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RICHARD: This time, our plans to go classic car racing step up a gear.

Here is the centre of my universe.

Oh, dear! That's gonna slow things up.

My daughter, Willow, regrets her choice of driving instructor...

Look roadworks, need to slow down.

There's no-one there! But what if he stepped... He's an old man.

You're talking to me! How am I gonna concentrate?

..and at the workshop,

Neil and Mindy try to tackle our mouse problem.

Oh, my God. I think we're gonna need a bigger trap.

Fire them up, let's go!

I've fulfilled a lifelong dream.

MAN: This all yours? It's all ours.

I've set up a classic car restoration business

with automotive wonder family Neil, Anthony, and Andrew Greenhouse...

(RICHARD GASPS)

ANTHONY: Dad!

..but, it's become a money pit.

Bad, bad, bad.

And if we don't break even soon...

Ten. But the budget's ten!

..there's a chance we may go bust. It's not going well at all.

So, I've come up with ambitious new plans.

Welcome to your club.

We've gotta push forward into the big league.

We're even going racing to find cars that need our help.

Now wouldn't be the time to give him a business card.

I'm determined to turn my lifelong obsession...

Come on, little car. ..into a thriving business.

Will it turn over? No.

(LAUGHING)

Isn't this a good idea?

Bye-bye, dogs.

We need more work through the doors at The Smallest Cog.

We're just not getting enough cars to work on,

so, we are not making any money,

and I've had a brilliant idea.

Turn my old MGB GT into a race car, form a Smallest Cog race team,

and then we can put our logo all over it,

and appear at race events all over the country.

And when people crash their classic cars,

we're there alongside offering our services,

they already know us.

We launched the idea at the Classic Car Restoration Show

at the NEC last week and everybody agreed,

everybody loved the idea, loved the car.

But, really, that was just the MGB painted to look like a race car.

Now we need to turn it into one, and that is gonna be expensive.

It's gonna be more expensive than I think.

I just know it's gonna be.

Which is why, I've invited Kamla, accountant,

to have our usual meeting here at the house

rather than at the Workshop.

Because I don't necessarily want her spotting

that of late,

we've only really been working on the MGB

and not on anything that pays us any money.

She will spot that and probably be cross.

Right, tidying up.

Hi, Richard. Hello.

Hello. Sorry for the change of venue.

That's OK. It's a nice change for me.

It was just the way the day worked out. Come on in.

Thank you. Step this way.

We'll step up to my office. It's work in progress.

This looks like a real boy's room. What do you mean by boy's room?

Scruffy. It's typical boys room.

Yeah, maybe scruffy. Scruffy, what you're saying.

It needs a feminine touch. Oh, it doesn't.

It does.

Ignore that, it's a speeding ticket.

A speeding ticket? Don't worry about it.

So- Firstly, I just wanted to check.

How did it all go at the NEC? It was brilliant.

I spoke to lots of other business people...

..and they all agreed.

Yes, that's a great way of getting business.

It's cheaper than advertising.

And the right audience. Exactly.

And it's more meaningful than advertising

because if I'm alongside them on the grid and then they crash,

they'll come to me cos they know we're part of their world.

It works. Fantastic.

You said the budget was 10,000... Yeah.

..on the MGB. So, here's a list of everything we've spent to date.

So, just under 3,000.

So, we still have 7,000 left. Right.

There are some other things to add to that.

There are. Do you know roughly how much?

No.

But I mean, it'll be... There'll be the engine work.

Is that costly? That could be quite a lot.

Ballpark?

(RICHARD SIGHS)

Ten, 12? Ten! Could be.

But the budget's ten.

I know. we're gonna go over a bit. A bit!? It's a budget.

But that's 3,000 without labour.

But I'm not paying for the labour directly.

But to work out how much this is costing you,

we need to look at the materials, the labour gone into it,

because those hours are taken away from billable jobs.

So, I'm not arguing or disagreeing-

Only if they've got billable jobs to be doing.

But they have, haven't they? Yes.

So?

Look...

Here's the way I look at it.

Think of the great entrepreneurs.

They've had to have a clever idea, and then back it.

But I imagine, they kept up to date on all the costs.

I think I pretty much got away with that.

cos I am gonna stick to my guns.

I'm right. Get this race team working.

It's the best advert we could have.

It's gonna cost us a bit to get there and yeah, yeah.

You don't do great things by giving up

when it gets a bit difficult, do you?

You don't go broke, but you don't win through.

How did the NEC job go? All right.

Yeah, what did people think of the car?

Went down a treat to be honest. Yeah. Your phone just went off.

Oh!

Who is it? Barry.

I'd sort of half forgot about Barry, didn't we?

He's all right though.

Not going by this, he ain't.

Barry's a mate of mine. The problem is, we've had all the rigmarole

of getting this place set up and in amongst all this

has been Barry's Morris Eight Series E.

It was only ever a mate's rate job.

We were gonna do it when I had a few spare hours, get it done.

In all fairness,

people have only got so much, sort of, how can I put it?

It's like a piece of elastic.

It gets to the end and then they're just ready to snap.

(PHONE RINGING)

Smallest Cog. Hello, I'm Barry Rees, sir. Neil knows me.

I wonder whether you've got my Morris Eight Tourer?

The Morris? The little grey Morris Eight.

(STUTTERS)

This was taken on a while ago, wasn't it?

Yes, it's a long time! He's had it two years.

Has he? I wouldn't mind having it finished, if that's OK?

Of course, mate. Definitely.

I've just spoken to Barry on the phone.

He's coming over to see how it's going.

15 minutes.

We have spent months moving that car from place to place,

but what we haven't done is anything to the car.

What can we do in 15 minutes? Hide?

Let Hammond deal with him. He'll break the ice a bit, won't he?

Hello, mate. Hello, sir.

My car, sir? Yeah.

Obviously, it's not as far as you would have liked.

To be honest, I did expect to see a bit of blue on it.

He's a bit loud. When he goes quiet he's got a problem.

I haven't even really discussed it with Neil.

See, go and test the water. You can go first. Oh, no! It's fine.

(LAUGHS)

It was your idea, wasn't it?

Just take a big, deep breath.

I don't know whether Neil put the first coat of paint on it.

You can ask him cos there he is. NEIL: Hello, Barry. You OK?

I was just telling about Dad's car.

Yep, she's got a bit of history.

As you can see, it's nearly finished now.

Can see, it's nearly done. I like this matte effect.

NEIL: We're gonna go flat out on it now,

it'll be two to three weeks at most.

I'll guarantee you, won't charge a penny more than what we said.

OK, well, thank you very much. But there is £8,000 storage.

Yeah.

You are pushing your luck, you-

BARRY: The kit they've got, looks to be second to none.

Was a bit worried, I'd have to be paying a lot more money

than I've actually got.

Does it turn over? It will turn over, won't it?

This is the old days.

This is Neil's old business before we set up together.

The longer they spend talking about the job,

the easier it becomes to understand why the job never got done.

ANDREW: You had hair then. NEIL: I had hair.

I had my own teeth. I was 6 foot 3 inches.

You can't have friends having thing's done for nothing,

but Barry's been a really good friend of mine

since school days, and he hasn't been a very well chap.

How much have you told him it's going to cost?

To cut a long story short.

You've never done that in your entire life.

In real terms...

£3,000. Oh, God!

I know, but it's Barry, innit? I know it's Barry!

I'd love him to have his car back. But we gotta do it see.

It's a commitment from the old workshop.

It's a commitment. Gotta do it.

I'll just go and slam my head repeatedly in the door!

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

It's big day in the Hammond household.

I am, yet again, taking my life in my hands in a car,

thanks to a national shortage of driving instructors.

This would be easier if you get a driving instructor.

We've tried. It's not my fault.

Oh, look. look, look! This is exactly what I want.

Turns and junctions, look. Right, OK.

We'll have a go today and see how we get on-

I'll get into my test,

they'll go, "What are you doing?" And I'm like, "Well!"

We haven't discussed my rate yet.

She's cruel, this one.

I'm gonna get just beaten up by her.

Look. Look at that little face. Look.

I'm on my way. It's fine. I'm not cold.

No, all right, I had to get a notepad. Oh, dear.

Have you ever considered cleaning this?

What's wrong with it? I didn't have a car this nice until I was 40.

Out of respect, you could clean it. Begin.

Just give me a minute.

Some of us don't just have the natural, pah-pah, you know?

Basically, it's all about observation.

They, ask you questions and stuff.

Well, it's a driving test. Put your hands at ten to two.

No, it's actually nine and three. Your hands are at ten and four.

Yeah. Well, your hands are, well, one of them is on seven.

Is there a car behind us? No. Yeah.

Ah! I was busy looking at a leaf on the ground.

You're driving a lethal weapon.

Sorry, I'm very tense.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Look, roadworks, need to slow down. Hazard perception.

Yeah, it's fine. Ah, slower than that!

There's no-one there! Much slower than that.

what if he'd stepped out!

You're talking! How am I gonna concentrate?

He could have wandered out- Do you want it on your conscience?

How am I gonna concentrate if you're talking to me?

But most people can manage that. I can't.

Slow to a gentle halt. I am.

"Wait here!" Sorry, everyone! It's wait over there!

I'm embarrassed. I'm so embarrassed.

I forgot what I was doing for a minute. Forgot I was driving.

The problem is- It's cos you're talking to me.

Don't talk to me cos then I can't do anything.

Come on, turn green. I'm bored now.

Yes!

Didn't look over your shoulder! No.

I'm really sorry. I'm embarrassed. That's something I need to work on.

As you've never done it. I used to.

You started coming in the car with me, never picked me on it.

Can we not be making me into the problem here?

It's not my fault, you didn't look over your shoulder.

You literally put yourself in charge of being my instructor.

Where are we going? Huntley.

Why are we going to Huntley?

To New Hunt Equestrian.

What? Horse stuff?

Boom. Hazard perception. Right, there.

2 00:12:34.680 -- 00:12:36.720 align:middle line:90% position:50% NEIL: We're gonna make a start on the Morris.

It's been so long since we touched it, you've forgotten.

No, I've decided, I'm having this side.

Oh, you've already taken the... I think it's horrible both sides.

Good and bad. You've got the nasty sill to sort out.

start work on Morris. Yes.

So, I'll have to chop rear corner of that wing cos it's terrible.

There's a nasty repair on my side, funnily enough.

My earliest memory of this car would be about 1981.

I think I painted the bonnet on this. Got a bit of work to do

cos the longer we're working on this the more money we're losing.

I do get it with Barry's old Morris

cos Neil never wants to let anybody down.

But, let's be honest, three grand is about a third

of what that job should cost

and that's not gonna go down very well with Kamla

when I'm trying to get us to spend time and money

on getting our race car done.

So, there's only one way to do that.

A little short, fat bloke in borrowed overalls solution.

First job,

take the engine out ready for a major overhaul.

On a scale of one to ten, I know what I'm doing at about four to six,

which is probably the most dangerous place to be, because I know enough

to get myself into terrible trouble,

but not enough to get myself out of it.

Ant?

How do I make it go up on the ramp?

Oh, right. Thank you.

There you go, sir.

This shows how often Richard uses his spanners.

Still got the barcode.

This is the bottom hose now,

which is the bit that comes off the bottom of the radiator.

But the bottom hose is a bit of a sod to get off.

(SIGHS)

That is the world's easiest engine ever to get out,

that's a sort of kindergarten engine that is.

It's giving two clicks of the ratchet every time.

That's all I can get.

Enjoying that. He won't need to have a drink tonight.

He'll sleep cos he's done some work. A real man for once in his life.

He'll smell of testosterone

and his missus will think he's a different man.

Engine is out!

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(BIRD CALLING)

Old blue tit. Hello, mate! I'm very, very lucky to live here.

I'm very lucky to have got this place.

I do appreciate it. I try to keep it tidy.

(BIRD CALLING)

My little robin comes out, usually I feed him.

But he's disappeared into the hedge.

That time of year you see, mating.

This is my own workshop.

I started Barry's car here. That was a couple of years ago.

I know the bits that I need to finish it off now are here.

I just hope I haven't lost anything.

I want them anyway...

There we are.

So, I'm not that daft, see?

"Barry's Morris Eight." There we are. Gaskets.

Perfect, perfect.

This car has been sort of part of our garage life

for the last 40 years.

Four garages I've had

and that car's been in every single garage.

I actually bought my engagement ring out of the money

I earnt off that car.

It's a bit sad in some ways

cos that car was a major part of Barry's dad's life

and when Barry's dad passed away,

he came in to see me and asked me if I could drive

that Morris Eight to the crematorium on his dad's funeral.

Just so that when he pulled up,

that car was waiting for him to see him off.

So, you see it was something special with that car.

Not because of value. It's special because of what it is.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Right now, this little van has two engines.

It's got the normal one in the front, then in the back,

I've got the engine from our MGB race car

and that's because I am now taking it up north

to put it in the hands of Ric Wood, who is a specialist,

and I do mean a specialist, in building race car engines.

He also runs a classic car race team, so that he gets to know

all the other people that run race cars

and they bring their work to his workshop.

So, he is proof

that what I'm setting out to do is worth doing.

This could be the most important money we spend on the car.

Only slight worry is the money.

I think the engine could end up eating most of that.

Race cars already.

Race cars. There is the man.

Hello.

Hi, Richard. How are you? Nice to see you.

Ah, right. So, this is... Cars. Oh!

1973 Capri.

That's not like my humble MGB.

We can't do that.

Capri 1974.

You do like a Capri, don't you? That one had 350 horsepower.

That's got just short of 500.

These are big boy toys. I want to look at where you're going

to rebuild the engine on my rather more modest MG. Come with me.

Got a question as I'm walking around.

Are these all like stock or just old stuff?

Everything you see here is a job in process

or ready to go out.

What, each of these is a job?

Absolutely. We could keep busy for three to six months.

Yeah, I'm much the same at my workshop.

What do you think you could squeeze out of that little engine?

Given that it's putting out...

What were they putting out new, the MGB engines?

Was it 90? I think maybe 91.

More than that.

I bloody hope so. More than that.

Realistically in budget terms,

what's the ceiling for what a person could spend on this?

I'm guessing probably 15 or 18,000. Right.

It's quite a lot more than the car's worth.

Possibly. It is! It is.

It's the last ten horsepower that costs you £10,000.

Ah, now that I was expecting. It's the very last little bit, yes.

But I'll be very disappointed

if you're not right up in your class.

OK, that's good.

So, I've seen where it's going and here's what it is.

Do you have a special device for getting it out? It's heavy.

I've got three of them. Oh, you're the special devices? Yes.

Right, come on Vita, the old fashioned way.

Three, two, one.

I would help, but there wasn't room for me to join in,

to be honest.

2 00:19:31.040 -- 00:19:35.240 align:middle line:90% position:50% MINDY: Today, I'm going to the workshop because

there's been some conversation about rodent infestation.

It's not a great idea to have mice in a workshop

with valuable vehicles in it

because they quite like eating upholstery and electrics.

However, it's quite a tricky subject,

with Neil, because Neil literally wouldn't hurt a fly.

Hello. Oh, hello.

I just came to see how we're doing with our rodent issue?

Well, actually, we've been clever or reasonably clever

and we've set some little cameras up.

If they come along in the night

and eat something, at least we'll know...

What we're dealing with. ..what you're dealing with.

I think what's been happening, they've been coming along

somehow there, cos that's where the kitchen pipe goes.

Let's go and have a look.

I'll show you where they are. Interesting times.

You notice though that the camera is camouflaged.

Reason being that the mice- Camouflaged!

The mice would- They won't see it.

They won't see it. They'd better... We'll take it off

and then see if there's anything there.

We have a look now.

Oh, I don't know. I'm not the best with technology, but...

Oh, look there's 21 clips on here.

That means, what, 21 times, it's been set off?

Yeah, it's gone off 21 times. Can you see anything?

I'll just press "OK" and see what we got.

Oh, my God!

I think we're gonna need a bigger trap.

MINDY: Richard!

Can I show you something?

Watch this.

Oh, that's a big mouse! Isn't it?

That's a really big mouse. I don't think, to be honest,

it is a mouse. Wait a minute. Maybe it's closer than you think.

No, I think that's a rat.

Look, look, there's more than one.

Maybe it's the same one several times? No.

No, I thought that until I saw...

..that one.

That's an even bigger "Mouse." That's an enormous mama.

Yeah, "Mama" being the operative word.

It's pregnant.

That's not anything to celebrate.

Little baby.

We've got a really big problem.

Wait a minute, can't kill the rats. Neil won't let us, no.

He'll tie himself to one of those railings.

"Save the rats." He won't let it happen.

He won't.

We need to solve this though. There's going to be a lot more rats.

Neil! Neil!

Oh, dear.

In trouble again.

We've got a selection of humane traps. Oh, right.

Little one for the little mouse. Yeah.

Bigger one for the bigger ratty rat, and one for the monsters.

That's the Goldilocks, the middle one. Yeah.

If we can get a man trap, we can put that for Richard.

You'd have to be a man to get in there. Get a mini one.

The big one!

Is this one that does what it says on the tin? Rat cage. Blimey.

It sounds like it should have a wheel inside it. Oh, right.

OK. Got the swing. Does it go that way up, then you put it on the side,

feed it, like, "Who's a pretty boy then?"

(BOTH LAUGH)

That's nice. Right. OK, hang on.

Something goes on with this then, does it?

Oh, hello! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Hold on, hold on. I'm gonna be a rat.

Go on then. Again.

Munchy, munchy- Oh! My tail!

What bait are we gonna stick in there, cheese?

Bread, biscuits?

Oh, look, look, look. Look, there's half a sausage bap.

This is like rat and mouse heaven.

That looks like a mechanic trap. Yeah, it is.

Well, this is the sort of thing they're used to.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Andrew would eat that.

(MINDY LAUGHS)

Ah, progress!

Something's changed on the Morris.

Trying. How's it going?

Getting there. There's a lot of filler in here,

but it's very thin.

So, it's only just masking the little tiny imperfections.

Now, don't get cross, that side's further than your side.

I'm saying Andrew's side is further than your side.

I was very lucky that I picked this side.

No, you didn't pick that side.

You bagged that side, cos you knew this one was bent.

Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?

A real cup of coffee or an imaginary one?

It's a real one. I'll have a coffee with one sugar, please.

It'll be so good to get that little Morris out the door

because Barry is a long, long-term mate,

and it'll be lovely to return that little car to him.

But particularly to be rid of the bloody thing in my workshop.

WILLOW: After you, my dear.

Cheers, love. Oh, look, your shoes. Oh, the cat's teddy.

What's it like driving with me compared to with Dad?

You do tend to sit on the phone like the entirety of the journey.

You do! Don't lie, you do. Don't lie.

That's cos I'm relaxed with you. You tend to panic with the brake.

Whenever I'm coming up to a roundabout or a junction

you want me to brake at a mile away. OK, sorry.

I'm perfectly capable. All right.

I passed on my second attempt.

Izzy passed on the second, I think. Daddy's was second as well actually.

I really wanna pass first time just so I can rub it in your faces.

Right.

Oh! So... Oh, hello. Hello?

You didn't turn all your controls off when you stopped.

Probably a fail. Oh, I don't know how that works!

You need to... Mummy, Mummy, Mummy!

You need to know where the controls are.

And we're off. Don't kill the hedge.

We're all good. Mirror, signal, manoeuvre.

Manoeuvre? I did look at my mirror though.

You're driving with more confidence I'd say.

You're very relaxed when you drive.

Welcome to Ross Vegas.

Why is everyone walking into the road today?

Yeah, but you were aware of her. That's good. Hazard perception...

Well done.

Not gonna say you'll pass first time cos I think that's jinxing it.

I don't see why you wouldn't pass.

Why I want to pass is, walk in the house and...

Who's the better driver? Realistically, me!"

Well, we'll know in 24hrs.

NEIL: It's only been two years. Can't rush a good job.

ANTHONY: Finally.

NEIL: We've got her pretty straight now.

and bearing in mind when Barry's dad bought it back in the 1970s,

it had been used in banger racing and I don't think it won!

(BOTH LAUGH)

I think it lost big time.

ANDREW: There's no room for mistakes.

Just need to get it off the gun, finished.

Get it built up.

I took the engine for our race car up to Ric Wood

to turn it into a race engine. Great. Really interesting.

But, more interesting still is,

we're already kind of part of the scene

cos he's now inviting us to go along and join his race team at Goodwood.

We're gonna spend the day

with a classic car race team and learn.

Gents...

So, The Goodwood Members' Meeting.

So, that's, like, pretty exclusive.

ANTHONY: Yeah, you can't get in. Exactly.

I've got us embedded with a team there.

So, we actually go to the team. We are alongside them.

Members? Yeah.

And you'll be with their mechanics in the pits.

That's this weekend.

That's the only slight issue. It's tomorrow.

No, I'm going. Cos I've got a wedding to go.

I'll have to break it to the missus.

Have you got your best suit hanging up ready? Yes.

(ALL LAUGHING)

This Sunday that'll be in a bin bag at the back door.

OK, you owe me.

I can't believe that.

It's like the Holy Grail of motor racing to go there,

because they're not just normal cars.

The cars that they race there,

they've all gotta be proper, bona fide, genuine classic cars.

You can't have a replica, pull up there and go race,

got to be the genuine.

So, you're not looking at pretend racing, it's the real deal.

Goodwood. I can't wait, mate.

I'm absolutely buzzing!

Before the weekend's excitement can commence,

there's a tense wait at the Hammond household.

Right. Here's the situation.

Willow is now in her driving test.

It's started.

She's been 35 minutes.

Should I text? No.

Leave her alone. Why? Not your thing!

If she's failed, she might not want to say anything.

she might mess with our heads. This is Willow.

No, she wouldn't do that. She might. She might.

It's getting close to D-Day now, isn't it?

Another three minutes and it'll have been 40.

I'm going to rub my lucky dog ear.

Please be a lucky dog.

(CELLPHONE BEEPS)

Oh! What, what, what?!

Oh, my word!

Whoo! Oh, my word!

Put it on hands free.

WILLOW: Hello.

Yay! Oh, well done, you did it!

(WILLOW LAUGHS)

Yeah. Oh, well done, babes! Oh, that is extraordinary!

Yeah. Izzy didn't pass first time.

No, neither did I.

You won't believe that you can drive on your own.

No, I know. It is weird. Oh, well done, angel.

Love you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

I'd convinced myself that wasn't gonna happen.

Is there a part of you that's thinking, little Willow,

day-dreaming at the wheel of a car? God!

That is brilliant. You see? Your lucky ear worked!

2 00:30:17.400 -- 00:30:19.600 align:middle line:90% position:50% Has anybody ever been to this event? ANTHONY: No.

Morning. We have got things.

We're at this meeting at Goodwood,

The first one of the classic car racing season.

They get a huge range of cars,

different types of racing, different teams here.

We're literally here to find out is this something we can do?

We know we want to. Can we?

I just hope Ric realises what he's letting himself in for.

Hello! This is incredibly exciting.

Can I introduce you to my guys? Anthony.

Nice to meet you. This is Andrew.

Neil, he's absolutely fizzing and popping,

so, you'll have to excuse him.

Wanna watch and learn. How does a race team work?

What do I do if I'm the boss?

It's gonna be hard work, I'm guessing.

Where we are today, here, is the centre of my universe.

Everything motorsport-wise revolves around this place.

This is the Mecca.

Cos this is qualifying? Just purely qualifying.

You've half an hour to qualify your two drivers.

We've got everything to lose cos we won this race last year.

So, everyone here is now after you specifically?

We're a bit of a target!

These are the things we're gonna try and beat, Richard.

When it's actually racing,

is there much you can physically do to it?

There's not a lot you can do, if you get a puncture, it's over.

When do you start pacing? About now.

(ALL LAUGHING)

So, every time they fire up their engine...

ANTHONY: They start theirs. ..they fire up theirs.

The fun thing is gonna be sort of handing the guys over to him.

It's like, "There you go, have these."

They're gonna get on, aren't they? They're mechanics.

To be this close to the action is like a dream come true

this is absolutely buzzing.

Each team has two drivers

and they must do three qualifying laps each.

Ric's going first.

When the car comes in, one mechanic will be in the pit lane.

One? One person. Yeah.

The team's best chance of a top-five grid slot

lies in the hands of pro driver, Jake.

Looks like now is where they're gonna change drivers over,

Ric will tell Jake what the track's like,

what the corners are.

Here we go, they're checking tyre pressures, checking the oil out

and it's very serious because they've gotta get the best time

to get at the front of the grid. There's our man going out again now.

Ah!

I got goose bumps!

(LAUGHS)

Imagine being out there in that?

You are basically a minnow in a tank full of sharks.

With young gun Jake at the wheel,

the team are up to an impressive fourth on the grid.

Unfortunately, it's come at a cost.

I hop under there, pop a gear box in there.

Yeah, it'd be all right.

Ric's team now have a mountain to climb

to fit a complete new gearbox in time for the race start.

Your options are pack up and go home or crack on and do the job.

we'll crack on with it. We're not going home.

Yeah, you see that's a degree of energy.

Not sure, I'm gonna get out of my guys yet.

The truth of the matter is, they wouldn't fit under there.

We'd need axle stands this big.

How long would it take to get a gear box? Ten minutes.

So, would you be up to this level? They're pretty organised.

ANDREW: If we had built the car, we'd know every nut and bolt.

We wouldn't have no worries. But would you be bickering? Yeah!

Oh, God, Neil's going in.

MECHANIC: Slide that roughly over to there?

NEIL: Yeah, mate. Do you want a hand?

What if the bit he touches goes wrong?

ANDREW: They'll probably stone him to death.

I'd just drop the car on him.

There is the offending part.

Next job, get a new one on.

Ric and his team aren't the only serious players here today.

Blakeney Motorsport is one of the biggest firms

in classic racing

and apparently, the boss is a man worth speaking to.

I'm off to meet a guy called Patrick who runs lots of teams,

and I think here he is.

Patrick? How you doing?

How are you? Very good. Busy day?

Mine isn't as busy as yours. No, not really.

You seem to running half of the race.

Well, I think what racing does

and what being successful at racing does

is it basically cuts advertising cost

because all the magazine's cover it.

That's what I want to demonstrate.

Yeah. That we can build a fast, well-finished car.

But you said if you're successful- Well, you're not known for crashing

particularly, are you?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

That's what I was getting at! There's a real danger

that I don't know how good our logo will look upside-down!

If you get the car right day one,

you make it safe, that's the most important thing.

The next thing you need to do is to do loads of testing.

You gotta be quick. Most of the cars these days have data on them.

I get data logging on my car?

Yeah, you gotta do that cos then you can go back-

How much money I have to spend on my car?

Insane amounts.

Yeah, that's sort of what I thought.

You'll do 1800 quid just on a set of tyres.

But as a businessman it does make sense?

Totally. Cos it will get us with the right people,

in the right world. Yeah. You've gotta start somewhere, haven't you?

If you don't start you don't know.

You're encouraging me to spend money and ruin myself.

(LAUGHS)

What are you gonna spend money on? You play golf?

No. Have you got a yacht? No. Why not spend it on cars?

I'm gonna need you to phone my wife in a minute and explain something.

2 00:36:10.160 -- 00:36:13.320 align:middle line:90% position:50% Every car is only here because of the mechanics.

and it makes you feel special

because without us this could never happen.

I feel part of the team now, don't we? Yeah, definitely.

The race is gonna be won in the last five minutes.

When their brakes have faded.

We're trying to be there, at the end.

At the last second. We'll see.

Felt that one go by in your chest.

See how this goes for Ric,

maybe next year, this will be the Smallest Cog

lining up on that very grid.

It's third, straight away.

The car they're most worried about is a mighty V8 Mustang

driven by Touring car champion, Jason Plato

although, just making it to the finish

will be an achievement.

ANDREW: Smoking on the right bank.

That's a lotta smoke.

Plato's Mustang and an equally brawny Chevy Camaro

are streaking off into the lead.

Time to put Jake in the car.

Critical moment coming up.

NEIL: Here we go.

That must be

mentally and physically demanding, mustn't it?

Be buzzing right now, but exhausted.

NEIL: No pressure is there!

How's it going? The car's fine.

It's so easy to try too hard.

Two or three have blown up on the way round.

Is that his fuel tank?

The guy's pressed the fire extinguisher

instead of the start button.

Oh, the poor sod.

Oh! Oh, dear.

TEAM MEMBER: Think he was gonna pit and turned around.

That's gonna slow things up.

Look at the state of this.

That's the thing we could fix.

Now wouldn't be the time to go and give him a business card.

Now, behind the safety car,

they'll all line up in the order they were in.

What that will mean is the gaps between them have gone.

Unlike us, most of the leading cars have yet to pit stop

and change drivers.

And the boy wonder is completely fresh.

His car's still pretty fresh.

It's gonna change the whole world out.

Oh, you wait.

They are having a battle royal, aren't they?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

ANDREW: Go on. He got him.

Oh, well done! Yes! Good lad!

That was brave!

That's...

Oh, that's Plato! That's Plato out, yeah.

With Jason Plato out, Ric's team have lost their main rival.

I'm not smiling until the race finishes.

But the Chevy Camaro has taken Plato's place at the front,

with Jake three cars back.

So, he's just trying to keep it together to the end. Yeah.

We're fourth.

TEAM MEMBER: Fourth.

I think you needed another few laps.

Jake was putting his fastest lap in, 27 at the end.

Well, that's racing, isn't it?

But hey, it's coming home in one piece.

(APPLAUSE)

What we need is an advertising board right at this end

Where they dump all the cars that had accidents

and they'll come to us hopefully.

He seems to have gone lawn-mowing in his Lotus.

But, you know, I can help him with that.

You never know.

NEIL: Today has been a sort of real morale booster

cos you get this thing, people are at a higher level

But when we got talking, they're like us,

they were talking the same language.

The only thing that was worrying me, is the cost gonna run away with us?

The short answer to that is, yeah.

I was really proud of my ramshackle crew.

I don't think they saw anything done that they couldn't do.

It's gonna be really hard work.

But it'll work.

We'd be sending our reputation out to race.

If we're gonna do it, we've gotta to go in hard.

I won't sleep tonight, want a 3-litre Capri.

No, you've got an MGB-GT to play with.

You can have a burger on the way.

Anybody remember where we parked the truck?

Big day for the workshop today.

I am excited.

Barry's coming in to collect his little Morris.

And that is Morris

that's been with us from the start of this whole adventure.

NEIL: When that car goes from here,

that's more or less my last car that was at Tram Inn.

Even though I'm fortunate and lucky to have this garage

with Richard, when I was at Tram Inn it was my own little world.

I could make every decision.

So, there was only one person to blame and that was me.

It's ready. Yep.

And it looks, I've got to say, absolutely phenomenal.

ANDREW: Wonder what Barry's gonna think? Hope Barry's gonna like it.

It would be hard not to like this car.

Look at it. It wasn't this straight and crisp when it left the factory.

Are you pleased with it? Pleased to see it pointing that way.

(LAUGHS)

My car's in there somewhere.

My dad, and me now, have always had that car.

Every five minutes, he would be there working on it

and in a garage and doing this and that.

It's more than money.

Barry! NEIL: Hello, mate.

Welcome.

The car is here.

Hello, sir. You all right? We've got a chair

in case the shock is just overwhelming.

cos it has moved on a bit

from where it was when you last saw it.

It's under there!

Right, shall we uncover?

Oh, oh, oh! There it is!

It has come on, hasn't it? Oh, wow, look at that.

Blinking heck, mate.

That really is brought back to life, isn't it?

From being a bit of a hulk. It's had a life.

Well, it's had a wonderful life.

I think Dad would be pleased. It's lovely.

Yeah, beautiful. I don't know what to say.

(ENGINE STARTS)

Look at that.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Thank you, sir. Thank you very much.

Mate, thank you. Thanks for trusting it to us.

Cheers, Neil. Well done, mate.

BARRY: Neil's got a lot of history with that car.

I can remember when we was only kids

and he said to me, "One day I'm gonna have a garage."

And here we are, x amount of years later.

Well done, chaps.

Nice job and nice to see it re-united with its owner.

Bye-bye little Morris.

That's almost a coming of age moment for the Cog.

It's like, right, we are grown up now.

No more favours, no more jobs for mates for the sake of it.

They've gotta be paying properly, they've gotta be...

They've gotta fit into something bigger,

and more grown-up and serious.

You have no idea what's happening down there.

I would say four to six weeks. Oh, God!

Blimey, this could be serious.

Right, you did this? I thought, I'll get my spanner out and-

It's in bits. You're not gonna be able to keep on top of that.

You have absolutely no faith in my ability? No.