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*Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car* is a spin-off of the Wheeler Dealers franchise that focuses on helping everyday people trade their way up to their ideal vehicle. Instead of restoring cars for profit alone, each episode follows a personal journey, where the team starts with the participant’s current car and gradually upgrades through a series of smart buys, repairs, and sales.
The show is led by Mike Brewer, an expert in sourcing and negotiating deals, and Marc Priestley (also known as “Elvis”), a former McLaren Racing mechanic who handles the technical work and improvements.
Season 1 establishes the format with a mix of nostalgic and ambitious goals, from classic cars like a Land Rover Series IIa and Ford Escort Mk2 to high-value dreams such as a DeLorean DMC-12 and a Nissan Skyline.
Season 2 builds on this with bigger stakes and more emotional stories, including practical goals like an Audi Q7 for a growing family, lifestyle vehicles such as a Volkswagen Campervan, and dream performance cars like a Caterham Seven.
Overall, the series blends car expertise with personal storytelling, showing how smart decisions and mechanical skill can turn an ordinary car into someone’s dream vehicle.
Thank you for supporting our channel
*Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car* is a spin-off of the Wheeler Dealers franchise that focuses on helping everyday people trade their way up to their ideal vehicle. Instead of restoring cars for profit alone, each episode follows a personal journey, where the team starts with the participant’s current car and gradually upgrades through a series of smart buys, repairs, and sales.
The show is led by Mike Brewer, an expert in sourcing and negotiating deals, and Marc Priestley (also known as “Elvis”), a former McLaren Racing mechanic who handles the technical work and improvements.
Season 1 establishes the format with a mix of nostalgic and ambitious goals, from classic cars like a Land Rover Series IIa and Ford Escort Mk2 to high-value dreams such as a DeLorean DMC-12 and a Nissan Skyline.
Season 2 builds on this with bigger stakes and more emotional stories, including practical goals like an Audi Q7 for a growing family, lifestyle vehicles such as a Volkswagen Campervan, and dream performance cars like a Caterham Seven.
Overall, the series blends car expertise with personal storytelling, showing how smart decisions and mechanical skill can turn an ordinary car into someone’s dream vehicle.
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00:03we've all got a dream car
00:08for most it remains out of reach
00:10i'm hoping you can help
00:12so i'm taking on the ultimate training challenge to make motoring dreams come true
00:18the next time you see me i promise i'm going to be in your dream car
00:21here's how i meet car lovers who hand over their daily drive
00:26and this is my starting point that's brilliant
00:28and whatever cash they can spare
00:31but she's given us this car on a grand
00:33through a series of car trades
00:35got a deal
00:36well done yeah
00:37and money making deals
00:38that's the car let's go in a bid
00:40i'll trade up until i've got enough money to buy the car they've always wanted
00:44you look happy
00:45oh yes
00:46i'll draw on years of experience and share my tricks of the trade
00:51this car has already increased in value just by moving it geographically
00:55helping me in the workshop is my mate elvis an ex formula one mechanic
01:01such a good feeling
01:02working together the pressure's on for us to deliver the dream car
01:07thank you so much
01:09this might even change my life
01:12this time we get into a tight spot
01:15stop stop stop
01:16shut the doors i'll put a bit of string around the back
01:18on a mission to deliver an iconic japanese sports car to photographer harlem
01:22i don't often say this but that seems impossible
01:25we risk it all on a once in a lifetime trade
01:28i've never bought eight motorbikes before but we just have
01:31to deliver a fast and furious dream car
01:34this is my favourite car in the whole world
01:50i'm excited today because i'm on my way to an old airfield in the heart for sure to go meet
01:54a guy called harlem
01:55he is single-mindedly 100% obsessed and he has been his whole life in one particular japanese sports car
02:04it's the nissan skyline who can blame him it's an amazing car he's also an aspiring motorsports photographer
02:11so that means i'm off to the racetrack
02:21i've always been into cars since i was a little kid
02:24i grew up with my dad taking me to car shows and racetracks
02:30my dream car is the nissan skyline it's got one of the greatest engines ever made
02:35it had amazing racing pedigree when it came out and it's something that's just always spoke to me with its
02:41history
02:45one of the most iconic japanese sports cars of all time
02:49the high performance coupe mixes samurai sharp styling
02:53with a stunning straight six engine this 1990s r33 gtr is a genuine four-seater with a 0-60 of
03:025.3 seconds
03:03the star of movies and video games its four round rear lights are unforgettable
03:12you must be harlan
03:14oh hello mate how are you
03:16good to see you sorry to disturb you while you're working look at that that is whoa
03:23that's fantastic so tell us about your love of cars where's it come from
03:28well my dad's mechanic so from day one um growing up i was always around tuna cars that sort of
03:35thing
03:35going to the racetrack with my dad so straight out of school went to work quite a number of years
03:40in the
03:42dream car but one day i kind of realized that i wanted to do a little bit more with my
03:47life and i
03:48set myself back to university i've rinsed all my savings you have okay well that makes me even more
03:53determined now to to get the car that you want which is a nissan skyline why one of them it
03:58was
03:58always the hero car in the films it was always the best car in the games it's a proper race
04:03car
04:03designed for the road i know exactly why you would fall in love with one but to get there i
04:08need a good
04:09starting point so have you got something tasty for me to start training with it's not quite like
04:13what's going around here but i'll come and show you it's just a car park i really want to do
04:17the
04:18best i can for him and knowing harlem he's a sports car fan so he's gonna have something tasty
04:22for me to get going with these are all nice and they in this car park these are good lovely
04:29so is
04:30it this nice little porsche that looks all right cracking car uh it's that one
04:38no don't tell me it's the mx5 seriously yeah yeah um what's what's the matter well i mean it's just
04:43a an old mx5 it's a mark one in it okay well let's have a look what we got okay
04:49that's good and it's
04:50got a detachable hard top that's got some value to it yeah it's a unos as well so it's a
04:55unos
04:55import yeah that's street cred that is is it really yeah okay um paint works a bit flat
05:01and it's got some trick bits on it i'll see you put a boot spoiler on it and different wheels
05:06on
05:06it uh wooden steering wheel well if i've got to work with that what else can you throw in
05:11you've got a few grand you can give me to get me started i've got a couple hundred quid that
05:15i've
05:15been saving for a rainy day well as in like 200 pounds if i actually pulled this off i'd be
05:22wearing
05:22a cape and my underwear will be on the outside of my trousers i will be a superhero there's master
05:28mx5s
05:29and then there's harlan's masda mx5 and he wants me to turn that into a skyline come on i mean
05:35seriously this is going to be a tough one i'm going to do it for you i'm going to take
05:39this away
05:39and i'm going to get you your nissan skyline you are the master i do believe in you mate i
05:43do
05:43well thank you thank you i like your confidence in me
05:51how can i shift this quick well it could make a good track day car it's already got a rollover
05:57hoop
05:57alloys and a spoiler i could sell it faster if i target a motorsport look and feel and go with
06:03a
06:03strong silver and black color scheme i love the fact that it's got the detachable hard top
06:07i think it's the wrong color being in red i think if we was to paint it black it would
06:12help the car
06:14that way we'd end up with a car that wouldn't look too bad and i reckon we can get it
06:18down the road
06:19but a decent skyline could be eight grand and this mazda is worth around 400 pounds
06:25i need to come up with some very clever trades
06:32what is that well i mean i know what it is but what's it doing here
06:37yes um it's not the best i could bring you to be honest with you i apologize
06:42i may have said something that we're going to regret because i promised that we're going to turn this
06:49into a nissan skyline
06:52what are you serious i mean i'm i don't often say this but that seems impossible
06:58look the guy is lovely he's called harlan he's a mature student he's gone back into higher education
07:06every single penny he'd save for his dream car and nissan skyline he's gone and invested that money
07:11in himself tell me there's a massive bundle of cash that comes along with this there is some cash
07:16to come with it i've got 200 pounds
07:23my goodness there's enough to change the steering wheel and you could paint this roof black actually
07:29because being in red it just doesn't suit the car hey i don't even know where to start i mean
07:36i know i was thinking the only way we're ever going to turn this into a nissan skyline is if
07:42me and you dumped in three grand of our own money of our personal cash our personal cash three grand
07:50yeah once i get trade in and i earn enough money i will give us back our three grand you
07:55won't lose
07:56the money just treat it like a loan so i can get trade in i mean look of course i
08:01trust you
08:02but you better get that money back i will i promise all right let's get cracking
08:07so elvis is on board with this short-term loan and i've got an idea for the track day mazda
08:12but even if we can sell it it's just going to be for hundreds and we're going to need thousands
08:16for a nissan skyline so i need a clever plan to get ahead with the next trade
08:26this old wooden steering wheel doesn't suit our track day style i spent 60 pounds on a black
08:33motorsport inspired upgrade trimmed in alcantara for extra grip in the corners
08:37so i'm going to change this steering wheel and the first thing i'm going to do is having
08:43taken the horn button out i can now get access to the central nut that's in here
08:49and i'm going to loosen that off but not completely off because when i start to pull
08:53this steering wheel off the splines quite often they're pretty well stuck and you've got to give
08:59them a good yank and eventually at some point it just dislodges and comes off and i have hit
09:03myself in the face with these before so now i never take the nut completely off until it's been
09:08dislodged on the splines so give it a good wiggle a bit of tapping
09:14there we go save myself a broken nose
09:21so i've gone for a slightly motorsport inspired steering wheel here because everything else around
09:27this car is is pretty much in that vein the yellow stripe here on the top of the steering wheel
09:31is
09:31just so that if you are racing this thing around a track and you've got handfuls of opposite lock
09:36you've got a very quick visual reference as to where the top dead center of your steering wheel is
09:40halfway through a corner it's quite a useful thing to have
09:46all right dave and there we go that's that job done
09:56colour coding the details of this car will give it a stronger look in any ad
10:00so the roof's going black to match the wheels and spoiler
10:05the secret good paint works always all about the preparation so i'm just keying up the surface
10:10with a little bit of rubbing compound and a bit of abrasive cloth just to give it a kind of
10:16roughed
10:16up surface for the paint to key to i'm keeping the spend small these rattle cans of satin paint are
10:23just ten pounds each
10:28the trick is to not go over the same bit too much otherwise it builds up and you get run
10:33so it's a case of doing lots of light coats
10:43well it's already looking loads better
10:47next have we done enough to find this car a buyer
10:51interested
10:52and when i squeeze into a tiny italian classic
10:56whoa look at this
10:57i discover that size really does matter
11:02stop stop stop i might need to borrow some tools boys
11:06our mission for harlan is to turn a tired old mazda of 200 pounds into one of the most iconic
11:12japanese sports cars ever made
11:14my dream car is the nissan skyline
11:16but with over 400 000 early mx5s built the second air market is flooded with cheap options
11:24i advertised it on a website for track day fans and kathy gave me a call
11:29this is the little car
11:30she's come down to see it with her friend amy
11:37it doesn't strike me as the kind of car that you would buy though kathy is it for you
11:41no we're actually looking at it for a friend's son
11:44are you
11:45yeah
11:45first car
11:46uh first car track car type thing
11:48perfect
11:49i mean what a great little thing to come play on the track with
11:51you like it do you amy
11:53yeah i love it
11:53yeah
11:54advertised it for 500 pounds
11:57interested
11:57um i was thinking more of the region of about 350
12:02i can't let it go for 350
12:04let's be nice shall we
12:06i'll let it go for 400 pounds
12:09yeah i could go to four
12:10just bought yourself a nice car
12:11well done you amy
12:12top job
12:15i'm pleased to get that sound but there's still a tiny amount to trade up from
12:19i need to find a vehicle i can buy with our three grand add value and then sell on for
12:24a profit
12:28the biggest profits are often in bold ideas so i always keep my eyes and ears open for new trends
12:34i'm on my way to look at an unusual vehicle
12:38last week i was in london when i got myself a coffee from one of these little coffee vans
12:43they look like a tuck tuck
12:44so it got me thinking about buying one
12:56hello there you must be den
12:57hello there
12:58how are you i'm mike
12:59how are you
12:59i'm all right very nice to meet you
13:01thank you
13:01carl what a great place to come and visit
13:03we've got more apes than anyone in england
13:05have you really
13:06this one's really caught my eye
13:08that little apes there that is beautiful
13:10we've just finished restoring that
13:11we found that in a french bakery
13:13no way it's an absolute wreck yeah and we've restored it completely so
13:17and what would that sell for
13:18uh around about 15 000
13:20what it's fully restored
13:2315 grand god and what about these something like this how much do these run at
13:27well these are our basic van they start at 7 000 pounds
13:31you're kidding
13:31no i'm not kidding
13:32piaggio have built everything from trains to aircraft
13:36their famous free wheelers have been in continuous production since 1948
13:41they're powered by 436 cc diesel or 125 cc petrol engine
13:46then makes a good living out of converting them into characterful promotional vehicles
13:51well i haven't got 15 grand to spend and i haven't got 7 grand to spend i'm after something
13:56just a little bit cheaper have you got anything at all
13:58i've got something a little bit different it's not what we normally do now
14:01it's called the apes 50
14:03so where is it then show us this little uh this little app hey
14:07it's behind you
14:09oh my god seriously
14:11how have you got a vehicle down the side of your building that's how small that is
14:15they're designed for the really narrow streets of italy
14:18it's in brown
14:19it's tuscan brown
14:21there's a big door missing here
14:22the door's inside the hole
14:24how does it open up then
14:25there's a latch here so it's pretty straightforward
14:27yeah
14:28and then this pops up
14:30all right
14:30on a gas strike
14:31whoa
14:31well that's all right isn't it that's a little bit of an improvement
14:34copper worktop
14:35nice
14:37eight bottle wine rack
14:38i like that
14:39and this crate here is for uh your bar snacks
14:41yeah lovely
14:42do you want to do you want to drive it
14:44can i
14:44yeah certainly
14:51ha ha ha
14:53like nothing else
14:53i've ever driven
15:03the steering it turns
15:04well look it turns like this
15:06turns on the sixpence
15:09that is wicked actually
15:10it turns round at its own length
15:12and i gather it does that because of
15:14what then said about those narrow
15:17italian streets
15:21this little 50cc
15:23ape is the smallest
15:24tuck tuck piaggio made
15:26it's already been converted
15:28into a wine bar
15:29but its basic layout
15:30could work for any business
15:32i think there could be a profit in it
15:33if i can get it
15:34for the right price
15:41so is it worth me buying
15:44it's a tough one
15:45but i reckon
15:46it could be worth a couple of grand
15:48you know
16:02how was it
16:03yeah i mean it's uh
16:05it's an experience isn't it
16:07i mean they're great fun little things to have
16:08but just need so much work and attention
16:11but i'll give you two grand for it
16:13two and a half thousand
16:14come and then
16:15have a deal with me
16:17two grand
16:18two grand
16:19that's all it's worth
16:20because it just
16:21i mean look i can see what you sell
16:23you sell all this nice stuff
16:24and it doesn't fit with your business does it
16:25i'm using a technique called mirroring
16:28i'm saying back to them
16:29what he already told me before
16:31reinforcing the idea
16:32that this ape isn't right for his business
16:34so he should sell it to me
16:36i'll give you two grand
16:37i'll take it away right now
16:38come and then
16:42top man
16:43well done then
16:47right then boys
16:48gently there she goes
16:50well a nappe
16:50isn't the biggest vehicle in the world
16:52but i did get the biggest fan
16:53i could possibly find
16:55knowing full well
16:56that it would fit into the back comfortably
16:59stop stop stop
17:01i just didn't account for a roof rack
17:05shut the doors
17:06i'll put a bit of string around the back
17:09i might need to borrow some tools boys
17:17that's it
17:18it's off
17:22yes
17:26hallelujah
17:31this tut tut has potential
17:36but at the moment the tuscan brown paint is letting it down
17:40i need a plan for a good value transformation
17:43on the journey back i've been thinking about what to do with a little ape
17:47what i need is something that's quick fast cheap and effective
17:50because the paint work on the thing is quite tatty
17:53one of the new processes that's out there on the market is this plastic spray paint
17:58it's good
17:59it comes in loads of different retro colours
18:01it's cheap
18:16what's this
18:17what's this
18:17this is what i bought you
18:19it's brand new what am i supposed to do with that
18:21i have bought you a van but not this one
18:23what i've bought you is
18:27this man
18:28that's a tuk-tuk mike
18:29it's lovely
18:30have a look
18:31yeah what do you think huh
18:33look it looks like it's been sat under a tree for 20 years
18:35i think it's been parked outside somebody's business for the past 20 years
18:38selling drinks out the back of it
18:40well and that's what we want to make out of it
18:42some kind of business
18:43oh i think so
18:44yeah i think we keep it broad
18:45keep it open
18:46well okay i mean i like that idea
18:48but look at the state of it
18:49it's not in the best condition
18:51that to me screams out a lot of work
18:53well there's this new process out there
18:55it's called plastic coating
18:57yeah which i love the sound of
18:58i've heard of that stuff
18:59it does sound great
19:00so i like that idea
19:01what about the colour
19:02what do you think
19:03i think the best thing to do with this
19:04is to do it in a nice contemporary colour
19:06and today that's going to be grey
19:08it's going to look amazing when it's done
19:10it will do
19:11i can already see actually
19:12you know sitting at a festival
19:13or some kind of event
19:14i think it will look great
19:15so i like it
19:16well i wasn't expecting that
19:18a tuk-tuk
19:19i'm really on board though with mike's idea
19:21get it looking as good as we can
19:22as fast as we can
19:23keep the market broad
19:25and offer it for sale as a backdrop for a business
19:30well i always like to get out of the workshop
19:32and to learn about something new
19:34and today i'm on my way down to see exactly how this plaster coating process works
19:38the tuk-tuk left yesterday ahead of me
19:41so the preparation is now well underway
19:46plastic coating's a pretty new idea
19:48and the owner sam is one of the first to offer the service nearby
19:51he's treated his own car
19:52which is a fetching shade of minty green
19:56sam
19:57hey
19:57how you doing mate
19:58elvis
19:58just broken the phone
19:59yeah good thanks jeff
20:00this is it i guess is it
20:01yeah this is it
20:02this is the plaster coating
20:03you can actually see it
20:04it looks different
20:05and even feel it's a little bit different
20:07i mean what exactly is it
20:08it is like rubber based
20:10um
20:11it will come out of a spray gun
20:13you don't need to do as much prep work
20:14as long as the body work
20:15and the actual car itself is
20:17is clean
20:18um
20:18you can pretty much just paint it straight on
20:20you know
20:20once you get bored of it
20:22you peel it off
20:22you peel it off
20:23literally you can just peel it straight off
20:25that's amazing
20:25you just rub the edge like so
20:27and then you just
20:28you just literally pick it through here like this
20:30wow
20:30and it just comes all the way off
20:31i mean what about cost
20:32for a traditional respray
20:33you would be looking around about
20:351500 pound for the tuk-tuk
20:36okay
20:36um
20:37we've agreed a price for the tuk-tuk
20:39700 pound for what we're doing
20:40so
20:41bargain
20:42yeah i think so
20:47sam's primered the tuk-tuk in light grey
20:49the top coat mike chose is a darker shade of grey
20:52and it's the current Envo colour
20:56the whole process takes a few hours
20:59yeah it's looking really good
21:01if it was a respray
21:03it would take around three times as long
21:04and cost at least double
21:06sam will drop it back at the workshop tomorrow
21:17the tuk-tuk's back the following morning
21:19and it's quite a sight
21:21what a transformation
21:23sam's done a great job with this
21:24and i think this fresh plastic coat over the top
21:27has taken years off it
21:31we could double our money on this if we get the pitch right
21:33mike's aiming to maximise the cute factor
21:36so he's bought some white wall tyres
21:37for 40 pounds each these give a great period look
21:45i had this red ape decal made up at a local vinyl suppliers for a tenner
21:50so far this tuk-tuk owes us 2,850 pounds
21:54it's lovely
21:55i give the rear a polish
21:58so i want to make it look good
21:59and i'm done
22:03is that a little tuk-tuk?
22:05really?
22:06almost unrecognisable
22:07seriously
22:07incredible
22:08oh look how much work you've done in the back
22:10i can already imagine someone selling orange juice flowers
22:13whatever they want out of that
22:14i can't wait to get pictures of this and get it out there on the internet
22:17yeah yeah okay agree
22:20i've written an ad emphasising its broad appeal
22:23and targeted the small business world
22:25by posting on websites catering to entrepreneurs
22:32next i struggle to get elvis on board
22:34as i target the grey pound
22:36isn't that cool
22:39it's old
22:41and we tried to seal the deal on a batch of two wheelers
22:46absolutely wicked yeah
22:50we've updated a tired old three wheeler
22:53is that a little tuk-tuk?
22:55so we can make Harland's dream of a skyline come true
22:59it was always the hero car in the films
23:01it was always the best car in the games
23:03i've been sweating on a deal
23:05and i've just had some news
23:08i've just had den on the phone
23:09the guy we got the tuk-tuk off
23:11oh yeah
23:11he said he's got a customer who wants one in exactly our spec
23:14no way
23:15he says he can return us four grand
23:19uh oh i don't know
23:20what do you reckon i was expecting more than that
23:22you don't think we should hang on
23:23well we could hang on
23:24but it could sit around for a while
23:26or we could just take the money and run
23:28all right well i suppose it does
23:30it does get us going doesn't it
23:31yeah
23:32all right let's do it
23:33so you're making a nice cup of tea
23:34yeah
23:35we can afford to have some cake now as well
23:39i could pull our loan out now
23:41but i'm gonna leave it in for as long as i can
23:44to build the biggest possible profit
23:46and next i'm looking at a deal
23:48which couldn't be more different to the tuk-tuk
23:50a big old classic rover
23:55i've been in contact with a guy called chris
23:58he's selling a rare rover for four grand
24:01chris happens to have an old 1956 rover p4
24:07a classic british car
24:09chris did mention there's a brake issue which he doesn't have time to fix
24:13music to my ears
24:15as i can drive a hard bargain when a car is a fault
24:18and if it's a straightforward fix we can add real value
24:24that looks brilliant doesn't it sat there
24:29nice
24:35aha
24:35hi mike
24:37you must be chris
24:38i am
24:38chris very nice to meet you
24:40nice to meet you too
24:41chris this is lovely turning up here with this period property
24:44and this old 75 part that's under the carriage
24:47so what can you tell me about it
24:48it's 1956 rover 75
24:502.2 engine
24:52very very nice car
24:54can i have a look under the bonnet
24:56please do
24:56lift up that vikings head
24:58it's brilliant that isn't it
25:00it looks fantastic doesn't it
25:02inner wings are really nice and solid
25:04a lot of it is period and original
25:07it really is
25:08they call it a rover 75
25:10because they said it was like 75 horsepower
25:12but most people say they've got 80 horsepower
25:15yeah reading the paperwork it looks like 80 brake horse
25:18what's it like inside
25:19yeah nice inside
25:21wonderful
25:22look at that lever in syria
25:24it's like a gentleman's club isn't it
25:25period dashboard
25:26it's so charming
25:28do you mind if i start her up
25:29no help yourself
25:33wow chris
25:34beautiful
25:35okay so when you say the brakes how bad are they
25:38they're really just one took apart
25:39cleaned and put back together
25:41is it safe for me to drive
25:42yeah it'll be fine for you to drive
25:44but just please be careful with the brakes
25:46right okay
25:46so can i take it for a test drive
25:48feel free
25:48wonderful
26:05oh and brake
26:18utterly charming i mean just charming i love it i absolutely love it
26:25as for the brakes well the brakes when i apply them
26:29like now we're still going we're still going we're still going and we're still going
26:35with around 350 rovers 75s left in the uk they're rare and sought after
26:41i want this one and i'm using the brake issue as a negotiating tool
26:46i reckon if i can get the car for around four grand
26:49there could be a nice decent profit in it
27:01so how did you get on i loved it um other than the fact yeah the brakes need a dressing
27:06but wonderful what a charming car
27:08would you take three and a half grand for it
27:11it needs to be a bit more than that what about 39
27:13if you make it 38 you got yourself a deal
27:16we'll have a deal
27:16lovely thank you very much chris i'm delighted with that
27:19brilliant
27:23i know the drum brake system on this car needs regular maintenance and adjustment
27:27so i'm betting on that being the problem
27:29the rest of the car is mint and i bought it under market price
27:33so i reckon once it's fixed it might be worth over five grand
27:37all right mate look what i've got for you
27:45what is that
27:46that my son is a 1956 rover p4 or rover 75 isn't that cool
27:54uh it's old
27:56of course it's old yeah it's 1956 and it's easy to work on
28:00because there's only a few little things we need to do to it
28:03namely the brakes it's an old car and the brakes are old so they're stuck in 1956
28:08so we need to just get the brakes working efficiently
28:11great i mean it feels like it belongs in a museum
28:14doesn't fill me with excitement if i'm really honest
28:16but let's get it up in the air let's have a look because um if that's what it needs
28:20that's what it needs
28:21well i was a bit taken aback by elvis
28:24clearly not a fan of really old cars
28:26but he doesn't have to like it he just has to trust
28:28my gut feeling that there's a profit to be had from the classic rover
28:36first thing i'm going to do is degrease the whole mechanism with brake cleaner
28:46so on the back of the drum here there's an adjuster
28:49and you can see that if i rotate the spanner up and down it moves the brake shoes in and
28:54out
28:54and that gives us the opportunity to control the amount of travel on the brake pedal
28:58when the driver hits the brakes between the frictional surfaces and the shoe here
29:02making contact with the rotating drum
29:04so i'm hoping that by making a small adjustment to the brake shoes position
29:07bringing the brake shoes closer to the drum
29:09it'll transform the effectiveness of the whole system
29:15the drum fits back over the shoes
29:18i check the adjustment one more time
29:20and that's job done
29:21perfect
29:28each wheel took me about an hour and the brake rebuild cost me nothing in parts
29:31which is a real result
29:32even though it's now a rare car it's a well-known brand and model
29:36so mike's chosen to advertise it on a mainstream classic car website
29:39to get it in front of as many eyes as possible as quickly as possible
29:44taking in the year and condition
29:46i carefully judged the price of our rover in relation to the handful that's out there on the market
29:52attractively pitched at five and a half thousand pounds
29:54it generated a few phone calls straight away
29:57hugh has come to view
30:00your old rover then
30:02you had that how many years ago
30:04i sold it in the 90s
30:081990s that's a long time ago
30:09so this is uh this is my 75
30:11what do you think
30:13i think it's super for 63 years old
30:15it's amazing isn't it
30:17i wish i could have lasted as long as that in that condition
30:20so what's this you're clutching on to
30:21now this is my car
30:23yes the one i had in the 80s
30:26that's lovely
30:27so now you're in the market for a nice rover again
30:30yes
30:30so um this one i've advertised it at 5,500
30:34which i thought was a really reasonable price
30:37what do you think
30:37i think you're a bit over the top
30:39do you
30:40and i think you should be
30:415,250
30:445,250
30:45yeah
30:46if you put another 50 pound on top of that
30:48call it 5 free
30:49car's yours
30:50go on
30:50there we are
30:51that's it
30:52shore rover sir
30:52you've got your old car back
30:54well done
30:55that's right
30:55yes
30:56and it'll be used every sunday
30:57lovely
30:58i remember to keep off the roads in teesside on sundays then
31:02no it's northumberland
31:06so the skyline fund is slowly building
31:09and i'm leaving our three grand loan in the pot
31:11because my tuck tuck contact den
31:13has just been in touch with an interesting offer
31:17you like motorbikes don't you
31:18i do
31:19you're gonna like these
31:20look at this
31:21these are little honda navis
31:23they're 110 cc little commuter bikes
31:26brand new they are
31:27they look like scooters
31:29nice
31:29you know the fella den
31:31that we got the tuck tuck off
31:32yeah
31:32he bought a tuck tuck over in a sea container
31:35packed eight of these bikes around it
31:37and now he just wants to offload all eight
31:39and he's asked me
31:40if i'm interested
31:41eight of them
31:42hey
31:42how much
31:43he wants six grand for the lot
31:45so that only works out
31:45once it's 750 quid a bike
31:47it's cheap isn't it
31:48we could sell those for over a grand couldn't we
31:50yeah i reckon
31:51that'd be like a 25% markup immediately
31:53yeah i mean they're brand new
31:55should we go for it
31:56i love it
31:56let me send him back a text right now
31:58i then
31:59we
32:00are
32:02both
32:03in
32:04sent
32:05lovely
32:06i've never bought eight motorbikes before
32:08but we
32:08just have
32:09me neither
32:09i've been a scooter fan
32:11since i was a teenager
32:14and i've built and ridden them
32:15my whole life
32:18so now i'm keen to see what my latest scooter bike
32:21looks and rides like
32:26the navi bikes have arrived
32:28one is already road legal
32:29so i'm straight out to test it
32:33while elvis gives the other seven a check over
32:39well this really is a simple little bike
32:42it's just twist and go
32:44it's great fun
32:45right lal
32:46it handles brilliantly
32:47and is really comfortable
32:49and well balanced
32:50what i like about it most of all
32:52is the seating position
32:53i'm straddled across this petrol tank
32:55so it feels a bit like a motorbike
32:57but strictly speaking
32:59it's a scooter
33:07well what do you reckon
33:08absolutely wicked yeah
33:10i reckon we can get a gram for these easy
33:12i mean i reckon maybe even more
33:14because i've been through all of them while you've been out
33:15nothing wrong with any of them
33:16they're perfect
33:17i reckon we'd get these sold no problem
33:19brilliant
33:20these bikes aren't usually imported into the uk
33:23so people don't know them
33:24i've often found the best way to convince someone to buy
33:27is to show them off in the flesh
33:33i'm off to the home of the british grand prix
33:35where pit lane bikes are all the rage
33:38i'm hoping to snag a few well-heeled punters
33:47i've got four bikes on display
33:49and four in the back of my van
33:53next
33:54thousands of motorsport fans are flooding in
33:56as i try hard to kickstart some sales
33:59and the search for a suitable skyline begins
34:03it's had a little bit of minor body damage in the past
34:08we're on a trading journey to help photographer and gamer harlan
34:12turning virtual dream into an on-the-road reality
34:16i'm going to do it for you i'm going to take this away
34:18and i'm going to get you your nissan skyline
34:20we've had to work hard from the start
34:23i can't let it go for 350
34:25let's be nice shall we
34:27now we're in deep
34:28i've spent almost their entire dream car fund on eight motorbikes
34:34i'm at silverstone race circuit trying to sell them as pit lane bikes
34:38i can clear a four grand profit
34:40if i can sell each one for 1250 pounds
34:44if you want to fire one up and go up and down the paddock
34:48to see if it's okay feel free
34:51there you go lovely
34:54nice one
34:57yeah he's uh
34:58he's taking it for a fair old test drive
35:00which is a bit worrying
35:03there he is mind yourself
35:06come on in
35:08let's turn that off
35:10you want one i'll take it lovely brilliant well done yeah nice one
35:13result i've got a sale and the navi it's on its way to a new home
35:18pretty soon there's a real buzz around the bikes
35:21if you're interested just let me know but they will go they will go quickly
35:25i'm using that as a sales technique with passers-by
35:281250 they are
35:30yeah all right i'll think about it i'll come back
35:32yeah come back they'll be gone in half hour
35:34emphasizing the need to act fast
35:37helping to focus their minds on a decision
35:40okay i'll have one
35:41you want a black one
35:44done that's another one sold
35:46yes another navi finds a home i'm enjoying this
35:51i definitely chose the right place
35:53all the bikes sold our dream car fund is now just over 10 grand
36:00at long last it's time to repay ourselves the three grand loan we put in at the start of this
36:05journey
36:07the seven grand balance might be enough for harland's dream car
36:11and i've just spotted one for sale
36:13a guy called dylan has a japanese impulse r33 skyline he bought at auction in japan
36:18it's all uk legal and he's asking seven and a half grand for it
36:22over the years i've learned a lot of people can advertise their cars way over that actual value
36:27so i called him and i said would you be prepared to negotiate guess what he said yes
36:37that's lovely dylan hey very nice to meet you nice to meet you how are you i'm good thanks
36:42yeah excellent what a great looking car sounded lovely as well as you come around the corner
36:47let me just turn it off stick it over nicely in it yeah it drives smooth drives very well
36:52yeah it's nice i like the big boot spoiler on the rear the four lights looks good now you said
36:58you've got the auction report is this the paperwork here yeah i've got it in the bag the interior looks
37:02good yeah looks nice doesn't it yeah no holes in the dashboard all nice straight clean and tidy yeah
37:08everything works as well all the windows electronics nice which one let me just pop it out for you
37:13it's this one here lovely now i bought a few cars from japanese auctions and it's really fun
37:19thing to do and i can see this one's an ra which means it's had a little bit of minor
37:24body damage
37:24in the past but clearly wherever that was it's been done well i see a lot of japanese imports that
37:30are bought at auction and generally they're very good news because they are well careful cars and they
37:35represent really good value for money however if you're going to buy one make sure it's got a full
37:40auction report and if you can't read it then get it translated because if you buy a bad one
37:44it can be costly uh-huh look at that it's got a strap brace yeah it's got the strap brace
37:51it's
37:52got the air cone filter it's rb25 det so 2.5 turbo good well listen i like it any chance
37:59i can uh
37:59come feel what it's like out on the road yeah of course go for it
38:18although it's only got one single turbo this car it's still got some mighty power
38:22it really has and it delivers it beautifully
38:34i like it i do i like it it's very good inside here the cockpit it's not a bad place
38:40to be at all
38:40very simple nicely laid out as well everything seems to be functional and everything is working
38:47which is really nice even got air conditioning so the question is is this the right car for harlan
38:56well i think it'd be absolutely over the moon with it if i can go back and get it to
39:02seven grand
39:03then i think i've just found harlan's dream car
39:16how'd it go yeah good nice car it's fast it's smooth i love the suspension it's got good grip the
39:23engine's got good power um i'd like to buy it you want how much um so it's up for seven
39:31thousand five
39:31hundred the most i can stretch to is seven grand right okay do you reckon you could do that seven
39:40grand i can pay you right now in cash okay yeah let's go ahead thank you very much lovely yeah
39:51thank
39:51you very much i like that deal it's a cracking deal and i can't wait to show elvis as somebody
39:57from the
39:58video gaming generation is going to love this too right we're off to meet harlan and elvis is behind
40:10the wheel the destination is london for an early evening high performance car event
40:17it's good isn't it hey look at that face of yours hey i've never seen you so happy my goodness
40:22it's not
40:23some poke it has isn't it and i love all the noises it makes the gulps the pops the whistles
40:28these are
40:28a fantastic car and highly collectible yeah yeah well if he's grown up anything like me loving video
40:34games and anything japanese he's gonna fall in love with this immediately yeah of course he is
40:44i've arranged to meet harlan in the car park where he's checking out the metal
40:48he doesn't know that the next car rolling in will be his
40:55hello mike how are you i'm very well how are you excellent yeah i'm very good i thought if
41:00there's supercars in the car park you'll be hanging around them i know i sniff them out so um you
41:06know
41:06i asked you here for a reason you excited very excited are you my heart's been like this all day
41:11has it really i'll tell you what my heart's been like this for weeks because i've been working and elvis
41:16has been working so hard to try and get what you want and uh elvis is going to come and
41:22join us
41:22right now in something i hope you'll be delighted with no way because harlan this is your dream car
41:32oh you're shaking don't have a heart attack on me whatever you do are you joking no i'm not joking
41:38and this is elvis how you doing mate hello elvis how are you mate oh my god dude what do
41:44you think
41:46yeah it's an r33
41:50this is your nissan skyline you wanted a 33 and we got you a 33. can't believe it
41:56well what was it then about this particular one that you love so much
42:01um it's the rear end really yeah come and have a look at it is that the rear end you
42:05were looking
42:05for i'll tell you i look at this and it takes me back to when i was a little kid
42:11sat on my computer
42:13playing me video games it just takes me back it just takes me back it's something that i wanted for
42:17so so long so long well this is reality now it really is your car come and have a sit
42:24inside it
42:24i'll tell you what everyone else is going to be staring at the background now because you'll be off
42:28into the distance it's a little bit different to that mx5 you uh you left with us speechless
42:35genuinely genuinely this is your dream car you're a pair of legends thank you so much it's an absolute
42:41pleasure have fun there you go look at his face look at his face look at his face that's brilliant
42:49that is brilliant it was worth it just for that alone and thanks elvis
42:54yet again we managed to pull it off well when somebody loves a car that much all that effort
42:59was definitely worthwhile i hope he comes back with my jacket
43:11mike and elvis return to help engineer mark trade up to a tbr serbera wheeler dealers dream car
43:18continues next monday at nine or via series link next on discovery tonight it's iron
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