Richard.Hammonds.Workshop-S03E05
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00:00Is that an Integrale?
00:01It is a disintegrale, I mean Integrale.
00:04What's that gripping hole in the roof over there then?
00:05I've got an auction coming up, I've lined it up, it's soon.
00:08The car will be done, it will be there, I promise you.
00:11So I might have bitten off more than I can chew.
00:13Test day.
00:14Landau Racetrack in Wales.
00:16She's got a brake issue.
00:17Half the brake pads fell off.
00:19And there it is there on the floor, f***.
00:21So we've hired a racetrack, a racing driver.
00:24We have no spare brake pads.
00:26That's our biggest ever waste of time and money.
00:29You want to know that when you go for the brake pedal
00:31that there's going to be some brakes there to stop you.
00:33It's our next last chance.
00:39Something worked!
00:40Two years ago, I set up a classic car restoration business
00:44with the Greenhouse family.
00:45We can recover any vehicle.
00:48Turning my passion into a successful business
00:50with my family in touch
00:53hasn't exactly been plain sailing.
00:55No, mother, shush.
00:57But things are finally on the up.
01:00We've got work.
01:01How far do you want to go with it?
01:03New staff.
01:04Oh!
01:05We're racing again.
01:06Never drive that quick on the way to work.
01:08And we're going international.
01:10We're finishing!
01:11I just hope I haven't taken on too much.
01:13Ah!
01:14I've got that gone wrong feeling.
01:28Our recent test day for our race team at Landau was a disaster.
01:34I mean, it couldn't really have gone much worse.
01:37The brakes disintegrated.
01:39To make it slightly worse, they disintegrated
01:41because they were the same brakes we'd used previously.
01:44We hadn't changed them.
01:45And to make things even worse still,
01:47Abby, our professional racing driver,
01:50rightly so, sent us an email.
01:53When I tell you the title,
01:54tough love from today, exclamation mark,
01:58you'll gather the tone of it.
02:00We got extremely lucky today.
02:02Not sure you'll realise how much we avoided
02:04an absolute plane crash.
02:06In no way, shape or form is this acceptable.
02:08We cannot cut corners when it comes to safety.
02:10Yeah.
02:11I mean, we really, really dropped the ball there.
02:16It is a wake-up call, but it's a wake-up call
02:19that we're going to have to deal with.
02:22To be honest, after Landau, I was very disappointed
02:25because it ended up being an absolute disaster.
02:29Finally, we got the right pads to go back in,
02:31so hopefully this will save all the issues we had before.
02:37We'll find out in a couple of weeks.
02:39We'll see.
02:40We'll see.
02:41We'll see.
02:42We'll see.
02:43We'll see.
02:44We'll see.
02:45We'll see.
02:46We'll see.
02:47We'll see.
02:48We'll see.
02:49We'll see.
02:50In a couple of days at the next test.
02:56Now, we've got a race coming up at Donington.
02:59We're not ready.
03:01So, I've booked another test day at Castle Combe,
03:05and if it doesn't work, I've got no choice.
03:09I'm not going to make the smallest cog of laughing stock
03:11or, worse, risk somebody's safety.
03:14I will pull the plug.
03:15Feeling sorry for ourselves isn't going to win us any races.
03:24To lift the mood, I've booked in an 80s icon in desperate need of some mechanical TLC.
03:31You'll never guess what it is, but I can't think of any clue I can give you that you
03:37wouldn't immediately get.
03:39It's quite rugged, mechanically.
03:40Rugged?
03:42I won't be worried too much about the paint.
03:45Has it got paint?
03:46No.
03:47Well, there's only one car in this world that leaves a factory with no paint on.
03:52Yes.
03:53Which is?
03:54DeLorean.
03:55Yes, it is.
03:56First thing you think of is, back to the future.
03:57What was the lad in that called?
03:58Marty.
03:59You'd make a good Marty, wouldn't you?
04:01What?
04:02You would.
04:03Get you a puffer jacket.
04:04Are you saying this is because he's short?
04:05No.
04:06You do generally look like him.
04:07I just happen to be short as well.
04:12Yeah.
04:13Something tells me I might come to regret this.
04:24Dan.
04:25Richard.
04:26Nice to see you.
04:27Guess we found the right place, because there's a DeLorean there.
04:28Yes.
04:29How long have you had it?
04:30Bought it in 2005, but then had a few problems with it.
04:33How long has it been sitting?
04:35Be honest.
04:36A few years.
04:37There's a tax disc there.
04:38Oh, it has been a while, hasn't it?
04:39It's been a while.
04:41Okay.
04:42So it's a recommissioning job.
04:43Yeah.
04:44That's what we're looking.
04:45Yeah.
04:46Right.
04:47Let's get it on.
04:48That's it.
04:49Go on.
04:50Go on.
04:51We're okay.
04:52We're all right.
04:53That's it.
04:54Perfect.
04:57Right.
04:58It's home and back to the workshop.
05:01Yeah.
05:02Well, you're going to go there then.
05:04For as long as we have that car, there is a ban on any of those jokes.
05:07All right?
05:08Yeah.
05:10All right.
05:24Hello.
05:25Hello.
05:26How are you?
05:27Good, thanks.
05:28Good, thanks.
05:29How are you doing?
05:30I'm all right.
05:31I just thought I'd check how timetables and things are going,
05:33if there's loads and loads of work.
05:34I've got too much.
05:35That's good.
05:36Yeah.
05:37Everyone's got stuff to be getting on with.
05:39I'm a bit worried about Neil.
05:40Why?
05:41He's spending a lot of time on it, kind of out of hours.
05:44Oh, I'll go and have a chat.
05:45You might have to go and check on him.
05:46Yeah.
05:47The welfare chap.
05:48All right.
05:49I'll go and do my HR welfare.
05:54Neil?
05:56Oh, hiya.
05:57Peepo.
05:58Whack-a-mole, is it?
05:59What's the story with this?
06:01Because Soph was saying you're doing this on your own time,
06:04not, like, billing for it and stuff.
06:07Yeah, I've got myself in a bit of a position with it, really,
06:11because, to be honest, it isn't just to make money.
06:15He needs to make money to buy an enclosure
06:18for a pair of really rare leopards.
06:20There's 100 left in the world.
06:21They've got these two brothers and they want to breed them.
06:23They're putting them back into...
06:24That's not going to work.
06:25Two brothers?
06:26No, no, no, no.
06:27That's not going to work?
06:28No.
06:29I could show you a book.
06:30Yeah.
06:31So what's the plan?
06:32Are they doing, like, a charity auction with this and other stuff?
06:35No, it's not a charity auction.
06:36It's going to Bonhams at Goodwood Revival,
06:38and we haven't got long on it.
06:40I think it's a really, really good idea.
06:42And, actually, we can do this.
06:44Leave it with me and I'll find a way.
06:47I wish Richard was more like you.
06:49I know, but, you know, you can't have everything.
06:51Ta-ta!
06:52Yeah, take care.
06:53Thanks.
06:55What have you got there?
06:56Is it a blast from the past or a blast from the future?
06:59That was your first line!
07:01I thought you'd be...
07:02It was going to be, innit?
07:03Five seconds. It was immediate.
07:05Yeah, get in there.
07:06In you get, fella.
07:07There, look, this is a chance of a lifetime.
07:09Come on, come on.
07:10That's beautiful.
07:11Thank you, Anthony.
07:12It's all right, mate, no problem.
07:13Right, are we ready?
07:14Yeah, we're ready.
07:15Let's go.
07:16Let's go.
07:17Let's go.
07:18Let's go.
07:19Let's go.
07:20Let's go.
07:21Let's go.
07:22Let's go.
07:23Right, are we ready?
07:24Yeah, I'm ready.
07:25Straight back.
07:29Look at that.
07:30Oh!
07:31It's like a spaceship, innit?
07:32It's great, I like it.
07:33Have you seen what's in the back here?
07:35No, but I have a horrible feeling you're going to tell me.
07:38Have a guess.
07:39Is it by any chance a pretend flux capacitor?
07:42It is a flux capacitor, but the problem is...
07:44Yes?
07:45..unfortunately for us, the fuse has gone.
07:47But otherwise, we'd have had a go at that.
07:49The brief is customer wants it recommissioned.
07:53He's not in a particular rush, but I am,
07:55because I want it out of the workshop,
07:57because you are going to be intensely irritating
07:59for the whole time it's in.
08:01Do you agree with me, though?
08:02He looks like Marty, doesn't he?
08:04I do not look like Marty.
08:06He is, isn't he?
08:07What's with the life preserver, kid?
08:18First step to getting the DeLorean back on the road
08:20is to see if the engine runs.
08:24OK, so before we even try and start this...
08:26Yeah.
08:27..we've got to make sure the bores aren't furred up inside,
08:30it's not full of rust.
08:31Yeah, the easiest way to do that is to pull it into gear.
08:34Yeah.
08:35And we'll rock it.
08:36Yeah.
08:37And we'll just make sure the engine turns over so it's not seized.
08:39OK.
08:40And I'm hoping it's going to be free.
08:41OK.
08:42Because if it's not...
08:43Yeah, then we've got a bigger job.
08:44..that's a big issue.
08:45So if we gently rock it...
08:46OK.
08:47..and we're looking for...
08:48There she goes.
08:49Oh, yes.
08:50So that's telling us the crankshaft is turning, the pistons are going.
08:52Pistons are... And they're free.
08:53Do you want the honours or do I get the honours?
08:55I'll do it and you listen.
08:56Go on.
08:57I am going to crank this DeLorean.
08:58Are you ready?
08:59I'm ready.
09:03Come on.
09:04Ha-ha!
09:05How does it sound?
09:07That's caught me off guard.
09:08It actually works.
09:11Always said it, reliable as a Swiss watch, DeLorean.
09:14Always said it.
09:15He's always known for it, wouldn't he?
09:16Put some air in there.
09:17Yeah.
09:18Ah, I fixed it.
09:32It's test day for cog racing.
09:35We've brought the MGB down to Castle Combe
09:38and I want to see if that car can last a race length.
09:43And I want to see Neil and Anthony working together as a team.
09:49If all of that happens, I'll be happy.
09:54Right.
09:55High stakes, but high hopes.
10:02Is that the last tyre pressure?
10:03Yes.
10:0430 to start with.
10:05Perfect.
10:06Water, oil, fuel, all done?
10:08Yeah.
10:10Morning, team.
10:11Morning.
10:12That's a key word, isn't it?
10:13Are we a team today?
10:15I've handed the car now over to Dad,
10:17so he'll keep a record of everything.
10:19So this is now your baby for the day.
10:21He tells everyone what they're doing, recording everything,
10:23and that's done to him.
10:24Yeah.
10:25And at the end of the day, then he'll hand that back to me.
10:27There's one missing element.
10:28Professional driver.
10:29Hello, Abi.
10:30I'd like to reintroduce you to the smallest cog racing team.
10:35Excellent.
10:36That are working as a team.
10:37Already working?
10:38Yeah.
10:39She's good to see.
10:40I need to get your trust back today after Landau.
10:43And if there's one circuit where we need to have trust
10:45and we need to have reliability and brakes...
10:47Yeah.
10:48..it's Passacoon.
10:49This is about not just your next in there,
10:52it's everybody else's next.
10:53It's got to be right.
10:54Work in progress today.
10:56Endurance, reliability...
10:58And no red flags by me.
11:00Right, good luck, everybody.
11:01See you in a bit, Bing.
11:02All right, see you in a bit.
11:11Let's hope Doris lasts more than three laps.
11:15Mate, you don't realise how tight my arse cheeks are clenched right now.
11:27Oh, come on, Doris, please.
11:29There it is.
11:33Lovely! That looks like a race car!
11:40Temperatures are holding good, pressure's good.
11:43Oil temp is good as well, green on all dials.
11:48Ooh!
11:50Quite imaginative that our car's got a distinctive smell as it goes by.
11:54It smells like a fast Chesterfield, it does, doesn't it?
12:01Brakes feel a damn sight better than at Landau.
12:04Progress made there.
12:06Right, she should be coming in this lap.
12:08Right, let's go and get ready to recede.
12:14Ooh!
12:20All good? All good.
12:21Tempers, pressures, everything? All fine.
12:24The main thing for you, Ant, when you get on track, is cruise.
12:27Because even when you're cruising over the bumps, it can still go wrong.
12:31Time to step it up.
12:33Ant is now going to put the MGB through a full endurance test.
12:37This will decide the future of cog racing.
12:44Come on, Doris, it's just me and you again.
12:51He's gone out for a half-hour stretch.
12:53That's a chunk of a race. It's never done like this.
12:59Come on, old Doris.
13:01You're a good girl for me, please.
13:05He's on the 11th lap, and the car is still going.
13:09If we work together, this could work.
13:15At Silverstone, the car lasted 19 minutes and 15 seconds.
13:18We're at 20 minutes.
13:20Whoa, this is the longest we've ever lasted.
13:28All temperatures are good, all levels are good.
13:31Good girl, Doris.
13:33All temperatures are good, all levels are good.
13:36Good girl, Doris.
13:38We can prove these haters wrong.
13:42I think we might have ourselves a race car.
13:44It's been out 33 minutes, he's bringing it in as planned.
13:47Let's go and have a look at it.
13:49I think we might have done it.
13:51Nice to come back under its own steam.
13:54Well done, mate.
13:56How is it reading in there, temperatures-wise?
13:58Oh, bob on. They haven't moved.
14:00Might be a race car.
14:03It's 10 million times better today than it was at Lando.
14:06We've finally done a successful endurance run,
14:09which we've been trying to do since last year.
14:12So, yeah, a smile on my face,
14:14which is not quite the same as what I had at Lando.
14:17We've proven it works.
14:19And by doing that today has proven to Richard
14:21that the Cogs are a team that can race.
14:24It took today for me to get hope back that this is worth doing.
14:28If we can work as well as a team as we did today,
14:31and the car can work as well, then we can do it.
14:34Next aim is just to complete a race.
14:36And genuinely, I don't mind.
14:38Stone last. And that will be a monumental achievement.
15:02Hello, hello, hello. Oh, hello.
15:04How are you? I'm all right. I've come to give you a hand.
15:07Are you serious? Yeah. Tell me what you want me to do.
15:10We could do with getting that filled and that filled.
15:12If you could do that side and I could do that side. Yeah.
15:15I can't believe it. Mindy's actually come in to give me a hand.
15:19And, to be honest, I need it. I do need it.
15:22Because it's very tiring and any help is good help.
15:27Oh, God, it takes me back. I can't tell you.
15:31That's it. Believe it or not, that's perfect.
15:33Just like icing a cake and just keep chucking it on there.
15:35I'll go and fill my door. You carry on with that.
15:37If you get stuck, just give me a shake. You're doing all right so far.
15:41She's better than Richard because, actually,
15:43if you say something to her, she listens to you and does it.
15:46Amazing.
15:54How are you getting on?
15:56I haven't taken any more off the bottom of there because I didn't want to...
15:59No, no, you've got it. It's looking good, though, isn't it?
16:01Is it? It is.
16:03We're getting it done bit by bit, so we're doing really well.
16:06It'll absolutely be done in time
16:08because Neil categorically won't let anybody down.
16:11This is the best place for this car to be
16:13and Neil is absolutely the best guy for the job.
16:16Well done. I'm well impressed with that.
16:29CLICK
16:50Another late night.
16:52This car has turned out to be an absolute nightmare.
16:56I'm not one to give up and I'm not one to be beat,
16:58but I know when I am beat and it's about now.
17:01All these late nights are catching up on me.
17:03I'm tired, making mistakes, and this auction's coming along.
17:06It's going to be here any minute now.
17:08I can't let Alan down, I can't let the leopards down.
17:10If I could just get everybody to give me a hand,
17:12I reckon we could still get to the auction, we could still get it done.
17:17I'm just going to have to face the music
17:19and go and have a word with Richard, I think.
17:28MUSIC PLAYS
17:39Hello.
17:42You all right, fella? I'm all right, mate, yeah, you all right?
17:44Yes. How are you? I'm fine.
17:46I get up here very often, you've got this office nice.
17:49You design this?
17:50Why are you being nice to me?
17:52I'm not being nice to you, I'm just saying...
17:54You haven't complimented my office. No.
17:57What? What?
17:59I'll be honest, I'll come straight to it.
18:01When we looked at the lands here,
18:03and I did get sort of distracted by furry creatures...
18:07Yes?
18:08..I got a bit too optimistic with my thoughts of,
18:12hey, we're going to get the car finished.
18:14Are you saying that even Neil Greenhouse
18:19can't quite, on his own, push this thing over the edge
18:24without working himself to death?
18:26No.
18:27All I'm saying is, I think it would be genuinely nice
18:30to involve other people.
18:32Oh, this is good! This is professional!
18:35He could do with learning a bit more.
18:38Andrew could even pick up a few tips.
18:40It'd just be brilliant.
18:41I think it's a good company bonding thing.
18:44So it's not Neil Greenhouse coming in here and saying,
18:47I can't do it, I'm throwing in the towel.
18:49It's Neil Greenhouse coming in and offering the rest of the workshop
18:53the opportunity to join him in the tremendously satisfying experience
18:57of completing this lands here, to deliver it to auction,
19:00to sell it and raise money to save the leopards.
19:02You've said it better than me, but I'll go along with that.
19:05I think that's a brilliant idea. That's why you're offering.
19:07Thank you. Honestly, I think that's one of the best ideas you've ever had.
19:10Yeah, isn't it? Thank you very much.
19:12Please call again. I'll make you coffee.
19:15See you later.
19:20What just happened?
19:23What's just happened is that once again, I've been had.
19:26Somehow I've agreed to take everyone off our other paying jobs
19:30to work on the bloody lands here.
19:32With only a couple of days until the auction,
19:35I didn't really have much choice.
19:38So what we could do, if we carry on with the body work
19:41as far as we can on the filler, me and you,
19:43then you could carry on with the bumpers
19:45while I get it painted.
19:47If you do the interior, then we can have a big moment
19:50and get it back together.
19:52This is one thing that doesn't surprise me about Dad.
19:55He's dug himself into a big hole by keeping this all a secret,
19:58and it's going to be some late nights to save these leopards.
20:02We won't need to bring camp beds cos we won't be able to stop to sleep.
20:06We've got plenty of coffee, that's the main thing.
20:08Let's have a little song, a little sing-along.
20:10Are you going to sing?
20:12Things can only get better.
20:23Here we go, the first bit of Lancia colour going on.
20:26It's looking absolutely smashing, to be honest.
20:29It's been a long, long day today, but I think it will be worth it.
20:45But that feels good, doesn't it?
20:47It's a better feeling now it's painted,
20:49and I'm very happy with how it's come out.
20:51The only thing is, if we don't get this finished today,
20:54it don't go to the auction.
20:56So it's all hands on deck now.
21:00I've now got the task of cleaning all these lovely Lancia seats.
21:04What could possibly go wrong?
21:11Mindy should be proud of that bit, fair play.
21:14Now we've just got to get it outside and start putting it back together.
21:18We've cut down on our tea breaks today.
21:20There is so much to do, it is unreal.
21:24OK, carefully in. That's it.
21:28I'm sure we'll get there.
21:30We've only got the whole carpet, all the seats, the centre console,
21:33a bit of roof lining, all the door cards, a window that side,
21:36polish it all over, a roof aerial, and it's now gone six,
21:39so it's definitely going to be a late night.
21:51Hello, chaps. Morning. Morning.
21:54Morning. That's a Lancia Delta Integrale.
21:58That is the one. It's been done.
22:00Oh, my word.
22:02That is some transformation.
22:06The last time you saw it, it didn't look like that, did it?
22:09No, it was complete... Well, it was a shell.
22:11It was a shell.
22:13It was a shell.
22:15It was a shell.
22:17The last time you saw it, it didn't look like that, did it?
22:19No, it was complete... Well, it was a shell.
22:24That is incredible. I could choke.
22:27A lot of work. That's...
22:29And to be honest, if we hadn't all pulled together at the end,
22:31it wouldn't have been done.
22:33I mean, it's a rare and special car.
22:35It was completely ruined, and it is now resurrected.
22:39Genuinely blown away by that.
22:41The car is looking amazing.
22:43Just got to hope it sells for enough.
22:48Well, I've had a lot of hours, a lot of time, a lot of work,
22:52a lot of blood, sweat and tears on that Lancia,
22:55and look at today.
22:57We're going to Goodwood on a beautiful, sunny day,
23:00and hopefully raise as much money as we can for the Leopards.
23:04Anything over £15,000 is a win, but we'll see.
23:08Time will tell.
23:10It's been a great day.
23:12It's been a great day.
23:14Anything over £15,000 is a win, but we'll see.
23:17Time will tell.
23:19Oh, here we are. Look at this for a place.
23:22Look at this.
23:39I promise not to buy or even try and buy anything.
23:44Anything? Anything.
23:46Really? Ooh, Land Rovers.
23:48That's quite cool.
23:53Wow, there's some lovely cars here, isn't there?
23:56That's a nice jacket. I really like that jacket.
23:58Want to try it on? Look, there's some others.
24:00They've got it in green as well.
24:02Oh, that is just fantastic.
24:04I'm just looking for our little Lancia,
24:06which should be here somewhere.
24:09Ah, there she is.
24:14Wow, I think she looks...
24:16She looks really nice. I'm very pleased with it.
24:19It's a proper car, and hopefully it makes proper money.
24:22I just want to see what Alan thinks of it.
24:24What have you done? Look at this.
24:26Nice to see you. Wow, this is the first time you've seen it
24:28since it was entered the tarpaulin.
24:30What do you think? Is it the same car, yeah?
24:32It is the same car. It's the same car.
24:36That's incredible, mate. That's incredible.
24:38That is absolutely faultless.
24:43And the paint is stunning.
24:45I love it. Absolutely love it.
24:47Hopefully we can get some money from this auction
24:50and get your Leopard in a better place.
24:52Carry on doing it. If that doesn't make proper money,
24:54nothing will, mate.
24:56We're about to find out, because the auction's about to start.
24:58Fingers crossed we can sell this thing.
25:00Now we've got a very interesting car coming up next.
25:03Where should we open the bidding on this 89 Lancia Delta Integrale?
25:07Anything over £15,000 is a win.
25:09Now is going to be the moment of truth.
25:11There's bids coming in already.
25:13I've got late interest at 6,000, 7,000,
25:16several bids at 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, 11,000 at the back.
25:21Is that 12,000? 20,000 bids.
25:24Richard, come up here and give me a hand.
25:2620,000. Come on. Come up here and give me a hand.
25:29Come on. 20,000. 20,000 bid at the back.
25:31I know how this works. More than 20,000.
25:34There's the bid at 20,000.
25:3622,000. Look at this screen. 22,000.
25:4022,000. 25,000.
25:42Oh, my Lord. 25,000.
25:44What about you?
25:46Come on. 25,000. 28,000. 29,000.
25:5030,000 right at the back. Oh, good Lord.
25:53Ladies bid at 30,000. 31,000. I've got a bid online.
25:5732,000. 33,000.
26:00Ladies bid at the back. £34,000.
26:03Make it 35. I'll throw Neil in as well.
26:0635,000 online. Are we all done?
26:0935,000.
26:11£36,000. Stand on that.
26:14£36,000.
26:16Right at the back.
26:19Can we sell it?
26:22£36,000. That's spectacular.
26:26Thank you. Well done.
26:30Wow, what a resort.
26:32That's a fair chunk of money for the leopard enclosure.
26:35I think it's been a perfect day. It has.
26:38It's just made in heaven.
26:40That lady to be there.
26:42She wasn't looking to buy that car.
26:44She didn't even have a bidder's number.
26:46I think we have done... You and the leopards have done very well.
26:49Yeah. I didn't expect it to get that much money.
26:52I'm really delighted.
26:54It's done amazingly well, really.
26:56But would it be nice just to...?
26:58It would. A bit more. Yeah.
27:00OK, you can keep thinking, but meanwhile,
27:02I think we should congratulate ourselves and you,
27:04because that's your work. Yeah, well done.
27:06Next time. No.
27:08No more animal-related stuff for a bit.
27:10You book it in. Yeah.
27:12I so did not.
27:37Don't be shy of it.
27:43You've got a fire extinguisher in case all goes wrong, have you?
27:50Morning!
27:52What?
27:54Oh, DeLorean, through the...
27:56Yeah, Time Channel. Let me get... Marty, Doc.
27:58Gives you that impression. Brilliant.
28:00Don't you want to know where it went?
28:02Children.
28:07Thankfully, the DeLorean is nearly done.
28:10Ironically, for a car that famously had no paint,
28:14the last job is to respray the plastic bumper.
28:19D-Day today, as in DeLorean Day.
28:22I've got it all prepped.
28:24What we've got to do now is a little bit of fettling and sorting out,
28:27get some paint on it and get it gone.
28:37Now, that's that done.
28:39Always nervous, always when you've got to put the paint on,
28:42cos anything could go wrong, but it seems to have gone on nice.
28:45The colour looks good, the finish looks good,
28:47so I'm really happy the way it's turned out.
28:59Right, time has come to return this. Are we happy?
29:02Yeah.
29:04Anything I need to know?
29:06Do you say the oil pressure's always high?
29:08Very high in these, yeah.
29:12Hang on. Enjoy.
29:34Isaac. Yars.
29:36How many fuel cans have we got? I've got three. Three, yeah.
29:39Spare engine oil. Yep.
29:41Gearbox oil. Yep.
29:43Stuff for cleaning the windows. Yep.
29:45Ah, chaps!
29:47Hi, Rich. Preparations are going.
29:49Getting our final checks.
29:51I've given Isaac a list, so I think it's going in that van now.
29:54He's ticking off as it goes in.
29:56So if it's not on the list, that lies with you. My fault.
29:58If it's on the list but not in the van, that lies with you. Yep.
30:01All right, I will see you there. OK.
30:03I'm going to travel on. Safe trip. Good luck.
30:09Here we are. It's a big old place.
30:16The eagle has landed.
30:21So I reckon if we set the awning up... Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:24..and then we can have the car in the middle.
30:26Go pick her up, then.
30:28Well, yeah, open it out and then you put the cover on.
30:31This is how they do it in Formula One.
30:33Hold on, careful. Watch the centre.
30:35It's easier, way easier, getting my four kids ready in the morning
30:39than it is trying to do this with them.
30:44Come on, you all right?
30:46Perfect.
30:50Ah!
30:52Why's he coming now?
30:55How clever am I? You can see where I've gone with this.
30:58Yeah, you've lost the keys from your car.
31:00No. RV. That's an horse box.
31:03Wait a minute.
31:05Gentlemen, behold.
31:07Deployable steps. Come on in.
31:09Step aboard. Welcome home.
31:11There, look, somewhere to sit.
31:13We can cook and wash up.
31:16This is the posh accommodation back here.
31:18It's just got straw all over it.
31:20This hasn't got straw on it, it's sleeping bags.
31:22I haven't worked out yet if he's joking or not.
31:24If you have to get up in the night for a wee, there's no lavatory.
31:27I really hope that he's joking.
31:29I don't think he is joking, that's the worry.
31:32I'm very conscious that we've overspent.
31:35Kamla's quite cross with me.
31:37I've promised her we can save money by not spending it on fripperies.
31:41Do you see any fripperies?
31:43Did Lewis Hamilton's dad have to do this to Winder?
31:46I can understand the saving money, but it's not an RV,
31:49it's an horse box.
31:53I'm having this end, wouldn't you?
31:55You can go in the middle. I'm not going in the middle!
31:58You are in the middle. Gentlemen, I'm going off up to bed.
32:01Please can we keep the racket down? It's a big day tomorrow.
32:04All we've got to do, remember, is finish the race.
32:06That's all we want to do. Good night!
32:08Good night!
32:09Don't put your head down, mate, I had a curry last night.
32:12Oh!
32:13Oh!
32:24Four weather warnings are in force today as Storm Antony hits the UK.
32:28Heavy rain, strong winds, rarely seen in the summer.
32:31You've got to wonder if the fates are against us going racing.
32:35Be prepared. If you go on the dry line and the grip isn't there,
32:38you'll slide to the wet line anyway.
32:40Today is make or break for cog racing.
32:42To make sure it's not break, our motorsport mentor Rick Wood is here.
32:46Be OK, will it? Yeah, yeah.
32:48Enjoy it. Try it.
32:51It's a big field today, 40 cars.
32:54In these conditions, that's a frightening prospect.
32:57We're allowed to use two drivers in the qualifying laps and the race itself.
33:02The plan is Antony goes out, gets some experience, drives in the wet,
33:06and then we want Abi to go out towards the end of qualifying
33:09when we've used more fuel, the car's lighter,
33:11and she sets a fast qualifying time.
33:15Whoa, there's a whistle.
33:17Good luck, mate!
33:30Oh, wet weather. This is scary.
33:40Oh, there he is.
33:43So we'll have a time now, 2.46.
33:46Should we have sent him out in a jet ski?
33:57There he is.
33:592.26. I think we'll need to get him in soon.
34:03We've got 15 to go, so we're bringing him in now to put Abi in
34:07to go and set a fast qualifying time.
34:10Here he comes.
34:17OK, we'll go and get ready for him.
34:22Yeah, there he is.
34:38Here she comes. She's all over that other MGB.
34:49Conditions are getting really bad.
34:54Safety car, can't overtake.
34:56Yeah, look, she's been held up.
35:00I'm going to bring it in.
35:02Oh, there she is. She's coming in.
35:04So she hasn't set a time on that one.
35:10So let's just take stock.
35:12The plan didn't work.
35:14So you didn't get to set your flying laps.
35:16So we're qualified 15th?
35:18Yeah, 15th.
35:20How does that change things going forwards?
35:22We have dedicated me to go out first, so that's all done now.
35:27This is the day. We finish a race. It's about to happen.
35:3240 minutes on the clock for this one.
35:34For the Adam DuPage Swingin' 60s Group One.
35:39Lights go out and we go racing.
35:43We're going to be racing.
35:45We're going to be racing.
35:47We're going to be racing.
35:49We're going to be racing.
35:51We're going to be racing.
35:53We're going to be racing.
35:56We're going to be racing.
36:01There she is. She's having that.
36:03She's in there. That's a two-gap.
36:08God, this is exciting.
36:26She is.
36:27Ninth.
36:28Ninth overall.
36:29Oh, my God. So she's made it.
36:31Six.
36:34It's going like the clappers.
36:36Come on, Abi.
36:37It's real. It is very real now.
36:39This is stressful.
36:46We're going to be racing.
36:48We're going to be racing.
36:50We're going to be racing.
36:52We're going to be racing.
36:55We're going to be racing.
36:57We're going to be racing.
36:59We're going to be racing.
37:01We're going to be racing.
37:03We're going to be racing.
37:05We're going to be racing.
37:09This comes.
37:11Oh, my God.
37:13Seventh.
37:14Seventh overall.
37:15Second in class.
37:16208.
37:17So she's made it for another two places.
37:19And another place in her class.
37:21Let's not get too excited.
37:23Oil temps through the roof, don't want to end up blowing the engine, I'm going to have
37:42to pull it.
37:45She's pointing down at temperature I think.
37:47She might be coming in now.
37:48Get ready Neil.
37:49Right.
37:50When she went by then, she was pointing at something to just be ready in case it's a
37:53changeover.
37:54Anthony, that means you're going to have a longer tour of duty.
37:57Here we go.
38:01Oil temperature's really hot.
38:03Right, okay.
38:04It keeps getting red, so you can't go flat out, you have to manage it.
38:10So manage temp.
38:14Don't mess this up, huh?
38:20Come on, boy.
38:23Let's go, let's go.
38:31Nice, 2.14 is made up a place.
38:36Come on.
38:38Come on, Doris.
38:43There he is.
38:442.12, he's just gained two seconds.
38:47He's third in class.
38:50Come on, out of the way.
38:54Come on, Anthony.
38:562.08, there he goes, getting quicker.
38:58Still P3.
38:59He's doing really well.
39:00Four seconds off Abbey, who's a professional racing driver.
39:03I think he's doing really well.
39:05So if he can get about another four or five laps out of it, we'll finish in his rank.
39:10Well, that BMW is hard on his heels.
39:23Anthony's unfortunately just been passed.
39:25He's now in fourth position, so just off the podium.
39:28But if he can hold it in fourth, I think that's something to be really, really proud of.
39:33So he's just got one more lap to go.
39:36So he's just got to get round this lap.
39:38We are in with a shout of finishing a race.
39:41Don't jinx it.
39:42In with a shout, I said.
40:01Any second now.
40:03Any second now.
40:10I want to see that car driving under a chequered flag.
40:25Can't be far off.
40:26Difficult to see him in it, though.
40:29F***.
40:31F***.
40:33Someone just messaged me saying that he's beached it.
40:38And what's that arrow mean?
40:39He hasn't finished.
40:41No, on the last lap.
40:43I think he's binned it on the last lap and I'm not making that up.
40:47What do we have to do to finish a bloody race?
40:50I'm not going to push.
40:52Just very gently.
40:59Oh, he's going to be so gutted, isn't he?
41:10What happened then?
41:11You all right?
41:12No, I'm pissed off.
41:13Just hold that steering wheel.
41:14Let's have a feel.
41:16It's fine.
41:17There you go.
41:18That's normal.
41:19I think the bottom line is, he's just possibly made a mistake.
41:24Let's look at the footage.
41:26Man, I'm so peed off.
41:29I can't put it into words.
41:39Just the hard work everyone's put in.
41:40I'm going, f***.
41:43Anne, you all right, mate?
41:44Yeah.
41:46Mate, it was magnificent.
41:47It was spectacular, isn't it?
41:48Yeah, it was.
41:49It was.
41:50It was.
41:51It was.
41:53It was spectacular.
41:54And then, come on, last minute, something goes wrong.
41:56Doesn't matter.
41:57It was bloody legendary.
41:58It really was.
42:00I'm going to let everyone down.
42:02Honestly, don't think that's really bloody.
42:04You mustn't think that for a second.
42:06It was bloody brilliant.
42:07Come on, let's get this car put away.
42:09I really feel sorry for him.
42:10It ended like that, on the last lap.
42:13I think he deserved to finish.
42:14He really did.
42:15Like, he drove so well.
42:16Just one of them things.
42:18You've got to pick yourself up and not make the same mistake again.
42:21The first file that I opened was Anthony going, f***.
42:25Let's see what happened.
42:27Oh, started, started.
42:29Oh, started.
42:30Oh, she's gone.
42:31Did you see how far it moved sideways whilst lapping?
42:33It did go.
42:34It really was swinging.
42:35You should have gone wider.
42:36Yeah.
42:37So, this is fine, but then you add more lock to try and get to your apex.
42:42You should have just gone middle of the road.
42:44And it was that little extra adjustment that made the difference.
42:49I've had a look at the footage with Abi.
42:50I think I know where I went wrong.
42:52I obviously didn't pick up on it.
42:54It started raining again.
42:55It's hard.
42:57And, yeah, I feel like a good little, proper little cry again.
43:05We're coming to this weekend trying to finish the race.
43:08And if we remove a driver mistake, the car would have finished the race.
43:12So, we're definitely moving in the right direction.
43:15Racing, it turns out, is quite challenging.
43:18I'm not going to sob about it.
43:20You know what?
43:21Big lessons learned.
43:22It's the most like a team that we've looked.
43:24And we know that the car can last the distance.
43:26We'll do another race.
43:27We'll go again and we'll finish.
43:29I've got an appointment with a gin bottle at home now, if you wouldn't mind.
43:33Let's pack it up.
43:34Careful going home.
43:36I ain't driving.
43:47I ain't driving.