Richard.Hammonds.Workshop-S03E02
Richard.Hammonds.Workshop-S03E02
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00:00This could actually be the biggest thing the Cog has ever done.
00:04Ladies and gentlemen, Lewis Yerog's 47 Delahaye.
00:08Now, what if we went racing to attract motorsport jobs?
00:13Silverstone.
00:14Oh, God, I love doing it.
00:16Oh, that's serious, isn't it?
00:19Oh, God. It's stopped on circuit.
00:21It now has a name. Dory's Day lasts a day.
00:26Something worked!
00:28Two years ago, I set up a classic car restoration business
00:31with the Greenhouse family.
00:33We can recover any vehicle.
00:35Turning my passion into a successful business
00:38with my family in touch...
00:39Honk, honk.
00:40..hasn't exactly been plain sailing.
00:43No, Mother, shush.
00:44But things are finally on the up.
00:47We've got work.
00:48How far do you want to go with it?
00:50New staff.
00:51Oh!
00:52We're racing again.
00:54We're racing again.
00:55Never drive that quick on the way to work.
00:57And we're going international.
00:59We're finishing.
01:00I just hope I haven't taken on too much.
01:03Ha!
01:04I've got that gone wrong feeling.
01:19Yeah, this weather does not reflect my mood,
01:22because today, I am solving a problem.
01:26You know when something's just on your mind,
01:28just nagging, and you just...
01:30In quiet moments, you come back to it.
01:32Well, the problem is this.
01:37Mindy's Mercedes.
01:39Last year, in a rare rush of enthusiasm,
01:43Mindy expressed a desire...
01:46..to get back into classic cars.
01:48But this car isn't right for her.
01:50She likes classic cars,
01:52but not so much that she'll maintain it and put it away.
01:57You see, this is the sort of thing that Mindy's just not going to do.
02:01She's going to realise the tyre's a bit soft and leave it,
02:04which means it gets other problems through not being used.
02:08Right.
02:11I do have a replacement in mind.
02:14Where I want to get to is bringing Mindy back into the world of classic cars.
02:17We could maybe go on classic car rallies together,
02:19and have fun.
02:22And the first part of achieving that plan involves me...
02:25..getting rid of this.
02:27Right. But on this occasion, please start...
02:40What the hell?
02:44What's he doing with my car?
02:46I'm avoiding what might have been a painful goodbye.
02:49It is weird. Honestly, she'll be all upset that the car's gone,
02:54but she hasn't driven it in ages.
02:56We have discussed this.
02:59There's a lot of smoke and mirrors goes on regarding vehicles around here.
03:03I'm just a little bit concerned,
03:04because we had this very odd conversation the other day,
03:08and he's talking about some Mustang.
03:12I think Richard Hammond has spotted something he wants.
03:15And he's done some man maths.
03:17But he's done man maths with my car.
03:32Hello. Hello.
03:34Right. Are you busy?
03:35Yeah. Yeah, well, you are now, because this is Mindy's merch.
03:40I've got somewhere I need to take it. It hasn't been used in a long time.
03:42It just needs... Can you just give it a once-over?
03:44Maybe give it a bath. It does need one, yeah.
03:46Yeah, if you would.
03:56Morning, Soph. Good morning. You all right?
03:58Yes, everything good? Kamala's been after you.
04:00Doubtless to compliment me on my business decisions, I'm sure.
04:03Oh, and by the way, if Mindy calls, I'm not in.
04:06Actually, I think I know what Kamala might be after me about.
04:10The drinks bill at our RAC launch of the Delahaye the other day
04:14might be a bit bigger than expected.
04:17Thing is, that event was all about us moving up to the next level.
04:21High-quality, high-class, expensive work.
04:24So it might be time to talk seriously about upping our hourly rate.
04:31Hello?
04:32Oh, hi, Richard. Hi. Thanks for jumping on the Zoom at short notice.
04:35That's all right, Kamala. No worries.
04:36Now, I received the invoice today from the club for the Delahaye.
04:41It's double our budget.
04:43So drinks alone are just under 1,300.
04:47But if we're going to exist at this rate,
04:49we've got to be able to keep up with what's going on in the world.
04:52I mean, we've got to be able to keep up with what's going on in the world.
04:56I mean, we've got to be able to keep up with what's going on in the world.
04:59If we're going to exist at the top level,
05:01we need to have a bit of style, a bit of panache.
05:03We don't have the finances to do that, Richard.
05:05All right. I think... Oh, God.
05:08I think it's time we raise our hourly rate.
05:12Amazing, Richard. This is the news I've been waiting for.
05:15What if we went to 95 from 65?
05:18So we're not three figures an hour.
05:20That's about right.
05:21All right, Kamala. I've got it. We're going to do it.
05:23Well, lovely to see you, Richard. You take care. Bye.
05:27It's a day I knew was coming.
05:28It just feels awkward.
05:29I don't want to feel like I'm trying to squeeze people,
05:32but the fact of the matter is,
05:34that's how much I need to squeeze them
05:35in order to provide the service I want to provide them.
05:48So here we go off to the workshop.
05:51It'll just be interesting to see what's there or not there.
05:57For example, my car.
06:03I won't feel bad about whoever buys this car,
06:06because it is a good car.
06:07Yeah, it's a classic car you could use daily.
06:09That's the point. It needs using daily,
06:11because otherwise it goes off the boil.
06:14Right. That's on and not coming off.
06:18Okay. Wish me luck.
06:20See you.
06:26RECYCLE BASKETS
06:39Hello.
06:40Oh, hello.
06:42Have you seen my Mercedes at all?
06:44Didn't it go off to the specialist?
06:46It was. It looked really nice and shiny. I'll say that for it.
06:49But it's just been cleaned?
06:50Yeah. It looked lovely.
06:53NEIL
06:54Neil appears to be slightly in the dark
06:56about the whole Mercedes disappearing.
06:59I think he knows a little bit more than he's letting on.
07:02The mystery continues.
07:15Last year, we started a classic car race team.
07:18While I'm discreetly dispatching Mindy's Merc
07:21to her classic car dealer friend,
07:23I've asked the lads to get the race car out of winter storage.
07:29Finally, we're going to get the MGB out
07:31and hopefully get it back out there racing this year.
07:33If I can get a trophy that Richard can stick in his office,
07:36it would mean so much to me.
07:39It's not got light, eh?
07:43Keep going. Keep going. There we go. Hold on.
07:45Oh, I definitely need to get into shape.
07:47If we can get out there this year and make her a bit more reliable,
07:50then I can carry on living the boys' dream of being a race driver.
07:59How much have we got to do to it?
08:01A lot.
08:10I think we push this more than it drives itself.
08:15Oh, she's home.
08:17The biggest worry for me last year was a total failure.
08:22I'm worried Richard is going to pull the whole project.
08:27There's an elephant in the room.
08:29Um, our race team.
08:31Last race season, we had a go.
08:33And it was my idea, and it's a good idea.
08:37Anthony loves it. The guys enjoy it.
08:39But there's just a small matter of the cost.
08:44I need to have a word.
08:47Anthony?
08:48Yeah?
08:49Have you got five mins?
08:50Yeah, of course I have, yeah.
08:51Can we have a chat?
08:56Right.
08:57Some grown-up, sensible thoughts.
08:59We've got to be realistic.
09:03All right?
09:04Watch out.
09:05All OK?
09:06Absolutely. Grab a chair.
09:07You know what happened last year?
09:09We didn't finish a race.
09:12Yeah.
09:13And it did cost a lot.
09:14No, I know.
09:15Last year cost a lot more than we thought it was going to.
09:17Yeah.
09:18What state is the car in?
09:19Not the best.
09:20Um, there is value in it.
09:23So I'd like to carry on doing it.
09:25I'd like us to...
09:26I thought you were going to go,
09:27well, that's it, game over.
09:28No, no, mate.
09:30Well, look, it means a lot, doesn't it?
09:31Yeah.
09:32So I think you need to take some more responsibility for it.
09:34Stand up a bit more and run it.
09:36It's a lot of responsibility.
09:37I'm hopeful.
09:38So you've got to manage it.
09:39Yeah, yeah.
09:40You've got to control the costs.
09:41The main cost, I think, we've spent.
09:44But the car doesn't work.
09:45The car doesn't work.
09:47I'll crack on.
09:48I think that's the right way to go.
09:51He's young, Anthony.
09:55He hasn't been burdened with a lot of responsibility at work.
09:58So I think him taking that on is going to be a huge success.
10:10Right.
10:12Where might it be?
10:15Mercedes.
10:17There's that.
10:23Oh, my God.
10:25So here it is.
10:26For sale.
10:28Stunning and totally original example.
10:31Oh, owned by Mindy Hammond.
10:34Right.
10:42Hello, you've reached Richard.
10:43It's gone to answer machine.
10:44Because it isn't...
10:45Of course it has.
10:47I can answer...
10:48Of course it has.
10:49But it is me speaking.
10:50Hmm.
10:57Mobile reception is a bit dodgy in Devon.
11:00It's a shame.
11:02Sophie's sent us down here to scope out a job.
11:06But if we can't charge our new rate,
11:09we will not take it on.
11:12So, um, Delta Integrale.
11:13Oh.
11:15They are Lancia's, Italian, and they will rust.
11:18If you think it's not worth doing because it needs more work
11:22than he's got the budget to afford, scratch your head.
11:25And I will be looking.
11:29This is the postcode.
11:30Oh, eh?
11:32That's a wildlife park.
11:34Oh, Sophie, what have you done?
11:38What we need is a human.
11:42We know he's called Alan.
11:43Oh, look at them.
11:45Neil, we're not on a day trip.
11:47A little baby wouldn't care.
11:48Yes.
11:50Hello, are you Alan?
11:51Hello. Have you seen Alan?
11:53Hang on a minute.
11:54Alan?
11:55Hello, Alan?
11:56Where's your Lancia, Alan?
11:58I don't think he's got a Lancia, but I might have one.
12:01Hello, mate.
12:02Hi, Alan. Nice to meet you.
12:03Hi, Alan.
12:04So what is this place?
12:05This is King Martin Wildlife Dinosaur Park.
12:08Got all sorts of animals, sea lions, lions, wolves,
12:10you name it, we've got it.
12:12Let's have a look at the Lancia.
12:13OK.
12:15See you, Alan.
12:16All right, let's go look at the car.
12:21Ah, so this is the Lancia enclosure.
12:23It is indeed.
12:24Right, let's have a look.
12:25It doesn't bite, obviously.
12:28It's been in here a while, hasn't it?
12:31When was it last run?
12:32About three years ago.
12:33Right.
12:35That's him breathing in there.
12:36So you've got some sort of nest, possibly rats.
12:39How far do you want to go with it?
12:41My whole idea is to sell it, to raise money,
12:45so I can finish the Amur leopard enclosure on the other side of the park.
12:48It's the most endangered big cat in the world.
12:50There's about 100 left in the world.
12:51How much can you spend on the car to get it ready for sale?
12:55Realistically, about 15 grand.
12:5715 grand?
12:59Less would be better.
13:00Have you got big cats here now, then?
13:02Yeah.
13:03Up on the other side of the valley. I'll show you.
13:05I thought I see something there.
13:07Is that flies out of here or something?
13:10This is the leopards. This is what it's all about.
13:14No matter how much he wants to do it,
13:15there's no way is this car coming home with us.
13:18We're going to feed some leopards if you're feeling up for it.
13:20I feel honoured.
13:23Oh, look at him.
13:24You wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of that cat, would you?
13:27No.
13:28I mean, look at it. It's a fab car,
13:30but 15 grand is not going to pay to get that sorted and sellable.
13:36Oh, you can feel the power in his paws.
13:38Yeah, that's him just being gentle.
13:40He's going to want us to do...
13:41I know he is, as soon as he said panther enclosure or whatever it is.
13:47If that gate wasn't there,
13:48he would literally rip you to pieces, wouldn't he?
13:50Richard, I'm going to be nothing but a snack.
13:53I'm putting my foot down.
13:55This car is staying here.
13:58I'm sorry.
13:59It's so sad when you think there's only 100 left in the world.
14:02This is the point. This is what we're doing now.
14:04This is the point. This is what we're doing it for.
14:07With your help, we can build the rest of their enclosure.
14:12Alan's got two leopards and he wants to start a breeding programme.
14:16To actually be able to help an animal that is on the verge of extinction,
14:20why could you say no?
14:23What a brilliant day that's been.
14:24Oh, yeah.
14:25Oh, that leopard. Unbelievable. And Lenny the lion.
14:28Can you buy one of these? You probably have at home, couldn't you?
14:32My missus would love them.
14:34Oh, they're beautiful. And that little baby one.
14:36There's a little baby one in the patch like a kangaroo.
14:38Oh, it's great.
14:52So, Mindy collared me last night about the whole Mercedes situation.
14:58I'm not trying to undermine her.
15:00I want to replace it with something that she will use.
15:03And what I've found is a classic 64 Mustang car she's always loved.
15:08Who doesn't?
15:09But this one has a brand-new engine,
15:12which means it won't break down. It will be reliable.
15:14And that's what we want, if she's going to use it, and that's the idea.
15:20Another reason we need reliability with this classic car
15:23is I've booked us into a classic car rally.
15:26The Pennine 1000. It's in a couple of weeks.
15:29And you need a driver and a navigator working together.
15:32A lot of couples do these.
15:34It's a way of sharing the classic car experience.
15:37I think it would be great fun.
15:45That's who this old fella's got for us, then.
15:47I hope George excited that this is an item.
15:49At the end of the year, it's a piece of 80s history.
15:52Best things come from the 80s. You're going to like this.
15:55Oh, hang on. Stop there a minute. Stop there.
15:58That's one of my favourite cars of all time, that is.
16:00Is that an Integrale?
16:01It is a disintegrale. I mean, Integrale, yes.
16:04What do you mean disintegrale? Is it that bad?
16:07Don't seem to be getting much better as it goes back.
16:10I don't know. I think it's lovely.
16:11What's that gripping hole in the roof over there, then?
16:14I don't see no hole. Anyway, besides that, what a beautiful piece of car.
16:18Would you not want to take that home?
16:20Before we say anything else, can we just look underneath?
16:22Oh, I reckon it'll be mint.
16:23I'm pretty sure it'll be...
16:25I promise, Lancia's are not known for good metal.
16:31Yeah, but you're going to get a little bit of corrosion.
16:32A little bit of corrosion?
16:35Look at that. That's still got the factory under seal on it.
16:38The floors don't look bad, do they?
16:39It's mint, let's be honest.
16:41I wouldn't go as far as mint.
16:43Can I have a look at my department?
16:45You want to have a look at the engine?
16:48There you are. Look at that.
16:50Remember them days? Proper twin cam.
16:52So, has he got a good budget?
16:53I reckon you're looking at 30K.
16:55What do you reckon was in that nest?
16:56Can you stop avoiding the answer?
16:58Well, the thing is, you've got 15 grand.
17:01Ha-ha.
17:02That'd be funny, right? Did you have a real good look at this car
17:04while you were down there?
17:05Or were you looking at dinosaurs and animals?
17:07Right, now, let me explain this to you.
17:10The chap that owns this car, which is his pride and joy,
17:14is willing to sacrifice this car to be sold at auction
17:18because he needs the money to pay for a leopard enclosure.
17:23Oh, so you were playing with animals then?
17:24No, I was...
17:25Oh, it makes sense now. Why are you so happy?
17:28Well, anyway, these leopards, there's only 100 left in the world.
17:31They'll breed them and they will release them back into Asia,
17:34where they come from.
17:35So, we're doing this to save leopards?
17:37I really think Richard was quite overwhelmed with the situation
17:40because on the way back, he was lost for words.
17:44When's he wanting this back for?
17:45The deadline is really what we can do for the area.
17:48Before leopards die out, basically?
17:50Well, yeah.
17:51How long do they live for?
17:52I don't know.
17:53Until they stop breathing on it.
17:58That Lancia is the last thing we need right now.
18:01I've just put the rate up to £95 an hour,
18:03which we need to do to make a tiny bit of profit,
18:06but it's only got a 15 grand budget.
18:08Well, that's not enough.
18:10As soon as Anthony has got that Italian money pit running,
18:15I need him off it and on our MGB race car
18:17because I've had an idea to kick-start our race season for this year.
18:21It's good.
18:28I am about to consult with our racing guru, Rick Wood.
18:32He runs an amazing team, builds incredible race cars,
18:35and he has actually been really generous with his advice and help.
18:38So, I'm asking you a favour.
18:39Hello.
18:40Hello. You've gone invisible. I can't see your cheery northern face.
18:43Hang on, hang on.
18:45There it is. Hello.
18:46Hello, hello.
18:47How are you?
18:49I'm all right, thank you.
18:50Just to reiterate how grateful I am for all the advice
18:53you gave us last time,
18:54I want to go again,
18:55and I was going to give Anthony a lot more responsibility for it.
19:01I think that'd be a good idea
19:02because he's got the most to gain and the most to lose.
19:06This is where I want to ask a favour.
19:09He needs to get a taste of how it should work.
19:11What if I send Ant and the MGB up to you just for a couple of days?
19:16I'd love it. Yeah, send him up.
19:18I'll be there.
19:19I'll be there.
19:21Erm, I'd love it. Yeah, send him up.
19:24I'll give him some lessons he won't forget.
19:26I had a feeling...
19:27Listen, I want him to come back with some stuff he can apply here.
19:31Yeah, that sounds good.
19:33On that note, I need a little favour from you.
19:36Yes?
19:37I've got Donington Historic Festival coming up
19:40and I need to get a skyline painted very fast.
19:43Is this a racing skyline?
19:45This is a racing skyline.
19:46Well, look, we have just put our rate up.
19:48If you do the favour for me,
19:49I'll certainly do it at the old rate.
19:51When can you get it to me?
19:52I'll get it to you tomorrow, if that's OK.
19:54Right! This is good.
19:55You're doing a favour for me, I'll do a little favour for you.
19:58I'll get it up to you tomorrow.
20:00All right. Thank you.
20:01OK. Bye-bye.
20:04So, that is our first motorsport job.
20:06It's why we got into motorsport, we'd get work, and we have.
20:09And as a bonus, I'm also getting Antony trained.
20:12I might have had a good idea.
20:15It feels a bit odd in my tummy.
20:17It's like sort of indigestion.
20:24Italian cars, as all Italian owners know, will give them grief.
20:28At the moment, there's an immobiliser playing up a bit,
20:31so I've got Isaac in the back running the fuel pump manually for me.
20:35So, this is the moment of truth.
20:40Whoa!
20:41Go on, girl.
20:43Because it's been stood for so long,
20:44you'll probably find injectors are all clogged up.
20:47I thought you were getting this running well.
20:49Oh, it's sounding better.
20:50We've got oil pressure, so oil pressure's good.
20:53Oh!
20:54Ooh!
20:57That's the injectors coming to life.
20:58She's alive.
21:00Oh, this is the best bit of my job,
21:02is when you get the excitement of actually getting something running
21:05for the first time in years.
21:09Can't run it for too long, so I can't let it get too hot.
21:12But that's positive signs from the old Italian Lancia.
21:22Yep.
21:24Oh, yeah, but will it run?
21:26And you can't get one in the UK.
21:28You must be able to.
21:29Surely.
21:31All right, talk soon. Bye.
21:34Bad news.
21:35The Mustang I was going to buy is not working.
21:38It's turning out not to be reliable yet.
21:41I've already handed the Merc over for sale. That's gone.
21:44But I've booked us in to the Pennine Rally,
21:46and I haven't got a car to do it in.
21:49OK, I might have a little panic.
21:59Anton is on his way up north for a motorsport mechanic boot camp.
22:03He's only ever really worked for his dad.
22:06And how can I put this?
22:07Laser-like focus and speed aren't always his thing.
22:13Rick can teach me a lot going forward with the MG.
22:16He'll become my mentor, hopefully,
22:18because without covering the costs of it and making it work,
22:21the business can't sustain the racing.
22:31Morning, Rick. Good to see you.
22:33You brought the MGB? She's outside.
22:35Let's get it off. Let's have a look.
22:38She's in.
22:39Yes, sir.
22:40Right, Antony.
22:41When we go racing, on the way home,
22:43we'll start making a list of stuff we need to do.
22:45Order the parts, make the parts, so we've done all that.
22:48I take it you've got a big piece of paper in your pocket
22:50that you're going to give me.
22:52I haven't. It was literally put into the barn and forgotten about.
22:55It was obviously the wrong thing to have done.
22:57It was totally the wrong thing to do.
22:58So, we need to look through this car.
23:02You look round it for ten minutes,
23:03then I'll look round it for three minutes,
23:05then I'll look round it for three minutes.
23:08We'll compare lists.
23:10Rick's put me on edge a bit now
23:12because he's telling me to check this car over.
23:15And I'm worried now I'm going to look an idiot.
23:18What this feels like now is being at school, doing a test,
23:21and then the teacher's going to walk in and mark it for me.
23:24That's one thing I used to be terrified of.
23:36Morning, Mark.
23:37I've been asked to bring this down for you, gents.
23:39I'm excited to see what's in there.
23:43Oh, that'll be Rick's Skyline, then.
23:45The cog's part of the deal with Rick
23:47is to get the body of this 200k Nissan Skyline
23:50re-sprayed in just two days.
23:53There she is. It looks a nice job.
23:54The fabrication looks beautiful on it.
23:56It's going to be a quick turn around. You know, motorsport.
23:59The trouble is, Rick is helping Anthony with the races,
24:02so we've got to do Rick a knock-down deal on the Skyline.
24:05But it's time-critical, it's a lot of work,
24:07and the one thing we ain't got is time.
24:10Oh, they've done some welding under there, haven't they?
24:12Yeah, it's a lot of work, innit?
24:25It's 11 minutes.
24:27How far through the car have you got?
24:29I've been round it.
24:30Right. Why does your list look a lot bigger than mine?
24:34Let's start at the top. What's on your list?
24:36OK, so I've gone for radiator.
24:38Yeah.
24:39Auto fan. Maybe go for a straight-cut gearbox.
24:42I've put check, wheel bearing.
24:43Check for leaks all round.
24:45So when you say check, have you noticed anything?
24:49No. OK.
24:50Do you want me to go through my list?
24:52Yeah.
24:53Obviously, the radiator, the fan.
24:55You didn't notice both calipers dripping down onto the wheel.
24:59Softer front springs.
25:01That's even better.
25:02It's coming back to me now.
25:04It's flooding, is it?
25:05Because we tried those ones once, but they weren't quite big enough, were they?
25:08There's no excuse. You've messed up.
25:10So there's nothing we can do on this until you get sorted with the parts.
25:14Yeah, if I can help anywhere else and learn anywhere else, then...
25:16Well, people here start seven.
25:19It's half eight, so it's seven.
25:21That's at your place, not mine.
25:23He's made many mistakes today.
25:25I'm hoping by the end of tomorrow,
25:28we might be able to just show him in the light.
25:46Hello.
25:47Have you got a minute?
25:48I just need to talk to Neil, if that's OK.
25:50Now?
25:51Yeah. Element of mystery.
25:53I'll finish that later.
25:54OK, I'm coming.
25:58Phew.
26:02Holler!
26:03You all right?
26:04How's it going?
26:05You get it when this goes from, yeah?
26:06Yes. How is it going, do you think?
26:09Nightmare.
26:10Why?
26:11When I was a trammy, I used to avoid these things at the plague
26:15because they're just so much work.
26:16Avoid what things?
26:18Anything with a roll cage in it.
26:20Compared with the normal car that comes in,
26:22what you're not going to find is rust.
26:26There's not a lot of fabrication.
26:28It's just, it's a car.
26:30Yeah.
26:31So that's good.
26:32It's good in a way,
26:33but if you had to charge the hours to do this job,
26:37whoever owns the car wouldn't want to pay it.
26:39Right.
26:40Neil, I've spent 50 grand going racing
26:44in order to attract motorsport jobs.
26:47Yeah, well, we don't mind motorsport jobs,
26:50but not all of them.
26:51I have an appointment with the canal,
26:54a bag of bricks and a length of rope.
26:58Can I go get on with that?
27:00Not for yourself?
27:01Yep.
27:06That went well.
27:10This makes me want to think very carefully
27:14about the whole racing thing.
27:17If it isn't the door to countless jobs,
27:20why the hell am I doing it?
27:25It's early.
27:26I'm trying to get to Rick's before seven.
27:29I'm very nervous.
27:30I know Rick's going to give me a proper grilling
27:32and put me through my paces today.
27:366.58.
27:38I've made it before seven, which is good.
27:44I'm going to go and have a look at the car.
27:46I'm going to go and have a look at the car.
27:48I'm going to go and have a look at the car.
27:50I'm going to go and have a look at the car.
27:52I'm going to go and have a look at the car.
27:58Right.
27:59Today, we're going to fit this engine.
28:03You're going to be working with Mark.
28:05This is going to be running in four hours.
28:07It's only an engine. What could go wrong?
28:09Get on with it.
28:10Cheers, Rick.
28:11We'll get the clutch on first and then measure the stack height.
28:14If you want to stack that up for us, following the instructions.
28:17So near engine, that one.
28:18So basically that goes like that.
28:20That goes on there.
28:21Then your plate goes on.
28:22One thing I've noticed this morning is how fast Mark's working.
28:26He's just clink, clink, clink, bolt, bolt, bolt, done, done, done.
28:29I'm struggling to keep up visually.
28:31Have we got time for a quick tea break or...?
28:33Well, you can clock out, lose half an hour's wages,
28:36have a brew and clock back in. How's that?
28:38We'll carry on.
28:40We'll carry on.
28:43The thing is, I've worked with Dad now for a lot of years
28:46and I think Dad's now taken me to his limit,
28:49so if I can actually build his gearbox and Rick says it's OK,
28:53I'll actually go home so chuffed.
29:00Right, hang on. Right, come here straight, straight at the back.
29:03Right, she's in. I'm done. She's in.
29:06I'm getting quite a big buzz out of today
29:08cos I'm actually not so scared of actually tackling jobs
29:11that are normally sent away.
29:13You seem just a tiny little bit,
29:15but hopefully it's opened your eyes massively.
29:17So I just want to say thank you and I'll see you soon.
29:20Right, thank you. See you soon.
29:40Ah, the skyline. What a wonderful job.
29:43You can't paint the whole thing in one go.
29:45You've got to mask the floor, do the inside, mask the roof,
29:48then mask all the interior.
29:50Very technical.
29:52You've got to think ahead. It's like a game of chess.
29:57Morning. You're in bright and early.
29:59Morning, mate. Yeah, been an hour and a half.
30:01Right, go on then. What was it like at Rick's?
30:03Mate, their work ethic is totally different.
30:05But have you brought back stuff that we can apply here?
30:08A lot. Good. And I'm going to pull it to great use.
30:11Good lad. I might need your help later on.
30:13That's fine. I'll see you in a bit. Cheers, bud.
30:19In the midst of all the drama about the skyline,
30:22I sort of forgot I've booked Mindy and me
30:25onto a classic car rally this weekend.
30:27And since the Mustang fell through, I haven't got a car.
30:31But then I thought, I have got a car.
30:34I've got my classic E-Type.
30:36But it has let us down a couple of times in the past,
30:39which it cannot do again
30:41because I'm trying to sell Mindy on the idea of classic cars.
30:44So I'm putting my overalls on to make it reliable.
30:48I'm going to change the bushes,
30:50like rubber mantings on the rear suspension,
30:52that change the way the car feels.
30:54It'll feel reliable. It'll feel...
30:56It'll give her confidence.
31:01So he's mentioned something to me about going on a rally.
31:06In his little head, he imagines,
31:09I'm Grace Kelly and he's going to be some dapper chap,
31:12when actually the reality is, he's going to be there in his flat cap
31:16and I'm going to be there in a cagoule.
31:19I'd be quite happy if we could go somewhere warm.
31:22Well, I'd be happier.
31:40The problem here is, if you pull the wheel back,
31:43it gets stuck on the wing.
31:45So...
31:47Once I've disconnected the shock absorbers from this,
31:50this'll drop and then I can get the wheel out.
31:56Anthony, would you drift this pin out all the way?
32:00You just...
32:02There's no tension on it.
32:04There is. I'm going to do it a different way.
32:06Watch.
32:08The thing is, if you break it, it's your car.
32:10I'm not going to break it.
32:12See, now they're both free.
32:14Thank you. I can carry on now.
32:16Sure. I'll be back in a minute.
32:18Right.
32:20And...
32:22That's not going to come out.
32:24It will.
32:28Ooh, ooh, we could...
32:30Oh! I apologise, you were right.
32:32OK, is there anything else, while we're under it, I should be doing?
32:36Why is Anthony here? He's meant to be on the lance here.
32:39OK, I'll go. Before I get into trouble, I'll go.
32:41I didn't steal him. Leave him alone.
32:43I will leave him alone. OK.
32:45I'm going to be in trouble.
32:47The plan with that E-type
32:49was that he was going to do it all by himself.
32:57How do I get that out?
32:59There's a kit over there somewhere. Come with me.
33:02You'll have to go round the back, because Sophie's watching us.
33:06Ooh, it's not as easy as it looks.
33:09I think I'm going to hand Richard a little go for this.
33:12He's managed to rope in Anthony
33:14and Neil, who I'm looking at right now.
33:17Ah!
33:19That was brutal.
33:21It's going swimmingly well, by the look of it.
33:24Slightly trickier bit, reassembly.
33:27The last time he used that car with Mindy,
33:31it let them down at Prescott.
33:33Bastard! Give it to me.
33:35He's gone and sold Mindy's Mur, which was the most reliable thing,
33:39but now he's taken that.
33:41Oh, bugger!
33:43That is going to be a challenge.
33:46I don't really know how to do this.
33:54So now I'm going on the E-type
33:56that broke down when we went on a rally before.
33:59Slightly worrying, if I'm honest.
34:03BELL RINGS
34:05I hope to prove to my wife that classic cars,
34:08and thus my entire world, are worthy of her attention
34:11and maybe even admiration.
34:13The thought of tootling around country lanes
34:16with me trying to navigate and him not following instructions.
34:20Oh!
34:24Oh, God.
34:33BELL RINGS
34:44I am thrilled cos it's today, the rally,
34:47the one I've been waiting to do.
34:49We leave here and then there are, I think, ten stages.
34:55So it's quite intense.
34:57Navigator and driver have to work together very closely.
35:00It's teamwork, it's why there's so many husbands and wives' names
35:03on the cars in the car park.
35:05There have had to be some changes made to my team.
35:08In...in...in just minor ones.
35:13Mindy Hammond. Morning. Really?
35:15You look fresh and radiant. Do I look sexy, Rick?
35:18Maybe to another one of your kind.
35:20His kind being Cumbrian sheep farmer Vintage Carnot
35:23and my oldest friend.
35:25Right, much to do. These are all the instruments you've got
35:29a bag full of gubby.
35:31If I was at home, I'd like to fire with that.
35:33Right. We have to hit an average speed in the time stages.
35:36For instance, if we've got to travel 43km an hour average,
35:39you now know from this that in 1.24 minutes
35:43we should have travelled one kilometre.
35:46There's going to be a lot of maths in this.
35:48You're stressing me over the navigation thing.
35:50You navigate, I'll drive.
35:52Have you actually bailed out of navigating immediately?
35:54No, I'm going to give it a go later on.
35:57It's lovely, it's lovely.
35:59You want a bubble in the middle, remember?
36:04It's now the time to say I need to pee.
36:06I also need to pee, but we haven't got time.
36:09Doing well in the rally depends on picking up
36:12as few penalty points as possible.
36:15You get these either by going too fast or too slow
36:19in the time stages.
36:2130 seconds. Not long enough.
36:24I haven't got any thoughts.
36:29Left.
36:32And then 0.8.
36:35This isn't a brilliant start.
36:39It's just getting used to its little quirks.
36:44Oh, that's reverse.
36:46Sorry, mate. Don't worry about it.
36:48Do I make you nervous driving your car?
36:50No, I just don't want you to be kicked to death
36:52by me for having crashed it.
36:56This button zeroes the distance counter
36:59so we can accurately measure stages on our chart.
37:02We're only 0.23 kilometres down here
37:04and then we are into the first time stage.
37:07That will go beep.
37:11That's it, we're in it now.
37:13And I haven't zeroed it like an idiot.
37:15So when we go over Lindenburg-Beck,
37:17I've got to zero or I'll never get back on track.
37:20There's the Beck.
37:21Don't forget it's a Jaguar, it'll rust.
37:23Boom, zeroed it.
37:25And it's rusting.
37:28Keep your speed up again.
37:30I'm assuming they don't make us drive like lunatics.
37:32I'll bet you the only danger is...
37:34Oh, no! What are you on about?
37:36A farmer!
37:37Oh, mate, you ruined it.
37:39We're now down at 10.
37:40Farmers, honestly.
37:41Right, there's a right turn coming up now.
37:43Brilliant.
37:44Turn right here, hammer it.
37:46Whatever you can do legally and safely.
37:48Go on, foot in.
37:51Left here.
37:52Left?
37:53No, right here.
37:55Right?
37:56No, left.
37:57Left.
38:00I reckon you should give it about 40 when you can.
38:03Yeah.
38:04Is that us out?
38:05It shouldn't be.
38:08I've got that gone-wrong feeling.
38:11Oh, my God, this didn't...
38:13This isn't right.
38:14Oh, what?
38:15Mooner, bloody...
38:17But we had a pond there for the other one.
38:19This isn't making any sense.
38:21Oh, my God, I'm miles out.
38:23Leslie?
38:24Yeah, mate?
38:25I was on the wrong page.
38:26Don't worry.
38:27We were still in the original zone,
38:29and we've done 5km more than we're supposed to have done.
38:32Do you want me to stop a minute?
38:34Yeah.
38:37Go, go, go!
38:38We've got to do 42!
38:40LAUGHTER
38:45The original deal was we would swap now.
38:48How many miles have we done so far?
38:5059km.
38:51Right, we could do with stopping for a week, really.
38:54My bladder is so full, it's scary.
38:57Look, that's what they're doing there.
38:59There's no women in that car, is there?
39:01Don't think so.
39:06Ah!
39:08He gets a little bit stressed at moments,
39:10but I think in the main we're doing all right.
39:12I mean, you can't be perfect, we've never done it before,
39:15we're just doing the best we can.
39:17Lovely.
39:18Now I'm just having a little drive.
39:20Oh, joy of joys.
39:22Wait a minute.
39:24You look so cool.
39:26I'd say so.
39:33You are a child behind the wheel.
39:36I was driving responsibly.
39:38You are driving like a young teenager
39:40that's been given keys to a machine for the first time.
39:43You've been navigating for 30 seconds and you're shouting at me.
39:46I'm not shouting at you.
39:47You call me a child?
39:48A child.
39:49Are we going to have our first tip of the trip?
39:51I don't think we've ever had an argument,
39:53but this is enough to test any friendship.
39:56Might be a blessing that Mindy didn't come.
39:59We're coming up to our route now.
40:01Feel the pressure.
40:03Which page are we on, Rich?
40:05Oh, Lord.
40:06Vindolanda, now we're past that.
40:08OK.
40:09Oh, we're in a time thing.
40:11I don't know where we are.
40:12Ah, right, OK.
40:13When I see the other thing, there we are.
40:16The book has gone in and it won't come out, Rich.
40:21Well, it doesn't work.
40:22You've sat on it.
40:23No, no, it wasn't, it was just here.
40:25Under your arse?
40:26No, no, no, it wasn't.
40:27So you'll have to gauge the distances with guesswork.
40:29This is a lot more stressful than sitting in that seat.
40:32Isn't it?
40:39God, this is gorgeous.
40:41That.
40:43That, I get.
40:45Look at the view he's got from his farm.
40:48Look at that house over there.
40:50That's beautiful.
40:51I am smiling a lot now.
40:58Right, mate, that's us.
41:00Yes.
41:01Why don't we just go to the pub and leave it?
41:03I'd be quite interested in doing that.
41:06Well, Richard, but you'd like to know how you've done.
41:09I'm happy to tell you that you're not first.
41:11Oh, for God's sake!
41:14You are, in fact...
41:15Yes?
41:16...twelfth.
41:17Out of?
41:18Twelve.
41:19Wow!
41:22I've never done a classic car run,
41:24and I know from the outside you think it's maybe a bit nerdy,
41:28but if it is, we're all nerds together having a great time,
41:31and what's wrong with that?
41:39It was a great day with Les.
41:41Now, back to reality.
41:43I've got to decide what we're going to do with our race team.
41:48Our first motorsport job is completed today.
41:52The last conversation with Neil about it was not entirely fluffy and warm.
41:56I mean, it's crunch time. We've got to work out.
41:58Is it worth spending money going racing to attract motorsport-related work?
42:03Because if it isn't, I'm not going to spend money effectively advertising for something I don't want.
42:108.13, and Rick will be here at 8.30 as far as I know,
42:14so you don't get much closer than this.
42:17It takes a little of you, because you're always worrying.
42:20What if this? What if that?
42:27Rick, there's your car.
42:29Morning.
42:30Have a look.
42:31Oh, I'm suddenly anxious.
42:38Even Neil's gone quiet.
42:43You know what? You should be taking this up with us a living.
42:47That's really quite good.
42:49We've had a tense moment or two.
42:51Really?
42:52Yes.
42:53Because trying to persuade these to let anything leave
42:57at anything other than the top standard they can achieve is impossible.
43:01It has to be a very good standard, but it can't be perfect.
43:06It's a working horse here.
43:08They haven't not moaned about it.
43:10Moaning is normal.
43:16If it brings them more work, and if somebody wants to pay the money,
43:19I think it'll probably pay for itself.
43:24Put it behind.
43:31Rick said if a car had come to us and it needed all the prep doing,
43:35he could be looking at 20, 25 grand,
43:37and at that point it becomes worth it.
43:39All of which means, for now, we're still going racing.
43:53.