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00:00Aren't you handing them out, or what?
00:07Alright.
00:08Whatever it says on your suite, you've got to enact it.
00:13Okay, there you go.
00:14Oh, no.
00:15There you go.
00:18Be nasty.
00:20I think that's a different way of spelling nasty.
00:22What does it say?
00:23K-I-N-D.
00:24Be kind.
00:25Be kind.
00:26You might have just got a love heart.
00:27Let's go.
00:28Hold on.
00:29No, wait a minute.
00:30I've got married me.
00:31No, no, no.
00:32He's got married me.
00:33No, no, no.
00:36We're back on the hunt for classic cars.
00:40Blimey, isn't that beautiful?
00:43Be they big.
00:44Are the big green things for sale?
00:46Not sure about that.
00:47Which means they're not.
00:49Okay.
00:50Small, that is a potential.
00:52Or somewhere in between.
00:54It's got no glass in it.
00:55It's got no bonnet.
00:56And you like it.
00:57I do, yeah.
00:58We're going to buy them.
01:00Sort them.
01:02Put them through their paces.
01:05That's us.
01:06Who won't?
01:07And sell them for a tidy profit.
01:10This is Shed and Buried.
01:12Classic cars.
01:19We're heading north to see one of Fuzzy's schoolmates
01:22who's got a shed full of classic cars.
01:26Where are we going?
01:27We're going to Stone in Staffordshire.
01:30This bloke that we're going to go and see...
01:32Yes, Alex is his name.
01:34We went to the same secondary school.
01:36It was a year or two above me.
01:38What does he pedal, if anything?
01:40Well, he's a fine chap.
01:43And he's got himself into the land of Rovers.
01:47It's a car called Rover, not a dog called Rover.
01:50What, old, like P5s and that?
01:52Yeah, P4s and that.
01:54Yeah, P4s, P5s, even earlier, in fact.
01:57P2s, P3s, all of that kind of thing.
02:00If it's a Rover, it's not over.
02:04Whether we come back with a P4, a P45
02:08or something entirely different, who knows?
02:10But Staffordshire, here we come.
02:16Now, Alex, you two were together at school.
02:19Yeah.
02:20And now you've come together with me in the middle.
02:22That's right.
02:23How have the mighty fallen?
02:26Can you explain to me, what is it with Rovers?
02:29I've always liked my Rovers.
02:31Always liked British cars.
02:33When I left school, I went and worked in the garage
02:35and we worked on British, predominantly Rover cars.
02:38And all through my life, inside there's a 35S.
02:41I bought one when I was 21.
02:43Are all of those in there for sale?
02:45Not all of them, no, but a good proportion of them.
02:48And there's a couple outside as well.
02:50Fabulous.
02:51Bottom line is, mate, we're going to have a rummage.
02:53And I have to tell you, I went to a posh school
02:55and I think I've had the worst results ever
02:58for A-level for an Etonian.
03:00You could have just gone to our school.
03:02I could have gone to your school and we'd all be three of us here today.
03:05Happy days.
03:06Alex, so look, we'll come and have a haggle.
03:08We'll get you in probably for a little bit of something.
03:10Not a problem, we enjoy it.
03:11Come on then, fuzzler.
03:12How lovely.
03:13Cheers, mate. See you in a bit, Alex.
03:16Alex's shed is one of the biggest we've been to.
03:19Row upon row of classic cars.
03:23And more Rovers than you can imagine.
03:27This is Rover Ever.
03:29Is it Valhalla?
03:30Isn't that where the Vikings went?
03:32Because you've got your Viking motif on the front of your Rover.
03:35That was their heaven.
03:39Rover is one of the great names in British motoring.
03:42Starting in 1874, initially they produced bicycles,
03:46then motorbikes, then, from 1904, cars.
03:50Their heyday was the 1950s and 60s,
03:53the era when most of these cars were built.
03:57That is a P4.
03:59And this is a P5.
04:03If you look at shots of the Prime Minister in the 1960s,
04:08and maybe Harold Wilson,
04:10but these P5s, and later P5Bs with the V8 engines,
04:15were often used by...
04:18Politicians, diplomats, whatever.
04:20I was going to ask you, what lumps in here?
04:23This is a 3-litre straight-6.
04:25OK.
04:26Can we just draw our attentions to whatever this is under here?
04:30It is a motorcycle, Henry.
04:32I know, that's...
04:33This is the dispatch rider's dream motorcycle.
04:37This is a CX500 plastic maggot.
04:39That's what they were called, shelf drive.
04:41Why were they called the plastic maggots?
04:43I have no idea at all.
04:44All I know is there is quite a cult following for these.
04:47Yeah?
04:48Anyway, look, this one has done 59,000 of your finest British miles.
04:53So, is that to the moon and back for a motorcycle?
04:56I think more Mars.
04:58I worry that this probably was a dispatch bike.
05:01Yeah.
05:02Do you know what I mean with that kind of mileage?
05:04Yeah, and dare I say it, I think it's pig ugly.
05:07But what's not ugly?
05:10There we go.
05:12No, no, the other beautiful thing in the corner.
05:16What, the oil dispenser?
05:17No, behind the oil dispenser, there's the elephant in the room.
05:21That's the elephant in the room.
05:23What, the oil dispenser?
05:24No, behind the oil dispenser, there's the elephant in the room.
05:28The Cheltenham Caravan, look at that.
05:31Now, that is a thing of beauty.
05:33And it looks like it's largely original inside.
05:37I don't care, Fuzz.
05:38I can see a lot of wood.
05:39Fuzz, it's a caravan.
05:42Can we move on?
05:43Come on.
05:48Heading further into the shed,
05:50there's more classic Rover P5s and P6s,
05:53as well as some custom versions.
05:58Now, can you explain to me, though, with this,
06:01what's with the wood back like a Morris Minor Traveller?
06:04Well, I don't think that's standard.
06:06I think we might be looking at a bit of a one-off here.
06:10Time to bring in the governor.
06:13Alex, come in.
06:14Now, look.
06:15Now, Fuzz reckons this is a one-off.
06:17I mean, it's a medieval car, isn't it?
06:19So, this car was originally a Rover factory car,
06:23because it's got Rover factory registration on it.
06:26And we, when we first saw it,
06:29thought it was built by the apprentices at Rover.
06:32But it wasn't.
06:33It was actually built in 1972.
06:36Back in the 60s and 70s,
06:38an awful lot of cars had this woody sort of effect done on them.
06:41Estate cars weren't around in the 70s, really.
06:43There weren't that many at all.
06:45So, hence, you've got to make your own, haven't you?
06:47That's right, yeah.
06:48And then Volvo came around.
06:49Oh, thank gosh for a Volvo.
06:51You get yourself a 145.
06:53Another moving chicane for us bikers.
06:56Yeah.
07:00Alex's other Rovers include a P4, once owned by Peter Sellers.
07:05You mean the great British comedian of the 1950s and 60s?
07:09Yeah.
07:10One of the goons?
07:11Yes, he bought this brand new.
07:12Just imagine, if you buy it, Henry,
07:15this could be the first car to be owned by two goons.
07:20I'm going to get my coat. I think I've had enough.
07:25A custom-built P4 Coupe.
07:28So, the early P4s, for the first two years,
07:31were called Cyclopses because they had the centre light.
07:34Yeah, it had a fog light in the middle.
07:36That was a fog light?
07:37Fog light, yes.
07:38And a brown Rover P6,
07:40whose owner left his mark on the headrest.
07:44It's a lighter stain in the middle,
07:46so maybe it was dyed blonde.
07:49Or he was bald.
07:51Maybe.
07:52So, the hair was...
07:53And he had a bald patch on the back
07:55that basically protected the leather.
08:01But Rovers aren't the only classic cars in this shed.
08:05Oh, it's a Splitty.
08:06Gordon, eulogise, eulogise.
08:08Here we have a late split-screen Morris Minor.
08:11Lovely, lovely.
08:12These are a joyous thing.
08:16The first Morris Minor, released in 1948,
08:19had a split screen, hence the nickname, the Splitty.
08:23All in all, over 1.6 million were built,
08:26making them one of Britain's most popular cars.
08:31I think it may have been reupholstered, yeah.
08:33Never mind your obsession for worrying about...
08:35Don't worry about that.
08:36But the great thing is that there are a few things in the footwell,
08:41which means that it's work in progress.
08:43If we can have a little look under the bonnet,
08:45we might find how far that progress has gone.
08:49Right, so here we have a fairly well-sorted engine bay.
08:53Oh, yeah, look, it looks lovely.
08:55We've got some aftermarket wiring there.
08:57It may have been done on a general all-purpose loom,
09:01so it might need a little bit of work doing.
09:04But, all in all, there's your little green
09:07Morris 1000 engine sitting in there.
09:09It looks pretty cool to me, man.
09:10Yeah, it does, yeah.
09:13At the far end of the shed, it's a bit more mixed.
09:16He's got a knackered Mini,
09:19a flying trailer,
09:21and an early little grey Fergie.
09:24Slightly knocked about front end,
09:26but, you know, they do say that people pick vehicles
09:29that are like themselves.
09:32Before I give Fuzz's backside a knockabout,
09:35there's one more Rover that I've noticed outside.
09:40OK, it's a Rover P4.
09:42Oh, that is rather nice.
09:44It is. It's very nice inside.
09:46You've got a lovely green interior.
09:48The one thing that I would do, though,
09:51is I would put some correct period tyres on it.
09:56Now, look, this is probably Alex's daily drive,
09:59but we can find out.
10:00Yeah.
10:01OK, so what else have we got?
10:03We've got that oil dispenser, which I do love,
10:05the Castrol one.
10:06Yeah. Caravan?
10:07No, we haven't.
10:08What else have we got?
10:11You're certain about that, then?
10:12Yeah, we're not doing that.
10:13OK.
10:14What about the pale blue Cyclops P4?
10:16Oh, yeah, I like that.
10:17Yeah, so that's a possibility.
10:18What about the green P5?
10:20Yeah, that's lovely.
10:21Two-tone green P5 is absolutely beautiful.
10:24And, of course, the perfectly formed
10:27little Morris Minor split screen.
10:29Yeah.
10:30Why don't we find out a few prices?
10:32All right, mate.
10:33Look, I just know this is going to go remarkably well.
10:35Well.
10:36Come on, then.
10:38Let's go.
10:43OK, so let's crack off with the P5, then.
10:46Here, this lovely sage green.
10:48Yeah, yeah.
10:49So that's a 1959 Rover P5.
10:51We've got this one up at nine at the moment.
10:54OK, all right.
10:55Hey, look, I guess it's your daily driver,
10:58that one out there, is it?
10:59Well, that one is a customer's car
11:01that we're selling on their behalf.
11:02How much would that be?
11:03We want to get the customer 5,000 for it.
11:06OK.
11:07So, you know.
11:08All right, OK, good.
11:09I'm getting a vibe, I'm getting a vibe.
11:10You've got an oil dispenser with jugs and stuff.
11:13Yeah.
11:14What would you want for that?
11:15About four and a half.
11:17450?
11:18Yeah.
11:19OK, what are we doing down the bottom now?
11:21There's a rose taupe split screen Morris Minor.
11:24I beg your pardon, you said what?
11:26Rose taupe.
11:27What the heck is that?
11:28It's the colour.
11:29It's grey with a little bit of a pinky hue underneath.
11:31Oh, don't start.
11:32It's rose taupe.
11:33How much is that?
11:34That's 2,250.
11:352,250?
11:36Yes.
11:37I can't decide whether we should have a punt on the Morris Minor splitty or that P4 outside.
11:45It depends.
11:46It depends how much legroom you'd like, sir.
11:48Well, they're rather lovely, the P4s, aren't they?
11:51They are.
11:52Yes, they are.
11:53But they don't have as big a following as the Morris Minors.
11:57Would you be interested in the Morris Minor and the Castrol thing for two and a half grand?
12:18We're up in stone in Staffordshire, surrounded by a shed full of rovers,
12:22some lovely trinkets and, more importantly, a delectable split-screen Morris Minor.
12:28But will Alex let it go for two and a half grand?
12:33Has he got a V5 for Morris Minor?
12:35Yes, he's got all the paperwork to go with it.
12:37Would you recommend that?
12:38Yes.
12:41Go on, then.
12:42Really?
12:43Yes.
12:45Alex, this is great.
12:46Thank you, Alex.
12:47That's great.
12:49Next day, it's time to get revealing.
12:54Now, then, what do you reckon?
12:56I love the colour.
12:57Rose taupe is the colour.
12:59Proper vintage grey.
13:00Is there any rose in it at all?
13:02Can you see any rose?
13:04Well, I'm just shocked.
13:05I'm speechless.
13:07Is that good?
13:08No, because...
13:09What?
13:10Well, it's grey.
13:11The interior is lovely.
13:13It's a mint interior.
13:14Yeah, it's good.
13:15The dashboard has issues.
13:17Yeah, I think the speedo fell out.
13:19I think the speedo did fall out, and also a glove compartment.
13:22Shall we have a look under the bonnet?
13:24Okay, yes.
13:25Come on.
13:30Right, Fuzzer?
13:31Yeah?
13:32Are you going to do the honours?
13:33Yeah, I think so.
13:34Here we go.
13:38Okay, now, then.
13:39What do you two reckon?
13:41It looks nice and clean, but the wiring's...
13:43What's wrong with that?
13:44It looks all right to me.
13:45It's nice colours.
13:46Wrong colours, though.
13:47Yeah, the wrong colours.
13:48It's not a proper wiring loom, is it?
13:50It's a homemade one.
13:51What can you not see?
13:52The dynamo alternator's missing.
13:54So we need an alternator.
13:56What else do we need, then?
13:57Well, we don't know yet.
13:58We need to try and see if we can get it running first
14:01and see what works on it, as well.
14:02See what electricity does work.
14:03Yeah.
14:04As you are the king of exteriors...
14:07Yes.
14:08..is there anything that we could do
14:10to jazz this up a bit?
14:11The only thing I can think to do
14:13is to put a red coach line because of the red interior,
14:16and that might give it just a little bit of class
14:19for not a lot of money.
14:20What do you reckon?
14:21I think that's a good idea.
14:22Yeah, I think it's a great idea.
14:23A little red stripe down the side.
14:24I think it's going to look rather poshola.
14:26It is quite quaint.
14:27I'll give you that.
14:28It's very quaint, isn't it?
14:29Yeah.
14:30Can I just tell you what I think we should do?
14:31What?
14:32Go on, then.
14:33Get it all running and lovely.
14:34Yeah.
14:35We should go back to the 50s
14:38and go to a UK seaside town.
14:42That would be lovely, yeah.
14:43For...
14:44Fish and chips.
14:45Oh, good idea, yes.
14:46Lovely.
14:47Don't tell him I was going to say fish...
14:48Oh, no.
14:49Fish and chips.
14:50I love fish and chips.
14:51As long as it's gluten-free, fish and chips.
14:52Yeah, we'll find gluten-free.
14:53Yeah.
14:54Hey, I'll tell you what, though.
14:55For me, I prefer a savoy.
14:59The miner looks solid enough,
15:01but the last owner didn't quite finish their restoration job.
15:05So what works and what doesn't?
15:07Even without an alternator,
15:09it should still be possible to get this thing going
15:12to check the rest of the engine.
15:16I'm turning the ignition on.
15:17OK.
15:18Right.
15:19Is it on?
15:21The starter motor works, but the engine won't turn over.
15:25Shall I keep the ignition on, then?
15:27Yeah, I need it off now.
15:30You've got a loose distributor.
15:31What?
15:32For the ignition, it was loose,
15:33so the timing's not set.
15:35There is some good news.
15:37The headlights work.
15:39Is that on?
15:40Yeah.
15:41The wipers work.
15:44And so does the...
15:48But it takes 20 minutes of fiddling with electrical spaghetti
15:51before we're ready to try the ignition again.
15:55Ready?
15:56Yeah.
15:57Ignition on.
16:00Oi, look at that.
16:01Hey!
16:05That's fantastic.
16:07Oh, this is great news, man.
16:08We've got ourselves a runner.
16:11But there's just one problem.
16:13One of the engine's four cylinders won't run.
16:17The plug's fouled.
16:18Yeah.
16:20Glowtorch, I'll bring that back.
16:22Everyone's leaving me.
16:23The plug's fouled.
16:24See ya.
16:25Plug's fouled.
16:26Bean, the plug is fouled.
16:31Fortunately, a dirty spark plug is an easy fix.
16:37Right, so I'm just using the blowtorch to get all the muck off.
16:42So hopefully, pop that plug in and it'll work.
16:48Back goes the plug.
16:50But we try again.
16:53Hang on. Yeah, out of gear.
16:54Yeah?
16:55Yep.
16:56Ignition on, good.
16:58That's it.
16:59There we are.
17:00There we go.
17:01Beautiful.
17:02That's fantastic.
17:04And there's no choke.
17:11Okay.
17:12He's off.
17:18Difficult.
17:19Well.
17:20I think it goes well.
17:21Yeah, the clutch works.
17:22Look at his drive.
17:23He knows about us making a mess on his drive.
17:25That's right, I know.
17:26He told us off only the other day, Al.
17:28He did.
17:30My drive might not look pristine,
17:33but my quick trip round the car park is a success.
17:40Mate, it sounds beautiful, there is a big problem.
17:42What?
17:43You drove off without us putting the cover back on the fuel pump.
17:47Hang on a second.
17:48You told me to drive off.
17:50We thought you'd do it in a measured way,
17:53trying to see if all the gears work.
17:55How far did you go? We might have to look for the cap.
17:59So a Pyrrhic victory, as they say.
18:01We won the battle of the engine,
18:03but lost a cap and a few bolts on the way.
18:06Not quite Dunkirk, but not D-Day either.
18:15Next day, while we wait for the alternator to turn up,
18:18we start on the Castrol oil dispenser.
18:23It's a bit of a sticker fest, actually, isn't it?
18:25It's a shame the stickers are a bit too modern.
18:28They spoil the look.
18:30See, the trouble is, at best, wedge-wise,
18:33this is worth £400.
18:35If we peel the stickers off, lots of paint's going to come off,
18:39so we'll have to repaint, re-sticker,
18:42with nice water slide transfers and all that,
18:44and we'll lose our shirt.
18:46Right, OK, so I understand that.
18:48So we're going to have to go with the stickers,
18:50turn a little bit of a blind eye to them, and carry on.
18:54So it's more of a light-touch clean-up than a full restoration,
18:58but it's still a lovely thing.
19:03Prepare for disappointment.
19:07Absolutely nothing.
19:09LAUGHTER
19:12As ever, Skid is not impressed by my latest restoration gadget.
19:16All right.
19:18But with a little bit of penetrating oil...
19:21..and a lot of elbow grease, the dust comes straight off.
19:26I think this stuff's hallucinogenic.
19:28I think you might be right, because, you know, for a second,
19:31I thought I saw Henry doing something. Yeah.
19:37Joking aside, the beauty of penetrating oil
19:40is that it both cleans and shines.
19:44Within ten minutes, it's done.
19:46Well, this is a very quick resto.
19:48No, but it wasn't really a resto, was it? I didn't buy it as a resto.
19:51No. OK, I bought it as something just to give a quick clean
19:54with my brand-new mop that doesn't work.
19:56Yeah. And is it being sold, or are you keeping this?
19:59I'll probably keep it. Sell it. Sell it. OK, great. Yeah, nice.
20:05A day later, we're back on minor duty,
20:08starting with an awkwardly placed seat.
20:11The driver's seat just is way too far forward,
20:14and it looks like somebody has altered it
20:17to be mounted further forward.
20:19Yeah, well, Henry's been moaning about it,
20:21that he's struggling to get behind the wheel with his pot.
20:24I'm not... Yeah, I'm not surprised.
20:26It's very, very close indeed.
20:31Fortunately, this is a modification
20:33that should be easily reversed.
20:35Fuzz ratchets off the seat,
20:37and moves them back to their original position.
20:40Don't tell me we've had a result.
20:42We've had a result. It's good.
20:44That never happens to me.
20:46After a bit more ratcheting, Fuzz is ready for a seat test.
20:51Now, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Yeah.
20:54Can you get behind the wheel?
20:56Because if you can, Henry definitely can.
20:59Hold on, are you saying that I'm a little bit, er...
21:01No, you're tall. I'm tall.
21:03You've got longer legs than him.
21:05If you can get in there, will it move back?
21:07I need to adjust it. Hold on. There we go.
21:09It looks a lot better, doesn't it?
21:11Yeah, it does. And the seat even slides.
21:13Yeah. Yeah. Does it work?
21:15That's it. There we are. That's much better, isn't it?
21:17Look at that. That's better.
21:19Fantastic. He'll be a happy man.
21:24Sorting the wiring, however, is more complicated
21:27and more critical.
21:29Sorting the wiring, however, is more complicated
21:32and more critical if we're really going to get to the seaside.
21:36We've managed to source a new alternator,
21:38but in order to get it to charge the battery,
21:41the charge light in the Speedo has to be working.
21:45Sounds simple, but there's more electrical spaghetti
21:48than the Boutoni factory,
21:50and whoever rewired this was no master chef.
21:54There's a bit of an old birds nest starting to happen here.
21:57Is that it?
22:00Fuzz uses a solderless connector to join up the old and new wiring
22:05and a heat gun to make the join permanent.
22:09We're now attaching the wire to the charge light.
22:16So that's that connected.
22:18I'll put the battery on. Hopefully that light comes on when you turn the ignition on.
22:21Okay, hold on, let's see.
22:23The battery's connected.
22:25Okay, ignition on.
22:27No, we've got nothing.
22:29Hang on, there's a wire missing here.
22:31How's that?
22:32Oh, there we go, yeah, perfect.
22:34Hold on, let's turn the wipers off.
22:36So if we start the engine, the ignition light should go out.
22:39That is the theory.
22:43Yes, look at that, it goes out.
22:45A bit of choke.
22:47Yes!
22:48That's a proper result.
22:50Brilliant, excellent stuff.
22:54Refitting the Speedo requires yet more buggeration,
22:58but finally, after half an hour, it's all done.
23:02Alternator's charging, lights are working, indicators are working.
23:07We have a fully functioning Morris liner.
23:12So magnifique, but before we visit the seaside,
23:16we need to find a way to carry all our luggage.
23:19And I've got a very special pilgrimage to make.
23:34The electrical problems are sorted on our Morris liner,
23:37and the battery's charging properly,
23:39but there's still plenty more to do before our day out at the seaside.
23:45How are we going to fit all our bags in there if we're going away?
23:48Well, it's funny you should say that, young man.
23:51I've got this plan that we buy ourselves a roof rack,
23:55which, strangely, I might well have acquired.
23:58Did you get one that was sort of like a universal old look,
24:02or is it for a modern car?
24:04It didn't really look.
24:06Do you know what I think's going to happen?
24:08What?
24:09I think we're going to set off and we're going to arrive
24:12and the roof rack will be missing.
24:16I have to tell you, you are probably right, Skid,
24:18but the bottom line is that I hope I've actually bought a roof rack that will fit.
24:22Let's cross one bridge at a time, shall we?
24:25The first bridge, let's clean.
24:30Because this is the original paint,
24:32we're going to clean the car very gently with just soap and water.
24:36It's a shame, actually, because I only have three sponges.
24:40No, you don't. There's one here.
24:42There's another one in there.
24:44There's another one here for you.
24:46How come you found that? I thought I'd hidden them all.
24:54It's really nice watching old cars.
24:56They've got nice shapes, but modern cars are just flat.
24:59Once all the grime has gone,
25:02Fuzz uses the jet wash on a gentle setting to get rid of the soap.
25:08You're not... Yeah, it's still drying here.
25:12Henry!
25:16The next stage is to dry and polish it all up with a pair of chamois.
25:23Originally, they were made from the skin of a chamois goat,
25:27but today, most are synthetic.
25:29With either type, the key is to always keep them slightly damp
25:33to avoid accidental scratching.
25:38I'll tell you what, lads.
25:40I know we've just been washing a car,
25:42but it's actually quite therapeutic because it's come out rather lovely.
25:48Shall we take it down to the technical area?
25:50It's about a 50-yard drive.
25:52And then we can...
25:54...attach the roof rack.
25:56Hey!
26:05No, no, no, look. Don't look so expectant.
26:09It's a flat pack. It's got an important notice.
26:11Yeah, it has.
26:12Before signing for this parcel, please check this package
26:14to make sure that none of the items inside are damaged.
26:17Did you check?
26:18No.
26:20But, look, guys, that's nowhere near, actually, the crack.
26:23It's not, is it?
26:24Oh, no, but you just made another mess.
26:26That comes with the book.
26:27Oh, look.
26:29Oh, my God.
26:32I didn't quite know what colour it was.
26:34It's a nice colour. It matches the car nicely.
26:36It matches the car.
26:38Hey, look.
26:39Oh, mate.
26:40Oh, my God.
26:41Do you know what?
26:42Sometimes, hey, it works out.
26:49Step one, set up feet.
26:54As with everything that comes disassembled,
26:56by the time you've put it all together and screwed everything up,
27:00without screwing anything up,
27:02you'll be reaching for a flat pack straight jacket.
27:07I've just realised...
27:08Yes, what's up?
27:09..if we're going on a day trip,
27:11surely we don't need any suitcases to hold a roof rack.
27:15There's my medical supplies. That's quite large.
27:18Oh, yeah, OK.
27:19So I'll need a bag for that.
27:20All right, you'll have a bag.
27:21Spare parts for the car.
27:22Yeah, OK, yeah, all right.
27:24You need your foil for your highlight kit.
27:30If you ever want to know how long it takes for four grown men
27:34to assemble a flat pack roof rack,
27:36the answer is 30 minutes and eight seconds.
27:39And, no, we won't be entering the Krypton Factor this year.
27:44Let's just put it on the blooming car, shall we?
27:47Mind the paintwork. Careful.
27:49I'm on the gutter.
27:50I'm nowhere near.
27:52It's not going particularly well, is it?
27:57Surely it's not actually big enough.
28:00Is it?
28:01Come forward a bit, mate. Keep it square.
28:03Are you sure we're doing the right thing here?
28:07I don't think that's going to stay on now.
28:09Yeah, it's rigid.
28:11Oh!
28:12Shut up!
28:13Careful, that was nearly my tootsies.
28:15You're out there. That's no good.
28:17Oh, it's doing so well.
28:19Harder! Harder!
28:23My bag's going in the boot.
28:25But fear you not, another 20 minutes later,
28:28it's all done and dusted.
28:33Now, I've got to tell you, that is the right result, isn't it?
28:37It's a proper colour match, isn't it?
28:39Yeah, it's really cool.
28:40Obviously, it was just totally intentional.
28:42You got lucky.
28:43Hey, look, I think we're just about there.
28:46Hey, look, I think we're just about ready,
28:49barring packing, to head for the coast.
28:56Before we hit Weston,
28:58while Fuzz and Alan pack the car with spares and sandwiches,
29:01I've got a pilgrimage to make to the museum
29:04where they have the first miner.
29:06And I want to do it on a very special vehicle.
29:11Do you recognise that?
29:13Of course I do.
29:15This is my Harley WLA, a classic of a very different kind,
29:20but like the miner, a great vehicle for cruising along,
29:24if we can get it going.
29:26It hasn't been started probably for about six months,
29:29which is going to make it tricky to kick.
29:34My Harley has an unusual configuration,
29:37with a hand change and a foot clutch,
29:40and whereas the miner had a reputation for being a good starter,
29:43this was always temperamental.
29:47Are you ready for this?
29:48Yeah, go on, give it some.
29:52That just sounds dead as a doornail, doesn't it?
29:54Yeah, keep going.
29:58I really want to find out more about the miner's history
30:01before we head for the seaside,
30:03so we need to get this thing running.
30:06Guy joins in, but doesn't do much better.
30:10Until finally...
30:13Click it up just one.
30:27Good purchase.
30:29Ah, welcome back.
30:33This is great news, man.
30:36Half an hour later, I'm togged up and high on me hog.
30:44So, look, we're going up to Gaydon,
30:46up to the British Motor Museum,
30:49and going to have a gander
30:52at the first ever, would you believe, Morris Miner.
30:56I think it's from 1948.
30:59Wow.
31:00Wow.
31:02That's interesting, because this is 1947.
31:09Even though this Harley hasn't been ridden for six months,
31:12it feels great.
31:21Well, that went rather beautifully.
31:23She is a glorious thing.
31:25Now, then, welcome to the British Motor Museum.
31:30Let's go.
31:37Opened in 1993,
31:39it holds the world's biggest and best collection of British cars,
31:43including the first Morris Miner, as curator Kat tells me.
31:49As one of the best-selling British small cars until the Mini,
31:54£1.6 million were made,
31:56and when they made the millionth,
31:58there was a competition to try to find the oldest Morris Miner
32:02that they could and exchange it for a millionth,
32:05and the oldest one is this one that they managed to find,
32:08which happened to be the first one, actually.
32:14In 1948, NWL 576 cost £359
32:20and topped out at 62mph.
32:23It's a splitty like ours,
32:25but has a different front grille and interior.
32:30Hey, look, so, look, lineage-wise,
32:32I mean, this was the first design,
32:34but things changed, didn't they, as time went on?
32:37Yeah.
32:38I mean, my Morris Miner don't really look like that front end-wise.
32:41Famously, William Morris said it looked like the poached egg,
32:45so, you know, it's got a bit of a love-hate relationship with it as well,
32:49but, yeah, they did some changes to the sizes,
32:52so there's loads of different things that changed over time,
32:55but, you know, the main love of the Morris Miner is still there.
32:58You can still tell what they are.
33:00Absolutely.
33:01I wonder how many there are on the road today,
33:03cos I've got to tell you, there must be a lot, no?
33:05There must be. You see quite a few,
33:07but not in January in weather, I don't think.
33:10No. Well, we're going to Western Supermere in a minute, innit?
33:13Oh, fab, yeah.
33:14Just a bit of beachside, you know, entertainment.
33:17Great weather for it.
33:18It's got to be, hasn't it?
33:19Cos that's where a Morris Miner's spiritual home is, to me anyway,
33:22which is by a British seaside town.
33:24Absolutely. Do you know what I mean?
33:26It's of that era, I think, of leisure and travel
33:30and accessibility to all of those things.
33:32Without a doubt.
33:33So a great road-trip type car, I think.
33:35It is a road-trip type car. Yeah.
33:37To me, it just warms the cockles of my heart to see the first one.
33:43Back at the shed, inspired by my history lesson,
33:46there's just one more period detail to add, a red coach line.
33:52On the swage line. Swag...
33:54What? On the swage line.
33:57The swage, or body line,
33:59is a decorative feature that was once commonplace.
34:04The important thing when you're doing this
34:06is to go for a bit of distance when you start it.
34:09Don't have your hands really close together,
34:11cos you'll get a wobble in it.
34:12You've got to stretch it out, haven't you?
34:14You put it on and then you get a straight line
34:17rather than a coach line that goes like that.
34:19OK, well, you're going to show us how, aren't you? Yes.
34:25First things first.
34:26Alan warms up the swage line to make it a little bit more grippy.
34:30Then Skid gets to work.
34:33So what you've got to do is get that roughly in the middle by eye.
34:36Your eye's good enough, I won't mark the car.
34:38So then... Nail it!
34:40Just rub that down.
34:41Oh, mate, actually, do you know what?
34:43Looks good, doesn't it? That is really good.
34:46I need the scalpel now.
34:48Once upon a time, this was his speciality,
34:51earning him loads of moolah.
34:53Now, the thing is with this, if you notice,
34:55I've got the curved blade,
34:56because you can roll that over the stripe.
34:58If you've got one that's a point,
35:00it tends to drag it off and move it.
35:03So you want a scalpel blade with the curved edge.
35:08You can do this with paint,
35:10or you can use a little tape as a cheaper and more flexible option
35:14in case you change your mind.
35:17Don't ever wrap it over there,
35:19because when it gets cold, it will shrink and lift
35:21and then it will come off.
35:22So always end it a slight bit short.
35:24And the other thing you can do
35:26is do a dab of clear nail varnish on the end just to seal it.
35:32After another quick warm-up with the blowtorch,
35:35Skid does the same on the other side.
35:40And the liner is complete.
35:43Mate!
35:44There you go.
35:45You have excelled.
35:47Hey, look, we're getting revved up for our little trip out
35:50to celebrate British seaside town life.
35:54All we need is fuzzer and we'll be away.
35:57Now, do we reckon the coach lines and the roof rack
35:59are going to be on when we arrive?
36:01The jury's out.
36:11MUSIC
36:15Two months ago, we found a solitary Morris Minor
36:18surrounded by a flotilla of rovers.
36:22Oh, it's a splitty.
36:24These are a joyous thing.
36:27Back at the shed, we got it going.
36:31Oi, look at that!
36:32Hey!
36:34Sorted its electrics,
36:37its mechanicals
36:39and its looks.
36:42Mate, you have excelled.
36:46Now it's taken us to Weston,
36:48a quintessentially British car
36:50for a quintessential old-fashioned British seaside resort.
37:00So, boys, welcome to Weston-su-Mer.
37:04The best thing is, we've actually made it all the way.
37:07Isn't that fantastic?
37:08Yeah.
37:09And she hasn't missed a beat, you know.
37:11I know.
37:12Has she?
37:13It's quite comfy in the back as well.
37:14I've got it all lined up, right?
37:16Yeah.
37:17OK, we're going to go down the pier,
37:19OK, and we're going to go to an amusement arcade.
37:22Yes!
37:23Right?
37:24Great.
37:25And then we're going to do
37:27what Fuzz's favourite occupation is.
37:29Oh, yes.
37:30And what's that, Fuzzer?
37:31It's having fish and chips by the seaside.
37:33Oh, yes, you know it makes sense, mate.
37:35Yeah, fabulous.
37:36It's like leaning over the car, you know.
37:38But meantime, I'm so impressed with the Morris.
37:42Yeah, good little Morris, isn't it?
37:44It's been going beautifully.
37:45Hasn't it?
37:46Yeah.
37:4720 miles an hour.
37:48I mean, you know, steady 50 on the motorway.
37:53I...
37:54Oh.
37:55Oh, dear.
37:57Uh-oh.
37:58I think we've blown a fuse.
38:00Oh, no, we haven't.
38:01No, that's good to go.
38:02There we go.
38:07So, not perfect, but apart from that minor stall,
38:11it's plain sailing.
38:17Well, I've got to tell you, this is living the life.
38:20Yeah.
38:21Do you know what's just so nice about going back to the 60?
38:24Is it's safe.
38:25Right?
38:26The future's terrifying to me.
38:28You know?
38:29Yeah, that's scary.
38:30Scary.
38:31The future's scary.
38:32The past is just...
38:33Oh, it's all cosy and nice.
38:34I think that's why we're into all our classic vehicles,
38:36don't you think?
38:37Yeah, it takes you back to that time.
38:40Oh, I'm looking forward to our trip down the pier.
38:45Weston's Grand Pier dates back to 1909,
38:48when it was opened after an Act of Parliament and a 16-year build.
38:55This is it, man.
38:56We've made it to Weston.
38:58Brilliant.
38:59Oh, yeah.
39:00You've got a car that is 70 years old, pretty much.
39:03Yeah.
39:04And it's still usable.
39:05And it just blends in perfectly, doesn't it?
39:08It does.
39:09I'm quite surprised that we've got on to the pier, though.
39:12I wasn't expecting to be driving on here like royalty.
39:16We are like royalty.
39:17I'm not sure that we're supposed to be on here.
39:19Can I just say?
39:20Yeah.
39:21I have agreed some special dispensation.
39:25The pier's 366 metres long and 13 metres wide,
39:30climaxing with a huge pavilion.
39:34Come on, then.
39:41Originally, I'd hoped for a quick paddle and some crazy golf,
39:45but the sea's too far out and it's so cold
39:48that we'll stick to more traditional pursuits.
39:54Riding.
39:56Oh, I'm in trouble.
39:59Bumping.
40:03Oh, I'll be back.
40:04Oh, God.
40:05So what happens?
40:06You just go...
40:08Dropping.
40:14Picking up.
40:17That's it.
40:18Oh, I nearly got one.
40:21Hoofing.
40:25And Guy's personal obsession.
40:27Shove hate me.
40:29Is that the last one?
40:30Last one. Here we go. Hang on.
40:35No, it's a shame, Guy.
40:36I'm going to quit.
40:37Right.
40:38Walk away, mate.
40:39I'm in recovery.
40:42Fortunately, we haven't used up all our coin,
40:45leaving us just enough for a final seaside treat.
40:50Fish and chips, once.
40:51What do you want?
40:52Sausage and chips.
40:53Sausage and chips?
40:54OK, fantastic.
40:57The Morris Minor has taken us to heaven.
40:59I think so.
41:09There is nothing better than fish and chips by the sea.
41:12It's your favourite, isn't it?
41:13It is, yeah.
41:14Now then, shall we just reflect on our day?
41:17Yes.
41:18Haven't we had a lovely time?
41:19It's been amazing.
41:20That was brilliant.
41:21It's been great, yeah.
41:22It's been great.
41:23The amusement arcade on the pier was fantastic.
41:26This food goes perfectly with the Morris Minor.
41:29So, look, I'll tell you, all we've got to do now
41:31is find a buyer, or at least, you know,
41:34find out how much it's worth,
41:36because I reckon we've put a lot of value on her.
41:38I reckon so.
41:39And, do you know, it's got such charm.
41:42I would have one of these again.
41:43Hey, look, it could be yours, three and a half grand.
41:46You know what I mean?
41:47What about...
41:48Where's the kid gone?
41:49Yeah, where is he?
41:50Oh, God, he's gambling.
41:51Right, come on.
41:52Quick, quick, look, he's going...
41:54Come on.
41:55Go on.
41:56Oi!
42:00Next day, back at the shed,
42:02our favourite motor dealer, Chopper Roy, turns up.
42:09Now, I have to tell you,
42:10we have done all kinds of things in this.
42:12Also, our trip to Western Super Mare Hair yesterday...
42:16Is it really?
42:17..didn't miss a beat.
42:18Well, it splattered a little bit sometimes,
42:20but it didn't miss a beat, Roy.
42:21It's probably the farthest one's ever been.
42:23I was trying to win you a furry toy,
42:25but failed horribly.
42:27Not a few moments.
42:28What do you reckon, then?
42:30For an early split screen, it's pretty damn good.
42:32There's a little bit of num-num there.
42:34Yeah, they've all got a little bit.
42:36Yeah.
42:37Now, listen, right,
42:38I know you don't have to look at it too much,
42:40because obviously you trust us,
42:41because we are four incredibly reliable, honest people.
42:44Well, these three are.
42:47It's three and a half grand, Roy.
42:49Is it?
42:50Well, what would you put it on for?
42:52Put it that way.
42:53I'd pay three and a half,
42:54or three if you leave the roof rack on.
42:58The roof rack's great.
42:59It's colour-coded.
43:00What more could you want?
43:01Removal.
43:02Removal?
43:03It's not everyone's taste, is it?
43:04Well, we'll keep that for another item, then, one day.
43:06There you go.
43:07I tell you what, that means we're saving 120 quid.
43:09We are.
43:10That's how much it cost me, I think.
43:11Yeah?
43:12Did it really?
43:13Yeah.
43:14All right, so, look, are we agreed at three and a half?
43:15We are.
43:16Because that gives us a monkey, doesn't it?
43:17Whatever that is.
43:18Yeah, fantastic.
43:19And a roof rack.
43:20And you don't want the roof rack?
43:21I don't want a roof rack.
43:22So it gives us 500 plus the roof rack.
43:24All right.
43:25Three and a half it is, Roy.
43:26Happy day.
43:27Really genuine.
43:28You are buying it rather than valuing it.
43:29Yeah, I love it, yeah.
43:30Yeah, are you really?
43:31Yep, 100%.
43:32There must be an owner in it that we don't know about.
43:35Thank you very much, boys.
43:36Topper.
43:37Nice.