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NARRATOR: Today on Car SOS...

(cheering)

NARRATOR: Master mechanic Fuzz Townshend...

This car's a death trap.

NARRATOR: And parts-blagging petrol-head Tim Shaw...

TIM: I love your car, come on give it some beans!

NARRATOR: Are on their undercover mission to rescue classic cars

for deserving owners...

TIM: Look at that.

What is it?

NARRATOR: This time...

TIM: Oh yes!

NARRATOR: The boys get their hands on a real continental beauty...

FUZZ: The Italians certainly knew how to make cars in the 60's.

NARRATOR: It's a rare classic.

-One sold for 140,000 as a restoration project.

-That needed restoring?

NARRATOR: That takes them on a quest across Europe...

-I need to get my composure, calm, cool.

NARRATOR: In a race against the clock...

FUZZ: Come on, let's go.

NARRATOR: To hopefully give one unsuspecting owner the surprise of their life!

-This is my car. -This can't be the car.

-This is your car!

You've been Car SOS'd.

(theme music plays)

NARRATOR: Today Tim and Fuzz are in Rochdale to rescue an elegant Italian

with an impeccable pedigree.

-Which car are we going to pick up?

-1967 Lancia Flavia coupe.

-And who designed the car, the look of it?

-Oh Pinifarina, yes that design house.

TIM: Back in the day when this came out, if you had the money to afford one you

would be turning down a Mini and an E type.

You could have both those car for the same price as of one of these.

Import duty.

FUZZ: Ah yes, back then you paid an absolute package if you wanted an exotic motorcar.

NARRATOR: And back in the 60's they didn't come much more exotic than the Flavia coupe.

Based on its elder brother the stately 4-door saloon, this Pinifarina designed

coupe was a real 'it' car.

This was a car to be seen in.

But hidden under a pile of junk, it has been many, many years since anyone's

given the one the boys are off to see an admiring glance.

It was once the Pride and joy of father of two Derrick, a man who's been

car mad since he was a small boy.

So when he saw a second hand Flavia for just 500 pounds, he snapped it up.

That was nearly 40 years ago, but after a few summers of blissful

motoring it developed a fault.

The perfect excuse for Derrick to give the car a full restoration.

But cruel fortune took a hand, and a series of debilitating health setbacks has meant work

on the car stalled and stayed stalled...

TIM: Right Fuzz, word of warning; around here you greet everybody with, "alreet pal?"

-I am not going to say that.

-Aye, up chuck.

-Hello.

NARRATOR: It was Derrick's daughter Gemma who wrote in to Car SOS hoping the guys can

resurrect this rare gem and give her dad a much needed boost.

-Where is the car, where is Derrick?

-The car is in the garage and Derrick is not here.

Out for the day.

-Can we see it, where is it? -Through the ginnel.

-Right, up the ginnel pal.

NARRATOR: Yes, you know you're up North when they call an alleyway a "Ginnel".

-How was it? -It was good for me.

NARRATOR: Gemma prepares to introduce them to the other member of the family.

FUZZ: We are going to have to do some excavation here.

-I'm going in!

Oh yes.

NARRATOR: And while the boys dig the car out lets find out a little bit more about

this 60s classic.

First introduced to the world at the Turin Motor Show in 1960 the Flavia was the car

that marked a turning point for Lancia, away from the old fashioned look of their

earlier models it heralded in a gold age for this Italian marque.

Professor Antonio Fessia had created an elegant coupe That could cruise at

100 miles an hour.

(speaking Italian)

This was a grand tourer that got you there in style.

-We're going to like this one.

-Let me have a look! -Go, Go!

NARRATOR: So while fuzz burrows his way to the car...

-Fuzz, we'll see you in a bit dude.

-There's loads of stuff in here.

NARRATOR: Tim finds out more about its owner Derrick.

TIM: Tell me a bit about your dad.

GEMMA: He was a builder and he always fixed cars.

He was very, very good with his hands.

He built the garage, he built the extension.

No garden because we had the garage, yeah.

-Is he a car guy? -Oh yeah, oh definitely.

He has a calendar on the wall with the car's birthdays.

Hasn't got my birthday on.

-No way, I see some jealousy.

-Oh yeah, we are definitely number two.

NARRATOR: We were intrigued to find out a little bit more about this man whose car gets

top billing on the calendar, so we engineered a secret interview by pretending to

film a regional news story at a garden center and after Derrick and wife Lorna had

perused some perennials, we asked him if he had any hobbies.

DERRICK: I play with motorcars and make things.

LORNA: The only mistake we made when we built the garage was not to put a toilet in.

NARRATOR: But it wasn't long before he turned the conversation to a subject

he finds evergreen.

DERRICK: I have got a Lancia Flavia Coupe 1967.

It's a classic.

I have had it since 1977, funnily enough, 37 years.

We ran it for three and a bit years and the head gasket went so I took it off the road.

NARRATOR: And 'off the road' is exactly where the car's stayed.

FUZZ: Old rugs...

NARRATOR: When Fuzz hits car, he thinks he might have struck Gold.

FUZZ: Oh, what we got here then?

Somebody has been hard at work.

Painted the inside of the floor.

Well, that's a good start.

Plenty of deck chairs though.

NARRATOR: It may be a good start but for a rebuild that's taken 30 years there's

still a lot to do.

So why does Derrick deserve the Car SOS treatment?

GEMMA: He is 71 at the moment and at the age of about 55 he was diagnosed with M.E.

TIM: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

I know I have a friend with it.

GEMMA: M.E. and it's a tiny bit unexplained.

I suppose think that if it had been a broken leg he could have dealt with it better but

because it was something a little bit.

-You couldn't see it.

-You couldn't see it so it wasn't understandable.

TIM: And northerners don't talk about their problems much,

they're just thick skinned, get on with it.

-Yeah.

NARRATOR: Derrick's mobility has got so bad that at times he can't even

get up the stairs.

The M.E. forced him to retire from the building trade he loved, and frustratingly,

it's made the restoration of his beloved car an impossible task.

DERRICK: I've got the shakes.

I can hardly hold a screwdriver straight these days so...

GEMMA: He has problems with his circulation at the moment and a couple of bypass

operations, for whatever reason his hands shake a little now and he's just not

as good with cars as he used to be.

He wants to but he's just not physically capable now.

NARRATOR: So Derrick buried the car away, hoping that out of sight meant out of mind.

which is a shame as this Italian beauty deserves to shine once again.

FUZZ: This dash is absolutely gorgeous and the clocks are so stylish as well.

The Italians certainly knew how to make cars in the 60's.

Right, on we go.

Ah, okay, now we're getting there.

Little things like door handles and trim and it's all labelled.

That is the treasure that we wanted.

NARRATOR: A primed body and labelled parts?

For once this looks like a straightforward re-assembly.

Fuzz must think he's in heaven...

FUZZ: Let's have a look around the front.

In the engine bay...

no engine!

NARRATOR: As part of its full refurb Derrick sent the Lancia's rare flat-4 engine

away to get the blown head-gasket replaced, but weeks later when he went back

to collect it the garage had gone out of business and he never saw the engine again.

FUZZ: That is going to be a massive problem...

bad news.

NARRATOR: Speaking of things missing how are they going to explain the Lancia's absence

to a man who almost lives in his garage.

GEMMA: We will tell him when he notices the car is gone that that is

his Christmas present.

Going to insulate the garage, tidy it up and paint it.

TIM: Yeah, they still haven't turned up yet Dad,

the painters still aren't here, the insulators.

Right let's see how Fuzz it getting on shall we?

What is the plan then?

FUZZ: The plan is to get this out of here but I tell you what...

there is no engine in the car.

-You didn't tell me about what?

-So all you have got to do is find yourself.

TIM: Zip it, stop talking and let's get this back to the workshop,

We haven't got time to hang around chatting about that.

FUZZ: Seriously, no engine!

NARRATOR: Did Fuzz mention that there's no engine?

GEMMA: Thanks very much.

TIM: Right, the next time you will see it, it'll be a runner.

-See you later chuck! -Bye-bye. -Let's get out of here.

NARRATOR: Back in 1962 it would have cost you just under two and a half thousand pounds

to have one of these on your drive, back then the average house price was only a couple

of hundred quid more so it's no wonder these Italian beauties are super rare.

FUZZ: Do you know the last time I saw a Lancia 1.8 boxer engine.

Do you know the last time I saw one?

-Go on.

-Well, I never have.

-I walked into that.

NARRATOR: There are only 64 surviving Flavia on the UK roads.

So Tim's going to have his work cut out finding parts...

including that missing engine.

Let's get it back to the workshop and let's get it looked at.

NARRATOR: And once up on the lift it becomes obvious that before he became ill,

owner Derrick was once a very busy boy.

FUZZ: I tell you what Tim, I always worry when a car looks this good underneath.

There is always more to it than meets the eye.

TIM: Right, really.

I tell you what Fuzz it's so shiny I can see my face in it.

FUZZ: Yeah, but all that glitters is not gold.

TIM: It's like a new car!

This car is a scam for you, there is nothing to do.

FUZZ: Really Tim, it's not.

I'm worried about this car.

Seriously worried about it.

There's lots of bodywork to be looked at.

-Looked at?

Oooh that takes a long time!

FUZZ: We need to unpick everything that has been done on it just to make sure it has

been done properly.

Every nut and bolt has to be checked for the correct tightness.

See all the parts you've got as well.

Nicely catalogued so you can stick them back on.

It's a little bit lumpy it's had a few dents while it's been in storage as well.

this paint is shrinking, this is cellulose paint.

All is gonna have to come off.

What about the elephant in the room?

What about what should be where my belly is?

FUZZ: Oh the engine?

Yes, but it's only a little internet search away isn't it?

Answer me this question then, who has got more work, me or you?

-Me. -Phil, me or him? -Got to be Fuzz.

Nice one.

It's one big scam like I said.

You guys are on a set up.

Making a nice big three week cup of tea, while Tim is out on the road trying to find one

of these rocking horse plop engines.

NARRATOR: Yes, Tim might think Fuzz has got it easy, but as they're about to find out,

with this car not all is what it seems...

NARRATOR: Derrick's beloved 1967 Lancia Flavia is all over the workshop floor in parts,

like a large and expensive puzzle.

A cursory glance and what they have looks to be in good nick,

so Fuzz's job should be an easy one.

Without an engine this jigsaw is missing its most important piece.

TIM: Let's try to be positive here.

We've a bonnet, we've got doors,

we've got grills, we've got bumpers,

we've got seats, radiators.

FUZZ: We have got a lot of parts here and they're labelled.

That's a good sign.

I will get on with cataloguing all this.

Anything missing.

I'll get onto you.

-I'm on the phone, if you need me I'm in there.

-Let me know how it goes okay. -I will do.

NARRATOR: While Tim starts his mission impossible...

TIM: Hi, can I order some parts for my Lancia please.

It's a Flavia, 1967.

NARRATOR: Fuzz has got plenty to keep him busy.

Having already found that the wrong paint was used to prime the panels Fuzz'll

have to give the whole bodywork a thorough inspection...

After three decades off the road it'd be reckless not to replace those ancient

brake pipes and, of course, the "Big One" Tim has to find a replacement engine for a

50 year old motor that wasn't exactly thick on the ground even in it's heyday...

(inaudible)

-I need an engine.

LORNA (over phone): We don't often get asked for Flavia engines as most people

already have them in their car and don't need another one.

-Yeah, yeah, this is not going well at all.

NARRATOR: Lancia developed a state of the art engine for the Flavia,

an aluminum push rod flat four, but by 1976 technology had moved on and when the

Flavia went out of production the Lancia flat four went with it,

consigned to the history books.

Meaning that original Flavia engines are a rare thing indeed.

TIM: Italy, I am beginning to get desperate now.

(speaking Italian).

Hi, I need some parts for a Lancia Flavia 1967.

(hangs up).

What did I say wrong?

This is rapidly becoming a nightmare.

NARRATOR: Getting an original Lancia flat four, is going to take a lot more than a quick

click and collect.

Fuzz thought that getting this already primed car prepped and ready to re-build seemed too

good to be true, and it looks like he might be right.

FUZZ: I never like seeing bits of trim covering structural joints,

and here we have a screwed together sill section.

Up there there's expanding foam.

Probably put in there to keep out the moisture.

NARRATOR: Finding pot rivets along what should be one of the strongest sections

of the car sets off alarm bells.

FUZZ: All of this box section along here should be welded and strong.

It should be part of the structure.

NARRATOR: Fuzz has found that the rivets aren't reinforcing a weld,

they've been used instead of one.

If this car is involved in an accident this will just spilt apart,

there no integrity to it whatsoever.

This car's a death trap.

NARRATOR: The Flavia is built with a monocoque body.

Like an egg it's strength comes from the structure of its one piece shell,

but this egg's been cracked.

Now Fuzz has to fix it.

FUZZ: I've got to get rid of the expanding foam from out the sill.

If I don't as soon as we start welding it's gonna go up like a torch.

So what I've done is welded bars across the door apertures.

Just to make sure that everything is kept braced and in the correct position.

When we start chopping into these sills we could take all of the strength out of the

structure of the car and it could flop around like a little rag doll.

NARRATOR: That turns out to be a wise move as what should be solid welded parts

are peeling away like banana skins.

At some point in its history this car has been botched...

badly.

FUZZ: This outer section of the floor is completely rotten along the edge.

NARRATOR: Fuzz is shocked at just how bad Derricks car is turning out to be.

FUZZ: Come on!

NARRATOR: It looks like both the lads are really are going to have their work cut out.

But when the going gets tough the tough go driving...

TIM: This is great.

First time for both of us in a Flavia lets have ten seconds of just thinking about it

and then my assessment meets yours.

-It's refined.

It's the kind of car that you drive wearing a suit.

-It is pretty. -I love the wood rimmed steering wheel,

that's great and the attention to detail of

all the instruments they are just absolutely spot on.

NARRATOR: This unmistakably Italian coupe isn't just a pretty face.

It's 1.8 liter flat-four fuel-injected engine produces a bolt-straining

91 break horse power, allowing the Flavia to get from naught to 60

in a smidgen over 13 seconds.

Look at the sun visors, the headlining, all of the bits of trim,

everything's dainty and sort of polite.

NARRATOR: By chance Fuzz finds today's route is on his home turf.

I'm a Brummy, I was born a mile up the road.

NARRATOR: So when he finds himself driving past somewhere he used to work...

FUZZ: My first days work here, ever.

NARRATOR: Fuzz can't resist popping in to see what

his old boss thinks of his flashy new ride.

NARRATOR: At the tender age of 16 Fuzz started his

working life as an apprentice bus mechanic.

FUZZ: Now this guy, I used to be his apprentice, when I was just a little lad,

this is Ian.

Is this car really stylish or is it just alright?

-I'll have to see what it is.

(inaudible)

-Bring it back round for the verdict, give us a mark out of ten.

-I would say about 9. -9, 9?

NARRATOR: If they ever want their Lancia to be a '9'

then they need to get back to work...

NARRATOR: The main problem with Derricks Flavia is it's

missing rare engine,

but while Tim should be chasing one down,

he seems more keen trying out a new blag.

TIM: Right, now I have come up with a cunning plan.

Not only a way of getting wicked discount off these, I am on my way to get brake lines

for the Lancia and we do not have a lot of time,

but also a way of making a company work really quickly.

What we do is I travel the country checking how quick manufactures

make certain things.

-Right.

-Two companies go head to head to challenge each other

to see if they can beat them,

so like yesterday I was with a golf ball manufacture company and I timed them and there is

another company going head to head and the same day I was with a company

that made staplers.

And they make them in a certain time and then we find someone else and

they try to beat them.

-And what do we win?

-A certificate from mycompanyisfasterthanyours.org. -Framed?

-Absolutely.

NARRATOR: It looks like he's taken the bait...

Back at the workshop though it turns out there's now so much

of Derricks car needs replacing that Fuzz is

having to use donor parts.

FUZZ: This is a job that's not going to end.

We've had to tack on a sill here because what we have had to do is use the sills

from an MGB.

So that is a good get out of jail free card if you see what I mean.

NARRATOR: The sills are fixed but there's more nasty surprises...

FUZZ: It's fatigued.

NARRATOR: Getting a replacement for this fractured suspension mount won't be a

problem, but Fuzz is finding this car is like an onion: the more layers he pulls off the

more it makes him want to cry.

But he could be cheered to know that at least Tim scheme seems to be going

according to plan...

-This is Tim from...

-Don't worry about it, it's a long name.

-And we need to make a Lancia Flavia brake pipe set. -OK.

-Against the clock, is that alright?

OK.

-On your marks, get set, and because I like you guys I can help out if you want,

do you want me to help out?

-That would be great. -I want you guys to win...

go!

-What is the first thing we do?

-First thing is to do, find the spec.

-Lancia Flavia, right, so we need to make all these pipes.

-So these are all different lengths for each specific car. -Yep.

NARRATOR: Because these are the pipes that carry the hydraulic fluid from the

master cylinder to each of the brake calipers they'll need to be accurate as

well as fast.

TIM: 45 inches, 50 inches, go!

Is that the lot?

-That's the lot. -Like a ninja.

Jean Claude Van Damm would be well impressed.

Stop the clock.

-There you go.

TIM: Look at this.

That is insane...

3 minutes and 13 seconds.

You've beaten the other guys by 100th of a second.

NARRATOR: Tim's fake Certificate comes with a photo it's a good job this firm

specializes in brakes not photography.

Proof, if any were needed, that not all awards are worth the paper

they're printed on...

So, good news for Tim but back at the workshop things aren't exactly going to plan.

FUZZ: We've got a small problem with the gearbox.

We can't appear to select a ratio with the gearstick.

NARRATOR: So while the rest of the workshop gets on with tackling the bodywork Fuzz and

workshop Phil get to grips with the gearbox...

FUZZ: There we are.

So what do you reckon we will find when we get in here?

Do you think it will be a selector problem or do you think it will go deeper than

that, more serious?

-I think that it's Christmas-crackered to be quite honest with you.

-Is that right? -Yes.

We well may be able to rebuild it, but these aren't going to be ten a penny.

Finding spares for it is going to be problematic isn't it?

NARRATOR: While Tim's hours on the internet still haven't help them find him that

desperately needed Flavia engine they have turned up a goldmine of other rare parts

just a two hour drive away...

TIM: Wow, look at this lot!

No way, Lancia fan, hello.

-Oh hi -Wow, what a collection of cars.

The Flamina Sport, that is a stunning looking car.

-It's lovely, lovely shape. -Gorgeous car isn't it?

NARRATOR: Designed by Zegato the people responsible for the look of some of the more

iconic Aston Martins.

This sort of style doesn't come cheap.

DERRICK: One sold in Europe this year for 140,000 as a restoration project.

TIM: That needed restoring?

-That needed restoring.

TIM: And that is pretty mint.

NARRATOR: "Pretty mint" isn't a phrase that could be used for our Lancia's gearbox,

luckily resurrecting 60's parts is Fuzz's specialty...

FUZZ: The selector will move across the rails but I can't actually get

it into any gears.

NARRATOR: A stuck bolt seems to be the root of the problem.

FUZZ: Now, this is absolutely seized solid,

so the idea is to heat this up to an orange

glowing color that should mean that they'll be sufficient heat in order for me

to free this bolt off.

This is known as the Hot Spanner and it helps to loosen tight bolts.

NARRATOR: Speaking of 'tight' back in Leicestershire Tim's pushing hard

for some discount spares...

MAN: I think that this is what you have come for.

-Wow, I'm in heaven.

Do you have air filters, oil filters?

-I just happen to have a spare one that I am not going to use.

-That's the shape. -That'll fit our car. -Yeah.

-And whose is that? -That is mine. -And whose is that?

-That's yours.

FUZZ: OK, alright, here we go.

Movement!

First, second, third, forth, reverse.

Four forward gears, one reverse.

That is all there are in the box and we've got the lot.

Job done.

NARRATOR: Now all they need is an engine to attach that gearbox to and they'd really

be getting somewhere...

But while Tim hasn't got that yet he has blagged an armful of rare spares...

TIM: I love your car.

I don't know much about it.

It's one of the hill climbers isn't it?

MAN: That's right.

It's a Lancia Fulvia Competitsioni.

There were about two dozen maybe 30 built by Zigarto for competition.

-I have never been in one of those actually.

-Well I suppose they are so rare that not many people have.

-No, I didn't know where we were here, so I parked the car up

that I came here in,

and I've got to carry all this lot.

It's about three miles up the road.

Would you mind dropping me off?

-It's a bit noisy but you're welcome.

TIM: Go on, give it some beans!

Oh listen to that!

I like that, it's a hill climber right,

so it's stripped of anything it didn't need.

Anything that makes any sort of comfort has gone hasn't it, apart from the seats.

-That's right, absolutely. -What's it like to drive?

-It has delightful road manners.

-Is your wife a huge fan of this car?

-No, definitely not. -No hesitation there.

-Oh, no. -Why not?

-I think she thinks it is a bit barbaric really.

We're actually here at my car, it's that purple one

so if you could pull up behind that, that would be fantastic.

-We're back at Dave's. -What?

-We're back at Dave's! -Oh, you're joking!

NARRATOR: Well Tim might have got a ride in a rare classic, and an armful of Lancia parts.

but back at the workshop there's still a gaping hole in their rebuild...

a gaping Lancia flat-four shaped hole and the time for Tim to find

an engine is rapidly ebbing away.

FUZZ: Right, here we go.

NARRATOR: Two weeks ago the lads excavated an ultra-rare classic buried under a

mountain of junk...

FUZZ: This isn't a car, this is a shed...

NARRATOR: This beautiful coupe belongs to Lancia-mad Derrick, a man whose battles with ME

have ravaged his life, and meant his Flavia has been left in re-build

limbo for decades...

I can hardly hold a screwdriver straight these days so...

NARRATOR: It looked like an easy-job for Fuzz but there was more to this motor than

met the eye...

FUZZ: This cars a death trap.

NARRATOR: Or rather, a lot less...

-I need an engine. -Right.

NARRATOR: After days calling around everyone and anyone he can think of Tim's still no

closer to getting that ultra rare engine...

But he did manage to trick his way into getting

new break-pipes made at break-neck speed...

And, the rotten sills have been chopped and changed.

It's taken dozens of man hours to get the bodywork back to factory spec.

Although to the untrained eye it doesn't look hugely different to when

they picked it up.

So time to see if Derrick's nearest and dearest notice the change,

as wife Lorna and daughter Gemma have turned up to see

how the lads have been getting on...

TIM: No peeking.

3, 2, 1, there it is.

First impressions?

-I was expecting it to be red. -Really?

NARRATOR: One of the reasons progress has been slow is because Fuzz stumbled upon

some 'unorthodox' materials.

TIM: Exhibit A.

-Here we have one of the outriggers that's holding the floor up.

-I can't believe that my husband would do that.

-We think you planted it.

-It doesn't fit Derricks image, if Derrick washes up it's perfection.

-You planted it. -I don't know whether it was him.

It gets better.

LORNA: Well it must have been before he had it.

TIM: Yes, it must.

Look at exhibit B.

It's a wheel arch and all the muck and dirt hits this.

But they're not made of that.

NARRATOR: There's flimsy plastic files where there should be

factory made wheel arches.

Where could they possibly have come from?

TIM: So when you were a kid and you get a book these were the front cover.

-They were mine. -Were they?

NARRATOR: So the work's a lot further behind than the ladies

might have imagined;

but Fuzz has a sneak preview for them.

-There we are.

That is what the whole car will look like.

TIM: It's like a mirror isn't it?

-Do you think that will work? -He will love it, love it.

It's gorgeous.

TIM: Right, let's talk about giving the car back to Derrick.

Now this is crucial; how are we going to do it so he has no idea he's been

stung by the SOS Boys?

So I wondered if you have won a pampering day for mum,

where he gets picked up in a nice car.

-Yeah, he'll think it's his birthday.

-Alright then.

NARRATOR: Yes, the trap's been set and everything's booked.

In just a few days' time, Derrick thinks he'll be taking his wife to a posh hotel.

But little does he know, it's not her who'll be getting a make-over,

but his beloved car.

LORNA: I just can't believe that you are going to do it, even if he works

24 hours a day.

NARRATOR: It's understandable that Lorna thinks they won't make it and if Tim can't track

down an engine she'll be right, but while the car might looks the same now as it did

when they picked it up, it's actually in a very different place.

FUZZ: Now Derrick had got quite a long way with preparing this car for paint

but what he had used was cellulose based paint.

Now those react with the modern day paint and they all crinkle up.

NARRATOR: So those poorly primed panels have been stripped,

filled and rubbed down.

And the original Pininfarina lines are now as smooth as they were always meant to be.

FUZZ: This car is almost ready to go in the spray booth and it's going to look

absolutely amazing.

Promise you.

NARRATOR: It takes hours to properly prep a car for the spray booth and all that time

Tim's been on the internet getting increasingly desperate.

He's left the engine to the last minute, and he's running out of options.

-Why on earth did we ever take this?

-How is it going, got it sorted?

NARRATOR: But he may have had a breakthrough...

TIM: There's this guy in Amsterdam who apparently may have the right engine.

FUZZ: Right ok, well go to Amsterdam.

-Why are you sitting here? -Um, toothbrush, pants...

-I don't care if you don't have pants, turn them inside out and wear them tomorrow.

Come on, let's go!

NARRATOR: While Tim heads for mainland Europe in the workshop the Lancia's

makeover continues apace...

With the bodywork prepped the actual transformation is pretty speedy.

First a black basecoat is applied, which means when the deep red top coat goes on it

has a real luster and it isn't long before this elegant coupe is looking as sharp

as an Italian suit.

NARRATOR: Tim's in The Netherlands to secure the rare

Lancia flat-four that may save their project.

If he fails the car won't be finished in time.

TIM: If I don't make it back with this engine then there's no point in making

it back at all.

There's no point going home.

I have had to lie to this guy I'm going to meet because, if he knows I have had driven for

eight hours and 49 minutes now to come and get this engine then he can name his price,

I need to get my composure, calm, cool.

Not bothered about this engine.

-Hello Tim. -Paul isn't it?

Let's get this engine.

I am in a bit of a rush as I don't want to hit the traffic on way back.

NARRATOR: With the clock against him Tim needs to get in and out with the engine

as quickly as possible.

-Where is it?

PAUL: Look this is my safari replica...

NARRATOR: Paul though has other ideas.

PAUL: This of course has the V4 engine in it, very powerful.

NARRATOR: For once Tim won't be distracted from his quest.

-Stunning, actually, genuinely stunning.

NARRATOR: And there she is...

All 1800cc's the Lancia flat four boxer engine that Tims been pulling his

hair out trying to find.

So can he keep his cool...

PAUL: With a balanced crankshaft, new pistons,

two liter heads like in this period.

NARRATOR: This is the precision heart their project has been missing.

TIM: Well I mean, we could chuck that one in for the right price.

Discount.

Let's go there.

-5% if you pay cash. -25% you say? -No I said five.

-20? -5% maximum.

TIM: I've been in the car for like half an hour which shows I'm interested.

PAUL: Yeah but I've been in the business for 25 years.

If you don't take it, I'm sure somebody else will.

-Maximum discount? -5%, I'd rather stick to that.

NARRATOR: With a feeble 5% discount on offer will Tim take the deal?

Or will his pride get in the way of them finishing the car with just two days left before

they're due to return Derrick's much-loved Lancia, they need that engine...

(car horn honks).

FUZZ: OK, OK I can hear you.

You better not be messing about you know...

Yes, whay-hey, well done Timmy!

TIM: Yes, guess who's is back!

You thought I was fired right?

-I'm still here. -Come on, let's get it in.

NARRATOR: They're celebrating now but they've got all whole weeks work

to fit into 48 hours...

TIM: We're back in business!

NARRATOR: Next morning at the workshop things are at fever pitch...

now they have all the parts they need, but that doesn't mean getting it together is

going to be a walk in the park.

FUZZ: We have got thousands of bits to put back together but half of them we don't know

where they go.

But do you know what Jan?

I am going to leave that with you.

Jan: Thank you kind sir.

NARRATOR: There's a myriad of little jobs to do but the big one is the

same as always been...

they need to get the heart back into this car.

FUZZ: Come on then PJ.

The engine and gearbox has to be fitted into the sub-frame before the whole thing

is put into the car.

Take the strain.

NARRATOR: With the engine mounted ahead of the front wheels it is a hell of a job

to get the lump and all it's auxiliaries squeezed back home.

FUZZ: Just need a few nuts and bolts and we can put it all together,

then we can put it into the car.

And we will have almost a complete Lancia, hurray!

NARRATOR: With one day left, the clock's ticking, and the list of things still to do is

daunting; the seats need to be put in, the chrome-work reattached,

but the lad's biggest worry is still under the bonnet...

-It's almost if it's missing a shim or something.

-We're going to have to go packing out the clutch cover. -We haven't got time for this.

FUZZ: We've got to do it...

more open heart surgery on the Lancia.

That is all that we can do, so, I know what I'm going to need,

let me go and find it.

NARRATOR: The engine works, and so does the gearbox.

The only trouble is that the clutch that sits between them doesn't,

and no clutch, means no car.

TIM: When you push the clutch down there it frees it up, like that,

look, that's free now and it's loose inside there,

but unfortunately it's not quite loose enough to change gear,

and that is how fine-tuned cars are.

I cannot tell you, I cannot put into words just

how stressed everybody is here, right now.

Look at Fuzz's face, check Fuzz's face out.

Everyone's in trouble.

NARRATOR: But after 35 years in the game Fuzz has plenty of

mechanical work around up his sleeve and he thinks he may have

a bespoke solution.

What I have had to do is make up some little spacers to

put behind the clutch cover,

now that is not exactly ideal but it has got us out of trouble and it will be secure.

So at last we can get this car back together, get it finished and done.

It's always a good sign when the hub caps go on.

NARRATOR: Will Fuzz's fix have worked?

With Just hours until they're due to reunite Derrick with his beloved car

they'll have to hope so...

-Right, windscreen wipers and that's me pretty much done dude.

-Ok I'm just going to fit the grill.

Final little piece of the jigsaw.

-Let me have a look, let me have a look.

-Look at that, look at that.

Now that is a beautiful looking car isn't it.

-It is, when we first started this Fuzz, I would have said 4/10.

-With you on that... -9 now... -Easily 9, maybe 10.

-Right, let's give it back.

How are you with a tube of Goulash, and also a sable brush.

-Goulash, are you going to make him a stew?

What do you mean?

NARRATOR: Nestling in the middle of the Cheshire countryside sits Rookery Hall,

this Georgian estate was once the home to a Baron, it's now an exclusive spa hotel and

it's the sort of place that's been an inspiration to artists throughout the centuries.

-Excuse me, what are you doing? -Fancy seeing you here.

Hello, wonderful to meet you.

-What is this? -Don't touch my beard.

I'm a sophisticated young man in the process of making

a television show about art.

-Is this what you've set up?

Is this what you've come up with?

TIM: Wait, wait, wait, listen, here's the plan.

Derrick and Lorna are on the way here, right, and my name is Gordon Jambon,

I am a world famous artist and I am filming a show called Art Beat .

FUZZ: Art Beat ?

TIM: They are coming here for a spa weekend and all of a sudden they walk in

on a TV show.

FUZZ: It's too much.

TIM: We have our three contestants?

Oh no we don't we are missing one, there's an empty seat.

What are we going to do?

We are in trouble, we need a contestant!

-I've got it.

TIM: Derrick, oi don't pull that off, it took me ages to stick it on.

Come on let's go and get the family.

NARRATOR: Derrick's loved ones are all here, and there's just time for them to get a sneak

preview of this Italian masterpiece.

-Are you ready?

There it is.

Look at that!

Come on, come have a look around.

That thing as I can tell by the smile on your face looked nothing like that

when we took it.

NARRATOR: Derrick's Lancia Flavia coupe repaired, re-sprayed and resurrected.

-Gorgeous. -That is a massive change right?

-Oh completely, it's completely unrecognizable.

I don't remember it looking like a car.

-Really, neither do we, for a long time.

It looks amazing, he's going to be blown away,

he's going to be blown away

I can't wait to have a ride in it.

TIM: Now we need you all to hide away.

You're on my set.

All of you.

Come on now clear off.

NARRATOR: With the family hidden away and the car put under cover,

right on time Derrick arrives at the Hall with wife Lorna who is in on the scam,

he's expecting a day of relaxation, but he'd probably feel a lot more tense if he

knew we'd covered the hotel in secret cameras tracking his movements.

With the couple in place it's time for Tim to transform into Gordon and put his convoluted

plan into action.

-Roll one, take three.

-Welcome to another episode of Art Beat with me Gordon Jambon and this week

we are painting from memory.

NARRATOR: It's showtime!

The cameras are ready, the crew's all set and the presenter's keen to get going,

but there's something missing...

TIM: I just think it make the show look cheap if you have two contestants.

It's the rule of threes in television.

So I suggest you get inside the hotel and find somebody.

Run along.

CREW: Hi there.

Hi, we are filming an art program outside...

NARRATOR: Let's hope that Derrick's a dab hand with a brush as he's been roped in to

fill the empty easel.

TIM: Hi there, would you like to take a seat, are you the late ones?

-No they are very kindly standing in. -Sorry.

NARRATOR: With so much going on, the car under its covers,

has become completely invisible to Derrick.

TIM: So, let me explain what is happening here.

Basically, we're painting from memory.

Can you paint?

-No, only walls...

NARRATOR: Derrick may not be a master at the canvas, but today that hardly matters.

TIM: Now everyone has the ability to paint from memory

so I'd like you all to take part in this at home.

I'm going to show you an object.

Let's choose, contestant number 1,

I'm going to show you an object for two seconds

and I would like you to continue to paint it, okay?

Ok, go ahead and paint that.

NARRATOR: Next up is Derrick and 'Gordon' has found him something slightly

larger to paint.

TIM: The way the medulla inside the brain communicates with the cortex actually the

larger the object, the more time you need to look at it.

So Derrick, let's commit this next image to your memory.

Okay, so, you're going to be drawing a car okay, and you'll

have a slightly longer

period of time to have a look at this vehicle and then

I would like you to try and draw it.

Remember the color, the name, the manufacturer, the color of the seats,

as much as you can.

Here we go, you ready to play?

NARRATOR: It takes a few seconds for the penny to drop but as a Car SOS

fan he soon twigs on.

-Do you recognize this car? -Surprise!

-This doesn't happen, this is not true.

-I can feel you shaking. -It's crazy, it's crazy.

NARRATOR: It's no wonder that Derrick's speechless, the last time he saw his beloved Flavia

it was a pile of primed-parts on his garage floor.

-Is there an engine in it? -There is an engine, yeah.

-Give him a round of applause, guys.

-I tell you what we had our work cut out with this car. -You have?

I'd done most of it!

(laughter).

NARRATOR: Oh Derrick, if only you knew...

When the lads first started this project there where 64 Flavia coupes still on the

UK roads, now they can add one more to that rare-roster.

After three weeks of welding, painting and polishing the pinifarina bodywork once again

looks as sharp as it is strong...

Underneath new pipes and a rust-resistant belly mean the Lancia will be around for

years to come.

And, over 30 years since it was last on the road this Italian stallion is full of

heart and ready to gallop once more.

-What does this car mean to you?

-It is something else, when things were good.

60s, 70s, good times.

-And this car represents those times.

-Yes, everything else has gone now.

-How do you feel about the fact we've done the car for you?

-I think you guys are bloody magic, I really do, you are just unbelievable people.

-Well do you know what?

Your family think you're bloody magic, and you Derrick,

have been car SOS'd.

DERRICK: Thank you very much indeed, thank you.

TIM: You deserve it.

Hit the road, get driving son, let's go back to the swinging sixties!

DERRICK: It is, big smiles isn't it?

GEMMA: It is, it is isn't it?

Unbelievable, it's funny these old cars isn't it?

And this really is an old car.

DERRICK: I have forgotten where the indicator is.

GEMMA: You'll have forgotten where everything is.

Easily, easily what 30 years ago you last drove it?

-34 years ago. -34 years ago.

DERRICK: Each year you get worse.

I feel inadequate sometimes.

You just run out.

You have nothing inside you.

I crawl upstairs sometimes, to get up stairs, I can't walk.

-And can you believe we have kept it secret? -No.

-It's fabulous to see you driving it.

How does it feel?

-It is wonderful, wonderful.

-I tell you what.

-Fuzz, we've done it again squire!

-That is a good looking car isn't it?

-Yes it is, but I do not want to get another engine ever for one those things.

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