#Bangers And Cash - Season 13 - Episode 02: Sunbeam Alpine/Daimler Sovereign #video #short #film #movie
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00:05On sale this week.
00:08Sunbeam Alpine. What a car. It's going to make a right car, isn't it?
00:11We don't know where the key for this car is.
00:13I'm hoping it's in here, but I've not been able to get in
00:15because of all this other stuff that's in here.
00:181983, damn this day, the sovereign.
00:21I know a lot of people are not going to like this.
00:23They're not going to agree with me, but motor dealers will.
00:25And we used to say an XJ6 is the best driving car on the road.
00:30It's the Viva GT. Complete time warp.
00:33An unbelievably rewarding project for someone.
00:36Well, it says it all, didn't it? Owned by the current owner for 36 years.
00:38They are. You can tell straight away.
00:41I thought I'd do this for a living, didn't I, really?
00:43Mercedes Unimog, here we go.
00:45Drove one of these as a kid.
00:47Got fond memories. I love them to bits. I think they're brilliant.
00:50You've driven up from Macclesfield this morning.
00:52I have.
00:52What's the journey like? Look at your cruise control, isn't it?
00:54Cruise control? No, you've just got to have a big right foot.
01:00The Matthewsons, a dynasty of classic car auctioneers.
01:0555.
01:06The joys of an auction.
01:07Most people will go to a sale with something in mind,
01:10but come away with something different.
01:11The fun is the chase.
01:13We'll have a look and we'll advise you from there.
01:15You just don't know what's on the end of the phone,
01:17what you're going to find when you open them doors.
01:19This is a family's love affair with motors that have lived a life.
01:23Testing, testing.
01:25Most people will buy a car because they can relate to it.
01:28Maybe a car that dad had.
01:29You're selling dreams.
01:31Right, here we go.
01:47It sort of comes to us all.
01:49You get to an age, you get to a time in life,
01:51you've somehow run out of free time.
01:54You've definitely run out of enthusiasm and energy,
01:56I can assure you that.
01:57And too many vehicles then start to become a liability.
01:59Not a pleasure, a liability.
02:02So, consequently, there are times that you just have to have a clear out.
02:06We've just got a couple of bikes to get out from up there.
02:09I think there's four or five to come down, I think.
02:11They went up on that old pallet there,
02:13so they'll come down on that old pallet there.
02:14Oh, there.
02:16Fancy grip system on the bottom of the ladder.
02:19It's a bit of gaffer type that's nearly rubbed off.
02:21With a firm grip on health and safety,
02:24it's time for Derek to let go of the past.
02:27Yeah, you hang on to her.
02:30You want to be forward a bit more yet?
02:32Just to clear this.
02:34It is a big decision for guys like us, you know?
02:36It's a bit like selling one of the kids, you know?
02:39You have to think about it a bit first.
02:41Couldn't be easier, could it, really?
02:43It turns out that I think we've added up as 43, I think, all told.
02:47And they're going to go.
02:48I mean, I haven't had my leg over one for five years, I should think.
02:52And I'm not over keen on the big, heavy ones anymore.
02:55For that reason, they're too big and they're too heavy.
02:58Shut up, dog.
03:00A mate of mine said, yeah, he said,
03:02you always feel better when you've got rid of a load of stuff.
03:04He said, it's a bit like constipation.
03:06He said, you know, you have a good clear out,
03:08and the next morning you feel different altogether.
03:11He's got a point, hasn't he?
03:13There's a 250 Peugeot, which is a really unusual little bike,
03:16a little four-stroke, which I fell in love with a long time ago and bought.
03:19Gerda Forks, rigid back end, real period 1930s machine,
03:23and a Peugeot, quite rare.
03:25Aerial arrow there, a golden arrow.
03:28Got a right handerbar grip side as well.
03:29Look, red grips, as it should have, and all the rest of it.
03:31They're the bike we wanted as a kid.
03:33When I was 13, 14-year-old,
03:35and the 16-year-olds were riding around on one of them,
03:38we thought, we're going to have one of them.
03:40Oh, man.
03:41There were so many old pre-war and just post-war British bikes
03:45run about in London, of course, everywhere.
03:48Every street had a load of them.
03:49But when you saw one of them, you thought,
03:51oh, this is like a spaceship, modern technology there.
03:54That thing there, that area,
03:56I've got no interest in it whatsoever, personally.
03:57I don't know why I've got it.
03:59But it's the era that I quite like.
04:01It's a BSA.
04:02It's an old version of an Empire Star, I believe.
04:05So it's sad to see that go, really.
04:07You do create an attachment to them, you do,
04:10because there's a story behind everyone.
04:12And that's the sad bit,
04:13that it's almost like an end of an era.
04:16You've got to move on,
04:17and all eras come to an end.
04:19All good things come to an end.
04:21And I've got to face it,
04:22that my collection and bike collection days are over.
04:26Simple as that.
04:35Tomorrow, I've got a little road trip again.
04:37Who's going?
04:38Me and Rodders.
04:40Oh.
04:41I don't know.
04:42Charlie.
04:45So tomorrow, myself and Charles
04:48are going out to Northampton,
04:50where we're going to extract
04:52a Sunbeam Alpine
04:54and Daimler Double Six
04:55that have been in the garage for some time.
04:58So that one's a bit tricky,
04:59because I did street view it,
05:00and I'm not sure we can get the lorry in the drive.
05:03It's tight.
05:04So we'll be off by somewhere
05:06between five and a half past tomorrow.
05:08Did you know that, Charlie?
05:09Yeah, I did.
05:09Oh, did you?
05:10Yeah, yeah.
05:11With an early start,
05:12we've got to get the truck prepped.
05:15So you can drive it in the yard?
05:16Yes.
05:17You can't drive it on the road,
05:18cos you're not old enough?
05:19Yes.
05:20And I'm not a capable enough driver, John.
05:25Even though you're some sort of world rally champion.
05:27No!
05:28Wrong person.
05:29That's Colin McRae.
05:40I have a lot of memories of this car
05:41when I was very young.
05:42Cos if you ever saw another Sunbeam Alpine,
05:44you always used to flash your lights.
05:45I remember that quite vividly.
05:48In Northampton,
05:50Richard McGill is preparing to say farewell
05:52to two rather different cars.
05:55A 1960 Sunbeam Alpine
05:57and a 1983 Daimler Sovereign.
06:00Both belong to his late father,
06:02an aircraft engineer
06:03who dabbled in antique dealing.
06:07He was an engineer on Comets, VC-10s.
06:11He ended up as a flight engineer
06:12on 747 Jumbos.
06:14The flight engineer is the person
06:16who basically controls the engines.
06:18They don't exist anymore.
06:20It's just a computer these days.
06:22But he was one of the last generation
06:23of human flight engineers.
06:27Did you don't tend to collect?
06:30Yes.
06:31When I opened the boot of the Daimler,
06:33there was a 19th century Japanese doll's house
06:36in parts, in boxes there,
06:38which I had to kind of assemble,
06:39which was rather ridiculous.
06:44My dad bought the Alpine,
06:46I think probably in about 1970.
06:48It's never been out of the garage
06:50since about 1973, I'm afraid,
06:52which is why it's in the state it's in here,
06:54which is rather dusty
06:55and the tyre's very flat to the ground.
06:57As you can see,
06:58it's got a hard top,
06:59but the hard top comes off.
07:00When we were out in it,
07:01it was always with the hard top off
07:03and the soft top down.
07:04It was always sunny days.
07:05It always came with the hard top.
07:07I think these on their own
07:08are quite valuable, I think.
07:09Quite rare, obviously,
07:11because most sunbeams, you see,
07:12will just have the soft top.
07:13I think this is probably
07:14quite hard to make a new one.
07:16My dad really loved it.
07:17I suppose one of the first kind of things
07:19he bought for sheer pleasure, really,
07:20when he was an engineer.
07:25The Roots Group's answer
07:27to the MGA and the MGB,
07:29the Alpine was known
07:30for its rally car speeds
07:31and stylish good looks,
07:33with a wraparound windscreen,
07:35wind-up windows,
07:36retractable hood
07:37and plush interior.
07:40Styled by the Americans
07:41and characterised
07:42by a pair of flashy fins,
07:44this was all about the aesthetic,
07:46not the aerodynamics.
07:48The Alpine was unlikely
07:50to blast you into orbit.
07:51But roofed down,
07:53this nifty two-seater
07:54would require a headscarf and hat.
07:57But before Bond
07:58put Aston Martin on screen,
08:00007's vehicle of choice
08:01was a Lakewood Blue
08:02Sunbeam Alpine Series 2,
08:05driven by Sean Connery
08:06and Dr No
08:07on location in Jamaica
08:08and sealing its 60s
08:10Brit-style legacy.
08:16If you look inside the car,
08:18there's the remains
08:19of a second engine,
08:20so I'm guessing there's that kind of issue.
08:23I suspect it may have been
08:25that it just, you know,
08:26he'd found a problem with it
08:27and then it just never got fixed.
08:30We've got, I think,
08:31a gearbox here.
08:33I think that's a gear stick there.
08:36All sorts of stuff.
08:39We've also got another window
08:41from the back,
08:41the same as this.
08:42We don't know where the key
08:44for this car is.
08:45I'm hoping it's in here,
08:46but I've not been able to get in
08:47because of all this other stuff
08:48that's in here.
08:49The Daimler's got keys.
08:51The Sunbeam,
08:51we're not sure,
08:52so hopefully once we're in here
08:54and we're clearing this stuff out,
08:55it'll be in the ignition.
08:58I suppose the Daimler's
08:59a more niche thing
09:00because it's not got
09:01that sexy, cool aspect
09:02of the Jaguar.
09:03I suppose it's kind of like
09:04a Jaguar minus the sex appeal,
09:06I guess.
09:07It's got this really,
09:07really pristine Connolly leather in it
09:09and this beautiful walnut dash.
09:12It's nice seeing
09:13kind of analogue dashboards
09:14these days
09:15with so many different dials.
09:17We're not heavy on dials
09:18in cars these days.
09:20It's got quite an early computer in,
09:22but all it really would do
09:24is tell you
09:24how many miles per gallon
09:25you were doing
09:26and it was really scary
09:28because the most you ever got
09:29was about 12
09:29but quite often
09:30you'd be seeing it doing
09:31and you'd be doing
09:32four miles per gallon,
09:33six miles per gallon.
09:35It's a 4.2.
09:36I suppose it's a lot bigger
09:37than most cars these days.
09:38With the Daimler,
09:39I don't think it'll make a lot.
09:41I mean, people were sort of
09:42suggesting like 500 to 1,000.
09:44That's, you know,
09:45it's not to be sneezed at.
09:46The Alpine,
09:47although they're an old car
09:49and, you know,
09:50they're very attractive,
09:51they don't hold super value
09:53so I suspect with that,
09:54you know,
09:55maybe 2,500,
09:563,000.
09:57I think even when it's done up,
09:59it's not going to be worth
10:00a ton of money
10:01but hopefully somebody will love it.
10:03It's going to be a challenge today.
10:05The street outside is quite narrow.
10:07The driveway is quite narrow
10:09down the bottom
10:10so I'm anticipating
10:11we could have a few problems.
10:13The tyres are flat
10:14to the ground on both cars.
10:16Hopefully they'll take some air
10:17and we'll be able to pull them out
10:18but we'll see.
10:19It's going to be
10:20a bit of an adventure,
10:21I think.
10:36Can you parallel park it?
10:38Oh.
10:40I'm loving this.
10:42This is brilliant.
10:43Look out the window.
10:44Which window?
10:45Office window.
10:47Back in Pickering,
10:48it's not just full-sized
10:49Classics turning heads.
10:51Sometimes,
10:52the tiniest wheels
10:53create the biggest thrill.
10:56Oh, with you.
10:57Oh, that's reverse.
10:58Oh, no, no, no, no.
11:00Oh, oh, oh.
11:03Oh, yours is faster.
11:04Oh, no.
11:06I didn't want to crash into you.
11:09This has got, like, loads of power.
11:11I don't know why.
11:12I know.
11:16Sorry, bye-bye.
11:20Grandad, do you want the rides?
11:21I'm in the back.
11:22I love it.
11:23Speed bump.
11:26Iris, come here.
11:27Oh, no, straight off.
11:29That was really good.
11:30I mean, me and Emily
11:31are going to take these home,
11:32I think.
11:32Might take us a while.
11:34How long do you think?
11:3515 miles home,
11:38isn't it?
11:39Yeah.
11:40At about...
11:4110 miles an hour.
11:4110 miles an hour.
11:43Yeah.
11:51As the old saying goes,
11:53we're as mucked as brass.
11:55And taking pride of place
11:56in the showroom
11:57is a barn find,
11:58Vauxhall Viva.
12:00It's the first time
12:01I've looked at this.
12:02Rare bit of kit, this.
12:03Bags of potential.
12:04Those of you
12:05who are perhaps
12:05a little bit more observant
12:06will notice
12:07that there's a radiator missing.
12:09Apparently that is in the boot.
12:10Oh, is it?
12:11That's quite clean in there.
12:12Look at all this, look.
12:13Still got stickers on there.
12:15I tell you what,
12:15someone spent some money on this.
12:17Oh, well, it says,
12:18it all done it,
12:18owned by the current owner
12:19for 36 years.
12:20They are.
12:20You can tell straight away.
12:22It underwent an extensive
12:23and expensive restoration
12:24between the 80s and 90s.
12:25There you go.
12:27I ought to do this for a living,
12:28didn't I, really?
12:29Oh, this will do all right, this.
12:31What a proper little car.
12:33It takes a fair bit
12:34to impress me.
12:35I wouldn't say I've seen it all,
12:36but I've seen a fair bit.
12:37And normally speaking,
12:38I'm disappointed
12:39because people's descriptions
12:41of the cars tend to be,
12:43they get a little bit romantic
12:44with them, don't they?
12:44And they get a bit personal
12:45with them.
12:46And then you grow old with them
12:47and you tend to forget
12:49what is actually out there
12:51and available.
12:52I tell you what,
12:53what a proper little car.
12:54I know she wants some paint.
12:55Look, she's all,
12:56she's on.
12:57But it's only surfaced up,
12:58isn't it?
12:58It's nothing major, is it?
12:59Honestly, I think it's worth...
13:00First impressions,
13:01I may be way out
13:02and I haven't even looked
13:03at the guide.
13:03I'll have a look at the guide
13:04after I've opened my mouth.
13:05I think 20 grand.
13:09But the current owner
13:10doesn't have diva demands
13:11for his Viva
13:12and has set the guide
13:13at half that price.
13:16Eight to ten.
13:17Really?
13:20I'm amazed.
13:21Oh, well.
13:22We'll see who's near
13:23on the day, won't we?
13:24I've just opened my big mouth
13:25and said 20, haven't I?
13:26Do you know what?
13:27Eight to ten thousand pound,
13:28there should be
13:28an orderly queue of people
13:29waiting to see this car.
13:31You wait,
13:31I reckon that'll be
13:32a bit of a sleeper, that.
13:33Well, put it this way,
13:34if that comes at eight grand,
13:35it's going in my garage.
13:36Going in my garage for eight grand.
13:38We're all going to be lined up,
13:39aren't we?
13:39Right, anyone got eight grand
13:40and everyone's hand's
13:41going to go like that,
13:42aren't they?
13:42Everyone in the production crew,
13:44all the office staff,
13:45all the guys that come in
13:46and girls who come in
13:47on the telephones
13:48and the rest of it,
13:48even if they're not
13:49remotely interested in Viva's,
13:50if they've got any savvy,
13:52they're all going to go,
13:52whoa, aren't they?
13:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:03Father and son duo,
14:04Paul and Charlie,
14:05have arrived in Northampton
14:06to collect the Sunbeam Alpine
14:08and the Daimler
14:09that belonged to Richard's father.
14:12Hello.
14:13Hello.
14:14Right, mate,
14:14well, we're in.
14:15That was the hard bit.
14:16So, how long
14:17have they been stood then, mate?
14:18That's been there since 1973.
14:20No.
14:21Yep, that's been there
14:22since about 2002.
14:25A long time.
14:26We might have some
14:27sticky breaks then, eh?
14:28I would imagine so.
14:31Yeah, so would I.
14:32I'm hoping we can just
14:34pull it straight out,
14:35straight on.
14:36We might have to go this side
14:37and try and pull it away
14:38from the wall.
14:39Seeing how they're going
14:40to get it out
14:41is going to be interesting
14:42because that's been
14:43what I've been more worried
14:44about than anything,
14:45I suppose,
14:45is how you actually do it.
14:48How are you getting it, son?
14:48There's an engine
14:50and a gearbox
14:51and lots of stuff in there.
14:53Oh, yeah, it's busy
14:54in there, isn't it?
14:55It is.
14:56Just hold it this way
14:57as it slides.
14:58Despite the flat tyres
15:00and sticky brakes,
15:01the Sunbeam finally sees,
15:03well, Sunbeams,
15:04for the first time
15:05in 52 years.
15:08Yeah, it looks really good.
15:09Bit of weekend work.
15:10Yeah.
15:13Back tyre is a goner.
15:15I hope it clears.
15:21Put them on again, Charlie.
15:23They know what they're doing,
15:24don't they?
15:24Amazing.
15:26These are British Airways
15:27flight crew shirts,
15:30probably from the 1980s,
15:32I would imagine.
15:33All empty.
15:40I think to say
15:41it's been in there
15:42longer than he's been alive,
15:45I think that's
15:45came out pretty well,
15:46to be fair.
15:48I think it kept well,
15:49but it's not all
15:51rotten and horrible.
15:52Obviously,
15:52it's going to have
15:52a little bit in it,
15:53but it's not
15:55horrendous.
15:56It's not quite
15:57Mini Cooper S rotten.
15:58When you sell it,
15:59does it go looking like this,
16:01covered in dust?
16:02It'll sort of
16:02depend really
16:03on how much
16:04of that's left on it
16:05by the time I get back,
16:06you know?
16:06Yeah.
16:07That one will probably
16:08be better left like that.
16:10Yeah.
16:10Just as it was left.
16:12As a project, yeah.
16:13The sovereign,
16:14perhaps that might be
16:15beneficial to have a wash.
16:16While getting the sunbeam
16:17out was a doddle,
16:18there was an
16:19unfortunate casualty.
16:21He just destroyed the table
16:22and made it woodwork
16:23when I was 12.
16:2512 years old
16:26when I made that.
16:27Is that right?
16:28Yeah.
16:31With what's left
16:32of the sentimental table
16:33safely stowed,
16:35it's time for the
16:36potentially dramatic
16:37Daimler departure.
16:39Why is this going to be
16:40tricky?
16:40Because it's a Daimler
16:41double six.
16:44Because they were too high
16:45and it's going to bottom out
16:45because you know how low
16:46they are.
16:47They're definitely not
16:48a compressor,
16:48isn't they?
16:49I have a shot.
16:50Basically,
16:51I'm not going to name
16:52any names,
16:52but Derek
16:54took the compressor out,
16:56so we've got to load it
16:56with flat tyres.
16:58But obviously,
16:59with flat tyres,
17:00it's an inch and a half,
17:02two inch lower
17:02than it should be.
17:03What we're trying to do
17:04is make that back
17:05of the lorry
17:06as low as we can
17:07for less of an angle
17:08so that that will go
17:10on there without
17:10bottoming out.
17:13It is free, actually.
17:15Yeah, yeah.
17:16Straighten up.
17:19Yeah.
17:24I think
17:24that's about your lot, mate.
17:26I don't think
17:26I want to be any more.
17:27The most interest,
17:29I think,
17:29is going to be caused
17:30by the Sunbeam.
17:31The old Daimler's lovely,
17:32but, as we all know,
17:34not massive money
17:35because it's the easier
17:36one to do, of course,
17:37but the more valuable
17:38one at the end of the day
17:39is the Sunbeam.
17:40A couple of grand a piece,
17:41I would have thought.
17:42I don't think the Daimler's
17:43going to do any more.
17:44Shame in it
17:44because it's a nice old car
17:45and I don't think
17:46the Sunbeam's going to do
17:47any more either,
17:47to be honest.
17:49It's crazy seeing the car
17:50sort of hanging up
17:51in the air like that.
17:53We haven't got any
17:53low bridges, have we?
17:56Right.
17:57Well, I'll shake your hand now.
17:58Oh, thank you.
17:59It's been lovely.
18:00We'll be blocking the road again.
18:02Cheers, Paul.
18:03Cheers, Charlie.
18:04Thank you very much.
18:06It's the sort of start
18:07of the end of an era.
18:08Quite a strange situation.
18:23With the usual variety
18:24of lots on display,
18:25prospective buyers
18:26are taking the browsing business
18:28very seriously.
18:30What attracts you to it?
18:32I just want a project, really,
18:33and I want some of this
18:34fairly easy to do.
18:36And this looks
18:37like a good candidate.
18:38And you don't see many
18:39of these knocking around
18:40with them, really.
18:40That's another attraction
18:41for it, really, you know.
18:43Say you were to buy it,
18:44what would be the first
18:45thing you'd do on it?
18:46I'd get it running,
18:47make sure it's pretty safe,
18:48and I'd use it.
18:49Not get it clean?
18:50Well, yeah,
18:51I'd get it clean
18:51as well, honestly, yeah.
18:57£600,000.
18:58You'll run a bottle
18:58down to £600,000.
19:01The auctions
19:02are rattling through
19:04and the dusty old
19:05Vauxhall is proving
19:06you shouldn't judge
19:07a book by its cover.
19:09The Viva GT,
19:11complete time warp,
19:12an unbelievably rewarding
19:13project for someone.
19:15£14,000 to £14,500,
19:17£15,000,
19:19£15,000.
19:20Currently at £15,500.
19:24£16,000.
19:25£500,000.
19:26£16,000.
19:28£17,000.
19:29Oh, look, it's got
19:30four exit tailpipes, look.
19:32That's just so you can
19:33lift it up like a wheelbarrow.
19:36How rude, how rude.
19:38£17,500.
19:39£18,000.
19:41It's at £18,000,
19:42so that's far surpassed
19:43what we thought it would do.
19:44I thought it'd do £15,000.
19:45I do rate that car, though.
19:47That's a lot of money
19:48for a Viva, innit?
19:50Are we all finished then?
19:51At £18,000 then for the first.
19:54£18,000 for the second.
19:56And a quarter.
19:57£18,250, Will.
19:58£18,250.
19:59Got it.
20:00£18,250.
20:01Third and last time.
20:03Are we all done at £18,250?
20:08£18,250.
20:10Wowzers.
20:11There you go, I told you.
20:12I like that car, didn't I?
20:13There you go.
20:13It just proves it, doesn't it?
20:14Brilliant, well done.
20:19Next up, the multi-purpose miniatures.
20:22Pumpkin picking.
20:24It could be for Dave.
20:26There's mobility.
20:27Dave, do you want this?
20:29It's got your name on it.
20:30I know, it's great, isn't it?
20:31You were driving it, though,
20:32weren't you?
20:33Yeah, me and Amy were sat on it.
20:35We test drove them,
20:37so we know the work
20:38and the batteries are good.
20:39We were actually really shocked
20:40at how quickly they went
20:41and they were, like,
20:42quite, like,
20:43they went straight away.
20:44The three-inch-scale
20:46Sentinel Steam Wagon
20:47battery-powered lorry
20:48with trailer.
20:49It's lovely, isn't it?
20:51What a cracking bit of kit.
20:53So I'm here on,
20:53£500 I've got,
20:55£500 away then,
20:56£550, £600,
20:57£600, £650.
20:59£700.
21:00Third and last time.
21:02Provisional keys,
21:03£700.
21:04And as for its party pow...
21:06Three-inch-scale
21:07AEC Matador
21:09battery-powered lorry
21:11with a car.
21:12Whereabouts?
21:13£500, £500, £500,
21:14£500, £500, £600, £600.
21:16£600 all done then.
21:18Provision is £600.
21:19The offer wasn't accepted,
21:22but it went on to sell
21:23at the timed auction
21:24for £650.
21:39£650.
21:40No, only to be started
21:42by Derek.
21:43There I start it.
21:45What's going to happen?
21:51Isn't Derek looking
21:52younger these days?
21:53Of course, younger.
21:54Better look...
21:55I mean, look at him
21:56leaping out of that car
21:57like there's no tomorrow.
21:59Oh, my name.
22:00Oh, my God.
22:04With his ears burning,
22:06Grandad and his knee
22:07are outside in the yard.
22:09Well, here we have
22:10XJ6,
22:11Daimler version,
22:12top of the shop.
22:13Brilliant car.
22:14Oh, I love them.
22:15I just absolutely love
22:17XJ6s.
22:19I know a lot of people
22:21are not going to like this
22:21and not going to agree with me,
22:23but motor dealers will.
22:25And we used to say
22:25an XJ6
22:26is the best driving car
22:28on the road
22:28in the 1970s and 80s.
22:30No question about it.
22:32Nothing drove
22:32like an XJ6.
22:34Mercedes,
22:35Rolls-Royce,
22:36don't care what,
22:37nothing drove like these.
22:38And what I mean by that
22:39is that they drive
22:40as smooth as a Rolls-Royce,
22:41they drive as quietly
22:42as a Rolls-Royce,
22:43but they handle
22:44better than a Rolls-Royce.
22:46It's as simple as that.
22:46And a Mercedes.
22:48You can jazz them about.
22:49You can fly about with them
22:50round the roundabouts
22:51and round the corners
22:52and they're perfect
22:53for in London
22:54because you could
22:55jazz them about.
22:56They were just lovely.
22:57I love them to bits.
22:58I'll have another one one day
22:59if I live long enough
23:00to actually use
23:01an everyday car
23:02because I was fortunate
23:03I used these
23:04four days a week
23:05going into London
23:06to auctions.
23:07The drive home
23:08and the unwinding
23:09of your mind
23:10and the relaxation
23:10was all down to one of these.
23:12So I can't speak
23:13highly enough.
23:14So what did Daimler
23:16add to it?
23:18To make it
23:18such an amazing car?
23:20Oh, nothing.
23:20Nothing.
23:21It's cosmetic only.
23:22Cosmetic.
23:22Silly things.
23:23You know,
23:23better trim,
23:24slightly different grille
23:24and emblems
23:25and very little difference
23:26at all.
23:27The rumour has it
23:28that when it came
23:29to Mark II Jags,
23:30I can't speak for XJs,
23:31guys used to tell me
23:32that they'd pick
23:33about every one
23:34in ten Mark IIs
23:36off the line
23:36and turn it into a Daimler
23:38and they then refined them
23:39and they added on
23:40the Daimler extras
23:41and they became a Daimler
23:42but the same car.
23:43It's all right.
23:44Nice straight car.
23:45Yeah, as soon as it came in
23:46I thought that's a real
23:47honest level car.
23:48Look how nice and straight
23:49door skins are.
23:50Lovely.
23:50I mean,
23:51this could be 18 months old.
23:53You know,
23:53it's great.
23:54Interior's lovely.
23:55Bit of wear on the driver's seat.
23:56Beautiful dashboard.
23:58Oh,
23:58to die for,
23:59isn't it?
23:59Yeah,
24:00it's got 07.
24:01It's probably been around the clock.
24:02107,000.
24:03You wouldn't have thought
24:03so would you really?
24:04But all this is all the same.
24:06So it makes no difference
24:06whether you buy a Jagger
24:07or a Daimler
24:07but I could live with this car.
24:09The more I look around it
24:10it'll make a lovely car.
24:11Just see a speckling
24:12on the chrome.
24:12Look.
24:12It'll come off.
24:13Yeah, look.
24:14It's coming off.
24:15I've got rough fingers
24:15and I look.
24:17Look,
24:17I've got fingers
24:18like a bit of wild wool
24:19and I look.
24:20There it is.
24:21If it was all cleaned up
24:22and presented
24:23as nice as it could be
24:24I think the motor
24:25could fetch
24:26somewhere between
24:27four and five grand.
24:28As it at the moment
24:29I think it's going to
24:30hover around
24:30the three grand mark.
24:32Three to four.
24:32Make a cracking car, that.
24:41Rumbling into Pickering HQ
24:43is Mick Newton's
24:44Teutonic Titan.
24:47Morning.
24:48Morning.
24:49How are you, Paul?
24:49All right.
24:50I'm going down memory lane,
24:51aren't I?
24:52I used to
24:53in my youth
24:54a long time ago
24:55It's not as long as mine.
24:57No, it ain't as long as yours.
24:59I used one
25:00a fair bit
25:01up at Langdale
25:02I spent hours
25:03and hours
25:03and hours
25:04in it
25:04running around
25:04the woods and stuff.
25:05I spent hours in it
25:06this morning
25:07getting up here.
25:07Did you?
25:08Where have you come from?
25:09Cheshire, Macclesfield.
25:10Have you?
25:11Yeah, and I'm ready
25:12for a sleep.
25:12Yeah, you'd be fed up
25:13with it, aren't you?
25:13Yeah, I am.
25:14It might be cheap now then.
25:15Oh, Christ, man.
25:18Yeah.
25:18What's it do with that?
25:1945?
25:20It's come up with
25:2164 at 45, yeah.
25:23How long we had it then, Mick?
25:24About two years, I think.
25:26So what have you been
25:26doing with it then?
25:28I've always liked
25:28to fund it.
25:30Two tractors had to go.
25:31Yeah.
25:32And a Series 3
25:33long wheelbase Land Rover.
25:34But it's a bit heavy
25:35for my ground, really.
25:37So it's just been a toy?
25:38It's been a toy.
25:39Yeah.
25:39But now I've got to
25:39cash the toy in.
25:41How are we valuing it, Mick?
25:42I think we'll discuss
25:43that later, eh?
25:43Oh, will we?
25:44Yeah, yeah.
25:44Will you calm down?
25:45Yeah.
25:46And had a cup of tea,
25:47no doubt?
25:48Yeah, black.
25:49Leave the bag in.
25:49Well, I think it's grand.
25:51Good.
25:51Well, I think we ought
25:52to get the kettle on.
25:52When I'm sat down,
25:53you'll have to tell me
25:54how much it is, won't you?
25:55Yeah, that's right, yeah.
25:56Yeah.
25:57All right.
25:57Do you have sugar?
25:58No, no.
25:59No.
25:59No, no sugar.
26:02Looking inside,
26:03I don't think I've ever
26:04seen one of these before.
26:05It looks fairly basic.
26:06Yeah, they are basic.
26:07They're a bit heavy going, yeah.
26:08But it is quite old.
26:10It's not like a modern thing,
26:11is it?
26:11What do they drive like?
26:13Very heavy.
26:14But good fun.
26:15You don't see them
26:16every day, do you?
26:16You certainly don't.
26:17No.
26:18You've driven up
26:19from Macclesfield this morning.
26:20I have.
26:21What's the journey like?
26:22Any cruise control, isn't there?
26:23Cruise control?
26:24No, you've just got
26:24to have a big right foot.
26:26No cruise control,
26:28I'm afraid, no.
26:29No electric windows?
26:30No electric windows?
26:32Not yet.
26:33Somebody will convert it, perhaps.
26:35Going right off it
26:36with no electric windows.
26:38Eh?
26:38Oh, bloody hell.
26:39Yeah.
26:39Why don't you take it home, then?
26:40Well, you're here now,
26:42aren't you?
26:43You've got a cup of tea
26:44in here, Mick?
26:45Oh, that'll do.
26:47Over a cuppa,
26:48an estimate of between
26:4915,000 and 16,000
26:51is agreed.
26:52Are you going to miss it?
26:53Yeah, I probably will,
26:54actually, yeah.
26:55Yeah.
26:56And I've got to go home
26:57on the damn bus
26:57because I've lost
26:58my train pass.
26:59And my wife can't come
27:01and pick me up
27:01because she's looking
27:02after our grandchildren
27:04today,
27:05so I've got to find
27:06my own way home.
27:07It's going to be a long day
27:07for you, isn't it?
27:08It is, yeah.
27:09You're all right,
27:10we'll have a beer
27:10when we get back.
27:19While Paul's been
27:20reacquainted
27:21with an old friend,
27:22another arrival
27:23turns out to be
27:24a buddy of Derek's.
27:26I love them.
27:27I used to love these
27:27when I was a lad, like,
27:28and the reason I loved them
27:30was because we couldn't
27:30afford to deal in MGBs,
27:32they were too dear,
27:32but we could afford
27:33to deal in Alpines,
27:34so they were a second-rate,
27:35cheaper sports car.
27:37Do you know what?
27:38They've remained that way
27:39all the way through
27:39right till now,
27:40and it's such a shame
27:41because they're
27:41a lovely car to drive.
27:43This is the last one
27:44with the high fins,
27:45which I like.
27:46When they went on
27:47to the next model,
27:47they cut the fins down.
27:49They were noticeably
27:50lower down,
27:51not so prominent as this,
27:52which actually went down
27:53very, very well.
27:54When a few years later
27:55they do the facelift model,
27:58it's even better.
27:59It would appear.
28:00People like it more,
28:01you know?
28:01They go out and buy it
28:02because it's the current model
28:03and that.
28:04But now,
28:05now,
28:05we all want the high fins again.
28:07Just about all American cars
28:09in the 50s, 60s
28:10and early 70s
28:11had fins.
28:12And, of course,
28:13we did, didn't we?
28:13You know,
28:14the PA Cresters,
28:15the Zephyrs and Zodiacs
28:16and all the rest of it,
28:17we all had fins.
28:18There was a craze
28:19in actual fact.
28:19In the mid-late 50s,
28:21if something like
28:22a Mark 1 Zephyr or Zodiac,
28:24which didn't actually have fins,
28:25it was rounded off,
28:26you could buy fins
28:27to stick on.
28:29And loads of people did.
28:31And, to be honest,
28:32they look pretty good.
28:33I can see them now.
28:34Dress them up.
28:34Quite a bit of cartage
28:36in there.
28:37Yeah, yeah,
28:37we've got a fair bit.
28:38Yeah, there's a pair
28:38of carburetors in there
28:39I can see.
28:41Manifold and what have you.
28:42I can only assume
28:43it's all there.
28:44I'd love to get stuck
28:45into this.
28:45This is my sort of thing.
28:46This is a retirement project,
28:48but I've got so many of them
28:49I can't ever take any more.
28:51But, oh, yeah,
28:51this is an easy job,
28:53isn't it?
28:53It's a dead,
28:53straightforward,
28:54easy job.
28:55Nice car.
28:56It's got a lot of potential
28:56this car.
28:57Who is going to buy
28:59this car?
28:59Almost certainly
29:00someone who had one
29:01in the 70s.
29:03It could even go
29:04as much as four,
29:05but I somehow doubt it.
29:06I think it'd be
29:06around the three grand mark.
29:08So, there you go.
29:09Got the makings
29:10of a nice car.
29:14Sunbeam Alpine.
29:15What a car.
29:15It's going to make
29:16a right car,
29:16this, isn't it?
29:17Here we go then,
29:18£2,700 we've got.
29:19£2,800 on sale
29:21and going to nine.
29:22Lovely project,
29:23that.
29:24£3,000,
29:25the one to have,
29:25£3,500 and going
29:27and sold then.
29:28Are you all done then?
29:29Back in Gould,
29:30£3,700,
29:31St Albans,
29:32back to the north
29:32and the south here
29:33going on, Will.
29:34£3,700,
29:36St Albans winning
29:37at the moment,
29:37£4,000 for one.
29:39£4,100,
29:40St Albans,
29:41£4,200.
29:42Gould on sale
29:44then and going,
29:44£4,700
29:45going to St Albans,
29:47£4,800,
29:48£4,800,
29:49£4,900.
29:49Third and last time,
29:51St Albans,
29:52Gould,
29:53St Albans,
29:54St Albans again,
29:55£5,100,
29:56£5,100,
29:59£5,100,
30:00£5,100,
30:00sold and gone then,
30:01£5,100,
30:02are you all done for the first?
30:03Second,
30:04third and last time,
30:05St Albans,
30:065-1,
30:07there you go,
30:08well done,
30:095-1.
30:10The Sunbeam Alpine is off
30:11to a novice mechanic
30:12in St Albans
30:13who's had it on his dream car list.
30:181983,
30:19Damn the Stain,
30:19the Sovereign.
30:20Me and Dad picked this up,
30:21came from the same stable
30:23as that red Alpine.
30:24Ah, yes.
30:25This has been stood
30:26since about 2000-ish.
30:28There you are,
30:29Charlie and Paul collected it
30:30the other day,
30:30then it's a 4.2 there,
30:32where are we going to be on that?
30:33We've got three,
30:33we've got four,
30:34we've got five,
30:35we've got £600 bid,
30:36£700, £800 at the back,
30:38£900 on the internet,
30:39I saw their will.
30:40£1,000 then a bid
30:42on the internet then,
30:43Jack you're out,
30:44internet's in at £1,000,
30:45I'm going to sell.
30:46That's about which money to be fair.
30:48£1,000,
30:49then have we all done
30:50£1,100,
30:51£1,200,
30:52both bids on the net there,
30:54£1,200 on the net.
30:55£1,300 is Jack's telephone,
30:57£1,300.
31:01£1,300 a pound,
31:02not a bad price for him to be fair.
31:04To say it's been still all that time,
31:07when you look underneath,
31:09it's rusty and all.
31:11That did well,
31:12it did well.
31:30Pickering Land,
31:31a place where dreams
31:32really can come true.
31:34And for Paul,
31:35a chance to relive his youth.
31:38Why are we so fond of them?
31:39Because in my youth,
31:41I don't know what I would have been.
31:42About 14, I think,
31:44and a guy called Andy
31:46created the Langdale Quest,
31:47which was the UK's
31:49largest off-road site.
31:51and he created an off-road driving school centre
31:55in 10,000 acres of Langdale Forest.
31:58As he got a little bit more established
32:00and bigger and all the rest of it,
32:01he bought a Unimog.
32:02And it was something that he always wanted.
32:04And I was pleased to say,
32:06I was entrusted with it.
32:07Not everyone was.
32:08And I was very careful with it.
32:10And I loved it.
32:11You know,
32:11you were king of the road.
32:12It was a bigger one than this.
32:14Put three Jeeps on the back
32:15and I was gone.
32:16Brilliant.
32:17Loved every minute,
32:19every hour.
32:20Fabulous.
32:21And it just sets a seed, doesn't it?
32:22And then, you know,
32:23one comes along
32:24and you think,
32:25oh!
32:26And you probably shouldn't
32:28because it's probably going to
32:28shatter dreams, isn't it?
32:29Because, of course,
32:30when you're 16,
32:31you don't mind being bounced about
32:32and you don't mind the horribleness
32:34and uncomfort and everything else.
32:37I'll risk it.
32:38With his rose-tinted glasses
32:39at the ready,
32:40Paul and the Unimog
32:42are reacquainted.
32:44Oh, look at that.
32:46Instant.
32:47Right.
32:47If I can remember
32:48what lever does what.
32:50The brakes are like
32:51all or nothing.
32:52I'm going to warn you now.
32:54I'm getting better at them,
32:55but they really are
32:57nothing, nothing, nothing
32:58than everything.
33:00They've got great big
33:01long toil springs on them
33:02that are designed
33:03to soak up the bumps.
33:05Simple as that.
33:06And it does exactly that.
33:08Eight-speed box.
33:09Not the quickest thing
33:10in the world,
33:11but loads of gears
33:12to play with
33:13and, yeah,
33:15there's something
33:16about a Unimog.
33:17There's just something
33:17about them, isn't there?
33:18They're iconic, aren't they?
33:19You know,
33:20we have Land Rovers over here.
33:22Germans have
33:23G-wagons and Unimogs,
33:25don't they?
33:25You know,
33:26it's absolutely great.
33:27It's smashing.
33:29We're going to approach
33:30two to test that, aren't we?
33:31Well, apparently so.
33:32Now,
33:33we have had monsoon-like conditions
33:35over the last
33:36couple of weeks, really.
33:38Certainly over the weekend,
33:39it's been really bad.
33:41So,
33:41I don't know how deep it is,
33:42I haven't even looked.
33:43But,
33:44let's be fair,
33:45it's not going to bother us,
33:46is it?
33:48Anyway,
33:48there she is, look.
33:49In a bit of flood.
33:51Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
33:52Oh, brilliant.
33:54How's it reacting?
33:56Like it wasn't there.
33:57It's just like a puddle.
33:59That's all.
34:00Oh,
34:01that was cool.
34:02What a treat.
34:02I like that.
34:04These are your
34:04first, second,
34:06third, fourth,
34:06fifth, sixth,
34:07seven, eight.
34:08And you forget where you are
34:10because, effectively,
34:11you've got four,
34:13you've got a four-speed gearbox
34:14with two ratios.
34:15So,
34:16you could soon forget.
34:18So,
34:18they put a light on for you.
34:20Yeah,
34:20you need the light
34:21to keep you clued up
34:22to where you are, really,
34:24because you forget
34:25what gear you're in.
34:26Because there's too many,
34:27so,
34:27Mercedes,
34:28in their wisdom,
34:29put lights on
34:30so you know
34:31what range you're in
34:32or what line of gear you're in.
34:34Oh,
34:34we're bounding along.
34:36Oh,
34:36she's lovely.
34:37To be honest,
34:40kind of.
34:41First things first,
34:42I would have to do the steering.
34:45It's awful.
34:46It's just,
34:47it's tight.
34:47It's actually getting better
34:48the more I'm using it,
34:49but it's tight
34:50and it's,
34:52yeah,
34:52it's not nice.
34:53It's not nice.
34:53So,
34:54I would have to do the steering.
34:55The rest of it,
34:56if I'm honest,
34:57is probably
34:58as good
34:59or better
35:00than I remember.
35:01Gearbox is better.
35:03Yeah,
35:03I like it.
35:03You can go out,
35:04you can get muddy,
35:05you can go wherever you want
35:07within reason.
35:08They're just
35:09a great big
35:11clumsy toy,
35:12aren't they?
35:12I think she's a lovely old girl.
35:14I do.
35:15Oh,
35:16yeah.
35:16It's a univog,
35:17isn't it?
35:18I rate the old motor.
35:19I think it's brilliant.
35:20And,
35:21yeah,
35:21there's plenty of life
35:22left in it yet
35:23for somebody,
35:23isn't there?
35:23That's the thing.
35:25Oh,
35:25my Lord.
35:38I've not really been
35:39a car person.
35:40I used to watch
35:41a lot of car programmes,
35:42but I've never really owned one.
35:44So,
35:44I only started driving
35:45during COVID.
35:46I was driving my kids' car.
35:47We bought them
35:48a Fiat Panda
35:49to learn to drive,
35:50and that's the one
35:51that I drove as well.
35:52That's all I've ever driven,
35:53a Fiat Panda,
35:54until I got the MG.
35:55He might be late
35:56to the starting line,
35:57but Min Eben's new hobby
35:59has turned into
36:00a bit of an addiction.
36:02I bought the MG
36:03certainly just over a year ago.
36:05Since then,
36:05I've bought a Triumph GT6,
36:08and I've got a Series 3 Land Rover,
36:10and then the Sunbeam.
36:12So,
36:12it's all happened
36:13fairly quickly.
36:14I think I'm going to have
36:15to pause now
36:17while I financially digest
36:18what I've done.
36:19The purchase price
36:20is just the tip of the iceberg.
36:21It's just the romance of it.
36:23Taking a bar on fire,
36:25putting it back on the road,
36:26giving it another
36:2720, 30 years' life
36:28is what I want to do.
36:30Needless to say,
36:32it's all been
36:32a bit of a learning curve.
36:34And the hunt
36:35for the perfect
36:36restoration mechanic
36:37landed two hours
36:38from home,
36:39in Kent,
36:40with fellow Sunbeam fan,
36:42Greg Theophanides.
36:44I'm in.
36:45Greg.
36:46So, what's happening?
36:47I've just finished
36:47reassembling the engine,
36:48and should be about ready
36:50to start her up
36:50for the first time.
36:51Wow.
36:52So, having now looked
36:53at the car,
36:54it needs a fair chunk
36:55of welding doing.
36:55It's not terminal,
36:56only a stretch of the imagination.
36:58It is definitely
36:59a saveable car.
36:59It's going to need
37:00outer sills
37:01and some work
37:01on the inner sills.
37:02One of the outriggers
37:03needs some repairs
37:04and things,
37:05but on the whole,
37:05it's not terrible.
37:06It's certainly
37:07seen a lot worse.
37:08The inner wheel arch
37:09is pretty good.
37:10A few little repairs
37:11under the back here,
37:12but nothing good.
37:13Nothing too scary.
37:15We're going to try
37:16and be as sympathetic
37:16as possible
37:17with the restoration
37:18to try and retain
37:19as much original paintwork
37:21and details
37:22and parts of the car
37:24in their only original ones,
37:26aren't they?
37:26So, that'll be the challenge.
37:27Doors themselves,
37:28they need some adjustment,
37:30as you can see,
37:32but they are solid.
37:33They don't appear
37:34to be full of filler,
37:35which is nice to see.
37:37It saves a lot
37:37of messing around.
37:38It's better than I thought.
37:40It's not bad.
37:41It's not bad.
37:42This is all good news.
37:43The main structure
37:44is pretty sound.
37:46Brilliant.
37:48The last time
37:49this engine fired,
37:50Donny Osmond
37:50was flying high
37:51in the charts.
37:54Ready?
37:56Let's do it.
37:5752 years later
37:58and with some expert fettling.
38:00Three, two, one.
38:06Wow.
38:07Oh, listen to that.
38:11I like it.
38:12I like it a lot.
38:14No knocking,
38:15no tapping.
38:16No nasty noises.
38:17Sounds great.
38:18It's not often
38:19you get people
38:20that are as interested
38:21as men
38:22in the actual workings
38:23of the car.
38:24You know,
38:24a lot of people
38:24just want
38:25the finished product,
38:27whereas he seems
38:27to want to be
38:28deeply involved
38:29in the whole process
38:30and that's great.
38:31I wish more customers
38:32were like that.
38:33Can't wait.
38:34No, I can't wait.
38:35See how I know.
38:36I'm learning a lot
38:37and I'm learning
38:37a lot from you, Greg.
38:38This is a pleasure to me.
38:39Brilliant.
38:39It's fantastic.
38:50It's auction day
38:51and Derek's still
38:52banging on
38:53about his motorbikes.
38:551928 Peugeot
38:56250 motorbike
38:57is a Griffin.
38:58Rare bit of kick
38:59this one.
39:002,100 pound
39:01provisional.
39:0668 aerial arrow.
39:09Third and last time.
39:102,400.
39:151937 BSA 250.
39:18Lovely little machine.
39:19Super little machine
39:20that one.
39:21Going 2,600.
39:27Mercedes Unimog.
39:28Here we go.
39:29Drove one of these
39:30as a kid.
39:31Got fond memories.
39:32I love them to bits.
39:33I think they're brilliant.
39:34We have got
39:3510,000.
39:3610,500.
39:3711,000 pound bid
39:39here with me.
39:4011,250.
39:4211,500.
39:43For the third
39:44and last time.
39:4511,500.
39:46Provisional.
39:47A deal is done
39:49and the Unimog
39:50sells for 12,000 pounds.
39:56I've never actually
39:57been in the car
39:58because all the test
39:59runs Tim has done
40:00I've ended up
40:01being on the end
40:01of the telephone
40:02in case of a breakdown
40:03and having to go out
40:05and help push.
40:06So I've just watched
40:07it going in and out
40:08of the driveway
40:09and up and down the road.
40:11In rural Bedfordshire
40:12Pauline Nola
40:13is getting ready
40:14for a moment
40:14she's been waiting for.
40:16A whole two years wait
40:18as it turns out.
40:20Along with husband Tim
40:21they'll be taking
40:22the Vauxhall Viva GT
40:24out for Pauline's
40:25first spin.
40:27It is an exciting day
40:28for me, yes.
40:29I'm hoping it doesn't
40:31break down
40:31and I'm sure
40:32it'll be absolutely fine.
40:34Interesting to see
40:34how fast it can go
40:35actually
40:36because I believe
40:37it's quite a quick car.
40:39Off we go.
40:40Your first ever drive
40:42in a Viva GT.
40:43Yeah.
40:44Wow, it really
40:44accelerates well.
40:47Wow!
40:48Come on, it's fast.
40:50Despite being on the
40:51lookout for a Magnum
40:53it was the Viva GT
40:54that caught Tim's eye.
40:56When I first went
40:58to Matthewsons
40:58to view the car
41:00I met Paul
41:01and he said
41:02ah, that's going to be
41:03the car of the auction.
41:05It was clear
41:05that it was going to make
41:06more than the guide price.
41:08But it was the car
41:09I wanted.
41:10I ended up paying
41:11just over
41:12£18,000 for it.
41:14Quite impressed
41:15by how smooth it is
41:17and how quiet it is
41:18actually
41:18for an old car.
41:19Some people may say
41:21that it wasn't worth
41:22anything like that
41:23especially in view
41:24of how much
41:25work has had to
41:26been done on it.
41:27But I made the decision
41:28that was the car
41:29I wanted to do next
41:30so I just went ahead
41:32and bought it.
41:33That was it really.
41:34And the brakes work.
41:36We did take a long while
41:38having the brakes
41:39leading them and stuff
41:40didn't we?
41:41Yeah, we're good.
41:42Tim didn't expect
41:43such an extensive rebuild
41:45but along with Pauline's
41:47background in
41:47electronics engineering
41:48they formed quite a team.
41:51Overall, we both enjoy
41:53the engineering side of it.
41:55I don't think
41:56you could do it
41:58without the support
41:58of your partner.
42:00There are many, many
42:01long hours
42:03spent outside
42:04and it would be
42:05thankless
42:05if you were doing it
42:07alone
42:07without somebody
42:08being there
42:09helping
42:10and taking an interest
42:12in what it is
42:13you try and do.
42:13You're being very nice
42:14to me today.
42:16Well, it is true though
42:18isn't it?
42:18This is nearly full time
42:20and late into the evenings
42:21it would be lonely
42:22and to be honest
42:23I wouldn't do it.
42:25So this is the original
42:26Viva DT publicity document.
42:29It clearly shows
42:30a car exactly like this
42:31in Monaco white
42:32with all the detailing.
42:34All along
42:34I've been trying to
42:35recreate exactly
42:36what this car
42:37should look like.
42:38It's easy to cut corners
42:40and fit things
42:41that people might say
42:42well, yes
42:43that's of the period
42:44but wherever I can
42:46I'm trying to rebuild
42:47the car
42:48to be the same
42:49as it would have been
42:50when it left
42:51the forecourt
42:52originally.
42:53Working on it together
42:54did have some difficulties.
42:56The wiring
42:57we've had problems with
42:58we've had problems
43:00with the interior
43:01but we've worked
43:02through them
43:03and we've got
43:04a nice car.
43:05It deserves
43:06the work
43:07being done to it
43:08to preserve it
43:09for the future
43:09because these cars
43:11are really, really
43:11rare now.
43:13It's like somebody
43:14appreciating it.
43:16Somebody was
43:17shooting at the car.
43:18That's really good
43:19isn't it?
43:20I tell you
43:21it looks lovely.
43:21Everybody loves it.
43:23It's nice.
43:23People appreciate it.
43:25Makes it all worthwhile.
43:26Thank you very much.
43:52All right.
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