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00:00So we're doing this to save leopards.
00:04When there are animals involved, you go mental.
00:07Go on.
00:08I noticed the Lancia down there.
00:09Please tell me that one's at £95 an hour.
00:12He has a strictly limited budget.
00:14We can't agree to jobs on how much somebody's got.
00:16They might have bitten off more than they can chew.
00:19Our race team.
00:20Last race season, we had a go.
00:22But it's just a small matter of the cost.
00:24Literally put into the barn and forgotten about.
00:26It was totally the wrong thing to do.
00:28If we can get out there this year and make her a bit more reliable,
00:30then I can carry on living the dream of being a race driver.
00:39Something worked!
00:41Two years ago, I set up a classic car restoration business
00:44with the Greenhouse family.
00:46We can recover any vehicle.
00:48Turning my passion into a successful business
00:51with my family in tow.
00:53Hasn't exactly been plain sailing.
00:56No, mother. Shush.
00:58But things are finally on the up.
01:00We've got work.
01:01How far do you want to go with it?
01:03New staff.
01:04Ooh!
01:05We're racing again.
01:06Never drove that quick on the way to work.
01:08And we're going international.
01:10That's in the sea!
01:11I just hope I haven't taken on too much.
01:14Ah!
01:15I've got that gone wrong feeling.
01:27Mmm!
01:34Essential life skill for the modern business person.
01:37And because a lot of business is done on the golf course these days.
01:40Our little business is doing well.
01:43Um...
01:44But...
01:45in order to benefit some leopards,
01:48Neil has taken on an Italian rust bucket.
01:51An old Lancia. The idea is...
01:53we do the car up so the owner can sell it
01:56to raise funds to support his new leopard enclosure.
01:59I know.
02:00My worry is, though,
02:02Neil's love of animals means...
02:04things are going to get out of hand and it's going to end up costing me.
02:12Yeah.
02:17Here we go.
02:18Another day, another diner.
02:22Lancia, Italian, 1980s, rust.
02:25They just go together like that.
02:27It's like a marriage made in heaven.
02:28The whole car's very thin, but the roof is very thin.
02:30You can push it and it's like paper.
02:32If it was, you know, an ideal world,
02:34you could buy a completely new roof skin,
02:36spot weld it on,
02:37but it's not back in the day, it's now,
02:39and you can't get a roof skin.
02:40So this panel, which is rotten,
02:42I'm going to have to make.
02:44But anyway, think about it this way.
02:45We're saving a nearly extinct car
02:48and we're actually doing a bit of good for the planet
02:50and saving some nearly extinct leopards.
02:52So they need somewhere to live and we've got to help them.
02:55Well, I've got to help them.
02:57So if you're watching this, leopards, I'm trying, I'm trying.
03:00As Neil seems focused on devising ways to break the business,
03:04I need to compensate and bring in more work.
03:08Right, we're going to have a meeting then.
03:11Yes, very grown-up.
03:12It's like a whole new world, isn't it?
03:13It is.
03:14Right, what jobs have we got?
03:15Right, there's a couple of inquiries.
03:17First one's a military vehicle.
03:19It's called a pinzigauer.
03:21Yeah.
03:22It's a respray.
03:23But I wasn't too sure that was really our bag
03:25and whether it really fit with what we do.
03:27Bit unusual, though, isn't it?
03:29Pinzigauer.
03:30Pinzigauer.
03:31I know what one is.
03:32I've seen them many, many times because I'm an expert.
03:35So it's like an off-road sort of...
03:38Yeah.
03:39It's like a troop carrier type thing.
03:41Why has he got it?
03:42I think his son's in the military,
03:44is probably the connection there.
03:46So he's always had an interest in military vehicles.
03:48Send me his details, I'm going to give him a call.
03:50Of course, yeah.
03:52Thank you, Soph.
03:54I'll get back to work.
04:04Hello, it's Zookeeper Alan.
04:06Ringing to check about the lounge here, no doubt.
04:08Well, I thought I'd better check up on it,
04:10see how it's all going.
04:11Yeah, no, we're OK, mate.
04:13I've been flat out on it, to be honest.
04:15I've been trying to have a few hours, get the wild in.
04:18How are the leopards?
04:19Leopards are doing well.
04:20They're getting impatient, but, you know, we all are.
04:22I'll tell you what, Neil, I'll give you a little sweetener.
04:24If you want to, you can come down and be a zookeeper for a day.
04:27Honestly?
04:28Honestly.
04:29That would be an amazing experience.
04:31Don't worry, I'm on the case.
04:33You're on budget, the car will look amazing,
04:36and you'll definitely get your enclosure for the leopards.
04:39Brilliant, that's what it's all about.
04:41All right, Neil, take care.
04:42All right, mate, nice to see you.
04:44Bye-bye, bye-bye.
04:45Bye.
04:51Hello.
04:52Hello.
04:53Ah, right.
04:54I'm Alan with Alancia.
04:56Yes.
04:57He's offered me a day to be a zookeeper at the Safari Park.
05:01Zookeeper?
05:02Take me, so I can go there for the day and be a zookeeper for the day.
05:07Are you going?
05:08Well, we've got to, haven't we?
05:09We've got to look after him, he's a good customer.
05:11It's all public relations,
05:12allow us to go there, talk to him about the car,
05:14tell him how it's going.
05:15What about Alancia?
05:16It's all right, he's in hand.
05:17Perfect, OK.
05:20A zookeeper?
05:21Right.
05:22I love the way he dresses it up as customer relations.
05:25What, with the animals?
05:27Maybe there'll be a parrot that wants a fear restoring.
05:31It's unlikely.
05:40Mark, it's Richard from the Smallest Cog.
05:42Hello.
05:43How are you, sir?
05:44I'm very well, thank you.
05:45We got your inquiry about the pin scar
05:48and I'm intrigued.
05:50Why have you got one?
05:51What do you want to do and how can we help?
05:53Because I'm an idiot.
05:55OK, nice to meet you, that's a great intro.
05:57So, I wanted something that was kind of unique and different,
06:01that was kind of idiot-proof.
06:03I'm ex-forces, my son's in the military at the moment,
06:07and we break everything.
06:09Yeah, you do.
06:10Yeah, it's true.
06:11So, you're going on a trip, are you?
06:12Yeah, yeah, we're going to Morocco.
06:14So, what needs doing to it?
06:16What do you want...?
06:17So, ideally, it needs paint.
06:19Are you turning it into a camper?
06:21Yeah, it's going to get converted into a camper in the back.
06:24I love the fact that it's, you know,
06:25father and son going adventuring in it,
06:27that you're demilitarising it, making it civilian.
06:29I think they're really cool.
06:31I love off-roaders and I love camper vans.
06:33So, I'd be very happy for us to have a look at it.
06:36No, thank you for taking it on.
06:38I'm really happy.
06:39See you.
06:40See you, sir. Bye-bye.
06:41Bye-bye.
06:42Look, I've got a thing about camper vans.
06:45I'm not going to lie,
06:46because they're sort of mobile Wendy houses.
06:49I did have one.
06:50I bought, I commissioned a VW camper for Mindy and the girls
06:54because I thought they'd love it.
06:56And I had it painted in, like, a dusky pink.
06:59It was, like, brilliant.
07:00And I thought, presented it to them in the yard.
07:02Look, girls, look at this.
07:03It's like a Wendy house that drives.
07:05And they went, yeah, whatever.
07:06They just weren't bothered.
07:07And so, if I can't have one, I'm going to do his for him.
07:11Right, well, hopefully he'll bring it along and we'll have a look.
07:15Yeah.
07:21If I've learned anything about business from my few corporate chums,
07:25when the sun comes out, it's time to clear the diary and hit the golf course.
07:29It's where they meet half their clients.
07:31So, by taking up an offer from my daughter Izzy for a free lesson,
07:35I'm hoping I can kill two birdies with one stone.
07:41OK.
07:42Welcome.
07:44To Golfing 101.
07:45I could book a professional, but...
07:47No, but I think this is more fun.
07:48Yeah.
07:49This is bonding.
07:50This is nice.
07:51But this is also, don't forget, connected to business for me,
07:53because this is a useful business skill.
07:54Because one day, a posh client is going to say,
07:56yeah, there's a reason, I'd love you to restore my Bentley,
07:58so we have a round of golf and discuss it.
08:00I need to be able to do that.
08:01How do I hold the stick again?
08:02Just like that.
08:03Just like that and like that.
08:04Why are you wearing boots like that?
08:07We're playing golf.
08:09Trainers.
08:10It's what I wear to work.
08:11OK, fine, OK.
08:12Right.
08:14Yeah, not like that.
08:16Put your feet straighter.
08:18Feet straighter.
08:19Yeah, but...
08:20I'm really scared.
08:21So it's going to go like that.
08:22I really am scared.
08:26You came up too much.
08:27I didn't feel right from the very outset.
08:31You're doing something wrong,
08:32because it should go further than that.
08:35That's very bad.
08:36We're in a bunker.
08:40I couldn't tell you what happened there.
08:41Can I have a go, please?
08:42Can I have a go, please?
08:43Because you seem to have had about 57 goes.
08:46Oh!
08:47That was straight and it went...
08:48Oh, you were towards the car.
08:50I'd like to hit the car.
08:51If they fancy it being repaired, of course,
08:53I know where it could be done.
09:05You rubbed that down your man, eh?
09:06Where were you?
09:07Put the hands up.
09:08You rubbed...
09:13Are you in the right place?
09:15Yeah.
09:16How are you doing?
09:17Hiya.
09:19Are you looking for the engineering place?
09:21I'm after you guys.
09:22Richard's told me to bring it down.
09:23He hasn't bought this, has he?
09:24What is it?
09:25No, it's my next of toy.
09:26It's a Pinsgauer 716.
09:28A what?
09:29Pinsgrauer?
09:30Pins...
09:31Pinsgrauer, yeah.
09:32Pinsgauer.
09:33Gauer?
09:34Yeah, it's...
09:35Well, originally, they were Austrian.
09:36It's actually a Steyr-Daimler.
09:37So it's Steyr-Daimler, Puch.
09:38Yeah.
09:39Pinsgauer.
09:40I've never seen one.
09:41It's a proper military...
09:42Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:43I think this one was designed for the Marines.
09:45What do you actually want doing to this, then?
09:47It needs a complete spray job.
09:48It's going to be driving through Europe and then into Africa.
09:52So we tend to have problems driving military vehicles
09:55in certain countries when you're getting through checkpoints.
09:57I can imagine.
09:59What colour do you want to actually paint it?
10:02So ideally, like a good metal grey.
10:05The best thing to do.
10:06Could you leave it with us?
10:07Yeah, definitely.
10:08Definitely.
10:10All right.
10:11Cheers.
10:12This is all I need now.
10:14I've been working all the hours God sends on the lands here.
10:17The repairs have taken ages.
10:19And now we've got this Pinsgauer, this army truck to paint.
10:22But Richard's not here at the moment, so I've got a plan.
10:27I've got a plan.
10:28And as they say, where the cat's away, the mouse will play.
10:32Well, I'm on my way to a place called Tank Barrett.
10:35And I'm hoping, fingers crossed,
10:37that I can get some panels for our land here.
10:40So if I can get the tailgate, two doors,
10:43I can get back to the garage,
10:45and I won't have to repair the doors we've got.
10:48So that should save me acres of time.
10:50That would then save hours and hours and hours.
10:53This could be the tailgate.
10:57Hello there.
10:58Hi.
10:59I think I'm in the right place.
11:00What, if you can help me?
11:01It's the Boston Bay.
11:02Er, I'm Tank.
11:04Ah.
11:05Can I help you?
11:06Oh, Tank, Tank Barrett.
11:07That's your name, isn't it?
11:08That is my name, yeah.
11:09Ah, right.
11:10That's the company name.
11:11Right, I'm hoping you can help me.
11:12I've got...
11:13We've got a Landseer Integrale,
11:14and I've got a list of bits here which I'm desperately looking for.
11:17I've got a list of bits here.
11:18I've got a list of bits here.
11:19I've got a list of bits here.
11:20I've got a list of bits here.
11:21I've got a list of bits here.
11:22I've got a list of bits here.
11:24And I've got a list of bits here which I'm desperate to...
11:27I shouldn't use the word...
11:28No, you shouldn't.
11:29I shouldn't use the word desperate, but I'm
11:30being honest, I need a pair of doors.
11:33But they're the front doors, so I'm hoping they're not...
11:36OK.
11:37..difficult.
11:38Tailgate.
11:42Door handles.
11:43We've got those.
11:45Radiator fan.
11:46It's corroded.
11:47We've got that.
11:48Oh, you can get one of them?
11:49Yeah, should be able to do most of that.
11:51That'd be great.
11:52you could be a lifesaver, literally.
11:54Not my life, well, actually, more than my life,
11:57my life and the life of a couple of little tiny leopards.
12:00Leopards?
12:01Leopards, indeed.
12:02Why have they got a car?
12:03Well, no, no, no.
12:04Well, basically, I'm on a bit of a push
12:07because the chap that owns this car
12:09is selling this car to fund, believe it or not,
12:12a pound to put some leopards in.
12:14So basically, they've got a wildlife park
12:17and they're part of this breeding program
12:19where they've got these really endangered leopards.
12:26Right, so doors.
12:27Ah, right.
12:27Here's doors.
12:28Shall I have a look for some of the other bits?
12:30Yeah, if I have a look at those doors,
12:31well, if you have a look on there,
12:32ignore the bit at the bottom where it says leopards,
12:34unless you've got any leopards, yeah?
12:35You could chuck a couple in there.
12:37No, we're short of leopards, actually, yeah.
12:39I'll go and have a start on this and leave you with those.
12:43Okay, mate, yeah, I'll have a munch through these.
12:45Right-o, cheers.
12:47I think we're very lucky to have found this place
12:50because our doors are absolutely rotten.
12:52But if I spent a day on a door,
12:54it's gonna be 500 quid a day.
12:56And the time, there's two days I've stayed.
12:58Those two doors there are perfect.
13:01All we need now is a tailgate, the other bits,
13:04get it loaded up, sort a price out, and get home.
13:09This is Lancia Delta Heaven.
13:12There's a few in here, yeah, just a few.
13:15It's a dream, a dream.
13:17There we are, there's our panels.
13:20Hopefully, they're gonna save me a lot of time.
13:22Do you think you'd be able to do this?
13:23I know I'm asking a lot,
13:24but any sort of discount at all, without,
13:27and it's not genuinely not for me, it's to help the leopards.
13:30We'll do 10% on this stuff here for the leopards, okay?
13:36Thank you very much.
13:37I like leopards.
13:38I know, I'm not trying to blag you in any way.
13:41You're right, no, I believe you.
13:42It is, I believe you.
13:44Thank you on behalf of the leopards.
13:46Thanks.
13:47Shall we get this in the van?
13:48Yeah, I know, if I can get these in the van now,
13:50and get going, I'll be an happy boy.
13:52Oh, are you all right with that?
13:53Yeah, yeah, I've got it.
13:55Okay.
13:55Go and get the tailgate.
14:01Thank you very much.
14:02All right.
14:03I really appreciate it. Cheers.
14:04Bye.
14:04Ta-ta.
14:05Cheers.
14:13Last year, Team Cog's debut on the racetrack
14:16was a chequered one.
14:20It's died.
14:22Minus the flag.
14:25What a shame.
14:27Oh, hang on, what's that?
14:29It stopped on circuit.
14:31We failed to finish a race.
14:34This year, I want it to be different.
14:39I've asked Anthony to join me in my office
14:41because we need to talk motor racing.
14:43Not a tricky conversation.
14:44We've already, he knows it's got to improve
14:46because I can't just throw money away for the fun of it.
14:50So I want to see an improvement in the car
14:53and in his driving, in the whole effort.
14:55Let's make it worthwhile.
14:57Here he comes.
14:59So, motorsport.
15:01We'll have a quick chat.
15:02Not, we've had the big chat.
15:03Yes, we're going to carry on.
15:05We want to be better.
15:06We do.
15:07We don't need to be on the podium.
15:09For a second, yeah.
15:10Exactly, he's only on the podium yet.
15:13Our ambitions to be realistic.
15:15If we can get to an end of a race,
15:16it'd be the first achievement we need to hit, I think.
15:19Totally agreed.
15:20So let's finish a race
15:21and then let's get some sort of respectable place,
15:23not at the back.
15:24Yeah.
15:25So, with that in mind,
15:26booked a day's testing, Landau track.
15:30We need that.
15:30So, and this time, yeah,
15:32let's get the thing out exercising for a while.
15:35Let's stack up some laps.
15:36Yeah, it's not just two laps coming.
15:38We need a fair stint.
15:39What have you done to the car?
15:42Gearbox, close ratio, straight cut box,
15:44stronger, reliable, bigger radiator, more cores.
15:48So hopefully, we won't have the overheating.
15:51So how far off is the car being ready?
15:53Because I want to do this fairly soon.
15:54We're ready.
15:55Really?
15:56Yeah, I've been on top of it.
15:57I've got everything together.
15:58The car is built, good to go.
16:01All right.
16:03Just let me know the date and we'll be sorted.
16:05Get a date to you shortly.
16:06Yeah, perfect.
16:07Cheers, Rich.
16:07Cheers, bud.
16:13Rich has just come up with an idea of going,
16:15taking the MGB to Landau for a test day,
16:18which, to be fair, the car's ready to go.
16:20And I'm not worried about the car having a shakedown.
16:22I'm worried about me having a shakedown.
16:24So, I think the best thing to do
16:26is probably give Rick a call,
16:28because he is our motorsport guru.
16:29He always says to me that if I need any tuition,
16:33just get on the phone.
16:33So I think that's gonna be my next step.
16:45It's the morning o'clock,
16:47and Alan's invited me down for the day to be the zookeeper.
16:50So, I get to see our friendly leopards that we're trying out,
16:53and I just can't wait.
17:00Oh!
17:07Ah, Neil.
17:08Ah, morning, Alan.
17:09Nice to see you, mate.
17:11Ready to do some work?
17:12We're straight in, we're running late.
17:14Meerkats is where we're gonna start.
17:15Yep.
17:16So, these guys need their breakfast and a bit of enrichment.
17:19So, we'll get some food for them,
17:21get you straight to work, if that's all right.
17:22No, no, I don't mind, mate.
17:23I'm looking forward to it.
17:24Ideal.
17:25Let's go.
17:27So, you ever been round meerkats before?
17:29Never.
17:30OK.
17:31They look really cute,
17:34but they can bite.
17:34Oh, right.
17:35But, you know, if you get bitten by these,
17:37there's no point in you doing the walks, is there?
17:38No.
17:39Let's see how we get on with these, yeah?
17:41Oh, there they are, hello.
17:42Morning.
17:43Put that there.
17:44Hello.
17:45There you are.
17:46Hey, seems I'm here.
17:47You couldn't put me in the way of any cheap car insurance,
17:49could you?
17:51On to primates now, I think.
17:53He's looking at me as I'm the food delivery man.
17:56Seems as I know you,
17:58you can have a bit, can't I?
17:59Yeah.
18:02So, how's the car going?
18:03It'll be, well, put it this way.
18:06It's got to be absolutely,
18:09really good condition for you to sell, so.
18:11It's got to be right.
18:12It's got to be right.
18:13There's no point in doing it if not.
18:13Yeah, there's no point in spoiling the job,
18:17you know, at the last minute.
18:17So, it might take a little bit longer,
18:19but we'll get there and it'll be good.
18:21You'll be happy.
18:22And the outcome will be good
18:23because you need to get as much money as you can
18:24to build that pen.
18:26He's being a little bit cagey on how far he's got it,
18:29whether he's got it done or not.
18:30He keeps saying it's nearly in paint.
18:31It's in paint.
18:32It's nearly in paint.
18:33So, I'm not really sure.
18:35I've got an auction in mind.
18:36It's not too far away.
18:37It's a nice big auction,
18:39but I need Neil to understand how important this is
18:42to get the money we need for the leopards.
18:55Hello?
18:56Rich?
18:57Hello, mate.
18:58Just had Rick on the phone.
18:59Rick Wood.
19:00Rick Wood.
19:00He's given me an opportunity to go this Saturday
19:03to drive, believe it or not,
19:04his race-prepped Skyline to get some practice.
19:08Where?
19:09Donington.
19:10I'm a little bit worried if I do go.
19:12Why?
19:13Well, you've got MGB and then you've got a Skyline
19:15that's four times its power.
19:16It's gonna be a bit...
19:17You'd be a bit bitey.
19:18Is that so?
19:19I think you should do it.
19:20Yeah? Perfect.
19:21Good idea.
19:22Live your happy.
19:23Cheers, Rich.
19:24Enjoy your day out.
19:26If there's one thing I've learned
19:27about running businesses over the years,
19:29it's that everybody else gets to have the day out.
19:33Not me.
19:35I'll have a day in.
19:39Hey, there you are.
19:40Perfect.
19:43Good boy.
19:43There you go, Morgan.
19:46Bon appétit.
19:48This is absolutely amazing.
19:50There you go.
19:52He's like a big salty sea dog.
19:54Because if I get you to go round behind me.
19:56Right, okay.
19:57And we're gonna start with one of his favourite games.
19:59Oh, lovely.
20:03Perfect.
20:04So, Neil, if you just do this behind me.
20:07Yes, good.
20:08Okay, go for it.
20:09Okay, walk.
20:10Yeah.
20:25Good boy.
20:27Oh.
20:29It's love.
20:31How good was that?
20:32That's unbelievable.
20:34Bit of a bonus.
20:35It's...
20:36Not many people get to do that.
20:37I do get many kisses.
20:39Get the car done.
20:40Get the car done, you can do it again.
20:42I've got an auction coming up.
20:43I've lined it up.
20:44It's soon.
20:45The car will be done.
20:46It will be there, I promise you.
20:47I would love to see the leopard before I go.
20:50Bye, Morgan.
20:51Bye.
20:55I'm just gonna see if my mates are in.
21:00This is where the leopards live at the moment.
21:02Oh, there he is.
21:04Hiya, mate.
21:05Don't worry.
21:06I'm working on Alan's car.
21:07I'm gonna get it sorted in.
21:08The Lance here is getting done.
21:10I'm not gonna let you down.
21:12I'm not gonna let Alan down.
21:16Ha ha ha.
21:24Oh, big day, then.
21:26The thing is, you get the opportunity to drive
21:28a Skyline Group A race car.
21:30It should make the MGB child's play.
21:33Yeah, well, it's like they say, innit?
21:35It's practice makes perfect.
21:37What does that tell you, that Rick would mistrust you,
21:39mate, to let you have a go in a car like that?
21:40Landau's coming up,
21:42and hopefully having a bit of seat time now
21:45will pay off going there.
21:48I'm gonna get it sorted.
21:49I'm gonna get it sorted.
21:50I'm gonna get it sorted.
21:51I'm gonna get it sorted.
21:52I'm gonna get it sorted.
21:53I'm gonna get it sorted.
21:54And hopefully, put a bit of faith in and keep that going
21:57with Richard.
22:09Back at Domingdon, the place it all started.
22:13And now it's actually stepping up
22:15to the big boy league of cars,
22:18which is quite terrifying, really.
22:21I'm going from 160 horsepower
22:22power to about 650. If I wanted to progress in racing, I need to actually jump in somewhere
22:29that is fast and handles way better than the MGB. I need to go and find him now.
22:36There he is. Anthony, mate, how are you?
22:40Anthony, you all right? Warming her up, warming her up. We've got a dash and driver's briefing.
22:49A few places booked.
22:52Yeah.
22:53If you'd have said to her, Anthony, five years' time you're going to be coming to Donington
22:57and helping out a proper professional race team with high-tech 6, 700 horsepower car
23:04and actually going out on a track and experiencing what that feels like. That is a dream come
23:09true for anybody, surely.
23:12It's nice and warm. It's ready for you. Right, let's get you in.
23:15It is like driving a Nissan Micra and then borrowing your mate's Lamborghini. The braking,
23:22the cornering. This car would show probably most of the cars on this track a clean pair
23:27of heels. They're amazingly fast and we'll see what his reaction is.
23:32My biggest fear at the moment is not stalling it because the clutch is on and off. It's
23:36literally...
23:37He used to play this on some computer game and now this is the real deal, the real thing
23:43on the real day.
23:58She's on and off, isn't she? Well, she's on now.
24:04Just come off the clutch really slowly, like you're slipping it.
24:09That's it, that's better, better.
24:23Nice and smooth.
24:30Aim for the kerb here. He should be around in a minute if he hadn't stalled it.
24:36The main thing is you're looking at is traffic, not out-braking yourself.
24:44Blinky that!
24:46The main thing is the smoothness, pure smoothness. Don't do anything in a hurry. Take a dab on
24:54the brakes there.
24:55You all here anyway? Is it lunchtime?
25:00Keep off these big sausages there, so they hit the brakes in a straight line.
25:11We'll go in this lap.
25:19That was awesome.
25:22What I want you to concentrate on next time are your lines, your braking point.
25:28The brakes are totally different worlds. A bit earlier.
25:32A bit earlier on the brakes and then I think you'll be fine.
25:36You just tend to be turning into earlier and aggressively.
25:41I don't want to hurt your girl, your darling.
25:44I was panicking a bit there for a minute or two, but only because of the braking.
25:49Can you see that you can get into trouble with that?
25:52Easy.
25:53Wouldn't take much, would it?
25:57That's an eye-opener, I tell you. Compared to the MGB, oh my God.
26:00Did your foot slip off the clutch when you got here?
26:03I'd like to see you try and pull away on the Dutchman.
26:06We wouldn't laugh at you at all. We wouldn't call it on mine.
26:09Hey, hey, hey.
26:11I've driven a Skyline around Donington.
26:13Yeah, you have. You're very lucky.
26:15Shall we go and have some dinner?
26:17I think you should boy me anyway, not the other way round.
26:19I've got my wallet, I've got no pockets.
26:30Now you see that this is the problem.
26:32As I first thought when I saw this Pinscara turn up,
26:36when you change the colour from military colour to road spec,
26:40it's a lot, lot more work than you'd ever believe
26:44because they're painted in like a matte green which hides every mark.
26:48Door handles, all the rubbers, all the trims,
26:51even the windscreen rubber, everything's just painted green.
26:54The only thing that wasn't painted green was the glass.
26:57But now it's going to go to like a grey, metallic grey and black.
27:01You've got to try and get as many of the marks out as you can
27:04because it'll be shiny for once,
27:06it'll show all the dents, all the scratches, all anything.
27:09It just feels like such a massive task.
27:24The thing is, I thought I'd bought a bit of time
27:27by getting the parts for the lance here,
27:29but now it's one step forward, two steps back.
27:31I'd rather be working on the lance here and I need to be on the lance here.
27:35But the pins go, and it's dark grey primer,
27:38so it's ready for its top coat paint now.
27:41Because the pins go, it's so big, if he tries to paint it himself,
27:45the paint will go dry before he gets away on the other side,
27:48so I'll have to paint one side, he'll have to paint the other.
27:51I can't remember the last time I painted something.
27:53Didn't you do your fence at home the other day?
27:55It'll probably still come better out than what you could do though,
27:58so I ain't really that worried.
28:05Right, and down a little bit.
28:07Whoa!
28:08All right, come on, five foot.
28:10Right, and down a little bit, whoa, all right, come on, bifoot.
28:35Oh, hello, look at that.
28:40Looks different, doesn't it?
28:41Great, doesn't it?
28:42Does it ever.
28:43Looks a bit menacing, though, doesn't it?
28:46Yeah, it looks really cool.
28:48It looks like the SWAT team's been to the charity car wash, doesn't it?
28:51You're happy with the paint?
28:52Yeah.
28:53I mean, it's not a show car, but it's...
28:54No, no, the thing is, you could never make it a show.
28:56Well, you could if you wanted to spend 50 million quid on it,
28:58but considering it's an army vehicle, I reckon it's going to look real nice, doesn't it?
29:01Worries me a bit, though.
29:03Well, it's really cool.
29:04Well, look, he wanted it painted because it looked like a military vehicle.
29:08Looks like a bloody SWAT vehicle now.
29:10Police.
29:11Silly.
29:12No, think about it, because he's taking it to areas where you don't want to be seen in a menace.
29:16This is more...
29:17Special forces.
29:18If I saw that coming up behind me or coming over the hill in a dodgy area,
29:22I'd think that's full of Bond villains.
29:24Cool, though, isn't it?
29:25Yeah, it is very cool.
29:26I'm very jealous.
29:27Is it basically a forward control version of a Mercedes G-Wagen?
29:32I want that.
29:33You'd have a two-bar on it, wouldn't you?
29:34Yeah.
29:45Isaac is taking the Pinscow back to the owner, Mark.
29:48He's going to get it all kitted out and ready for his adventure.
29:50He's going to have the best time.
29:51Bit jealous, because I love any sort of mobile home.
29:55Still, I can have another kind of daddy-daughter bonding experience now, because...
30:00Hello? Is that Izzy Ballesteros?
30:03Hello?
30:04Well, look, it's time for my next golf experience.
30:07Yes, the time has come. Yeah.
30:09Sandy, see you later.
30:10All right, see you there.
30:11Yeah.
30:12Okay.
30:13Don't forget your bags.
30:24Come in.
30:26Hi, Sophie.
30:27Hello.
30:28I'm fine. How are you?
30:29Yeah, good, thanks. How can I help?
30:31Is Richard in? Can I go up?
30:33He's at a place called Twin Lakes at the minute.
30:36Twin Lakes?
30:37Yeah.
30:38What's there?
30:39I don't want to drop him in it, but I think it might be a golf course.
30:42Don't tell me he's gone off to a golf course when we had a meeting.
30:49Right, Izzy, I'm going to read it.
30:51It's going to fall away that way, so I'm going to go like that.
30:53They do this on the telly all the time.
30:55Right, here goes. You're going to be...
31:03Where is he? There's no-one around.
31:06It feels like a Liam Neeson movie, hunting someone down.
31:10Can I do the flair?
31:11You can do it if you like.
31:13I mean, take it now.
31:15Why are you that close to me?
31:17You haven't seen Richard Hammond, have you?
31:19I don't know who he is.
31:21You don't know Richard Hammond?
31:22Me, me, me.
31:23Like little Richard Hammond?
31:25No, I haven't seen him.
31:26No? I'm on the hunt for him.
31:28Not for an autograph, I work with him.
31:33Push.
31:34Yeah, just not... Really just touch it.
31:36It doesn't have to be hard.
31:38Push.
31:39Yeah, that was much better.
31:40I'm getting quite good at driving this.
31:44I could be Richard's caddy.
31:46I think that might be Richard down there.
31:49Let's have a look.
31:50I think we're in luck.
31:53No, I want to get that better.
31:56Yeah, yeah, that's literally it.
31:58Happy?
31:59Mr Hammond?
32:00Hello.
32:01Hello.
32:02How are you?
32:03I'm fine, how are you?
32:04Very well, thank you, very well.
32:05Nice to see you.
32:06You told me you might be here.
32:07Hi, Izzy.
32:08Hello.
32:09I think this is lovely father and daughter time.
32:11I do, I genuinely think it's lovely.
32:13But we did have a meeting.
32:15Today?
32:16I'm so sorry, Izzy.
32:17No, no, no.
32:18No, OK, it's nice.
32:19It's daddy-daughter bonding time.
32:21And I love it, I love it.
32:23This is an essential business skill.
32:25Honestly, this man is full of excuses.
32:28Literally.
32:29Is he like this at home, Izzy?
32:30Yeah.
32:31Right, I'm sorry, what was our meeting about?
32:33About the MGB.
32:35And actually, having looked at the figures,
32:36I can see why you're trying to escape this meeting.
32:39We've spent...
32:41Well, you've obviously got no idea.
32:43It's just tipped over 60,000.
32:46Think of the spend thus far on racing as an investment.
32:51Just to get over the edge, just to get to the point where,
32:53right, the car is ready, we've got to give it one more shakedown.
32:57If, for the sake of another small investment,
33:01we have to write off our big investment,
33:03that would be silly, wouldn't it?
33:05So, OK, so we've spent 60,000 so far.
33:07I mean, are we talking about another 20?
33:09No.
33:10Another 10, another five?
33:12Five.
33:14Izzy, can you be a witness to this?
33:16Right, he is going up, so, like, you know, just sort it out, yeah?
33:20OK.
33:21Go on, do some work.
33:23I'm going to play golf, because I don't have a spot for this.
33:25Oh, so sorry to cut up your time, Izzy.
33:26No, no, no, don't you worry.
33:27She looks heartbroken.
33:28Yeah, I'm going to have a lovely time.
33:29Do you know what, he's happy for you to go, because were you winning?
33:32Of course I was winning.
33:33Of course I was winning.
33:35Come on, then, let's talk business.
33:37Good luck, busy.
33:38Bye.
33:40One day, I'll do a deal on a golf course.
33:43Well, OK, I wait for that day, which it haven't.
33:46Right, drive on.
33:47Right, come on, then.
33:48Ah!
33:49I'm not that bad a driver.
33:51What did you make of me drivers?
33:53Come on, behave yourself.
34:10Why are the lights on?
34:16I hope Richard's not here.
34:22Oh, it's you.
34:23What are you doing here at this time?
34:25Rick has told me I need to get better on my braking and my racing lines.
34:29I've actually found a game that does that,
34:31but I'm not allowed to play this at home, so I've had to bring it into work.
34:35Oh, so you're not playing, you're actually doing homework?
34:37Yeah.
34:38What are you doing here?
34:39Well, I'm behind on my lance here, and I don't want Richard to know about the hour,
34:43so I'm just trying to, you know, catch up with it, nobody knowing.
34:46OK.
34:47If I didn't see you, you didn't see me.
34:49I haven't seen you at all.
34:50So how's the MG getting on?
34:52Yeah, good, yeah, yeah, don't even worry about the MG.
34:54You've got it sorted?
34:55It's all fine, it's all in hand.
34:57All right, OK.
34:58Well, I thought I'd gone back in time for a minute,
35:00because it looked like in your bedroom when you were a kid.
35:02It feels like it.
35:04Hey, once you've done that, clean your room up.
35:06Yes, Dad.
35:11Well, it's all well and good, Anthony doing his own work and driving his car,
35:15but I know that MG's got a new gearbox, new radiator,
35:18the brake's got to be sorted,
35:20and he seems to be a bit preoccupied with his driving and not so much with the car.
35:25It seems a bit concerning, because if you were a pilot,
35:28you wouldn't just jump in your aeroplane without checking it over, would you?
35:33Yeah.
35:49It's test day, so we're on our way to Llanddow Racetrack in Wales.
35:54Abi, our expert professional driver, will be here for the day.
35:58Two reasons.
35:59Give the car a shakedown, get it ready for this season,
36:02and as importantly, if not more importantly, our driver, Anthony.
36:07I've given him more responsibility.
36:09If we ask him any question about that car at any time of day or night,
36:12he should know the answer.
36:14And that's outside of work.
36:16This is a treat and a privilege.
36:18It's for the benefit of the company, which is why he's doing it.
36:21But it is a treat and a privilege, and I need to see him earning it.
36:24I've no doubt that he will.
36:27It's nice to actually see her back ready to go.
36:29Yeah, let's get it on.
36:30Actually being excited to get back in it.
36:35Nerves are getting out.
36:37It is a nice day for it, we can't deny that.
36:42Work has been done, improvements have been made.
36:45Let's see how those improvements work.
36:47That's all we're going to do today.
36:48Hopefully good.
36:49Yeah.
36:50No pressure.
36:51No pressure, some pressure.
36:52There is some pressure.
36:53A lot of pressure, Rick.
36:54Right, get her off then.
36:55Let's get her off, and I do some testing.
37:01Today's going to be the first time the car's been out
37:03since it's kind of refreshed in the off-season.
37:06So the main thing is obviously to kind of blow the cobwebs off for Ant,
37:10for myself to drive the car and make sure we're going in the right direction.
37:14I'm not going to be giving Ant quite as much forgiveness
37:18when he makes mistakes.
37:21Hello.
37:22How are you?
37:23Good, how are you?
37:24Is it heading to the bonnet already?
37:26Checking.
37:27Tried it yet?
37:28No.
37:29This is going to be his first test.
37:30So this is basically a bit of a shakedown.
37:31He's going to have to have a bit of a run around a bit
37:33just to get the gearbox warm.
37:34Make sure you put everything in right.
37:37I'll get the list ready, get you out, get a few laps in, out.
37:41So it's 27 with me.
37:43Fingers crossed.
37:45Fingers are indeed crossed for the little car.
37:48Gearbox fine, rad 60 degrees or lower.
37:52If one's lower than 60.
37:54Yeah, so 70 now.
37:57Oil pressure when running over 3,000 rpm, 55 to 60.
38:01Water temp, 70 to 80, 90 max.
38:04You will adjust the engine.
38:06Yeah, so you okay with that?
38:07Yep, sounds good.
38:09Oh, it sounds like a race car now.
38:13Still moving.
38:15Take it nice and steady, just let everything bed in.
38:18Oh, I love that one.
38:20Sounds like a supercharger.
38:21Gearbox is noisy in second and third.
38:23I feel like that's a new sound from last time.
38:27Oil pressure's 60, that's fine.
38:31Water's down about 70.
38:37Hell, that car looks nice out there, doesn't it?
38:39Yeah.
38:41Hell, that car looks nice out there, doesn't it?
38:45Can you key that one, will it?
38:46It's got a brake issue.
38:47Eh?
38:48It's got a brake issue.
38:49Eh, do you reckon that?
38:50It's locking up there, it's just your towel.
38:53Right, here she comes.
38:54Let's double check everything.
38:55Let's go and have a look.
38:57So everything's still green.
38:59Steering wheel's off to the right.
39:01Biggest thing, we just need to get these brakes sorted.
39:03Because they don't stop at all.
39:05Pedal's just really spongy and there's no bite on it.
39:09Right, what can you do about the brakes today?
39:12We can bleed them.
39:13If we get some fluid now, we can bleed them off.
39:16OK.
39:17You want to know that when you go for the brake pedal
39:20that there's going to be some brakes there to stop you.
39:23Job number one.
39:24Pad depth's OK, isn't it?
39:27Yeah.
39:28Oh, actually...
39:30Has that fell off?
39:31It has.
39:32What has?
39:33Look at the brake pad there.
39:38And there it is there on the floor.
39:39That's brake pad.
39:45Half the brake pad's fell off.
39:48This is a brake problem now.
39:50This is...
39:51Yeah, this isn't a very good thing.
39:53So what's happened is that has broken up
39:56and when you're pressing the brake
39:57that should sandwich between the disc
39:59and that's the friction material that actually stops you
40:02and it's broken up.
40:03So the travel that Abi could feel on the brake pedal
40:07isn't air in the brakes.
40:09It's the travel on the piston because that's broken up.
40:12I think these are the pads that we added to Silverstone, wasn't it?
40:15Yeah, these are.
40:16The problem is they've had a few heat cycles through them now.
40:19Yeah.
40:20So they're probably just...
40:21That's their service life.
40:22Have we got any other brake pads with us?
40:24No.
40:27I had to take a call and then it's gone very quiet.
40:30No, basically...
40:31I haven't heard.
40:32Something we couldn't have predicted has actually happened.
40:34A brake pad has fallen in half.
40:36That's...
40:37So that's why you can't really...
40:38We could have prevented it by having spares.
40:42So we've hired a racetrack
40:44and a racing driver
40:47and we've rebuilt a car
40:50and we haven't gotten to spare one of these.
40:55That is a cocker.
40:58We haven't got any spare brake pads.
40:59It's a race car.
41:01We need a box of brake pads,
41:04tyres, brake fluid,
41:06jubilee clips, washers, shims.
41:10That's a new record.
41:11That's our biggest ever waste of time and money.
41:15A day out of the workshop, no work done.
41:18The track hogs are not being funny, but that is...
41:21It's beyond a joke.
41:22These are consumable.
41:23That's like setting out with no...
41:25I don't know, imagine...
41:26You're steering a wheel in your car, you're going on holiday.
41:28I'm overwhelmed by our professionals.
41:30I'm going to go and sulk.
41:35I feel guilty because
41:37a lot of people give their time up to come here.
41:39Richard's given up,
41:40obviously still paying our wages to be here.
41:43And what have we achieved?
41:45Five laps.
41:46And that's it.
41:47And the pressure's just hit me massively, I think.
41:54It's not really a game, is it?
41:56It's people's money and people's livelihoods
41:59and that hurts.
42:05Hi, Rich.
42:06Yo.
42:07Yes.
42:08I'm very gutted, to be fair.
42:10We've got to sharpen it.
42:12You know that.
42:13And I'm being very calm and very...
42:15You are.
42:16But obviously I'm bitterly disappointed and frustrated,
42:20but I'm happy to take a really important lesson from the day
42:24and also in terms of structuring.
42:26So the second that car goes back on the trailer,
42:29it is your responsibility.
42:31And if we've run out of a consumable,
42:34whether it's brake fluid, brake pads,
42:36it doesn't land with me.
42:38Yeah.
42:39Right, we'll get there.
42:40OK, lesson learned.
42:41I feel bad for all this.
42:43Yeah, well, lesson learned.
42:45OK, cheers, Rich.
42:46Cheers, Adam.
42:54I suspect he feels stupid,
42:56and if he doesn't, he's not taking responsibility.
42:59But it's on its last chance.
43:08It's a kick up the backside because, you know,
43:10ultimately we've come here a year later
43:12and we expect to be a year later further on.
43:15Evolved it.
43:16We all know it wasn't our best day.
43:18We haven't covered ourselves in glory,
43:20we've covered ourselves in something else
43:22that belongs on those fields at certain times of year.
43:25Just comes out of one of them, doesn't it?
43:27That's exactly what it is.
43:29I mean, yes.
43:30But, hey, big lesson learned.
43:31I think this will be one of our biggest lessons.
43:33Let's go back.
43:34And one thing, when Andrew asks how did it go...
43:36Brilliant.
43:37Best day we ever had.
43:57.