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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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00:00Ending up against the clock.
00:01Oh, yes, yes, yes!
00:04To get NHS worker Mark, he's dreamed Caterham 7,
00:07whilst he's still healthy enough to enjoy it.
00:10It sounds to me that this could be your last hurrah.
00:12It could well be.
00:13I hope it isn't, but treat it as that, because it could well be.
00:16Bagging a top-of-the-range British sports car
00:18means taking some big risks.
00:21This is no ordinary motorbike.
00:22This is a fantastic one.
00:24I'm sure it is a good one when it's finished.
00:26Hopefully, we won't end up looking like a pair of clowns.
00:30Tell me you haven't bought it.
00:31Of course I've bought it.
00:32Who's going to buy that?
00:35Oh, yes!
00:37We've all got a dream car.
00:39For most, it remains out of reach.
00:42I've always said to myself when I was younger
00:43that when I get older, I'll buy one.
00:45Unfortunately, it's just been a dream.
00:47So, I'm taking on the ultimate trading challenge.
00:50Oh, now we're going!
00:52To make motoring dreams come true.
00:54I know you can do it, Mark.
00:55I believe in you.
00:56I'm not Harry Potter.
00:58Here's how.
00:58I meet car lovers who hand over their daily drive.
01:01Where's the petrol flat?
01:02Oh, I think that flew off down the M1 on it, yeah.
01:04And whatever savings they can spare.
01:06About £500.
01:07£500.
01:08For a series of trades, this is a monumental gamble.
01:12And money-making deals.
01:14I'll offer you £3,000.
01:15Hold out your hand.
01:16I'll trade up.
01:17Yeah, lovely.
01:17Until I've got enough money to buy the car they've always wanted.
01:21I can't express how happy I am.
01:23Stop crying!
01:24I'll draw on years of experience and share my tricks of the trade.
01:29If the weather's like this and we can get that roof working, we can sell this for more than double
01:33what I paid for it.
01:34Helping me in the workshop is ex-Formula 1 mechanic, Elvis.
01:39It's such an inconvenient place to have to work this.
01:41It won't go forwards.
01:43It only goes backwards.
01:44Yeah.
01:44We just wasted £2,300 of our money.
01:47The pressure is on.
01:48Oh, that's crazy.
01:49To deliver...
01:50You're taking it.
01:51...that dream car.
01:52I've taken it.
01:53It's amazing.
02:00I'm on my way to go and meet Mark Charles.
02:03Now, Mark works for the NHS, so he's a good man.
02:06And his dream is to own a proper British classic sports car, a Caterham 7.
02:13Now, it's a special mission for us because Mark's had a tough time recently.
02:18Two years ago, he was diagnosed with something called colitis and needed major surgery.
02:23He then developed arthritis, which means that within a few years, he may not be able to walk.
02:28So, I'd love to get him his dream sports car, whilst he can still enjoy it.
02:33Caterhams are iconic little sports cars, and they're great fun to drive, so it's a really good choice.
02:39I also know Elvis is going to like that choice, too, because he used to work on them.
02:44Now, Mark, he's been saving for many years to get his dream car, but unfortunately, they're always just out of
02:50reach
02:50because although they're tiny, those little cars, they are rather expensive.
02:54And that's where I step in.
02:56I'm determined to help Mark out to get his dream car.
03:00With time running out for Mark to own this iconic little car,
03:04I've arranged to meet him and his son, Tom, at Caterham's biggest showroom.
03:08Here they are.
03:11Mark, Tom, how are you?
03:12Hiya, Mike. Nice to meet you.
03:13Good to see you.
03:14How are you doing? Are you all right?
03:15Seven-hour round trip for you, isn't it?
03:17Oh, well, it is, Matt, but what a trip, though.
03:19It's well worth it to come in and see all these cars like this.
03:22Fantastic. Fair play.
03:23What about you, then, Tom? Which one takes your fancy?
03:25You're standing next to this yellow one, or is it the little Lego one? Is that what takes your fancy?
03:30I like this one.
03:31You like this one?
03:31Yeah.
03:32It's cool, isn't it, eh?
03:33Yeah.
03:33It's a nice colour. I like the yellow.
03:35Shall we leave you to look round the cars and I'll go and have a trip with your dad? Is
03:37that right?
03:38Yeah.
03:38Yeah? All right. Come on, then.
03:40The Seven is Caterham's flagship model.
03:43They've been making them since 1973.
03:46And I can tell you, the driving experience is absolutely unique.
03:50And most importantly, it's incredibly good fun.
03:53This choice tells me Mark's a man after my own heart.
03:57And Elvis's, too.
03:59One of his first jobs was for a Caterham race team.
04:01Yes, that's him. A 19-year-old sporting a dodgy haircut.
04:05He worked there before his days in F1.
04:07So I know he'll love Mark's choice.
04:10What do you do for a living?
04:11I work for Swansea Beach Health Board.
04:14I'm an information governance officer.
04:16For the NHS?
04:17For the NHS.
04:17I gather on NHS wages.
04:19It doesn't give you the disposable income for you to go out there and go and get your own, Caterham.
04:24I think if I was in retirement age, maybe I would have been in a position to buy one, but
04:27certainly not now, anyway.
04:29You've got some ill health as well, haven't you?
04:31I have, yeah, unfortunately.
04:33I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.
04:36It couldn't be controlled with medication, so I ended up having two major bowel operations.
04:42Everything seemed to work out fine.
04:43And then two years ago, I hyperextended my knee, and that triggered something called entropathic arthritis.
04:50What a shame. I mean, what a shame.
04:51And I'm sorry about your ill health, and being that you've got some arthritis coming, I don't want to be
04:57blunt, but this sounds to me like you owning a Caterham.
05:02It sounds to me that this could be your last hurrah.
05:05It could well be.
05:06I'm relatively controlled at the moment, and lots of immunosuppressants and steroid injections, but if you'd have seen me about
05:12three weeks ago, I could barely walk.
05:15Why Caterham? What got you into Caterham?
05:17Um, it's just that classic styling that I like, and because it's, you know, low to the ground, it's, I
05:23don't know, simple, simple car, and I think that's what appeals to me, really.
05:27Not that I've driven one yet, but that experience of being that low to the ground, that's what I'm most
05:32looking forward to.
05:33What colour would you go for?
05:34Um, yellow is probably my favourite, yellow with the black stripes.
05:38What happens if I do manage to get you a car, you get in it, and you hate it?
05:42Oh, it's not going to happen. It's just not going to happen. I can't imagine in any world that's going
05:45to happen.
05:46Mark's a lovely guy, and I'm determined to give him that experience behind the wheel of a Caterham 7.
05:52This is a big arse for me and Elvis, because Caterham 7s are monumentally expensive, but none of that matters.
05:59What matters, really, is what car he's got in a car park to trade in.
06:04So tell me, is it the Fiat Arbath, the BMW?
06:09It's not this. The Honda Civic. And this made it all the way from Wales?
06:13It did.
06:15Oh, Mark.
06:18It doesn't look as bad as it is.
06:19The interior's good.
06:20How many miles has it done?
06:22125.
06:22You're kidding, really?
06:23Yeah.
06:24So let me get this right. The car you want is literally right there.
06:28Yeah.
06:29You want a Caterham 7.
06:30These are tens of thousands of pounds.
06:33I don't even think I could get a grand for this.
06:36So I'm kind of hoping that stuffed in that centre console down there are tens of thousands of pounds to
06:42make the journey a little bit easier.
06:43It's not tens of thousands, it's several thousand.
06:45Huh?
06:46Five thousand.
06:47Five grand!
06:47Five grand.
06:48Get in.
06:48That means I've got a good starting point.
06:51So leave it with me.
06:52Next time you see me, hopefully it'll be with your dream car.
06:56Well, the task in front of me and Elvis is a massive one.
07:00I've seen these Caterham 7s sell upwards of 12,000 pounds.
07:04And look what we've got to start with, that old Honda Civic.
07:07But what with Mark's ill health and his last chance to get his dream car, me and Elvis, we have
07:12no choice but to pull it off.
07:18Well, Mark and his son, Tom, what a lovely, lovely fellow.
07:22Having just a couple of years of good mobility left means that we have to work really fast to try
07:27and get him the car that he wants, his dream car, that lovely little Caterham.
07:31The first job is to get this car tidied up and I can get trading for that five grand he'd
07:36give me.
07:39Mate!
07:392.2 litre diesel Type S Honda.
07:43And it is a bit tired, I must admit, but we need to turn this into a dream car for
07:49a lovely chap.
07:50He's called Mark, he's got a young son called Tom, he's got ill health and this is his sort of
07:55last chance to have his dream car and I said, me and you, we'll help.
07:59Yeah, and what's he after?
08:01Oh, you're going to like this.
08:02We've got to somehow turn this into a specific Caterham.
08:07We've got to turn this into a Caterham 7.
08:08A yellow Caterham 7, that's what your son Thomas has asked for, yeah, so it's a big challenge.
08:13That is specific, all right, well, I mean, what have we got to do to this?
08:16Well, the only things are, it's going to need a little bit of work on the suspension, I think it's
08:20going to need a couple of shocks.
08:21That's fine, it's not too bad, but it's still not going to be worth a fortune, is it?
08:24It's a long leap from this to a Caterham 7.
08:25Exactly, yeah.
08:26The good news is, he gave me five grand as well.
08:29Has he?
08:29So I can get trading with the five grand whilst you get this up together and we can get it
08:34sold.
08:34That's good, like it.
08:35Right, let's work.
08:36Well done, mate.
08:38Mike reckons there are some issues with the Honda's shocks, so that's my first job.
08:43And I can see it already.
08:45It's moist around this area and underneath the boot, which actually looks like it's split as well, is really quite
08:53wet.
08:53So the top of the shock absorber's leaking oil out.
08:57At the moment, it's not enough to fail an MOT, but the shocks will only continue to degenerate.
09:02So I'm going to replace the front pair now before they become a safety issue.
09:06I bought replacements online.
09:09They're about £80 for a new shock absorber.
09:11I can reuse the spring and the top mount and everything else.
09:14And you don't want to just change one on its own.
09:16So I'm changing the front pair because that will give us a nice balanced ride moving forward.
09:22With the spring clamped in a spring compressor, it's an easy job.
09:25The new shock's attached using the same mounts and bolts as the old one.
09:30So whilst I've had this apart, I've checked that the bearings and the top mount are all OK, which they
09:35are.
09:35And now I've got to make sure the top mount goes back in in the same orientation that it came
09:39out.
09:40But we're basically good to go.
09:49There we go.
09:49OK, that's one side done.
09:51I'm not saying that fitting new shocks is going to increase the car's value, but it might just help us
09:55get it sold.
09:56And on our journey towards Mark's Caterham 7, that could be just as important.
10:01Shock sorted, the car just needs a deep clean.
10:04Mike's going to advertise it nationally for £1,500.
10:07It's a great price as a starter car for a new driver.
10:12The next morning, Mike's messaged me saying he's got a surprise waiting in the workshop.
10:18What on earth is that?
10:26Look what I've delivered you.
10:27What is it?
10:28It's a clown's car.
10:29Well, I can see that.
10:30Tell me you haven't bought it.
10:31Of course I bought it.
10:32It's only £1,500.
10:33Are you joking?
10:34No.
10:35And who's going to buy that?
10:37Don't you think I've got a plan?
10:38I've always got a plan.
10:39This is a proper little thing.
10:41It belonged to Zippo the clown, the genuine real Zippo.
10:44Really?
10:45He sold it to the props company that I bought it from.
10:48This is a collector's item.
10:49We'll easily get it sold as long as you can get it running.
10:53OK.
10:54You've worked on cars that go 200 miles an hour.
10:57Just work on this that does three miles an hour.
10:59All you've got to do is connect the engine up.
11:01Look, it's just doing nothing in the back.
11:02It's just got a lawnmower engine dropped in the back.
11:06Ha, ha.
11:06Whee!
11:08You can do it, pal.
11:10Next, I'm severely tempted to risk our pot on a 70s two-wheeler.
11:14This is a monumental gamble.
11:18Monumental gamble.
11:19And Elvis is worried that joke's on him with the clown car.
11:22If it smokes like a chimney, well, you might be looking at a brand-new engine.
11:34We're trying to make NHS worker Mark's dream of owning a Caterham 7 come true.
11:39Where did you love how Caterham's come from?
11:41It's just that classic styling that I like.
11:43That's what appeals to me, really.
11:46Caterham's average around 12 grand, so I'm going to need to do several trades.
11:50Our latest is this clown car.
11:52But the engine doesn't run.
11:54And if it needs replacing, that's our profit all gone.
11:57It's fitted with this little Honda GX200, basically a lawnmower engine.
12:02I can already see that it's missing a clutch pack.
12:05Could be missing a whole load more than that.
12:07But luckily, I've got a neighbour next door who deals with these things for a living.
12:11So I'm going to go and see him.
12:13I wish all engines were that easy to get out.
12:15I know we need to order the centrifugal clutch, but if there's anything else missing, then
12:19my friend Mark is a man who can find the parts.
12:22What's this, moving to the garbage machinery?
12:25These motors are simple two-strokes, but they need to be looked after just like a car engine.
12:31I've checked, and there is no oil in the bottom of this thing, which might just be because
12:35someone's drained it out, or it could be something more sinister.
12:38But the only way to tell is to put some back in it, fire it up and see what happens.
12:42If it smokes like a chimney, well, that could be really bad news, you know, because the piston
12:47rings around this thing, if they go, if they start to leak oil through and it's burnt that
12:51oil away, it can also score the bores.
12:53And at that point, you're probably into buying a new engine, which, in all honesty, will be
12:57all of our profit gone.
13:00Fingers crossed, a few quid's worth of standard oil is all that's needed.
13:05Here we go.
13:20I'm actually really pleased that this thing runs.
13:23Massive relief, because now I can start to make a list of the bits that I need.
13:26Mark can get them for me.
13:27Clutch pack, air filter, a full service kit for this engine.
13:31And then, quite frankly, I'll be pleased to see the back of it.
13:35Once I've got the engine working, this quirky little car should be able to pull off its old
13:39circus tricks again.
13:42Well, if we're ever going to get that catering for Mark, we are going to need to sell his
13:45trading car, which is this little Honda.
13:48Now, Elvis has done some great work getting it ship-shaped.
13:50I've advertised it out there online.
13:52I've been inundated with people.
13:53This guy behind me, Dean, and his daughter, Rosie, they're first here.
13:56He likes it.
13:58Doesn't want to buy it.
14:00So then, Dean.
14:01Hi, Mike.
14:01First up, why a Honda Civic?
14:04Looking for a reliable diesel for work.
14:06Nice.
14:06You do a lot of miles?
14:07A lot of miles between 200 and 400 a week.
14:09You're going to need something that's reliable.
14:11Plus, they do sort of drive like a petrol car as well.
14:13They're quite powerful, these Honda Civics.
14:16Excellent.
14:16OK, does Rosie give it a thumbs up or a thumbs up?
14:19Thumbs up from Rosie.
14:21Nice one.
14:22Well, listen, I've put it out there online.
14:23I've been inundated with people beating the paths to my door.
14:26You're here first.
14:27I do need £1,500 for it.
14:29I think I'm going to get that.
14:30So what do you say?
14:31£1,500, Mike.
14:32It's a deal.
14:33Nice one.
14:34Well done, Rosie.
14:35Pound it.
14:36Boom.
14:37Well done.
14:40Mark gave us £5,000 of his own cash.
14:43We spent £160 on new shocks for the Civic and sold it for £1,500,
14:48which means we got £4,840 in the Dream Car Fund and a clown car to sell.
14:55Not a bad start.
14:56And Elvis has some more good news.
14:59What is that?
15:02Oh, yeah!
15:04Oh, mate!
15:05Oh, that is fantastic!
15:07Isn't it cool?
15:08It's a breeze!
15:09That is brilliant!
15:10I never thought I'd seen a day!
15:12Amazing, isn't it?
15:13It is absolutely fantastic.
15:14Oh, Elvis, it is wicked!
15:16Do you like the comedy horn?
15:17I like it, yeah, very good.
15:18I've got another couple of mods I've fitted as well, aren't I?
15:20Check that out.
15:22Oh, that's brilliant!
15:25It is every inch.
15:27That's coloured smoke.
15:29It's every inch what I thought it would be.
15:32It's a proper clown's car.
15:33Mate, you've absolutely nailed it.
15:35It's so much fun.
15:36Give £1,500 for it.
15:38With all your hard work, we've not really spent anything, have we?
15:40Not really, no.
15:41All I did was fit the engine, replace the clutch pad.
15:44Elvis has smashed it with a clown car.
15:46He's literally knocked it out.
15:48The circus ring, he really has.
15:49Now I've got it listed online, I'm hoping to get around £2,000 for it.
15:54And what were the history I know and the providence, I hope it's going to appeal to a collector and
15:59we'll get it sold.
16:01A week later, the online auction for the clown car has ended.
16:05We received plenty of offers and I'm meeting the winning bidder so they can inspect and collect it.
16:10Some may think I'm a bit of a clown when I go out and buy a clown car, but actually
16:14I'm the one that won because I advertised it on an online auction site and I got bids from all
16:20over the world.
16:20I even had Zippo the clown himself comment on the listing and the bid started to increase.
16:26We have 41 in total.
16:27This chap behind me was the winning bidder.
16:30He's called Mike.
16:31He's come all the way down from Barnsley.
16:33Remember, he's already bought the car.
16:35Does he want to take it?
16:36Mike, you still happy?
16:38Very happy.
16:39Lovely.
16:39Yeah, it's a wonderful thing, isn't it?
16:41So what do you want to buy it for?
16:43I bought it purely for my little son.
16:44Oh, really?
16:45He can potter around in it.
16:46And he can be a clown.
16:47He can be a clown.
16:48There's a button there to make a smoke canister go off.
16:51There's another one that these squirters squirt water everywhere.
16:54Oh, great.
16:55I think the doors ping off if you want them to.
16:57So, yeah, he can have a lot of fun with this.
16:59He really can.
17:00So you've already got a nice yellow Mustang.
17:02You've got to park this one next to it?
17:04I am.
17:04It'll take pride in place.
17:05Nice one.
17:06Well, listen, you were the winning bidder at £2,300.
17:08Are you still happy to agree to that?
17:11Yeah, 100%, Mike.
17:11Super.
17:12You bought yourself a nice little clown car.
17:16Which means we've got £6,890 in the Dream Car Fund.
17:20Not bad, but still barely halfway to the £12,000 or so needed for Mark's Caterham.
17:25So I'm off to see another flip.
17:27Which has the potential for a big profit.
17:30Now, I love cars.
17:31Anyone would tell you that.
17:32But what you might not know is I also love motorbikes too.
17:35Much to my wife's dismay.
17:37Now, I've got wind of a bike that's just come onto the market.
17:40It's one of my favourite all-time bikes.
17:42It's a CB750, like the original super bike.
17:46Belongs to a guy called Andy.
17:47He actually restores bikes.
17:49But he's got too many projects on and this one is just too much for him.
17:53So, I have seen these bikes sell for thousands of pounds because they are such a sought-after and collector's
18:00item.
18:01Andy?
18:02Hello.
18:03Mike.
18:03How are you doing?
18:04Very nice to meet you.
18:05Nice to meet you.
18:05Yeah, fantastic.
18:06What a place.
18:07This is amazing, isn't it?
18:08Yeah.
18:09You've got bikes everywhere.
18:10This is my kind of wheelhouse.
18:12Right.
18:12Okay.
18:13So, CB750.
18:15Yeah.
18:15The iconic bike, first real super bike.
18:19Nice.
18:19Okay.
18:19What year is this one?
18:21This is a 1972.
18:23They came out in 69.
18:2469.
18:25And they sort of finished off the British motorcycle industry because they were the first proper four-cylinder motorbike.
18:31Had a disc brake, electric starter.
18:34It was a revelation.
18:35Revolution.
18:36You know, the bits that I can see are absolutely astonishing.
18:39I've been right through the engine.
18:41It's had anything that needed doing.
18:43It's had all the bearings, all the seals.
18:45What's here is all done.
18:47Right.
18:47But what's not here is the bits that are worrying me.
18:52Well, there's a few bits that you've got to get.
18:55Okay.
18:56So, talk me through them.
18:57Where's the saddle?
18:58Got the saddle there.
18:59Okay.
18:59So, we've got a saddle.
19:00Brand new fuel tank.
19:02No rust.
19:02That's wonderful.
19:04The biggest worry, though, is that it doesn't have the right exhaust.
19:07The original four-pipe, like this one.
19:10If I was to market this bike without the four-pipes, what's it worth?
19:14Between five and six grand.
19:16And with the correct exhaust pipe on it?
19:17With the correct exhaust, it's going to put a couple of grand on it.
19:20Is it really?
19:21Yeah.
19:21As much as that?
19:22Yeah.
19:23Oh, that is the problem, isn't it?
19:26That really is the big issue.
19:28Because how much do you want for this?
19:30Five grand.
19:32This is a monumental gamble.
19:35Monumental gamble.
19:36Yeah, but you like a gamble.
19:37I do like a gamble.
19:38I'll give you four and a half grand for it.
19:40No, no, no.
19:41Five grand.
19:42I can't do five grand.
19:43I've got to have a little bit of something back.
19:45Put it this way.
19:46I'm going to...
19:47It's going to be at least £200 worth of phone calls around the world to find one.
19:52Okay.
19:52So please give me a look.
19:53I'll give you the 200 quid.
19:55£4,800.
19:56What have I just done?
19:58What have I just done?
20:00Oh, I hope this is going to kill me.
20:05And he seems like a lovely guy and a real bike enthusiast, but I don't know what I've just done.
20:10If I can't find the original exhaust, which I know is as rare as hen's teeth, we could be in
20:17trouble.
20:24Oh, it's not very often you bring me a bike, but I love it when you do.
20:27I like to challenge you, and this is no ordinary motorbike.
20:30This is a fantastic one.
20:32I'm sure it is a good one when it's finished.
20:34It's missing some bits.
20:36I've got the bits in here.
20:36Well, I'll say I've got the bits.
20:38I've got most of the bits.
20:41Let's have a look.
20:43Oh, wow.
20:44Look at that.
20:44All painted ready to go.
20:46So you've got a nice petrol tank and a saddle.
20:48That's in the back of the car.
20:49Fantastic.
20:50What's missing then?
20:51The exhaust is missing.
20:53Okay, we'll just buy a new one.
20:55They're unobtainium.
20:56They don't exist.
20:57I've gone and spent £4,800.
21:00But if I can find the exhaust, that is going to turn itself into a seven or eight grand motorbike.
21:06That's a healthy profit, but it all hinges on me now to find a part that no one else seemingly
21:11has been able to find so far.
21:12I've got a, you know, a context book.
21:14It reaches globally, so I'm just going to see if I can find this an exhaust.
21:18And if I can, then we're in the profits.
21:21Good luck, mate.
21:24Next, I play hardball to try and bring us closer to Mark's dream car.
21:29You said you'd take an offer.
21:30So how good is this one?
21:31Ready?
21:32£10,000.
21:34No.
21:35But everything hinges on that Honda exhaust.
21:38I've got some good news and some bad news about our Honda motorbike.
21:41We haven't got time for more bad news, mate.
21:51NHS worker Mark has struggled with his health over the past few years, so we'd love to get him his
21:57dream catering seven.
21:58I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, so I ended up having two major bowel operations.
22:04What a shame.
22:05We'll need to raise over £12,000 for the seven, so I've gambled on this classic Honda motorbike.
22:11And I've spent the last few weeks hunting for a replacement exhaust.
22:15Elvis, you've got a minute.
22:16I've got some good news and some bad news about our Honda motorbike.
22:19We haven't got time for more bad news, mate.
22:21I've found one supplier in the UK for the exhaust called David Silver.
22:26He's got a six-month waiting list and it's £1,500.
22:29Why are you saying that with a smile on your face?
22:31Because he's just phoned me and said a customer has returned his exhaust, he no longer needs it, and we
22:36can have it for cost.
22:36That is amazing.
22:38Nice work.
22:38I knew your black book would come in handy.
22:40Just never give up.
22:41That's what I say.
22:42Never give up.
22:44The next morning, I've taken delivery of the exhaust that Mike's found, so all I've got to do now is
22:49get it fitted.
22:55That's the first bit, getting the old one off.
22:58The new exhaust is made to measure, so I just need to connect up those four tailpipes and it should
23:03sit in place perfectly.
23:26It was this four individual tailpipes that made this bike look so unique, and it's already starting to look like
23:33it should do.
23:35Then, it's the moment of truth.
23:40Well, the bike now looks amazing, but it's all very well looking good.
23:44It's got to sound good too, and so I'm going to fire it up and see what those new exhausts,
23:49what they sound like.
23:50Here we go.
23:56Oh, yes!
23:58Straight away as well.
24:01Oh, it's down so good.
24:05Oh, it's amazing.
24:07Oh, I'm so happy.
24:08That is just brilliant.
24:10I kind of want to keep it.
24:13What a bike.
24:15Mike can now put this up for sale for up to eight grand after buying it for just 4,800
24:20plus parts.
24:22With his network of contacts, he should be able to find a collector keen to buy this iconic superbike.
24:31I had a feeling our Honda bike would prove popular, and I was right.
24:35I've had lots of people asking about it online, and I've managed to get it sold.
24:40Oh, look at that.
24:42It's lovely.
24:43These are pictures I've just been sent in from a guy called Andy, who has bought our Honda 750 motorcycle.
24:51Now, I sold him the bike online.
24:53I was hoping he was going to come here and pick it up.
24:55He's asked me to deliver it to him, and now he's received it.
24:58He sent me some pictures of him looking very happy.
25:01I bought it for a guy called Andy, and I've sold it to a guy called Andy, so it's done
25:05a full circle.
25:07Now, the real surprise is I was only hoping to get £7,500 for the bike, but actually it's done
25:13better than that.
25:14I managed to get £8,000 for it.
25:16My gamble on the Honda bike paid off.
25:19I bagged us an exhaust for just £900, and we sold the bike for £8,000,
25:23which means we've got £9,190 in the dream car fund.
25:29Not bad, but we're still three or four grand short of what we need.
25:33I'm desperate to get Mark and his son Tom that caterer, so I've hatched a plan.
25:38Now, today is going to be a good day because I'm on my way to go and see one of
25:41my favourite all-time cars.
25:43I'm talking about a BMW E46 M3.
25:47I've had my eye on it for quite a while.
25:49It's been on the market for ages, this car, and I've worked out why it hasn't sold.
25:53It's got too many personalised modifications on it, and they're things that people don't really like when they're looking through
26:00the adverts.
26:01Now, the car belongs to a guy.
26:02He's had it advertised for a while, so I think he'd be willing to do a deal.
26:06He is asking £13,000 for it.
26:09Now, the truth is, in the pot at the moment, I don't have £13,000.
26:13I've only got £9,000.
26:14But I'm so excited by the prospect of the car that I'm kind of willing to put my own money
26:19in to buy it, if I can buy it.
26:22And then if I sell it in the future, then I'll take my money back out of it.
26:26It's a massive risk.
26:27But I feel it could be the only way we'll ever pay for Mark's Caterham.
26:32I could be in my own little toy shop here, look, Ferrari, California, BMW M3.
26:37That's nice, isn't it?
26:38Isn't that lovely?
26:39But I've come to see this, this E46 BMW M3 Coupe.
26:45Wow.
26:46You must be Sergio.
26:47Hi, Mike.
26:47Sergio, lovely to meet you.
26:49Nice to meet you, too.
26:50And you.
26:50So this is the one, is it?
26:51Yes, it is, indeed.
26:52OK.
26:53Right, BMW E46 M3.
26:56It looks like somebody's had a go at doing some kind of personal modification.
27:00Big wheels, tinted glass, little spoiler on the boot.
27:04This has been made for somebody's specific taste.
27:08And it's not everyone's taste.
27:10You know, you need to lose the tinted glass, that little boot spoiler, change the wheels.
27:14And then it'll probably sell.
27:15Why haven't you done it?
27:16You're a carriage.
27:18It's just time.
27:19Just time.
27:19You've got the time to do it.
27:20I don't have the time to do it.
27:21Would you mind if I take it for a quick spin?
27:23No, I'll be very happy.
27:24The keys are inside already.
27:25Oh, lovely.
27:25I'll be about 15 minutes.
27:27Yeah.
27:27All right.
27:27I'll see you shortly.
27:36Oh, yes, yes, yes!
27:39Yes!
27:40It's got an M badge on it for a reason.
27:42This is BMW's motorsport division.
27:45This is fine-tuned to make sure it's poised, it's balanced, it handles beautifully, and it
27:52rides fantastically, and it gives you all of that power underneath the right foot.
27:57And yet it takes somebody to come along and ruin it all, because they have, with this
28:02car, they've put great big wheels and little iny slick tyres on, and that's compromised
28:07the ride.
28:08Now, Serge is asking 13 and a half grand, he said, but he said that he would take an offer
28:13on that.
28:14But I'm going to go back and be a bit cheeky.
28:15I'm going to go back and aim to get this car for 11 grand.
28:19And that's my target price.
28:20See if I can make it work.
28:27Look at the boss man sitting behind the desk.
28:30Service history.
28:31No, I just got it ready for you.
28:32Spare set of keys.
28:35Well, listen, it drives lovely.
28:36It really does.
28:37It drives really well.
28:38I just think all the stuff has got to come off of it, you know, and that's the only way
28:42I'm going to get that car sold.
28:43So I like it, but I'm going to be a little bit tough with you.
28:47You said 13 and a half on the phone, but you said you'd take an offer.
28:51So how good is this one?
28:52Ready?
28:5410,000.
28:57I'll do 12.
28:5912 grand.
29:00Yes.
29:02I think I can sell it for 12.
29:04I'll meet you in the middle.
29:0511 grand.
29:06That's it.
29:07Come on.
29:08All right.
29:09Yes?
29:10You're a top man.
29:11Thank you for that.
29:11What a cracking deal.
29:1811 grand.
29:1911 grand.
29:20Pretty 46 BMW M3.
29:23Sometimes I even surprise myself.
29:25Yes, I know this car has got a few little issues with it.
29:29Things that we need to sort out, but none of them are mechanical.
29:32At 11 grand, I reckon I've definitely got a profit in this car.
29:36But after topping up the dream car fund with two grand, I really need to get this car sold.
29:43Next, I'm praying my BMW Gamble doesn't backfire.
29:4815,000 pounds.
29:50What do you think?
29:51I'll be up here at 14.
29:52And is Elvis getting above East Station?
29:55It might have found us a car.
29:56That's my job.
30:05We've been flipping cars left and right to try and get NHS worker Marquis's dream Caterham 7.
30:11To reach the 12 grand plus we need, I've put an extra 2,000 pounds into the pot to buy
30:17this heavily modded BMW M3.
30:20It cost a bargain 11 grand.
30:22But if we strip it back, there's money to be made.
30:25Very nice, mate.
30:27Like it?
30:28Very nice.
30:30E46, E46, BMW M3.
30:31I mean, what's not to like?
30:33Love these things.
30:34They're amazing cars.
30:35I mean, how much do you pay for it?
30:36It looks immaculate.
30:3711 grand.
30:38No, that's pretty good.
30:38I think what this car is screaming out for is going back to being original.
30:42So a nice set of original wheels on this car would really help.
30:46Plus, if we did something about the calipers.
30:49The fact they're orange.
30:50Yeah.
30:51Yeah, it doesn't really work in orange, does it?
30:53I agree with you.
30:54I mean, you could change the colour of the calipers.
30:55I mean, BMW used to do that motorsport blue, they called it.
30:59Do you remember that?
30:59Yeah.
31:00I mean, that would look great on those, wouldn't it?
31:01If we had blue calipers, standard wheels, deleted the window tint, got rid of that boot spoiler,
31:06and then done the interior, this could be a 15 grand car quite easily.
31:10Yeah.
31:11All right.
31:11Well, let's go with that, then, mate.
31:12All right.
31:12Well, let's crack on.
31:15There are some jobs I really don't like,
31:18but taking the horrible mods off this beautiful Beamer will be a joy.
31:21First up, the window tints.
31:24Now, typically, they are a film, like a dark film applied to the inside,
31:29so start warming it up and hopefully you're going to peel it off easily.
31:33There's two tips here.
31:35One is to take your time, don't rush it,
31:37and the other is to use the heat gun to heat up the area ahead of where you're peeling off.
31:43So heat up the next bit that you're about to peel,
31:45and it should just gradually peel away.
31:51There we go.
31:53That's very satisfying, that is.
31:55I'm also going to use the heat gun to get the spoiler off.
31:58It's bonded on with glue,
31:59so with a blast of hot air and some gentle persuasion,
32:02it should come off.
32:04Come on.
32:06Oh, yes!
32:07There we go!
32:08Oh, my goodness.
32:10There's no way that was flying off down the motorway, is there?
32:14Blimey, that is some pretty impressive glue.
32:17That's going to need a clean-up, but it's going to look much better.
32:24With a bit of elbow grease, the glue's off, and then it's on to the final job.
32:32Now, the value of this car is in its originality.
32:35Although it pains me to say it, these 19-inch aftermarket rims have got to go.
32:40But it's not all bad news, because they're in great condition.
32:43They've got a brand new set of tyres on as well,
32:45so it will be worth a considerable some money.
32:48I'll repaint the calipers in BMW's own motorsport blue
32:52to complement the silver bodywork.
32:54With new wheels on, it can go up for sale.
32:57Now, in its original state, we can hopefully get 15 grand for it.
33:05Today is a day of mixed emotions for me.
33:07It's never easy saying goodbye to a cracking car like this BMW M3.
33:11And the good news is, whatever we've taken off of it,
33:15which is the wheels and the trim,
33:17I put those up online, and I managed to sell it all for £1,020.
33:21And then, I bought an original set of wheels and tyres
33:25and some new trim for the inside.
33:27And I spent, yeah, £1,020.
33:30So we're level where we are with spending.
33:33Now, I just need to make a profit.
33:35This chap behind me, he's called Jim.
33:37He's come down and looked at the car.
33:38On behalf of his son-in-law,
33:40I've just taken him for a test drive
33:41and he's been grinning from ear to ear.
33:44So let's see if I can put a deal together.
33:47So then, Jim, you still like what you see?
33:49Oh, yes.
33:49This is for your son-in-law?
33:51It is, yes.
33:52So he's given you authority to go and do a deal on his behalf, has he?
33:56He has, yeah.
33:57OK.
33:58And I think I've got it out there
33:59at a really good market price at £15,000.
34:04What do you think?
34:05I'll be up here at £14,000.
34:07It's not even your mummy.
34:09If I don't sell it to you,
34:11I'm going to sell it to somebody else tomorrow.
34:13It's that good a car.
34:15So, unfortunately, it's got to be £15,000 or nothing.
34:19I think that's what it's got to be.
34:22OK.
34:22Yes.
34:23Lovely.
34:23Got yourself a cracking car.
34:25Well done.
34:26As I hope, the M3 was a masterstroke.
34:29We sold it for £15,000,
34:31which means we've been able to recoup the £2,000 I added to the trading pot.
34:36And we're still left with £13,190 in our dream car fund.
34:42So that means we've done it,
34:43and we can now finally start looking for a catering for Mark.
34:47Mate, quick one.
34:48Yeah.
34:49How much money have we got in the pot for Mark's catering at the moment?
34:52Well, funny you should mention that.
34:53I've just been going through the spreadsheet.
34:54We are at a very healthy £13,000.
34:58That is really good,
34:59because I might have found us a car.
35:01That's my job.
35:01I know it is,
35:03but I've phoned around a few of my mates in the catering world,
35:05and I've found one.
35:06It's cheap.
35:07It's not the right colour either,
35:08because he wanted the yellow one, didn't he?
35:09His son wanted the yellow one.
35:10Well, it's not yellow,
35:11and because it's cheap,
35:13I mean, I don't know,
35:13there might be some things wrong with it,
35:14but it's cheap enough that I think it's worth going to see.
35:16Lovely.
35:17Give me the address.
35:18I'll go and have a look.
35:18Well, I was thinking I might go and have a look at it.
35:20Well, keep me informed.
35:21Let me know how it goes.
35:22I'll let you know.
35:23Nice one.
35:25Caterings usually get bashed around on the racetrack,
35:27so it's rare to find a decent example.
35:30But this one looks in good nick,
35:32so I'm happy to make the three-hour journey up north to have a look.
35:35It's been a huge amount of work for Mike and I
35:38to get from Mark's Honda Civic
35:39to right here in Preston,
35:41where I'm about to meet Julian.
35:43Julian's a friend of a friend
35:44who's selling a Caterham 7
35:45at a price that we can afford.
35:48A price so good, in fact,
35:49that I'm a little bit wary
35:50about how much work it might take
35:52to turn it into the car of Mark's dreams.
35:55Julian.
35:56Hi, mate.
35:58How are you doing?
35:59Oh, great.
35:59You?
35:59Yeah, very well.
36:00Look at this.
36:01I see you're a man after my own heart.
36:03You've got racing cars in your garage.
36:04That's the dream.
36:05Absolutely, yeah.
36:06Yeah, racing's in the blood.
36:07Well, what's the story then?
36:08You've got two of them.
36:09Well, I've had this for a number of years now
36:10and absolutely loved it.
36:12I loved it so much,
36:13I basically decided to do the Caterham Academy this year
36:16with a group of friends.
36:17So you're going racing?
36:18So I'm racing.
36:18And that means that the one that you used to use on the road
36:21is surplus requirements?
36:22It's basically surplus requirements now, yeah.
36:23They are brilliant cars.
36:25I mean, it takes me back
36:26because this is where I started my motorsport journey.
36:28I must have built 20 of these things.
36:29Is there anything wrong with it
36:30that I need to know about before I start poking around?
36:32No, it's been really well looked after.
36:34It's a really clean car.
36:35Mechanically, it's sound.
36:36Mind if I pop the bonnet off?
36:38Feel free.
36:39Oh, there we go.
36:39Look at that.
36:40It's nice and tidy in there.
36:41How's it drive?
36:43The only one way to find out.
36:49It's been a long time
36:50since I've been back behind the wheel
36:51at one of these things.
36:57Oh, my goodness.
36:59Come straight back.
37:02Oh, what a feeling.
37:03The wind's rushing through your hair.
37:08If you are going to buy a Caterham,
37:10and you definitely should
37:11because they're just awesome,
37:14find one that's been well looked after
37:15like this one has.
37:17It's got a full service history.
37:19Many of these things
37:20have been taken to racetracks
37:22and those cars,
37:23well, they get a slightly harder life.
37:25This one sounds fine, though.
37:27And at 12.5 grand,
37:28that leaves us around 1,000 pounds left
37:30in our kitty that we've managed to accumulate
37:32to spend on it.
37:34And whilst there's no major mechanical work to do,
37:37it's in great condition,
37:38I think I do know exactly
37:39where I'm going to put that money.
37:49How was it?
37:50I mean, I love it.
37:51Oh, goodness me.
37:52They're just brilliant.
37:53I mean, they're amazing.
37:55I've forgotten how much fun they were to drive.
37:57They are great, aren't they?
37:58Absolutely great.
37:58Just brilliant.
37:59I mean, you're asking 12,500 for it, right?
38:02Yeah, 12,500.
38:03I love it so much.
38:04I can't get rid of the smile on my face.
38:06I'm not even going to argue with you.
38:07I'll take it.
38:08Great.
38:08Thanks, mate.
38:09I can't believe it.
38:11Thanks, buddy.
38:14Mark's son, Tom,
38:15told Mike his favourite colour catering is yellow.
38:17With the money left over in our dream car fund,
38:20we can add that colour.
38:21So I've put in a call to Henry,
38:22our brilliant vinyl car wrapper.
38:26Hello, mate.
38:27How are we doing?
38:29Yeah, good, good.
38:30Well, this is the thing I was telling you about, mate,
38:33which to me looks like an absolute nightmare to wrap
38:35because, I mean, these things look like idiots.
38:38Yeah, they're not the easiest things to wrap.
38:42That is what I was talking about.
38:44Can you turn that into something like that?
38:47Come with me.
38:48We'll have a look.
38:49All right.
38:55A wrap is not only cheaper than a paint job,
38:57it can also be easily removed
38:59if Mark wants to revert to the car's original colour.
39:02Plus, the bodywork underneath
39:04will still be in pristine condition.
39:07Our catering is starting to look fantastic.
39:09And the sooner we get it done, of course,
39:10the sooner I can show Mike
39:11and then we can hand it over to Mark.
39:14And I know he's going to love it.
39:16But will Mike, as he hates yellow cars so much.
39:21It's been a long old journey since I first met Mark.
39:24Today, I've laid on a special catering meet
39:27in Chepstow, South Wales
39:28and invited Mark and his son, Tom.
39:31They think they're coming for a catch-up,
39:33so they have no idea
39:34they'll soon be driving back home
39:36in their very own Catering 7.
39:38Well, the cars are all set up
39:40on my little catering event.
39:41Mark and Tom, they're on their way down
39:43and Elvis is on his way in
39:45with that little catering.
39:46And guess what?
39:46I haven't even seen the car yet.
39:48I can't wait!
39:54Oh, yes.
39:55Oh, mate, you've absolutely nailed that.
39:58Honestly, sometimes you just blow me away.
40:01I mean, I know you hate yellow cars,
40:02but how about this?
40:03It suits it, doesn't it?
40:03I don't mind it being in yellow
40:05because it's not for me.
40:06I haven't got to drive it.
40:07But it looks blooming brilliant, doesn't it?
40:08It's more than I expected,
40:10I'll be honest with you.
40:10What's it drive like?
40:11Oh, man, I've never not wanted
40:13to hand a car over more than this one.
40:14It's so good.
40:15It's just, you're so connected to the road.
40:17I mean, Mark's going to love it.
40:18He will love it.
40:19And this is the last chance for him
40:20for him to go and enjoy a car like this
40:22and, well, he can enjoy it
40:24with some of his new friends here.
40:26Look at this.
40:26I was just going to say,
40:27you have smashed this, mate.
40:28What a set-up.
40:29Hey, I can organise a little car show
40:31whenever you want one.
40:32It's absolutely brilliant.
40:33Lovely people, lovely cars.
40:35I can't wait to show this stuff to Mark.
40:37Yeah?
40:37Love it, love it, love it.
40:37All right, well, you go up that way.
40:39I'll get ready.
40:44There you are, Mark.
40:45And you've got Tom with you.
40:47Lovely.
40:47Hi, Mark. Nice to see you again.
40:48Good to see you.
40:49You all right, Tom?
40:50Well, look what I've arranged for you.
40:51Hey, proper little car show.
40:53Unreal.
40:53Isn't this nice?
40:54Do you want to come and see some cars?
40:55Hey, that's why we're here, isn't it?
40:56You can see it's a lovely community of people
40:58that have come down and bought their cars,
41:00but what do you think it would do to you
41:02to have your very own Caterham 7?
41:04I think, well, for him,
41:06you'd be chilling off with your friends in school,
41:08but just open another sort of thing for us to do.
41:12So car meets and things like that,
41:14whereas, you know,
41:15you only want to rock up in a Honda Civic.
41:17No.
41:17Remember when we went to the Caterham factory?
41:19Do you remember that time?
41:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:20And we were looking around the cars.
41:22You said to me...
41:23It was you.
41:24You said that you'd like a yellow Caterham.
41:27Yeah.
41:27Well, as you can see,
41:28there's no yellow cars here,
41:29but look at that little yellow Caterham.
41:31Do you like that?
41:32Yeah.
41:33That's your dream car.
41:34Yes.
41:34But for you, Mark,
41:36this is your dream car.
41:44You're shaking like a leaf,
41:45like me there.
41:46Hey, come and have a look.
41:47This is Elvis.
41:49How you doing, Mark?
41:49It's Elvis,
41:50who's done all the work in the workshop.
41:51Hello, mate.
41:52So we could trade this up for you.
41:54We know that this is your sort of last chance saloon.
41:57You know, you wanted to enjoy a car with your son.
42:00Mate, I can see how much it means to you.
42:03And I can promise you,
42:04when you do get behind the wheel of that,
42:05that is going to tell.
42:06It's the biggest smile you've ever had on your face.
42:09Lots of words.
42:09Bit different to that old Honda Civic.
42:12Yeah.
42:12Yeah, we've come a long way from that Honda Civic.
42:14That's why I'm in tears,
42:15is because of the Honda Civic
42:17and what we've been through.
42:19But look, you deserve it.
42:20We've been delighted to do it for you.
42:23So from me and Elvis,
42:25this is your dream car.
42:27Thank you, Mark.
42:30I'm happy I've got mine.
42:33Right then, guys, enjoy that car.
42:35That could have got any better, could it?
42:37Off you go.
42:38Well done, fellas.
42:40Nice one.
42:40Enjoy it.
42:41Nice one.
42:43Hey, that was emotional.
42:45It was very emotional.
42:46And that's what it's all about,
42:47making dreams come true.
42:48He's going to have so much fun with that.
42:51Wow.
42:51What an incredible moment
42:52for both Mark and for Tom.
42:55It was a delight to hand over
42:56that wonderful catering.
42:57It is his dream car.
42:59And you can see with all that emotion,
43:01it really did matter.
43:07Wow.
43:09Mike, you might not like yellow,
43:10but that car puts a smile on my face
43:12every time I get in it.
43:14And I can't thank you and Elvis
43:16and everyone on the show
43:17enough for what you've given me.
43:19It is a dream come true.
43:21And just thank you so, so much.
43:40We'll see you next time.
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