All language subtitles for Car.SOS.S03E08.720p.DSNP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-SPiRiT_track3_[eng]

NARRATOR: In this Car SOS...

FUZZ: Wow, what a little beauty!

TIM: It pulls and pulls
and pulls, doesn't it?

NARRATOR: Master mechanic
Fuzz Townshend...

FUZZ: Hey!

Nothing stops us on Car SOS.

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

TIM: I don't actually think
it's got any rust on it.

MAN: You don't think so?

NARRATOR: ...are on another
undercover mission to rescue

classic cars
for deserving owners.

TIM: Oh, yes!

NARRATOR:
This time a 1960s convertible

puts the frighteners
on the boys.

TIM: Oh, my...

FUZZ: It's like
Frankenstein's monster.

NARRATOR:
It's a soft top beauty

that's had a hard-hitting life.

FUZZ: This has gone headlong
into a solid object!

NARRATOR: Proper repairs
are a massive gamble.

But will prayers
be answered?

MAN: Oh, this is magic.

NARRATOR: To give one
unsuspecting owner...

MAN: This is my car!

WOMAN: It can't be the car.

NARRATOR: ...the surprise
of their lives.

MAN: Yes!

TIM: You've been CAR SOS'd.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: Today's
car rescue mission

sees Tim and Fuzz
on England's east side.

FUZZ: We're in the heart
of Essex.

TIM: Oh, yeah.

NARRATOR: They're
here to pick up

a seductive Italian...
two seater.

FUZZ: It's a 1963 Alfa Romeo
Giulia Spider.

TIM: Sexy little
convertible car.

FUZZ: Exactly.
Great looking with that look

that Alfa Romeo try to emulate
now on their modern cars.

NARRATOR: It may lurk
in a dusty barn,

but this is one Spider
no one need fear.

The curvy Alfa Romeo
Giulia convertible

was a master stroke of
sixties Italian design flair,

oozing gran tourismo elegance
from every detail.

TIM: Despite the fact
that it's a beautiful,

gorgeous little convertible car,
one massive problem.

FUZZ: It's in the UK.
TIM: Right. Which means?

FUZZ: It was made in the 1960s.

TIM: Which means?
FUZZ: In Italy.

TIM: Which means?

FUZZ: Rust.
TIM: Right, okay.

So, we're going to pick up
the Alfa Romeo "Rustyetta."

NARRATOR: The Alfa
Tim and Fuzz are heading for

belongs to Paul,

who started restoring
the car back in 1974.

He was making slow
but steady progress

until 15 years ago,

when a debilitating disease
derailed his life

and now decades of
hard work are frozen in time,

gathering dust and rust.

FUZZ: I like rust.

TIM: You like rust?

FUZZ: Yeah, I had rust
for breakfast.

Oh, wait a minute,
that's rusks.

TIM: That's rusks.

NARRATOR: It was Paul's son
Phil who sent out the Car SOS

hoping to see his dad's
project back on track.

TIM: Phil?
PHIL: Yes.

TIM: Hello, mate.
PHIL: Pleased to meet you two.

TIM: How you doing?

FUZZ: How's it going?
PHIL: Pleased to meet you.

TIM: First things first,
where's your dad?

PHIL: At home.

TIM: He's definitely not coming
anywhere near here?

PHIL: Definitely not coming
down here.

TIM: Second thing's
most important thing...

FUZZ: Where's the car?

PHIL: Over this way.

FUZZ: Lead the way.

This is always
the sort of place.

Get these doors open.
Come on, Phil.

PHIL: Ready?

FUZZ: Okay. Here we go.
Look at that.

TIM: Wow, look at that.
That is gorgeous!

FUZZ: It's amazing. Fantastic!

TIM: That is a pretty car.

FUZZ: Nice to drive as well.

TIM: No way.

NARRATOR: This 1963
Giulia Spider

harks back to the golden days
of Alfa Romeo road cars.

Renowned for exhilarating
handling and peppy engines,

the Giulia Spider also
boasted svelte bodywork

by the great Pininfarina.

When it launched,
the motoring press salivated,

describing the little Alfa as

"probably one of the most
delightful small sports cars

which will ever be produced."

With a top speed of nearly
110 miles per hour,

the Giulia was
a genuine sports car.

But rampant rust has seen
most dissolve away.

Now rarity and ageless appeal

mean a good one will cost
well over 30,000 pounds.

TIM: Do you know what
you've got here?

PHIL: Well, my dad does.

TIM: I'll tell you what.

Let's leave Fuzz
to give it the once-over

and let's go have
a cup of tea or coffee

and talk about your dad, yeah?

NARRATOR:
It might be a shell now,

but Paul's car does
bear the hallmarks

of many years' hard work.

FUZZ: Wow, what a little beauty.

NARRATOR: So, while Fuzz
gives it the once-over

Tim finds out
the full Giulia story.

TIM: Right, Phil, that car
in that garage, how come?

I want to know the whole story.

PHIL: 40 years ago,
my dad bought it

in a garage sale for a fiver.

TIM: Five pounds?

PHIL: Five pounds.

TIM: Right. Even 40 years ago,
that's a steal.

So what did he get?
The whole car? Engine, car?

PHIL: Everything. Yeah.
The whole complete car.

NARRATOR: Well,
not quite a complete car,

as Fuzz is discovering.

FUZZ: All we have is an engine.

There really is nothing else
with this car.

No dash, no seats,

no interior whatsoever.

TIM: And what kind
of condition was it in?

PHIL: Not good.
TIM: A complete wrecker?

PHIL: Pretty much. It had
been used for rallying.

FUZZ: This car is starting
to worry me.

I see lots of little ripples.

There's something
not quite right about it.

NARRATOR: Needing to find out

more of the story
behind this Alfa,

we caught up with owner Paul
at one of his favorite haunts,

a heritage railway center.

By pretending to make a video
for a vintage railway DVD,

we got him talking
about the model train set

he had as a boy.

PAUL: As far as the bedroom
was concerned,

you couldn't get to bed.

Everything was taken over
by the trains.

NARRATOR: But of course,
we soon gently steered him

onto his great passion,
the Alfa Romeo.

PAUL: I found it in a garage.

It was completely
knackered then.

We've been
building it ever since.

FUZZ: I tell you
one thing, though.

It looks like Paul
has actually spent

some time working on this car.

He's lavished a bit of love
and attention on it.

PAUL: I moved down to Essex
from Birmingham,

and we brought the car
with us on a trailer.

NARRATOR: Over the decades,

Paul invested many hundreds
of hours and pounds

repairing and painting
the Alfa's body shell.

PAUL: It always was there
in the background,

ready for the moment.

NARRATOR: But 15 years ago,
Paul's life was shattered

by the onset
of Parkinson's disease.

His slow but sure
physical decline

meant working on the car
became impossible.

That is why Paul's Alfa
deserves the Car SOS treatment.

PHIL: Yeah, it's not good.

His dream to finish the car
when he retired is...

he can't do it.

PAUL: I think
I'm coming to the stage

where I don't know
whether I'm going to

see the bloody thing finished.

PHIL: The plan was to restore it

and drive the car
he'd always wanted.

NARRATOR: With working on his
car now physically impossible,

Paul will soon have to face
the loss of another passion.

PHIL: He's still got
his driver's license,

which he's not going
to have for too much longer,

so this is
the last chance for it

and is one thing I've always
wanted to see him do,

is drive that car.

And he's never
actually driven it.

TIM: So he still loves it.

PHIL: Loves it.
Absolutely loves it.

TIM: Has he come to terms
with the fact, do you think,

that he's never gonna get
that car on the road?

PHIL: Yeah, I think so.

TIM: What do you think
it would mean to your dad

to get that car on the road?

PHIL: Everything.
Absolutely everything.

It really would.

TIM: Right.

PHIL: Everything.

TIM: All right.

I understand the importance
of that car.

I totally do.

Will you leave it with us?

PHIL: Thank you.

TIM: That car is gonna be sweet,

and your dad is going to drive
it before his license goes.

That's the plan, and that's
what's gonna happen, all right?

Come on, let's go and see
how Fuzz is getting on, then.

Right, Fuzz, come on, then,
what's the plan? What's it like?

FUZZ: I'll tell you what.

There's more than meets
the eye with this car,

but I think we should
load it on the trailer,

get it back to the workshop,
and give it a proper look at.

TIM: All right, here we go.

FUZZ: Here we go.
Okay, use that momentum.

Come on, men.

TIM: Look at that.
Gorgeous piece of glass.

FUZZ: I like his stumpy
little bobtail.

TIM: That's what your wife
likes about you, isn't it?

So where does your dad
think the car is going?

PHIL: He thinks
all this is being dug up

and he can't get in here.

TIM: Okay. So if he does
happen to come down

and see that
it's not being dug up?

PHIL: I've got a backup plan.

TIM: Right. What's that?

PHIL: He thinks that the car
might be around my house.

TIM: Okay.

NARRATOR: Well,
whether it's plan A or B,

the boys don't have
long to work on the car--

just three weeks to transform
it back to its former glory.

TIM: Fuzz.

FUZZ: Yup?

TIM: Yes. Yes, mate.

FUZZ: Good-looking car.

TIM: That is
a pretty little car.

FUZZ: Yeah, they are...
really pretty little cars.

TIM: And I'll tell you what.

There is a lot of work
to do, too,

but it doesn't bother me
in the least.

If ever there was a story

where somebody needs
the car doing up,

Paul needs that car
putting back on the road.

The clock is ticking.

Every day we have that car
is one less day he can drive it

because his license is being
stripped from him in a year.

FUZZ: Yeah, but I mean,
you know, this could be--

TIM: We can straighten it,
we can jig it.

Don't get on the down
about it, Fuzz.

Let's get it back
to the workshop

and let's just have
a look at it, all right?

NARRATOR: Back at the workshop,

it's that time
when the boys found out

exactly what they've
got themselves into.

FUZZ: This car might look
very shiny on the top,

but I tell you what,

it's hiding a multitude
of sins underneath there.

I'm gonna get it up
and have a good look.

TIM: The thing about this car

is all the wheels being
wobbly and what have you

gives you this sense
the car is, wooo, twisted.

But is it the shell or is it
the chassis or is it both?

NARRATOR: Remember,
Paul bought the car

back in the early seventies,

with it having been raced
in hill climbs and rallies.

FUZZ: It's like a toy car.

It doesn't have
any of its correct lines.

NARRATOR: The chances
of its whole body

having been badly bent
in a shunt are very high.

TIM: I feel like I'm living
in a warped world.

FUZZ: You are living
in a warped world.

TIM: Feels like it's been
in the sun

as a piece of chocolate
on a really hot day.

I want to make a claim, Fuzz.

FUZZ: What's that?

TIM: This car is a write-off.

FUZZ: I think, yeah,
it's had an accident

or it's had
some poor repairs.

Let's take a measurement

from the bottom of
this steering swivel here.

NARRATOR: By finding out
how the car measures up,

the boys will soon know

if this Alfa's the peach
they hoped for

or a lemon with a twist.

The amount of work
it is going to take to repair

this 51-year-old Alfa Romeo

is balancing on a knife edge,

or in this case,
a tape measure.

FUZZ: So, it's 193 centimeters,
same thing on that side.

NARRATOR: If the diagonal
measurements don't match,

it could mean the car's
already bashed and beaten body

is also twisted,

and that could be
a time consuming

and expensive nightmare
to put right.

FUZZ: That's 193.
That's exactly the same.

TIM: Okay, so the lengths,
cross wheels are right,

but we need to measure

straight down the line
and across as well.

FUZZ: Okay.

NARRATOR: And no matter
which way the boys try it,

the dimensions all match up.

What a relief.

FUZZ: It's about the same,

you know about
two millimeters difference.

You know what?

I don't think this car
is that twisted.

I think it's just had
some terrible repairs.

NARRATOR: The car's subframe
might be square

but it's the rest of the body
that's now bothering Tim.

TIM: Look at this here.

It's got like a centimeter
of filler or something.

FUZZ: Yeah, but I think
that's what it is.

I think it's just filler.

TIM: I know this thing
measures up okay

but this car doesn't feel right.

But I suggest this car
goes into a vat of acid,

we dip it to remove
every single bit of filler,

every single bit of whatever

and we get back
what we get back,

and that's our starting point.

FUZZ: If we dip it, though,
we might get nothing back.

Like you say, it's a patchwork,
it's a real gamble.

NARRATOR: So, whether or not
to dip and strip the car

is a tough call.

TIM: We can see here,
a terrible repair panel.

NARRATOR: Either way, what's
certain is the body shell needs

completely stripping
of all mechanicals

before the decision
can be made.

TIM: The other things
we need to look at

are obviously interior.

FUZZ: Yup.

TIM: What else do we need
to look--the engine, hello.

FUZZ: Now those engines
can be problematic,

especially if they've been
filled with the wrong coolant.

TIM: Right.

FUZZ: Because they're
all aluminium,

and there's all kinds
of things going wrong.

NARRATOR: So, making sure the
engine is reliable and powerful

joins the bodywork
on the to-do list.

With the Alfa only having been
half rebuilt by Paul,

getting it back to a bare
body shell is quick work.

So the doors...

FUZZ: Watch
your little tootsies.

NARRATOR:
...the running gear...

FUZZ: Still got it.
I don't want it slipping down.

NARRATOR: ...and of course
the engine and gear box

are unbolted, ready
for an in-depth appraisal.

FUZZ: It's been a very long time
since this engine was last used.

NARRATOR: Now Fuzz
can set about

delving into
the engine's innards...

FUZZ: Oh, bloody hell,
that was heavy.

NARRATOR: ...to see
what repairs it might need.

TIM: Fuzz is in the workshop
working on the engine,

and I've got what's left
of the car, the shell,

on the back of the car here.

I'm taking it to see
a friend of mine called Tim

to actually get
the car stripped.

I'm just hoping it's not
going to come back

either a bag of rust
or just a piece of Swiss cheese.

Right, Tim, come
and have a look at this one.

A walk in the park
for you, this is.

NARRATOR: Fuzz was clear

he's not keen
on stripping the car.

It could uncover a myriad
of holes and bad repairs,

but Tim is convinced
it's worth the risk

and will save them time.

What does a professional think?

STRIPPER TIM: Okay, what
have you got for me?

TIM: It's an Alfa Romeo,
it's a Giulia.

One careful owner from new,

and it's in the gorgeous
color of white.

Oh, yeah!

STRIPPER TIM:
Looks beautiful from here.

TIM: I don't actually think
it's got any rust on it.

STRIPPER TIM: Mm-hmm.

You don't think so?

TIM: No, I think not.

STRIPPER TIM: Okay.
Well, the process is quite...

revealing.

TIM: Should we go
and get a cup of tea?

STRIPPER TIM:
You go and have a cup of tea.

I'll have a good look around it.

TIM: You definitely want
to have a look around it?

STRIPPER TIM:
Yeah, absolutely, yeah.

NARRATOR:
With 25 years in the biz,

stripper Tim knows not to be
fooled by looks alone.

TIM: Is that a magnet
you've got there?

STRIPPER TIM: It is, yeah.

Doesn't stick
to this car very well.

TIM: Yup.

STRIPPER TIM:
It's dropping off everywhere.

TIM: There's not much filler
on it really, is there?

(laughs)

I wouldn't check
inside the boot.

Boot's fine. It's all good.

Leave the boot out.

STRIPPER TIM: No, looks, uh...

Looks like it's hiding
something in there.

TIM: Yeah. No.

STRIPPER TIM:
Dead body, probably.

TIM: Yeah, it could be
hiding your body

if you don't take this car on.

NARRATOR: Never one
for death threats,

Fuzz only needs
gentle persuasion

to lift the lid on
the top half of the Alfa lump.

FUZZ: Loads of different sizes
of nuts and bolts

have been used
all over the place here.

This has had a bit of
a backstreet engineering.

Look at this horrible stuff,
silicone rubber,

gets all down the oil galleries
and gums everything up.

Cam cover...

removed.

There are some nasties.

This cam chain
is a little bit loose,

so what's happened is
it's worn against the cam cover,

so I bet when this engine
was running,

it was making
one heck of a racket.

STRIPPER TIM: Oh, crikey me.

TIM: Oh, no.

STRIPPER TIM: What have we here?
The chassis...

patchwork quilt, I'm afraid.

NARRATOR: At the stripper's,

the assessment of the big
white can of worms is over.

STRIPPER TIM: I'll come and have
a chat with you about this.

TIM: What are you thinking?
What's the headline?

STRIPPER TIM:
If we go ahead with it,

you're going to have something

that resembles a car still,
of course,

but you're going to have

all that revealed bodywork
and panelwork.

Be better just taking away
as it is and working on it.

TIM: What I do know is
dipping a car is what

anyone who's doing a car up
properly should do,

particularly with a car
in that state.

STRIPPER TIM: I can't make
that decision for you.

We don't know what's under
there 100 percent, do we?

NARRATOR:
It's decision time for Tim.

Does he strip or scarper?

TIM: Do you know what,
I've made my mind up.

Let's just get in
and get it done.

I'll deal with the flak.

STRIPPER TIM: Brilliant.
Let's go for it.

TIM: All right, let's do it.

NARRATOR: Now that
he's taken the plunge,

all Tim can do is worry.

(exhales)

TIM: Why do I get the feeling

this is the last time
I'm going to see this car?

She's gone already.

NARRATOR: Blissfully unaware
of the stripping stress,

Fuzz has gained access

to the engine's hard-working
inner chambers, its cylinders.

FUZZ: Ah, blimey.

That was an awkward one.

This engine is
a wet liner engine,

which means that
these cylinder liners

sit inside the water jacket

and the coolant flows all
the way around the cylinders.

Now, these cylinder liners
need to stand slightly proud

of the top of
the cylinder block here.

If they don't,
that means that the seals

that they sit on at the bottom
could have compressed,

which means these liners
will have pulled down,

and what could happen then is
we get mixing of oil and water.

It's like a head gasket
failure basically.

The engine would not
be serviceable.

So that's just ever so slightly
above the level of the block,

but it's not as much
as I'd like.

I think that these liners

may have actually
pulled down a little bit.

They may not be
standing proud enough.

And if that's the case,
we're in trouble.

I think we're going
to send this engine away

to a specialist,

somebody who works on
these engines day in, day out

because I'm just not too sure
about this one.

NARRATOR: An Alfa specialist
equipped with bespoke tools

is the best bet to get
that engine up and running.

Back at the stripper's,
the car's shell has been baked

to a crisp
570 degrees Fahrenheit

and is now enjoying
a relaxing chemical bath.

So, to take his mind off
what horrors that may reveal

and eager to taste life
as an Alfa male,

Tim has hit the road
with Rod Smith...

...a man who's owned
his Giulia Spider for 40 years.

ROD: Yeah, yeah.

TIM: Tell me the truth.

Did you buy this car

because you knew
it would be a babe magnet?

ROD: No, actually I bought it
six months before I got married.

I just fell in love
with the shape.

TIM: Does your missus love it?

ROD: I'm divorced now.

(laughter)

TIM: Is that because of this?

ROD: Partially.

(laughter)

TIM: Now, how hard
do you drive it?

ROD: I've raced it in France,

hill climbed it
in the Isle of Mann,

and driven it to Milan.

TIM: No way.

ROD: So, it's
a sound bit of kit.

TIM: This is my first time
driving an Alfa.

It is a lovely drive,
isn't it?

ROD: They're beautiful.

TIM: It pulls and pulls
and pulls, doesn't it?

ROD: On the largest size
as well.

You see, she's got twin 40s on.

TIM: It drives like a peach.

ROD: Yeah.

I've got a powerful E-Type,
I actually prefer this.

TIM: I've driven MGAs.

I've driven, you know,
all those cars.

You can drive this car
like a modern car.

I'm not giving any consideration

to the gear box
or the clutch at all.

It's absolutely rock solid.

What a cool car!

NARRATOR:
It's all very well enjoying

an almost pristine Giulia,

but Tim is about to get
a reality check.

(exhales)

TIM: This is it, Fuzz. D-Day.

NARRATOR: The car is back

from the brutal paint
and filler stripping process.

FUZZ: Trailer's a good sign.
TIM: Trailer's a good sign.

NARRATOR: It leaves nothing
but a bare steel shell and...

a big, tall bag of nerves.

TIM: Please, it worked
being dipped.

Oh, my...

Patchwork.

FUZZ: There is not a single
original straight panel on that.

It's like
Frankenstein's monster.

It's not an Alfa Romeo.

It's bits of bean tins.
It's an old tea tray.

There's no way that that car
can be done in double the time.

That is your problem.

NARRATOR: With Fuzz
too traumatized to face facts,

it's left to Tim to try
and look on the bright side.

TIM: I'll tell you what, yeah,
it is like a patchwork quilt,

but if you look
at the chassis itself,

that looks pretty straight.

Hang on a minute.

Oh, my gosh.

Look at the gear box tunnel
there, the bulkhead.

(squish)

TIM: It's had a heavy impact.
STRIPPER TIM: Hell of a squash.

Let's just get it in now.
I'm not gonna show Fuzz.

That will just destroy him.

FUZZ: So, I've thrown
a bit of a hissy fit there.

I'm going to have
to apologize to Tim.

But that car's
in such a bad state,

and who's it that is going to
have to do all the work on it?

It's going to be
muggins here, isn't it?

But you know what?

I'm just going to
have to knuckle down.

Get on with it, Fuzz.

TIM: You know what?

I've crossed the line this time.
I've crossed the line.

NARRATOR: With the workshop
a little tense for his tastes,

Tim's decided to try and make

the body stripping
fiasco up to Fuzz

with the only way he knows how:
by going shopping.

TIM: I'm on my way now
to an Alfa place,

and apparently they are one

of the most well-stocked
parts suppliers in the UK.

And I've got a list of parts,

and I'm hoping
I can get the wings

and the front panel
and the whole list of parts

to take some of the pain away

and kind of get me
off the hook a little bit.

Fingers crossed they've got
what we need, eh?

NARRATOR: This little company
in Leicester

is one of the best known
Alfa Giulia parts places

in the UK

and Tim's best bet

if he's going to rescue
the stricken Spider.

TIM: Hello?

Operto, does that mean open?

TONY: Good morning.

Hi, I'm Tim.

I rang up, actually,
a couple of days ago

about some parts
for a Giulia 1963.

TONY: Oh, that's right,
yeah, a Spider.

TIM: Yes. That's right.

I've written--
It's a right-hand drive.

I've written a long list
of parts I need.

I'm hoping...actually,
I won't bore you with it,

but I've hired
a massive van,

and I've got a lot of lads
out there in the car park,

ready to help me out.

Right, so front wings,

can I grab a pair
of front wings?

TONY: No, I'm afraid.

I can get them to order,
but I don't stock them.

It's about six or eight weeks
delivery for those.

TIM: Okay, well,
can I grab front panel?

TONY: It's the same
with those, I'm afraid,

comes from the same factory.

Those are parts
everybody else wants.

TIM: Bumpers,
I need the chrome ones.

TONY: I can get some chrome ones
in about three to four weeks.

TIM: Boot lid?

TONY: No. They all rot through.
All the good ones are gone.

TIM: Speedo?

TONY: You can find them on the
Internet sometimes in America,

but in Europe
they're all in kph.

TIM: Steering column, Tony?

TONY: No.

TIM: Dashboard?

TONY: No. 'Cause it's
right-hand drive again, you see?

TIM: Oh, my gosh,
Tony, Tony, I've hired a van.

NARRATOR:
With only more bad news

for his already
unhappy mechanic,

Tim may well want
to take the long way

back to the workshop.

FUZZ: Look at that!
TIM: Wow!

NARRATOR: In the Car SOS garage

is a 1963 Alfa Romeo
Giulia Spider.

It's been owner
Paul's project car

ever since he bought it
as a wreck 40 years ago.

TIM: So, he still loves it.

PHIL: Loves it.
Absolutely loves it.

NARRATOR:
The debilitating symptoms

of Parkinson's disease

has ruined Paul's plans
to get his car on the road.

TIM: Every day we have that car
is one less day he can drive it.

NARRATOR: The boys
went the full monty

with the engine going off
for a rebuild,

the body getting
a full dip and strip.

FUZZ: It's like
Frankenstein's monster.

NARRATOR: A horrific
patchwork quilt

of stitched-up
steel panel repairs

has been brutally revealed.

Since then, the workshop
have been taking cover,

as Fuzz has now had a good
look at the Alfa's shell,

and the more he sees,
the less he likes.

FUZZ: Unbelievable.

Bits like this bodged together.

This car is a pile of scrap.

The piece de resistance
is this front end.

This has had
one almighty wallop.

There's a crease
around the tunnel here,

which would indicate
that this has gone headlong

into a solid object.

NARRATOR: Just as Fuzz's fury
reaches critical levels,

Paul's son Phil has dropped by
for an update on progress.

TIM: Phil! Hello, mate.

How you doing?
All right, listen.

Just before we go in there,
I want to explain Fuzz's mood.

He is in a real foul mood,
and it's about the Alfa.

PHIL: Doesn't sound good.

TIM: No, it's not good.
Fuzz?

FUZZ: Yeah?

TIM: All right, dude.
I got Phil here.

He's come to take
a look at the Alfa.

He's had a nightmare journey
on the M40.

FUZZ: Nightmare journey, eh?
I tell you what.

Let me tell you
what a nightmare journey--

Come and look at this car.

I mean, there's hardly
any straight panels on it.

That's a makeup. Makeup--

TIM: But doesn't it--
Just hang on two secs.

Doesn't it look great, Phil,
like, really great?

Doesn't it look like the work
that's been done has been--

PHIL: There's a lot
of work gone into it.

FUZZ: I tell you what,

it's not only work
that's gone into it.

I think a tree's gone into it,
an ocean liner has gone into it.

TIM: You know what,
though, Phil?

Two secs.

That is your dad's car,
that's Paul's car, right?

PHIL: Yeah.

TIM: How's it look?

PHIL: It looks good.
It looks a lot better

than I thought it was
gonna look, if I'm honest.

I can now picture it
being a finished car.

FUZZ: I can picture me being
a finished mechanic.

TIM: Okay.
He's got a smile on his face

for the first time today,
which is good news.

But it's going to be amazing
when it's done.

PHIL: Totally amazing.

TIM: Yeah.

NARRATOR:
Emotions are running high,

but for Phil, it's personal.

After all, this is a car
his dad has slaved over

ever since he can remember.

PHIL: My dad's reaction,

I'm going to have to
stand behind him

because he's probably
going to fall over.

He's not going to know
what's hit him when he sees it.

It's been like that
for 40 years.

He's never driven it.

The engine's never started,

so to see it finished
and to be able to drive it

is going to, is going to
mean so much to him.

TIM: Is that the Alfa place?
I've got a 1963 Giulia Spider...

NARRATOR: With getting
the car back to Paul

and keeping Fuzz calm
now the priorities,

Tim has gone into
parts blagging overdrive.

TIM: Okay. It was
a lot of repair panels.

NARRATOR:
Every arm is being twisted.

TIM: One of those, please. Yes.

NARRATOR: And every favor
called in to get hold of

those rare Giulia
repair panels and parts...

TIM: Where are we going?

...that will help out
the workshop.

NARRATOR: Despite
Tim's best efforts,

many panels have been
impossible to find

and had to be
fabricated by hand.

FUZZ: Might not be very pretty,
but it's going to do the job.

NARRATOR: But there's relief

when a replacement
front section is delivered.

FUZZ: Now, that's it.

With this, we've got some chance
of getting that to align up.

NARRATOR: With a steady trickle
of repair panels now coming in,

Fuzz and his team
are making real progress,

with the Alfa shell
starting to look like

a more solid object altogether.

With the body soaking up
all of Fuzz's effort,

it's just as well
the Alfa's engine

is at a specialist
in Hertfordshire

for its rebuild.

Tim's popped by
to check on progress.

TIM: Hello, mate. How you doing?

I've come to say
a massive huge apology.

It's an apology for the fact
that you've, I believe,

taken delivery of our Alfa
Giulia engine 1963 bag of nails,

which was taken
to pieces by Fuzz,

and he didn't quite know
what to do with it.

MAN: We've got your engine--

TIM: Well, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry
about the state of it.

MAN: Honestly, we can deal with
it without any problem at all.

TIM: Really?

MAN: It's all we do, is Alfas.

TIM: Well, I've
come to help out,

so can we have a look at it?

MAN: Of course we can.
TIM: I love this guy.

MAN: Here's your engine.

TIM: Oh, yes, it is.
I recognize that little bad boy.

Well, it's a wet liner engine,
kind of corroded.

You've taken three
of the liners out already.

Where are the other three?

MAN: The other three
are over here.

TIM: Let's have a look at those.
How bad are they?

MAN: There's a lot of corrosion
at the top of the liner there...

TIM: Yeah.

MAN: ...which we don't
think will come out.

TIM: Now, to Fuzz,
if I'm honest,

Fuzz would see those,

he hasn't got a clue
about what they are,

or any of these things
in here or even that.

He would think that
was a cup of coffee.

FUZZ: I thought he was
a proper mechanic.

You thought Fuzz Townshend
was a mechanic?

MAN: Yeah.

TIM: He's a florist.

MAN: I thought he was
a really good mechanic.

TIM: No, he's got
those big pieces--

He deals in those pieces
of green, sort of spongy stuff

you put flowers into and stuff.

MAN: You're taking the mickey.

TIM: No, no.
That's what he does.

NARRATOR: Whereas Tim,
of course,

knows all about Alfa engines.

TIM: I like your homemade tool
for pulling out liners.

That's great.

MAN: That's the Alfa Romeo
factory tool.

TIM: Is it really?

MAN: Yes.

TIM: Look at the state of it.

MAN: It's been around
a couple of years.

TIM: So, tell me something
about this engine,

which would be considered
massive anorak stylie.

MAN: One of the things
they did with this engine

to improve reliability

is they deducted cold water
out of these

on to the exhaust valves.

TIM: Just as
the liner's removed.

Look at that one.

Now, I'd guess that there
would be a rubber seal around

the inside of that there which
seals it against the block.

Oh, it's perished pretty much.

MAN: That's correct.

TIM: Are they
good little engines?

MAN: Very good little engines.

TIM: Right.
MAN: Very well developed.

Basically developed
from Alfa Romeo's

Formula 1 technology
of the forties and fifties.

TIM: Right.

NARRATOR: Now the engine
is stripped down,

it's ready for reconditioning.

The car's cylinder head
is precision skinned.

MAN: Each time we take out

probably a thousandth
of an inch...

(machine whirring)

...to make the heads
perfectly flat

so the gasket seals properly.

NARRATOR: And the valves
are carefully refaced

to improve efficiency.

MAN: So, we've made it
near perfectly smooth,

so seals nicely
against the cylinder head.

NARRATOR: And that corroded
engine block is steam cleaned

and made ready for
a new set of cylinder liners.

It's a simple but slow process

of tamping them down
into the block.

MAN: The very tool I need.

It's the tool for holding
the liners down

when you turn the engine over.

TIM: This is the cam rod.
What?

MAN: Straight in.

You seem to be
quite adept at doing it.

TIM: That was
just beginner's luck.

NARRATOR: With
the crankshaft slotted in

and the end caps on,

the engine is well on its way
to completion.

TIM: On goes the sump.

Job done, nice one.
Thanks very much.

NARRATOR: After a stuttering
start for the Alfa,

at last some momentum
is building.

The body has been
expertly sculpted

back into that beautiful
Pininfarina shape,

all ready to be sealed inside

a fresh coat
of alabaster white paint.

While that paint dries,

it's a chance for the boys
to enjoy some fresh air.

The Brera Spider
is one of Alfa Romeo's

most recent convertibles.

FUZZ: The sun is out.
The sky is blue.

We're here on
the Italian Riviera.

TIM: Yes. What? No, we're not.

It's winter. It's freezing.

That's why you've got
your tea cozy on.

♪ ♪

FUZZ: This is currently

the last in a long line
of Alfa Spiders.

They're built for drivers.

They're built for
car enthusiasts, aren't they?

I mean, look, the attention
to detail on the interior...

TIM: Yeah, it's got a horn.

It's got hazards,
it's got a start-stop button.

If you press stop,
does it do anything at speed?

FUZZ: Get off.
I'll tell you what,

have you got a stop button?

TIM: No. Hand brake?

FUZZ: Wish you
bleeding well had.

TIM: Is it tight
to drive, though?

Is it a good drive?

FUZZ: Yeah. Yeah, it is.
It actually feels pretty good.

A taut little car.
You know what, though?

It's quite a long way
off the ground,

so it's not as sporty
as the early Alfas.

It's not really built
around a Grand Prix car

or anything like that.

It's not like a race car.

NARRATOR: That raw
sports feel Fuzz is missing

harks back to when Alfa was
at the top of its racing game,

its cars driven by
some of the greatest names

in Grand Prix,

from Enzo Ferrari
in the 1920s,

Nuvolari in the thirties,

and Juan Manuel Fangio
in the 1950s.

FUZZ: Bit modern for me.
Give me the old one.

TIM: I'll have this one,
you'll have that one.

FUZZ: Okay. Really?
TIM: Yup, yup.

Now, could we go back
to the workshop?

'Cause it's freezing here.

NARRATOR: That race-bred
engineering know-how

was still filtering through
when the Giulia was designed.

And now Fuzz is getting
an up close look

at some of that
Italian ingenuity.

FUZZ: So, that is the rear axle
positively mounted.

Now, where are all
the brake components?

I've never seen a triple
leading shoe setup before.

So that goes like that.

Give me a little bit of slack.

All right. Push back a bit.
There we go.

Ooh, they are
a bit of a devil, Phil.

I thought it was tricky before.
It's even worse now.

Up a bit, up a bit.

Ooh, you beast. Got it on.
That's that in place.

Each of these
three wheel cylinders

has hydraulic fluid going to it,

so when you put
your foot on the pedal,

the cylinders push the brake
shoes out against the drum

and that gives you
the braking effort.

In the technology stakes,
this is like Betamax to VHS.

It was either these triple shoes
or it was disc brakes,

and disc brakes won.

Up we go.

These Italian cars are really
quite nicely put together.

I've got a bit
of a newfound love for them.

PHIL: Just-a like-a mamma
used to make.

NARRATOR: Fuzz may be
putting the brakes on,

but the car is actually only
days away from being ready,

so Tim needs to get going

and sort out how to give
the Alfa back to its owner Paul

in a way
that he'll never expect.

PHIL: Hello.

TIM: Phil, hello, mate.
It's Tim.

PHIL: Oh, hi, Tim.

TIM: So, your brother's
over from the US,

he's looking around
different churches

to get a christening done.

PHIL: Yeah.

TIM: Right, check this out.

What about if I was
white collared up,

I am the vicar, and then
leave the rest to me.

PHIL: You will
go to hell for it,

but, yes, sounds
like a good plan.

TIM: I'm going to hell anyway.

PHIL: I'm looking forward to it.

TIM: See you later.
Cheers, dude. Bye!

NARRATOR: The chapel
at Layer Marney Tower in Essex

is the perfect place
to reunite Paul with his Alfa,

so the family, Car SOS,

and the newly ordained
Father Shaw are all booked in.

TIM: What have I got myself
into this time?

Me as a vicar?
You're having a laugh?

NARRATOR: And perhaps
more worrying

than the thought
of Tim dressed as a vicar

is that Phil's brother
is only in the UK

with his unbaptized baby
for a few more days,

so the pressure is on
to get the car finished.

There's a full wiring loom
still to weave in

that comes with its own
built-in obstruction--

a language barrier.

FUZZ: So rosa is pink.

You're getting
your exercise in today, Phil.

NARRATOR: The engine is back

from the specialist
fully rebuilt.

FUZZ: Lower.

Easy now.

That's got her.

The eagle has landed.

These are just
nicely designed, high revving,

lightweight,

classic Italian engines,
twin-cam.

It even looks good.

Open the bonnet up,
you've got a treat to look at.

NARRATOR:
Now, after a few hours

of careful threading
and fettling,

the engine is
almost ready to fire up

for the first time
in 40 years.

FUZZ: Let's see if we've got
any action here.

Right. Hands free.

(engine cranks)

(engine cranks)

(engine revving)

Yes! Sweet as a nut.

(engine revving)

NARRATOR:
With the revs building,

the final fit can begin.

Windscreen, door handles,
and boot lid

all snap snuggly into place.

TIM: Oh, yeah. Do yours.

FUZZ: Sounds good.

TIM: Mine sounds almost
as good as yours.

FUZZ: I tell you what,
this is a great place to be.

This car has not been on the
road since the early seventies.

TIM: Stunning.

FUZZ: Imagine that.

TIM: Yeah, but do
you know what, Fuzz?

It keeps playing on my mind
because Paul,

he's got a year maximum
left of having his license

before he has to give it back.

FUZZ: And enjoying
this beautiful car.

TIM: But if there was
one car to choose,

if you had one year
left of driving,

wouldn't it be this one?

FUZZ: You know what?
We've got to make sure

that he doesn't have
any more time away from it.

He's got to get on the road
with it straightaway.

TIM: Yeah. So two more
seconds to appreciate it,

then we need to hit
the ground running, Fuzz.

This car has to be
working perfectly,

'cause every second counts.

FUZZ: Okay, that was
the two seconds just gone.

Let's go.

TIM: All right, then.

Look at that.

How proud of this number plate
is this car?

Fiddly, fiddly. It's in.

NARRATOR: With just a trip
to the trimmers

to fit the new
soft top remaining,

in the nick of time

this Italian beauty
is back to her best,

ready for the road home.

Deep in the heart
of rural Essex,

Layer Marney Tower
sits regal and resplendent.

Built during the reign
of Henry VIII

nearly 500 years ago,

the tower is now a prime venue
for weddings and christenings.

But the only religious
ceremony here today

will be the renewing of vows

between a cherished car
and its deserving owner.

TIM: Fuzz?
FUZZ: Yeah.

TIM: You ready?
FUZZ: I'm ready.

TIM: We're ready.

FUZZ: Bring him in.

TIM: Right,
you're ready for this?

PHIL: Yup.

NARRATOR: Phil has dreamed
of seeing his dad

drive his cherished Alfa
all his life,

and it's him
who gets a first look

at the reborn Giulia.

TIM: Three long weeks
of hard work.

What did it look like
the last time you saw it?

PHIL: Not good.

TIM: Okay.

PHIL: Oh, my God!

(laughs)

FUZZ: There you go, a car
you've known all of your life.

TIM: It's your dad's car.

PHIL: Jesus.

FUZZ: You got there.

Last time you saw it, it didn't
look like that, did it?

PHIL: It's unbelievable, mate.

TIM: It's your dad's car, mate.

NARRATOR: The clouds
may have rolled in,

but nothing will put
the dampers on a day

that Phil's been
dreaming about.

PHIL: It's perfect.
It's unbelievable.

I...I never
could have pictured it.

TIM: Right, now let's talk
about how we give it back.

So, your dad is coming
with your brother and family,

but what they don't know

is the vicar they're going
to meet is...Hello!

FUZZ: The Reverend Tim Shaw.

TIM: Yes, it is.
The man of the cloth.

♪Kumbaya, my Lord ♪

It's me.

NARRATOR: While Tim morphs
from hooded parts blagger

into a man of the cloth,

Fuzz and Phil park Paul's Alfa
in its stable hideaway.

FUZZ: There we go.
I reckon about there.

Looks good in here.

PHIL: Beautiful.

TIM: Karen? Hello.

NARRATOR:
Layer Marney's resident

wedding coordinator Karen
has been drafted in to help.

TIM: How are you?
KAREN: Very well, thank you.

TIM: How do I look?
Do I look good?

KAREN: Yeah. Absolutely amazing.

TIM: Look, center parting,
dog collar thing.

Uh, that's it. How's that?

Are you ready? I'm nervous.
I hate this bit.

NARRATOR: The family are
on their way down the drive.

Tim's plan is nothing
if not elaborate

and even involves tea
with the vicar.

TIM: You're going to be
in the tea shop.

Serve me a piece of cake.

KAREN: Okay.

TIM: Leave the rest
to Father Shaw.

KAREN: Right. Okay.
TIM: My child. God bless you.

KAREN: Thank you.

TIM: I absolve you of your sins.

Whoa, there's a lot
of sins in there.

Don't want to talk about them.

KAREN: No.

TIM: All right, where are they?

NARRATOR: The time has come,

and saintly Karen
snaps into action,

along with our cameraman,

who is posing
as a photographer

touting for work
at christenings.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
I just have to be here,

just to see the routines

and what everyone sort of does
in the build-up to events.

MAN: This is granddad.

NARRATOR: Of course,
a rather frail Paul

has no idea he's being
filmed the whole time.

(indistinct chitchat)

FUZZ: Right. Okay. Blimey.

Okay, this is it.

KAREN: So, if we come through
into the, uh, tea room.

Why don't you take a seat,

and I'll get some teas
and coffees for you all.

MAN: Oh, lovely.

MAN: How you feeling, Phil?

PHIL: Really nervous.

KAREN: Well, I've got the diary,

which is one of
the important things,

so we can have a chat

about availability
and things, can't we?

FUZZ: I'll tell you what,

this is the weirdest visit
I've ever had

to a stately home.

♪ ♪

Here he comes.
The trendy vicar's on his way.

KAREN: This is perfect timing
because this is the vicar

that may well conduct
the ceremony.

MAN: Oh, good morning.
TIM: Hi. Good morning.

Oh, look. A little boy.
Lovely to meet you.

MAN: This is Luka.
TIM: Hi.

MAN: You can say hi?

TIM: I'm Theo. Nice to meet you.
How are you doing?

Hello, little man. Hello.

Are we going to be
christening you?

NARRATOR: Now it's a simple
case of persuading Paul

that a visit to the stable
makes perfect sense.

TIM: One of the cool places
that young people these days

are getting christenings done
is actually...

We have a couple of barns here

with a manger, with sheep,
lambs, and all that...

MAN: Oh, perfect.

TIM: It's beautiful.

The whole family
happy with that?

MAN: Yeah.

PAUL: I'd go for the top
of the tower.

TIM: Oh, the top of the tower?

(laughter)

Come on, then.

CAMERAMAN: Take your positions.

FUZZ: Right?
PHIL: Okay.

TIM: There's a barn over here.

MAN: Yeah.

NARRATOR: With a push
from the rest of the family,

Tim heads Paul to the stable,

where the surprise
of his life awaits.

The last time he saw his
beloved Alfa, it was a wreck,

a lifetime project he never
thought he would see finished.

TIM: So, it's like confession,

which is that this
is not a christening.

I'm not a vicar, either.

That is, in fact, your car.

NARRATOR: The moment
has left him shell-shocked.

TIM: And we've been working
to put your car back on the road

because he was so desperate
for you to drive it.

Do you believe that's your car?

PAUL: No, because I've never
had it in that state.

(laughter)

Brilliant.

Absolutely.

NARRATOR: For Paul,
a closer look and a sit-down

in his cherished Alfa
can't come soon enough.

After all,
it's been a long wait.

PHIL: You pleased with it, then?

PAUL: Yeah.

Press the button.

PHIL: All right.

PAUL: The last time I did
any work on the car

was to take that out.

PHIL: Take the glove box out?
PAUL: Yeah.

TIM: The glove box was
the tip of the iceberg,

if you don't mind me saying.

NARRATOR: Indeed it may now be

a vision
of ice-cold perfection,

but restoring this Alfa

nearly had a few
cracking under pressure.

The original bodywork was
the definitive dog's dinner,

having been batted to oblivion
by a risk-taking racer.

Stripped, repaired,
and repainted,

those classic
Pininfarina lines

are good enough
to lick once again.

The pedigree all-alloy
twin-cam engine

had been laid up
too long and gone lame.

Now fully rebuilt
by a specialist,

every horsepower
is raring to go.

And the interior, well,

it was nothing more
than a side order

of unappetizing leftovers,

but a gourmet selection

of shining chrome clocks
and leather

means this gleaming vision
in white is as delicious now

as it was fresh
from the factory

in Milan in 1963.

PAUL: I cannot believe it.

I'm, I'm stuck for words.

TIM: Gorgeous car, isn't it?

Phil and your boys just wanted
to say thank you to you

for being the best dad
they could ever wish for.

PAUL: Thank you, Phil.

PHIL: Anything for you.
Anything.

TIM: They said sometimes
you are kind of stubborn

and kind of hard to tell
that stuff to, so they thought--

PAUL: I'm more than stubborn.

(laughter)

TIM: Have they done all right?

PAUL: They couldn't
have done any better.

TIM: Paul, you have been
officially Car SOS'd.

This is your car.

PAUL: Thank you.

(engine humming, revving)

♪ ♪

PHIL: How's it feel?

PAUL: Remarkable.

PHIL: Yeah?

PAUL: I've been waiting
for this moment for so long,

and it's, it's all come about.

PHIL: I never thought
I'd see you

sat in the driving seat
and driving it.

PAUL: No.

It's fantastic.

It's changed my whole outlook.

It's gotta be one of the best
surprises I've ever had.

This is perfect.
Absolutely perfect.

♪ ♪

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