want our projects
37:33to get through an MOT
37:35and look good,
37:36but with a potential money pit
37:37like this one,
37:38you've got to know
37:39when to stop.
37:41Could have repainted
37:42the whole car,
37:43you know,
37:43there's little minor blemishes
37:45on it here, there
37:45and everywhere,
37:46but it's a good example.
37:48Very nice car,
37:49somebody would be proud
37:50to own it.
37:51You could actually
37:52fully restore that,
37:54spend £40,000
37:54and it won't look
37:56much different.
37:57There's a little bit
38:00of pitting on the brakes
38:01and I think
38:02there was slight imbalance,
38:03so new discs
38:04to get rid of that wobble.
38:05You know, safety,
38:06you've got to take it
38:07fairly seriously
38:08unless you sell a car
38:09to somebody
38:10you really don't like,
38:11then it's irrelevant.
38:13So in the old days,
38:14you could take them off
38:14and get them skimmed,
38:15but what we've got
38:16is some nice coated discs
38:18which are coated in a coating
38:19that I don't know
38:20what it is.
38:21Sugar.
38:21Is it sugar?
38:22Yeah, sugar coated.
38:23It's sugar coated apparently,
38:25Mark, sugar coated discs.
38:27And with that,
38:29the icing on this
38:29particular cake
38:30is to give the repaired
38:33areas of bodywork
38:34a final polish.
38:39There's no rot in it,
38:40it's solid.
38:41You could go around
38:42the whole car
38:42and find fault
38:43on every panel.
38:44You just want a nice
38:45usable car
38:46that you can get in
38:47and drive,
38:47that's what you want.
38:49And if you did
38:50those other bits,
38:50it's the actual fact,
38:51it just means
38:52you'd be scared to use it.
38:55That's it.
38:57Johnny and Mark
38:58are very much
38:58looking forward
38:59to using it.
39:03Even if it is
39:04just up the road
39:04for a test drive.
39:09Both of their dads
39:10had one
39:10and for Mark,
39:11the memories
39:12of happy family days out
39:13are all flooding back.
39:16We were up north,
39:17you know,
39:17back in the day
39:18you'd be going,
39:19how are we, man?
39:19Dad, are we there?
39:20Are we there yet?
39:22Dad would be up front
39:23and he'd be a little bit annoyed.
39:25Pipe down in the back,
39:26man, you little rascals.
39:28We're not stopping
39:29at the little chef again,
39:30we're going up.
39:33Luxuring altering,
39:34isn't it,
39:34from back in the day?
39:35Luxuring altering,
39:36until we run out of fuel,
39:37man.
39:37Yeah.
39:37So that is below zero now.
39:39Uh-huh.
39:40And you've already put
39:41£20 in,
39:42not very long.
39:43Fentiful.
39:44Shall I wind my window up?
39:45Yes, it's even better.
39:47Look at that.
39:47See?
39:48Look at that.
39:4943 years old.
39:51And it's like,
39:51it's like floating along,
39:52isn't it?
39:53Yeah.
39:53It's just like breathing
39:54on a cushion of happiness.
39:59You're driving along
39:59and it feels like a new car.
40:01It's quiet,
40:02smooth,
40:03luxurious.
40:04Very nice drive.
40:05You can't really fault it,
40:06can you?
40:07With a bit of an angle
40:08on the car.
40:09Mm-hmm.
40:10There.
40:11And if you could just
40:11look a little younger.
40:13Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
40:15I think we might have
40:15got one there.
40:21We think the
40:22just-right amount of work
40:23has been done
40:24on this Daimler double six,
40:25and we got lucky
40:26when it came to the paint fixers,
40:27which looks seamless.
40:30But how much have we spent?
40:32Well, including tax and commission,
40:34it was a slightly opulent
40:35£7,412 to buy.
40:38Labour was £855.
40:41Parts was £793.
40:44And the radiator refurb
40:45was £354,
40:47as opposed to £900
40:49for a new one.
40:50Which brings the total
40:52to a very gentlemanly
40:53£9,414.
40:59Done a lovely job, the guys.
41:01Really good job.
41:02The car's magnificent.
41:04I can't see any real sign
41:05of any recent paintwork
41:07around there.
41:07It looks very, very good.
41:08They'd have had to
41:09lacquered it and lost it
41:10around here.
41:10But they've got a beautiful match.
41:12Absolutely superb match.
41:13Really, really good.
41:14If I'd done that,
41:15I'd be over the moon
41:16with that, absolutely.
41:17Let's have a look.
41:18Oh, smell that in there.
41:20Oh, man, I tell you.
41:22Lamb's wall over rugs
41:23in there, look.
41:24Dashboard, look at the dashboard.
41:25On these Daimlers particular,
41:27you have the same pattern
41:28on that glove box
41:29as you wheel round
41:30the dials on the other side.
41:32They mirror it like that,
41:33you know.
41:34Clever, isn't it?
41:34Rolls do the same thing.
41:36Super.
41:37What a car.
41:40And on to the Daimler double six.
41:43Now, this is a lovely car, this.
41:45It's been away
41:46and it's had lots done.
41:47So, there we are then.
41:49£8,000 bid, thank you.
41:51And nine,
41:52a £9,500 bid.
41:54Oh, this is good.
41:55It's very good.
41:56£500 then,
41:57£10,000,
41:58£10,500.
41:59£10,500 then
42:01for the first,
42:02second,
42:03third and last time
42:04looking round
42:05at £10,500.
42:08That is very, very strong.
42:10£10,500 for one of those.
42:12Derek was right
42:15about this car
42:16all along
42:16because,
42:17unbelievably,
42:18that's a £1,000 profit.
42:22We're in shock
42:22and it's all good too
42:24for new owner
42:25Brian Davies.
42:26There it is.
42:27As he arrives
42:28to pick up
42:29his new Daimler.
42:30I remember them
42:31from the day
42:32and always thought
42:33they were a great looking car.
42:35We have a collection
42:35and we saw this
42:37and just thought
42:38it's in really good condition
42:39and what have you said
42:40and we thought,
42:40yeah, why not?
42:41Probably the oldest
42:43still the car
42:43that we've got
42:44in the collection
42:44is a Morris 1300 GT
42:46but the rest
42:47are sort of like
42:48all post-2000s
42:50so, yeah,
42:51it'll be a nice addition
42:51to it
42:52and, you know,
42:53quite pleasant
42:54on a Sunday
42:54to take it out
42:55and have a run around in it.
42:58Bit apprehensive
42:59because we're driving it
42:59all the way back
43:00to the Wirral.
43:01Fingers crossed.
43:02Confident?
43:03I'm confident
43:04it'll probably cost
43:04about £300 in petrol,
43:06yeah.
43:09See you later.
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