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Bangers and Cash - Season 13 - Episode 10: Alvis/Morris/WWT
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00:04on sale this week the lovely car look the Albus TE21 what a fantastic looking car
00:11this is a car to be proud of British engineer at the best down the road
00:18whizzing along it's lovely ain't she what a majestic old girl 1971 little Morris
00:24camper van there no matter what people say that you can't get away from the
00:28main purpose of converting a van like this is it doubled up as everyday
00:33transport so 1967 triumph there look at that 650 try and what a body machine as
00:40well he actually went to buy a greenhouse came back with the greenhouse stacked in
00:45the pickup and this this motorcycle beside the greenhouse and that's that's the
00:49type of thing he used to do he just used to sniff them out they're not
00:52unbelievable Rayleigh the Matthewsons a dynasty of classic car auctioneers 55
01:03the joys of an auction most people will go to us out with something in mind but come
01:07away with something different the fun is the chase you just don't know what's on
01:14the end of the phone what you're gonna find when you open them doors this is a
01:17family's love affair with motors that have lived a life testing testing most people will buy a car
01:24because they can relate to it maybe a car that dad had you're selling dreams right here we go
01:45it's another day of comings and goings and with the workers hard at it Derek's found the perfect
01:52excuse to escape tempting him today a 60 year old Alvis TE 21 be perfectly frank I've always wanted
02:02one they're like an upmarket mark 2 Jag if you like or you know maybe a slightly down market or
02:09left desirable Aston Martin they're that in that ilk
02:18I've sold a few cars in my time I wish I got a pan for everyone I'd be living somewhere
02:23warm over in
02:25Staffordshire Martin anchor has returned to his salesman's roots when you're showing somebody
02:31around a motor car they always want to go to the driver's door they want to sit in the car
02:35you keep
02:36them away from that as long as possible Martin sold cars for 60 years now he's doing a job on
02:42his 1965 Alvis beautifully designed vehicle I have added since I've owned the car the chrome wire wheels
02:50it had the steel wire wheels but I think the chrome wire wheels give it a little bit more character
02:55the
02:57car is fitted with a sunshine roof we have two very nice wide easy access doors presenting a very smart
03:10interior Duke of Edinburgh owned an Alvis TE convertible come on Alfie he thinks he's going out
03:18for the day nice twin exhaust pipes but the back of the round of car again very stylish this is
03:26in my
03:26opinion anyway I'm biased I suppose we're now getting to the exciting part you've shown the
03:33person the benefits of the motor car as you've taken the round of the styling of the car and the
03:37reasons why things are done um they are now very anxious to get into the driving seat so you've now
03:45got that person basically in your hand you can control what they want to do so it's like having
03:53Derek here we've got a beautiful Walnut dashboard um all the instruments there you've got rev counter
04:03speedometer oil pressure gauge water temperature gauge fuel gauge etc all the necessary equipment you
04:09need it's subtle stylish I recommend you go and buy one this is the ideal car for you have you
04:17bought your
04:17checkbook it'll be a wrench for Martin to sell the car which was left in by his late stepfather Douglas
04:31her name is the Duchess Douglas always described always it's all take the Duchess out today so you
04:39know it is a member of the family but time has to come when it's got to go sadly and
04:47of course any
04:48prospective buyer would like to see the engine
04:53got rid of all the pot it releases how long you had it for 30 bloody years
05:05I'm just sat in the seat put my hands straight on it
05:17was it worth the way of course because you never have to open the bonnet analysis you're such a
05:24wonderful reliable car so that's the reason why oh well there we are beautiful three litre
05:32six-cylinder Alvis engine lovely straight 130 odd brake horse engine twin s shoe carburettors all the
05:42equipment that you require for a very very nice motor car with four-wheeled don't knock disc brakes
05:48we'll drive quickly we'll stop quickly sadly I shed a few tears talking to her in the workshops but she's
05:59going to have to go somebody else will enjoy that motor car and continue with it and because it is
06:06a
06:06car to be proud of it knows British engineering at the best got back hang on a minute check front
06:22of the
06:30lorry it looks like Charlie's getting the hang of this collection lock
06:35the hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on hold on one is tight to tight
06:41look at that that's
06:42best bit that look at that bumpers safer the car I remember when his granddad used to come in he
06:48used to run out see how many clicks he could get to be better tight the tight the tight loud
06:53he's picked up a
06:561963 mark 1 Ford Cortina deluxe that's been stored in a Melton Mowbray lockup for a decade hey she's a
07:04level old car Charlie
07:06I think it's a straight gin and an old thing, a two-door cortene.
07:10Obviously, you don't see them on every street corner, do you?
07:13So, I think it's kept really, really well.
07:16Obviously, there's bits round it,
07:17but you can see where it's being damp, look, cross bottom of the door and that.
07:21To be fair, I think he's caught it about at the right time.
07:23If it had been in there another ten years,
07:25then it would maybe be a different story, wouldn't it?
07:28Gives a shove.
07:34That's it. That'll do.
07:45Oh, me and Amy are on top of the job at Bike Collections now, aren't we?
07:48Yeah.
07:48Yeah, in and out. Don't even know where we've been.
07:51It's another beautiful day in Yorkshire.
07:54But that won't deter Mathewson's top motorcycle sibling collection team.
08:00We are going to Bishop Auckland for quite a varied collection of bikes, I'm led to believe.
08:06AJFCs, so a nice variant of different motorbikes, that should be good.
08:10So, yeah, that should be a good one.
08:11Hopefully.
08:12As long as Amy keeps me right on the maps.
08:16While the Mathewson's risk a soaking...
08:18See you soon.
08:19See you later.
08:2060 miles away in County Durham, the weather's taken a turn for the better.
08:25And the remnants of a 20-strong motorbike collection are waiting to be picked up.
08:30It's part of his collections that some of the motorbikes have already been sold.
08:34And this is, we have five left, four here, and one up in his motorbike shed.
08:41Nigel Henderson is moving on the last of his dad's bikes and cars.
08:45Alan died three years ago, and by all accounts, loved a bargain.
08:54So, that particular one, I can remember one day he went to buy a seat for it,
09:01and came back with two cars and no seat.
09:04That's the sort of thing he would do.
09:08Another time he went to get the seat for it, and came back with another two motorbikes.
09:13So, everything was a project.
09:15So, in the summer months, he used to mess on with his cars and his vintage pickup.
09:21And in the winter months, he would lock himself away in his motorbike shed,
09:26and do his motorbikes up.
09:28So, everything was an ongoing project, some taken absolutely years.
09:33Amongst the hall, there's a Royal Enfield in bits,
09:36a pair of Triumphs, and a 1960 AJS 250.
09:41He actually went to buy a greenhouse.
09:43Came back with the greenhouse, stacked in the pickup,
09:46and this motorcycle beside the greenhouse,
09:49and that's the type of thing he used to do.
09:51He just used to sniff them out.
09:53I don't know, unbelievable, really.
09:55It's a similar story with the 1965 Norton.
09:59So, he'd only gone for the paper,
10:01and then the next thing you know, he's like, this arrives.
10:05Daughters Alison and Fiona have seen it all before.
10:08All these bikes here, he used to share with people,
10:13and Deb would always have to take them to show his bikes and his cars,
10:17and that wasn't...he wasn't Boston.
10:19He always had a story to tell them.
10:21He had a love for life. He absolutely loved life every morning.
10:26He would get up, and he'd be looking for another project
10:29and something else to do.
10:31Also going to the auction at a later date are a couple of Mercs,
10:35an F-Reg SEL, and a 1967 2.8-litre six-cylinder pagoda.
10:42This was his pride and joy.
10:44He's had it nearly 50 years.
10:47Probably been out in all that time twice in the rain.
10:50On a Sunday, he would go up to Barnard Castle about 15 miles away,
10:54get an ice cream, sit and look at it, sit on the bench,
10:57look at his car, drive it back home.
11:00He'd be on his hands and knees, and he'd be shoe polishing.
11:04Everybody back in the day would shoe polish the tyres like this,
11:07but he'd be laid on his back doing it inside.
11:10An absolute fanatic, absolutely loved it.
11:15Initially, we didn't want to sell anything,
11:17and I wanted to keep everything, you know,
11:20but there's only so much stuff you can keep, isn't there?
11:24And if the next chapter's as good as the chapters before,
11:27we're on to a winner.
11:29Yeah.
11:49Now, Martin, lovely to see you.
11:51Likewise.
11:52Nice to see you, mate.
11:53Nice to see you.
11:55Lovely little spot.
11:57You're a nice little place you've got here, isn't there?
11:59Well, it's not bad.
12:00It's a big shed.
12:02All got a big workshops, yes.
12:03Way around there all day long, can't you, mate?
12:05Bang on, eh?
12:07Derek's landed in Staffordshire
12:08to pick up Martin Anker's 60-year-old Alvis,
12:12but as always, he's tempted by what else might be on offer.
12:16I've got a BMC car in there that don't leak oil.
12:20Really?
12:20Where you drained it out, have you?
12:22Well, it's a Boris Slauson.
12:24I reckon it's the only one in bloody prison.
12:26It is the only one in captivity, I can assure you.
12:28Well, exactly.
12:29Yeah.
12:30Nice, isn't it?
12:32Yeah.
12:32What do you reckon that's worth?
12:33Hmm.
12:35I've got a soft spot for them.
12:36I think they're great, like, you know.
12:38And a nice one like that would do 10 grand, wouldn't it?
12:40Yeah.
12:40But eyes are soon back on the main attraction,
12:43a 1965 Alvis TE in light metallic gold.
12:48How long you had this?
12:50Since 1996.
12:52Oh, my word, haven't you?
12:53It's been in the family since 1969.
12:56Long time, isn't it?
12:58Bloody hell.
12:59Have you got overdrive on this?
13:01No, it's got five-speed ZF Fox.
13:02Of course it has.
13:04Absolutely, yeah.
13:05Yeah.
13:05You're just testing me, aren't you?
13:07Yeah.
13:07No, I forgot it's got a ZA.
13:10Nice, isn't it?
13:11If I hadn't been an Aston man, I'd have had one of these.
13:15Alright, we won't mess about.
13:17What do you reckon I should put as a reserve price on that?
13:21Ooh, you won't like this.
13:25All I can tell you is what I know it's worth.
13:28What do you reckon it's worth?
13:2920 grand.
13:31What you put on it is entirely up to you, but...
13:34If it went for 20, Derek, I'd be satisfied.
13:37Mmm.
13:39Yeah, it's its money, innit?
13:40Yeah.
13:41And if somebody wants to give me 30k for the number plate,
13:44they can buy it as well.
13:46I thought they'd have put it more than that, to be honest.
13:48I think that's value for money.
13:50Nice car?
13:51Yeah, it's alright.
13:52Yeah, you've got to make allowances for an Alvis.
13:55You have, because there's so many poor ones out there.
13:59But when you come across a nice one, it's a bit of a novelty.
14:01I mean, it's not a Minter, not a Concourse, but it's pretty good.
14:07Steeped in history, mate.
14:08Yeah.
14:09Can't buy that, can you?
14:10Sorry.
14:11I'm sad to see it go.
14:13You feel it, mate, don't you?
14:14Yeah.
14:15I know where you're coming from.
14:16I've loved this car.
14:17It's been a supercar.
14:19You know, I've had hundreds of cars in my lifetime in a motor train.
14:24And I've never been emotional about a motor car before.
14:27No.
14:28No.
14:28Oh, my God.
14:31Now, will it be alright driving one of these posh cars?
14:34Ha, ha, ha, ha.
14:37Sweet old girl, innit?
14:39Smooth as silver.
14:45Powerful old car. Smooth and powerful.
14:49I hope you haven't been bored stiff to old Codgers.
14:54Ticked over up there, innit?
14:55Just beautiful.
14:57Can't beat horsepower, can you?
14:58You cannot beat it.
15:00You've got to go to somebody that'll love that car because it's...
15:03Well, you've just driven it and I think you've enjoyed it.
15:08Go on, Derek, don't prolong the agony.
15:12Bye, baby.
15:20And I could drive it.
15:22Yeah?
15:22Yeah, not bad.
15:27The old Cortina.
15:28Still badged as a Consul.
15:30Yeah, they had that sort of crossover period, didn't they?
15:33Yeah, I know, funny, innit?
15:34Yeah, Ford Consul before they went full bore Cortina.
15:38Lurking in the showroom, the dusty Ford that Charlie brought in from Melton,
15:42Mowbray.
15:44The appeal of that is what?
15:45The amount of doors it's got or the amount of doors it hasn't got.
15:49It's not great, bless her, but she's so genuine.
15:52She's been in the garage for 30 odd years or something, hadn't it?
15:55I was lucky enough to have a Lotus Cortina mark one
15:58and I made the decision to sell it.
16:01Yeah, I lost a little bit on that one of mine,
16:03just proved you can't win on everything.
16:05They were achieving in excess of 50,000 at one point,
16:0840-ish now.
16:10They all want two doors, four door, half the price.
16:15More equals less.
16:16I know she's got some pain issues and bits and pieces, they get that,
16:19but little lump there, look, little sweetie.
16:22I think that car will achieve somewhere between
16:26£3,500 and £4,000.
16:29Which seems incredibly good value to me.
16:31Yeah, but if it was a four door,
16:34a couple of grand for a four door.
16:36And if you were talking Lotus Twin Cam?
16:39Ah, yeah, a Lotus Twin Cam in that condition there,
16:43wanting a bit of work is still, yeah, it'll still push 30 grand.
16:47Crazy, isn't it, really?
16:53Ford Cortina Deluxe, there we are, look.
16:56Two door Cortina.
16:57That's the one that, ah!
16:58Yeah.
16:59I picked it up, been stood for about 20, I believe,
17:02but 10 in the lockup that I got it out of.
17:05So, nice early two door Cortina, look, we've got £3,500 and we're off.
17:10It's been stood in a nice dry garage, which is the best thing.
17:13At £3,700 here with me, £3,800.
17:17It will make a car, it should do more money than that, really.
17:20We will try at £3,900, I should think so.
17:23At £4,000 then, at £4,000, £4,400.
17:26At £4,400, £4,200.
17:27At £4,300, still provisional, but we will try.
17:32Provisional, Norfolk at £4,300, thank you.
17:34I wasn't far enough.
17:37I don't quite know whether it was over-reserved.
17:39It was all the way, let's put it that way.
17:42And, yeah, they had a £5,000 reserve.
17:45And the best bidder the day I could get was £4,300,
17:48which has been accepted.
17:49So, right decision, rightly so.
17:52Yes, I think that's its money, simple as that.
17:54So, away it goes.
18:09There we go, look.
18:11Do, do, do, do, do.
18:12Oh, blimey.
18:14Oh, he likes his Mercs.
18:16Hello, you all right?
18:18You all right?
18:18Yeah, yeah.
18:19Nice to meet you.
18:20Nigel, yeah.
18:21Nice to meet you, Jack.
18:23Jack and Amy have made it to County Durham
18:25to pick up the Henderson family's motorbikes.
18:29Oh, wow, you've got a fair collection of bits and pieces,
18:31haven't you, Nigel?
18:32I had a good collection.
18:33There's a few gone now, but this is what we've got left.
18:37These were all his then, were they?
18:38Yeah, he had a few more, but, you know, we've sold them.
18:42And then there's another one in bits
18:44that he's been doing up for the last 18 years.
18:49Everything's a long-term project.
18:51That's it, yeah, that's it.
18:52You think, do I spend the money on restoring that
18:54or do I go and buy another one to go with it?
18:57Yeah, so that's the story.
18:59I know, I know.
19:00Where do you stop?
19:01The bike market is a bit low at the moment.
19:03Yeah.
19:04It's certainly a buyer's market.
19:06But it has sort of increased.
19:07To be fair, they did really die off for a couple of months,
19:09but I suppose the sun's out now, isn't it?
19:10That's right, yeah.
19:11So, obviously, we'll try our best for you.
19:14A little butcher's bike will sneak in first in the corner.
19:16This is clean, innit?
19:17Needs finishing off.
19:19A nice little bike, innit?
19:20These sell well.
19:22Yeah, granddad buys him a lot, that's why, yeah.
19:28I feel that he's with us watching these bikes go.
19:33Nine times out of ten, I'd say us office girls,
19:36the rest of them, bless them, don't really get out.
19:38But no, it's just nice to see where they actually come from
19:41and the story behind them.
19:43And then, obviously, we see the other side of it as well,
19:45after they've sold and where they're going to.
19:48I'm going to have to start taking all the girls out with me, aren't I?
19:50You're going to have to do one at a time.
19:52I'm going to have to just keep changing passengers every month, aren't I?
19:55And then the ones that give you the wrong direction
19:57don't take them again.
19:58Yeah, all right.
20:00Lovely to meet you.
20:01Thank you very much, thank you.
20:06Safe journey home.
20:07Thanks, bye.
20:08Bye.
20:09Bye.
20:28The sun's shining and North Yorkshire's looking its best.
20:33The good weather's also brought the browsers out
20:36and Derek's honed in on a vehicle that, for around eight grand,
20:40has got holidays written all over it.
20:44Here we have.
20:45Basically, it's an Austin A60 van,
20:48bagged as a Morris, which is fine.
20:50It's a 71, 72, as we can see.
20:53It's a two-berth caravanette conversion.
20:56It tickles me a bit, really, when you talk to people and they say,
20:59I'm going to have one of them new-style pop-up roofs
21:02and fit it into me day van, for argument's sake.
21:05And I have to laugh, because here we are, 1970,
21:09and basically the same thing, but better.
21:12So it's not a pop-up roof, it's an elevating roof.
21:16This was the era when Britain's post-war workers had spare time
21:21and cash to splash.
21:23Van makers like Bedford and Commer tapped into that,
21:26as the country had its first campervan moment.
21:29Full height means you can stand up, of course,
21:32both ends rather than just one end.
21:34No matter what people say, you can't get away from the main purpose
21:38of converting a van like this,
21:40is it doubled up as everyday transport.
21:43And with a top-down, it went into an everyday garage.
21:46That's the big advantage.
21:58Oh, dear. No.
22:00It would be like something out of carry-on camping, wouldn't it?
22:02Pulling up on the campsite with that.
22:04There's a little rail.
22:05Look, you can hang your tea towel on it to dry when you've washed up.
22:09What is that, Paul? That 1971 Morris?
22:11Oh, lovely, innit? An A60.
22:14Is it? Yeah.
22:14Is it lovely?
22:15Yeah.
22:16Oh, right.
22:17It's an early camper, innit? Lovely.
22:20Lovely, it's a... Yeah.
22:22No, you're not seeing it.
22:23You know, I think she might be more of a five-star girl.
22:26Do you think so?
22:28What, the group or the hotel?
22:32But it's got a bench seat,
22:33so you could possibly fit three of you in there.
22:35Small people.
22:37That would be to take the water in, look,
22:38and then that's for your petrol.
22:40Is that what it is, Paul? Is it...?
22:42Yeah, yeah, it will be, won't it, yeah?
22:44I would think that way round as well, yeah.
22:47You don't want to mix them up, do you?
22:48No, no, we've just...
22:49It would be very nice brushing your teeth with petrol, would it?
22:52Perhaps they'd be clean.
22:58No.
22:59509, the 1971 Morris there.
23:01Little Morris camper van there.
23:02Well, you know a bit about these.
23:04No.
23:04There you are, there we are.
23:05What mod is it?
23:06What mod is it?
23:08Suntour, Suntour, there we are.
23:10No, not familiar with that.
23:12Where are we? You tell me.
23:14Anyone want to start me then?
23:15£5,000 asking.
23:18Anything on there, Will?
23:19No.
23:19No, I'm afraid I've got nothing on my sheet on this one.
23:23No?
23:25No.
23:26So, nothing else I'm going to get around.
23:27No.
23:29Only if you are paying.
23:30Sorry about that.
23:32That's it for the motorhome.
23:34And with no interest, it returned to its owner for a proper staycation.
23:44Alvis!
23:45You want me to come and have a look at this Alvis, don't you?
23:48It looks a real genuine old car though, doesn't it?
23:50I like bits like this.
23:52It's got attention to detail, isn't it?
23:54Just lovely, isn't it?
23:56They're lovely old girl, aren't they?
23:57They're a good usable old car.
24:00There's a kink there.
24:01There's micro blistering here.
24:04There's micro blistering everywhere, really.
24:06Now we've all had micro blistering.
24:09And it's gutting.
24:11Yeah.
24:12Moisture either in or under the paint.
24:16It won't show straight away, you see.
24:18They're lovely for a while, and then they start and come to light and you think, oh.
24:23But let's be honest, down the road, whizzing along, it's lovely, isn't she?
24:28What a majestic old girl.
24:33Alvis is one of the great and almost forgotten names of British car manufacturing.
24:40But back in the day, its vehicles set the standard for sporting excellence.
24:45Alvis also made aeroplane engines and armoured cars,
24:48but it was the glamorous Taurus that captured the imagination.
24:51Made to the highest levels of luxury, to rival Bentley and Jaguar.
24:56The T21 series set the tone, with its three-litre engines adding speed and panache.
25:02But as the 1960s rolled on, sales dropped, and the company was taken over by Rover.
25:08However, in recent years, the brand has been revived,
25:10and the high-end, high-spec tradition continues.
25:18In my opinion, that car there, in that condition, is worth late teens.
25:25Twenty if he's lucky. Lucky. I can't see it.
25:29Lots of people that come into the classic movement all think they want a Jag, or an Alvis, or a
25:35whatever.
25:36And, in my opinion, got it all wrong, buy yourself a Morris 1000, there's one there, look.
25:42Morris 1000, MGB, Triumph Herald, maybe.
25:46But certainly Morris 1000, MGB.
25:50Cheapest classic car in the world to run, to maintain.
25:53Super reliable, brilliant.
25:55And then if it's for you, then move on to the Alvis.
25:59And you mark my words, whoever has entered it, whoever is selling it, vendor,
26:04best thing he can do, buy himself a Morris 1000.
26:07It is, honestly.
26:08Funny you say that, because he has got a Morris Traveller.
26:13There you go, there you go.
26:15Yep, brilliant.
26:18I was right then, weren't I?
26:19Hey, look at that, that's twice this week I've been right.
26:22Twice.
26:24Yeah.
26:25So, that's my take on it, yep.
26:28Start off with a Moggy, finish off with a Moggy.
26:30Brilliant, and have everything else in between.
26:33Including the Alvis.
26:35See, it's a nice old cat.
26:37She's alright.
26:43Right, she's yours.
26:45The Bishop opened, bikes are back.
26:48And there's a reception committee.
26:52Sutty, another bike for you to go in with all the other bikes.
26:56Good.
26:57A bit of loan bikes, we can do with a few more.
27:00How many bikes have you got in?
27:0271.
27:03How many more do you want?
27:05Last year, I had 140.
27:12It's quite interesting, really, if you think about it.
27:15I mean, it's got...
27:18The Shockers have clearly been in the sea for a few years, haven't they?
27:21There's no doubt about that.
27:23And it's a Royal Enfield single, 350, 500, I don't know what.
27:27And having joined the throng, Derrick's on the case.
27:32It's a winter project.
27:34That's it.
27:35Which winter is debatable, but it's one of a few winters, probably.
27:38As well as an AJS and a Norton, there's a pair of Triumphs, including a classic off-roader.
27:45It's a little Triumph Cub.
27:46A little 200 Cub.
27:47Nice little trial, an upswept exhaust.
27:50Really does look the part.
27:51Sooty's a trialling man, he'll tell you more about this, I would think.
27:54He's probably trialled them.
27:56Have you ever trialled a Cub?
27:58No, no.
28:00Yeah.
28:02They're still popular.
28:03They are popular in, you know, like pre-'65 trials and stuff like that, yeah.
28:07Yeah, that's a nice little machine, that, actually.
28:09And it's a right purposeful little bike, isn't it?
28:12Pre-'65, of course, so it was pre-Japanese,
28:16who came over, like they did with every other model of motorbike,
28:19and wiped the floor with us, unfortunately.
28:21That's exactly what they did.
28:22Poor old Cub never stood a chance, though.
28:24And the pick of the bunch?
28:27A bike with great escape vibes.
28:29It's a 650, that's a trophy,
28:32and slightly different forks and rubber covers and stuff like that.
28:35Headlamps like this.
28:36They just looked a little bit more...
28:38I think they were maybe Americanised.
28:40Built for the American market, really.
28:42Because they do look...
28:43They look like a Steve McQueen bike, I think, don't they?
28:46You know?
28:46It's got what the lads used to call a knacker catcher,
28:49which was, obviously, it's a little rack to put your folded-up Mack
28:52and tie it on with a bungee.
28:54And they said if you're unlucky enough and went over the top,
28:58you could easily get tangled up in there, you know?
29:00But I think you'd have to get flies open at that time, personally.
29:03And I don't know many guys that rode these when they fly,
29:06there's flies open like that, but...
29:08Yeah, I think the answer was keep your flies shut.
29:12And keep your fingers crossed.
29:15But that's, I think, so...
29:17I think that'll do somewhere between three and a half and four and a half.
29:20Nice bike.
29:24614 is the lovely Triumph.
29:261967 Triumph there.
29:27Look at that.
29:28650 Triumph.
29:29What a bonny machine as well.
29:31At £3,500 we've got.
29:33At £3,500 then, are we all done at £35?
29:36Submit it at £3,500.
29:38It's still provisional for the Triumph 650.
29:41Proving it's still a tricky market for old British bikes.
29:47A 1960 AJS.
29:49£1,000 cheap bike.
29:51Going to sell it provisionally down £1,000.
29:53Bargain of the day, that.
29:55Provisional.
29:56Norton Jubilee.
29:58She's a nice old bike.
29:59Makes a change in the colours as well.
30:01There you go.
30:01At £1,500.
30:03We'll submit that for you.
30:05The Royal Enfield.
30:07There we are.
30:08Don't expect to ride it home.
30:10Where are we going to be?
30:11£800 we've got.
30:13Provisional then at £800 that we've all done.
30:15£800 we'll submit it.
30:171959 Triumph Trials bike there.
30:19Look at that.
30:19That's a nice bit of kit.
30:21£1,350.
30:22£1,375.
30:23At £1,375.
30:24Then I'm going to drop the hammer then at £1,375, £14.
30:28They have to be sharpish that.
30:29He's going to lose it.
30:30£1,400.
30:31Still the cheapest bike in the world.
30:32At £1,425.
30:34£1,425.
30:35Then I'm going to sell.
30:36The hammer's coming down at £1,425.
30:39Sold.
30:39Too late.
30:40Missed it.
30:40There you go.
30:42Which leaves one of Derek's favourite forms of transport.
30:47A busher's bike.
30:48A train's bike.
30:49I used to ride one when I was 14 or 15.
30:51I've done many miles on one of them.
30:53Fell off of a few times and all.
30:57There we are then.
30:58Current bid.
30:59£75.
31:00£75 we got.
31:01Nowhere near enough.
31:02£100.
31:02£100.
31:03£150.
31:05£200.
31:05£200.
31:06£250.
31:07Iron brakes and a little wheel.
31:08Dead right.
31:09£300.
31:10£300.
31:10£300.
31:11There's a little club being formed in York for them, you know.
31:14Yeah, I'm going to join it.
31:15£300.
31:16£300.
31:16£300 and go.
31:17I said I'll come out on me trade's bike.
31:19This is York.
31:20Well, I'm not.
31:21I'm going to put it in the van.
31:22Leave the van round the corner and pedal in on me trade's bike.
31:25Like, you know, to the meat.
31:26So, I'm going to cheat a bit.
31:28£325 in the way.
31:29Good buy that.
31:30Selling it then.
31:31£350.
31:32£350.
31:33All done then.
31:34Last time looking round.
31:36£350.
31:37Hornsea.
31:39And with offers for all the bikes now in, it's down to Ange to break the news to the Henderson
31:44family.
31:47So, I've just got two bikes that are on provision at the moment.
31:50Lot 614, the 1967 Triumph.
31:53You had a reserve of £4,000.
31:54It's done three and a half.
31:56Yeah.
31:56And then the other one is the 1953 Royal Enfield.
31:59Your reserve was £1,200.
32:00It's done £800.
32:02All right.
32:03Perfect.
32:04That's all of them gone then.
32:05Bye.
32:07All of them.
32:08Oh, that's good news, isn't it?
32:10Oh, that's good.
32:11I'm happy for him.
32:12That is very unusual because almost every email I send out for people wanting to sell
32:16their bikes says that the bike market is at an all-time low.
32:19So, that's good.
32:21Happy for him.
32:22He should be doing cartwheels, shouldn't he?
32:24Because the bike market is very volatile.
32:27The old British bikes, they really are very, very difficult to rehome.
32:33But bikes in general, across the board, are terrific value at the moment.
32:37If you're like, shall I, shan't I?
32:39Buy them now.
32:41Because they cannot get a lot cheaper.
32:42They really can't.
33:00You're in at £180.
33:01Look, £180 bid then.
33:03Nice size sign that.
33:04Look, £180 bid.
33:06Look, £180 bid.
33:07Look, £180 bid.
33:08Look, mix on it up there.
33:08You can see it.
33:09Look, £180 then.
33:11Provisionally for the first.
33:12One of my favourite cars.
33:15Alvis TE21.
33:17Three litre straight six.
33:18Five-speed gearbox.
33:20Beautiful car.
33:22Quality car.
33:23Hand-built car.
33:24All these panels, hand-built.
33:25Bit of micro blessing on the paintwork, unfortunately.
33:28Right colour.
33:29Right condition other than that.
33:31It's going under the hammer now.
33:32I think, personally, it's...
33:34Well, I know it's worth between £20 and £25.
33:37Award winner.
33:38Cups in the back and such now.
33:40Long-term ownership.
33:42I've always wanted one.
33:43I would love this car.
33:47First thing I must make crystal clear
33:49is the registration number is not going with the car.
33:52What doesn't go with the car, Ash?
33:54Good point.
33:54Correct.
33:55Well done.
33:56There you go then.
33:56So the lovely colour.
33:57The Alvis TE21.
33:59What a fantastic looking car.
34:00Where are we going to be?
34:01You tell me.
34:02£15,000, thank you, at £15.
34:04At £15,250 and £5.
34:06£15,500.
34:07£15,500 and £750.
34:09£15,750.
34:10£15,750.
34:11What a lot of car.
34:11£15,750.
34:13£16,000.
34:14£16,250.
34:15£16,250.
34:17£16,250.
34:17£16,500.
34:18Oh, good morning, France.
34:19Hello there.
34:20£16,000.
34:21Bonjour.
34:21Yeah, au revoir.
34:22Depends which way you are.
34:23£16,500.
34:25£16,500 in France.
34:28It's nowhere near enough.
34:29Nowhere near.
34:30Nowhere near.
34:31£20,000 plus.
34:33£16,500.
34:35It's provisional France at the moment.
34:36We'll speak to the owner.
34:37We'll see if we can put a deal together.
34:38I'm sure we will.
34:39There will be a deal to be done.
34:41Thank you ever so much.
34:42It is a very majestic looking car.
34:43We're at £16,500 then.
34:45We'll put you down France.
34:46Thank you ever so much for your bidding.
34:48£16,500.
34:51Provisional to France.
34:52Thank you very much.
34:55So the Alvis will soon be leaving the building.
34:59So the Alvis will soon be leaving the building.
35:23French.
35:24So he is taking the holiday in the south of France and it may take a few days to make
35:35pay.
35:37A few weeks later, there's a new arrival in northern France, complete with French number plates.
35:43And talking of which, the original UK registration has been kept by Martin, the former owner of the Alvis.
36:02Hello, I'm Alistair.
36:04And I'm Rachel.
36:05And we're both from Watney originally, but living down in Northumberland.
36:09They're certainly a long way from home, but this couple haven't lost their passion for all things with wheels.
36:17We've had a motorbike in the Conservatory.
36:19One Christmas I came home to find the bonnet of my car at the end of my bed.
36:22That was the dad.
36:23That was my dad.
36:24The Conservatory was me.
36:25The Conservatory was you.
36:26So yeah, I'm used to it, yeah.
36:31Is the choke on this one slack?
36:34No.
36:34No.
36:35It's tightened up, but it will just slowly creep.
36:37I was surrounded by cars, motorbikes, tractors, all that growing up.
36:42So definitely had a lot of freedom in that regard.
36:45I used to work at a bike shop in Orkney, a cycling shop.
36:48So I went from building push bikes and then, as the usual way goes, it escalates to things with motors.
36:55They built up a nice collection of their own, the latest of which is a 1967 Triumph Trophy.
37:02On the face of it, it's as British as tea and biscuits.
37:05But Alistair has given it an American tweak.
37:09I was always wanting to make it into a desert slide.
37:11So I didn't want one that was either really, really original or really highly restored and immaculate.
37:18Because I'd feel bad taking off all those lovely exhausts and things like that.
37:22Because I was just wanting a desert slide.
37:23So I was wanting something that was a good base for it.
37:26For those not in the know, Hollywood heartthrob Steve McQueen was into desert sled bikes that were often adapted with
37:32high exhaust pipes for racing across California's arid trails.
37:38The pipes and the tyres make such a big difference and change to the look of the bike.
37:41These ones were the 955, so they give a nice line along the side here for the desert sled look.
37:48New tyre on the front, trial style one, all very desert sled-y.
37:52New brakes in there just to improve a bit and they've actually come up really well, along with the right
37:57fitment of shocks.
37:58Well, the ones that came on it when I bought it were half an inch short, so I was buzzing
38:03the tyre over some of the big bumps.
38:06The chunky tyres was kind of the biggest difference I noticed compared to other bikes that you've had.
38:12Just with the road noise, whereas I'm used to more road tyres, road bikes.
38:17But as far as being a passenger in the back, high exhaust keeps your leg warm.
38:22Yeah, that's true.
38:30Alistair had been keeping an eye out for the right bike, and with values of older British motorcycles falling,
38:36he decided a price of three and a half grand was too good to miss.
38:42It's got something that I could play with and have a bit of fun with.
38:45You weren't going to look, and then you had a look, and then you had to buy it.
38:49Yeah.
38:50It was a really good deal, Alistair.
38:54In recent months, the triumph has been on its travels, having been taken back to Orkney to be shown off
39:01at the island's classic motor show.
39:03It's always amazing the amount of stuff that comes out of the woodwork in Orkney for this show.
39:07Like, for such a small population on the whole, the range of stuff that can be there.
39:12Definitely trying to keep it and use it.
39:14There's a few things I just want to tidy up with, and probably through the winter I'll take it to
39:18bits and just give everything a really good clean and update wiring and things like that.
39:24I'm not wanting to go through it too much cosmetically, because I like that oily rag side of it, but
39:29just make it reliable, good.
39:31Hopefully leak a little bit less, but it's a British bike, so it's going to leak.
39:36You can only try so hard.
39:49You've got such a big steering wheel, so obviously it's light on the steering.
39:52The clutch is soft.
39:54It's not a racing car.
39:56You're not going to start overtaking things at 80 miles an hour cos you wouldn't want to.
39:58I like it.
40:00I think it's nice to have a radio in it cos you can't hear the engines if I think.
40:02It's a little bit like a sewing machine.
40:07On the leafy lanes of East Anglia, Gary Sutton's putting the 1963 Ford Cortina Deluxe through its paces,
40:15after some repair work to make it roadworthy again.
40:19So we've got the engine running, the brakes are done, and everything's lovely.
40:24I don't mind the colour.
40:25And a lot of people buy them like this one.
40:27They turn them into low because they have two doors.
40:29You know, if you've got to paint it white.
40:33I'm just going to paint it blue.
40:35And then we'll see once it's done.
40:37I must just sell it.
40:39I don't know.
40:39It's just I think people collect pictures, don't they, or coins or whatever,
40:42and I just collect this sort of stuff while I remember when I was a kid, you know what I
40:47mean?
40:49So far, so straightforward.
40:51But Gary has an itch that he just can't scratch.
40:56So why so many?
40:58Oh, I've got some more, but they're in the shed and I couldn't get them out in time.
41:02Sorry, you've got some more Cortinas?
41:04Yeah, I've got nine all together.
41:06So you've got nine?
41:07Yeah, I don't like, obviously, like driving them.
41:10Just part of your...
41:11Collecting them?
41:11When you was young.
41:13And I don't know.
41:14I just like them.
41:14I like the shape.
41:15I like the back.
41:16I like the size.
41:16I can just about get in them.
41:17Because I'm a bit slim, aren't I?
41:19And, yeah, I do.
41:20I like the Ford Angler and all, but they're a little bit tight again.
41:22How many Ford Anglers have you got?
41:24Three.
41:25A bit of three.
41:26Yeah.
41:26I'm not being big-headed or nothing.
41:28I don't drink and don't smoke, and I don't want to drink and I don't want to smoke.
41:30I've got up to 160 cars at one time.
41:32How many?
41:33160.
41:34And the only reason I knew I had 160, because my daughters, three daughters, grasped me
41:38up to the mum.
41:39And they went in the field and in the shed and they counted them.
41:42And then they told the mum how many I got.
41:44I wish I had them now, but I've not got them now.
41:47I'm down to about whatever.
41:48I don't know.
41:4980, 90.
41:50But the cars I've got now are better cars than what I did have.
41:52They're a little bit more money.
41:56Which would be the guilty one?
41:57No.
41:58This white one, I've had this look a lot, but they ain't a proper loaders.
42:02I've been driving that for about 15 years.
42:04Sorry, Gary.
42:05You've not driven it for 15 years?
42:07No.
42:08We pushed it around here, because I knew you was coming.
42:11So the one that you've driven the most out of this lot is the one that you've perched
42:15on now, because I'm here filming you.
42:17You made me, yeah.
42:18But we won't go into that.
42:21It's coming out, does it?
42:23I think to go in that car now would be realistic.
42:2655, 60 is about right.
42:28You know what I mean?
42:28That's all you want to do.
42:29Because you're not...
42:30If you want a roasting guy, go and buy me.
42:32Cosworth is saying.
42:32But this is just a little beat the weight of people.
42:35Some people wave to us, and people love it, don't they?
42:37My dad had one, my granddad had one, and now I've got one, and everybody's got one.
42:41Well, hang on.
42:42You've got more than one.
42:43Well, yeah.
42:44I've got to tell you about a drink of smoke.
42:48And it seems Gary's not quite reached the end of the road when it comes to Cortina's.
42:53He's now hanging up a mark to a state.
42:56I might even tell the wife before I buy it, see how brave I get.
42:59I'd like to come and film that.
43:01So that was it.
43:02So, best thing not to tell the wives until you get it home.
43:06You lived there.
43:07And if you've really got the hump, tell it belong to your mate.
43:12For a little while.
43:14Be all right, won't it?
43:15Now you're right.
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