Richard.Hammonds.Workshop.S01E04.

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Richard.Hammonds.Workshop.S01E04.

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00:00This time, my grand vision for our new state-of-the-art workshop is taking shape.
00:15I can see a problem with your plan.
00:17I can't imagine how Neil's going to react.
00:19I don't think he'll realize what we're building for him here.
00:23But the costs spiral out of control.
00:25This move is just going to eat through cash.
00:28Today, I am the executioner.
00:30I'm forced to sell my most cherished classics.
00:33They've been singled out to pay the ultimate sacrifice.
00:36Lock number 590.
00:37I actually can't watch it. This is going to hurt.
00:41Cars have been my life.
00:43Just give me a bit more!
00:45Talking about them.
00:46This is the force of nature.
00:48Thrashing them.
00:49That's not what I wanted to see!
00:51And crashing them.
00:55But now...
00:57Don't panic, I'm here.
00:58I'm fulfilling my lifelong dream and starting my own classic car workshop.
01:04Should I get my overalls on?
01:06Restoring some of the finest classic cars in the world.
01:10Heavenly automotive lord.
01:12With father and son team, Neil and Anthony Greenhouse.
01:15We're trusting him with our reputation.
01:17Look away.
01:18Bodging in process.
01:20Oh, you son of a...
01:21I'll be learning how to be a businessman.
01:23What you need is the smallest cock.
01:26To be honest, you've got my attention a bit now.
01:28And getting my hands dirty.
01:29I'm going to swallow this screw in a minute and die.
01:32You do it quietly.
01:33It'll test my bank balance.
01:35We could ruin the business.
01:36Quaise.
01:37And my relationships.
01:38You'll enjoy it.
01:39Will I?
01:40As I take my obsession to a whole new level.
01:43It's the best game I've ever played and the most terrifying.
01:57Right.
02:00Nobody hiding.
02:03Come out.
02:08The workshop costs are spiralling out of control.
02:11Which means I'm having to sell my cars.
02:16Number five of 49 ever made.
02:19You would never find a better one.
02:22The move is turning out to be much more expensive
02:24than I thought.
02:26I have chosen those that will sell, I think, best.
02:30They've just been singled out for, well,
02:32to pay the ultimate sacrifice.
02:38A woofly engine.
02:41If I want to move us up to be a higher class quality operation,
02:45we need better kit.
02:47So it's just going to eat through cash.
02:50I just didn't realise it was going to need
02:52as much of it as it does.
02:54It needs quite a lot.
02:56Right.
02:59This thing is an absolute bugger to get up onto its stand.
03:03Oh, did it.
03:04Strong.
03:06Today, the people from the auction
03:08are coming to take their photographs.
03:10They're not taking the cars away yet,
03:11but they're taking the photographs
03:12of them for the catalogue.
03:15Oh, now, OK, this is slightly more difficult.
03:189-11-T, December 1969, same year and month I was born.
03:23It's also a really stubborn little bugger
03:26when it comes to starting.
03:28So I can't guarantee.
03:30Come on.
03:31You're not going.
03:32You're just being photographed.
03:33Then you're going.
03:39Come on.
03:43Oh, you bugger, come on.
03:46Oh.
03:52Yeah!
03:53Oh, no, at the same time.
03:56Why did you start now?
04:03Hello.
04:04Richard, how are you?
04:05Are you Gary?
04:06I am indeed.
04:07Nice to see you.
04:08Here are the cars.
04:09It'd be good to get a shot of them all together, wouldn't it?
04:14From here, just a bit of height, so you get more of the cars
04:17and bikes in.
04:19I'm having to really brace to sell that one.
04:21And that Porsche.
04:23And that Lotus.
04:26All of them.
04:28Oh, God, I sympathise.
04:30It would be a difficult thing, you know,
04:31especially when you've had a bike for a long time
04:33and they mean something to you.
04:34It's a difficult thing.
04:35Right, where do you want me?
04:37Gary's given me estimates on all of the cars and bikes.
04:41Conservatively, we could be talking about 140,000.
04:46Conservative estimate, that's not enough.
04:49Realistically, this movie is going to eat through.
04:52I need to raise 100 grand.
04:54And then the business needs a cushion.
04:56I need to know I've got money available if it needs it.
04:59So, I need to raise 200 grand.
05:05This is a drastic measure for me,
05:07because I love every single one of these things.
05:09They're not just a random collection of stuff.
05:11They're all things I've gone after and collected and,
05:13you know, a bit lucky enough to earn the money to buy.
05:16It is with a heavy heart that they go.
05:22I'm not the only one who's finding it hard to say goodbye.
05:25No lovely job.
05:26With the move to the new workshop just a week away,
05:29it's time to start clearing out Neil's old garage.
05:32It's been his second home for the last 26 years.
05:36Perfect, thank you.
05:37No lovely job. Cheers, mate.
05:39Anthony's already warned me
05:41Neil finds it impossible to throw anything away.
05:44Right, this is like an intervention, this is it.
05:47We're going to make two piles.
05:48Stuff to go in the skip.
05:50Yeah, most of it.
05:52Stuff to keep, OK?
05:54This apple in this cup can go in skip.
05:57Happy?
05:58That's... Possibly.
05:59It's saying that, though.
06:01No, it's going in the skip.
06:03Neil, that's a very important bit of kit, that is.
06:05You can see it's been used on a daily basis.
06:07It's been used on a daily basis.
06:09It's been used on a daily basis.
06:10It's been used on a daily basis.
06:12It's been used on a daily basis.
06:13You can see it's been used on a daily basis.
06:15Yes, under the dust.
06:17We'll replace it with a new one.
06:19We'll get better stuff.
06:21Come on.
06:23Neil.
06:25These are all for taking blades off grinders.
06:28No, you can't give them to them.
06:30No, no.
06:32That's why I've kept them.
06:34I really, really appreciate what Rich is doing for us.
06:36Taking us to this new level, new equipment, new workshop.
06:39It's like a dream come true, but I cannot chuck away all my old kit.
06:42It's taken me decades to get all this kit how I want it,
06:46and, you know, specialist little bits of equipment.
06:49You can't chuck it.
06:51Me and my beloved wife have been off and bought and car boot sales
06:54and made people's houses, and, yeah, it's part of my soul.
06:57No, no, we need that. You can't chuck that away.
07:00I can't. I just can't do it.
07:02We'll have to make a compromise where we can keep the old kit
07:05and have the new workshop and the new premises,
07:08but as Richard will find out,
07:10half of this old stuff you're going to need.
07:12Oh, they might want to pack it back at the factory to put more sweets in.
07:15I reckon that's a good idea.
07:17That's for a lapper one day.
07:19Oh!
07:21This is mentally draining me.
07:25Argh!
07:26My turn.
07:27I don't know what to say.
07:29That's the sum total of our big grand clear out so far.
07:32Neil, it's just... I mean, that's just some bit of rubbish.
07:35Doing well. Doing really well.
07:37Where's my mirror? I need to pick out that bit. We need that.
07:40One thing Neil can't take is his old paint oven,
07:44the unit where he re-sprays the cars, the heart of his workshop.
07:48It's now too old to be moved.
07:52I'm excited but very nervous.
07:54It's starting to become real and it's going to happen
07:56and we're going to be moving and I'm looking forward to this new building
07:59and I'm really, really looking forward to seeing this new oven we're having
08:02with this latest technology and I just hope it's all going to be worth it in the end.
08:06Really, fingers crossed it's going to be a better job for all of us.
08:10Blow-off gun. Got to keep that.
08:31This weather's all a bit appropriate, isn't it?
08:35Sunday? Thank you.
08:37This is paperwork, history and stuff for each vehicle.
08:41That's all you need to know about each of those vehicles in one place.
08:46Right.
08:47Any moment now, the man with the van will be turning up to collect.
08:50So all of their little necks are on the block.
08:53And we're waiting for the man to come along now.
08:55Actually, no, they're all in their cells, aren't they?
08:57We're waiting for the man to come along and escort them to the block.
09:04Hi, baby.
09:06Are you going to give me a cuddle?
09:10Actually, you whiff. What have you been in?
09:13I am quite surprised that he's selling them.
09:16Although he's done sort of swapping, actually selling properly
09:22is not a thing he's done before.
09:24It's peculiar behaviour by Mr Hammond.
09:27So we'll just have to see how it pans out.
09:34Isn't it funny?
09:35You never want anything more than the moment when you're getting rid of it.
09:39Goes for my 50th birthday.
09:41But I'm 51 now, so I don't need it, do I?
09:44This was the first vintage bike I ever bought.
09:47You'd light the lights with a match.
09:49It's getting dark.
09:51Light the wick and then close it.
09:53I mean, how good...
09:54It's not very good, by the way.
09:56They're useless.
09:58Velocette, despite the French-sounding name, another British motorcycle.
10:01Honestly, I couldn't be a bike diva.
10:03I wouldn't want to let them go.
10:05Not the career for me.
10:07This was a poster bike when I was a kid.
10:11Well, it's a talon, isn't it?
10:13I mean, it's got to be.
10:15It is, ain't it though, isn't it?
10:19The business has to become self-sustaining within the next couple of months.
10:24I think Mindy will be pleased that when needs must,
10:26I'm perfectly capable of selling them and using the money for other things.
10:30Right, cars.
10:34He told me that he was selling them to prop up the business.
10:39You were great fun.
10:41However,
10:44that remains to be seen because I know Richard Hammond of old
10:49and I'm pretty sure that he is going to sell those bikes and cars
10:57and then buy more bikes and cars with the money.
11:02Maybe I'm doing him a disservice. We'll see.
11:05I'll stay in this one. I'm an added extra.
11:07I could tune the radio for you as you went along.
11:12What do you think, Blee?
11:14I don't believe it.
11:15No, I know you don't.
11:16I know you don't.
11:18You don't believe I'm rid of it, do you?
11:21Ooh, yeah.
11:24I really hope that one doesn't sell.
11:27I really hope that he's now got a better handle on
11:31this actually has to work as a business, otherwise it won't work at all.
11:35The faith that Neil and Anthony have put in Richard,
11:39like it or not, he has made a lifetime commitment in my eyes.
11:46They've been with me a long time now, so that is a strange...
11:48Goodbye.
11:49They're not coming back.
11:52He has to deliver. He has to deliver. He has no option.
11:58The deed is done.
12:01I have been a big grown-up businessman and raised money for my business.
12:05How about a bloody work?
12:08Wendy, gin.
12:10The word's finally getting out that the smallest cog is up and running.
12:15I've had a call from an aristocratic friend who's got a vintage barn find.
12:20Neil's coming along to rein me in.
12:24This is a higher class of customer.
12:27Being the sort of man he is, he's bound to be something nice, isn't it?
12:30It's probably like a Rolls-Royce, isn't it?
12:32Ben Clear.
12:33Nash. Fraser Nash.
12:34Ooh.
12:35Austin.
12:36My mind's racing. I want to know what it is.
12:38On the off chance you look at it and think you don't want to do it,
12:42should we establish a code, like we need a secret signal?
12:45If it's proper, absolute nightmare, you know, run away, run away.
12:50You can't say that, but what I can do,
12:52I can just fold my glasses up and put them in my arm and just go like that.
12:56And you will know when I do that, you'll know it's time to really get out of there.
12:59Dale.
13:00Dale.
13:01Dale.
13:02Dale.
13:03Dale.
13:04Time to really get out of there.
13:05Dale.
13:07OK.
13:17His driveway is longer than my drive to work.
13:19Yeah.
13:20You also grew up on an estate.
13:22Yeah, but not this sort of estate.
13:24No.
13:25This is where he's going to meet us.
13:27And there, in fact, he is.
13:29How lovely to see you. Welcome.
13:31Very nice to see you too. This is Neil.
13:33Well, I've got a surprise for you, Neil.
13:35I'm looking forward to it.
13:36I really am.
13:37Shall we crack on, because you're fashionably late.
13:39It is that time of the day.
13:40Come on in, have a look.
13:43So, Richard, Neil, come and have a look.
13:46Tucked to the corner here is Sir Walter.
13:50What is it?
13:51I believe it's a 1932 Raleigh trike.
13:56It has been in the family since it was new.
13:59My grandfather, Lord Glanask, used it to go around
14:02shooting, fishing, stalking, taking guests down to the river,
14:05you name it.
14:06You had your lunch, your dogs,
14:08and a trailer at the back for the hamper
14:10and all the drinks and everything else,
14:12and he used this as his mule, his modern-day mule.
14:15So this is, like, the ultimate old-school leisure vehicle.
14:19Yeah.
14:20The last time I saw anybody driving it was my mother,
14:2235 years ago.
14:24So it's hugely emotional.
14:25It's a massive part of our family history.
14:28So, if you can get it up and running,
14:30it's over to you, Neil.
14:31Let's see what we can do.
14:32I haven't seen one of these before, have you?
14:34You've never seen one of these?
14:35It's rather splendid, I love it.
14:37It's interesting.
14:39It's sort of...
14:41Wow.
14:42Oh, I wonder if it rolls.
14:45What did we go for?
14:47What did we go for?
14:48What did we go for?
14:50It's only been 35 years.
14:51You're back into it, man.
14:53I am.
14:54I was not first pick when it came to rugby.
14:57Daylight, daylight.
14:58Wow.
14:59Hey, that is a properly good-looking little thing, isn't it?
15:01It's not looking too bad.
15:02No.
15:03It's not bad at all.
15:05What do you reckon?
15:06Can you fix it?
15:07I mean, it's eminently doable.
15:09It's just got such a great story.
15:11Anything that's got that touch of romance to it.
15:13I'd love to do this.
15:14I think it would be a privilege for us to fix it for you, Harry.
15:17I really do.
15:18I think we'd be honoured.
15:19It would be...
15:20Yeah, I...
15:21When else are we going to get to work on one of these?
15:23There probably is only one.
15:25Shall we leave Neil to, um, play?
15:28Yes.
15:29We'll go and discuss some business.
15:30Have we really talked about this yet?
15:32Oh, come on, it's going to be brilliant fun.
15:34How's your gin coming on?
15:35Do you still make that?
15:36Ooh, gin.
15:37Shall I show you my stall?
15:38Yeah.
15:39Have a quick...
15:40Just...
15:41Just sketch up a plan and come up with a ballpark figure.
15:46Richard's gone swallowing off
15:47with his mate Harry to talk about good times in gin.
15:50He's in his element.
15:51He's impressing his mate
15:52and he's not reining himself in much.
15:54Oh.
15:55Yeah, it's a really interesting vehicle,
15:57but it's not a Fraser Nash.
15:59It's not, you know, a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
16:01It's not what I envisage.
16:03This is what's worrying me.
16:04We could be getting into a world of pain here really easily.
16:11So, this is the old book from...
16:13Um, the visitor's book from up here in Penmareth.
16:16There we go. Look, there he is.
16:18With one, two, three, five people on Sir Walter.
16:21They're all sitting on the back with the dogs.
16:24Drinking. Drinking.
16:25Always good.
16:26Speaking of which...
16:27Cheers.
16:28You're in very good health.
16:29Thanks.
16:32Hold on, Harry's getting on.
16:37Right, OK.
16:40I think I'm getting the short straw again, I think.
16:44Harry, do you have a budget in mind?
16:46Hundreds, yeah, absolutely.
16:48If we're going to thousands, I might have a small heart failure.
16:51One, two, three.
16:55I'm going to over-deliver. Yes, please.
16:57I've just decided. Thank you.
16:58Well, I want to see it work.
16:59Well, you're in very good health. Thank you very much indeed. Cheers.
17:04He's having the romance side of the job, gallivanting off,
17:07talking about gin and castles and dragons and whatever.
17:10And I'm having the proper real work side of it.
17:16I've been here before, though, haven't I?
17:19Are you getting the hang of this?
17:21It's nice here.
17:25I'm quite tired now, Neil.
17:27It wasn't quite a Fraser Nash, though, was it?
17:30Sorry about that.
17:33Did you get round to talking hackers and money?
17:36So we've got to, you know, do it to a budget.
17:39It's just recommission it, get it working.
17:41I'd like to over-deliver.
17:43I met his mother around the estate at one point.
17:45She remembers being on it as a little girl.
17:47And then we can return it to looking beautiful and working.
17:51Think of this as, let's get it out there,
17:53bouncing about, doing its job and putting our name around.
17:56Let's hope it pays off. Yeah.
17:59All we can do is just do what we do and see what happens.
18:03Yeah.
18:04Do you think that would be the way it's going to go?
18:10Do you think that's the way it's going to go?
18:12Oh, you are awake then? Yep.
18:14What did I just say? Yep.
18:16Let's send the answer through EVF. Yep.
18:22Oh, I love it.
18:24This high-pressure sales executive.
18:41Big day.
18:42Big day?
18:43This route to Silverstone is roughly familiar,
18:46but I'm not usually going there to sell my cars.
18:49I'm going there to watch other people crash theirs.
18:54So how well the cars do today is important,
18:58cos I've got to take out of that money
19:01all the spend on all the kit for the workshop and the move.
19:06I'm really worried. You never know on an auction.
19:13I'm going to be very careful not to spend more than I make.
19:17I must not buy anything I'm selling.
19:21I want everything.
19:23£45,000 in tea and then a 45, 45, 45 bid.
19:26It seems to be like a 45 bid, then a 45 bid.
19:29Sold it as we are at £45,000.
19:35Right. Oh...
19:37Argh!
19:39I didn't want to see them. I really didn't want to see them.
19:43Oh...
19:46This represents, if they sell well, security.
19:50I mean, 80 or 90 of that lot, £1,000, I mean,
19:54is going to be taken up by the equipment we need
19:57and the cost of moving and setting up the workshop.
20:00Whatever's left over will cover what we burn every month.
20:03If I get another £90,000, that'll give me £6,000.
20:07If I get another £90,000, that'll give me six months, at least.
20:11There's nothing I can do, so it's a high risk.
20:19I've been looking for a Bentley S2.
20:21I am considering bidding, but I'm going to try not to get carried away.
20:26You've got to draw a line somewhere.
20:28I have got a figure which I'm going to go to,
20:31but I'd much rather keep that to myself at this point.
20:36If it's cheap enough, I'll be buying.
20:42More people. I'm not in the auction room.
20:45Get in there! I'm not allowed to chivvy them in.
20:48Where am I going to sit when they're being auctioned?
20:50I'm nervous. Why am I talking so much? Because I'm nervous. OK.
20:54Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. A very warm welcome.
20:57It's good to see you all back in the room for proper room bidding
21:00in a good old-fashioned classic car auction.
21:02Oh, this is utterly terrifying.
21:05Good luck, buyers. Always go one more bid.
21:08It's always the best thing to do. Trust me, I'm an auctioneer.
21:11There's not enough people in there for my money.
21:13I wish there were more people. I can't watch this.
21:16I actually can't watch it. This is going to hurt.
21:18It's a real privilege to handle the sale of some cars
21:22on behalf of Richard Hammond.
21:24Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.
21:28Oh, I can hide here.
21:30The first of which is lot number 590.
21:34The Porsche 911T.
21:37Right then, ladies and gentlemen, we're straight in.
21:3920,000, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30.
21:45And two...
21:47I want it to get to 50.
21:49..at 40,000 bid. 42 surely.
21:52At £40,000. It's on the phone. Have a think.
21:55I can't stop it.
21:57It's 40,000 here.
22:00If it helps you.
22:0241,000, 42.
22:04He's stealing it. He's stealing it.
22:0744 and a half.
22:09Comes online. It's 45,000 against you on the phone.
22:12Up to you. 45.
22:17This is slower than I expected.
22:19These things can really run away and it has.
22:22It's 48 or go 50 and take the competition out.
22:26Do you want to go 50?
22:30Oh, it's just hurt.
22:3454,000. That's a good bid.
22:3754.
22:38£54,000.
22:40Right-handed here at 50.
22:42So that's somebody who's just come in and said,
22:44right, let's not mess about. I'm offering you 54, I'm having it.
22:47Selling then at £54,000.
22:52Oh, right, that's where it should be.
22:55This is too much stress, I don't like it.
23:01What the hell is that?
23:03I thought he was getting some convertible exotic...
23:06What is it?
23:08I don't know, you tell me what it is.
23:10It's a motorbike engine by the looks of that.
23:12That's half bike, half car.
23:14The brief I got, oh, it's convertible, in the 30s, we think.
23:18It hasn't been run for 30 years.
23:20This is a 90-years-old engine.
23:22This is like an old-age motorbike.
23:24It's a 90-years-old motorbike.
23:26It's a 90-years-old motorbike.
23:28This is a 90-years-old motorbike.
23:30It's a 90-years-old motorbike.
23:32You could break something, snap something off,
23:34can't get bids for it, that's just a disaster waiting to happen.
23:37You do the fuel, I'll have a look at the battery.
23:42The business as it is, we're about as fragile as an engine.
23:46If that goes wrong, we could be lumbered with a massive bill
23:49and we can't afford it.
23:51Richard sort of ignored my signals to say,
23:54don't really get involved with it.
23:56We've got to put it right or fix it.
23:58We should get a red light on there, shall we, if we go?
24:00Yeah.
24:02Yeah, got a light.
24:04It's something different, but something different
24:06means hours and hours of our time.
24:09Let's see if we've got fuel going to that carburettor.
24:11Okay.
24:11Tap on.
24:12Oh, yeah, yeah, got fuel.
24:14Bit of a nightmare, really.
24:19That's in?
24:19No.
24:20No idea.
24:23Next, 5.5 online, and six already.
24:266,000 pound bid, then 6.2.
24:29Oh, this is torture.
24:305.6, 8, and 7.
24:327.2, 7.5, 7.8, and 8.
24:358.2, 8.5, 8.2, 8.5 online.
24:39Z900, this is for my 40th birthday.
24:42And 14,000.
24:44You quite sure, madam?
24:45She's having this bike.
24:46Hammer's up at 14,000, then I'll sell the bike.
24:51And 13,000 will be next.
24:53At 13,500 pounds.
24:57That's all right.
24:59This is the Bentley.
25:00It's 28,500 comes.
25:04At 28,500, good move, sir.
25:07Nine comes, however, on the phone.
25:10It's about what it's worth.
25:12Lotus, I need it to go north of 40.
25:1543, 44 comes.
25:1845,000, far away.
25:20I'll take 46 near to me.
25:2146, 47, 48, 49, and 50.
25:2751 behind, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.
25:32Nod of the head.
25:33One more.
25:34Step away from your wife.
25:36It doesn't do to stand next to your wife at a car auction.
25:3957.5, sir, online.
25:41Sneaks in.
25:4358.
25:44Are we done for the first, for the second,
25:47for the third and final time, at 58,000 pounds.
25:53Well done, sir.
25:55It's the 1930 Velocette.
25:58This one is very hard to predict.
26:00It depends who's after bikes.
26:01If it's a specialist bike at that,
26:02it's not like you could just buy that and hop on it.
26:05It's a lovely little bike.
26:07If you can get close to 10, that would be brilliant.
26:10Oh, God, it's going to cost me more in medical bills
26:12than I make from selling the vehicles.
26:15And 8,000 comes, 8,000 bid, 8,200.
26:188,200 straight back in.
26:20First, second, third and final all done.
26:22Sold then at 8,200.
26:26I'd like that to be done better.
26:28The last one hurts, letting that little Velocette go for that.
26:31Right, I'd have kept it before I sold it for that.
26:34It's agony, this.
26:35I don't like it.
26:37Because these are things that I value,
26:38and now I'm seeing how much other people value them.
26:42I value them more than they do so far.
26:46That's paid for a chunk of the kit,
26:48but we're not yet into enough to put in the bank
26:51and run the business.
26:52With only two bikes to go,
26:54I still need around 25 grand to hit my 200k target.
27:00Lot 594 is the beautiful 1927 Sunbeam Model 2.
27:06This one does earn to sell.
27:07This is my first ever vintage machine.
27:10Ah.
27:115,500, 5,800, if you will.
27:14Oh, God, I'm just giving away if that goes without.
27:185,800 bid, then 6,000 is against you.
27:20Come on, that's worth more than that.
27:23It's 6,200 pound bid here.
27:25Hammers up, are we done?
27:27First and second, third and final time.
27:29Oh, that's a killer.
27:31Selling then at 6,300 pounds.
27:38That was worth more than that.
27:40That's a disaster, that's, I mean...
27:42Really, I wouldn't have sold them for that.
27:46OK.
27:48We're at 183 total.
27:51So that means...
27:52I need 17,000 on this last bike to make the 200 mark.
27:56It's not over yet.
27:58Lot number 597 is the 2019 Norton Dominator.
28:04Straight in at 10,000, 11,000, 12,000.
28:1012,000, 12, 2 bid, 12, 5, 12, 5, 12, 8.
28:1515,000, 15, 2, I'll take at 15, 2.
28:19You take command of the paddle, madam.
28:2016 on line. 16 already.
28:22New bidder. 16, 5 in another place.
28:2416,800, 17 bid, 18,000, 19, 20,000, 20...
28:32It's 800, sir.
28:34At 22,800, it's on the phone, thank you, gentlemen.
28:38Third and final here, all done.
28:44That was exhausting.
28:46I've just got to check my sums.
28:49As a group, I think it's about 205,000.
28:53So that means, in the kitty, I've got enough to pay for the move
28:58into the new workshop comfortably,
29:02and about six months running costs in total.
29:10And that concludes the Richard Hammond sale.
29:13Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for all your bidding.
29:15Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
29:17All in all, it hurts.
29:19It's not fun selling the toys you've worked your entire life
29:22to be able to buy,
29:24to support something that may or may not work.
29:26But all I'll say is, it's now bloody gone to work.
29:33MUSIC FADES
29:41The new oven arrives today.
29:43It'll be on a lorry, all flat-packed, but it arrives,
29:45and it's a big deal, and I want to be there to oversee that.
29:57Right, here he comes.
29:59That whole lorry's full, I'm worried.
30:02It's two hours late, and I think I've discovered why.
30:05Because that appears to say, Mr J May.
30:11It does. It's Mr... And it's two hours late cos he drove slow.
30:15HE LAUGHS
30:16Right, unveil, please. It's very exciting.
30:18That's flipping big. Yeah, it's a lot, innit?
30:23Ta-da!
30:26The oven. Stuff.
30:29Yeah!
30:31Oh!
30:33You haven't had this small man in a big world problem again, have you?
30:36I might have got carried away. Well, I wanted, you know...
30:39I wanted the best for you and your dad.
30:41Look at all of that!
30:43Good. Right.
30:46Boom. Oh.
30:49I can see a problem with your plan.
30:52What? Mine are cartoon all of a sudden.
30:55Oh, there's a piece for me there.
30:57Oh, no, no, no. There's another one at the back, I'll do that.
31:00That's me.
31:02Feel manly now? Oh, yeah.
31:06Oh, mate, that is about as good as we can get.
31:08Which is just as well, because I'm ruined.
31:12It's unbelievably exciting, but, I mean, genuinely quite scary now.
31:16Cos, look at it. That is going to need feeding with a lot of work.
31:21Wait until Dad sees that. Oh, he'll just faint, I know.
31:24I wonder if he'll cry. He might. It's his new hobby.
31:27That's going to be an awesome bit of kit. Yeah.
31:32I simply can't imagine how Neil's going to react.
31:35I don't think he'll realise what we're building for him here.
31:38That's why we've very deliberately not shown it to him.
31:40And it really will be, Neil, there you go, that's your new empire.
31:43Then close the door behind him, lock it,
31:45and so you're not coming out for six months, mate, work.
31:58Now, this job, I'll be honest, I will be glad to see the back of it.
32:02It's just turned out to be an absolute nightmare.
32:05Everything's so finicky, all the forks.
32:07On a car, you wouldn't have all this intricate sort of panel work,
32:11and it's just, everything's really awkward to work on.
32:14It's the hours involved.
32:16I wouldn't have got involved in it, hence the...
32:18But nobody listens, do they?
32:20So, financially, I think it's a bit of a loss of time.
32:24Financially, I think it's a bit of a loss leader, I would say.
32:29But then again, it might bring us some more work,
32:31but you can't do every job thinking that,
32:33otherwise you never earn no money at all.
32:36Hopefully, I'll have this all painted today.
32:39There hasn't been a massive amount of materials on this trike,
32:43but the hours I've spent on this,
32:45I could have billed somebody 2,000 quid for doing some work.
32:49I do think he realises how long we've actually spent on it,
32:52but that's when he's got to realise certain jobs
32:54you don't want to get involved with.
33:02With the big move looming, the company accountant wants a catch-up,
33:06and for once, I'm not dreading it.
33:09Richard. Hello. OK. Hello.
33:11Come on in, Kamala. Thank you. Join me.
33:13I'm sorry about the smell. I opened the fridge. Oh, don't worry.
33:15It was a mistake. That's fine. I shouldn't have done that.
33:17Don't worry. Have a seat. Thank you, sir.
33:19So, what I've done is sell a load of my cars and bikes.
33:23I've raised in total 205 by doing that.
33:27What that leaves is 65 in the bank.
33:31But there is other costs that we do need to discuss, actually, for the move.
33:35What sort of alarm systems do you have, CCTV?
33:37Because you'll be storing customers' cars overnight.
33:40Health and safety, one of us needs to do a first aid course, maybe Anthony.
33:45He doesn't have to dress as a nurse, does he?
33:47Only if you want him to.
33:49But we will need public liability insurance,
33:52employers' liability insurance, covering our customer vehicles.
33:55Right. Buildings insurance.
33:57We need a safety inspection of all the equipment
33:59before the lads can start working in there.
34:02And number of days, is it two days moving in?
34:05No, we're going to be two weeks. Oh, two weeks moving in.
34:08By the time... I didn't realise. It's just...
34:10So, is that two weeks of not being able to work on vehicles here, then?
34:13I think so. So, we are losing two weeks' man-hours.
34:16There's no way round that.
34:18What jobs have you got lined up?
34:20It's a trike. It's a 1930s thing.
34:22It's for a mate. Oh.
34:24And... But we are making a margin on it?
34:27Probably not.
34:29It is more of a lost leader than anything else.
34:32But it's been in his family since 1932. Right.
34:35And it'll make him and, actually, his mum chuffed to bits
34:38to see it bought back to life.
34:40But that doesn't pay the bills.
34:42No, but... Are we cutting even?
34:45Ooh, you know.
34:47We're just not at a stage where we can afford to make losses, though, Richard.
34:50No, I know. We're still a young company.
34:52But we have got the money in the bank from when I sold my cars.
34:55We have got the money in the bank from selling the car,
34:57but that's not going to last long with the monthly overheads.
35:00I prefer having these conversations over the phone, Kamla.
35:03It's really scary when you...
35:05When are you going to say,
35:06Richard, well done for selling your cars? That must have really hurt.
35:09Actually, that must have been very painful. Yes, it was.
35:11Selling your cars. I haven't gone on about it, but it was bloody awful.
35:14I can imagine that was very painful. Didn't like it.
35:16Message is clear.
35:17Stop being romantic and silly and start thinking like a businessman.
35:21And I think Neil is cross about the truck.
35:23I think everybody is cross with me at the moment.
35:26So it's time I thought and acted like a businessman.
35:30It's not my resting natural state.
35:33Unsurprisingly, Neil has left it up to me
35:36to return the finished trike to Harry.
35:39Neil's made it pretty plain that doing this job was my idea.
35:44He phrased it more as my fault.
35:47I did discuss money with Harry.
35:50I know it was going to be hundreds, not thousands,
35:52so I'm going to ask him to give me the money.
35:55I'm going to ask him to give me the money.
35:57I'm going to ask him to give me the money.
35:59I know it was going to be hundreds, not thousands,
36:01so I'm going to ask for 700 quid,
36:04which will realistically cover about half what I've spent on it
36:08in hours in labour.
36:13Returning the trike by myself has one big downside.
36:18Now I have the tricky job of starting it.
36:21If it backfires and misses stroke, it comes back through the kickstart
36:26and then all the power of the engine goes up through that lever
36:29and through your foot.
36:31Come on, now. Come on, come on.
36:35Ooh, that is... Come on.
36:38Are you looking forward to seeing this come back working?
36:40I can't wait. I'm so excited.
36:42It's going to be rather fun, isn't it?
36:44Were you always on the back?
36:46Erin taught me how to do the kickstart.
36:48Yeah? Oh, I think I cried.
36:51It hurt so much.
36:53Because it kicked back? It backfired.
36:56I mean...
36:57It's a startling experience.
36:59You'll know if it happens.
37:04Ah!
37:05Oh, you son of a...
37:09Oh, that's unpleasant.
37:11Oh, that is tender.
37:14Well, let's hope that Hammond has fixed that.
37:16It would be nice, wouldn't it?
37:18It would be really exciting.
37:21Right.
37:23I'm going to retard the ignition slightly
37:25and then I'm going to pray.
37:27Come on.
37:31That's where we want to be.
37:33This is going to work. This is going to work.
37:36Ready? Starting.
37:39Yeah! Ha-ha!
37:44Yes! Yes!
37:46Well done!
37:49Ha-ha!
37:51Oh, yeah!
38:01I see something coming through the park.
38:03Oh, it's half-off in excitement.
38:05Oh, my... Look at it!
38:07Look at that!
38:09Ha-ha-ha!
38:11Oh, bravo!
38:13Well done! Look at this!
38:15Is that sensible?
38:19Hello, son, how are you?
38:21Well, here's a familiar old friend.
38:23What a treat!
38:24We've tried very hard not to overdo it, so we've...
38:27I mean... Well, it's clean.
38:29Yes, we cleaned it. And he's got a new bit of paint.
38:31We painted it here and there, just because we...
38:33I mean, we know how much it means to you guys.
38:35This is all... We left this original
38:37because I think it would be a crime to cover that.
38:39Yeah.
38:40We agreed. About £700.
38:42Yes, we did, yes. So I'll put an invoice in the post.
38:44Thank you, my friend. Very much indeed. You're welcome.
38:46Absolutely brilliant. Thank you.
38:48It just pleases me hugely to see her see another part of our heritage
38:52starting to work again and being used.
38:54You saw the smile on her face of seeing it.
38:56It just brings back so many memories.
38:58Hey-hey!
39:03Watching their faces as they received it back into their lives
39:07makes it worthwhile.
39:08And that's because it is suffused with,
39:11filled with those memories and associations.
39:14That's his grandfather's little truck.
39:16And it brought all that to life.
39:17And it doesn't have to be some 1930s three-wheeler trike
39:20from a vast country estate in Wales.
39:22It can be anything. It can be a Vauxhall Nova from Burnley.
39:27But if you remember it when you were a kid,
39:29if it's got your memories in it, it's got your memories in it.
39:32Did you see him through that corner? Formula One.
39:35I know. He was giving it the big lean.
39:38I have learned a monumental lesson, though.
39:41Don't say to somebody,
39:42oh, yeah, we can do that for a few hundred quid, when you can't.
39:46Because you can't then turn around and say it's going to be thousands.
39:49So you've got to wear it.
39:51And, you know, we're a tiny company.
39:53I can't keep taking those hits.
39:55Lesson learned.
39:56Enough romance for now.
39:58And we've got to make some money.
40:00Right, a quick trick. Go on, sit on the back, Mother.
40:02Have we put pictures in the box?
40:04Come on, Hammond, in the box.
40:06Right, Mother. Hold on.
40:09The dog used to go in here.
40:11Oh, OK.
40:12I'm missing the fishing rod.
40:14All right. Here we go, guys.
40:17Oh, I'm pretty much part of the family now, that's it.
40:19Well, I'm the family dog.
40:21Oh, dear.
40:24That's two happy customers.
40:26And hopefully I can get Neil on side again
40:29when he sees the brand-new paint oven for the very first time.
40:34Right, this isn't finished,
40:36but we've held it back until now cos the big bits are in,
40:39but it's not done, it's work in progress.
40:41OK? I think we're getting there.
40:43Enter.
40:47Ta-da!
40:49What do you think?
40:52He's a bit shocked.
40:54It seems very real now.
40:56Yeah, that's... That is... There it is.
40:59Well, it's a dream for me. It's a dream that I've never had.
41:02It's a dream that I never thought I'd ever see, to be honest.
41:05Proper prep, eh?
41:06So, no more dust anywhere?
41:08Just in there?
41:11You've got air coming in there.
41:13And then... Dust extraction.
41:16And you can prime in here, can't you?
41:18So, this is... We do everything in this world.
41:20This is something I've dreamed of for years and years.
41:23Oh, it's unbelievable.
41:25So, big one's next door.
41:27That is an oven.
41:29I feel like I'm going to go into the space station.
41:32Look at it. That is the stuff of dreams, isn't it?
41:35It's got the air gurglers in it for blowing.
41:38Yeah.
41:39So, do they put warm air on...?
41:41I've never used them, but I know what they are, yeah.
41:43It's like a hairdryer that blows the paint.
41:45It's dry quicker.
41:46Yeah, in between coats, it's quicker.
41:48And it's down-dragged. It's the whole floor down-dragged.
41:51So, it'll be a big volume of air moving gently around the car.
41:54Yeah, so it's more even.
41:56Can you imagine the job that we can do in here?
41:58I can't wait to get in there and paint the first car.
42:01Knock yourself out, mate. It's yours to play with.
42:04And then next door...
42:06Oh!
42:07We've got our own paint room?
42:09Yeah.
42:10Oh, no!
42:11What's paint room?
42:12They keep cleaning all this.
42:13Yeah, cos it's new.
42:15Ooh, I can have a look.
42:17I've got a Mercedes I've got to paint today. Let's have a look.
42:21Look at that.
42:22Ooh.
42:24Ooh!
42:26Look at the pearls. Ooh!
42:29Pretty colours.
42:31Show him an interest in colouring.
42:33He's just... That's it. He's looking at it for hours.
42:36How good's it going to feel when the first car rolls out of there?
42:39The thing is, I know you've sold your car.
42:41I know.
42:42We're going to call that Lotus.
42:44That Porsche.
42:46I'm going to get a lot of things, mate, and put it in loving memory of...
42:49Lotus, Porsche, Sunbeam.
42:51Sunbeam.
42:53It's a lot of money, it's a lot of expenditure, it's a lot of stress,
42:57but that is somebody having the faith in me to do it.
43:00That's what it means to me.
43:02Oh, you know I am.
43:03This is a big investment,
43:05but I'm glad he's got faith in us to turn the work out.
43:08He's got the faith in his staff, faith in the business,
43:11and I just think it's wonderful.
43:13I can't put it into words how much I appreciate this, really.
43:17I can't... There's no way I can express it to say how grateful I am.
43:24Next time...
43:25Big moment. First day.
43:27Finally, we're in.
43:29Now we've got to get everything ready for the launch event this coming weekend.
43:33It's got to be... Ta-da!
43:34Wow!
43:35What will people make of it?
43:36What if they look and say that's rubbish?
43:38Why aren't the doors up?
43:40Did you want it shut?
43:41No! What the f*** have you all been doing?
43:43That's a complete waste of time.