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00:05Mathewson's auctioned more than 700 classic cars, bikes and trucks every month.
00:10If you can't find something in here, you don't want one, do you?
00:13Lovely, isn't you?
00:14At their garages in Yorkshire, our television crews have been trying to understand their business.
00:21You'll get the hang of it soon. You've only been around us for five years.
00:24I'm going to have to educate them a little bit.
00:26But that hasn't stopped us taking a risk on classics close to our hearts.
00:35It hasn't got a plan, but it's gone exactly how it always does.
00:38She's about knackered. Technical Yorkshire term, is that?
00:41Oh, God. Oh, God.
00:43That's how the cookie crumbles.
00:45So far, the experts have done us proud.
00:48It's the best I've ever seen, to be honest.
00:50Encouraging stuff.
00:50I love it. I absolutely love it.
00:52You have to start somewhere.
00:54Absolutely brilliant.
00:55But buying and selling these iconic cars isn't getting any easier.
01:00I'm feeling really sick.
01:02He'll stop after this.
01:03I think we can make money.
01:05The worst thing you can do is think that you're going to make any money out of it.
01:08You're saving another vehicle.
01:09You're performing a public service.
01:10It's the only way you can look at it.
01:11You've actually kept a bit of originality there.
01:14Well done.
01:14Well, we're in five pounds.
01:16This is going to be painful.
01:26This week, we're saving a four-door family saloon, with a fire-breathing flat four under the bonnet.
01:33Brum, brum, brum, brum.
01:34They make a nice sound there.
01:35But 25 years of British weather has caused a few issues.
01:40That was your inner upper arch.
01:43In terms of holes, isn't it?
01:45Oh, yeah.
01:46She's a good one.
01:46A fairly good watcher one.
01:48And we bought a Yamaha, renowned for...
01:51Style, reliability.
01:54You press the button and they set off.
01:55But unfortunately, ours is not playing to type.
01:58There's something wrong, Brad, because flash won't turn off.
02:01Horn's horn went once and that's packed up.
02:04No lights, no dash lights, no winkers, no brake light.
02:09But we have got a spark.
02:10Well, it's not bad, is it?
02:11One out of five.
02:17Living in North Yorkshire requires a practical vehicle to help deal with the challenging terrain and unpredictable weather.
02:24What would a Matthewson choose?
02:26They're not over it yet.
02:27They're still in America, but the Ford Everest, which is basically a Ford Ranger version of that, but not a
02:34pickup.
02:34But it's like a family SUV, and they look really smart, dressed up nicely.
02:38So let me get this right.
02:39If you were driving around in North Yorkshire, you'd want to drive around in a four-wheel drive Ford Everest.
02:44Ford Everest.
02:45That's only available in America.
02:47Yes.
02:48I would get myself a Land Rover Defender.
02:50Simple as that.
02:51Not one of these new ones.
02:52I'd get an old one.
02:54Predictable.
02:55If money wasn't an issue, I think it would have to be a Range Rover.
03:01But I think these days, overall, it would probably be the Toyota Hilux.
03:05They are bulletproof.
03:06There's no question about it.
03:08So, we were on the hunt for a practical, sensible four-wheel drive.
03:12And then we saw this.
03:14A Subaru Impreza Turbo.
03:25Overnight, the Impreza transformed Subaru from farmer favourite to rally icon.
03:31Yet this stage winner was also capable of going shopping and taking the kids to school.
03:39Unfortunately, the scoops, skirts and spoilers made them magnets for tacky modifications and police pursuits.
03:46So, to find a standard straight one like this is very rare.
03:57Launched in Japan in 1992, the Subaru Impreza gained significant traction in the UK with the Turbo 2000 model, boosted
04:06by Colin McRae's 1995 WRC win.
04:10It offered race car performance at a low price, with superior grip and handling due to its all-wheel drive
04:16system and unique flat-four boxer engine, famously producing that distinctive sound.
04:24There was also a massive aftermarket for tuning and styling, solidifying its cult status and appeal amongst young car enthusiasts
04:31who wanted a moddable fast car.
04:36This combination of genuine rallying DNA, affordable performance and everyday usability, created a dedicated fan base and made the Impreza
04:45a true automotive icon.
04:51This 1999 Turbo 2000 model is the one we've got our eyes on, but Paul's already picking out work.
04:57What's a bonnet, look?
04:58Oh, what's wrong with a bonnet?
05:00It's creased, it's blown up, look.
05:01Oh, where?
05:03Where?
05:04You're having a laugh, aren't you?
05:06Straight through the middle of it, look.
05:08I suspect, bonnet's been hot.
05:11Bit of rot on that back quarter there, look, what's doing?
05:14Lacquer off there, look, what's doing?
05:15Yeah, what's that on the back?
05:17Bit of there, look, what's doing?
05:19To be fair, that's going to be a welding job, that, innit?
05:22Which is why the bumper's all glued up, look, because it should be rotten in there.
05:26But, it stands nice, doesn't it?
05:27It's not all saggy and it's not lowered.
05:29Loads of people lower them, it's awful, innit?
05:31Just leave them alone, you know.
05:33So, it doesn't look as though it's been mollycoddled too much, does it?
05:38Or messed with too much, I mean.
05:40Which is a good place to start.
05:42Originality is key.
05:44He's going to have to turn his flat cap round for this one.
05:47Here we go then, £2,000 I've got.
05:50Here, £2,200, £2,400, £2,600.
05:53It's going up quite quickly.
05:54£600, £2,600, £2,800, £3,000, £3,000, £3,000, £3,000.
06:01On sale.
06:02£3,200.
06:04£3,200.
06:05£3,200.
06:06£3,200.
06:07£3,200.
06:07Going to Devon.
06:08£3,400.
06:09£3,400.
06:10£3,400.
06:11£34,000 for the first second.
06:12Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:12This is good.
06:13John, John, John.
06:14Come on.
06:14Fair warning.
06:16Hey, John.
06:17John.
06:18What a Subaru Brasser.
06:20Brum, brum, brum, brum.
06:21They make a nice sound then.
06:22Yeah, well, we hope it does.
06:23We hope it starts.
06:26Time to find out, and where better to take it than Scooby Clinic, a garage that's been working
06:32on Subarus for over 35 years.
06:35Kevin Knight is in charge.
06:37Give me the worst-case scenario and the best-case scenario with when you buy a used one.
06:44Well, the worst-case scenario's got to be a UK Turbo 2000.
06:49It's lived in the UK all its life, therefore, it's suffered all the winters that we have
06:55and the bad weather, salt on the roads, et cetera.
06:59It was going so well.
07:00Whereas an import is generally come from a warm country like Japan, and they're usually
07:07pretty mint, to be honest.
07:08Mark is Kevin's right-hand man, and what he doesn't know about Subarus isn't really worth
07:13knowing.
07:14The whole reason I ended up here is because, as a kid, I used to play columnist trade rally
07:18on my PlayStation.
07:20A red classic.
07:22Oh, right.
07:22Yeah.
07:24As soon as I heard there was a garage setting on that did Subaru, it was our done.
07:27So I just had to come here, and I've been here ever since.
07:31Kevin, you said a UK car is the worst car that you could possibly buy.
07:34That is one.
07:36Oh, she's gone.
07:37What?
07:38What?
07:38That's a hole.
07:40What have you done?
07:41I can't say.
07:43It's mostly just fell off.
07:45Sorry, it just fell off.
07:47You've stuck your arm through it.
07:49Didn't need much pressing.
07:51Is that a common area?
07:52Yeah.
07:53This is the problem.
07:54Because the water's getting in.
07:56There's an hole in there I can get my hand in.
07:58Massive.
07:58So they go up the top inside.
08:00Yeah.
08:00In there.
08:05Don't sound too bad.
08:11Mark, you better tell me who we've got helping you out then.
08:14Dave.
08:15Main man Dave on the job.
08:17Kevin's already found two holes, so...
08:19Oh, right.
08:19OK.
08:21Well, we have our good friend.
08:23Oh, God.
08:24Why is it?
08:24Every garage I go to has got a good friend, and it usually involves a pokey pointy breaky stick.
08:30But you've got to see if it's structurally sound.
08:32Haven't you?
08:33You know?
08:33And that's the way you do it.
08:36Right.
08:36Well, it's quite rare for them to be mouldy.
08:40They normally just rot, but it's just mouldy.
08:43So this car has been sat around.
08:45It actually sat around for about five years.
08:47That makes sense.
08:48Yeah.
08:49So that would tally with the mould, would it?
08:50Yeah, definitely.
08:51Those have been a bit damp.
08:53But, I mean, most of the bits and pieces are here on this side.
08:58Well, we've got a destroyed heat shield on the turbo.
09:02Why have we got a destroyed heat shield?
09:04Quite a bit of corrosion on water pipes on the engine.
09:08But nothing too serious.
09:12I have just found something.
09:15Go on, Dave.
09:16What have you found?
09:17Your shock absorber.
09:19It hasn't got one.
09:20Well, it's there, but it's not all there.
09:24Just there.
09:25There's a hole.
09:26But it shouldn't be a hole.
09:29In terms of holes, they're not.
09:32Oh, yes, it's a good one.
09:33A fairly substantial one.
09:34I can hear something, Dave.
09:36I don't want to be hearing.
09:38Oh, it's raining.
09:40What was that?
09:42That was your inner upper arch.
09:44Erm, well, from here...
09:47Erm, there's not a lot left, is there?
09:48I can see a hole that I can fit both fists in.
09:52That is a massive hole.
09:54Towards the front of the car, it's not getting much better.
10:00Exhaust heat shields.
10:02They're normally one that goes all the way across here.
10:08Which, yeah, half and it's gone.
10:11Just get your pry bar on that, eh?
10:15That is no longer attached.
10:18Well, that's your drop link, which attaches your anti-roll bar to your bottom arm.
10:24Do we need that?
10:25Yes, you do need that.
10:26For what?
10:27For stabilising the car through the bends.
10:31Er, it should be attached.
10:33And, er, it's just broke.
10:36Oh, yeah.
10:38Yeah.
10:38And unfortunately, the sills aren't looking too good either.
10:42That sill cover, the sporty bit, is covering up the metal bit.
10:47Yeah, I think we take these, er, plastic covers off.
10:52There'll be quite a few rotten patches all the way along there.
10:55But they do normally seem to go around jacking point areas.
10:58So, this bit and then the front bit, you may find in the middle, it's not too bad.
11:03But, until we get them off.
11:06But, until we get them off.
11:07Just where up water comes down, it just sits in this area.
11:10Yeah.
11:11When we stood out there this morning, Kevin said that years of running your car on British roads,
11:17if you've got a UK one, you're going to end up with corrosion and a bit of rot.
11:21Yeah.
11:22What have we got here?
11:24Er, corrosion and a lot of rot, so.
11:26Oh, brilliant.
11:27So, we're doing all right now.
11:28So, yeah, we've ticked them boxes, definitely.
11:49Somewhere near the North Pole, work on our 1999 Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 has begun.
11:57We're back doing our thing.
11:59Oh, it's lovely, yeah.
12:0020 layers on, so.
12:01I have put weight on, but it's only layers.
12:03You wish.
12:05It's being prepared for the rolling road test.
12:09Basically, we want to make sure that the engine has the least chance of laying on the dyno,
12:14because it's a completely unknown motor to us.
12:17So, we've had to do cam belt, we're going to be doing the oil change, swapping out the fuel,
12:23obviously fresh coolant, radiator, anything that's openly obvious that needs to do in straight away from being stud,
12:29and then over to the dyno she goes.
12:31A dyno, or dynamometer test, will be carried out by placing our Subaru on a set of rolling drums,
12:38simulating real-world conditions.
12:40It measures power and torque, and we'll be monitoring the air-fuel ratio at the back,
12:46and we'll be monitoring boost as well.
12:49That's kind of what the dyno does, and additional on top will be plugged in with a laptop
12:54for the engine management side of things, so it is quite a good health check.
13:00All-wheel drive, turbo.
13:03I'd like to see 210 to 220 brake horsepower with similar-ish kind of torque figures,
13:12with obviously a healthy boost in an air-fuel ratio, so fingers crossed.
13:24Here we go.
13:25Ready when you are.
13:40I'd like what we want.
13:44Happy days.
13:46210 horsepower, 216 foot-pounds.
13:50It's performed like, well, like it should out of the factory really.
13:55Probably shy of 2 horsepower, which I think we'll let it get away with 2 horsepower in a day like
14:00today.
14:01That's how she booked figures, pretty much.
14:03That's happy days, isn't it?
14:04Happy days.
14:05That looks smooth enough, doesn't it?
14:06Yeah, nice smooth curve.
14:08You know it's not, add the basic things like even spark plugs, you know, some other bits,
14:12and there's some fuel lines to do.
14:14So, yeah, we'll just work his way through the other basic parts of it,
14:17and then we'll pass it through to the body side, and they can start getting rid of the rust,
14:23which there's plenty of.
14:31Feels like the Subaru's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.
14:35So, in an attempt to pre-empt the bills that might be coming our way, we found this.
14:40A 1974 Yamaha RD60.
14:44Not a spot of rust to be seen.
14:47Nice little bike, isn't it?
14:48Lovely little bike, isn't it?
14:50Yeah, no, I think she's great.
14:521820 on there, she's fairly straight, you know, there's a few naturally, you know, little marks and bits and pieces,
14:56but more importantly, straight enough on the tank, it's not dinged or dented.
15:01A few little bits on the mud guard, I think that's just from the mounting bracket, look,
15:05but mud guard's nice and straight, tyres look okay.
15:08You know, it'll clean up quite nicely, chain protector's good.
15:11No, it's a nice, smart, usable little bike.
15:14You know, it's not one what you'd put in your living room, it's not that condition,
15:17but it is extremely usable.
15:19Don't know if we've had it running though, have we?
15:21Not sure.
15:25That's not going to go in a wild rakey boy.
15:27She smells a bit varnishy in there.
15:28Lack of fuel.
15:30She's dry.
15:31Yeah, she's been dry stored, hasn't she?
15:33So, yeah, put some fresh fuel in it.
15:36Whip plug out, give that a clean.
15:40He'd be away, won't you?
15:41That is exactly what we wanted to hear.
15:441,000 pound we've got.
15:461,000 pound.
15:47That looks very good.
15:49It does look very good.
15:50I think there's 11 coming, there we are, we've got 11.
15:53What do you want to bid up to then?
15:5515 quid.
15:57Well, you better stick your hand up then.
15:59A cheap little bike that, 1,200 pounds.
16:0113.
16:021,300 pound with Halle.
16:041,300 pound bid, 14.
16:061,400 pound then at 14.
16:07Thank you very much for your interest anyway.
16:091,400 pounds.
16:12Yes.
16:12Sold.
16:14A great price, and we know just where to send it.
16:17The south bank of the Humber estuary.
16:21This is the perfect job for Rob Carter and Brian Gould,
16:24who haven't failed us yet.
16:27No, no.
16:28No.
16:29So it's not on any of them then?
16:30Just as soon as they sort out the wiring on this MZ.
16:33So like they said to Alan Turing, have you solved the problem yet?
16:37Yeah, we have.
16:38We will have.
16:39So no then is the answer?
16:41Yeah, no.
16:41At the moment it's no, but later on it will be yes.
16:45Excellent.
16:46Hopefully, when our Yamaha is revealed, it will cause no such problems.
16:49There is a surprise lurking in your shed, isn't there?
16:53Apparently so.
16:54We don't know what it is yet, do we?
16:56We have no idea what it might be.
16:58That's right.
16:59Do you want to say that again a bit more surprise?
17:02We have no idea what it might be.
17:04Oh, I like this.
17:05We're good at drama, actually.
17:07This is very good.
17:08Right.
17:08It says Yamaha on the key.
17:10Right, so it says Yamaha on the key, so you've no idea what the bike is,
17:13but it could be a Yamaha.
17:15I think it's a Yamaha.
17:16Let's have a look at this top secret project of the Yamaha, which...
17:19We're off.
17:20One, two, three.
17:21We're off.
17:22Oh, what's this?
17:23Heavens, look.
17:26We're on it.
17:27Is that...
17:28That's your acting, is it, Brian?
17:30No, no, no.
17:31Look at that.
17:31That's nice, that is.
17:32Yeah, that's an unusual one.
17:34It's not a 50, it's a 60.
17:37We don't think they brought the...
17:39They didn't sell them in this country.
17:41No, they didn't.
17:41So the ones that are in the country...
17:43They're all imported.
17:44...have been imported.
17:45So this is an American imported...
17:47Yes.
17:47Yes.
17:48Yes.
17:49The RD60 was a popular choice in North America and Europe, but UK licensing laws were different.
17:55You couldn't ride this at 16, because at 16 it's got to be like a 49cc.
18:00You'd have to be 17 to ride this.
18:02And by that age, you're able to ride a more powerful bike.
18:06So Yamaha decided there was little market for them in the UK.
18:09Here's a nice feature, John.
18:11On the petrol cap here, do you know what that is meant to be?
18:16I'm going to hazard a guess, Brian.
18:17And I'm going to say, I don't know.
18:19Oh, well they're near fairly close.
18:21Right.
18:21Okay.
18:22Good.
18:23What is it?
18:23Well, like with a lot of the Japanese companies, they used to make other things before they
18:27did bikes.
18:28And what was that?
18:29They're tuning forks.
18:31And you can still buy a Yamaha piano from a music shop today.
18:36Yeah, you certainly can.
18:37They still make musical stuff to Yamaha.
18:39So, Brian, you had Yamaha bikes in the past.
18:42Do you play the piano?
18:45Well, now they know I'm a little bit digitally challenged in that respect.
18:51So I only have to pay like the short version.
18:54I can't have the whole tune.
18:56I'm just going to have a bit of it.
18:57Yeah, exactly.
18:58Ten minute waltz or whatever they call it.
19:00It was a three minute waltz.
19:01Oh, I see.
19:02Right.
19:02Yeah.
19:03You can only do two minutes.
19:04Yeah.
19:04Right.
19:04Okay.
19:05We've got a bit missing.
19:11Ooh, look at that.
19:12It's clean.
19:12Look how clean that is.
19:13It's clean.
19:15So the idea here, then, is to replace all the fluids because we don't know when it's
19:20been run.
19:20That's right.
19:20No, we don't know when it's run last.
19:22It does look clean oil, but I mean, it could be 20 year old clean oil.
19:26So what did the Japanese bikes bring to the party?
19:33Style, reliability, colour.
19:36You press the button and they set off.
19:39Let's hope our version follows suit.
19:42Right.
19:42We'll go for turn on.
19:46Nothing.
19:46Nothing.
19:48With our track record, not a great surprise.
19:51There's something wrong there because the flash won't turn off.
19:54I can hear it clicking.
19:55It does now.
19:57Horn went once and that's packed up.
20:00These are lights here, aren't they?
20:02On.
20:03We've got no lights, no dash lights, nothing.
20:06Are you ready to try it?
20:07Yeah.
20:07Okay.
20:08Yeah.
20:08Go on.
20:09Okay, Rob.
20:11Yep.
20:12Yep.
20:13Sparking.
20:13Look at that.
20:15Sparking.
20:16Look at that.
20:17Arms stopped.
20:18No lights, no dash lights, no winkers, no brake light, but we have got a spark.
20:25How bad is it?
20:26One out of five?
20:27No.
20:27I would say it's showing classic signs of having just been redundantly stood unused
20:34for a long while.
20:35Round there, look.
20:38Got a wiring wrapped round there.
20:40You think somebody's been in it then?
20:42Oh, yeah.
20:42It wouldn't have been like that from the factory at some point in its history.
20:47Somebody's been in there and probably tried to do what I'm going to try and do.
20:51What, fix it?
20:52Yeah, fix it, yeah.
20:53Yeah.
20:54Meanwhile, Brian, head of the internet, is tracking down a new battery.
20:58The one that's closest to the number of the battery in it is temporarily out of stock.
21:04So I'm now going to have to find another option.
21:07What are you doing, one that is in stock?
21:10Clearly, I can't order one if they haven't got it.
21:13This is not going to plan.
21:15Look at this, look.
21:17Somebody's strapped that into there, into there with spades, look.
21:24What I think we're heading towards here now is you're going to unravel a series of electrical
21:30issues, which is going to take some time for them to sort through.
21:33We'll cure one by one, won't we?
21:35Because most of the obvious features like indicators, headlight, brake lights, are simply
21:41not working off their controls.
21:42We were hoping, being Japanese, which is intrinsically reliable, it would light up.
21:50But obviously it hasn't.
21:51We were looking for a light recommission.
21:54Fingers crossed Rob and Brian's years of experience can bring us through.
22:14On the shores of the Humber, Rob and Brian have been busy tracking down what they need
22:18for our 1974 Yamaha RD60.
22:22The filaments have gone in that bulb.
22:24Yeah, filaments have gone.
22:25The trouble is you would normally consider replacing the bulb.
22:27You can't take the bulb out.
22:29So you can't just replace the bulb?
22:31You've got to replace the entire...
22:33Yeah, you've got to replace the headlamp light.
22:35Not easy to find for a 50-year-old grey import.
22:39But it's not what you know, it's who you know.
22:42And one of Bri's good friends has come up trumps.
22:45I was chatting to him and he says, I think I might have something for you.
22:48And he's got one?
22:49Just a touch different to the original, but so close as to be good enough.
22:55Whoever gets it, if the bulb pops, they can just change the bulb.
22:58That'll be a lot better.
23:00And we've now got the battery, we've got some oil, so we'll crack on.
23:05Yeah.
23:05Engine oil.
23:08Rob, basically you've just put in a bit of what looks like cough mixture.
23:12Yeah, it's two-stroke oil.
23:13So, and that does what and why?
23:17All it'll do, it'll be laid on top of the piston now.
23:20I'll just crank it over loads of times by hand.
23:23Purely lubrication.
23:24Purely lubrication.
23:25Because we don't know when it was run last.
23:27Could have been run years ago, it could have been run a couple of years ago, we don't know.
23:30That's it.
23:31That will secure the engine side of it.
23:33Then we're going to apply the fuel to it, of course.
23:36We've got the new battery on.
23:38So at that stage, ignition on, we can try to fire it.
23:42Yeah.
23:43Key's in.
23:44On.
23:46On's working.
23:47So we've got, obviously we've got electric.
23:49That's light switch.
23:51It's working now.
23:52It wasn't working initially because the earth wire was actually snapped off.
23:57Plug's in.
23:58Plug lead's on.
24:00We're just going to try it now.
24:01Have we got the ignition on?
24:04Yeah, ignition's on.
24:05Alright.
24:05We just test for the ignition.
24:07Yeah, ignition's on.
24:12Wow.
24:13That was easy enough.
24:15That's better.
24:15Yeah.
24:15Second kick.
24:18Here you go.
24:19How's that?
24:20Sounds alright, Rob.
24:21Put in gear, Bri.
24:23What, are we one down on this?
24:24I think so.
24:27Yeah.
24:28Next gear.
24:33Next.
24:34You see, it's buckled.
24:37There's a kink in that.
24:39It's not bouncing that way, but it's going side to side like that, look.
24:43The only thing around there, you can see it there, look.
24:46So we'll have to sort that out.
24:48But before we do, Brian has some important health and safety advice.
24:54What you shouldn't do is to lubricate your chain with a cloth with oil on when the wheel
25:00is turning round. The cloth can catch in the chain and take your fingers with it.
25:05You are talking from experience here, Brian.
25:08Yeah, well, you know, I was young and silly once. I'm just not young now.
25:21On the outskirts of Chesterfield, our other Japanese performance machine is in the middle
25:26of a serious operation.
25:30Joe is cutting open our Subaru's rear quarter in search of the hole in the wheel arch.
25:35And that is your window.
25:38Well, yeah, that's all because when they made from factory, it didn't get any sealer on it.
25:45Something Kevin has seen all before.
25:48Yeah, that's what I expected. That's what I felt.
25:51Actually, it's not as bad as I thought.
25:52I thought it would be actually a lot longer, but it's not.
25:57But it's also structural.
25:59Once this has started going and it gets along here, we've got no structural integrity.
26:03And it's all right putting a patch over it so it looks pretty.
26:06And MOT people don't know to feel up here, but there's no strength in the car so it's dangerous.
26:13So to do it properly, this is the only way.
26:16But before we crack on with that, Joe and Mark have found evidence of our Subaru's past life.
26:21Relic.
26:22Which hints at the family saloon rather than the racing one.
26:26A couple of receipts here.
26:28What's this one for?
26:29This one's for...
26:30Day 07.
26:3145 pound. 2007 this one.
26:33Nice.
26:35We've got some Bisto gravy.
26:3667p.
26:37Beans.
26:38Man's got it sorted though.
26:40Bacon.
26:40Brown sauce.
26:42Sorted.
26:42A rare insight into the life of a Subaru driver.
26:49Joe continues working on both back quarters.
26:54Replacing parts and panels for early impressors is not easy.
26:59These are very rare to find.
27:00You can't actually get these even from Japan anymore.
27:02That's why they all have to be fabricated and made.
27:07Don't know why they don't make them anymore.
27:09Because obviously they're still rotting and having accidents.
27:12But Japan is no longer supplying.
27:14Which means we will have to have panels and parts custom made.
27:18If we can't take them off a donor car.
27:20As you can see we've borrowed some parts off it already.
27:23We've stolen the wings.
27:25Bonnet.
27:26This is the bonnet off that car.
27:28As you can see there's a big crease in it.
27:30So we've flipped the bonnet.
27:32And this one.
27:34You've not had the front end off this car.
27:37But this car is also saving another car that we've got on site.
27:41But yeah this car.
27:42It'll save many cars.
27:44Just one car.
27:45And there are plenty of parts we can recycle.
27:48Thanks to boy racers pretending to be rally legends.
27:51Young drivers.
27:52Thinking the Colin McRae.
27:54Not country lanes.
27:55Lack of talent.
27:56A good reminder of how special our Subaru is.
28:00I think I've seen two totally original ones since I've worked here the last ten years.
28:05Usually they have wheels changed.
28:07Big exhaust.
28:08Bit of a remap.
28:10Yeah.
28:10They don't usually come in as a standard.
28:12The one that you've found.
28:15Back in the workshop Joe is preparing our new bonnet for painting.
28:19So we're going to take all these air vents off both sides.
28:22Get the scoop under tray off.
28:24Scoop off.
28:26Rubber trims.
28:27On standard impressors.
28:29Rain covers are fitted to the air vents.
28:31With the scoop left open.
28:32On more powerful engines.
28:34All are left open.
28:37The scoop efficiently channels in cool air.
28:40While the vents allow heat to escape.
28:43This system of forced air flow.
28:45Helps to maintain optimal engine temperature.
28:48Contributing to improved performance and longevity.
28:51And of course.
28:52Gives the car its rally styling.
28:55When prepped and ready.
28:57Panels and parts have been re-sprayed.
28:59And it feels like we're making progress.
29:02She's now got some paint on her.
29:04Without the rust.
29:06New wings.
29:07Well.
29:08New to this.
29:10Downsides.
29:12You probably can't tell.
29:13But.
29:14Fresh.
29:14New sill.
29:15Literally.
29:16Whole lot.
29:17All the way down.
29:18Erm.
29:19And then the big bits were.
29:21Rear quarters.
29:22Obviously.
29:23Inner and outer.
29:24So.
29:25It's.
29:26Yeah.
29:27A lot of work.
29:28We're probably going to get.
29:29A couple hundred hours in when we're done.
29:32It's an expensive time consuming job.
29:34And probably a good idea.
29:36To leave it there.
29:43Over near Hull.
29:44Master hand.
29:45Cole Thompson.
29:46Has set up shop in Brian's lean toe.
29:49And is about to work his magic.
29:50On our Yamaha's front wheel.
29:52It's got a bend in the rim.
29:54Basically.
29:55I'm going to attempt to get that out of there.
29:58How easy is that?
29:59You either do it or you don't.
30:01All depends on the wheel rim.
30:02And how badly it's been bent.
30:04Could be a brick in the road.
30:06A pothole.
30:06Riding up and down curbs.
30:08And absolutely anything.
30:10Can cause.
30:10A bent wheel.
30:12See.
30:13With that.
30:13It's.
30:13It's touching there.
30:15Just touching.
30:18Just nicely.
30:19It's come.
30:19Drop down.
30:20From there.
30:21So what we need to do.
30:22Is where it's.
30:23Low.
30:24We need to slacken them off.
30:28Like that.
30:31That one was quite tight.
30:33Just slacken them off.
30:36And then you tighten that up.
30:40So how long have you been doing this Colt?
30:4545 or 50 years.
30:46Something like that.
30:48So you've got your hand in a little bit with it.
30:51Oh yeah.
30:51I've done a few.
30:52One or three.
30:54Yeah.
30:54Look it's touching all the way around now look.
30:56That's what we want.
30:57Yeah.
30:57And hopefully.
30:59Hopefully.
30:59If we spin it quick.
31:01You know.
31:01That little bit of up and down.
31:03The tire will take that out.
31:05There you have it.
31:06One wheel trued up.
31:08Easy when you know how.
31:10Over in the painting department.
31:12Rob has been working on the Yammy's frame.
31:15It was a bit sort of pity and rusty.
31:17So what we've done.
31:18I wet flatted it down.
31:20A lot of it to bare metal.
31:22And other bits nearly to bare metal.
31:24There's about four coats of primer on here now.
31:27You know.
31:27So we get like the nearest.
31:29Nearest to a factory finish that we possibly can with.
31:32With cans.
31:33Oh yeah.
31:34I've got the difficult job.
31:35But it's.
31:36It's a skilled job.
31:37Because people don't.
31:38You don't just rattle it away.
31:40There's a skill to this.
31:42And what you've got to think of is.
31:44You're stirring your porridge.
31:46You're actually stirring it.
31:48You know.
31:49Circular rather than backwards and forwards constantly.
31:53And that mixes it up nicely.
31:55Ready for Rob to apply.
31:58Teamwork makes the dream work.
32:03Since we've started doing this we've been looking out for them.
32:07This is only the second one in the UK on the road that we've seen.
32:11So it's rare.
32:12It's really quite rare.
32:14Yeah.
32:14So can we make a bit of money on it?
32:17I would realistically think you could.
32:20Don't you Rob?
32:21I mean.
32:21It's a fair chance.
32:22We've gone sensible with what we've done on it.
32:25Yeah.
32:25In today's market it's hard.
32:27But I wouldn't like write it off as a massive loss.
32:30I would think there's a fair chance.
32:31Yeah.
32:31Yeah I would.
32:32And you'll have the Rob factor.
32:34It'll be old, interesting and good looking.
32:42Yeah.
33:04That's good.
33:04On the edge of the Peak District
33:05It looks like our 90s Impreza is through the worst of it,
33:09rotten rust-free.
33:12The doors have gone on, bonnet's gone on.
33:14We've done full undercoating.
33:18It's had new parts where needed.
33:20It's had stuff painted, it's had bushes,
33:23new disc pads all around.
33:24Looking smart, fresh.
33:26Definitely a lot different to when you first bought the car, isn't it?
33:28It's certainly coming along,
33:30and today, Dave and Lewis are bleeding our new brakes.
33:33Hold that door, Lewis, just in case.
33:37Look at that look, slim, Jim.
33:40After I fold myself inside.
33:42No problem.
33:43There we are, then.
33:44It's adjusted.
33:46You've got a hard job in there, Dave.
33:49This is sharpened.
33:51I've just noticed the two holes.
33:53It's easy to pour.
33:54Yeah.
33:55One hole to let the air bubble out of
33:57and the other for it to pour out of.
33:58If you just put a great big hole in it,
33:59it comes out really fast.
34:01If you put one hole in, it doesn't come out at all.
34:04So...
34:05Lewis's top tip of the day.
34:08Give us a ten, please, Dave, on this one.
34:11Let's see how far we get.
34:14Bleeding the brakes helps get rid of air bubbles from the pipes.
34:17Oh, there we go.
34:18Just give me two more.
34:20Replacing the fluid so the brake pedal is firm and responsive.
34:25I'm basically just pumping the pedal nice and steady,
34:27up and down, full strokes,
34:29and then on the last one, I'll hold it down,
34:32and then he locks the nipple off on the caliper,
34:34and then I relax.
34:36After we've done that, I'll try the pedal,
34:37and if it's firm, happy days, we'll do a leak check.
34:40No leaks, then everyone's a winner.
34:42Does it feel all right?
34:44Yeah, it does, actually, yeah.
34:45Good?
34:45Yeah.
34:46Nice and hard, not...
34:47It doesn't feel spongy or anything?
34:48No.
34:49The other three are checked, and we're all done.
34:52But now what?
34:53A cup of tea.
34:56It's thirsty work at the sharp end,
34:58but there's lots more to do.
34:59Our impressor needs putting back together,
35:01and that's what's happening now.
35:03First up, the front bumper.
35:07Scoop time.
35:11Yeah, now it's starting to look like a car.
35:13Yeah, I'm happy with that.
35:24Our 70s Yamaha is nearly there.
35:28Today, Brian and Rob are adding the finishing touches,
35:31the first of which is a brand-new number plate.
35:34Rob isn't taking any chances.
35:36Is that drill quite big for the task?
35:38Yeah, it is, yeah.
35:39It's not ideal, is it?
35:41This is better for, like, drilling holes for gateposts and things,
35:44isn't it, really?
35:45But it will be all right, it will be gentle.
35:51Here you go, mate, we're off.
35:55That's absolutely in the middle, is that, Brian?
35:58Can we have a look?
35:59The right side wants to drop down a touch.
36:02Does it?
36:03Stand back here and have a look.
36:05I will go off your guidance, mate.
36:09Is that better?
36:12That's as far down as it'll go, that is.
36:15Yes, that is better.
36:16Not all right at that, yeah?
36:17Yeah.
36:17It was central, but it was a bit that way,
36:20so we are talking about, like,
36:22thickness of a piece of newspaper that way,
36:24but, like, super-duper eagle eyes here spotted it,
36:28so we've had to just, like, give it a twizzle,
36:30but, yeah, no, it's fine.
36:31Not meaning to rub things in,
36:32but it actually needs to go to the left as well.
36:38It's just slide slightly that way, that's all.
36:43It's just overhanging to the right a little.
36:47Right.
36:50It wants to go to the right.
36:51To the left.
36:52To the left.
36:55That is absolutely dead on behind them brackets, mate.
36:59Are we all right now?
37:00That's better.
37:01Right.
37:03Now, it's got to be right, mate.
37:06This might be a long day.
37:09It slides over that.
37:10Yeah.
37:11Are we OK now?
37:11The bum there, yeah.
37:13That's it.
37:15Gently over there, Bryce.
37:16See if the catch line's up.
37:18It looks well, that, don't it?
37:20Don't forget the big key fob reveal.
37:23Aye, key fob reveal, yeah, that's vital.
37:25Can't forget Bryce's key fob.
37:27I've been waiting for three months for this.
37:29The Yamaha key fob.
37:31Look, with the tuning forks on, colour matched.
37:34What more could you want?
37:36Spot on, yeah.
37:38That's it.
37:39We've finished it.
37:40That's it.
37:41All done.
37:43Number seven.
37:44Cheers, mate.
37:45You too.
37:45Love it.
37:48A few weeks later, our Yamaha has been delivered for auction.
37:51In the end, not a great deal to do.
37:54But how much did it all cost?
37:56The original purchase price, including tax and commission,
37:59was a lightweight £1,568.
38:04Parts and materials came in at £292.
38:08And labour cost another £900.
38:11Bringing our total spend to a highly economical £2,760.
38:19It looks to me as though they've done a sympathetic recommission,
38:23which is absolutely right.
38:26There's two ways, isn't there?
38:27You either strip them down and do a full house and spend a load of money,
38:31let's be honest, and lose a load of money, let's be fair.
38:35Or, in this scenario, because it wasn't a particularly bad bike to start with,
38:40you do a sympathetic recommission.
38:42We used to say you need £3,000 for a nice bike, for a decent bike.
38:46Now you need £2,000 for a nice bike, you know.
38:48That, I see that bike there, as lovely as it is,
38:52somewhere around the, sort of, two, two and a half, somewhere there,
38:57personally, somewhere there.
38:58Not a lot of money really, is it?
39:00And we'll move on to £2,49, which is a 1974 Yamaha.
39:07Here we are then.
39:08Where are we going to be then?
39:09£2,000.
39:10That's where we're going to be at £2,200.
39:14At £2,400.
39:15Come on, you can get to £3,000.
39:17At £2,500, we're not on sale yet, no?
39:19Another £100 and we're on sale.
39:21At £2,500 on sale.
39:24Yes.
39:25It worked, John.
39:26I think we know what we're doing.
39:27Oh, we'll go that far.
39:29£3,200, £3,200, and £3,300, £3,400, £3,400.
39:37Oh, look at it go.
39:40And £50, £3,500, £3,500, third and last time.
39:46Yes.
39:46Oh, well done.
39:47Well done, John.
39:49Brilliant.
39:49Have you worked out how much?
39:51Almost a grand.
39:52If you knock off your commission, it's around about a grand.
39:55It's a little bit.
39:56Well, there you are.
39:58You see, it can be done, can't it?
39:59Hey, look, £1,000 gross profit, less that tiny bit of commission, but obviously that's
40:03nothing much at all, not even worth talking about, a little bit of VAT.
40:06And a profit has been made, so we've turned a corner.
40:09A corner we don't often turn.
40:12But it's nice when we do.
40:14The Yamaha headed off to its new home in Herefordshire.
40:18Next up, our Subaru Impreza, another rarely seen classic back on the road, but let's see how
40:24much it cost us.
40:25The original purchase price, including tax and commission, was an Impreza of £3,706.
40:32Parts and materials cost £8,787.
40:37And Labour racked up £14,040, turbocharging our total spend to £26,533.
40:48Let's hope Yorkshire's answer to Colin McRae thinks it's all worth it.
40:56Oh, Dave, you're 18 again.
41:00We're off, we're off, we're off.
41:01Yeah, I did notice.
41:03All I can say is, don't break it.
41:06No, don't break it and we'll stop at 60-ish.
41:10Yeah.
41:14To be fair, considering she's on a few miles, isn't she?
41:16We're 130.
41:17Yeah.
41:17Yeah, to be fair, it don't actually run so bad.
41:19It pulls well enough.
41:21Um, how much for a bit of nostalgic fun, do you reckon?
41:26Oh, dear.
41:28I think somewhere between 8 and 10.
41:31Do you?
41:35Now, then.
41:37Now, that's always a good start when he says now, then.
41:40238 is the Subaru Impreza, the bangers and cash Subaru Impreza, no less.
41:46We have got £12,750.
41:48£12,750.
41:49Oh, my goodness.
41:49Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:51Then we've got £13,000 on here.
41:53Ooh, this is pretty good.
41:55£13,250.
41:56Oh, my goodness.
41:57£13,500.
41:58£13,750.
42:00£14,000 there.
42:02You know, straight away, you can tell it's a nice car.
42:04When you're 100 yards away, just the way it sits and how bright it was, you thought,
42:08that looks nice.
42:09And the closer you get up, go for once, it actually got better, not worse.
42:13To all, at £15,250.
42:17£15,250.
42:19£15,250.
42:19Sold to Brian there.
42:20Very good.
42:22Bought by Brian and his son, Jack, who run a used car garage on the Wirral.
42:27It just drives like new.
42:30To add to their ever-growing collection.
42:32None of them are for sale.
42:34All these ones here, they're all part of the personal collection.
42:38I mean, we've obviously got the Daimlet that you know about.
42:41Another restoring classics classic.
42:44They're within view of sort of like being investments, you know, for the future.
42:50Hopefully.
42:50Fingers crossed.
42:51But we'll have to see.
42:53And it's safe to say they're more than happy with their latest edition.
42:57You've only got to look at it and you just see the level of work that's been done on it.
43:01It's just absolutely fantastic.
43:03I mean, what I will say is it's completely standard,
43:06so it's kind of what you want if you're going to go for, like, something collectible.
43:10Whereas mine, unfortunately, has an acquired taste.
43:14I mean, it's a T-Reg, so I think it's 1999,
43:17so it's like a 26-year-old brand-new car, basically.
43:20I'd be very surprised if they'd made any profit whatsoever.
43:26No.
43:44No.
43:44No.
43:46No.
43:52No.
43:54No.
43:54No.
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