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00:00I'm an Anstead. I've been fixing cars since I was a teenager and I've set
00:11myself the task of restoring and selling eight crumbling old cars for
00:22profit. It's the ultimate road cruiser and the stakes are high because it's
00:30personal. The cow room is now the bathroom. Okay, everything I make is going
00:36towards this 500 year old farmhouse. She goes today, which means big hammer, that
00:42I bought for my mum and dad to retire in. So what's gone wrong there, lodged? But
00:47it's a total wreck. How far away from collapse is this? A really good storm
00:52could cause a problem. Let's do it. With my family by my side. Feels like a proper
00:58brake pedal now. And some help from my engineer mate Darren. Are you joining me to
01:03the right? Yeah, why not? I've got the best team around me. Hey, watch out! As I take on
01:10eight wrecks on wheels. Perfect. And a house that's falling apart. What, the whole
01:17thing is being kept up by chicken wire? Pretty much. It's a massive gamble. Come on,
01:22green. I am losing sleep over this. I'll be honest, I have no idea what's going on.
01:28We managed to find matching period reclaimed roof tiles. So the roof on the building is going to look
01:48like it's a few hundred years old. The roofers are over halfway through retiling. But because this is a
01:55heritage home, we're having to be extra careful how we replace them. Yeah, this is a big deal.
02:00Because ultimately the best way to restore this house is to go from the top down. But reclaimed tiles
02:05aren't cheap. And my costs are going through the, yeah, roof. So it's vital I keep pumping in profit by
02:13flipping classic cars. Darren's got the heads up on a collector who's about to list one of his cars for
02:19sale. If dad and I get a move on, we'll be ahead of the crowd. Do you know what it is? Go on. It's a Jaguar.
02:29Jaguar? Okay. It's an XJS. Ah. Mum likes that one, doesn't she? Mum likes a Jaguar XJS. She just
02:38happened to see a car and she went, I like that car. And I think it was an XJS. That's so weird.
02:43Debuting in 1975, the XJS was Jaguar's classic Grand Tourer. Beloved by royalty, rock stars and
02:54apparently my mum. From the same designer who created the iconic E-Type, it replaced athletic,
03:00sporty curves with angular functional aerodynamics for power, comfort and fuel efficiency on long
03:07distance cruisers. It's flying buttresses at the rear designed for high speed stability. Now,
03:13a cool thing about this car is that it's an under the radar car. This car is not publicly advertised,
03:20but if it's not deal done today, I'll probably go on the classifieds tomorrow.
03:26Right. You think this is it? Right. I'm going to go make friends with Jeff. Go for it.
03:38Yeah, it's a pleasure to meet you, man. Thank you so much for having us. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. No, no, no,
03:45it's a pleasure. This is Jeff. Jeff, hi. Hi, Nigel. Nice to meet you. Good to meet you. Nice to meet you.
03:50Thanks for having us. So you guys have come to have a look at the car then? Yeah, I'd love to have a look
03:55at the Jag. I bought it about 12 years ago. It's just a lovely, lovely long distance drive car. So
04:05comfortable. Armchairs. Armchairs. Floating armchairs. Yeah. Convertible. Oh, it's convertible.
04:11Convertible, yeah. Jeff bought his XJS for his Jaguar Club tours. But for the last four years,
04:18she's been sat idle. She's clocked up 169,000 miles. That's nearly seven times around the earth.
04:27Oh. Yeah. What about that? Isn't that something special? Or two thirds of the way to the moon.
04:35Only a seller would say that that's something special.
04:38Do you mind leaving us with the car for about 10 minutes? No, for sure. You guys check it out and
04:44just give me a shout when you're ready. Top man. Thanks, man. All right. See you in a minute. Thanks, Jeff.
04:52Do you know what? We should get it out. Okay. Um, I reckon... Let's push it.
05:00This is a 1991 XJS. Dating from just after when Jaguar were bought out by Ford.
05:10They updated its tail lights, gave it more of a curvaceous look and offered more efficient engine
05:15options. I think that's the four litre as well. Wow. That will have some, uh, bees. Well,
05:22let's check it out. What does that say on the cam cover? Jaguar 4.0. No, it says cash. That says
05:34jackpot. You know, on the face of it, on the top side, it's almost the perfect barn find. Panels are
05:41straight. Will it clean up? I mean, it's hard to tell until you start buffing it, but my gut says yes.
05:46Good. In fact, even looking at it now, my gut's telling me buy it at the right price. Three, four,
05:51five grand of profit in this car. Leather's great. She's a manual, which is very rare, and makes her
05:59infinitely more desirable as a driver's car. That is really floppy. There's something wrong there.
06:04That really worries me. It could be as simple as it needs a gear linkage, a bush kit, maybe 50 quid,
06:13or a whole new gearbox. And we're looking at, you know, probably two, two and a half grand.
06:20So it is a risk. I did notice there's a pile of oil on the floor in that barn. That's an ominous
06:28sign, but not enough to worry me about turning the engine over briefly. See, it's normally a bit of a
06:34risk if you crank a car over that's been sat for ages. I'm just going to go for it. Give it a go. See what
06:40happens. I'm not going to jinx it any further. Okay. She's been sat here nearly half a decade,
06:55but if I'm lucky, it might be the engine that just needs a service. If we get lucky with the engine
07:01issue, the gear, we obviously can't drive it. So if the gearbox isn't an internal gearbox issue,
07:09if we can get it single figures, thousands, 10 or under, there is absolute profit in this car.
07:15Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
07:19But mechanically, this high mileage XJS carries a lot of risk. And with the classic car market
07:25volatile at the moment, I need to drive a hard bargain. Hello, gentlemen. How are you getting
07:30on then? Yeah. It's a lot of small jobs, which one by one don't seem a lot, but when they add up,
07:36all these small jobs are going to be a real impact. What was your ask? 12,000. 12 grand.
07:42I mean, these are classics for the future, especially with the manual gearbox. Yeah. But have you
07:47felt the gear stick? If you've got any crimes at all, I have another XJS with a manual gearbox. I'm not
07:54here to buy two cars. I mean, it would be in your interest because you get a complete spare car
08:00with a manual gearbox. So you're basically saying buy this car, the spare as a parts donor. Yes.
08:09All right. Let's do the deal then based on this car. Right. With the thrown in extra parts car.
08:15I'll take the risk that the gearbox is probably going to work out, but 12 is too toppy. All right.
08:21Let's say eight. Be cash in your pocket. And as a favor to you, I'll take the other one off your
08:27hands as is. I'm not even going to look at it. The best I can do for the pair is 10 grand.
08:33Leave me halfway to nine. Nine is bang in the middle. For the two cars. Yeah.
08:40All right. Nine grand. That's a deal. Done.
08:43Love it. We bought a car. We bought two cars. Right. Where's the other car? Do you want to see the other one now?
08:51It's all yours. Congratulations. I'll go and sort the paperwork out now. See you in a minute.
09:11What have you done?
09:18I hope Darren's a keen gardener because I'm going to palm the job of rescuing the blue jag over to him.
09:24Between that and the red one, it's vital that we turn a sizeable profit. Now, Dave, the roof has called
09:29me back for a chat, which usually means I'm about to open my wallet again. Oh man, this looks so good.
09:35Get in there, mate. What is this, like last kind of 20%? Yep. Last final stretch. From the street,
09:43I've had so many neighbours walk past and go, oh my god, it looks like it was never done. Yeah. At
09:47least the neighbours now know that you're putting it back to the original. Actually, this is a great
09:52kind of flagship part to show the residents that we're in the right heart for this home. And did we
09:56get enough tiles for you? No, you need to get on the case ASAP. So I'm going to need to go and find another
10:02load. Yep. Yeah. With reclaimed tiles set to cost me nearly two grand, our roofing bill's heading
10:10into the mid-teens. But now our red XJS has been delivered to the workshop, fingers cross it'll be
10:19an easy, cheap fix that makes some big money. Morning. Morning DC. Feast your eyes. You bought an
10:29XJS. A manual XJS. I know, it's like a proper car. Oh wow. Proper driver's car. Do you know what,
10:37it looks absolutely solid. I'm going to say no more. You continue to gaze your eyes upon this
10:43magnificent beast. And dad and I will take all the congratulations. 169,000 miles. And at the
10:51moment we haven't got it running. So let me get this right. You bought a Jaguar XJS. Yes, win. Tick.
10:59With... No, that's a win. 169,000 miles and you don't know if it runs or not. Yeah, I appreciate that,
11:05you know, as a car person, the mileage is an alarm bell ringing in our ears. But step away from the
11:12mileage for a second. Because the mileage won't matter if we do the service. But we didn't just
11:17buy one XJS. We bought two XJSs. Two? Two manual XJSs. If a car carried a donor card,
11:27the second car would be the perfect donor. Provided you didn't pay strong money for it. Right,
11:33what would you think the market value right now is? Mid-teens. I would have thought mid to late
11:41teens for a good one like this. Both cars, 9,000 English pounds. Well, what's not to like? I'll go and
11:51find the Jaguar service manual steps. It's going to be a comprehensive list of everything that we need
11:57to touch to get this car ready. We're going to do a thorough recommissioning, similar to Jaguar's
12:05100,000 mile service.
12:12Right, this is the Jaguar six-figure service list. And I've gone and got all the consumables.
12:17Got oil. Yeah, I've got oil. Filters. I've got filters, of course. I've got brake fluid. Yes,
12:21I've even got spark plugs and wiper blades. It's all here ready to go. So first thing, brake fluid.
12:29This test will show if the brake hydraulics are functioning properly.
12:35Right, you happy? Comfortable. Then let's begin.
12:43Right, buddy, give it a pump. Okay, that actually feels really solid. Have you got any fluid?
12:49No, no, I've opened the bleed nipple. That's solid, mate. There's something not right here.
12:56It's either hose, the line, or the caliper itself. So the back brakes have failed. What about the fronts?
13:06Give the pedal a quick pump and hold it down. That feels much better. Right, hold that down just for
13:12a second. All right, so at least the front right is flowing. Which is better than the rears. All right.
13:23To solve the problem, we'll have to chase it through the braking system to see if the fluid
13:28is reaching the calipers that clamp the brake pads against the brake discs.
13:31Calipers off. All right, pump and hold your breath. Now that is absolutely solid.
13:46All right, well the next thing is let's just keep working forward. If I take off the hose
13:51and hold a breath that it's the hose. Yeah, the hose isn't blocked. That means it's in the pipes
14:11before the hose ups the pedal. This is the first one on our list as well. It is. It's going to be a long day.
14:21We're only on the first job of a very long Jaguar XJS service list and we're already stumped. Fluid's not
14:34reaching the rear brakes so I'm chasing the problem to locate the blockage. Now this is the bit of pipe
14:42that goes from the T-junction on the right hand side of the car over to this rear left caliper. Hey Darren.
14:49Hey, come check this out. I think I found the problem.
14:56The pipe is twisted out of shape. Whoever fitted this budged it big time.
15:02How has it been like that now? Yeah, that accounts for why the rear left caliper is not getting
15:07hydraulic fluid but it doesn't count for why the rear right isn't because it's a separate system.
15:12Which means we'll have to go through the whole procedure again on the opposite side.
15:16I mean it's not twisted like the other side.
15:21It has flow. It must be the T-piece.
15:28Or between the T-piece and the pedal is another fixed pipe.
15:31Do you want me to jump back in? And see if you can push it through the T-piece.
15:36See if I can push it through the T-piece. Now we've got both hoses and pipes off.
15:39Yeah, do that. The T-piece distributes the fluid evenly between the brake lines.
15:44Could this be the source of the blockage?
15:47Right, can you do like a gentle push so this doesn't go all over me?
15:53That's a solid pedal. There's got to be the T-piece. There's nothing coming out.
15:59No. If we remove the T-piece and the fluid flows, we'll know this is where the problem lies.
16:07Oh man. Or it's deeper into the system we go.
16:12Right, the T-piece is out.
16:15Shall we pump the pedal and see if we've got fluid?
16:18Yeah. All right, ignition on, press the pedal.
16:23Pressing gingerly.
16:24Yes. Yes, that's it. That's it. That is a nice steady flow of brake fluid.
16:32Which means it's the T-piece. This must be blocked.
16:38To tick the brakes off our service list, I'll need to order a new T-piece,
16:42calipers and copper pipe for the new brake lines. And I'm praying we don't hit another massive hurdle.
16:49Next is chop up the cooling system. Coolant system.
16:54Can I tick it off?
16:56Tick that one off. Engine, check for oil leaks.
17:01When I first wheeled it out the garage, I did notice an oil patch on the floor.
17:08Where's the leak coming from there? It's really wet. I'm on the edge of that cam cover there.
17:15Yeah. So that's new cam cover gaskets to add to my order list.
17:21Right, electrical. Do you want to jump in it?
17:26Right, do you want to start with the headlights?
17:27Lovely. That headlight doesn't work. All right, hit the wipers.
17:34Oh, there you go. All right, hit the horn.
17:37Oh, he's a terrible horn.
17:43All right, do you want to try the roof?
17:45Moment of truth.
17:50Glorious.
17:51All right, so let's do the rear lights. Do you want to hit the brakes?
18:01Brilliant. Side lights?
18:03Beautiful. Left-handed indicator.
18:09Perfect. Dude, rear end's perfect.
18:13So on the electrics front, we have an issue with the front right headlight.
18:16Everything else is working. I think we need to go buy a lottery ticket now.
18:24While we've been ticking off the service list, the roofers have finished re-tiling the front,
18:29and it looks fantastic. Now for the walls. I'm desperate to replace all this mid-20th century
18:36pebbled ash with lime plaster. But because this is a listed building, any big changes have to be signed
18:42off by heritage experts at the local council. So I've booked Jim the plasterer to show them
18:48how good it'll look using one dormer window as a showcase. And what have you done here? Put some
18:53mesh up? Put some stainless steel mesh up over the ply and the breathable membrane, just to carry the
19:02lime mortar. And then how many coats of this do you think? So this particular one will be a base coat,
19:10a pricking up coat. And then we'll need a float coat. Right. And then, like I say, with this
19:16particular one, it comes with a fine finish that'll be in a white colour that you don't actually need
19:23to decorate if you don't want to. No, I don't want to paint it. No, so yeah, so it'll be good.
19:30My god, it's going to transform the face of this house.
19:32Why lime? Why lime? Because it's breathable, the lime mortar is more flexible. Sand and cement will
19:40track the moisture in, whereas the lime will allow the moisture out. So the face of this house has been
19:47covered in cement, which isn't breathable, right? Right. I have put a planning application in to
19:51remove it. The heritage guys see this as a change, but I think the best thing for the house is it goes.
19:58Yeah, definitely. Sounds expensive. Could be.
20:06If the council approves the lime plaster for the whole house, Jim reckons it'll cost over a couple
20:11of grand. So I need profit from my Jaguar XJS to fill that pot. While I head off to buy the parts I
20:19need to fix the brakes and the cam cover, for the gear stick, I'm hoping the donor car will save us some
20:25cash. I feel a bit bad. I've kind of landed the blue Jag task into Darren's lap, but I'm sure he'll be fine
20:33about it. I mean, he's a resourceful fellow. Hi. You must be Jeff. Yeah, yeah, you must be Darren.
20:41Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Blimey. How long has it been here?
20:46Yeah. 12 years. That's a very rare model. Yeah. It's done a low mileage too. Low mileage in the garden.
20:56I've got some spare wheels that we can put on there. Oh, that would be fantastic. To get it out.
21:02What's Ant done is sold me the dream and the reality is far from it. It's crunching. It's moving,
21:12it's moving. I'll pull this off. Yeah. Let's stick this underneath the car for what it's worth.
21:21Now the wheel is off, you can see how rusty that disc rotor is and the caliper
21:27is going to be seized on and if we stand a fighting chance, even if we put new wheels on the car,
21:33of dragging this out, we need to get this to rotate.
21:36So the easiest way to do that is to try and free off the brake pads in that caliper.
21:48I think there is value in the donor car itself. There are some items on there which are shouting
21:54at me. They've got an inherent value. Gearbox, lights on the car. The interior, you know,
22:00doesn't look that bad in there. One down, three to go.
22:07Oh, that would be the car going through the jack.
22:15This is not good. What we're doing is trying to jack up the car on the chassis rail
22:20and the chassis rail keeps collapsing on the car. So the problem is we're right by the bulkhead of the
22:26vehicle at the front and if that rail collapses anymore, there's a real risk. This car is going
22:33to break in two and then we're pretty stranded. If you've got that wood in, we'll leave it at that
22:39because I don't want to push my luck anymore. Moment of truth. Let's see if that wheel's loose.
22:43I don't want to buckle the wheel that way. Yay! There we go. Let's get this wheel on.
23:00Jobs a good one. Time to pull it out.
23:13Perfect. Stand by. And we're on. Well, thanks very much, Geoff, for giving us a hand.
23:34I hope you enjoy your new car. Thanks very much. Nice work, Darren. I'm sure there's a usable bolt
23:42in there somewhere. Probably.
23:56Hiya, Anthony. Hi, Mum. How are you doing?
24:02I'm tired. Busy day? Oh my gosh. Busy week?
24:06Every day's a busy day. Every week's a busy week. I am...
24:11I'm running on fumes. I do wonder if you've got a bit
24:14rare in the last few weeks.
24:19There's supposed to be parental support at these times of need.
24:21I definitely need a haircut. I definitely need a haircut. Not from you, though.
24:26You... I do your father's. I know. I've seen it.
24:30Cheers, Mum. I needed that boost. Oh, well. No rest for the wicked.
24:35When we first pushed our Jaguar XJS out the garage, there was a patch of oil on the floor.
24:41I've traced that leak to the cam cover gasket. A common issue on these classic Jaguar straight-six engines.
24:47So, underneath the cam cover, there's these little rubber O-rings that basically prevent oil that's
24:53sloshing around in the camshafts getting into this spark plug bore. At the moment, that's failed.
25:01We want it nice and dry in there so the plugs can do their job.
25:08This will be a simple swap. Basically, take these old ones off
25:11and then put new rubbers on. Oh, yeah. This has completely lost all its pliability.
25:26I'm just going to lightly sand the edge of the cam cover.
25:30Make sure there's no debris so when the rubber gasket compresses, when I tighten it up,
25:33it does the perfect oil-tight seal. Now I can fit some box-fresh O-ring gaskets.
25:40Oh, yeah. Look at that.
25:45That's definitely going to keep the oil inside the engine.
25:55Now it's got these nice new pliable rubber seals. It's going to make sure that the oil
26:00running around all the camshafts is going to stay within the head of the engine.
26:04No more leaks on the driveway. No more oil running down and hitting the exhaust and burning off and
26:11causing loads of smoke when you're driving. This is now an oil-tight engine and will be good for
26:18another 100,000 miles.
26:19Just like the jag, I want to make the house good for another century by ripping off the
26:27non-breathable concrete and replacing it with lime plaster. I'm using the dormer as a showcase to
26:33convince the local council's heritage experts it's a change worth making. So while Jim's finessing the
26:38plaster, I'm working on a detail that should help sell my vision. So these are the black trims.
26:46They go on the dormer window, but these are all bowed and
26:50falling apart. They're completely rotten to pieces.
26:54They can't go back on the house like this, but they're protected by
26:57heritage. They're an important feature for the home.
26:59So I'm going to make a new set so I can get it signed off by the heritage department and the council.
27:06I need a saw.
27:08I'm no carpenter, so making them myself should mean the trims are nice and rustic.
27:19Feels like a handmade part, because that's the point. The house has to feel
27:23like a curious handmade home. And I want to try and emulate a guy a few hundred years ago making this by hand.
27:31From the street, no one should be able to tell that these aren't original.
27:45All I want to do now is give that a lick of black paint, and it's going to sit out perfectly against
27:50that lime render. I've had this waterproof exterior paint specially mixed into a heritage shade of black.
28:01Now that looks fantastic. I'm going to give that time to dry, and I want to get it up on the house.
28:12Having rescued it from the wilderness, Darren's back at the yard with our pristine immaculate donor jag.
28:17There you go. It's basically a free Jaguar.
28:25Mate, this was incredibly difficult to get out.
28:28Nah, what are you talking about? It's a free Jag. This is great.
28:32You know why the back of that car is completely gone?
28:34Why?
28:35Because a blackberry bush grew through it, got snagged, and tore the back of the car off when we towed it out.
28:40Are there any blackberries? No.
28:43Oh, yeah, this is pretty bad.
28:46This is pretty bad.
28:46Bad? Have a look at that subframe.
28:48Or what's left of it.
28:50Yeah, but if that manual gearbox is half decent, then it's worth it just for the sales parts.
28:55Yeah, I see this second car as a bit of a bonus.
28:59There's still a fair few jobs left to tackle before we can say our red Jag is roadworthy,
29:04starting with the brakes. I've managed to get hold of a new copper brake pipe.
29:12Incredibly shiny calipers. They're reconditioned. Look at that. It's going to add a bit of bling
29:17to our car. And then, of course, the offending T-piece. So I've got everything I need now
29:25to reinstate the rear brakes on this car.
29:27The left-hand brake line was twisted. First, I need to create a new one.
29:34Now, the cool thing about having the one off the car is it actually makes a perfect template for the
29:38new one. You can get all these really cool tools for shaping and bending it, but I just like to do it
29:42with my hands. I've got my new ends, male and female. Flaring some copper pipes is quite easy to do.
29:53And actually, for something so simple, it seals a hydraulic system, which is under enormous pressure.
29:58It's amazing to think that a little crimp in the end of a copper pipe has so much power.
30:04Now I need to fit it. You know, I'm making a fixed line go into a fixed space. It needs to line up.
30:14Here we go. Done it.
30:15Now, these shiny new calipers are going to fit very nicely on here.
30:24With the calipers fitted, I need to check the system.
30:28Sharon?
30:30Yes, mate?
30:31Could I get a bit of quadriceps action from you?
30:34You ready to bleed the brakes?
30:36Yeah, I'm like, gosh, they're on.
30:37Oh, look at that. Super shiny.
30:38I know, they're shiny, right? I like putting new shiny parts on old.
30:42That's great.
30:43Right, go on and jump in.
30:46This is the critical moment.
30:48If the fluid flows through, we'd have solved this unusual problem.
30:54Right, hold it down.
30:56If it doesn't, it could get expensive and time consuming.
31:00Go and give it five or six little pumps.
31:02Okay, hold.
31:05Hold that.
31:13Lovely.
31:13Bingo.
31:17The brakes work.
31:19Question is, does it run?
31:21I've resealed the cam cover and refreshed the fluids.
31:24If it doesn't work now, it could mean an engine rebuild, and that's just not viable.
31:29We'd probably have to cut our losses and sell it for parts.
31:32Right, you're feeling lucky.
31:33Yes.
31:41Oh, my God.
31:43Oh, my God.
31:43It sounds like a perfectly old machine.
31:47That is smooth.
31:49There's no cam noise or tapping noise or anything, is there?
31:56Oh, my God.
31:57That is lovely.
31:58I've done these gearboxes before, and there's this little nylon bush that the gear stick sits in,
32:13and that fails.
32:15If I can get the gear linkage out intact, our blue Jag could yet prove its worth,
32:20even if it's only a 50 quid nylon bush.
32:23Now, that gear linkage ain't gonna come out via the top of the car without some persuasion.
32:28And by persuasion, I mean this.
32:41I will not be being.
32:42I feel victorious.
33:06Even out of the car, it feels really solid.
33:08Inside this gear stick is a perfectly good bush.
33:13Swapping them will be easy.
33:15It just makes the blue car taste a bit sweeter.
33:20With all our Jag's mechanical jobs almost done, I'm switching focus to its time-worn exterior.
33:27Hey, man, how's it going?
33:28How you doing?
33:29Dude, I appreciate you turning up.
33:31There's the Jaguar.
33:32Yep.
33:33It's in a pretty sorry state.
33:35Re-spraying would cost thousands, eating into any potential profit.
33:40So I've called in a favour, hoping Matt and his professional detailing team can polish
33:44new life into the paintwork.
33:46Well, we'll get the colour popping.
33:48We'll bring that back to red.
33:49The chrome work with a good polish, that's gonna absolutely pop.
33:52So the first steps that we're going to be doing is I'm going to pre-wash the car.
34:02We need to get all the loose dirt and debris off, clean the wheels, get some snow foam on there,
34:07blast all that off, and then we've got a better base to do the contact wash.
34:11Through extreme polishing, Matt and his team should be able to remove the layer of faded paintwork
34:17caused by oxidisation, a chemical reaction to oxygen in the air accelerated by salt,
34:23moisture and pollutants.
34:26You can literally polish money into a car if somebody comes to have a look and they see a car that someone's
34:30put time and effort and love into, it's more likely to be sold and then used for the next few years.
34:42We're using a steamer because we don't want to be flooding the engine with water.
34:45We don't want to get water in all these little electrical components and connectors.
34:52So next up, we've got the fallout remover.
34:54When we spray this on, any iron particles stuck to the car, it's going to attack them,
34:57it's going to dissolve them and it'll turn purple. That's where it'll show us that it is attacking
35:02and it's working. The iron particles tend to come off your brakes and they'll stick and attach to the side of the car.
35:08While Matt and his team roll back the years on our Jag, I'm aiming to do the same with the house.
35:17Plaster at Jim's finished the lime render on the dormer window.
35:21Now to fit my handmade trims and create the perfect showcase for the council's heritage inspectors.
35:32They look so good.
35:35I'm really proud of that. That's a nice little woodwork job. A bit outside my comfort zone.
35:40I love the fact that it's a handmade piece. This is exactly how it would have been made back in the day.
35:45We've, you know, put a lot of effort into making sure that we're using authentic materials,
35:51reclaimed materials. The roof, I think, stands testament to the level of detail in which this
35:56house has been restored. So I'm hoping that the council are going to turn up and go,
36:02you know what, you're doing a decent job. But they have the ability to literally shut us down.
36:07Matt and his team are in the final stages of giving the Jag the ultimate buffer.
36:19So this is our 3K compound. It's a heavy cut compound. You want to lift the oxidisation
36:24off the car, get rid of this horrible flat red colour and bring back the gloss that's underneath.
36:30I'm really happy with how this is coming out. Got the colour match coming back there from where
36:41the bottom half is slightly different colour to the top half. And it's just going to look phenomenal.
36:48Wow. She looks different. Looks fantastic, doesn't it? That's crazy.
36:54What a difference. You guys have smashed it. Smashed it. Right, if you could jump on the blue car now.
37:01Yeah, great. That'd be lovely.
37:05Our Jag's bodywork's looking as good as new. And my roof's not looking so shabby either.
37:11But buying reclaimed roof tiles and repairing my showcase dormer window has set me back just over
37:16two grand. I need the red Jag to make us a profit to cover at least that. Thankfully, the blue Jag
37:24has already helped us out. I have sold the blue car. Great. How much did you get? 750 pounds. So when
37:31are you going to come and pick it up? Yeah, the 750 included delivery. But before Darren moves the donor
37:39car to its final destination, mum and dad have dropped by to check out our handiwork on the red Jag
37:45while we figure out how much we spent and what we need to make at auction.
37:49So we paid £9,000 for the pair. Yeah. Got back £7.50 for the blue car. So we're now £8,250.
37:56Yeah. So £363.09 was the cost of the parts. That doesn't seem much. No, it's not. No.
38:04The cost is the labour. It's the labour. And you're priceless. Literally. It's zero priceless.
38:12So we have to go and recover £8,600-ish or more. It's got to be worth more than that.
38:19So where are you going to sell the car? This car is going to auction. Right.
38:24Right. Risky. I need two people to like it. You need three or four people to like it and really bid.
38:30Fingers crossed our Jag's 169,000 miles on the clock isn't too off-putting. But I guess adding a
38:36couple more miles won't hurt. Now this, I've been looking forward to. There's only one way that really
38:44this car should be driven. And that is. With the roof down, so much better.
38:55Now this is the bit I'm really excited about. The first gear change. Beautiful.
39:03Oh, man. Just get me a smoking jacket and some slippers. This is effortless.
39:23Oh, my God. It just turns like a gentleman's car. You know, it doesn't worry me that it's got
39:37six-figure mileage on it because with that service, it's now going to give a new owner real peace of
39:43mind. Like somebody is going to get years and years of enjoyable driving out of this car.
39:54It's the ultimate road cruiser.
40:01This car is absolutely effortless. It's effortless. It's like she wants to gallop.
40:11You know what? This is a really modest restoration on the grand scheme of things. If you think about it,
40:16we've serviced a vehicle that's been off the road for a few years, reconditioned the brakes,
40:22the bodywork is like, it's miraculous. We've not painted that car, but it looks like we painted the car.
40:30It's going to make some profit. Has to make some profit. This car deserves to do really well.
40:35And the farmhouse needs it. The farmhouse needs the profit.
40:37We're at the Silverstone auction. With the Jag costs at £8,600, I need to make at least that,
40:52plus hopefully a couple of grand profit to cover the reclaimed tiles and my showcase dormer window.
40:58A couple of the cars have auctioned. Some have failed to sell. They didn't mean reserve.
41:10And some have gone well under value. It's a weird time in the car market right now.
41:15And there's no mathematical equation for that weirdness.
41:23So first one then is block number 400A. It's the 1993, the Jaguar XJS,
41:29the four-litre motor, the late Model XJS, and I can start the bidding then straight in with you online.
41:35Morton & Marsh, Gloucestershire bidding at £6,000 in the opening bid.
41:38£6,000. £6,000 with you online at £6,000.
41:42£6,000 only. £6,500 in Norwich now at £6,500.
41:46£6,500.
41:48£6,500. Go another and more at £6,500. Go seven surely then at £6,500.
41:54Can't believe it then, £6,500 only.
41:57Come on, it's got to be more than £6,500. £7,000. £7,000. £7,000 a bid.
42:03That's not enough, Roger. £7,000 against you.
42:05Morton & Marsh, £7,000 only. Any further bids there for you. £7,000.
42:13£7,500. Norwich are back. £7,500. £8,000 a bid.
42:17Spaulding. You get a Lincolnshire in now at £8,000.
42:20Oh, man.
42:21It's probably less as well.
42:23Any further bids there. £8,000 only. I'll take a £500 anywhere else.
42:27Come on, get it to £8,500.
42:28Otherwise we sell at £8,000.
42:32Absolutely shorter. £8,000 only.
42:36One line at £8,000.
42:38Laws in Spaulding, £8,000.
42:47I wasn't prepared that I was going to be making a loss on the car.
42:55Now, the point of this was to make some profit and put that profit into the house and now
43:00we've actually restored a car, taken loads of time on it and made a loss.
43:04I can't afford to make losses on the cars. The house itself is already a money pit. It's already
43:11pulling and draining all my resources and then to add the burden of an additional drain in the workshop.
43:17I mean, that's two cash-sapping money drainers and that won't last long.
43:28But I'm a car builder. I'm going to get the cars fixed.
43:31So I'm going to have to suck up the £600 loss on the Jaguar because the next one needs to make money.
43:47So I'm going to have to suck up the £600 loss-making process.
44:01So I am going to have to look down on it, with every single day.
44:04So while I'm going to have to look up, I'm going to have to look up.
44:06So I'm going to have to look up at this point.
44:08So I'm going to have to look up.
44:12I can also see you at the beginning of the day.