Richard.Hammonds.Workshop-S03E01
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00:00Here we go, another day in the factory of dreams.
00:13Welcome back.
00:14The good news is, since you were last here, we're still in business.
00:17Actually, more than that, we are busy, like really busy.
00:24See, there's actual work going on.
00:31Familiar faces all still here.
00:32Morning, Andrew.
00:33Morning, mate.
00:34And then there's Neil.
00:35Morning, Neil.
00:36Yeah, his hearing still doesn't really work.
00:40Anthony's here.
00:41Morning, Ant.
00:42Morning, mate.
00:43That's a new face.
00:44It belongs to Isaac.
00:45He's a new recruit.
00:46Morning.
00:47Very long brings up our average height, a treat.
00:48One more addition over here, Sophie.
00:51He does everything, really, literally everything.
00:54Morning, Soph.
00:55Have you got my bag?
00:57Yeah, I left this yesterday.
00:58Something worked!
00:59Two years ago, I set up a classic car restoration business with the Greenhouse family.
01:07We can recover any vehicle.
01:10Turning my passion into a successful business with my family in tow hasn't exactly been
01:16plain sailing.
01:17No, mother.
01:18Shush.
01:19Games are finally on the up.
01:22We've got work.
01:23How far do you want to go with it?
01:25New staff.
01:26Oh!
01:27We're racing again.
01:28Never drive that quick on the way to work.
01:30And we're going international.
01:31We're finishing.
01:32I just hope I haven't taken on too much.
01:33Ah!
01:34I've got that gone wrong here.
01:35Ah!
01:36I've got that gone wrong here.
01:52Big day for us today.
01:53It's a very classic French car.
01:57And this isn't just any Delahaye.
02:00This actual car was commissioned and owned by Louis Chirot.
02:04He was a legendary racing driver.
02:07This is next level.
02:08This puts us in the big league.
02:10Chaps, it's here.
02:12It is here.
02:13So that is Chiron's actual car.
02:18You actually drove that car?
02:19That is unique.
02:20That is a special car.
02:21Yeah.
02:22That's exactly what we want.
02:23That's what all the new Bugattis are named after, isn't it?
02:25So Art Deco.
02:26The whole car really is.
02:27Right.
02:28It's time to remove it.
02:29Try and get her in there.
02:30Yes.
02:31So now the small matter of getting a quarter of a million pound car with a dead battery
02:36off the trailer safely.
02:40So am I controlling the descent?
02:41Oh!
02:42Oh, I'm not liking it.
02:43Are we OK?
02:44Yeah, you're all right.
02:45Keep going.
02:46OK.
02:47We are down.
02:48Well, if we get a rope on it, we can pull it.
02:49Come on.
02:50You're like a show horse here.
02:51Come on.
02:52Right.
02:53Are you ready?
02:54Are you ready?
02:55Are you ready?
02:56Are you ready?
02:57Are you ready?
02:58Are you ready?
02:59Are you ready?
03:00Are you ready?
03:01Are you ready?
03:02Are you ready?
03:03Are you ready?
03:04Are you ready?
03:05Are you ready?
03:06We can recover any vehicle.
03:07That was...
03:08Go, that was taxi.
03:18The Delahaye is owned by our international collector client, Hisam, and he wants the
03:23car to look exactly like it did when it was brand new.
03:27It was a bright blue.
03:29So you want it...
03:30I want to go back to the original.
03:32But restoring it to the masterpiece Louis Chiron originally commissioned is going to
03:36be a massive challenge.
03:38If that car could talk, it would tell you a few stories, wouldn't it?
03:46It's a dream car to work on.
03:49It's a Delahaye, which is a French Rolls Royce.
03:53In the car world, that is like your money.
03:55That is a painting, a work of art.
03:58It's not just a car.
04:02So this is a big day for the cog, that's for sure.
04:04Definitely a big moment for me, because this is what I've dreamed of for years and years,
04:08to get to this stage.
04:13Just taking the door handles off, marking them all, where they came from.
04:17The biggest pressure with this car is because everything is probably bespoke for this car.
04:21If we break anything or lose anything, the chances are you ain't going to find another
04:26part for it.
04:27We have got to be very, very careful with this car.
04:40Hello?
04:41Nobody?
04:42I'm home.
04:44This is quite weird.
04:45It's because Izzy's at university in Bristol, Willow's staying at University Halls in Hartbury,
04:50and Mindy's chasing around Arizona on a pony learning how to be a cowboy.
04:57Right, dinner for one.
04:58I mean, I do cook when Mindy's home anyway.
05:01Not a lot, and not to any great effect.
05:08Speak of.
05:10That is Mindy.
05:13Hello?
05:14Hi, I'm on a horse.
05:15Hang on.
05:16There you are.
05:17Hello, how are you?
05:19Good.
05:20Good.
05:21This is Nikita.
05:22Nikita.
05:23And that's like a proper cowboy-type western horse?
05:27Yeah.
05:28Behind me is a cactus.
05:29Look at that cactus.
05:30It's massive.
05:32It is like you're in a western.
05:33It is amazing.
05:35We're going to the saloon.
05:37Saloon?
05:38Are you?
05:39We're going to go and have a beer.
05:41You're having a beer?
05:43You're frozen.
05:44Oh, you're back.
05:46The signal in the Wild West is intermittent.
05:48We'll have a nice time in the saloon.
05:50Don't start any fights or throw anybody through any windows.
05:53OK.
05:54OK, bye-bye now.
05:55Yes, bye-bye.
05:59That is so strange.
06:02It's so strange that after 25 years of me,
06:06that's been me for 25 years calling from a jungle, a desert,
06:10a glacier, wherever, getting a signal.
06:12Hi, how are you doing?
06:13What's happening?
06:15And now it's the other way around.
06:16Very odd.
06:18Yeah.
06:20Right, I'll get my tea in the oven.
06:23Salmon, yesterday's vegetables.
06:26I'll be ready at 22.
06:42Hello.
06:43The Royal Automobile Club.
06:45I'm going to do some research on the colour of the Delahaye.
06:49It's not going to be, you know,
06:50just something you can go and take off a shelf.
06:53I've got to get it right.
06:56When it left the factory,
06:58the Delahaye featured a certain shade of light blue
07:02that we've got to match precisely.
07:04I'm hoping the RAC's extensive motoring library
07:08will give me some clues to the colour Chiron chose.
07:11There you go, Louis Chiron.
07:13Off war.
07:14He was often known as Louis the Debonair.
07:17Similar things are often said about me.
07:18Born Monaco, 1899.
07:21And he began driving
07:23a T-22 Bugatti just in local races.
07:26Persuaded a rich American woman to buy him a T-30 Bugatti.
07:30And then with that car, he became local champion in 1925.
07:34What a lad!
07:36He sounds brilliant.
07:39Chiron wanted a Delahaye.
07:41Commissioned a coach builder, Chaperon.
07:44These were custom.
07:46These were custom.
07:48It was built to order.
07:50That's her car.
07:53Bleu Ciel.
07:55Sky blue, blue Miami.
07:57OK.
07:59Bleu Ciel, bleu Miami.
08:01Now I've got the French names for the colour,
08:04I'll need to find the exact paint recipe.
08:07But before that,
08:08I've had one of my trademark brilliant ideas.
08:11They display a different car here
08:13at the Royal Automobile Club regularly,
08:14down there by that Daytona.
08:16The Delahaye is worthy of that spot.
08:20We're doing it because we want to show the world,
08:22look, we've done an important car.
08:26What if I could get it there?
08:29If only I knew the chairman of the club.
08:32Oh no, wait, I do.
08:34I can ask.
08:37Richard!
08:39How are you?
08:44It's a bit ominous.
08:46Message off Richard.
08:49Get everybody, knock off early,
08:52meet me at the Green Dragon.
08:54Perhaps he's going to buy me a drink,
08:56never know.
08:59Didn't he go to the RAC today, Richard?
09:01Yeah, I think he did, yeah.
09:03Perhaps we've been bought out
09:05by some movie star.
09:07It's more likely to be P45, I reckon.
09:09I don't know.
09:11I don't know.
09:12It's more likely to be P45, I reckon.
09:14I don't know.
09:16Anthony, Isaac, come on.
09:26It's a bit hot.
09:30Hang on.
09:33I think it's this way.
09:42OMG.
09:44As they say down on the streets.
09:46Hi Doug.
09:47This must be serious.
09:49I got a call from Napoleon this morning,
09:52calling a meeting.
09:54A bit posh for a bit of a meeting, isn't it?
09:56I don't know,
09:58I think the posh of the surroundings
10:00is the worse of the news.
10:02On that happy note.
10:04Glass half empty, mate.
10:10Right.
10:12Hello everybody.
10:14Hello.
10:16Hello.
10:17Thank you all for gathering.
10:19The reason for the gathering is,
10:22well, it is good news.
10:24No P45 then?
10:26No, no, this is good news.
10:28So,
10:30I've just been at the RAC in London
10:32where I've been researching paint colours
10:34for the Delahaye.
10:36Every week,
10:38they display a very significant car
10:40in what they call the Rotunda.
10:42It's like a really posh lobby
10:44in the clubhouse.
10:46And they always have
10:48very rare cars,
10:49cars like the one we're doing.
10:51So,
10:52I happen to know Ben Cussins,
10:53the chairman of the RAC,
10:54quite well.
10:55He said,
10:56there is a slot
10:57because they've had a car drop out.
10:59There is a slot
11:00coming up in the not too distant future.
11:03And we could have our car there.
11:05So,
11:07it's next week.
11:10A week?
11:11It's a week.
11:12It's a week.
11:13Look, here,
11:14because
11:16I want this to come
11:17straight out of the oven,
11:18hot off the press.
11:20It will be hot off the press.
11:22Like a freshly baked loaf of bread
11:23when it's at its crustiest and best.
11:25Straight in,
11:26into the foyer.
11:27Ta-da.
11:28We're not going to get this opportunity
11:29again, are we?
11:30There you go,
11:31we've got to go for it.
11:32Do you see,
11:33we can't let this go.
11:34That's why I didn't say no.
11:35It's why I said,
11:36yes Ben,
11:37the order of play is
11:38go like heck on the car
11:39getting it ready for paint.
11:41I will do the research
11:42and find you
11:43the colours
11:44and the ingredients you need
11:45so you'll have a recipe.
11:46And I will do my PR bit.
11:47You'll do the PR bit
11:48and we'll work our arses off.
11:50That's kind of how
11:51it's going to work.
11:52I'm going to come right out
11:53and say that went well.
11:54It was a success.
11:55I think they,
11:57well they can see the opportunity.
11:58Of course they can.
12:00And you could see
12:01Antony and Neil
12:02and Andrew,
12:04in fact all of them,
12:05were proud.
12:08Not long ago,
12:09we were working down in Tram Inn
12:10a little place
12:11and to get a car
12:12as nice as the Delahaye
12:14with the history
12:15of the Delahaye
12:16to a place
12:17that Richard is saying
12:18is amazing
12:20because I have never
12:21actually seen the place.
12:22This could be a showstopper.
12:23This could actually be
12:25the biggest thing
12:26the Cog has ever done.
12:28When me and Richard
12:29used to talk at Tram Inn
12:30about these things
12:31that perhaps one day
12:32my dream would be
12:33to get a really
12:34important car
12:35and get it painted
12:36and get it somewhere
12:37then
12:38now it's become reality
12:39it's
12:41it's a bit worrying
12:43and I don't want
12:44to blow this opportunity
12:45I really want
12:46to make it work.
12:47It's good isn't it?
12:48It's exciting.
12:49You're going to do
12:50all the work
12:51so let's get it there.
12:52I can see why
12:53Richard's excited
12:54and I can see why
12:55Neil and Antony
12:56are very excited
12:57but
12:58in the case of just
12:59Richard getting that car there
13:00it's showing off
13:01our garage
13:02and what we can do
13:03so
13:04the pressure is
13:05doing it fast
13:06and good
13:07and
13:08I guess it's going
13:09to be
13:10I'm still 50-50
13:11whether we're going
13:12to make it
13:13but
13:14we can try.
13:26This is not
13:27the best timing.
13:29Right now
13:30I should be pressing
13:31on with my detective work
13:32to identify
13:33the precise colour
13:34to paint the Delahaye
13:35but
13:36I promised Izzy
13:37I'd look into
13:38a replacement
13:39horse lorry
13:41to support
13:42Willow's
13:43budding show jumping career
13:45so
13:46it really is
13:47work
13:48daughters
13:49work
13:50daughters
13:51right now
13:52this moment
13:53it's got to be daughters
13:54for my own safety.
13:56Given how expensive
13:57everything else
13:58to do with horses is
14:00I'm braced for it
14:02not being inexpensive
14:03to buy a lorry
14:04to put one in
14:05but
14:06come on
14:07so new
14:08that's
14:0984 grand
14:10I mean
14:11that one looks like
14:12the one we've got anyway
14:13hang on a minute
14:24Right
14:26so
14:29I see no reason
14:30why this can't
14:31serve
14:32it's done what
14:33240,000 miles
14:34that is nothing
14:35in a truck like this
14:37erm
14:38bit of that
14:45dead as a doorbell
14:52Morning
14:53Neil
14:54are you busy
14:55errr
14:56yes
14:57why do you ask
14:58well I mean
14:59you're busy like
15:00right now
15:01this moment
15:02right
15:03you do remember
15:04what we're working on
15:05Delhi
15:06yeah
15:07yeah I know
15:08I've got a problem
15:09oh right
15:10what's the matter
15:11you any good with trucks
15:22Morning
15:23hello
15:24thanks for coming
15:25oh
15:26see it's a perfectly
15:27good truck
15:28it just
15:29hang on
15:30I'll show you
15:31look
15:32dead as
15:33completely
15:34but that's
15:35probably
15:36I don't know when it was
15:37last used
15:38no lights at all
15:39no nothing
15:40but it's obviously
15:41died
15:42what's that for
15:43have you got gas bottles
15:44or something
15:45what's that
15:46that's
15:47probably a battery
15:48isolator
15:49it is though
15:50yeah
15:51you haven't got a
15:52battery isolator on this
15:53it probably has
15:54ah
15:55right
15:56I think it has
15:57any idea where
15:58well I don't know
15:59the batteries will be
16:00where the engine is
16:06oh
16:07yeah we'll do that
16:08no
16:09yeah there's gotta be a
16:10there's gotta be a
16:11oh that's down my neck
16:12now
16:15nasty
16:16are they under
16:17on the side here
16:18I don't know
16:19you've never
16:20ah there you are
16:21just checking to make sure
16:22you're new
16:23ah batteries
16:24there we are
16:25I can't feel my hands
16:26I can't feel your hands
16:27either
16:28just see if there's any
16:29oh there's a
16:30light flashing
16:33ah there you are
16:34it's worth having
16:35full home
16:36packaging it
16:37so you just
16:38don't go back to
16:39well I'm glad you came out
16:40I'm sorry
16:41I'm slightly embarrassed
16:42we don't have to
16:43show that bit on the
16:44telly do we
16:45no
16:50first job
16:51I'm gonna get this
16:52plated
16:53which is basically
16:54an MOT
16:55for trucks
16:57I'd like to think
16:58we'll have been able
16:59to get this
17:00you know
17:01usable
17:02and that can prove
17:03my point
17:04you don't need
17:05a horse lorry
17:06you've got a horse lorry
17:09now I'll take
17:10the lorry
17:11off my to-do list
17:12it's back to
17:13the Delahaye
17:14with the RAC
17:15event in just six days
17:16it would be
17:17pretty handy
17:18if the cogs
17:19can find traces
17:20of the original colour
17:21under that grey
17:22top coat
17:25doesn't it
17:26feel sort of
17:27when you've got
17:28this lovely
17:29shiny paint
17:30and you go
17:32it's sacrilegious
17:33isn't it
17:41if that's
17:42spray filler
17:43under that blue
17:44it's not original
17:47no
17:48that's not original
17:49I didn't think
17:50they had that much
17:51filler back in 1947
17:52did they
17:5376 years ago
17:54no
17:55definitely not
17:56I can see
17:57some late nights
17:58coming
18:00while Neil's
18:01trying to find
18:02the car's
18:03original colour
18:04by practical means
18:05I'm struggling
18:06with the
18:07academic research
18:08I've got
18:09the French
18:10names for the colour
18:11but that's not
18:12much use
18:13by itself
18:14but without
18:15a recipe
18:16or a visual
18:17reference even
18:18they're just
18:19names
18:20it's just words
18:21how do I make it
18:22but as this
18:23is becoming
18:24a detective story
18:25I'm going to call
18:26Chaperon
18:27she's the
18:28daughter of
18:29Henri Chaperon
18:30the French coach
18:31builder who
18:32originally built
18:33the Delahaye
18:34and she's agreed
18:35to talk to me
18:36online
18:37apparently she
18:38likes to chat
18:39it's alright
18:40bonsoir
18:41bonsoir
18:42thank you so much
18:43for talking to me
18:44so what I want
18:45to ask
18:46for my mystery
18:47here
18:48in 1946
18:49Chiron's
18:50Delahaye
18:51arrived at
18:52Chaperon
18:53and then it's
18:54and then they
18:55agreed a colour
18:56do we have
18:57any record
18:58of the colour
18:59well
19:00yeah
19:01I mean
19:02it's on the
19:03worksheet
19:04but the colour
19:05that's on the
19:06worksheet
19:07I've got
19:08Bleu Ciel
19:09Bleu Miami
19:10Bleu Ciel
19:11is Miami Blue
19:12it's a
19:13very light blue
19:14and what struck
19:15me when I
19:16saw this
19:17it looks
19:18exactly like
19:19a watercolour
19:20I have
19:21I can show
19:22it to you
19:23you think
19:24that's the
19:25same colour
19:26yes
19:27exactly the
19:28same colours
19:29so that is
19:30you think
19:31that is Bleu Ciel
19:32but it's
19:33now it says
19:34it says
19:35on the
19:36worksheet
19:37that
19:38les joues
19:39cheeks
19:40of a
19:41ok
19:42when you go
19:43let's see
19:44Bleu Ciel
19:45so
19:46he started
19:47his business
19:48in 1990
19:49what they did
19:50what he was
19:51doing
19:52he bought
19:53Valentine
19:54but I don't know
19:55who would have
19:56bought Valentine
19:57if they do not
19:58exist in Christ
20:00people I know
20:01I'm going
20:02to
20:03who
20:04build cars
20:05so
20:06I don't ask them
20:07one time I let
20:08you know
20:09I don't mind
20:10but if you think
20:11the company that
20:12made the original
20:13blues still exists
20:14the company
20:15it says Glaceau
20:16the company
20:17I have no idea
20:18I can't ask again
20:19so if I can find
20:20Glaceau
20:21they might be
20:22closed now
20:23but that needs
20:24to be checked
20:25that's some progress
20:26thank you so much
20:27for your time
20:28and your help
20:29with my research
20:30take care
20:31thank you
20:32ok bye bye
20:33bye bye
20:34so
20:35what that tells me
20:36is
20:37this company
20:38Glaceau
20:39may or may not
20:40still exist
20:41so that bit
20:42of research
20:43has led
20:44to some more
20:45research
20:46yeah
20:47I mean
20:48I wasn't
20:49expecting it
20:50but there's paint
20:51on it
20:52and I don't know
20:53what the paint
20:54is going to be
20:55so there is
20:56more to be done
20:57and the clock
20:58isn't going
20:59to wait
21:00for us
21:01Neil
21:02look at this mate
21:03stand up
21:04on this
21:05magical crate
21:06I've got
21:07my little
21:08scrapey tool
21:09out
21:10what are you
21:11looking at
21:12I should look
21:13at that
21:14look in
21:15there
21:16son
21:17look
21:18in there
21:20ooooh
21:22seriously
21:23yeah
21:24well done
21:25been painted
21:26with a brush black
21:27bloody well done
21:28see I told you I was
21:29the best brother in the world
21:30didn't I
21:31would you not call that
21:32sky blue
21:33that is sky blue
21:34that's sky blue isn't it
21:35I'm going to scan
21:36the outside bit there
21:37if there's any on there
21:38yeah
21:39if I can get a
21:40spectrometer then
21:41we'll see if we can
21:42read it
21:43moment of truth
21:44mate
21:45I bet it's not
21:46going to come up
21:47as a Delahaye colour
21:48would you recommend
21:49put it into the computer
21:50and see what it comes
21:51back with
22:02right
22:03I've got good news
22:04and bad news
22:05oh
22:06good news is
22:07we have actually found
22:08some of the original
22:09paint on that car
22:10on that Delahaye
22:11miraculously we've
22:12found a little bit
22:13can you see the colour
22:14and we've scanned it
22:15and we can match the paint
22:16we can actually mix it
22:17well that
22:18well there it is
22:19there is a bit of bad news
22:20the problem is
22:21it's a car colour
22:22that's not really
22:23a fancy car
22:24it's off a Nissan Micra
22:25Louis Chiron
22:26did not order
22:27his hand built
22:28Delahaye
22:29finished in Nissan Micra
22:30blue did he
22:31no
22:32no it's a Delahaye
22:33it is
22:34it's not a Nissan Micra
22:35so that's as close
22:36as a computer can get
22:37I can't do no more
22:38I can't
22:39you seriously can't do no more
22:40I can't just
22:41paint it in Nissan Micra
22:42blue and say
22:43I know what you're saying
22:44that's as close
22:45as we could get
22:46it wouldn't be good
22:47to say that
22:48so we've got to go
22:49to the next level
22:50we've got to research
22:51and find out exactly
22:52what it was
22:53sorry
22:54it's my mum
22:55better answer
22:56hello
22:57how are you
22:58oh
22:59oh
23:00oh
23:01no
23:02well don't worry
23:03no look I'll
23:04yes no
23:05I'll come get you
23:06no I will
23:07oh this couldn't come
23:08at a worse time
23:13somehow
23:14they've managed
23:15to break down
23:17I'm not exaggerating
23:18maybe a hundred yards
23:19from their house
23:21on the left
23:22there they are
23:24that's remarkable
23:26that's an incredible
23:27piece of breaking down
23:31this is good
23:32hello
23:33hi Rich
23:34hello thank you
23:35hello mate
23:36that is
23:37good to see you
23:38that is a world record
23:40breaking down
23:41close to where you live
23:42I went to change gear
23:44and it made a funny noise
23:45and I thought
23:46that's odd
23:47how did it feel
23:48at the clutch pedal
23:49it didn't do anything
23:50it's the clutch
23:51right
23:52okay
23:53well we've got to get it
23:54on there
23:55this is the nastiest
23:56oldest tattiest trailer
23:58on God's green earth
23:59I warn you
24:02so mother
24:03keep an eye on him
24:04make sure he doesn't
24:05drive off the trailer
24:06and die
24:07no
24:10oh
24:12are you pulling him
24:13I'm pushing
24:17left a tiny bit
24:18Helen
24:19don't say left or right
24:20point that way
24:21or that way
24:22that's what I am doing
24:26no
24:27less less less
24:28no mother
24:29I'm giving him instructions
24:30he won't go up
24:31the side of the ramp
24:32from there
24:33just that much
24:34that's enough
24:35that's about right
24:37shush
24:38you told me
24:39to direct him
24:40yeah but then you were
24:41saying he won't come up
24:42because it's too far
24:43over to the right
24:44if you look
24:46every time it goes clunk
24:47it's the handle
24:48coming off
24:52it just doesn't work
24:54oh this
24:58I'm just sitting here
25:01it's this handle
25:02it's just
25:03shab
25:05oh I hate this
25:06I hate it
25:07I want
25:08I hate it
25:13I'll film it
25:14and you can push it
25:18it just doesn't work
25:19it's shite
25:27very very unhappy
25:29hello anybody
25:30can I get out
25:31have you put the
25:32handbrake on
25:33I have put the handbrake on
25:34and closed the windows
25:36yes I'm going to yeah
25:38now
25:39yes dear
25:40certainly dear
25:42a small problem
25:43you can't get out
25:44precisely
25:45my door won't open
25:46this side
25:47I can open it
25:48is he stuck in
26:01you're free
26:02I'm careful
26:05I think I have to leave
26:06this leg here actually
26:07oh no
26:08we're alright
26:09yep
26:12bye bye little car
26:13we'll get it fixed
26:14how are you getting home
26:15walking
26:16it's only up the road
26:17you'll manage
26:18you're actually going to walk back
26:19well thank you
26:20see you soon
26:21it'll be repaired
26:22right
26:24bye both
26:25bye
26:26see you soon
26:27bye mate
26:28thanks
26:29oh god
26:42I was really snappy
26:43with my parents
26:44and I feel bad about that
26:45but everything's coming
26:46all at once
26:47parents need rescuing
26:48got to find a horse
26:49lorry replacement
26:50for the girls
26:51and I'm supposed
26:52to be getting a car ready
26:53in my workshop
26:54to be displayed
26:55in the most prestigious
26:56situation possible
26:57the RAC
26:58the heart of motoring
26:59and I don't know
27:00what kind of car
27:01I'm going to get
27:02and I don't know
27:03what kind of car
27:04I'm going to get
27:05and I don't know
27:06what kind of car
27:07I'm going to get
27:08and I don't know
27:09what kind of car
27:10I'm going to get
27:11and I don't know
27:12what colour to paint it
27:15and this is a
27:16reputational thing
27:17this was supposed to be
27:18the big step
27:19for the business
27:22got myself into
27:23a bit of a corner here
27:36the funny thing is
27:37we've come to this stage
27:38you know we've got
27:39all the prep
27:40sorted
27:41and it's down to Richard
27:42to sort the paint out
27:43so for once
27:44we're actually waiting
27:45on him
27:46so pull your finger
27:47at Richard
27:48come on
27:53this is getting
27:54desperate
27:56Noelle Chaperon
27:57descendant of
27:58Henri Chaperon
27:59built the car
28:00she mentioned
28:01in our conversation
28:02Glasso
28:03that's the company
28:04that originally
28:05made the paint
28:06they don't exist anymore
28:07however
28:08they sort of turned into
28:09a company with a
28:10modern company
28:11called Glasrit
28:12so I've emailed them
28:13so Amanda's going to
28:14call me from Glasrit
28:15and
28:16that probably is
28:20hello
28:21Hi can I speak
28:22to Richard please
28:23you are
28:24Hi Richard
28:25it's Gavin Townsend
28:26from Glasrit
28:27Gavin hello
28:28thank you for calling me
28:29I appreciate it
28:30I do have some
28:31good news for you
28:32Richard
28:33we actually have
28:34what we call
28:35Glasrit Classic Colours
28:36right
28:37and it is probably
28:38the
28:39largest
28:40database of
28:43old colours
28:44in the marketplace
28:45is there any
28:46part of the vehicle
28:47that still has
28:48its original
28:49paint on it
28:50and we found
28:51some original
28:52little tiny patches
28:53of the original colour
28:54so if you scan it
28:55with your
28:56spectrometer
28:58yeah
28:59it has access to
29:00that database
29:01it does
29:02there's a very good
29:03chance of able to
29:04identify
29:05the colour
29:06from the
29:07spectrometer
29:08oh god
29:09when can you do it
29:10well
29:11erm
29:12I believe that
29:13one of the
29:14Glasrit technicians
29:15Mike Barrett
29:16is actually
29:17in Wales
29:18at the moment
29:19erm
29:20what so it could be
29:21like today
29:22yeah
29:23that is epic news
29:24Gavin thank you
29:25that's the happiest
29:26phone call I've had
29:27in a long time
29:28I'm very pleased
29:29with your help
29:30thank you mate
29:31bye bye
29:32bye bye
29:33yes
29:38Michael
29:39Richard
29:40hello
29:41how you doing
29:42very well how are you
29:43good thanks
29:44right
29:45erm
29:46it's in here
29:47Neil
29:48this is Michael
29:49hi
29:50is there anywhere
29:51on the car
29:52we can inspect
29:53it all depends
29:54I suppose
29:55how big the lens is
29:56if you look there
29:57that's the original colour
29:58but there's also
29:59there's a bit on that edge
30:00and a bit on that edge
30:01if you could get onto
30:02that bit it'd be good
30:03but whether it would
30:04pick it up or not
30:07there is a reading on it
30:08and it has saved something
30:09so it's worth
30:10getting the laptop out
30:11yeah
30:12how about that
30:13oh hello
30:14ah
30:15mm
30:16erm
30:17can't believe
30:18they'd have colours
30:19for Delhi
30:20just going back
30:21really
30:22yeah
30:23amazing
30:24no way
30:25mm
30:26so what we've got
30:27is a formula there
30:28that's the mix
30:29that's the mix
30:30that's the mix
30:31that's the mix
30:32that's the mix
30:33that's the mix
30:34that's the mix
30:35that's the mix
30:36that's the mix
30:37that's the recipe
30:38so that's the match mix
30:39so I'd be able to say
30:40to Hissam
30:41mate
30:42that is exactly
30:43that is the colour it was
30:44mm
30:45yeah
30:46that's all I want to do
30:47when can you do it by
30:48good question
30:49it's a
30:50it's pretty pertinent
30:51right now
30:52erm
30:53I can get the formula
30:54over to
30:55the lab
30:56they could probably
30:57get it mixed
30:58tomorrow
30:59I would imagine
31:00we could have it in time
31:01thank you very much
31:02not a problem
31:03thank you
31:04alright
31:05oh
31:06yes
31:23I am feeling a bit more
31:24chipper today
31:25erm
31:26in the knowledge that
31:27hopefully somewhere
31:28in a state of the art lab
31:29Mike and his team
31:30at Glaserit
31:31are working on
31:32the correct
31:33original colour
31:34meanwhile
31:35a more
31:36immediate
31:37pressing and personal matter
31:38horse boxes
31:39I've got to get back
31:40to the business of
31:41persuading my daughter
31:42Izzy
31:43that our
31:44present horse box
31:45is good enough
31:46and I don't need to
31:47buy a new one
31:48so I've got her
31:49coming in for a lesson
31:50today in the hopes
31:51I can persuade her
31:52that it's up to the job
31:53of transporting her
31:54and her sister
31:55Willow
31:56and Willow's
31:57show jumping horses
31:58to events around the country
31:59and save a fortune
32:00in so doing
32:01now hello
32:02here
32:03hello
32:04hello
32:05excited
32:06yeah
32:07yeah
32:08this is
32:09woo
32:10just admire it
32:11for a minute
32:12yeah
32:13right
32:14erm
32:15first things first
32:16the important news is
32:17I'm your instructor
32:18today
32:19what do you know
32:20about anything
32:21to do with trucks
32:22I know a bit
32:23about cars
32:24yeah but this is
32:25this is not a car
32:26is it
32:27it's just a big car
32:28this is a massive lorry
32:29it's a big car
32:30I look ridiculous
32:31brilliant
32:32you look like a trucker
32:33already
32:34I'm going to get in
32:35this side now
32:36but then you're going
32:37to take the seat
32:38look at me
32:39does this look like
32:40a comfortable seating position
32:41yeah you look like
32:42a little tiny trucker
32:43okay
32:44you are a little trucker
32:45woah
32:46turn the keys
32:47and make it begin
32:48that's it
32:49and then
32:50put your foot
32:51on the clutch
32:52then you're going
32:53to begin by
32:54putting it into gear
32:55so it's a cross and up
32:56and then
32:57you're going to
32:58put your foot
32:59on the clutch
33:00and then you're
33:01going to
33:02start to turn
33:03on the pedal
33:04so just very slowly
33:05come up off the clutch
33:06there you go
33:07just going to go
33:08straight down there
33:09that's it
33:10straight down there
33:11see it's just a big car
33:13it's just a big car
33:14I don't like it
33:15so we're gonna
33:16drive down
33:17this is
33:18basic vehicle handling
33:19you'll be an expert
33:20by the end of it
33:21when do I start
33:22and stop
33:23slowly slowly
33:24clutch
33:25clutch
33:26geez I forgot
33:27about the clutch
33:28yeah
33:29so reverse is
33:30of in and across all the way to the left. I can't. No, I can't. I can't be doing this.
33:45That could be reverse. So just very, very slowly, reverse it into the box. Check, check,
33:52check. There, look. Check. See? Check. Imagine you are arriving at an event now, Willow's
33:58all excited, and you've driven her there. Yeah, and it takes me three hours to park
34:02the thing. And stop. You're a trucker! Give me a... Yeah! I need a lie down. So, look.
34:17The next stage, when we apply for a provisional licence, and then you start driving it on
34:21the road. The other option is, we just get a new one. Right. But no, this is... I've
34:32had a lovely day. Good. Right, well, I'll have another think. Yeah, I think you should.
34:40I'm going to have to buy a lorry, aren't I? Not a lorry! A horse van. Something that's
34:47more manageable. It's too big. Yeah. It's a little bit terrifying. It's a lot bigger
34:51than it looks, and it looks huge. When you're in it, it feels like you're driving, like,
34:55a boat. It's got to go. It's going to cost a fortune. Let's go lorry shopping. Yippee!
35:04It's fine. It's just... It's fine. Job! Hello! Got some paint for you. Mike! Hello! Yes!
35:18Hello! There you go. This is actually it. This is it. All that research, all that work
35:23and thought and stress, and it just comes down to that. Yes. Mate, you are a legend.
35:28You shall be revered, honoured and worshipped. Thank you. There he is. How are you doing?
35:37It's all right. It's just... It's a big moment, isn't it, to get this painted? It's just some
35:41metal. I'm going to pretend it's a mark I'm trying to give out. It's the most important
35:44bit of metal that's ever been through this workshop. Yeah, yeah, I won't let that worry
35:47me, will I? But it's just metal. I haven't decided what to... Concentrate! For God's
35:54sake! Oh, dear. It's about to be a big moment, this. It'll be the first time this car has
36:00been seen in its original colour for about 15 years. Anxious and excited. Good colour.
36:10Yeah, it is good colour. It's beautiful. That is dynamite. So we won't know until tomorrow
36:18how this has really gone, will we? One of the best bits about displaying the Delehay
36:38at the RAC is that, as a member, I get to sleep in the very smart Members Hotel, complete
36:44with rather natty dressing gown. It's ever so early. Half past four. Half past four.
36:53Yeah. The chaps will be making their way merrily towards this destination. I'm sure spirits
37:02are high. They'll be excited. If we get lost, we can call the RAC. It's Harrods, eh, look?
37:13It's Harrods, yeah. You're pocketless. Picadilly Circus, what? That marble arch there, I think
37:23We're stuck on a Monopoly board.
37:27Next step, jail. Yeah.
37:31Where are they? Please arrive soon, chaps. Because obviously what I do not want is them
37:38taking the front off the building, taking the Ferrari out and then there's nothing here
37:43to go in.
37:45There it is on the right. That big building there.
37:51Yes, it's them. There's my car. I knew they'd be here. I knew they'd turn up. It's fine.
38:03You look snug in there. You look proper snug. As snug as you look. Yeah, cosy.
38:09It's madness. There you go. It's a lot of car. Oh, wow. It's pretty, isn't it?
38:20Oh, nervous. This is a bit scary.
38:39It looks absolutely brilliant in here. I think it's going to be the best car I've ever had in.
38:45Look at it. It couldn't look any better.
38:54And then this evening, we shall launch it to the awaiting world. I'm actually looking forward to it.
38:59It's a big day ahead. I suggest we get some breakfast. Let's leave this here for now,
39:03then we'll come back and give it a little polish before we present it.
39:08Hi, I'm Sophie. I'm the workshop coordinator for the smallest cult.
39:36Hello, Sophie. Nice to meet you. Oh, lovely. Are you Roger Duddy? I am Roger Duddy.
39:41Great to meet you, sir. My name is Zog Ziegler. Would you like to come in and I'll organise a glass of champagne for you, sir.
39:47How very nice. Lovely to see you. Would you like to come on in and have a little...
39:54I've been invited to this event. It's an absolute pleasure to be here. I've not been here before.
39:59But I think the real reason I've been invited is to keep an eye on cost, because we all know how Zog works.
40:05Let me furnish you with a glass of champagne. Oh, go on, then.
40:09Can I ask, are they the boots you were wearing when you were riding horses in the States? These? Yeah.
40:15They're the actual boots? Yeah. And you bought them in? They're really comfy.
40:20Harry Metcalf. Hello. How are you? Good to see you. Good to see you.
40:25I'd say it was going all right. Mr Dudding, the man with the biggest car collection in the UK, if not Europe, is there.
40:33Harry Metcalf turned out. These guys are all auctioneers.
40:37My brother's played a blinder and bought some of his banking friends, but also some collectors that he knows through the money world, which is great.
40:45That's the mix I wanted. So they're proper, discreet, genuine enthusiasts.
40:55Ladies and gentlemen, we're now going to have the great unveiling.
40:58Through there, and make sure your glasses are charged on the way out, if they're not, and we'll see you around the corner.
41:07I'm quite scared.
41:14Right, ladies and gentlemen, firstly, thank you for coming.
41:16This is an important evening for us Colts, because this is our chance to show, at last, an important car in an important place.
41:23So under the cloth is Louis Chiron's 1947 Delahaye.
41:28We're very proud to reveal, for the first time in a long time, a splendid, in the colour, the old fox himself chose, Louis Chiron's 47 Delahaye.
41:36Take it away.
41:53I am gobsmacked that he's doing a car like this.
41:56Last time I saw him, he was doing Mk2 Escort, so that sort of thing.
42:00And now he's doing Delahaye, with Louis Chiron history, so amazing.
42:06It is exactly what you just did, a piece of art.
42:09Thank you very much.
42:10You did a phenomenal job.
42:11I appreciate it.
42:12It's beautiful. Beautiful, yeah, beautiful colour.
42:14Yeah, gorgeous.
42:15Beautiful colour, lovely lines.
42:17Wow.
42:18I think the guys need to be so, so proud of themselves.
42:21All these people have come and looked at this car, and every single one of them has been completely blown away by it.
42:29That worked.
42:31Yeah, I don't want to get soppy, but yeah, that was...
42:35Look at it.
42:37Look at it here.
42:38There.
42:39Yeah.
42:42When they pulled that sheet off that car, and they actually went,
42:45wow, that is, that's what money can't buy.
42:51It is actually a dream come true.
42:53I cannot find the words to say what this means to me personally.
42:58There's our business card.
43:00Right there.
43:01You'll find us.
43:02If you want us, we're like the A-Team.
43:03You'll find us.
43:09Did it?
43:10Did it?
43:11Well, yeah, yeah.
43:12It's an amazing feeling.
43:14Well, we're at our little tiny garage of tramming.
43:16Freezing cold, and Kingston.
43:19And things have been tough, and been very, very hard at times.
43:26But I never give up.
43:28I never give up.
43:29I just hope that one day this day would come.
43:33Hi.
43:34I love you and thank you, right?
43:35We did it.
43:37I'm proud of you.
43:38Right?
43:39You are my hero.