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Bangers and Cash - Season 13 - Episode 08
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00:04on sale this week so the rover van den Plouwer here we are you can argue they're probably
00:14underrated it is the final drive it's not quite a Rolls-Royce but it's as good as you feel like
00:21you're on a nice ocean liner just cruising it's up there it's van den Plouwer it's a bonnie color
00:27it's a lovely condition car sensible on the miles very very genuine little car 1992 Peugeot 205 GTI
00:37wow these are romping on dad have you seen this guess the mileage guess the mileage no more than
00:4615,000 oh you're right yeah 11 the smell give it away a wartime 1942 Harley-Davidson motorcycle
00:56yeah oh my god we've got some bids here don't come across many of these dear big V twins hey
01:03you got
01:04to remind the Yanks really empty I mean they're make an ostentatious machine but at the same time
01:08it's purposeful in it I mean it's amazing bit of kit the Matthewsons a dynasty of classic car auctioneers
01:2055 the joys of an auction most people will go to a sale with something in mind but come away
01:25with
01:25something different the fun is the chase we'll have a look and we'll advise you from there you
01:29just don't know what's on the end of the phone what you're gonna find when you open them doors
01:33this is a family's love affair with motors that have lived a life testing testing most people will buy a
01:41car because they can relate to it maybe a car that dad had you're selling dreams right here we go
01:51whoa whoa wait wait wait oh no I'll carry on with handbrake
01:59it's the start of another working week and Derek's already reached a state of inner bliss
02:06every Monday morning I go out a Monday particularly I go out and think to myself no matter where I'm
02:12going or what I'm doing and I think brilliant this I love this I've got this collection or whatever it
02:20might be to do today and then I've got the rest of the week to catch up with things and
02:25all the rest
02:26of it so it's the starting of a new week so I love Mondays I absolutely adore Mondays I don't
02:32like
02:33Fridays you know you look back and you think I wish I'd have done a bit more I've underachieved this
02:38week I'm not done as well as I would have liked but on Mondays you're optimistic in front of you
02:42you know
02:42brilliant good old Derrick hmm but there's every reason to be happy the garage is filling up nicely
02:55with space being made for a new arrival from just up the road a 1985 Rover SD1
03:03the owner's more than prepared to drive it over I can remember the first time I went out in one
03:08my dad took me out in one and then the dash was like something out of Concord at the time
03:12you know
03:13like this long as a kid they're like you know and the choke down by the you know down here
03:19by the
03:20handbrake with just about every other car had ever been in the choke was under the dash somewhere and
03:24yeah just great and I remember it being a v8 manual which is the ones I have really this one's
03:30a 2.6 I
03:31thing that's coming in it looks absolutely lovely deep in rural North Yorkshire Alistair Broadway did
03:40getting ready to say his goodbyes to an 80s classic and in doing so honor the memory of one of
03:46his
03:46closest chums it's a parto red it's a lovely color British Leyland they had some really good colors in
03:57the 1980s and this just epitomizes the 1980s what was coming out of Longbridge at the time when you
04:05said it when if you first said a portal I don't know why but I thought red wine well that's
04:09how I
04:09remember it because of port the Rover SD1 belonged to Mark Elliott Alistair's best buddy for the last 20
04:22years who's recently passed away and being a vandenpla it's luxury on wheels Mark was the third owner of
04:30this car it was originally a bank managers it's that sort of middle-class you know 1980s scenario I mean
04:40the Germans there were the BMW 5 series we have the the Rover range VW they have to like the
04:48early
04:49Passats so and then there was the Audi's of course which were competition really for the Rover car
04:55and it's when Rovers were good and with it being a vandenpla you know it's a little bit more plush
05:03are inside so you know you've got your pipe in the interior the roof is really good quite well
05:10appointed inside really we're going to pick her in and hopefully they're going to do a good job at
05:16selling this car for us oh look at these yeah something special aren't they wow look at that
05:35oversized and over here and lurking with the motorbike squad a 1940s military spec Harley Davison one of
05:43three that's been brought in big V twins hey you gotta remind the yanks really I mean they're
05:49they make an ostentatious machine but at the same time it's purposeful and I mean when this is running
05:54along at 60 miles an hour it's probably only doing 1200 revs and it's like a like a great big
05:59V8 almost
06:00in this almost a V2 it's amazing bit of kit it's absolutely incredible yeah a little bit of a limited
06:07market amongst the older guys because I mean it's so big and so heavy to lug about but then again
06:13it's iconic and it's military makes a difference yeah clutch this side look at the even that's made
06:19for army boots and the size of the thing and hand change I love hand change but of course our
06:26hand
06:26changes over here there's left-hand drive it's a left-hand drive motorcycle how about that yeah oh
06:34yeah well I've got a big ass do you all get on here no let's try yeah no sit on
06:40the front go on no go
06:42on no they won't get on there look what if I get my leg over it and don't I'll tell
06:45you the right go on
06:45no you're all right go on that's it yeah yeah oh yeah you got it yeah yeah yeah marvellous she
06:52looks
06:53like an American cop got the uniform on look hey yeah she does look apart yeah Derek yeah no so
07:02I'm
07:02just checking if that is a stand but it's not I think it's a bomb I'm on me both feet
07:06you're
07:06all right oh it's not gonna right well we're done are we now yeah crack on is it holding it
07:10yeah it stands all right yeah you got it yeah well well I'm Jill right out guys suits you yeah
07:15oh yeah
07:15I'm not buying it though right crack on come on so a genuine wartime bike so I suppose it's going
07:22to fall into the category of a willys jeep and a good willys jeep is 20,000 quid 25,000
07:28for something
07:29that is absolutely stunning especially like a 1942 with proper wartime history these I don't suppose
07:35will achieve quite that money but probably 15,000 quid on a good day this is a very niche market
07:41but
07:42an ever so strong market do do do do do look at that paint with the Sun coming off it
07:53blimey yeah
07:54that is nice well some vehicles have been to hell and back wowsers others have had it easy I saw
08:01it
08:01pull up on the on the lorry and I thought blimey that looks clean and then the more you look
08:06around
08:06it it is immaculate that is really nice isn't it look at the interior as well oh that's probably why
08:14Phil 11837 I'm not very good at maths but that's 11,837 I think isn't it blimey is that all
08:25it's done
08:29there'll be a lot of interest in a restored 1992 1.6 Peugeot 205 GTI a one-owner motor that's
08:38been
08:38garaged for 18 years let's face it you know your stereotypical one what comes in they've all been
08:43used they're all all right you know they're all a little bit mediocre aren't they you know every now
08:48and then you get one yeah taking me by surprises a little bit it is lovely yeah dad have you
08:57seen
08:58this guess the mileage guess the mileage guess the mileage can I look at the seat you can have a
09:06look
09:07at the driver's seat but don't look at the dashboard you've got to stay from this angle Dave's getting
09:11the whiff of an underused car you can smell it that's likely to send the punters into a feeding
09:17frenzy no more than 15,000 oh you're right yeah 11 11 11 you can the smell give it away
09:29yeah it's
09:29right away first thing you can tell yeah you're not gonna find a nicer one are you no no it's
09:35really
09:35really nice the vendors hoping for upwards of 25 grand everything looks correct and period on the
09:41car so so should the wheels yeah I would put 1.6 wheels on it straight away and I'll put
09:50a set of
09:50mud flaps on its trail try and get the Peugeot mud flaps you store Peugeot 205 right and I'll try
09:54and get them in yeah that's what I would do yeah and really just finish it off hang on it's
09:59my bank
09:59magic can I yeah can I buy a Peugeot yeah there you are it all boils down to a sensible
10:07reserve at
10:08the end of the day it must be nearly the lowest mileage one in the in the UK surely and
10:13in this
10:13condition now it's going to be an interesting one but yeah no cause a lot of interest I'm sure
10:33the sun's cracking the flags in North Yorkshire just the sort of day that lingers long in the mind
10:38and for a 40 year old Rover SD1 it's one to remember too it is the final drive Alistair Broadwith
10:46is taking
10:47his best friend's motor for a final spin destination the Mathewson's auction quite emotional sort of the
10:56last connection I have with Mark's car but it's an honor and a privilege to do we're celebrating you
11:03know mark and and how he loved the car I met Mark he was delivering parcels for us in our
11:12area he became
11:13sort of on the bit of the blue really because he'd seen the route master bus which I owned at
11:20the time
11:21not knowing that mark his great passion in life was buses and especially London route master buses he
11:30was one of my best friends and you know I look at it now it was very hard you know
11:35a year ago when we
11:36lost mark but I just have to be grateful for them 20 years that we spent together it was great
11:47it's not quite a Rolls Royce but it's as good as you feel like you're on a nice ocean liner
11:55just cruising
11:57and that silky smooth six cylinder it just burbles away they were looked upon as a poor man's jack but
12:06what
12:07makes this car a little bit special Mark and me quite like the film Bob Sue and Rita too and
12:15of course what
12:17was in that film and a port or red Rover SD one but it is a great film I think
12:27it's very fitting really
12:29that the family has sort of entrusted me to to look after the car and make sure it goes you
12:39know to the
12:39next home and custodian mark would have looked it today and going to Matthewson's mark was quite
12:47emotional and I'm quite an emotional and I think you know it's a fitting thing to take it on its
12:55last
13:04journey I think it's quite rare isn't it Harley army bike there's been loads of interest in these old
13:11bikes they really have they must be somewhat a bit special I don't see it myself like but
13:15bikes haven't been selling particularly well have they as a rule no but one or two this sale actually
13:20have so the vendor of the three Harley Davidsons brought them in one Saturday and he said I'll
13:25please get them in this auction because I need a new roof so the money is funding his new roof
13:30it's like a church appeal isn't it really there might be a bit of dust on it it might have
13:36been
13:36stood around a little bit but but you know look beyond look beyond so well that's right a little bit
13:43of stubble a bit overweight maybe possibly maybe look look look further a wartime
13:551942 Harley Davison motorcycle yeah oh my god we've got some bids here don't come across many of these
14:02do you right 13 4 13 6 13 8 14 14 2 14 4 14 6 they're looking for 14
14:13800 14 7 14 8 who's got 9 are you all done
14:1914 9 15 15 15 15 1 15 100 on sale and selling then 15 100 here's the two be
14:29quick 15 100 15 100 for the first second third and last time
14:3715 51 thank you thanks For the second second high then Filet recognize the plan went down to 15 once
14:41and you've got a happy server somewhere
14:42somewhere the next night
14:44maybe he could get a fatty roof maybe it'll be gold-plated or something
14:47he must have a fair roof is double disaster might it'll be thrilled to bits
14:52You'll be having double the depth of insulation in it now.
14:54It'll be a massive view while you...
14:58Now all that's sorted, there's collections to be made.
15:02And Derek's heading west, to the other side of the Pennines.
15:06Strange thing is, I've spent more time in Bolton
15:09after, like, ten o'clock at night than I have during the day,
15:12because it's one of them places
15:15that I call in and pick a car up on the way back,
15:18and it always seems to be evening time.
15:22So I've only really, really seen Bolton after dark,
15:26but they tell me that's the best time to view it, so we'll see.
15:32While Derek works on his application to join the Bolton Tourist Board,
15:36former bus driver Paul Hoskins is waiting with a pair of Triumphs,
15:40a two-tone Herald and a sporty Vitesse.
15:45I've had this car for 20 years,
15:49and the time I had it on the road and ran it and maintained it,
15:53I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.
15:56Unfortunately, now the amount of work that's required on the Vitesse
15:59is beyond what I am physically capable of doing,
16:02and the Herald was purchased as a stopgap.
16:05But it's time now to have a complete change.
16:10Our family had standards and Triumphs for as long as I can remember.
16:16This is a 1963 Triumph Herald,
16:20which has a 1,200 engine in it.
16:24We had one of the first Heralds off the production line in 1959.
16:30It was Litchfield green all over.
16:33Oh, it was horrible,
16:34because a Herald is crying out for the two-tone.
16:38It was a lovely car,
16:39but it would have been nicer if it was green and white.
16:42They might seem similar,
16:44but of the two, it's the Vitesse that's the nippy thoroughbred.
16:48I'd always fancied one
16:49simply through a comment that my dad made in 1962.
16:54He was reading this Sunday paper,
16:57and he saw the advert for the brand-new Vitesse,
17:00which was a Herald with a 1,600 six-cylinder engine in it.
17:05And he looked at the advert, he took his glasses off,
17:08he looked at the advert,
17:09he put his glasses on again and looked at me,
17:12and he says,
17:13good God, you wouldn't drive that, you'd point it.
17:18It was the grand tourer of the time.
17:20This particular model is what they call a single dial.
17:25It only has a speedo in it.
17:27And the salespeople at Triumph
17:30were having difficulty selling them,
17:33because the opposition had far more instrumentation.
17:38And within about 12 or 18 months,
17:41Triumph had put rev counters
17:42and other instruments in the dashboard.
17:46So the single dial ones now are actually quite rare.
17:49There's only 10 1962 models known to exist.
17:54So it's something special.
17:57It's time to have a change, I'm afraid.
17:59I can no longer stand the cold.
18:01A little bit of model railway,
18:03I've always been interested in railways,
18:05which I can work on in the house,
18:08in the warm,
18:09with a wee glass of scotch at the side of me.
18:12Oh, right.
18:13Well, in that case,
18:13I'd better come and film model railways
18:15and not stand out here in the cold
18:16filming your car then, haven't I?
18:18You're welcome any time.
18:30A few days ago,
18:32a very low mileage Peugeot 205 tipped up.
18:37Clean, isn't it?
18:38Well, not clean, but clean.
18:41Now, look what else has landed.
18:43It's 4,000 now, probably.
18:45Oh, it is 4,000.
18:46I didn't see the last, did you?
18:47Yeah, 4,987 mile.
18:50Now it's, isn't it?
18:58The Volvo 300 series might look as Swedish as meatballs,
19:02but its roots lie in the Netherlands,
19:04when Volvo took over DAF's car-making division
19:06in the mid-70s.
19:10It was an attempt to break into the compact car market,
19:13and early models used DAF's quirky transmission system.
19:16Unlike virtually every other car,
19:19it was basically propelled by a rubber band.
19:23Traditional engines soon took over,
19:26peaking with the 2-litre 4-cylinder 360,
19:29which was a gateway for many
19:30to the tank-like durability
19:32that became Volvo's hallmark.
19:40Well, that's a new car, isn't it, really?
19:43So that screams 4,000-mile, that, doesn't it?
19:47Yeah.
19:48All nice and puffed up, not saggy and horrible.
19:54It's probably worth six and a six and a half,
19:58but I can see it doing more.
20:00By the time we've cleaned it and sort of got it ready,
20:06it won't look far adrift.
20:08Just DAF little bits, like that exhaust, look.
20:10That'd annoy me if it was mine,
20:12cos it's not the right colour
20:13and it's all rusty and horrible.
20:15Just DAF stuff like that.
20:16If you do them, it'll just finish it, just be lovely.
20:41Hello.
20:42Nice to meet you, Derek.
20:43You all right?
20:43Nice to meet you, Paul.
20:44Right, you're going.
20:46Derek's landed in Bolton to collect Paul Hoskins' two triumphs.
20:51It's a posh spot, John, isn't it?
20:53Aye.
20:54Bolton's gone up, in my opinion.
20:56The Heralds are running, unlike the Vitesse,
20:59which hasn't moved in 15 years and needs some TLC.
21:03There's a starting procedure with this.
21:05If you leave it overnight or for a few days,
21:08pull the chalk slowly out.
21:09Yep.
21:10When you go to start it,
21:11push the chalk in to about three quarters.
21:13Right.
21:14Pump the accelerator pedal twice to prime the carb.
21:17Right.
21:17And she'll be straight on the bottom.
21:19Right, mate.
21:19No problem.
21:21Now.
21:23Is it a left-hand one's clutch, John, isn't it?
21:25Left wheel.
21:25Yeah, I think it is.
21:26One far left, yeah.
21:28Well, try them all and see what happens.
21:37Oh, power steering ain't working.
21:43I'm going to get that on here,
21:45push that one out,
21:46load her on,
21:47tea, cake, all the rest of it,
21:49and away.
21:52This is a sad moment, this.
21:54A very sad moment.
21:57Stuck?
21:58I think so.
22:01This, there.
22:03Right.
22:04What's the plan here then, Derek?
22:06Just pull it.
22:07Right.
22:07Simple as that.
22:10Go get up, Cup off.
22:12What for?
22:14They were quick.
22:15They were the XR3 of their day.
22:17Yeah.
22:17Well, 1600cc, six-cylinder engine,
22:20way on top of the job,
22:21little tiny body.
22:23Oh, yeah.
22:23And of course,
22:24they went up to two litre,
22:25as we know,
22:25in about 1967 or something.
22:2866.
22:30Triumph.
22:30Sort of got it right,
22:32didn't they?
22:32For once.
22:33Only thing they forgot
22:35was that all the running gears,
22:3715, 20 years older.
22:38But having said that,
22:40they were a good kind of day.
22:41I like them.
22:41I'm a fan of them.
22:42Definitely a fan of them.
22:45Such Italian flair,
22:47everybody wanted them.
22:49You name another car
22:50that has such flair,
22:52and even the flair of the back of the roof
22:55matches the flair of the fins.
22:59But they had to be two-torn.
23:02Grand to meet you, Paul.
23:03Lovely to meet you.
23:04Absolute pleasure.
23:06Got the keys in the car,
23:07yeah, both lots of keys in the car.
23:08I'll do me time sheet,
23:10and then back to God's own country.
23:15Somebody out there will say
23:16that will make a nice car when it's done,
23:19and I'm hoping that they will buy it,
23:21do the restoration,
23:22and one day I'll see her back on the road again.
23:25Maybe even have a wee ride in her.
23:27That would be lovely.
23:42It's auction day,
23:43and they're up and off
23:45with some serious selling.
23:51That's one lot down.
23:52Just another 800 to go.
23:55Next up,
23:55the pristine Peugeot GTI,
23:58with less than 12,000 miles on the clock.
24:051992 Peugeot 205 GTI,
24:07lot number 630.
24:09Wow.
24:10These are romping on.
24:11Right, here we go then.
24:12We're on south in the world go.
24:1426,000, 26,000, 27,000, 28,000, 29,000.
24:18Loads of interest in it.
24:1929,000, 29.
24:21Going then, 29,000 pounds.
24:23Who's going to fill it up?
24:2529,000 pounds.
24:27All done then.
24:2829,000, 5, 29,000, 5, 29,000, 5, 30, 30,000.
24:3330,000 pounds.
24:35Cheers.
24:36Bye-bye.
24:3730,000, 30,500, 30,500, 30,500, 31, 31,000.
24:42Oh, it's lovely.
24:44It's down there, back while.
24:45It's beautiful.
24:46On sale and selling, 31,000 pounds.
24:49Going for the first.
24:49I know it's not worth 30,000, but it's lovely.
24:51Are you sure you're done?
24:5331, 31.
24:56The low mileage Peugeot has exceeded everyone's expectations.
25:00Now, who's up for a hardly used Volvo?
25:07It's a 1986 Volvo 360 GLT.
25:10I'll just tell you where we're going to start.
25:12Why is he interested in this car?
25:14He bought it new.
25:16It's done 4,800 miles.
25:18That's all it's done.
25:19Bloody hell.
25:19It smells new and looks new inside.
25:22Going then, 6,700.
25:23Look, there's 6,800.
25:256,800.
25:267,000.
25:277,000 pounds.
25:287,200.
25:297,400.
25:307,400.
25:31Smells like a brand new car inside.
25:34You're just fast.
25:35I can't really.
25:36I've got so much interest.
25:377,600, I'll take.
25:387,600.
25:397,600.
25:40I put a bid in for 7,600.
25:41For nothing, this car.
25:427,600.
25:44Is that okay?
25:44We're going to buy a brand new Volvo 360 GLT.
25:497,600.
25:507,600.
25:517,800.
25:53Wrexham.
25:54Right, somebody jumped in now.
25:55Job will be right.
25:567,800, 8,000.
25:588,000.
25:59Going then, going to submit it.
26:018,000 pounds.
26:028,000 pounds.
26:03Lovely car.
26:038,000, submitting for the first.
26:068,000 pounds.
26:078,000 pounds with us.
26:08Submit you for the second.
26:09Third and last time.
26:11Provisionally, 8,000 pounds.
26:13Alan, goodbye.
26:158,000 pounds.
26:16It's yours.
26:16We've got it.
26:18Okay.
26:19The office will be in touch.
26:21All right.
26:21Thank you very much.
26:23Thanks.
26:23Bye.
26:25The 360 isn't going far.
26:27A Volvo specialist garage in York has snapped it up.
26:39Looks a nice usable car.
26:41Random plant.
26:43How are we then, Alistair?
26:45Good.
26:45Nice to meet you, mate.
26:46Nice to meet you.
26:47Good lad.
26:47Here she is, look.
26:48All the way from the sticks, Mark Elliott's 40-year-old Rover.
26:53Drive all right?
26:54It's never missed a beat all the way over, so...
26:57Good.
26:58Well, it's only done just over 38,000 miles.
27:01Is that all it's done?
27:01With every single build from you, original owners, all the MOTs.
27:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:07So, I mean, if you look at the seats, you can tell.
27:12Yeah, look at them seat bolsters and so forth.
27:14Look.
27:14Proves the mileage.
27:15Yeah, that's it.
27:16Pedal rubbers, mats, carpets.
27:18Yep.
27:19Just general dashboard and so forth.
27:21Hopefully, well, to be fair, that's the main thing for this one, isn't it?
27:23It is.
27:24You know, go to a good home.
27:24Oh, right.
27:25At the end of the day, it's all about that, isn't it?
27:26And Mark would have loved that.
27:28Definitely.
27:29I wish I'd met him.
27:30Good.
27:32Lovely car.
27:33Really nice car.
27:35Once tucked up in the showroom, the Rover reveals its finer points.
27:40I mean, the Vitesse was the sports version, wasn't it?
27:43But in a luxury car world, it's the next thing down.
27:48I know it's not a V8, but on the ladder, it's up there, you know.
27:52It's up there.
27:53It's Vandempleur.
27:54It's a bonny colour.
27:54It's a lovely condition car.
27:57Sensible on the miles.
27:58Nice wheels.
27:59Nice finish.
28:00You know, very, very genuine little car, but it's a 2.6.
28:05So it could be worse.
28:06It could be a 2 litre, couldn't it?
28:07If it was a V8, it would be a chunk more money as well.
28:11If it was a Vitesse, it would be a chunk more money again.
28:14So, to balance it all up, not a bad option at all in my book, it's had a reasonable bit
28:24of paint over the years, I would suggest.
28:26But it's been done nicely.
28:29But it's been done nicely.
28:36The thing that I would say is, going back a bit, nobody wants to buy anything that was painted last
28:40Tuesday afternoon.
28:41I don't think it's had a full house.
28:43I just think it's had bits and pieces to keep it looking nice.
28:46If a car looks nice in this bright sunlight light now that this is here, it would look fantastic in
28:51the shade.
28:51Yeah.
28:52I would think you're going to be looking around the £8,000 mark, I would think.
29:07The lots keep on arriving, including Derek's load, that's made a triumphant return from Bolton.
29:16Turn up.
29:21I'm going to ask him how long that's been parked up for.
29:25It's not going to be every man and his dog wanting it, but I'm sure that there'll be two or
29:30three or four people that will want to buy this one or that one or whatever.
29:34The marketing, really, should be all right for him, as long as we do our job right.
29:42Me, Vitesse every time, six-cylinder, I love that six-cylinder.
29:46The little 4s, a great little car, don't get me wrong.
29:48Little 1,200, lovely little thing, little sweetie, I bet.
29:51You want a six-potter, don't you, really?
29:53There's no substitute to Pistons, is there?
29:56The more the merrier.
30:15The showroom's filling up.
30:17I don't mind them, I think they're a good little car.
30:19Amongst the lots, two Triumphs, a non-starting six-cylinder Vitesse that needs a bit of love.
30:26It's all about that badge, isn't it?
30:27But not at big money.
30:30Because of the work required on the car, I would say it's probably going to hit around the £3,000
30:37mark.
30:38And a two-tone Herald that's ready to rock.
30:41In the world of Heralds, it's not a bad Herald at all.
30:45That door fit for a Herald is good.
30:49You can normally get into a Herald through the gap.
30:53Whereas these are an absolute mechanic's dream.
30:57Because you've got full access to everything.
31:00And not only have you got full access to everything, they've even thought about giving you a seat to do
31:08it.
31:10I mean, what other car gives you a seat to sit on and somewhere to put your cup of tea?
31:16Put your cup of tea there, or are you?
31:17You've just got a tray there.
31:19Yeah, so you can have tea, sandwich, biscuits.
31:22Yeah, lovely, isn't it?
31:25Everything is simple.
31:26If you can't work on one of these Triumph Heralds, then basically you can't work on anything mechanical.
31:33Not in our industry.
31:34No way.
31:35Now, if this beats you, then life's beat you, really, to be honest with you.
31:41Yeah.
31:42Now, so for that reason alone, they've got to be on your list, haven't they?
31:48A little Herald like that.
31:51£4,000, £4,500.
31:53There's a lot of little car, isn't it, for that?
31:56You know.
31:57In our world, that's not a lot of money.
32:05We picked this up.
32:07Yeah, it was over the border, wasn't it?
32:08Yeah, we took a risk getting over there, really, didn't we?
32:11We don't like going over there particularly, do we?
32:13What a lovely day we had.
32:14Yeah, we had a good day.
32:15We had cake and all the rest of it, didn't we?
32:16And all that sort of stuff.
32:17Well, you did.
32:17Yeah, it was great.
32:19£4,600, £63, Triumph Feral, £1,200.
32:22Nice old car.
32:23Do you know what?
32:23I've got a bid here.
32:24Absolutely bang on in line with the reserve.
32:27How about that?
32:29That's spooky, isn't it?
32:30£4,000, £41, £4,100, £4,100, £4,100.
32:34On sale and going, £4,100.
32:36All done then, I'm selling it.
32:38£4,100 and away.
32:39All done then, £4,100.
32:42£4,100.
32:43£4,100, there you go.
32:45Now, the second car we picked up, which is the Vitesse.
32:49Start me on it.
32:50Whereabouts?
32:50£2,000, £2,200, £2,400, £2,400.
32:54Nice old car.
32:55£1,600.
32:56Early one, £1,600.
32:57Better still.
32:58Smooth as still.
32:59£2,400.
33:00£2,400, £24, not enough.
33:02£24, £25, worth a lot more, this car.
33:04£25, £2,500 only.
33:06Selling it provisionally only.
33:08Are you all done then?
33:08£2,500, won't be enough, got to find some more money.
33:12£25, provisional.
33:14£4,63, snap-on, Solus Ultra Diagnostic Tool.
33:18Eh?
33:18It's a proper tool you got there, mate.
33:21In the end, £2,400 clinched the deal.
33:25The Vitesse is heading south to Essex.
33:35I think I've only put 50 miles on it, but it will get used.
33:40The ultra-low mileage Peugeot that was sold with 11,800 miles on the clock
33:46is still being pampered.
33:48It's not like it's going to be a daily driver,
33:50it's just going to be high days and holidays kind of thing.
33:53It'll never see rain, that's for sure.
33:56Even in Newcastle?
33:58Yep, even in Newcastle, the only water it's going to see
34:02is for the radiator and the washer bottle, and that's it.
34:05This is the second Peugeot 205 GTI that Tony Sayers has owned.
34:11Mine was red, exactly the same spec.
34:14Sunroof, red, 1600, perfect.
34:19Well, 30 years after I'd sold the other one,
34:22I saw that one come up on Matthewson's website.
34:24They seemed to think it was a cracker,
34:27and I went down and had a look, and they weren't wrong.
34:31It was a case I had to have it.
34:33I'd always said if I could find one that was a good condition one,
34:38I'd have another one,
34:40and I couldn't believe it when that came up.
34:43I left £35,000, hoping nobody would go anywhere near it.
34:49But unfortunately, somebody else was of the view that they had to have it,
34:54and they must have left 30, 30 and a half, something like that.
34:59So it cost me 31, but I'm not bothered.
35:04It's a brand-new car, to all intents and purposes,
35:08and I love the bits.
35:10It's obviously been garaged,
35:12because particularly with the reds,
35:13they sit out in the sun, they fade eventually.
35:17But that one hasn't faded at all,
35:18so it has been kept under cover,
35:20which has done it a lot of favours.
35:26Oh, they're very good to drive.
35:28They're quite quick...
35:30Well, they were quick in the day,
35:32and they're still not a slow car,
35:34and they handle very, very well.
35:37I think that's why a lot of boys used to rally them
35:39and things like that,
35:40because they're quite good on cornering and things like that.
35:44It's just a joy to drive, really.
35:48It's somewhere around 8, 8 and a half seconds to 60,
35:51which was quick back in the day,
35:53but it's not slow now,
35:54so it's, you know, you can keep up with anything on the roads.
36:01It's just a lovely thing, that, to own, to drive.
36:05There's the memories as well, you know, happy days.
36:08But, yeah, that one's going to stay with me for a long time
36:12and just drive around with a smile on my face
36:15until they take my licence up.
36:20That's the second-best car I've ever bought.
36:22Which was the first?
36:24There's your 205 GTA.
36:27Need ACMO.
36:40Well, I've let him know that your offer's on the table, so...
36:43No, no extra charges.
36:44It's all included in your entry fee.
36:46£2,000 to Mongolia.
36:49He's working in the desert, and it's minus 16.
36:52It takes all sorts.
36:53£2,000, provisionally, Mr Mongolia.
36:59Fantastic.
37:06They're big, they're wide,
37:07they actually handle not too bad, they're a bit floaty,
37:09but they actually, because of the width of them,
37:11they're a wide car, and they actually handle quite well.
37:15Yeah, no, they're a good car, they're all right.
37:17They're a good old car.
37:20Ah, now then, lock number 836.
37:23Sadly, Mark is no longer with us.
37:25I'm sure Mark would rather be with us,
37:26and he'd rather be driving his Rover on a nice day like today,
37:29but sadly he isn't,
37:30and Alistair, his good friend, has stepped in,
37:33and he's handled the side of the car for the family.
37:35I ran one for a couple of years, on and off,
37:38an early V8 on carbs.
37:39I think that was a six-cylinder one, I think.
37:41I haven't had a lot to do with this particular car, to be honest,
37:43but it looks a nice car on the face of it.
37:46Lovely car, not concourse,
37:47There you go, there you go.
37:49Indeed, it does look a lovely car.
37:50Not a concourse, but a lovely, lovely car.
37:52Just the type of car that you'd like to own.
37:55So, for you, Mark, thanks ever so much, mate.
37:58We'll do our best for you.
37:59So, the Rover, yeah, the Vandemplar, here we are.
38:02We have got £6,000 there.
38:04We've got £6,000, £6,250, £6,500, £7,500, £7,000.
38:08You can argue they're probably underrated, underrated car.
38:13Them, Granadas, all that sort of thing.
38:16You know, Granadas do more money than Rovers, for some reason.
38:20Ford, that's why, isn't it?
38:21It just shows, doesn't it?
38:22Good ones do good money.
38:24And £2,500, £9,250, £9,350, £9,450.
38:29At £9,450 are we done?
38:30There we go, at £9,550, £9,650 here.
38:35At £9,650 we've got £9,750 in Devon, £9,850.
38:42But we're all done, making sure I'm missing no-one at £9,850, £9,850.
38:51There you go, £9,850.
38:53It's not bad money, really, was it?
38:56All in all, it's a happy ending for the rather lovely Rover.
39:00It was bought by Nigel Mead from Northamptonshire,
39:03who recently pressed it into service as a colleague's wedding car.
39:15I've got a nice Jaguar I enjoy driving.
39:19Over on the Essex coast,
39:21Tony Blunden has been patiently building up a tidy collection of motors
39:26that he's been restoring bit by bit.
39:29I got the Jag from Masterson's not so long ago,
39:31but I've done a lot on it,
39:33because there was quite a bit of chrome work missing off of it,
39:36and bits and pieces missing off of it, which I've located and done.
39:40I just keep myself busy in doing bits and pieces on them all.
39:44The 1962 Mark II is definitely a head-turner,
39:48and so is this one.
39:51A 1958 Hillman Minx convertible.
39:55I bought it from Derek's about four or five years ago, I think.
39:58You've got pictures of it then,
40:00and it's a little bit different now.
40:03Very, very attractive old thing.
40:04It's got the makings of a lovely car.
40:07Look at that, the way the seat goes.
40:09To gain access to the back.
40:11It's lovely, isn't it?
40:12The last time we saw the Minx in Whitby,
40:14well, it was a shell of its current self.
40:17The engine didn't run,
40:19the gearbox wasn't connected.
40:2290% of the interior was missing off of it.
40:24No bumpers, no lights, no nothing.
40:27It's taken me a good four years to get to this stage,
40:31but I was waiting for bits and pieces to come,
40:34like the door panels and all that.
40:35I wanted to get the original stuff for it.
40:37All the inner seals, outer seals, absolutely pristine.
40:42You just can't buy them like this.
40:44Which brings us nicely onto Tony's latest acquisition,
40:48a 1962 Triumph Vitesse
40:51that used to belong to a bus driver from Bolton.
40:54I only finished it under two days ago,
40:56and I'm going to take it out for a ride in a bit,
40:58and hopefully, if it drives as nice as I think it's going to,
41:02then I'll spend some time on the body work
41:05and get the paint work done and sort it out.
41:08It's called Triumph White, Triumph 19 it's called.
41:12It's got the colour code,
41:13it's got the black stripe down in it, which I like.
41:17Triumph for a test, see?
41:20There's so much paperwork, it's unbelievable.
41:22Even the old brown logbook is with it.
41:25Loads and all the MOTs, stacks of MOTs.
41:28That's what I've got.
41:35The engine's sound.
41:37It's got the oomph in it, hasn't it?
41:38Six-cylinder and a small car,
41:40it's like a sports car, apparently.
41:44They do handle well, very well.
41:47It's a note-y thing on the Triumph Terrell,
41:49turn on a sixpence, which you can do.
41:51There's no luxuries in them at all, is there,
41:53in the old cars,
41:54but think yourself lucky if the windscreen wipers work.
41:59I'm happy with the car.
42:01I'll keep it, and the same as I do with all the others.
42:04I can't drive them all, can I?
42:07But I've got to carry on doing work.
42:09Keep yourself busy.
42:13That's it.
42:14Oh!
42:15There we go.
42:16Sound as a pound, yeah?
42:18Absolutely, sound as a pound.
42:19All over.
42:21Vivi Tess just needs a paint job,
42:23with all the work being carefully chronicled
42:25by Tony's granddaughter, Renee.
42:28She's always drawing.
42:30As she comes to a classic car show with me,
42:32she draws all the classic cars,
42:34and she's sitting there while I'm working out in the garage here,
42:37she'll sit and draw me...
42:38Cos they've got lines, the new cars,
42:40they've not really got lines in them, have they?
42:42Although she didn't like...
42:43You're not too keen on the spoke wheels, are you?
42:47In the meantime, it's back to the drawing board for Tony,
42:51as he searches out his next project.
42:54And did we mention that he likes a sing-song?
42:58I'm repeat, don't think you're kind of neat,
43:02well, I'm very confident he ain't being sweet.
43:07Thank you lot.
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