- 1 day ago
Bangers and Cash - Season 13 - Episode 08
Category
📺
TVTranscript
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 15 1 thank you right well sad how to move on and hold 10 to 15 single so there's
14:41a happy selling somewhere
14:42isn't there all right yeah maybe could get a fatty roof maybe with the gold plated or something he must
14:48have a fair roof
14:49his double disaster mate guilty through all 2 bits you'll get double the depth of installation in it now it
14:54will
14:54be a massive new value now all that's sorted there's collections to be made and Derek's heading west to the
15:04other side of the Pennines
15:06Strange thing is I'll spend more time in Bolton after like 10 o'clock at night than I have
15:11during the day because it's one of them places that I call in and pick a car up on the
15:18way back
15:19and it always seems to be evening time and so 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, a two-tone Herald and a sporty Vitesse.
15:45I've had this car for 20 years and the time I had it on the road and ran it and
15:52maintained it,
15:53I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Unfortunately now the amount of work that's
15:58required on the Vitesse is beyond what I am physically capable of doing and the Herald was
16:04purchased as a stopgap but it's time now to have a complete change.
16:09Our family had standards and Triumphs for as long as I can remember. This is a 1963 Triumph Herald which
16:20has a 1200 engine in it.
16:23We had one of the first Heralds off the production line in 1959. It was Litchfield green all over. Oh
16:34it was horrible because a Herald is crying out for the two-tone.
16:38It was a lovely car but it would have been nicer if it was green and white.
16:41They might seem similar but of the two it's the Vitesse that's the nippy thoroughbred.
16:47I'd always fancied one simply through a comment that my dad made in 1962. He was reading this Sunday paper
16:57and he saw the advert for the brand new Vitesse which was a Herald with a 1600 six-cylinder engine
17:04in it and he looked at the advert, he took his glasses off, he looked at the advert, he put
17:10his glasses on again and looked at me and he says good god you wouldn't drive that, you'd point it.
17:17It was the grand tourer of the time. This particular model is what they call a single dial. It only
17:25has a speedo in it and the salespeople at Triumph were having difficulty selling them because the opposition had far
17:36more instrumentation and within about 12 or 18 months Triumph had put rev counters and other instruments in the dashboard
17:46so the single dial ones now are actually quite rare. There's only ten 1962 models known to exist so it's
17:55something special.
17:56Well, it's time to have a change I'm afraid. I can no longer stand the cold, a little bit of
18:02model railway, I've always been interested in railways which I can work on in the house in the warm with
18:09a wee glass of scotch at the side of me.
18:12Oh right, well in that case I'd better come and film model railways and not stand out here in the
18:16cold filming your car then, haven't I?
18:18You're welcome any time!
18:20HE LAUGHS
18:21HE LAUGHS
18:31A few days ago, a very low mileage Peugeot 205 tipped up.
18:37It's clean, isn't it? Well, not clean, but clean.
18:41Now, look what else has landed.
18:43It's 4,000 of them.
18:45Oh, it is 4,000. I didn't see the last, did you?
18:47Yeah, 4,987 mile.
18:50Isn't it?
18:51Isn't it?
18:58The Volvo 300 series might look as Swedish as meatballs, but its roots lie in the Netherlands when Volvo took
19:05over DAF's car-making division in the mid-70s.
19:10It was an attempt to break into the compact car market, and early models used DAF's quirky transmission system.
19:16Unlike virtually every other car, it was basically propelled by a rubber band.
19:23Traditional engines soon took over, peaking with the two-litre four-cylinder 360,
19:29which was a gateway for many to the tank-like durability that 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.
19:53It's probably worth six and a six and a half, but I can see it doing more.
20:00By the time we've cleaned it and sort of got it ready, it won't look far adrift.
20:07Just DAF little bits, like that exhaust, look, that'd annoy me if it was mine,
20:12because it's not the right colour and 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. You 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.
20:51This is a posh spot, John, isn't it?
20:53Aye, Bolton's gone up in my opinion.
20:56The Heralds are running, unlike the Vitesse, which hasn't moved in 15 years and needs some TLC.
21:03There's a starting procedure with this. If you leave it overnight or for a few days, pull the chalk fully
21:09out.
21:09Yep.
21:10When you go to start it, push 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 button.
21:19Right, mate. No problem.
21:21Yeah.
21:23This is the left hand one's clutched on it, isn't it?
21:25Left wheel. Yeah, 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, and away.
21:52This is a sad moment, this.
21:54A very sad moment.
21:57Stuck?
21:58I think so.
22:01There.
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, way on top of the job.
22:21Little tiny body.
22:22Oh, yeah.
22:23Yeah.
22:23And, of course, they went up to two litre, as we know, in about 1967 or something.
22:2866.
22:30Triumph sort of got it right, didn't they?
22:32For once.
22:33Only thing they forgot was that all the running gears, 15, 20 years older.
22:38But, having said that, they were a good car in the day.
22:41I like them.
22:41I'm a fan of them.
22:42Definitely a fan of them.
22:46Such Italian flair.
22:47Everybody wanted them.
22:49You name another car that has such flair.
22:52And even the flair of the back of the roof matches 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.
23:05Got 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, that will make a nice car when it's done.
23:18And 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.
23:33609 Mark III Rally Chopper.
23:36£210 and away then.
23:37£210.
23:38All done.
23:39£210.
23:40Got more on the sheet.
23:41I can't do that.
23:42It's auction day.
23:43And they're up and off with some serious selling.
23:46Out of gas.
23:47Gasoline.
23:48Whereabouts then?
23:49£55.
23:51That's one lot down.
23:53Just another 800 to go.
23:55Next up, the 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.
24:1526,000.
24:1627,000.
24:1628,000.
24:1729,000.
24:1729,000.
24:18Loads of interest in it.
24:1929,000.
24:2029,000.
24:21Going then.
24:2229,000 pounds.
24:23Who's going to fill it up?
24:2529,000 pounds.
24:27All done then.
24:2829,500.
24:2929,500.
24:3129,500.
24:3129,500.
24:3230,000.
24:3330,000.
24:3430,000 pounds.
24:3730,000.
24:3830,000.
24:3930,000.
24:3930,000.
24:4030,000.
24:4130,000.
24:4131,000.
24:4231,000.
24:43On sale.
24:43Oh, it's lovely.
24:44It's down there.
24:45Wow, it's beautiful.
24:46On sale and selling 31,000 pounds.
24:49Going for the first sale.
24:49I know it's not worth 30 grand, but it's lovely.
24:51Are you sure you're done?
24:5331.
24:5431.
24:56The low mileage Peugeot has exceeded everyone's expectations.
25:01Now, 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.
25:12I'm interested in this car.
25:14He bought it new.
25:15It'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.
25:226,800.
25:236,800.
25:256,800.
25:256,800.
25:267,000.
25:277,000 pounds.
25:287,200.
25:297,200.
25:307,400.
25:31Smells like a brand new car inside.
25:34I 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?
25:44If you buy a brand new Volvo 360 GLT.
25:497,600.
25:507,600.
25:517,800.
25:53Wrexham.
25:53Right.
25:54Somebody jumped in now.
25:55Job will be right.
25:567,800.
25:578,000.
25:588,000.
25:59Going then.
26:00Going to submit it.
26:018,000 pounds.
26:028,000 pounds.
26:03Lovely car.
26:048,000.
26:05Submitting for the first.
26:068,000 pounds.
26:078,000 pounds with us.
26:08Submitting for the second.
26:09Third and last time.
26:11Provisionally.
26:128,000 pounds.
26:13Alan.
26:14Goodbye.
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.
26:49All the way from the sticks.
26:51Mark 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.
27:20Hopefully, 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.
27:24At the end of the day it's all about that isn't it?
27:26And Mark would have loved that.
27:28Definitely.
27:28I wish I had 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, it's Vandampla, it's a bonny colour, it's a lovely condition car.
27:56Sensible on the miles, nice wheels, nice finish.
28:00You know, very, very genuine little car.
28:03But it's a 2.6.
28:05So it could be worse, it could be a two 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 balance it all up.
28:17Not a bad option at all in my book.
28:20Yeah, it's had a reasonable bit of paint over the years, I would suggest.
28:27But it's been done nicely.
28:29The good thing about it is it's been done some time ago.
28:33So any paint that it has had is going back a bit.
28:38Nobody wants to buy anything that was painted last Tuesday 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 this is here,
28:50it'll look fantastic in the shade.
28:52Yeah.
28:52I would think you're going to be looking around the £8,000 mark.
28:59I would think.
29:07The lots keep on arriving, including Derek's load,
29:12that's made a triumphant return from Bolton.
29:16Turn up.
29:22I'm going to ask you how long that's been parked up for.
29:25It's not going to be every man and his dog wanting it,
29:28but I'm sure that there'll be two or three or four people
29:31that will want to buy this one or that one or whatever.
29:34The marketing really should be all right for them,
29:38as long as we do our job right.
29:42Me, Vitesse every time, six-cylinder.
29:45I love that six-cylinder.
29:46The little fours.
29:47They're a great little car, don't get me wrong.
29:48Little 1,200, lovely little thing.
29:50Little sweetie, I bet.
29:52You want a six-potter, don't you, really?
29:54There'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.
30:22A 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,
30:32I would say it's probably going to hit around the £3,000 mark.
30:38And a two-tone Herald that's ready to rock.
30:41In the world of Heralds, they're 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,
31:03they've even thought about giving you a seat to do it.
31:10I mean, what other car gives you a seat to sit on
31:14and somewhere to put your cup of tea?
31:16Put your cup of tea there, Horia.
31:17You've just got a tray there.
31:19Yeah, so you can have tea, sandwich, biscuits.
31:22Yeah, lovely, isn't it?
31:24Everything is simple.
31:26If you can't work on one of these Triumph Heralds,
31:30then basically you can't work on anything mechanical.
31:33Not in our industry.
31:34No way.
31:35You know, if this beats you,
31:38then life's beat you.
31:40Really, to be honest with you.
31:41Yeah.
31:42Now, so for that reason alone,
31:45they've got to be on your list, haven't they?
31:48A little Herald like that.
31:51Four, four and a half thousand pound.
31:54Which is a lot of little car, isn't it, for that?
31:56You know.
31:57In our world, that's not a lot of money.
32:06We picked this up.
32:07Yeah, it was over the border, wasn't it?
32:08Yeah.
32:09We 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, didn't we?
32:14Yeah, we had a good day.
32:15We had cake and all the rest of it, didn't we?
32:16Well, you did.
32:17Yeah.
32:18It was great.
32:19Four, sixty-two.
32:20Sixty-three.
32:21Triumph Feral, twelve hundred.
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?
32:30Four thousand pounds.
32:31Forty-one.
32:32Four thousand one hundred.
32:33Four thousand one hundred.
32:34On sale and going.
32:35Four thousand one hundred.
32:36All done then.
32:37I'm selling it.
32:38Four thousand one hundred and away.
32:39All done then.
32:40Four thousand one hundred.
32:42Four one.
32:43There you go.
32:45Now, the second car we picked up, which is the Vitesse.
32:49Start me on it.
32:50Whereabouts?
32:50Two thousand, two thousand two, two thousand four.
32:53Two thousand four.
32:54Nice old car.
32:55Sixteen hundred.
32:56Early one.
32:56Sixteen hundred.
32:57Better still.
32:58Smoother still.
32:59Two thousand four hundred.
33:00Twenty-four hundred pound.
33:01Twenty-four.
33:01Not enough.
33:02Twenty-four.
33:03Twenty-five.
33:03Worth a lot more this car.
33:04Twenty-five.
33:05Two thousand five only.
33:06Selling it provisionally only.
33:07Are you all done then?
33:09Two thousand five hundred.
33:10Won't be enough.
33:11I've got to find some more money.
33:12Twenty-five provisional.
33:14Four sixty-three snap-on solace ultra diagnostic tool.
33:18Eh?
33:18It's a proper tool you've got there, mate.
33:21In the end, two thousand four hundred clinched the deal.
33:25The Vitesse is heading south to Essex.
33:35I think I've only put fifty miles on it, but it will get used.
33:40The ultra-low mileage Peugeot that was sold with eleven thousand eight hundred miles on the
33:45clock is still being pampered.
33:47It'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.
33:55That's for sure.
33:57Even in Newcastle?
33:58Yep.
33:58Even in Newcastle.
34:00The only water it's going to see is for the radiator and the washer bottle.
34:04And that's it.
34:05This is the second Peugeot 205 GTI that Tony Sayers has owned.
34:11Mine was red.
34:12Exactly the same spec.
34:14Sunroof.
34:15Red.
34:16Sixteen hundred.
34:17Perfect.
34:19Well, thirty years after I'd sold the other one, I saw that one come up on Matthewson's
34:24website.
34:25They seemed to think it was a cracker.
34:28And 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, I'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.
34:49Unfortunately, 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.
35:01But I'm not bothered.
35:04It's a brand new car, to all intents and purposes.
35:08And I love the bits.
35:09It's all obviously been garaged.
35:12Because particularly with the reds, they sit out in the sun, they fade eventually.
35:17But that one hasn't faded at all.
35:19So it has been kept under cover, which has done it a lot of favours.
35:26Well, 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 and things like that.
35:40Because they're quite good on cornering and things like that.
35:44But it's just a joy to drive, really.
35:48Somewhere around eight, eight and a half seconds to 60, which 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 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 GTI.
36:25OK.
36:27Need AC or more.
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.
36:57Provisionally, Mr Mongolia.
36:59Fantastic.
37:05They're big, they're wide.
37:07They actually handle not too bad.
37:08They're a bit floaty, but 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.
37:16They're all right.
37:17They're a good old car.
37:21Ah, now then, lock number 836.
37:23Sadly, Mark is no longer with us.
37:25I'm sure Mark would rather be with us and he'd rather be driving his Rover on a nice day like
37:28today.
37:29But sadly, he isn't.
37:31And Alastair, his good friend, has stepped in and he's handled the sound of the car for the family.
37:35I ran one for a couple of years on and off, an early V8 on carbs.
37:40I think that was a six-cylinder one.
37:41I think I 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.
37:46Not concourse.
37:47There you go.
37:48There 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.
38:00Yeah, the Vandemplar.
38:01Here 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, innit?
38:21It just shows, doesn't it?
38:22Good ones do good money.
38:24And £2,500.
38:25£9,250.
38:26£9,350.
38:27£9,450.
38:29£9,450.
38:30Are we done?
38:31There we go.
38:32At £9,550.
38:34£9,650 here.
38:35At £9,650 we've got £9,750 in Devon.
38:41£9,850.
38:42Are we all done?
38:43Making sure I'm missing no-one at £9,850.
38:48£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, Tony Blunden has been patiently building up a tidy collection of motors that he's been
39:27restoring bit by bit.
39:28I got the Jaguar from Mastersons not so long ago, but I've done a lot on it.
39:33There was quite a bit of chrome work missing off of it and bits and pieces missing off of it,
39:38which I've located and done.
39:39I just keep myself busy and doing bits and pieces on them all.
39:44The 1962 Mark II is definitely a head-turner, and so is this one.
39:51A 1958 Hillman Minx convertible.
39:55I bought it from Derek about four or five years ago, I think.
39:58You've got pictures of it then, and it's a little bit different now.
40:03Very, very attractive old thing.
40:05Got the makings of a lovely car.
40:07Look at that, the way the seat goes.
40:09To gain access to the back. It's lovely, isn't it?
40:12The last time we saw the Minx in Whitby, well, it was a shell of its current self.
40:17The engine didn't run. The gearbox wasn't connected.
40:2290% of the interior was missing off of it. No bumpers, no lights, no nothing.
40:27It's taken me a good four years to get to this stage, but I was waiting for bits and pieces
40:33to come, like 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 find them like this.
40:44Which brings us nicely onto Tony's latest acquisition.
40:48A 1962 Triumph Vitesse that used to belong to a bus driver from Bolton.
40:54I only finished it under two days ago, and I'm going to take it out for a ride in a
40:58bit.
40:58And hopefully, if it drives as nice as I think it's going to, then I'll spend some time on the
41:04bodywork and get the paintwork done and sort it out.
41:08It's called Triumph White. Triumph 19, it's called.
41:12It's got the colour code. It's got the black stripe down it, which I like.
41:17Triumph Vitesse, see?
41:20There's so much paperwork, it's unbelievable.
41:22Even the old brown logbook was with it.
41:25Loads and all the MOTs, stacks of MOTs.
41:28That's what I've got.
41:35The engine's sound. It's got the oomph in it, hasn't it?
41:38Six cylinder and a small car, it's like a sports car, apparently.
41:44They do handle well, very well.
41:46It's a noted thing on the Triumph Terrell to turn on a sixpence, which you can do.
41:51There's no luxuries in them at all, is there, in the old cars.
41:55But, pick yourself lucky if the windscreen wipers work.
41:59I'm happy with the car.
42:01I'll keep it and, um, 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.
42:10Keep yourself busy.
42:13That's it.
42:15There we go.
42:16Sound as a pound, yeah?
42:18Absolutely, sound as a pound. All over.
42:20The Vitesse just needs a paint job.
42:23With all the work being carefully chronicled by Tony's granddaughter, Renee.
42:28She's always drawing.
42:30She's come to a classic car show with me and she draws all the classic cars.
42:34And she's sitting there while I'm working out in the garage here.
42:37She's sitting and drawing me.
42:38Cos they've got lines, the new cars, they'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?
42:46Yeah.
42:47In the meantime, it's back to the drawing board for Tony, as he searches out his next project.
42:54And, did we mention that he likes a sing-song?
42:58I don't repeat, don't think you're kind of neat.
43:02Well, I'm very confident he ain't being sweet.
43:07Thank you lot.
43:46Thank you very much.
Comments