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00:04on sale this week the lovely car look the Albus TE21 what a fantastic looking car
00:11this is a car to be proud of British engineer at the best down the road
00:18whizzing along it's lovely ain't she what a majestic old girl 1971 little Morris
00:24camper van there no matter what people say that you can't get away from the
00:28main purpose of converting a van like this is it doubled up as everyday
00:33transport so 1967 triumph there look at that 650 try and what a body machine as
00:40well he actually went to buy a greenhouse came back with the greenhouse stacked in
00:45the pickup and this this motorcycle beside the greenhouse and that's that's the
00:49type of thing he used to do he just used to sniff them out they're not
00:52unbelievable Rayleigh the Matthewsons a dynasty of classic car auctioneers 55
01:03the joys of an auction most people will go to us out with something in mind but come
01:07away with something different the fun is the chase you just don't know what's on
01:14the end of the phone what you're gonna find when you open them doors this is a
01:17family's love affair with motors that have lived a life testing testing most people will buy a car
01:24because they can relate to it maybe a car that dad had you're selling dreams right here we go
01:45it's another day of comings and goings and with the workers hard at it Derek's found the perfect
01:52excuse to escape tempting him today a 60 year old Alvis TE 21 be perfectly frank I've always wanted
02:02one they're like an upmarket mark 2 Jag if you like or you know maybe a slightly down market or
02:09left desirable Aston Martin they're that in that ilk
02:18I've sold a few cars in my time I wish I got a pan for everyone I'd be living somewhere
02:23warm over in
02:25Staffordshire Martin anchor has returned to his salesman's roots when you're showing somebody
02:31around a motor car they always want to go to the driver's door they want to sit in the car
02:35you keep
02:36them away from that as long as possible Martin sold cars for 60 years now he's doing a job on
02:42his 1965 Alvis beautifully designed vehicle I have added since I've owned the car the chrome wire wheels
02:50it had the steel wire wheels but I think the chrome wire wheels give it a little bit more character
02:55the
02:57car is fitted with a sunshine roof we have two very nice wide easy access doors presenting a very smart
03:10interior Duke of Edinburgh owned an Alvis TE convertible come on Alfie he thinks he's going out
03:18for the day nice twin exhaust pipes but the back of the round of car again very stylish this is
03:26in my
03:26opinion anyway I'm biased I suppose we're now getting to the exciting part you've shown the
03:33person the benefits of the motor car as you've taken the round of the styling of the car and the
03:37reasons why things are done um they are now very anxious to get into the driving seat so you've now
03:45got that person basically in your hand you can control what they want to do so it's like having
03:53Derek here we've got a beautiful Walnut dashboard um all the instruments there you've got rev counter
04:03speedometer oil pressure gauge water temperature gauge fuel gauge etc all the necessary equipment you
04:09need it's subtle stylish I recommend you go and buy one this is the ideal car for you have you
04:17bought your
04:17checkbook it'll be a wrench for Martin to sell the car which was left in by his late stepfather Douglas
04:31her name is the Duchess Douglas always described always it's all take the Duchess out today so you
04:39know it is a member of the family but time has to come when it's got to go sadly and
04:47of course any
04:48prospective buyer would like to see the engine
04:53got rid of all the pot it releases how long you had it for 30 bloody years
05:05I'm just sat in the seat put my hands straight on it
05:17was it worth the way of course because you never have to open the bonnet analysis you're such a
05:24wonderful reliable car so that's the reason why oh well there we are beautiful three litre
05:32six-cylinder Alvis engine lovely straight 130 odd brake horse engine twin s shoe carburettors all the
05:42equipment that you require for a very very nice motor car with four-wheeled don't knock disc brakes
05:48we'll drive quickly we'll stop quickly sadly I shed a few tears talking to her in the workshops but she's
05:59going to have to go somebody else will enjoy that motor car and continue with it and because it is
06:06a
06:06car to be proud of it knows British engineering at the best got back hang on a minute check front
06:22of the
06:30lorry it looks like Charlie's getting the hang of this collection lock
06:40bekommt a buenas ring thatignment stop
06:40to a look at that lands best fit that look at that
06:45bumpers safe I think are I remember when his compliment used to come in nice to run out
06:49you know I need clicks he can get they better tonight the tight the tightCOM
06:54on
06:55that's a lot in一些 story mark once Ford Cortina gelux that's been stored in a Melton Mobray lockup
07:02for a decade.
07:03Hey, she's a level old car, Charlie.
07:06I think it's a straight, genuine old thing.
07:09A two-door cortene, obviously, you don't see them
07:11on every street corner, do you?
07:13So I think it's kept really, really well.
07:16Obviously, there's bits round it,
07:17but you can see where it's being damp, look,
07:19cross-bottom at the door and that, so...
07:21To be fair, I think he's caught it about at the right time.
07:23If it'd have been in there another ten years,
07:25then it'd maybe be a different story, wouldn't it?
07:28Gives a shove.
07:34That's it.
07:34That'll do.
07:45Oh, me and Amy are on top of the job
07:46at Bike Collections now, aren't we?
07:48Yeah.
07:48Yeah, in and out.
07:49Don't even know where we've been.
07:51It's another beautiful day in Yorkshire.
07:54But that won't deter Matthewson's
07:57top motorcycle sibling collection team.
08:00We are going to Bishop Auckland
08:02for quite a varied collection of bikes,
08:05I'm led to believe.
08:06AJFC, so a nice variant of different motorbikes.
08:09That should be good.
08:10So, yeah, that should be a good one.
08:11Hopefully.
08:12As long as Amy keeps me right on the maps.
08:15While the Matthewsons risk a soaking...
08:18See you soon.
08:19See you later.
08:2060 miles away in County Durham,
08:23the weather's taken a turn for the better
08:25and the remnants of a 20-strong motorbike collection
08:28are waiting to be picked up.
08:30It's part of his collections.
08:31Some of the motorbikes have already been sold.
08:34And this is...
08:35We have five left, four here,
08:37and one up in his motorbike shed.
08:41Nigel Henderson is moving on the last of his dad's bikes and cars.
08:46Alan died three years ago
08:48and, by all accounts, loved a bargain.
08:55So, that particular one,
08:57I can remember one day he went to buy a seat for it
09:01and came back with two cars and no seat.
09:04That's the sort of thing he would do.
09:08Another time he went to get the seat for it
09:10and came back with another two motorbikes.
09:13So everything was a project.
09:15So, in the summer months,
09:17he used to mess on with his cars
09:19and his vintage pick-up
09:21and, in the winter months,
09:22he would lock himself away in his motorbike shed
09:26and do his motorbikes up.
09:28So everything was an ongoing project,
09:30some taken absolutely years.
09:33Amongst the hall,
09:34there's a Royal Enfield in bits,
09:36a pair of Triumphs
09:37and a 1960 AJS 250.
09:41He actually went to buy a greenhouse.
09:43Came back with the greenhouse,
09:45stacked in the pickup
09:46and this motorcycle beside the greenhouse
09:49and that's the type of thing he used to do.
09:51He just used to sniff them out.
09:53I don't know, unbelievable, really.
09:55It's a similar story with the 1965 Norton.
09:59So he'd only gone for the paper
10:01and then the next thing you know,
10:03this arrives.
10:05Daughters Alison and Fiona
10:06have seen it all before.
10:08All these bikes here,
10:10he used to share with people
10:12and Deb would always have to take them
10:14to show his bikes and his cars
10:17and that wasn't...
10:18He wasn't Boston.
10:19He always had a story to tell them.
10:21He had a love for life.
10:23He absolutely loved life.
10:25Every morning he would get up
10:27and he'd be looking for another project
10:29and something else to do.
10:31Also going to the auction at a later date
10:33are a couple of Mercs,
10:35an F-Reg SEL
10:36and a 1967 2.8-litre,
10:40six-cylinder pagoda.
10:42This was his pride and joy.
10:44He's had it nearly 50 years.
10:47Probably been out in all that time,
10:49twice in the rain.
10:50On a Sunday,
10:51he would go up to Barnard Castle
10:53about 15 miles away,
10:54get an ice cream,
10:55sit and look at it,
10:56sit on the bench,
10:57look at his car,
10:58drive it back home.
10:59He'd be on his hands and knees
11:01and he'd be shoe polishing.
11:04Everybody back in the day
11:05would shoe polish the tyres like this,
11:07but he'd be laid on his back
11:08doing it inside.
11:10An absolute fanatic.
11:12Absolutely loved it.
11:15Initially, we didn't want to sell anything
11:17and I wanted to keep everything,
11:19you know,
11:20but there's only so much stuff
11:23you can keep, isn't there?
11:24And if the next chapter's as good
11:26as the chapters before,
11:27we're on to a winner.
11:29Yeah.
11:49Now, Martin,
11:50lovely to see you.
11:51Likewise.
11:52Nice to see you, mate.
11:53Nice to see you.
11:55Lovely little spot.
11:57Nice little place you've got here,
11:59isn't it?
11:59Well, it's not bad.
12:00Nice big shed.
12:02All got a big workshop, yes.
12:03Way around there all day long,
12:04can't you, mate?
12:05Bang on, eh?
12:07Derek's landed in Staffordshire
12:08to pick up Martin Anker's
12:1060-year-old Alvis.
12:12But as always,
12:13he's tempted by what else
12:15might be on offer.
12:16I've got a BMC car in there
12:18that don't leak oil.
12:20Really?
12:20What, you drained it out, have you?
12:22Well, it's a Boris Lousand.
12:24I reckon it's the only one
12:25in bloody prison.
12:26It is the only one in captivity,
12:28I can assure you.
12:29Yeah.
12:30Nice, isn't it?
12:32Yeah.
12:32What do you reckon that's worth?
12:33Hmm.
12:35Got a soft spot for them.
12:36I think they're great, like, you know.
12:38And a nice one like that
12:39would do 10 grand, wouldn't it?
12:40Yeah.
12:40But eyes are soon back
12:42on the main attraction,
12:43a 1965 Alvis TE
12:46in light metallic gold.
12:49How long you had this?
12:50Since 1996.
12:52Oh, my word, have you?
12:53It's been in the family
12:54since 1969.
12:56Long time, isn't it?
12:58Bloody hell.
12:59Have you got overdrive on this?
13:01No, it's got five-speed ZF Fox.
13:02Of course it has.
13:04Absolutely, yeah.
13:05You're just testing me, aren't you?
13:07Yeah.
13:07No, I forgot it's got a ZF.
13:10Nice, isn't it?
13:11If I hadn't been an Aston man,
13:13I'd have had one of these.
13:15All right, we won't mess about.
13:17What do you reckon
13:18I should put as a reserve price on that?
13:21Ooh, you won't like this.
13:25All I can tell you
13:26is what I know it's worth.
13:27What do you reckon it's worth?
13:2920 grand.
13:31What you put on it,
13:32it's entirely up to you, but...
13:34If it went for 20, Derek,
13:36I'd be satisfied.
13:37Hmm.
13:37Hmm.
13:39Yeah, it's its money, isn't it?
13:40Yeah.
13:41And if somebody wants to give me 30k
13:43for the number plate,
13:44they can buy it as well.
13:46I'd have thought they'd have put it more than that,
13:47to be honest.
13:48I think that's value for money.
13:50Nice car.
13:51Yeah, it's all right.
13:52Yeah, it's...
13:53You've got to make allowances for an Alvis.
13:55You have,
13:56because there's so many poor ones out there
13:59that when you come across a nice one,
14:00it's a bit of a novelty.
14:02I mean,
14:02it's not a Minter,
14:04not a Concourse,
14:05but it's pretty good.
14:07It's steeped in history, mate.
14:08Yeah.
14:09Can't buy that, can you?
14:10I am...
14:10Sorry.
14:11I'm sad to see it go.
14:13You feel it, mate, don't you?
14:14Yeah.
14:15I know where you're coming from.
14:16I've loved this car.
14:17It's been a super car.
14:19You know,
14:19I've had hundreds of cars
14:22in my lifetime in a motor train,
14:24and I've never been emotional
14:26about a motor car before.
14:27No, no.
14:28Oh, my God.
14:31Now, will it be all right
14:32driving one of these posh cars?
14:37Sweet old girl, isn't it?
14:39Smooth as silver.
14:45Powerful old car.
14:46Smooth and powerful.
14:49And...
14:49I hope you haven't been bored stiff
14:51to old Conyers.
14:54Ticked over up there,
14:55isn't it?
14:55Just beautiful.
14:57Can't beat horsepower, can you?
14:58You cannot beat it.
15:00You've got to go to somebody
15:01that'll love that car
15:02because it's...
15:03Well, you've just driven it,
15:04and I think you've enjoyed it.
15:08Go on, Derek.
15:09Don't prolong the agony.
15:12Bye, baby.
15:20And I could drive it.
15:22Yeah?
15:22Yeah, not bad.
15:27The old Cortina.
15:28Still badged as a console.
15:30Yeah, they had that sort of
15:31crossover period, didn't they?
15:33Yeah, no funny, isn't it?
15:34Yeah, Ford console
15:35before they went full bore Cortina.
15:38Lurking in the showroom,
15:40the dusty Ford
15:41that Charlie brought in
15:42from Melton Mowbray.
15:44The appeal of that is what?
15:45The amount of doors it's got,
15:47or the amount of doors
15:48it hasn't got.
15:49It's not great,
15:50bless her,
15:51but she's so genuine.
15:52She's been in the garage
15:53for 30-odd years
15:54or something,
15:54couldn't it?
15:54I was lucky enough
15:56to have a Lotus Cortina Mark 1
15:57and I made the decision
16:00to sell it.
16:01Yeah, I lost a little bit
16:02on that one of mine,
16:03just proved you can't win
16:04on everything.
16:05They were achieving
16:05in excess of 50,000
16:07at one point.
16:0840-ish now.
16:10They all want two doors,
16:12four door,
16:13half the price.
16:15More equals less.
16:16I know she's got some
16:17painting shoes
16:18and bits and pieces,
16:19I get that,
16:19but little lump there,
16:21look,
16:21little sweetie.
16:22I think that car
16:23will achieve
16:25somewhere between
16:26three and a half
16:27and four thousand pounds.
16:29Which seems incredibly
16:30good value to me.
16:31Yeah,
16:32but if it was a four door,
16:34a couple of grand
16:35for a four door.
16:36And if you were talking
16:37Lotus Twin Cam?
16:39Ah,
16:40yeah,
16:41a Lotus Twin Cam
16:42in that condition there,
16:43wanting a bit of work,
16:44it'll still,
16:44yeah,
16:44it'll still push
16:4530 grand.
16:47Crazy, isn't it,
16:48really?
16:53Ford Cortina
16:54Deluxe,
16:55there we are,
16:55look,
16:56two door Cortina,
16:58that's the one that,
16:58ah!
16:59Yeah,
16:59I picked it up,
17:00been stood for about
17:0120 I believe,
17:02but 10 in the lockup
17:04that I got it out of.
17:05So,
17:05nice early
17:06two door Cortina,
17:08look,
17:08we've got 3,500 pounds
17:09and we're off.
17:10It's been stood
17:11in a nice dry garage,
17:12which is the best thing.
17:13At 3,700 pounds,
17:15here with me,
17:153,800.
17:17It will make a car,
17:18it should do more money
17:19than that really.
17:19Provisional,
17:20but we will try
17:21at 3,900,
17:22I should think so.
17:23At 4,000 pounds then,
17:25at 4,000,
17:264,1,
17:264,2,
17:27at 4,300,
17:29still provisional,
17:30but we will try.
17:31Provisional,
17:33Norfolk at 4,300.
17:34I wasn't far,
17:35far and a half.
17:37I don't quite know
17:38whether it was over-reserved,
17:39it was all the way,
17:40let's put it that way.
17:42And,
17:42yeah,
17:42they had a 5,000 pound reserve
17:45and the best bidder,
17:46the day I could get,
17:47was for 3,
17:48which has been accepted.
17:50So,
17:50right decision,
17:51rightly so.
17:52Yes,
17:52I think that's its money,
17:53simple as that.
17:55So,
17:55away it goes.
18:09There we go,
18:09look.
18:11Do, do, do, do, do.
18:12Oh, blimey.
18:14Oh, he likes his Mercs.
18:16Hey, you guys.
18:16How are you?
18:17You all right?
18:18You all right?
18:18Yeah, yeah.
18:19Nice to meet you.
18:20Nigel, yeah.
18:21Nice to meet you, Jack.
18:23Jack and Amy have made it
18:24to County Durham
18:25to pick up the Henderson
18:26family's motorbikes.
18:29Oh, wow,
18:29you've got a fair collection
18:30of bits and pieces,
18:31haven't you, Nigel?
18:32Oh, yeah,
18:32a good collection.
18:33There's a few gone now,
18:34but this is what we've got left.
18:37These were all his then,
18:38were they?
18:38Yeah,
18:39he had a few more,
18:40but we've,
18:40you know,
18:41we've sold them.
18:42And then there's another one
18:43in bits that he's
18:44been doing up
18:45for the last 18 years.
18:48Everything's,
18:49everything's a long-term project.
18:51Yeah, that's it.
18:52And you think,
18:52do I spend the money
18:53on restoring that
18:54or do I go and buy
18:55another one
18:56to go with it?
18:57Yeah,
18:58so that's the story.
19:00I know.
19:00Where'd you stop?
19:01The bike market
19:02is a bit low at the moment.
19:03Yeah.
19:04It's certainly a buyer's market,
19:05but it has sort of increased.
19:07To be fair,
19:07they did really die off
19:08for a couple of months,
19:09but I suppose the sun's out now,
19:10isn't it?
19:10That's right.
19:11So,
19:12obviously,
19:13we'll try our best for you.
19:14A little butcher's bike
19:14will sneak in first
19:15in the corner.
19:16This is clean, isn't it?
19:17Needs finishing off.
19:19A nice little bike,
19:20isn't it?
19:20These sell well.
19:22Yeah,
19:22kind of buys him
19:23a lot as well, yeah.
19:28I feel that he's with us
19:31watching these bikes go.
19:33Nine times out of ten,
19:35I'd say us office girls,
19:36the rest of them,
19:36bless them,
19:37don't really get out,
19:38but no,
19:38it's just nice to see
19:39where they actually come from
19:41and the story behind them
19:43and then obviously
19:43we see the other side of it
19:44as well
19:45after they've sold
19:46and where they're going to.
19:48I'm going to have to start
19:49taking all the girls out
19:50with me.
19:50You're going to have to do
19:51one at a time.
19:52I'm going to have to just
19:52keep changing passengers
19:54every month, aren't I?
19:55And then the ones
19:56that give you the wrong direction
19:57don't take them again.
20:00Lovely to meet you.
20:01All right.
20:04Thank you very much.
20:06Safe journey home.
20:07Thanks.
20:08Bye.
20:08Bye.
20:09Bye.
20:09Bye.
20:27The sun's shining
20:29and North Yorkshire's
20:31looking its best.
20:33The good weather's also
20:34brought the browsers out
20:36and Derek's homed in
20:37on a vehicle
20:38that for around
20:39eight grand
20:40has got holidays
20:41written all over it.
20:44Here we have.
20:45Basically,
20:46it's an Austin A60 van
20:47bagged as a Morris,
20:49which is fine.
20:50It's a 71, 72
20:52as we can see.
20:53It's a two-berth
20:54caravanet conversion.
20:56It tickles me a bit,
20:57really,
20:57when you talk to people
20:59and they say,
20:59I'm going to have
21:00one of them new-style
21:01pop-up roofs
21:02and fit it into
21:03me day van,
21:04for argument's sake.
21:05And I have to laugh
21:06because here we are,
21:081970,
21:09and basically the same thing,
21:11but better.
21:12So it's not a pop-up roof,
21:14it's an elevating roof.
21:16This was the era
21:17when Britain's post-war workers
21:19had spare time
21:21and cash to splash.
21:23Van makers like Bedford
21:25and Commer
21:25tapped into that
21:26as the country
21:27had its first
21:28camper van moment.
21:29Full height
21:30means you can stand up,
21:31of course,
21:32both ends
21:32rather than just one end.
21:34No matter what people say,
21:35you can't get away
21:36from the main purpose
21:37of converting a van like this
21:40is it doubled up
21:41as everyday transport.
21:43And with a top-down,
21:44it went into
21:45an everyday garage.
21:46That's the big advantage.
21:57Oh dear,
21:59no.
22:00It would be like
22:00something out of
22:01carry-on camping,
22:01wouldn't it,
22:02pulling up on the campsite
22:03with that.
22:04There's a little rail
22:05that you can hang
22:06your tea towel on it
22:07to dry when you've washed up.
22:09What is that, Paul?
22:10That 1971 Morris?
22:11Oh, lovely, isn't it?
22:12An A60.
22:14Is it?
22:14Yeah.
22:15Is it lovely?
22:15Yeah.
22:16Oh, right.
22:17It's an early camper,
22:18isn't it?
22:19Lovely.
22:20Lovely.
22:21Yeah.
22:22No, you're not seeing it.
22:23Look at it.
22:24You know, I think she might be
22:25more of a five-star girl.
22:26Do you think so?
22:28What, the group or the hotel?
22:32But it's got a bench seat
22:33so you could possibly fit
22:34three of you in there,
22:35small people.
22:37That would be to take
22:37the water in, look,
22:38and then that's for your
22:40petrol.
22:41Is that what it is, Paul?
22:42Is it?
22:42Yeah, yeah, it will be,
22:43won't it, yeah?
22:43Yeah?
22:44I would think that way
22:45round as well, yeah.
22:47You don't want to mix them up,
22:48do you?
22:48No, no, we've just...
22:49It would be very nice
22:49brushing your teeth
22:50with petrol, would it?
22:52Perhaps they'd be clean.
22:585.09, the 1971 Morris there.
23:01Little Morris camper van there.
23:02Well, you know a bit about these.
23:04There you are.
23:05There we are.
23:05You think I'd bitten that?
23:08Suntour.
23:09Suntour, there we are.
23:10No, not for me, that.
23:12Where are we?
23:13You tell me.
23:14Anyone want to start me then?
23:15£5,000 asking.
23:18Anything on there, Will?
23:19No, I'm afraid I've got
23:21nothing on my sheet on this one.
23:23No.
23:28No, only if you're paying.
23:32That's it for the motorhome.
23:34And with no interest,
23:35it returned to its owner
23:37for a proper staycation.
23:44Alvis!
23:45You want me to come and have a look
23:46at this Alvis, don't you?
23:48It looks a real genuine old car, though, doesn't it?
23:51I like bits like this.
23:52Right attention to detail, isn't it?
23:54Just lovely, isn't it?
23:56They're lovely old girl, aren't they?
23:57They're a good usable old car.
24:00There's a kink there.
24:02There's microblistering here.
24:04There's microblistering everywhere, really.
24:06Now, we've all had microblistering.
24:09And it's gutting.
24:11Yeah.
24:12Moisture either in or under the paint.
24:16It won't show straight away, you see.
24:18They're lovely for a while,
24:19and then they start and come to light
24:22and you think, ooh.
24:24But let's be honest,
24:25down the road, whizzing along,
24:27it's lovely, isn't she?
24:28What a majestic old girl.
24:33Alvis is one of the great
24:35and almost forgotten names
24:37of British car manufacturing.
24:40But back in the day,
24:41its vehicles set the standard
24:43for sporting excellence.
24:45Alvis also made aeroplane engines
24:47and armoured cars,
24:48but it was the glamorous Taurus
24:49that captured the imagination,
24:51made to the highest levels of luxury
24:53to rival Bentley and Jaguar.
24:56The T21 series set the tone
24:59with its three-litre engines
25:00adding speed and panache.
25:02But as the 1960s rolled on,
25:04sales dropped
25:05and the company was taken over by Rover.
25:08However, in recent years,
25:09the brand has been revived
25:10and the high-end, high-spec tradition continues.
25:19In my opinion,
25:20that car there,
25:21in that condition,
25:23is worth late teens.
25:2520 if he's lucky.
25:27Lucky.
25:27I can't see it.
25:29Lots of people
25:30that come into the classic movement
25:31all think they want
25:33a Jag or an Alvis
25:34or a whatever.
25:36And,
25:38in my opinion,
25:39got it all wrong,
25:40buy yourself a Morris 1000.
25:41There's one there, look.
25:42Morris 1000,
25:44MGB,
25:45Triumph Aerold, maybe.
25:47But certainly Morris 1000, MGB.
25:50Cheapest classic car
25:51in the world to run,
25:52to maintain.
25:53Super reliable.
25:54Brilliant.
25:56And then if it's for you,
25:57then move on to the Alvis.
25:59And you mark my words,
26:01whoever has entered it,
26:03whoever is selling it,
26:03vendor,
26:04best thing he can do,
26:05buy himself a Morris 1000.
26:07It is, honestly.
26:08Funny you say that,
26:09because he has got a
26:12Morris Traveller.
26:13There you go.
26:14There you go.
26:15Yep.
26:16Brilliant.
26:17I was right then,
26:19weren't I?
26:19Hey, look at that.
26:20That's twice this week
26:20I've been right.
26:22Twice.
26:24Yeah.
26:25So,
26:26so that's my take on it.
26:27Yep.
26:28Start off with a Moggy,
26:29finish off with a Moggy.
26:30Brilliant.
26:31And have everything else in between.
26:34Including the Alvis.
26:35See, it's a nice old cat.
26:37She's all right.
26:43Right, she's yours.
26:46The Bishop opened,
26:47bikes are back.
26:48And there's a reception committee.
26:52So,
26:53so,
26:53another bike for you
26:54to go in
26:54with all the other bikes.
26:56Good.
26:57A bit of loan bikes.
26:58We can do with a few more.
27:00How many bikes have you got in?
27:0271.
27:03How many more do you want?
27:05Last year I had 140.
27:12It's quite interesting,
27:14really,
27:14if you think about it.
27:15I mean,
27:15it's got,
27:17the,
27:18the shockers always have clearly been in the sea
27:20for a few years,
27:21haven't they?
27:21There's no doubt about that.
27:23And it's a Royal Enfield single,
27:25350,
27:26500,
27:26I don't know what.
27:27And having joined the throng,
27:30Derek's on the case.
27:32It's a winter project.
27:34That's it.
27:35Which winter is debatable,
27:36but it's one of,
27:37of a few winters,
27:38probably.
27:39As well as an AJS
27:40and a Norton,
27:41there's a pair of Triumphs,
27:43including a classic off-roader.
27:45It's a little Triumph cub,
27:46a little 200 cub.
27:47Nice little trial,
27:48an upswept exhaust.
27:50Really does look the part.
27:51Sooty's a trial-in man,
27:52he'll tell you more about this,
27:54I would think.
27:54He's probably trialled them.
27:56You ever trialled a cub?
27:58No.
27:59No,
28:00but I've seen plenty enough.
28:01Yeah.
28:02They're still popular.
28:03They are popular in,
28:04you know,
28:04like pre-65 trials
28:05and stuff like that.
28:06Yeah.
28:07Yeah,
28:07that's a nice little machine,
28:08that actually,
28:09and it's a right purposeful
28:10little bike,
28:10isn't it?
28:12Pre-65,
28:13of course,
28:13so it was pre-Japanese
28:15who came over,
28:17like they did with every other
28:18model of motorbike,
28:19and wiped the floor with us,
28:20unfortunately.
28:21That's exactly what they did.
28:22Poor old cub,
28:23never stood a chance,
28:24like.
28:24And the pick of the bunch,
28:26a bike with great escape vibes.
28:29It's a 650,
28:30that's a trophy,
28:32and slightly different forks
28:33and rubber covers
28:34and stuff like that,
28:35headlamps like this.
28:36They just looked a little bit more,
28:38I think they were maybe Americanised,
28:40built for the American market,
28:42really,
28:42because they do look,
28:43they look like a Steve McQueen bike,
28:45I think,
28:45don't they,
28:46you know?
28:46It's got what the lads
28:48used to call a knacker catcher,
28:49which was,
28:50obviously,
28:50it's a little rack
28:51to put your folded up mac
28:52and tie it on with a bungee.
28:54And they said,
28:55if you're unlucky enough
28:56and went over the top,
28:58you could easily get tangled up
28:59in there,
29:00you know?
29:00But I think you'd have to have
29:02flies open at that time,
29:03personally,
29:03and I don't know many guys
29:04that rode these
29:05when they fly,
29:06there's flies open at that,
29:08yeah,
29:09I think the answer
29:09was keep your flies shut.
29:12And keep your fingers crossed.
29:15But that's,
29:16I think,
29:16so,
29:17I think that'll do
29:18somewhere between
29:18three and a half
29:19and four and a half.
29:20Nice bike.
29:24614 is the lovely Triumph,
29:261967 Triumph there,
29:27look at that,
29:28650 Triumph,
29:29what a bonnie machine as well.
29:31At 3,500 pound we've got.
29:33At 3,500 pound then,
29:34are we all done at 35?
29:36Submit it at 3,500.
29:38It's still provisional
29:40for the Triumph 650,
29:41proving it's still a tricky market
29:44for old British bikes.
29:47A 1960 AJS,
29:491,000 pound cheap bike,
29:50going to sell it provisionally
29:51down to 1,000 pound.
29:53Bargain of the day that.
29:55Provisional.
29:56Norton Jubilee.
29:58She's a nice old bike,
29:59makes a change in the colours as well.
30:01There you go.
30:01At 1,500 pound,
30:03we'll submit that for you.
30:05The Royal Enfield.
30:07There we are.
30:08Don't expect to ride it home.
30:10Where are we going to be?
30:11800 pound we've got.
30:13Provisional then,
30:13at 800 pound that we've all done.
30:15800 we'll submit it.
30:171959 Triumph Trials bike there.
30:19Look at that.
30:19That's a nice bit of kit.
30:211,350,
30:221,375.
30:23At 1,375,
30:25then I'm going to drop the hammer
30:26then at 1,375,
30:271,4.
30:28They have to be sharpish that.
30:29He's going to lose it.
30:301,400 quid.
30:31Still the cheapest bike in the world.
30:32At 1,425.
30:341,425,
30:35then I'm going to sell.
30:36The hammer's coming down
30:37at 1,425.
30:39Sold.
30:39Too late.
30:40Missed it.
30:40There you go.
30:42Which leaves
30:42one of Derek's favourite
30:44forms of transport.
30:47Pushers bike,
30:48trays bike.
30:49I used to ride one
30:50when I was 14 or 15,
30:51don't you?
30:52I've done many miles
30:52on one of them.
30:53Fell off of a few times and all.
30:57There we are then.
30:58Current bid,
30:5975 pounds.
31:0075 pounds we've got.
31:01Nowhere near enough.
31:02100,
31:02100,
31:03150,
31:04200,
31:05200 pounds,
31:06250.
31:07Iron brakes
31:07and a little wheel.
31:08Dead right.
31:09300,
31:10300 pounds.
31:11There's a little club
31:12being formed in York
31:13for them,
31:13you know.
31:14Yeah,
31:14I'm going to join it.
31:15300 pounds.
31:16300 pounds and go.
31:17I've said I'll come out
31:18on me trays bike.
31:19This is York.
31:20I'm not.
31:21I'm going to put it
31:21in the van,
31:22leave the van around
31:23the corner
31:23and pedal in
31:24on me trays bike
31:24like, you know,
31:25to the meat.
31:26So I'm going to cheat a bit.
31:28325 quid and away.
31:29Good buy that.
31:30Selling it then,
31:31350.
31:32350 pounds.
31:33All done then.
31:34Last time looking round.
31:36350,
31:37Hornsea.
31:39And with offers
31:40for all the bikes
31:40now in,
31:41it's down to Ange
31:42to break the news
31:43to the Henderson family.
31:47So I've just got
31:48two bikes that are
31:48on provisional
31:49at the moment.
31:50Lot 614,
31:51the 1967 Triumph.
31:53You had a reserve
31:53of 4,000.
31:54It's done 3.5.
31:56Yeah,
31:56and then the other one
31:57is the 1953 Royal Enfield.
31:59The reserve was 1,200.
32:00It's done 800.
32:02All right,
32:03perfect.
32:03That's all of them
32:04gone then.
32:05Bye.
32:07All of them.
32:08Oh,
32:08that's good news,
32:09isn't it?
32:10Oh,
32:10that's good.
32:11I'm happy for him.
32:12That is very unusual
32:13because almost every email
32:15I send out for people
32:16wanting to sell their bikes
32:17says that the bike market
32:18is at an all-time low.
32:19So,
32:20that's good.
32:21Happy for him.
32:22He should be doing
32:23cartwheels,
32:24shouldn't he?
32:24Because the bike market
32:25is very volatile.
32:27The old British bikes,
32:29they really are
32:30very,
32:31very difficult
32:32to rehome.
32:33But bikes in general,
32:35across the board,
32:36are terrific value
32:37at the moment.
32:37If you're like,
32:38shall I,
32:39shan't I,
32:39buy them now
32:40because they cannot
32:41get a lot cheaper.
32:42They really can't.
33:00You're in at 180,
33:01at 180 pound bid then,
33:03nice size sign that,
33:04at 180 pound bid,
33:06at 180 pound bid,
33:07look,
33:07mix on it up there,
33:08you can see it,
33:09at 180 then,
33:11provisionally for the first.
33:12One of my favourite cars,
33:15Alvis,
33:16TE21,
33:17three litre,
33:17straight six,
33:18five speed gearbox.
33:20Beautiful car.
33:21Quality car.
33:23Hand-built car.
33:24All these panels,
33:25hand-built.
33:26Bit of micro blessing
33:26on the paintwork,
33:27unfortunately.
33:28Right colour,
33:29right condition
33:30other than that.
33:31It's going under the hammer now.
33:33I think personally,
33:34I know it's worth
33:35between 20 and 25.
33:37Award winner,
33:38cups in the back
33:38and such now.
33:40Long-term ownership.
33:42I've always wanted one.
33:43I would love this car.
33:47First thing I must make
33:48crystal clear
33:49is the registration number
33:51is not going with the car.
33:52What doesn't go
33:53with the car,
33:53Ash?
33:54Point.
33:54Correct.
33:55Well done.
33:56There you go then.
33:57So the lovely car,
33:57the Alvis TE21.
33:59What a fantastic looking car.
34:00Where are we going to be?
34:01You tell me.
34:02£15,000,
34:03thank you,
34:03at 15.
34:04At 15,
34:04£15,250 and 5,
34:06£15,500 and 7,50.
34:09£15,750.
34:10What a lot of car.
34:12£15,750,
34:12£16,000,
34:13£16,250,
34:15£16,250,
34:17£16,500.
34:18Oh, good morning, France.
34:19Hello there.
34:20£16,000,
34:21bonjour,
34:21Yeah,
34:22au revoir,
34:22depends which way you are.
34:23£16,500,
34:25£16,500 in France.
34:28It's nowhere near enough.
34:29Nowhere near.
34:30Nowhere near.
34:30It's got to be £20,000 plus.
34:33£16,500.
34:34It's provisional France at the moment.
34:36We'll speak to the owner.
34:37We'll see if we can put a deal together.
34:38I'm sure we will.
34:39There will be a deal to be done.
34:41Thank you ever so much.
34:42It is a very majestic looking car.
34:43We're at £16,500 then.
34:45We'll put you down France.
34:46Thank you ever so much for your bidding.
34:48£16,500.
34:52Provisional to France.
34:53Thank you very much.
34:56So the Alvis will soon be leaving the building.
34:58Because originally we thought that car was going to have to go for a lot more.
35:03Father thought that, yeah.
35:05But the lady and gent that own the car, Martin, he's happy to have the bid.
35:09You know, he wants the money, not the car.
35:11So anyway, resurrected.
35:13Everyone's happy.
35:13And he's left to Paul to cement the Entente Cordiale with the new owner.
35:19Bye now.
35:19Bye-bye.
35:21Fortunately, he's English.
35:22He's a lot better than my French.
35:23So he is taking the holiday in the south of France.
35:31And it may take a few days to make pay.
35:37A few weeks later, there's a new arrival in northern France,
35:41complete with French number plates.
35:43And talking of which, the original UK registration has been kept by Martin,
35:49the former owner of the Alvis.
36:02Hello, I'm Alistair.
36:04And I'm Rachel.
36:05And we're both from Watney originally, but living down in Northumberland.
36:09They're certainly a long way from home,
36:11but this couple haven't lost their passion for all things with wheels.
36:17We've had a motorbike in the conservatory.
36:19One Christmas, I came home to find the bonnet of my car at the end of my bed.
36:22That was the dad.
36:23That was my dad.
36:24That was you.
36:24The conservatory was me.
36:25The conservatory was you.
36:26So, yeah, I'm used to it, yeah.
36:31Is the choke on this one slack?
36:34No.
36:34No.
36:35It's tightened up, but it will just slowly creep.
36:37I was surrounded by cars, motorbikes, tractors, all that growing up,
36:42so definitely had a lot of freedom in that regard.
36:45I used to work at a bike shop in Orkney, a cycling shop.
36:48So I went from building push bikes,
36:50and then, as the usual way it goes, it escalates to things with motors.
36:55They built up a nice collection of their own,
36:57the latest of which is a 1967 Triumph Trophy.
37:02On the face of it, it's as British as tea and biscuits.
37:05But Alistair has given it an American tweak.
37:09I was always wanting to make it into a desert slide,
37:11so I didn't want one that was either really, really original
37:14or really highly restored and, like, immaculate,
37:18cos I'd feel bad taking off all those lovely exhausts and things like that,
37:22cos I was just wanting a desert slide,
37:23so I was wanting something that was a good base for it.
37:26For those not in the know,
37:28Hollywood heartthrob Steve McQueen was into desert sled bikes
37:31that were often adapted with high exhaust pipes
37:34for racing across California's arid trails.
37:37Cos the pipes and the tyres make such a big difference
37:40and change to the look of the bike.
37:41These ones were the 955,
37:44so they give a nice line along the side here
37:46for the desert sled look.
37:48New tyre on the front, trial-style one, all very desert sled-y.
37:52New brakes in there just to improve a bit and they've actually come up really well,
37:55along with the right fitment of shocks.
37:58Well, the ones that came on it when I bought it were half an inch short,
38:02so I was buzzing the tyre over some of the big bumps.
38:06The chunky tyres was kind of the biggest difference I noticed
38:09compared to other bikes that you've had,
38:12just with the road noise,
38:13whereas I'm used to more road tyres, road bikes.
38:17But as far as being a passenger in the back,
38:21high exhaust keeps your leg warm.
38:22Yeah, that's true.
38:30Alistair had been keeping an eye out for the right bike,
38:33and with values of older British motorcycles falling,
38:36he decided a price of £3,500 was too good to miss.
38:42It's got something that I could play with a bit of it
38:44and have a bit of fun with.
38:45You weren't going to look, and then you had a look.
38:47And then you had to buy it.
38:49Yeah.
38:50It was a really good deal, honest.
38:54In recent months, the Triumph has been on its travels,
38:58having been taken back to Orkney
38:59to be shown off at the island's classic motor show.
39:03It's always amazing the amount of stuff
39:05that comes out of the woodwork in Orkney for this show.
39:07Like, for such a small population on the whole,
39:10the range of stuff that can be there.
39:12Definitely trying to keep it and use it.
39:14There's a few things I just want to tidy up with,
39:16and probably through the winter I'll take it to bits
39:18and just give everything a really good clean
39:20and update wiring and things like that.
39:24I'm not wanting to go through it too much cosmetically,
39:26because I like that oily rag side of it,
39:29but just make it reliable, good,
39:32hopefully leak a little bit less,
39:34but it's a British bike, so it's going to leak.
39:36But you can only try so hard.
39:49You've got such a big steering wheel,
39:51so obviously it's light on the steering.
39:52The clutch is soft.
39:54It's not a racing car.
39:56You're not going to start overtaking things
39:57at 80 miles an hour cos you wouldn't want to.
39:59I like it.
40:00I think it's nice to have a radio in it,
40:01cos you can't hear the engine,
40:02cos it's a little bit like a sewing machine.
40:07On the leafy lanes of East Anglia,
40:10Gary Sutton's putting the 1963 Ford Cortina Deluxe
40:14through its paces,
40:15after some repair work to make it roadworthy again.
40:20So we've got the engine running,
40:21the brakes are done,
40:22and everything's lovely.
40:24I don't mind the colour,
40:25and a lot of people buy them like this one,
40:27they turn them in the lockers cos they're two doors,
40:29you know, if you've got to paint it white.
40:31Um, I'm just going to paint it blue,
40:35and then we'll see once it's done.
40:37I must just sell it.
40:39And I don't know,
40:39it's just I think people collect pictures,
40:41don't they, or coins or whatever,
40:42and I'll just collect this sort of stuff
40:45while I remember when I was a kid,
40:47you know what I mean?
40:49So far, so straightforward.
40:51But Gary has an itch that he just can't scratch.
40:56So what, why so many?
40:58Oh, I've got some more,
40:59but they're in the shed,
41:00and I couldn't get them out in time.
41:02Sorry, you've got some more Cortinas?
41:04Yeah, more Cortinas, yeah,
41:04I've got nine altogether.
41:06So you've got nine?
41:06Yeah, I don't obviously like driving them,
41:09but just part of your...
41:11Collecting them?
41:11When you was young,
41:13and I don't know,
41:14I just like them,
41:14I like the shape,
41:15I like the back,
41:16I like the size,
41:16I've been just about getting them,
41:17because I'm a bit slim, aren't I?
41:19And, yeah, I do,
41:20I like the Ford Angler and all,
41:21but they're a little bit tight again.
41:22How many Ford Anglers have you got?
41:24Three.
41:25A bit of three, yeah.
41:26I'm not being big-headed, nothing.
41:28I don't drink, I don't smoke,
41:29and I don't want to drink,
41:30and I don't want to smoke.
41:30I got up to 160 cars at one time.
41:32How many?
41:33160.
41:34And the only reason I knew I had 160,
41:36because my daughters,
41:37three daughters,
41:37grasped me up to the mum,
41:39and they went in the field,
41:40and in the shed,
41:41and they counted them.
41:42And then they told the mum
41:43how many I got.
41:44Wish I had them now,
41:46not by now, I'm down to about wherever.
41:48I don't know, 80, 90,
41:49but the cars I've got now
41:51are better cars than what I did have.
41:52They're a little bit more money.
41:56Which would be the go-to one?
41:57I don't know, this white one,
41:58I've had this look a lot,
42:00but they ain't a proper Lotus.
42:02I've been driving that for about 15 years.
42:04Sorry, Gary.
42:05You've not driven it for 15 years?
42:07No, 15, no, we pushed it around here,
42:08because I knew you was coming.
42:11So the one that you've driven the most,
42:13out of this lot,
42:14is the one that you've perched on now,
42:16because I'm here filming you.
42:17Yeah, you made me, yeah,
42:18but we won't go into that.
42:21It doesn't matter, does it?
42:23I think to go in that car now
42:24would be realistic.
42:2655, 60 is about right.
42:28You know what I mean?
42:28That's all you want to do,
42:29because you're not,
42:30if you want to race,
42:30you can go and go and buy me,
42:31you know, Cosworth is saying,
42:32but this is just
42:33a little beat the weight of people.
42:35Some people wave to us,
42:36and people love it, don't they?
42:37My dad had one,
42:38my granddad had one,
42:39and now I've got one,
42:40and everybody's got one.
42:41Well, hang on,
42:42you've got more than one.
42:43Well, yeah.
42:44I thought I'd run a drink of smoke.
42:48And it seems Gary's
42:49not quite reached
42:50the end of the road
42:51when it comes to Cortina's.
42:53He's now aying up
42:54a mark to a state.
42:56I might even tell the wife
42:57before I buy it,
42:58see how brave I get.
42:59I'd like to come and film that.
43:01So that was it.
43:02So, best thing not to tell the wives
43:04until you get it home.
43:06You'll live there.
43:07And if you've really got the hump,
43:09tell it belong to your mate.
43:12For a little while.
43:14Be all right, wasn't it?
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