1 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,240 That car has to be in France 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,560 to take part in the D-Day celebrations 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:12,920 Welcome to the Smallest Cog. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,040 First impressions? 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:15,600 There's so many inefficiencies. 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,520 This would drive me insane. 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:18,800 Behold! 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,120 An estate Oliver. 9 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,040 This is making my life difficult to be honest, 10 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,400 you can always come in a bit less. 11 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,600 Right. 12 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,960 If I'm making things worse by being here, 13 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,720 what am I actually for around here? 14 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,440 It's nearly three years 15 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,720 since the Smallest Cog opened its doors. 16 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,240 The business still owes me a fortune. 17 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:38,800 I've been hiding bank statements. 18 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,840 I'm basically running a social club! 19 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,880 So, it's time for a big shake-up. 20 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,680 Clock in in the morning, clock onto a job. 21 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:46,800 The dawn of a new era. 22 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,720 But not everyone likes change. 23 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,040 I'm very nervous about all of it. 24 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,200 This isn't going to tell me what to do! 25 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:52,360 I'll tell you that for nothing. 26 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,600 We make history with our most important restoration yet. 27 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,200 Did Montgomery or Churchill ever imagine you sitting in it? 28 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,360 Probably not. 29 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,240 The work must be completed on time. 30 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:03,440 Oh, she's eager! 31 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,200 Can we race into a bright new future? 32 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:08,560 With me at the wheel? 33 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,600 Oh, oh, oh! 34 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:29,680 I am, as ordered, 35 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,880 spending some time out of the way, away from the workshop. 36 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:34,720 I'm spending it instead with this, 37 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,280 which is the most important vehicle in my life. 38 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,200 It's the first bike I ever had. 39 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:41,640 I absolutely loved it, 40 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:43,960 I had to learn how to ride it from a library book. 41 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:45,840 And I saved up to buy it 42 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,240 with the money from my job picking up chickens' eggs. 43 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:50,960 It actually cost less than the gloves 44 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,240 I'm going to wear to ride it today, 45 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:53,920 but it was the most precious thing in my world. 46 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:57,440 Play time! 47 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,640 And I need this headspace, 48 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,040 we're off to France in a week to deliver Monty's Rolls Royce 49 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,160 to the 80th D-Day commemorations. 50 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,920 The MOD is relying on us to get it there safely. 51 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,960 So, lots to think about. 52 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,560 Hello? Hey, Richard. 53 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:21,680 Brigadier Mike. 54 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,560 I haven't caught you in the middle of a critical task, have I? 55 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:26,840 No, no, just in between jobs. How's it going? 56 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:30,000 Well, Monty's Rolls Royce looks absolutely beautiful. 57 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,480 Thank you. And thanks for having faith in us. 58 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,200 But now we've got to, er, get the car to Normandy itself. 59 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,040 And that is an absolutely epic event. 60 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,200 Yes. 61 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,920 What I just wanted to chat through with you 62 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,600 is that we're all ready for that. 63 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,880 So, who have you in mind to go from your team? 64 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,800 I'm inclined to bring Neil because he oversaw the project, 65 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,320 Anthony, because he understands the mechanics of that one. 66 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,480 And Isaac, actually, because he's really, really useful. 67 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,000 And it is, as you rightly say, the real mission. 68 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,280 This is why we did the car, 69 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,360 for it to be seen over there at that time 70 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,000 by members of the public and by veterans themselves. 71 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,440 So, no messing about. 72 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:07,920 It is quite nerve wracking, 73 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,560 but we absolutely got to get it right. 74 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:11,320 OK, Brigadier, we will be there 75 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,520 bright of eyed and bushy of tailed. Bye. 76 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,720 That is really exciting. 77 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,800 I mean, truth be told, 78 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,720 taking three guys out of the workshop 79 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,000 is not gonna sit all that well with Jamie, 80 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,560 I suspect, but this afternoon I'm off for a meeting, 81 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:31,120 almost an audition, I suspect, 82 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,040 with Europe's biggest car collector. 83 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,280 Him and his wife together. 84 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,520 If I can land them, they could be the dream long term client. 85 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:50,800 Isaac. Yep. 86 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,000 Look, look at my latest purchase, I reckon. 87 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,640 This looks serious. 88 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,720 Look at that, we could use this for France for the old Rolls. 89 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:58,840 Got a big kitchen there. 90 00:03:58,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Only downside is... 91 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,840 It's a bit metric. Yeah. ..it's a bit metric. OK. 92 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,320 So, it will fit but it won't fit. Yeah, it won't do the job. 93 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,680 So, we also need some old tools. 94 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,120 I've got a few bits I think. 95 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,920 We just need to make a nice little tool kit up just in case. 96 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,160 Oh, look at that. That's the older one. 97 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,640 That's what I'm talking about. 98 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,080 And we've got another one. 99 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:18,600 You have got the kit boy. 100 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,280 This has been resting in someone's garage for quite a while I think. 101 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,240 See this is what I am talking about, old stuff. 102 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,440 I know it doesn't look the best, but this is what we need. 103 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,600 What have we got, we've got spanners in this one as well. 104 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,080 1924? 105 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,560 It could be. That's perfect. 106 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,080 British made which is what we want. 107 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,400 It'll get us out of trouble, won't it? 108 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,360 And the thing is Richard's going to be looking at me and you 109 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:37,720 if this thing breaks down, OK? 110 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,080 And he's got a Brigadier in the car, 111 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,200 he doesn't want to look silly. 112 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:41,600 No, we gotta get... And neither do we. 113 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,120 Wow. Absolutely dazzling. 114 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:56,840 I could lose myself in here. 115 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,400 Just the range, it's incredible. 116 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:00,600 It's hard to believe 117 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,080 this is one man's private collection. 118 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,640 An inventor and entrepreneur, 119 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,520 Rodger Dudding has been collecting cars for over 50 years. 120 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,440 Time now to make a good impression on him and his wife Emma. 121 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,280 Hello Richard. 122 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,680 Emma. Hello? 123 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,360 I'm wandering around your garage. 124 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:17,440 Nice to see you, how are you? 125 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,280 Lovely to see you. 126 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:20,840 Your garage is bonkers. 127 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,000 It's phenomenal. 128 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,120 This is an insight into Rodger's head. 129 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,040 Yeah. And what's in Rodger's head... 130 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,160 Mmm. ..is cars. 131 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,600 Do these go out and work? 132 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,800 They actually do. They go out for weddings. 133 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:32,960 They go out for film shoots. 134 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,560 How many in the collection in total? 135 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,560 At the last count, probably about 450. 136 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,000 Right! 137 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,560 Can I go meet your bonkers husband? 138 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,640 Indeed, you may. 139 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,880 So, he's waiting for you on the top floor 140 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,120 with his favourite cars. 141 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,400 Favourite cars? She's fine. 142 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,080 Aha! Good grief. 143 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,080 Aston Martin Lagondas. Wow. 144 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,080 Rodger, lovely to see you again. 145 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,160 How are you? And yourself, nice to see you. 146 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,480 I don't know where else in the world 147 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,320 I could see this many of these in one place. 148 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,480 I've been very fortunate in what I've done. 149 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,000 I can afford to indulge myself 150 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:14,320 in buying these beautiful 151 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,960 looking machines. 152 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,760 But your story of this collection, now 450 cars. 153 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:22,840 The first car is over there, the Morris Minor. 154 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,200 Fathers' Morris, yes. 155 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:28,200 Is that the genesis of this entire operation? 156 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,160 It is. It is the genesis of that. 157 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,200 I just love the car so much. 158 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:33,840 It is a feeling you have. 159 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,120 And they like affection 160 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,960 and they will reward you handsomely. 161 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,520 There is the business element to this. 162 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,320 I'm guessing you must have access to so many marque specialists, 163 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,720 but bodywork, do you have a bodywork specialist? 164 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,480 Not specifically. 165 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,440 If a car did come up that needs a bit of work, 166 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,560 we'll show you a quality job, 167 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,880 good price and see where it goes. 168 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,120 Could that happen? 169 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,360 We'd be delighted to give you the next vehicle, 170 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,960 which needs a little bit of Hammond TLC. 171 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,600 Let's make it happen. 172 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,440 I really enjoyed coming here, 'cause who wouldn't. 173 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,720 But also from a work point of view. 174 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,280 There's 450 cars here, 175 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:16,440 that occasionally get damaged 176 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,920 and they need somebody to put them right. 177 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,160 If these guys become clients, that's a lot of work. 178 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:35,960 Right, who would like a cup of tea then? 179 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,720 Yes, please. I'll have one. 180 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,920 Most important one of the day this is. 181 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,120 If we were going to do this properly, 182 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:42,800 we need some enamel mugs really. 183 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,080 Get us in the wartime spirit for taking the Rolls to France. 184 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,160 Do you want that one? 185 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,680 Oh, look at that, good for you rust is, I've heard. 186 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,440 Pretty little car. It's very brown. 187 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,880 But it's actually quite an important car, 188 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,320 it's a test case from Rodger Dudding. 189 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,240 Typical Lancia Beta. 190 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,240 Quite a subtly good-looking car and looks brilliant today. 191 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:05,440 They were cheap. They were. 192 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,400 They were 600 quid, they wouldn't be now, 193 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,760 because most of them rotted away 20 years ago. 194 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,000 They don't want a full restoration this. 195 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,360 No, the idea is, 196 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:13,920 if there's a few blemishes on the body, 197 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,960 give him a sensible price, done to time, on budget. 198 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,120 Make it look nice. Yeah. 199 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,520 If we get this right, 200 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,600 he's got a lot of other cars. 201 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,120 He would be an awesome client. 202 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,320 Let me know how you get on. 203 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,600 Well, look at that, Rodger Dudding's Lancia Beta, low mileage, 204 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,760 very rare, definitely a man we've got to impress. 205 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,360 So, what do you reckon then, 206 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,120 it's really windscreen out to do it nice. 207 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,440 That's the main bit of nastiness in your eyesight. 208 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,000 Yeah. There's a piece here, repair that. 209 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,840 And there's a big dent in the bonnet. 210 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:48,480 Sounds like a plan. 211 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,000 Seats out. 212 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,920 Now, we need our magic tool. 213 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,440 I've got to be careful, because if we break that glass, 214 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,240 we're not gonna get another one. 215 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,440 This is a sort thing we need, this Lancia. 216 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,120 Little bit of profit, quick turnaround, 217 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,640 and this customer is absolutely perfect for us. 218 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,160 Right. Now, it's out. We can see the big rot hole. 219 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,760 You couldn't see it before 'cause the chrome was there. 220 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,080 That's nasty that is. 221 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,160 That's what this car will turn into very quickly 222 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,280 if we don't sort it out. 223 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:22,360 At least we know what we got now. 224 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:23,840 So, we could cut that piece out 225 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:25,600 and then a little piece welded in there. 226 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,280 It's quite important we get this right. 227 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:31,560 Oh, where are ya. 228 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,600 Then we would have a constant stream of cars, 229 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:36,560 and he's got an example of just about everything 230 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,200 ever made to work on, but we'll see. 231 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,320 Aha, there we have it. 232 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,480 You see, this just looks like a rough bit of metal, 233 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,320 but if you look at that shape there. 234 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,200 That's exactly the same profile 235 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,160 as the lip on the back of Rodger Dudding's Lancia roof. 236 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,000 And it saves me having to make it 237 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:55,920 as somebody has already made it for me. 238 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,400 So, there you are, never chuck anything away. 239 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,040 For the first time in ages, 240 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,160 I had a really good sleep last night, really good. 241 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:24,840 Things are looking positive now. 242 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,000 Uh, with the Lancia, that should be finished tomorrow, 243 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:28,320 that's the sort of job we need, 244 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,840 jobs that we can actually turn the car around in a couple of days. 245 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,400 If Richard can keep pulling them in, that'd be absolutely perfect. 246 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,600 Unlike big restoration jobs 247 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:37,560 'cause now there is so much more risk, 248 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,960 we end up finding stuff that ends up pushing 249 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,320 the job further down the line. 250 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,440 So, it's really, really hard to manage. 251 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,360 That's the last thing we need at the moment. 252 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,000 Right, today it's my turn to take you to see a car. 253 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,840 Have you told Jamie about this job and will he approve of it? 254 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,120 No, no, I'm sure he'd be on board to get this done. 255 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,240 There are only two of these in the country. 256 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:05,760 Sometimes things are rare because nobody wants them. 257 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,080 Paul. Hi, Richard. 258 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:17,680 Good to see you. Nice to meet you. 259 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,200 You're interested to see what's in there? 260 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,520 Yes. I'm intrigued. 261 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,680 Come on then. 262 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:25,760 Oh, look at that. 263 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,560 What is it? It's bonkers. 264 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,760 That is almost a unicorn in the VW world. 265 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:37,520 Right, it's a Brubaker box, 1972, designed by Curtis Brubaker. 266 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,680 He set up a company in California to create a sports van 267 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:42,960 for the surfer dudes. 268 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,560 So, he was gonna make this as a production car... 269 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,640 but it never happened. Never happened. 270 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,040 There's so many questions, 271 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,000 not the least of which is why have you go to it. 272 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:57,880 This comes back to my childhood, being obsessed with hot rod cars, 273 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,400 buying hot rod magazines. 274 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,080 And then eventually we get to the point 275 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:02,200 where I managed to get one. 276 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:03,480 How many of these are there? 277 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,160 25 apparently were made. 278 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,040 There's two in the UK. I've got the other one. 279 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,840 So, you are the owners club. 280 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:12,320 Yes, in the UK. 281 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:13,400 I love it. 282 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,280 I...I...I want to get I want to get me flares out... 283 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:17,480 Oh, no. 284 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:20,400 No, I don't like that, that worries me. 285 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,200 Neil, you can't just take these in because you love them. 286 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,280 I think it would look absolutely beautiful. 287 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,240 Oh, I have absolutely no doubt it'd look amazing. 288 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,840 But I'm gonna be the one talking to Jamie about this. 289 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,160 Yeah, but it's a fantastic opportunity. 290 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,000 You need to think realistically. 291 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,960 I wouldn't want to start it unless we knew 292 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:38,160 you were gonna say it through with us 293 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:39,520 and you knew we were gonna see... 294 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:40,880 it through with you. Yeah. 295 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,760 Out of curiosity, why did you think of us? 296 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,480 It dawned on me that actually, you Neil are probably the person... 297 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:49,400 Mmm. ..who would care enough about this. 298 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:50,600 Yeah. 299 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:53,600 To give it the attention to detail that it deserves. 300 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:56,120 Oh, no don't be nice to him. 301 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,480 He's already loves your car. 302 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:00,240 Now, you've been nice to him, he's purring. 303 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,680 I didn't know what to make of it at first, 304 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,080 but it would be very cool. 305 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:07,600 That would be the star of any show, wouldn't it? 306 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:08,680 Oh, god yeah. 307 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,160 I wouldn't like to see it featured in a magazine 308 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,760 and someone else has done it. 309 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,440 The thing that's gonna make us unpopular is that would gum up 310 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,160 the shop for a bit, that ain't gonna be popular. 311 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,520 We'll have to think of a way. 312 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,920 One step forwards, two steps back, 313 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,960 that's what it feels like here at the moment. 314 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,200 For example, Richard's Kadett, 315 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,680 Isaac took it home last night for a test drive 316 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,160 and he's just phoned me, he's broken down this morning, 317 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,400 so I'm gonna have to send another guy out now with a trailer 318 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,600 to go and pick him up. 319 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:53,800 Which I can't charge for. 320 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:03,920 Hello mate, I've just come off the roundabout 321 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,360 by the Beefeater so, 322 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,360 ..um... Er, just keep coming up. 323 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:08,960 You'll see... 324 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,360 Oh, mate. 325 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,200 I can only assume this is you. 326 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:14,640 Oh, there you are. I know him. 327 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,440 Poor Isaac looks like a little lost puppy. 328 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,080 We're definitely in the local news now. 329 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,960 Hereford Times will have a field day with this one. 330 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,080 Yeah. 331 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,320 I thought I'd put a few more miles on it just as the last run in. 332 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,080 And, um, basically, the car says no. 333 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,960 There's got to be better ways of earning money than this. 334 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,000 Got Rodger Dudding's Lancia ready for paint now. 335 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,040 Problem is classic car, old, old colour, 336 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,080 and brown is particularly tricky. 337 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,400 It's like getting a rainbow 338 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,200 and sticking a big mixer in and mixing it up. 339 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:58,880 You've got all sorts of colours in there. 340 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,640 So, the first colour in, black. 341 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,760 Blood orange. 342 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:07,920 Bright red. 343 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,920 There is a bit of alchemy. 344 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,960 And if you get any one of those colours wrong, 345 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,920 it spoils everything. 346 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,280 This is where it gets scary because it all hinges 347 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:21,960 on how good this colour is. 348 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:23,920 This is a bit like George's Marvellous Medicine 349 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,400 and you gonna get what you get. 350 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:26,560 But you know what? 351 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,320 When I stir that now and that is that nice 352 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,760 deep chocolatey brown, absolutely as it should be. 353 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,160 So, a bit of experience, 354 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,240 a bit of technology and a bit of hard work. 355 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,960 And we'll keep ourselves in a job. 356 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:56,560 You alright. 357 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,560 Alright, so Rodger Dudding's Lancia, ready to go back. 358 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:00,640 Good to go. Yeah... 359 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:05,720 this is important this car, because he has hundreds of cars. 360 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:06,840 Yeah. He's gonna know... 361 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,280 what he's looking at. He is definitely. 362 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,040 Yeah. He's definitely gonna be that. 363 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,320 But tell me where I've painted. 364 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,640 I can't. Exactly. 365 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,000 You'll have to remind him. 366 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,880 I'm really pleased with this job, mate. 367 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,000 I think you've absolutely knocked at the park. 368 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,040 But when we bill him. Yeah. 369 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,680 And I'd like you to be honest with me. 370 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,720 Mmm. I'm not out of pocket. 371 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,000 No, no, we're making money. 372 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,320 Because given that he's got hundreds of cars to do, 373 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,440 there's no point of doing 20 grands worth of work and charging him five, 374 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,000 'cause he'll expect that every time, and then we'll be ruined. 375 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,200 Exactly. This is our sprat to catch a mackerel. 376 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,280 Yeah. Well, stick the sprat on the trailer 377 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,840 and I'll take it to London. OK. 378 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,080 Neil might not be the most easily managed, 379 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,200 but he's bloody good at his job. 380 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,480 Yes, we need to get bigger, but ultimately I mustn't forget 381 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,520 it's based on people being really good at what they do. 382 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:01,480 Hello. 383 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,880 Good morning both, how are you? 384 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,000 We are well. How are you? 385 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,960 Both beautifully turned out as always. 386 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,120 Aw, thank you. You're looking... 387 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,480 exceptionally dapper, but to more important matters. 388 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:10,880 We've dressed the car for you. 389 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,920 That is beautiful. Is it ours? 390 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:15,400 Typical. 391 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:16,520 Yes. This is one of yours. 392 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,360 And I just wanted to show you what we have done. 393 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,680 If you remember, there's a nasty piece of rot around here, right? 394 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,000 So, we cut it all out, took it back to bare metal, 395 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,320 cut in that new piece 396 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:27,880 there to cover it and finished it and painted it. 397 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:28,960 So, that all happened there. 398 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,040 Well, you wouldn't recognise that... 399 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:31,320 would you! That looks beautiful. 400 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,400 And the other area that we addressed was the bonnet. 401 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:35,520 There was a dent 402 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,120 and there was some damage to the paint on here. 403 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:38,640 Beautiful work, you can't see it at all. 404 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:39,720 That's lovely. 405 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,040 Has Emma mentioned to you, we have another 450 cars? 406 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:45,080 I'm not saying it was on my mind constantly 407 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:46,200 while we were doing it, 408 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,040 but what I wanted us to do was deliver a job that said, 409 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:52,000 that's what we do for the money. That's the level we work to. 410 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,240 I think you've done a superb job on it. 411 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,240 So, yes, please you have others to do. 412 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,440 Thank you that's all I want to hear. 413 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,760 Steady stream of quick-turnaround jobs? Tick. 414 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,600 That should keep Jamie happy. 415 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,160 But I'm conflicted. 416 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,360 I don't want to completely turn our backs 417 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,160 on the longer-term prestigious restorations. 418 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,080 Seeing that Brubaker van 419 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,480 with Neil sort of where I started in wanting to set the business up. 420 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,480 It's a reason to go and see interesting cars 421 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,680 and sometimes bring them back and we work on them. 422 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:29,680 But I think play time has got to be over now. 423 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:34,560 So, I've had a word with Patrick Blakeney Edwards, 424 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,080 who has become quite a mentor. 425 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:40,720 That guy set up a big successful business 426 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,640 doing kind of exactly what I wanna do. 427 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:47,000 So, while we're in France at the D-Day memorials, 428 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,520 I've arranged for Patrick to visit the workshop 429 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,320 to look at it from the point of view of a business, 430 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,920 what are we doing right, what are we doing wrong. 431 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,800 Am I, as the owner of the business, getting too caught up 432 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,200 in the rose-tinted romantic vision of, 433 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,120 oh, let's restore all these beautiful old cars? 434 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,080 Yes, but if I ruin myself in the process 435 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,960 and everybody loses their job, 436 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,120 the romance very quickly goes out of it. 437 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:15,520 Oh, that's gone wrong. Oh, dear. 438 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:23,920 We're about to be reunited 439 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,400 with Field Marshal Montgomery's Rolls Royce, 440 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,800 our most important restoration yet. 441 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:30,880 The car is due to take pride of place 442 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,320 at the 80th D-Day Anniversary. 443 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,040 The MOD has tasked us with getting the car 444 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:39,160 to a series of high profile events in France. 445 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,200 Watching our every step is a serving Brigadier 446 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,320 and the curator of the Royal Logistics Corp Museum. 447 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,000 Morning Brigadier, Sam. 448 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:48,160 Good morning, Richard. 449 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,200 We're more or less on time It is morning 450 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,520 Yes, very much so. 451 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,720 Welcome to Southwick House. Yeah. Spectacular. 452 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:54,840 Where it all began. 453 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,840 This is so significant. 454 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,880 It's already good to go and looks appropriately spectacular. 455 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:01,000 Absolutely. 456 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,840 But you cannot visit Southwick house 457 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,280 without seeing the map room. 458 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:06,600 What, like the map room? 459 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,040 The actual D-Day map. 460 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:09,600 I'm up for that. Come on, let's go. 461 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,440 Let's have a look. Let's do it. 462 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:12,600 No we'll do. We'll do stuff. 463 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:13,760 This I wanna see. 464 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,080 Oh, my word is that... 465 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:26,040 Yes. This is the actual D-Day map. 466 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:28,320 This is the map that changed the world. 467 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:33,240 As it was left when Eisenhower, Monty and Churchill left this room. 468 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,640 And so beaches are down here. 469 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,280 This is where all the ships gather in, 6,000? 470 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,400 Yep. 471 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,520 And you can see all the avenues of approach. 472 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,440 Well, our mission is altogether more modest than that, 473 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:49,600 but we have to get our Rolls-Royce from Portsmouth to there. 474 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,760 And we're going to be travelling with living Normandy veterans. 475 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,240 Yeah. Mmm. 476 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,400 Living history. 477 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,240 Has everybody got their passports? 478 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:01,440 Yes, Dad. 479 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,040 Are we all in? Yes, we are in. 480 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:04,800 Right, let's go to France. 481 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,640 Let's go and do our side of the duty. 482 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,080 You wouldn't want to be in that Rolls Royce anyway. 483 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,480 No. In the comfort. 484 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,640 No. 485 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,960 I've never been in a car with a flag on the bonnet. 486 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,000 I've never felt so important in my life. 487 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,320 Neil, you knew this day was coming. You always knew. 488 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,480 At some point, you'll be riding to France in Monty's Rolls-Royce, 489 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:28,560 driven by a Brigadier. 490 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,560 You're finally being treated like the Prince... 491 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:31,960 you deserve to be. Yeah, well, you know... 492 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,560 when something just feels right. 493 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:34,720 Hmm. 494 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,280 Is the handbrake on? 495 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:48,200 As far on as it'll go. 496 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,240 Is anybody else anxious about leaving it? 497 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,360 Yeah. 498 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,280 Right, that's a sign. 499 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,880 It's still not as loud as the horn on the Rolls, though. 500 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,200 Right. Let's go up. 501 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,480 We've got a good vantage point for the departure. 502 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,480 I think emotions will start to run high at this point. 503 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,320 Everybody on the quayside waving, 504 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,800 you've got a flotilla of boats in the harbour, 505 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:22,800 it's an amazing experience. 506 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,000 The crew of the aircraft carrier 507 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:34,920 the Prince of Wales saluted the veterans as we passed. 508 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,080 Very emotional. 509 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:40,880 That is the way to set off. 510 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,880 The fact of the matter is we're going to commemorate 511 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,120 a really significant event, 512 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:53,360 but it's an event at which thousands of young men gave their lives 513 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,400 and they set off in very different circumstances to ours. 514 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:13,880 OK, troops. 515 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,560 The next steps have to run like clockwork. 516 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,680 Every route has been specified, every timing has been specified. 517 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,720 Because the security is absolutely immense in this area. 518 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,720 This is effectively a military operation 519 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,160 for the next two days. 520 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,720 Right, so a degree of clarity and focus. 521 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,440 Just like the workshop really, innit? 522 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:32,640 We've done the easy bit, 523 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,840 because super early tomorrow morning, 524 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,640 we're back on the road, to Monty's chateau. 525 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,520 We then go across to Gold Beach, 526 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,640 at Arromanches that's a must do pilgrimage. 527 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,680 From there, we've got only about an hour 528 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,520 to get across to Ver-sur-Mer, 529 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,680 for the D-Day 80 events on Thursday. 530 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,760 If we don't make that target, we're locked out. 531 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,880 And this is a massively popular area this week, 532 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,520 it not just going to be us on the roads. 533 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,920 So, we need to, er, play by the book 534 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,680 and be at the right place at the right time. 535 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,480 And this whole programme of events has global reach. 536 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,760 Most of our museum objects being really, 537 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,280 really old don't really move or go anywhere. 538 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:11,160 So, even just the fact that this car still is running 539 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,120 is just a hugely important thing. 540 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,840 We've got a job to do, it needs to be seen by people, 541 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,000 that's the point of it. 542 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,480 It's not a job, it's a duty. 543 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:19,720 It is. Now, we're going to do it. 544 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:20,880 I'm thrilled to be doing 545 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,280 this is extremely exciting and an honour. 546 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:26,120 As I say, military operation run like clockwork. 547 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,600 You must be inspired by your men. 548 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,560 I'm so honoured just to be here. 549 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,760 We've done our small part to help this whole thing. 550 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,520 They did all of that for us. 551 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,160 We've got to do it for them and we will, 552 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:45,520 we'll get that car there. 553 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,160 Oh! 554 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:02,960 Morning chaps. Morning. 555 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,840 Right, um, busy day ahead. 556 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,720 First stop, 8:30 Monty's Chateau. 557 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,120 Which is an important place. So, we've got a bit of time. 558 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,840 It's not far away, but let's get the car ready. 559 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:12,960 Get it ready, get it there. 560 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,080 The rest of the day... 561 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,200 more pilgrimage. More. 562 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,320 Yeah, it's going to be busy over here. 563 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:17,480 She looks good over here doesn't she? 564 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,840 I better check my backseat still in good order. 565 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,400 We're in the diplomatic service now. 566 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,160 It's going to your head, isn't it? No. 567 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,160 You can't just be wafted around normally 568 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,680 in the back of Monty's Rolls-Royce. 569 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:27,760 When in Rome. 570 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,080 We're definitely not in Rome. 571 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,560 Oh, is it narrow? 572 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,840 I'm going to assume there's nothing coming in if there is it'll stop, 573 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,320 because a building is just... 574 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,840 about to emerge. See the flag and they'll realise. 575 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,440 Drive to the right, drive on the right. 576 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,160 Do you know anything at about this Chateau then? 577 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,360 Once they got their foothold in Europe here, 578 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,520 thanks to D-Day, this was Monty's HQ. 579 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:52,680 Oh, I say. 580 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,120 That's a magnificent place. 581 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,280 That is. 582 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,960 Is that the Brigadier stood there? 583 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,800 It is, in his dress uniform. 584 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,120 Oh, that. Oh, yeah. 585 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,200 You're very late. 586 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:03,720 Yeah, sorry about that. 587 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,560 That is not the first time this car has done that sweep down 588 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:07,840 the drive up to this chateau. 589 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,120 But it hasn't done for a long time. 590 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,760 Anyway, isn't it beautiful? 591 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,320 Absolutely breathtaking. Yeah. 592 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:18,880 Oh, look at that view. 593 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:20,080 So, this is it. 594 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,840 That is spectacular. 595 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,120 So, they would have sat here 596 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,920 and discussed the push into Europe then. 597 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,440 Yeah, but actually Monty 598 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,320 used to have, er, some trailers, 599 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,280 and they put them right 600 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:33,440 in the middle of the lawn. 601 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:34,680 So, they lived in trailers here? 602 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:35,840 Yeah, absolutely. 603 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,840 And did the family stay in the house throughout? 604 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,440 Yeah, shutters closed. 605 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,560 And the great uncle wrote every day in a diary, 606 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,120 things like, oh, there's a lot of noise out there, 607 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,680 and he didn't know the King, 608 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,880 George VI was on the ground. 609 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,560 And De Gaulle returning to France, it was two different worlds. 610 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,080 So, family life carried on inside the house. 611 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:58,760 Exactly. Whilst on the lawn. 612 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,760 The most significant plans the world had ever known were being drawn up. 613 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:02,960 Absolutely. 614 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,280 So, while we've been chatting, 615 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,520 we have organised a little surprise for you. 616 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,120 Let's pop outside and have a look at Monty's Rolls Royce. 617 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,680 Wait a minute. Let's have a look. 618 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,200 Oh, hello. Oh, oh, I say oh, wow. 619 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,480 Look at that. Look at that. 620 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,160 Yeah. That's brilliant. 621 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,080 Are these coming with us? Yes. 622 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,320 These good people have all agreed to escort Monty's Rolls-Royce. 623 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,400 Oh, I say. 624 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,360 Just as they would have done 80 years ago. 625 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,600 There's hundreds of them, outriders and everything. 626 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,360 Bonjour! 627 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:39,720 Right. 628 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,600 All aboard! We better not mess about. 629 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:42,760 They're starting. 630 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,640 How far are they coming with us? 631 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,040 All the way to Arromanches. 632 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:51,160 Well, I've driven in a lot of convoys, 633 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:52,960 but that is something else, isn't it? 634 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,760 This is quite something. Yeah. 635 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,240 We've got our own army. 636 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,080 I can't see the end of us. 637 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,120 I wish I'd bought my sea cadets uniform now. 638 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:06,640 We're like Men in Black, aren't we? 639 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,520 Yeah. Security has arrived. 640 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,240 Ooh, he's doing the proper convoy thing. 641 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,080 That's not their first rodeo. Very good. 642 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,680 It is rather nice following that flag, isn't it? 643 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:20,800 It is. 644 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,200 I want a flag on my bonnet always. 645 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,360 It's weird to think that this is exactly 646 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,360 the sort of thing this car was doing. 647 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:28,480 Yep. 648 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,760 On this route with a proper military escort. 649 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,440 Going left, thank you. 650 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,040 Ooh, we're in Arromanches. 651 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,680 Well, we are being allowed through, which is fabulous. 652 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,360 It's quite nice driving along just knowing 653 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,560 you are just a rolling treat for anybody who sees you. 654 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,760 Well, this was always going to create a bit of a scene. 655 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,840 We are going to get mobbed. 656 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,480 Arromanches was one of the first Normandy towns to be liberated... 657 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:01,640 Bonjour. 658 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,200 ..something that's celebrated every anniversary. 659 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,000 The Royal Marines, morning Royals. 660 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,960 I think that's what you call making an entrance. 661 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,120 Good driving. 662 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,520 That's wonderful to bring it here. 663 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:14,920 And also for people to see it. 664 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,480 And the response again. 665 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,120 I know. After 80 years, she's back. 666 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,520 We're just humble mechanics from Hereford. 667 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,160 But that car is famous in its own right. 668 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,680 People are clapping and waving 669 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,680 and they didn't know Richard was driving it. 670 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,040 And it's surreal for me 671 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,160 because when I first met him we had this dream 672 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,880 and he said, wow, we're going to work on some special cars, but 673 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,440 I don't think you could beat this. 674 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,680 So, here I am, in sunny Hereford, 675 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,960 on my way to go back to the Cog. 676 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,240 It'll be really interesting to see whether, 677 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,640 uh, those changes that have been, 678 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,520 you know, driven by the boys and driven by the new manager, 679 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,840 have they made much of a difference. 680 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,560 Here we go. 681 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:12,960 Let's go and have a look. 682 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,040 Ah, Patrick. 683 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:22,480 Are you Jamie? Yes. How are you doing? 684 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:23,840 Yeah. Good to meet you. 685 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,040 Yes. How are you getting on? 686 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:26,280 Yeah, not too bad, it's quiet today 687 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,760 'cause everyone's in France for D-Day. 688 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,280 It's just trying to get it organised, 689 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,040 in that booth we've got the Maserati, 690 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:33,920 which you've seen before, Neil's working on. 691 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,080 That's not still here, is it? 692 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,480 It's still here. 693 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,520 So, where do you see the business going forward 694 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,920 from a financially productive point of view, 695 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,400 which is really gonna be Richard's 696 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,440 biggest concern about the Cog I think? 697 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:59,600 Um, what I've noticed and taken on board so far is, 698 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,000 you know, the restoration work takes so long. 699 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,560 We just don't seem to be able to make no money on them. 700 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,440 I'm thinking more going towards... 701 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,000 stuff that we know. Yeah. 702 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,320 Whether it's like a say '60, '70s car or even 2000s cars, 703 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,360 as long as we can make money, quick turnover, 704 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:15,560 we'll bring them in as well. 705 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:16,680 I think you're right. 706 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,280 I think you should go with your gut feel 707 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,640 and the way to make it profitable 708 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,600 is to really focus on the jobs 709 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,760 that you know you're making a three grand profit 710 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:27,880 before you even start... 711 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:28,960 work on the car. Yeah. 712 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,240 There is a part of Richard that wants and slightly celebrates 713 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,280 those beautiful projects. 714 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:41,320 But if that conflicts with your modus operandi 715 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,600 of making this company profitable, 716 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,240 I think you've got to say how it is. 717 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,880 Well, I'm really glad you're on the same page. 718 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,240 Yeah, I am on the same page genuinely. 719 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,480 The way to make that company profitable 720 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:59,720 is not necessarily how Richard envisaged it was gonna be. 721 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,520 Jamie has an ambition to have those paint shops working 722 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,040 until they're melting at the seams. 723 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,040 But that is a long way from the spunky, 724 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,080 classic car projects that Richard set the company up for. 725 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,320 And he might just have to brace himself, um, for some hard truths. 726 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,680 The next part of our mission is the most critical, 727 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,640 we've got to get it to the British Normandy Memorial. 728 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:25,960 Thank you. 729 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,440 Where it will take pride of place 730 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,040 in tomorrow's D-Day anniversary event. 731 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,000 The site goes into an ultra-tight security lockdown 732 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,640 in just an hour's time. 733 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,520 Getting stuck in traffic with a nervous Brigadier 734 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,480 is the last thing we need. 735 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:40,600 In all seriousness, 736 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,080 we really do need to get through this traffic or we're locked out. 737 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:46,880 Where's our dispatch riders now? 738 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,520 Yeah, we could do with them to get out as well as in. 739 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,640 Right, we are breaking out of the traffic 740 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,320 and we really do need to get a shimmy on. 741 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:57,640 So, how long have we got to get there 742 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:58,800 and how long does it take? 743 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,280 I think it's meant to be about a 25-minute drive. 744 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:02,760 Have we got 25 minutes? 745 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,640 No, we've got 22 minutes 746 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,920 which means you're gonna have to give the old girl some beans. 747 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,680 Or as the French say appliquee les haricots. 748 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,160 Come on old girl. 749 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,400 We are flying, we are flying. 750 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,320 Very good. 751 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,840 And actually on time. 752 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:43,720 Well done, everyone. 753 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,280 How does it look? Oh, yeah. 754 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,920 It looks right, it's in the right place, 755 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,360 everybody has done their bit. 756 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:53,440 Shall we go and have a look at the memorial? 757 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:54,520 I would love to, 758 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,360 I would really love to go and pay my respects. 759 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,560 The newly built memorial 760 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,560 honours over 22,000 British servicemen and women 761 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,160 who fell on D-Day 762 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:11,440 and the following Battle of Normandy in 1944. 763 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,560 There's a profound silence. 764 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,520 80 years ago, all of these people were young men 765 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,120 and were put into a position 766 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,200 where they were fighting for freedom and fighting for their own lives. 767 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,320 To sit in that Rolls Royce, just felt absolutely tremendous. 768 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,680 But it pales into insignificance to the pride 769 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:39,000 I feel that I have done something 770 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,880 to give something back to these lads. 771 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,200 It is very real, the sheer amount of names. 772 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,320 There's so far just on this where I am looking at here. 773 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,760 Highest age I can see is just mid-30s. 774 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,360 It's terrible. I am seeing a lot of 19s. 775 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,720 They didn't get to grown up with their Dads. 776 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,120 But I did. 777 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,120 And me and Dad have got to do this together. 778 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,400 So, I can't moan really in life. 779 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,720 Come on. They wouldn't want us to be sad. 780 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:21,880 That's what they did it for. 781 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,480 That is quite a moment, isn't it? 782 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,040 It was very different 80 years ago. 783 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:44,440 Yeah. 784 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:45,600 On this very beach, 785 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,880 at this time now would have been hell on earth. 786 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,320 Mad, isn't it? 787 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,800 It would have been a long way up that beach, 788 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,120 that's for sure, isn't it? 789 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:53,280 Yeah. 790 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,320 This is the big memorial today. Yeah. 791 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,040 I am going to make sure the car is OK there. 792 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,240 A little bit worried about that because 793 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:20,360 we haven't seen it yesterday. 794 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:21,560 You've got two minutes to give it a tidy up. 795 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:22,640 I will do. 796 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:23,760 The whole point of this exercise 797 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,440 was to get the car ready for its big day. 798 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,840 It'll be there, looking smart. Don't worry. 799 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,000 Right. See you later on. Go steady. 800 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,560 King Charles and President Macron are at the event, 801 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,680 so security is ultra-tight, 802 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,920 allowing only one Cog in to look after the car. 803 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,720 And as the only one who's suited and booted, that's me. 804 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,040 Ey up, Richard Hammond, what does he want? 805 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:49,400 Neil. Hello. 806 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,040 I'm in the car, 807 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,120 there has been some discussion with different security agencies 808 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,480 about where it can go and I can't start it! 809 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:57,640 Oh, no. 810 00:36:57,720 --> 00:37:00,400 There's the normal isolator down by the driver's seat, 811 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,120 and is that it? No, no. 812 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,440 Can you point your phone at the dashboard? 813 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:06,640 Ignition there? Yeah, yeah. 814 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,240 The one below it. Yeah. 815 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:12,200 Put that to on, that's it, you should have ignition now. 816 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:13,720 A little bit of throttle maybe. 817 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,240 It is a Rolls Royce. 818 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,120 Yeah, I've done it. Yeah. 819 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:19,640 Thank you. 820 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:23,760 Well done, bye-bye. 821 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,760 If it's going to go wrong, it's going to go wrong today, innit? 822 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,280 Whilst the official ceremony takes place 823 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,640 at the British Normandy Memorial, 824 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:39,320 on the landing beaches up and down the coast, 825 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,400 people from all over the world 826 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,920 gather to commemorate and celebrate. 827 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,480 Here they come. 828 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:52,560 Quite impressive that. 829 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,320 They're coming in kayaks over there 830 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,280 Long way from Britain that is, innit? 831 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:57,600 Tell you what, 832 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,280 if you were in trouble you'd be glad to see them. 833 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,360 Yeah, you would. 834 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:09,720 Hello. Afternoon. Gentlemen. 835 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,000 How are you? You've got a problem? 836 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,960 Yeah, a little challenge here on the cooling system. 837 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,040 It's leaking. 838 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:15,880 So, we want to change out the Jubilee clip. 839 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,600 But it wouldn't be the first one to be repaired on this beach. 840 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,760 Is this your own jeep? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Correct. 841 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,840 What year is this one? 1942, July 1942. 842 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,000 1942? Yeah. 843 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,000 It must be amazing to drive these on the road. 844 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,840 We drove from the northeast part of Holland, 23 hours. 845 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,720 We have a bunk bed in the truck. Yeah. 846 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,080 Is that a Chevrolet? Yeah. 847 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:38,320 Who drives what? That's yours? That's your old girl. 848 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,600 I'll bet you get a bit of respect. Yeah, yeah. 849 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,560 Because these are mechanical veterans. 850 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:43,680 They are, yeah. 851 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,440 And without these and the real veterans, 852 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,160 none of us to be here. Yeah. 853 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:54,800 I hadn't really thought about it. 854 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,280 You know, we talk about veteran vehicles with cars, 855 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:01,520 but they are vets as well. They've seen a lot, done a lot. 856 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,080 And I think that could be something in that for us at the Cog. 857 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,360 It is possible to keep these things going in them. 858 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:10,160 You're investing in your history and your past, 859 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,240 and you might get a uniform as well. 860 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:17,240 It's busy here. 861 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,320 Um... 862 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,520 somewhere in there, there's a small Herefordian 863 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,000 and his son and a lanky bloke. 864 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,440 Oh, where are they? 865 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:30,520 Hang on. 866 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:34,200 What? 867 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:35,320 Is that Neil? 868 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,080 Richard! Richard! 869 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:38,760 Oh, my god! 870 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,520 What are they doing in that? 871 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,240 We're coming. To pick you up. 872 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,400 Neil's driving it. 873 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,920 What has happened here? 874 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,320 I feel inappropriately attired for this now. 875 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,160 I'm not in beachwear. 876 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,800 You alright? Hello! 877 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,400 What are you doing? 878 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,080 Hello. Hello. 879 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,880 Whose is the jeep? Er, just borrowed. 880 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,280 Yeah, you borrowed it? 881 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:06,360 You had a good day? 882 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,280 Ah, mate, the service was utterly beautiful. 883 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,760 I met so many vets. People loved it. 884 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,640 Well, these are mechanical veterans. 885 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:15,880 Mechanical veterans? Mechanical veterans. 886 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:16,960 I like that. 887 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,240 And this Jeep was a 1942 so it could well have been here. 888 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,080 Can I have a go? Yeah, course you can. 889 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,800 Really? Come on round. 890 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:24,920 Alright. Brace for this. 891 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,480 Have you been on the Jack Daniels? No, no, no. 892 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,120 We're away. 893 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:33,760 Oh, yes. 894 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,160 Look at that. Whoa. 895 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:39,400 We need to get us one of these for the workshop. 896 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,320 This would be good on a trial stage. 897 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:42,800 Let's do some military stuff. 898 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,160 This could be a new thing. 899 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:46,160 You can have the Jeep and I'll have the uniform. 900 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:48,360 Yes, I'll have one. 901 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:52,680 Perhaps we should have two. 902 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,880 It's been a week since our French adventure 903 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:02,880 and it's time for a reality check 904 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,680 from our no-nonsense mentor, Patrick. 905 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,400 The golf-course seemed like a good idea. 906 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:10,760 Eugh! 907 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:12,800 We've brought Frank Spencer with us. 908 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,360 So, I think we kick off from here. 909 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,000 Where's the hole? I don't know. 910 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,360 I presume we just tonk it down there. 911 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:20,680 I've got my starting stick. 912 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,800 Excellent. Hit the ball into the nettles. 913 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:25,880 You're joking. 914 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,040 Shall I have a go? Yeah, you have to go. 915 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,200 And I'll watch you. 916 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,080 Well, some of the dirt went quite a way. There you go. 917 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,200 Oh, he's focussed, he's focussed. 918 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,720 He's done this before. Look at him. 919 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:41,240 Can't argue with that. 920 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:42,880 But he went further than either of us. 921 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,240 Are we as bad at running a workshop as we are at playing golf? 922 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,960 No, no, no. We are far worse at playing golf. 923 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,240 What did you learn? 924 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,000 I guess what I learned is that the potential is huge. 925 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,280 But you've got to do more of the things 926 00:41:58,360 --> 00:41:59,720 that you know can make you money, 927 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,720 because if you're not making money, it's not gonna work. 928 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:06,960 What worries me is to make the workshop function. 929 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,160 We need those quick jobs that I can't organise, 930 00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:12,040 and he's gonna die of boredom doing. 931 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:13,600 So, we don't have a place in it. 932 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,880 I think that's an extraordinary thing to say and completely wrong. 933 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:21,720 Neil, you're a very effective tool in the workshop in all respects. 934 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:22,920 A tool? Definitely. 935 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,480 Um, you have an endless list of people 936 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,280 want to send the company work. 937 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:28,960 I can get work. So, from that point of view. 938 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:30,040 You're not a problem. 939 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,440 But you're in the wrong place. 940 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,640 You guys need to do the bits that you're good at, 941 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:36,720 but not in that particular environment. 942 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,560 So, what your saying is leave the workshop 943 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,800 to play to its strengths and build 944 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,480 and become a grown up business. Yeah. 945 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,640 We concentrate on playing to our strengths. 946 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:47,160 See what my contacts can get us. 947 00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:51,160 Neil can do the specialist intricate really craft laden jobs 948 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:52,640 that I know don't make the money, 949 00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:55,160 but they are important as we need those skills in the business. 950 00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:56,280 Yeah. Of course. 951 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:57,400 It's not over though, is it? 952 00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:58,680 Oh, 100% it's not over. 953 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,320 And you shouldn't be thinking that it's over. 954 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,400 This whole business was started out of pure passion. 955 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:07,760 But Patrick's right, 956 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:09,040 I need to focus on jobs 957 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,800 that are guaranteed to make us money. 958 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,360 Turning the workshop into a machine 959 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,720 doesn't squash the passion out of it at all. 960 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,320 It gives us the perfect setting for it. 961 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,840 Neil can do work at a level that nobody else around us can. 962 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,960 I can go and get jobs that nobody else can go and get. 963 00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,640 We started this business, we can build and grow it. 964 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:30,600 That's where our strengths lie. 965 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,520 It's like we've just been fired from our own workshop! 966 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,240 They'll probably take our off keys off us. 967 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,240 We've got to ring up and make an appointment. 968 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:43,760 Oh, when are you coming in? Oh, no. 969 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,440 We can't see you today, Mr Hammond. 970 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:46,840 What do you mean, I own the place!