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This is the final signature I need, which means I can go and race at

in a really big race. Oh, God.

Time to inspect the newbies.

Chaps, good to see you're finally here. Great to have you.

I'm immensely relieved to see that Europa in paint at last.

Have I come to the right workshop?

After four rollercoaster years in the classic car restoration business... That

worked. I'm going to claim my thought on everything.

It seems I've finally cracked it. Happy customer.

That's a good feeling.

We've dragged out the art department.

You've got to get your asses over here damn quick. Into the 21st century.

Our reach on that day was 317 ,000 people.

And as brand ambassador, if you happen to have a car in the UK, I'm leading the

charge. Hey, this is brilliant.

At least that's what I thought.

If you've over -promised, you can't under -deliver.

Until my mum arrived.

They won't listen to me. They'll listen to me.

And it turns out that, once again, I'm in deep trouble.

I'm going to have to do something. I'm going to have to do something big.

Oh, my God!

Whose cheese is this?

Granulated cheese.

Calm as I may.

Morning. Lewis. Alright.

Got the post.

Some air amount. Fancy.

So today, big day. Got James May coming in. Roll out the red carpet.

Make it look beautiful.

It's going to be a good day, yeah? Going to get some great socials. Look lively.

Whoa. Enthusiastic. Come on, guys.

Come on. Let's go.

Come on.

Let's get out there.

So you haven't got to the T -junction yet?

What? No, that's gone wrong again.

I'm going to send you a pin.

This particular friend that's coming in to visit today, I've travelled all over

the world with, and he's lost.

The current question is the Triumph Stag he drove on the very last Grand Tour

that we ever filmed.

He wants it doing up.

Oh, here he is.

Hello.

Your directions are crap.

Oh, it was me was it? Well, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh God. Well, when did you last see it? When we finished and I had it delivered

to you.

Why did you choose a Stag for our last ever film together?

Well, we did agree when we made that film we would take cars that we

loved when we were lads. Yeah. And I always really liked Triumphs. I liked

TR6 and I liked the Stag. I even liked the TR7 actually, if I'm honest.

There's a hell of a thing to confess around here. I know.

You did drive it across Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cuba Island, and ruin it.

What do you want to do with it?

I would like it to be at least as nice as it was when I got it.

To get it on the road, we fight like a green.

Good God!

Is that just to get it road legal? Yeah.

13 ,561 pounds.

And 80 pence.

Oh, yeah. Well, I'd like it to be really nice, because what's the point of

having a tatty stag? I kind of agree.

Sit in it, because the last time you sat in it was when we drove across the

finish line at Cuba Island in Botswana.

It's quite dusty.

Yes.

Yeah.

Oh, it is nice.

James, to paint it, paint it.

You'd be more like 28 by then.

That's what I paid for it originally.

Yes.

Actually, it was £26 ,000.

Yes. The other alternative, James, let us get it going and mess about with it

for a bit and see what you want to do.

No, do the lot.

All right. Not the hell.

I think of these cars as... Now, this is going to sound incredibly pretentious,

but... They're sort of part of my art collection.

They're not really cars. I don't need it, but I will have it, I will look at

and I will like looking at it, and occasionally I'll take it out and drive

and think, that's great, what a colossal waste of money.

Does it come with a warranty?

Yeah, two weeks.

Just skipping through some photographs of James May's tag.

The last time I saw it, which was in Zimbabwe, and it's reminded me of just

much abuse those cars take on those trips.

Just looking at it, the state of it, they just get filled with dust as well

dents.

It's more than a quick vacuum is required to get that acceptable.

Sand and things like salt...

Quite corrosive. So I've taken the carburettors out for cleaning.

It's really dirty.

That's a minion, isn't it?

A little sand everywhere.

Yeah, look at it. It's got right in there.

It gets in all the little circuits. And the only way we can really be able to

clean it is to pop it in our ultrasonic bar.

Oh.

Oh, my God.

Look at that.

It's a lot cleaner, isn't it? Yeah.

Right, shall we drain it away?

Yeah.

Oh, look at it. That is like brown goo.

Now that is genuine Zimbabwe sand there. Really powdery, isn't it? It's so

powdery. To see a world in a grain of sand, isn't it?

What? You're not familiar with the work of William Blake?

Who's that?

Oh, hello. What?

I have some news.

Oh, good. What news do you have?

In the eye of getting the brand out there, I have secured a space in Salon

Freeway. That's the, like, posh high -end car show. People dressing smartly.

Another level. How much is this going to cost?

Now, I know you like a little clipboard, but how about fancy some, um, judging?

And our special guest judge, Richard Hammond.

Right, so that's bringing the cost down of doing this. Yes. The main question,

indeed the only question, is what cars are we going to take?

Don't try and answer that.

I'm going to get your colleagues in on this, because this is an important one.

OK.

Cogs assemble!

They love it when I do that. They love it.

Gentlemen. Hello.

File in.

Hello.

Chaps, thank you for gathering.

Lewis here, as you know, can get carried away.

He's got carried away again.

Salon Privé, you'll have heard of it.

It's at Blenheim. It's a really, really high -end car show. And we, as the

smallest cog, are going. And the key thing is, we need a good handful of

So what cars can we take? Obviously, James May's DAG would be good, but

realistically, that's not going to be ready, is it? No.

My first guess would be the F100 truck. Can I interject here?

Because, shut up with your enthusiasm.

You overdid it. Sorry.

I'll just... Yeah, thank you. Be quiet.

Lagonda.

Oh, that's the Martin Lagonda that's done. Yeah, we could take that,

Yeah. What about, and this is a long shot, the Lotus?

Is there a chance it could be ready? Well, I will do absolutely anything in

powers, mate, to make sure that that car will be there.

Yeah, that's going to be tight.

Positive vibes here.

Posy vibes. Posy vibes all around, eh? Do you want... The issue is... Go on.

not here.

I'm on holiday. Oh.

Oh, dear.

OK. Well, we're a man down already, so this is great.

So we'll be a man down on the day as well. Yes.

But we can do this!

Yeah. That's my motivational stuff!

Gents, thank you for your positivity. If you go when you have any concerns, and

it's all too much, blame him!

Hang on a minute. No, blame him. Right, you may leave and return to work. Thank

you very much indeed.

Goodbye.

There's no doubt or surprise Lewis has got carried away, but I hope we can get

that Lotus Europa ready.

Because that one particularly, it's the last one built.

It was the first mid -engine Lotus.

It's not simple to work on.

It's going to be a battle.

I really can't pretend I'm not worried about our fire -damaged Lotus.

I'd love it to be the star of our stand at Blenheim Palace, but because they're

so rare, replacement parts are hard to find.

However, Isaac thinks he's got a lead on two donor cars.

There's a barn.

Surely the place.

There they are.

It's definitely a barn -fine car, isn't it? Yeah.

Did you bring any mousetraps? No.

Looks like a rat have lived in there.

I can see a few droppings. Yeah.

So we've got parts over there as well.

So you'd hope between the two cars and that table of parts, we'll get somewhere

near.

Look at that.

That feels like a centre console.

So that's exactly what we're after. Exactly what we need.

And in perfect condition.

They want £7 ,000 for everything.

Everything? Yeah. So I think considering where are we going to get anything

else, it's still a lot of money, but I think it's still a good option for us. I

think the only way we're going to know that it's right is when we get it back

and start transferring stuff over.

It's only a slight gamble, isn't it?

Yeah.

A great find, but still quite a risk.

There's nowhere else to source parts from, so this is it, really. We're going

cross our fingers on the way home and hope everything fits.

So today I've got a car coming in. It's going to be the perfect car, I think,

for the Blenheim Palace show.

It's only a paint job, so nice and quick.

I think Richard is going to love this.

Richard!

What? Can you come down here a sec? I want to show you something.

Yes, all right. Only real, real quick.

Hello. Nice to meet you. You are?

Dane. Hello, Dane. I'm Richard. Lovely. I think you'll like this. Okay.

Oh, hello.

Oh, little bubble car.

What is that?

1956 BMW Isetta.

Bubble window, full convertible.

Is this rare?

I believe there's only about seven bubbles in the UK.

Oh, really?

Are you wanting something done? So we wanted it sprayed.

We need to have a look at it then.

Make it come out of here. Am I helping? Yeah.

I'm scared.

I'm going to be killed under the world's smallest car.

Here we are.

Right.

Brilliant. Look at it.

Is it functioning?

Yes. The engine's 300cc, so that's been completely overhauled.

Everything underneath is ready to go. I'm having a look at this, and it's not

without filler on it, is it? Yeah, the whole thing is filler.

Yeah, quite a lot of work.

Well, this entirely hinges, Jamie, upon whether you think... I'd love us to do

it, because it's a really cute little car, really rare. We probably won't. If

there's only seven, we'll never get another one.

I really want to do it. Right.

So we will do it to the very best level we can.

Excited. And, Jamie, you need to take as well, because it's kind of your fault.

Shall we shake as well? Yeah, yeah.

OK.

This little BMW might be small, but there's a hell of a lot of work in

Have I bitten off more than I can chew with this job?

Probably.

It would be great if we could show that bubble car at Blenheim.

But it's only a week away, and there's still loads to do on the Lotus, our star

car. I'm banking on those seven grand donor cars having the parts we need to

it finished.

So the problem with this Lotus is the fuel tank doesn't fit.

It's not the original one, it's one he's had made, I think.

Too close to the body.

I think we need to have a look at the donors, see if we can use one of the

off there.

This one looks original, I think. The only way to tell is take them out and

stuff them in the space.

She's out!

Can you get the other tank out?

So this one then, there's no hole at the bottom?

No. And it's not going to come through the top? It's not going to come through

the top.

Okay.

Do you want me to get in the back and put a bit of force on it? Give me a bun

cup.

Oh,

that looks good.

there we go fuel tank extraction

so put them all together the three amigos looking

at them that's the original isn't it with all this it looks very original

is a bonus isn't it it is compared to what we had yeah pretty happy with that

working with matt His head is full of so much knowledge. He reminds me of my

dad. And to be honest, I'm still missing your mum.

But now I've got Matt here, he's like my stepdad.

It is great how the new team members have fitted into the workshop.

One less thing to worry about.

I can now concentrate on getting the smallest cog's name out into the world,

starting with my first big race at Silverstone.

There's some serious drivers out there, and there's some valuable cars, and...

The whole benefit of that is putting the business in front of more people at a

higher level.

And I don't want to let Patrick down too badly because he's been very generous

letting me do this with him in his car.

But that's where he makes his contacts, where he builds his reputation.

In short, I am actually anxious. What am I talking about?

Yeah.

Morning. How you doing?

I'm all right. It's loud, isn't it?

Yeah. I think it's slightly overwhelming.

Okay, so car's here, car's ready.

Scrub up well. It's really pretty when I look in here and see this is your

working day. It's quite good, isn't it?

Yeah, it is. But you are at work. As am I in a minor fashion.

I'm learning how to do this as part of my work. That's what I'm doing. So what

are the tactics for today?

You're going to go first.

Right. I want you to push yourself and the car a bit harder than you want to

Post the envelope of what you think you're capable of.

Well, understood.

Thank you. That was a pep talk. All right. See you later.

This race puts me and the Cog brand in the spotlight.

The who's who of the classic motorsport world are here, and I'm trying to be

part of that. But the truth is, this is a different league.

Victory for me today will be not making a fool of myself.

You're really nervous, aren't you? I am quite scared.

Why? Because you're supposed to be. If I wasn't excited and a bit nervous, why

would you do it? Yeah, true.

Don't be nervous. No, I shall. Because you'll be fine.

Yeah, I felt that until just then.

Obviously, Richard's track record in cars isn't the best.

He does get it wrong sometimes.

At the end of the day, he is just... My dad. So I want him to just get around

safe. That's all I care about.

The plan with the stag, let's literally scuff it over, repair what dents we can

see, strain his primer.

So, nice easy job.

Oh, crikey.

Oh, that looks bad news.

It seems like the paint's not adhered and it's going to flake off.

Oh, great.

Crikey. Oh, dear. Oh, God.

No key in there at all, is it? Wow.

This has just made the job so much harder.

Oh, wow.

A nice, simple job turned into an absolute heavy.

Social media choice for today, this beautifully, beautifully prepared Ford

Capri. I like it. It's got big blade arches.

It's in absolute mint condition, and it's been driven by a Dutchman.

Perfect.

Richard wants the ring, so we are going to capture that, and we're going to use

that to our benefit to be able to push and publicise the business.

Oh, it's closed now. Thank you very much. There you go.

Best of luck.

There he goes.

Our little hero.

I'm comfortable.

I'm good.

As good as I'm going to be.

Have you got nerves? Because I've got a little bit of nerves for him.

Yeah, I always have a bit of nerve for him.

It's a bit of a different league to the MTV, isn't it?

Completely. This is a monster in comparison.

Yeah.

I mean, it's terrifying, but in that exciting way.

Oh, we are off.

Right, here goes.

Oh, this is busy as I don't know what.

Well, I could through that bit.

Look at that.

That was better.

It's one thing wanting to keep up with drivers that are the next level. It's

another thing doing it. Yep, they are getting away from me now.

Really, the best I can hope for is to keep it pointing in the right direction

until I hand it over to Patrick.

There we go.

Oh, shit.

Oh, shit.

Slight off situation.

Yeah, a bit off the track.

Binary excursion. Oops.

I need to concentrate. Can't let that unsettle me.

Just keep it together now, Rich. Get to a rhythm.

Stay out here.

Break.

OK. I'm going to try and get him through there.

May not.

Oh, we've got another position.

He's coming in. He's coming in.

He's dead. He's dead. He's dead.

He's dead.

Everything all right? Yeah, I just fell apart.

So Patrick's got it all to do and he'll be very happy.

That car in front is doing slow if lap times. He might win a plate.

You were having a proper battle out there.

Oh, it was a lot of fun.

Well done, my friend. Mate, it was brilliant. I loved it. I want to do

thank you for letting me do it. Well, thanks for looking after it.

OK, so Patrick might be used to doing better, but we're still finished in

position, and I didn't actually bin it, which is a good job, really, given I'm

here to promote the business.

I'm having a race job in Denmark, running a weekend, and we have a good

We could do something, maybe.

You could send your damaged car to him for painting.

He's got a fantastic paint shop.

Nice to see you.

Take care.

That has been a huge learning curve.

Patrick was kind enough to let me step in and borrow his car and it's used with

me, but I think seeing how it connects to his business, that's what it is.

And let's be honest, I have got a business card from somebody.

Possible work enquiring. There'll be more to follow.

Jamie, John, what?

This is James May's trance dag.

It was just going to be rubbed down and painted on top?

Yeah, just to freshen up. Well, unfortunately, we've come across a few

issues.

There it is.

This is James's paint. Oh, my God, is that the paint that was on it? Yes, it

was. It's literally just peeling off.

But we couldn't paint on top of that? No, if we had painted on top of that

first, then Chip... So this is now bare metal?

Mm -hm.

There's cost implications here. I mean, I'm not laughing, just because it's my

mate James May.

I think I'm going to have to make a phone call.

I think we should.

Yeah.

Hello? Hello, mate. How are you?

I'm all right. How are you?

I'm all right.

James, Jamie.

Essentially, the old paint just fell off.

And as a result, they're having to bare metal the thing. It's going to have some

ramifications on the price.

How much more is it going to be? How much more is it going to be? It's going

be some thousands, but not, like, you know, a lot of thousands.

OK. OK.

I'm sure, James, I know you're going to hang up now and think, oh, the little

bugger, he's just making that up.

OK. OK. Well, enjoy. I need to successfully take more of my money.

So that's okay.

Will it be done sort of this year?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to be done soon.

Okay.

Signing off. Bye.

Keep going.

Yeah, will do. Okay. See you soon. Bye.

Well, I think he took that well.

James May is somebody who likes things done properly. I know we used to say

on the TV show, but he genuinely does.

Plus, I'm not being rude, but he is good for the money.

And if the business is going to continue to improve and grow...

We need the opportunity to turn out good work, and that only comes along with

the right car and, most importantly, the right customer.

The posh car show at Blenheim Palace is only a few days away, but the Lotus is

still in bids.

Jamie's determined to take the bubble car, but that hasn't got any paint on,

my head of social media is in charge of logistics.

Oh, God.

I'm just about to have a video call with the main man from Salon Privé. I've

never done anything like this before.

So to say that I'm blagging it may be quite true, but we just want to be there

and want to be seen.

David, hello.

Hi, how are you doing? Very good. I understand you're a very busy man.

All hands on deck. Yeah, the pressure's rising, hey? We are really excited to be

attending your event. So obviously I've seen photos of the event previously,

but... where whereabouts do you reckon we might we might be it will be likely

right center stage absolutely oh wow okay amazing that's fantastic what cars

you planning on bringing yeah so we've got about six cars so we've got a range

of cars got aston martin logon yeah and then all the way to the other side we've

got a bmw um i set a bubble car that we've painted okay i think it will look

fantastic

Brilliant. And they're all coming on to the Lord on Sunday, aren't they? Yes,

please. We're a smart garden party. It's an opportunity to dress up and, you

know, be and be seen, we like to say. That all sounds fantastic, David. I

when I started this Zoom call, I wasn't expecting this sort of thing, but that

is absolutely amazing and we are very excited.

Likewise. And we will see you on Sunday.

Cheers, David. Bye -bye.

Oh, God, this just hit me, the pressure. We are going to be...

basically center stage i think i've got a bit carried away i was supposed to

write notes but i haven't because i was a little bit starstruck then this is

just going to be next level with a smaller talk

this

is the bmw i shatter so here we have the front door this is where you get to see

how rough

stuff like this is because they put a coat of primer on they've hidden

everything so you've got this swage line here it starts to fade out there it

disappears into the pillar this side it's just non -existent um so i don't

what's going on there it's just soft it's quite worrying because i'm gonna

to dig it all out i can't paint over the top of that it's really not good

Just about set off on holiday.

And that gives me a call.

One's a hand, so I'm going to go up there, give him a hand.

And to be fair, I do miss him being around and not working with him.

Where is he?

Dad? Oh, you all right?

Yeah, what do you need a hand with? This.

Oh, yes.

This is going to be very carefully put back in here now. You don't want to

scratch your paint.

Just very carefully there.

All right, you read it, and then I'll line them up.

Don't miss this.

Working at your height.

My level, you mean.

Oh, your level, sorry.

Yeah, keep going.

The whole dip's got to go that way. There you go.

Thank you.

Right. Now it's like old times, isn't it? Yeah.

I don't get a coffee in the day and night. Do you?

No. The problem with this job is you've got to keep something like this.

Yeah. Fun.

Yeah. Because if it becomes drudgery, work at nine to five, you won't enjoy

then you won't get a good job at all. Exactly.

Nothing lasts forever, does it? Exactly.

I might be my second child with me.

I could go and play and do things. I know, yeah, you're great.

I've got to go. I'm running late. Thank you for your help. No worries.

It's nice to see Anthony. He's took me back a bit to how it used to be, but of

course things move on, so I'm here now working away and he's down there. But

really happy here because I don't want the worry of paying massive bills and

overheads. I just want to concentrate on doing this stuff I love doing.

This is the BMW Isetta.

The body's here. That's ready for paint now, almost.

Wait, shape is so annoying, man.

God, I'm sweating.

They're under pressure down there right now. Both the Lotus and the BMW Isetta

have to be ready.

Now is not the time for me to go down and goof about. Ooh, can I help? I'm

going to leave them to do what they do.

This Lotus is really beating us up with getting stuff to fit.

Watch your knob as we go in.

Knob said.

It'll be there whatever it takes.

But at the minute, everything is just battling against us.

Oh, there it is.

Go back a bit more.

So the last car has just arrived at Salon Privé, so they're all here.

To say my nerves have skyrocketed is an understatement.

All the body on the bubble car is now done, so I'm just about to put the

on. It has took us a lot, lot longer.

I've had to work late before, but it was all

achievable, whereas this, it feels like we'll be working every hour until when

it leaves.

Feeling the pressure fairly massively now.

I'm on my way to Ben and Pala. The cars are all on an articulated lorry.

They're going to get dropped off and everything is going A -OK.

How are you getting on?

I'm already here, but the permission they gave you for is not for an up 44

Arctic.

OK, let me get back to you in a minute. Is that all right, mate?

All righty. Thanks, buddy.

See you, bye.

Oh, God.

Jay! Yeah?

Right, so we've got to unload the lorry where the lorry is.

I just can't understand why Lewis is surprised no -one brings an Arctic truck

full of cars to Salon Privé. You can't get an Arctic truck through Blenheim

Palace. Ugh!

Idiot! Oh.

I actually love coming to an event with Lewis and he's in charge of organising

it. He gets so stressed.

Because he says to everyone, yeah, sort it, guys, don't worry about it, get

there, panic.

Just sheer panic.

No -no's what they're doing.

It's pouring with rain, we haven't got a single car where it needs to be, and

the Arctic lorry can't get in.

Oh, no!

No!

Matt's stuck!

Is it? He's stuck!

In the mud.

Start. Right, ready?

Three, two, one.

Go.

Or off.

Go. Go steady.

That's somewhere near.

It's glamorous, isn't it?

Driving style.

Pushing her, et cetera.

Do the pole.

50 pounds per toe?

Oh!

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

Are you happy you joined the cogs?

It's all good fun, isn't it?

Soaking wet, covered in mud.

Lovely.

It's brilliant when you get, you know, your dream comes true. Oh, we'll be on

the hallowed lawns, but the stakes are raised as well, because if we make

of ourselves, we make idiots of ourselves in front of all the people we

need to impress.

We can't afford to get this too wrong.

This is the place where the cream of the classic car world show off their work.

It's their 20th anniversary.

and the organisers have gone all out with close to a billion pounds worth of

cars on display.

I'm told there'll be 6 ,000 visitors coming today.

Best behaviour, everyone.

Oh, good grief.

So there's literally some of the most expensive cars in the world for our

And then there's our little collection right at the front.

Chaps? Hello.

OK, the word don't get carried away.

It's the pallet. Pallet.

Stage. Stage.

Ah. We are sandwiched by, like, millions of pounds worth of cars.

I'm a little bit blown away, actually.

The case now is spending the day making sure we, well, show off the brand as

much as the cars.

OK, don't get distracted with the multi -million pound neighbours.

Our first order of business is to show the Lotus owner, Jeff, his restored car.

It's been a labour of love.

For him and us.

This is the very, very last one off the production line.

I've had all the models, all the classic Lotuses, and I certainly won't be

selling it. And it will be, hopefully, a family heirloom and we'll all enjoy it

for many, many years to come.

Well, I look smart, Geoff. You actually do look smart.

Geoff,

hello. How's it going, Geoff? Jamie.

Richard, good to see you. Nice to see you, mate. Nice to see you. I'm Vale.

Yeah. um john trying to get found change your mind about the color it's too late

i'm going to give you that to dispose of thank you

that's quite emotional

it's unbelievable i can't believe how it didn't stand there next to

me but it holds its own it deserves its place here um oh

it's beautiful thank you very much mate i'm sorry it's taken so long it's been a

lot of time thanks jamie a number of people didn't even make it to the end

been it's been a job it has been a mission but it's um it's unbelievable

It's a 10 -year journey to see what we see today, and it is phenomenal.

I would have never thought that I would own a car which can stand on its own at

this show.

Richard is going to show off the smallest cog by driving a BMW Assetto up

the stage, have a chat with David Bagley about the smallest cog and the car.

You're supposed to be driving up onto the stage at 20 past 2. So walk next to

it, yeah?

So, Izzy, you're going to get some social media views.

This is our luxury vehicle.

It's going to have Richard in it. Right now it has Isaac in it. As you can see,

it's a prestigious car. Very hot in here, Lewis. Right in with all these

pounds. Where are we going? It's beautiful.

Hello, team.

Your chariot awaits. We've set you up for your chariot. It's ready to go. It's

actually got some fuel in, and hopefully it won't die. So what am I going to do?

Do I stop on the stage?

Well, I wouldn't keep going.

Ready?

I can't find first.

Now, I would like to just introduce you to our judges, and if we can get him up

here. Come on, mate. Stop, stop.

Pop out.

How about this for an interview? Here's a round of applause.

Thank you.

It's brilliant!

It's the 56 I set up. The owner came to us at the smallest cog and said he

wanted it painted, restoring.

So we're very pleased with how it came out.

But as we always say, there can be only one that is the overall winner.

At this point, I'm going to hand over to Mr. Richard Hammond. The winner is the

Pantera, and that's because it's just got...

An intoxicating combination.

Hi, are you OK?

Have you got loads of business cards with you to leave around?

Yeah. Because you've not made it easy for people to find you.

Business cards?

Yes. I have one.

Oh, God.

Can I say that you look beautiful, by the way? Oh, thank you. There you go.

the hat. It won't let you off. OK.

I do usually get carried away, but this time it paid off.

Sometimes you've just got to go with it, and I've gone with it, and it

succeeded.

To the smallest cog, and everybody who sails in it. Well done, everybody.

It's four years next week since we opened the doors at the workshop.

It's been a trip with a lot of ups and a lot of downs.

I talk all the time about stepping up to the next level. This is the next level.

And having reached it, are we going to carry on?

Yes.

Yeah, we will.

Here we go.

Ready. Smile.

And we're turning a car.

to my old mate James May.

It's a Triumph Stag that was the last car he drove on the show we used to make

together. I'm dropping it off at his pub.

I think he's going to be pleased.

Good morning, customer.

Good morning, customer.

Yeah. Um, shall we not mess about and just... You know what we've done?

Sort of. I'm a bit nervous about it, if I'm honest.

I'm suddenly quite anxious.

So, a reminder, it was like just a bit of a refresh, but then all the paint

off. Yes.

Which was a problem.

Do you know how to operate your own truck? I do, I do. It's just very... I'm

right, I've got it. Don't worry, you're the customer.

Ooh.

Right.

Will you see me back?

You're all right. Thank you.

I thought for a moment you weren't going to say, you're all right, you're all

right, you're all right.

It's quite pretty, isn't it? There you go, thank you.

You can see how much crisper it looks.

It is all right. I'm just absorbing it.

Ah, there.

Cool. Not a show pony.

Okay, and these have been cleaned and... Yeah, everything's been solidly cleaned

and gone through, rebuilt.

I wanted to have the original engine because it's sonorous and correct.

And works, which is also rare.

Shall we take it for a spin?

Yes, I think we should.

Oh, it is nice.

Well, this is what I never get about you.

You are quite soppy about a Triumph Stag. You've always liked them.

Yes, and when I was a kid, the Stag, it was actually quite a macho car.

So I'm going to do something. I've forgotten about this.

I have brought... What? The Beach Buggy Bandana.

Oh, God!

Oh, no!

No, I'm serious!

Part of me thinks...

You drive old cars to remind yourself how lucky you are to have a modern one.

But I quite enjoy the challenge of the old one.

You turn up and you think, what needs mending this week?

Which doesn't count.

Oh, we've broken.

And full over.

You've just done a tyre.

I think you've just... I think a wheel has literally broken.

F*** me, James.

It's collapsed.

The wheel's collapsed. Literate collapse.

Embarrassing. Let me have a word.

Shall I turn all?

Yeah. All right.

It's broken.

Holy crap.

Yeah.

James, I'd like to apologise on behalf of the smallest cog, and let's just

over... What appears to have happened, which is your wheel's fallen off. OK,

well, I did notice earlier this piece of trim needs a little tap.

I think alignment of the boot could be improved and the wheel needs to be put

back on.

Oh, shit.

It's a bus.

Well, you can explain this.

Yeah.

It's hard to be YouTube, doesn't it? Yeah, now, there's no gentle way of

this. The wheel's come off. Yeah, it's brilliant.

We'll see you through, sir.

You get a bus through there.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. When do you next come back? Take care.

That wasn't the ideal hand -back scenario.

I think it's maybe a metaphor for my experience with the business so far.

One minute, everything's going so well, and then the wheel comes off.

I was actually quite moved to see the Stag again. It's a very significant car

my life. And then I drove it through the small town of Tisbury, and then the

wheel fell off.

We've got a bit of time, but I'm guessing it's too soon for the invoice?

Mate, I appreciate the cash flow is the most important thing with a business,

but you're not having any.