Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 1, Episode 9 - Episode #1.9 - full transcript
Whoa!
Look at this!
The homes of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
An old toilet!
Thanks for telling me!
What looks like junk can, actually,
be worth a pretty penny.
I've never seen a chair like it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
here to help turn that clutter
into hard cash.
We can get serious money for that.
£100,000? Yeah.
Up-cycling genius, Simon...
It works! Don't sound so surprised!
...and his restorer love turning
everyday objects into fantastic furniture.
Come on.
Come on! Absolute winner.
Whilst for Henry and his mechanic...
That is absolutely stunning, Guy!
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
She's off! It runs!
Despite their differences, they
always come good.
And they'll turn a tidy profit for
their owners.
You're going to put in your pocket
£10,630. Lovely.
Absolutely brilliant.
Today, Henry
swaps engines for wood...
That is a challenge for me.
Go on! Shall I do it? Yeah.
...Simon and Gemma get artistic
with an old ladder...
I've added value to this, Simon.
You've added value to the wall.
...and Henry auditions for Simon's
Beatles tribute band.
It's alternative music.
That's what it is. Jazz?!
Don't you ever want to own a car?
No. Why not?
Well, then I'd have to drive.
Whereas, as it is, I have a chauffeur.
Henry's driving Miss Daisy.
Sorry, Simon, once again, and this
time they're in Oxfordshire,
with over 1,500 listed buildings
including Gibbs' Radcliffe Camera,
and Wren's Sheldonian Theatre,
Oxford is renowned for its
architectural gems.
We're just going past
Highclere Castle here.
Oh, yes? Do you know what
Highclere's famous for?
Being high and clear?
Nearly. Highclere House is where
Downton Abbey...
There you go! That's filmed there,
here, around there.
Is it? Yeah.
Formerly uninhabitable,
Highclere Castle's fame has drawn
huge numbers of paying visitors,
funding a complete restoration,
but today Simon's taking Henry close
to the estate to meet Sam Paul.
These are the latter-day Wombles,
they go around and pick up all the
things that the everyday folks leave
behind. If something needs tidying
up, you give big Sam a call,
and big Sam comes and tidies up.
Sam Paul has pioneered green recycling,
clearing businesses and making sure
old metal and furniture are given a
new lease of life.
I started the recycle company in 1986.
We focus on green issues with a view
to actually recycling the item
rather than just taking it to the tip.
Reluctant to throw anything away,
his collection has kept growing and growing.
We've got a quite a long barn,
and there must be 1,000 items of
furniture in it, old and new.
There's lots of retro stuff, and
we've got a lot of antiques,
and every other type of scrap in between.
So, there should be plenty for Henry
and Simon to pick from.
Sam! How are you? How are you doing?
How long has this been your known?
Nearly 40 years now.
So, two generations here.
Blimey! That's a lot, hopefully, to
sift through.
Oh, lots of stuff, yes, definitely.
Forgive me, but Simon in the car was
describing you,
or assimilating you towards a Womble.
Is that right? We are locally known
as The Wombles
and get called in to specifically
do someone wombling on homes.
Yeah. The green ethos is the main
thing that drives us with it.
Is there something that you want
cash for?
Oh, always. Yeah, we'll always
looking for another trailer.
Cool, OK. Yeah, all right. Cheers,
mate. No worries. Good luck.
Wombling, come on.
Let's get foraging. Cheers, Sam.
OK, then.
♪ Wombles of Wimbledon Common... ♪
As ever, Henry and Simon must find
two items each that they can restore
or up-cycle, and hopefully make
money for Sam's new trailer.
And it's not long before Henry's
spotted something of interest.
Over in the corner, I cast my eye over...
Well, I didn't know what it was.
It looked like a monster fan.
This is... Yeah?
The blade from an HEP turbine.
Hydroelectric power turbine.
Is that...? Is that something green?
Yeah. I don't know what that pole is.
Argh! Simon? I've just wet myself.
Let's have a good look at it. Water
rushes through, forces blades round,
that creates the spin, that drives
the shaft,
shaft creates electricity.
How about, if we cut that off.
Yeah? Shot blasted that...
Put a glass thing on the top.
Hey, that could be an amazing table,
what do you reckon?
Have that for some up-cycling
apples, Simon.
The Victorian turbine is only worth
its weight in scrap,
but Henry's convinced it can make a profit,
turning it into a sculptural garden table.
Henry has gone another step down the
road on becoming an up-cycler.
Don't tell him I said that.
But Simon's fortunes are about to
take a turn for the better.
I mean, I can see many things, many,
many things.
As soon as we went into the big
shed, the huge barn, I mean,
it was just packed with furniture
from different eras,
then I knew everything was going to
be OK.
Do you know what there's always
loads of in these places?
What's that? These lovely old suitcases.
Oh, is that what you're going for?
Yeah. How are you going to
re-purpose that?
Put some clothes in it?
I am on the case.
Thanks very much.
Simon's got Henry lugging luggage,
but it seems the two cases aren't
enough.
That's really heavy. It's quite
solid, isn't it?
Solid?!
I've got the world on me shoulders, mate.
It's not the globe Simon's got
designs on,
but a stack of five old suitcases.
Here's the thought. You often see
them done in a kind of trendy way,
don't you, where people just have
stacks of them.
Yeah, yeah. But the problem with
that is... Yeah.
...you never use the
ones at the bottom.
But how about if it looked like a
stack of them,
but in actual fact, it was a chest
of drawers?
Blimey, mate.
On their own, these suitcases are
worthless, but by combining them,
Simon's convinced he can turn a
profit for Sam.
Case closed, in my view!
And with one item each, it seems
Henry's caught the up-cycling bug.
Is that called a Welsh dresser?
That is a dresser, isn't it, yeah.
It's a reproduction, isn't it?
Yeah. Right. Well, at least it looks
like it.
Yeah. But... It's good, solid stuff.
The problem is, it's the dark wood,
isn't it?
Is it? You can't give it away,
dark wood, now.
If you were to paint that, a kind of
a sort of, you know,
Cotswolds Green, perhaps put some
nice period brass handles on it...
Yeah. Literally, give it a lick of paint.
It won't be worthless, no.
Dressers are really valuable piece.
Hey, look, I'm telling you, man,
that is a challenge for me.
Go on. Shall I do it? Yeah.
To prove his up-cycling credentials,
Henry's taking a 1980s reproduction
Welsh dresser as his final item.
But Simon has his doubts.
I feel a bit guilty.
Don't tell him I said this, but
there were far better items.
It'll be fine. Cotswolds Green...
Lovely!
Have you seen this? What?
I've got a spring in my step. Do you
know why?
Because I've got two items, and
you've only got one!
There's only one area left to search,
and Simon needs a little more than
Henry's magic to conjure up his last find.
Come on, mate, get on with it.
I hate it when you're smug.
I hate it. I'm slightly smug. Just
like that.
Hello.
Every time you say, "Hello", it
means there's something for you.
Hello.
Don't bring out some bric-a-brac.
I'm not bringing out some
bric-a-brac.
What? I'm bringing out...
What? A lovely old grandfather clock.
Right. What, here? Yes. OK. Oh!
Don't mess, don't mess, don't
mess...
I'm not messing, I'm not messing,
I'm just actually having a look.
OK. Blimey, are you actually going
to get this working? I don't know.
Working grandfather
clocks can sell for thousands,
but getting them repaired can eat
into any potential profit,
so Simon has a plan that could save
a fortune.
Here's a funny thing, right.
I happen to know someone who knows
an awful lot
about grandfather clocks.
You see, that's always a good thing,
isn't it?
It is. Do you know who? What?
My father. My old dad is obsessed
with clocks.
He loves making old clocks work again.
I know that if I show my dad that
grandfather clock,
he will not be able to stop himself.
Hang on, information, inside flap.
All right. 1795 to 1805.
The clock seems to be intact,
and with its history written inside
the door,
this 200-year-old clock might be
Simon's jackpot.
Oh! God, he's just found
something really...
I was on a roll, man. Two all, two
all, two all.
Two all, indeed.
But what will Sam make of the boys'
choices?
What is that thing?
That's the primary spindle from a watermill.
It's industrial, isn't it? But it's
got lovely lines, it really has.
Yeah. Now, look, that thing, it is
a challenge.
But I thought I might just give that
a little bit of lick of paint.
Yeah. Perhaps change the handles.
I reckon that'd look good with some
paint on it.
Now, you know, we see these
suitcases wherever we go.
I think, mate, I will have come up
with the best thing I have made
for a long, long time.
Whereas the other item, which I
think is much less of a challenge,
is this beautiful grandfather clock.
That will be lovely. Yeah. That's
all there is to it.
So, thank you so much.
I'm going off to find some paint.
Good luck with your challenge, yeah.
Coming up... Missing parts hamper
Simon's restorations...
Don't tell me I'm missing a finger!
Henry can't hide his excitement at
their second search...
Oh, yeah! God, there's reams of it.
Just bits of cars.
...and Simon's definitely misplaced
his modesty.
It's my best idea ever.
Restorers and upcyclers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a crusade
to turn trash into cash.
Case closed, in my view!
After both taking two items each
from Sam Paul's place
in Oxfordshire,
the boys head home
and get down to business.
In Liverpool, Simon's first task
is showing right-hand woman Gemma
what he's dug up.
I am very, very,
very excited about this.
I'm in love with these.
Fine arts graduate Gemma Longworth
runs her own
arts and crafts business,
teaching people to tastefully
rejuvenate their old homeware.
I'm going to get you to
prepare your furniture.
And we will get a
top layer on as well today.
How about if we leave them
just random like this,
but we cut very carefully
the fronts off them all?
So we can pull them out.
Turn it into a chest of drawers.
Yeah. And then can I have it?
It's my best idea ever!
I do love that idea.
Perfect.
Next, the grandfather clock,
and with time ticking
till the first valuation,
Simon's dad Paul heads
straight over to take a look.
OK, Dad.
This is the job? This is the job.
Let's take a look.
I completely trust me dad, and
if me dad says, even at a glance,
it's all there and it will work,
he will get it working.
We've got the pendulum?
We have the pendulum.
There you are,
a one-second pendulum.
What about the fingers?
I don't know!
It's a box full of stuff!
Any missing parts will seriously
hamper restoration of the clock
and bump up costs.
Don't tell me we're
missing a finger?
The hour hand is missing.
Even if Simon's dad can get
the 200-year-old clock ticking,
it'll never tell the time.
The only thing to do, really,
to do the job properly,
is to get a replica made
to match the long finger.
HE GROANS
So, can I leave this
in your capable hands?
Yeah, sure. I'll just take the face
and the mechanism, that's all.
That's all you need
for now, yeah? Yeah.
With the clock heading to
the O'Brien home for repairs,
Simon moves on to creating
the suitcase chest of drawers.
Creating the drawers is way
beyond my skills, I have to say.
Or if I did it,
it would take forever.
So I've sent most of the suitcases
away to a carpenter to sort out.
But the top one,
I really quite like the idea that
it still just opens like a suitcase.
All it will need is
a proper base making for it.
And that is in my skill set.
To reinforce the suitcase base,
Simon uses a circular saw to cut
some inexpensive plywood to size.
So now I can screw through this
into the framework in the one below.
Carry on doing that down the stack,
and it should work.
And our top one is still a suitcase.
I love that.
In Oxfordshire,
Henry also has two treats in store
for his restoration expert, Guy.
Mate, look - we're at Dazza's,
at the powder coaters.
Which I was wondering about.
Yeah. That must mean it's metal.
That's all I can gather from that.
Oh, it's certainly that!
Mate, it looks amazing. Yeah.
What the hell is it?
That is, mate, from the 1850s,
a water turbine.
Guy Wilson is Henry's go-to man
for restoration jobs big or small.
Me and Guy go way back,
right, to when we were 15.
He makes me achieve a level
I couldn't achieve on my own.
He brings out a lot of
self-confidence in me,
and I think that's
a great asset of his.
But Henry's first item
baffles even Guy.
So what do you think
we're going to do with it?
I think what we're going to do,
why we're here,
is we're going to blast it. Yeah.
Just to get all the rubbish off it.
And then we're going to see
what we're going to paint it,
what we're going to do with it,
but it's going to be a table.
I think it'll be incredible.
I am a bit worried about the
weight of it and the scale of it,
but that's what's great,
working with Henry.
You never know what
he's going to dish up.
Fortunately, Darren can
handle all manner of items,
so a one-tonne waterwheel
presents no problems.
Now is the time to reveal
the second item to Guy!
HE CHUCKLES
Well, it's been revealed.
What on earth have you done?
I'm so sorry!
What happens if Daz was to
spray-paint it an incredible colour,
remove the glass and just have
something that is crazy, crazy?
That's why we're here, Daz.
Right, in your face?
In your face, mate. Glittering
and shimmering as it goes? Yeah?
So we're going to have
something, I hope,
that is going to shock people.
150 years of corrosion is
being removed by sandblasting,
hopefully leaving the original
metal surface looking like new
and ready for a
distinctive modern paint job.
This thing is a centrepiece.
It will show the shadows off in all
the veins and curves and everything
as well, won't it?
It'll accentuate it.
Daz, let's just do that.
And I've decided aquamarine.
Why? It kind of reflects
the watermill vibe
of where that
particular item came from.
At a cost of £150
for the sandblasting
and powder coat paint job,
Henry is going all out
for a high-end designer table.
How he succeeds will
depend on whether he's gone
for an appealing colour.
Back in Liverpool, Simon's father
Paul has lubricated the clock's
mechanism to make sure it works.
And to avoid the cost
of a specialist fabricating
a new hour hand, he's going
to make a new one himself.
It's a simple matter of making
these various shapes in brass wire.
Not a bad shot.
The brass pieces are then welded
together to make the new hands.
Once cool, he reattaches them to the
cannon pin, or centre of the clock.
There you go. It's in.
Back at the workshop, the suitcases
have returned from the carpenters,
leaving Simon the tricky job of
building them into the chest of drawers.
This is brilliant.
The carpenter's just done a
fantastic job of making the cabinet.
All I've got to do now
is put the runners on.
Pop these on.
At a cost of around £5 per pair,
runners are widely
available in DIY stores.
Just brilliant!
I love it.
Simon must next stack and secure all
five suitcases on top of each other.
So now, in theory,
yeah, it just gives a little
bit of clearance off the floor
to make sure that will always run.
He's adding small spaces
between each suitcase
so that the drawers close freely,
even when bolted
on top of each other.
Do you know,
I have some good ideas.
This might be my best.
Oh, look,
there's my modesty in here!
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy's
Victorian water turbine
is ready for inspection.
It just looks fantastic.
Sandblasting and powder coating
are relatively inexpensive ways of
removing old rust, with specialists
available up and down the country.
My only worry is that I don't
like this whole glass table bit
that I've had in my mind.
I think we should put a
massive candle in the middle.
Could you imagine that at Christmas
as a centrepiece in your hall?
Henry's super-sized candleholder
may not fit most homes,
but he's hoping to market the
turbine as a sculptural centrepiece
for a posh hotel
or business reception area,
which may result in
a huge payday for owner Sam.
And with the restorations
well under way,
it's Henry's turn to choose the
next candidate for a clear-out.
He's a lovely geezer. Yeah? Yeah.
He does have a penchant for...
...British cars, old ones,
and Volvo spare parts.
Engines.
He's taking Simon to meet
retired quantity surveyor
and car collector Tom Butterworth.
All my life I've been a collector.
And it's varied from
childhood comics and toys
up to, well, cars, motorbikes,
tractors, a helicopter.
Various, various things.
Tom is now ready to start
cashing in his collection
to fund another bigger project.
I built the house in 1980 and
it's now ready for a major refurb.
So my lifestyle will
have been vindicated.
I will have collected all this junk
and it will now be converted
into something nice in the house.
Tom, lovely to see you, mate.
This is Simon. How're you?
Are you all right?
Thank you for letting us be here.
You're welcome.
So how long have you been here, Tom?
1972. And you've been
collecting stuff all that time?
No, since before that.
Since I was about that big.
Ah, so there could be a
lot of stuff here, mate.
OK. OK. Great stuff. Rummage
at will. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much indeed. I'm
guessing we're starting in there.
Yeah. Great stuff, mate.
We'll see you later, Tom. Nice one.
When Henry says, you know,
"Tom collects cars,"
I wasn't expecting the best day.
Right.
That Austin-Healey three litre, you
have very, very good taste, mate.
Tell you what, they're hugely
desirable these days.
But listen, Henry...
About 55-75 grand
for a good one like this.
Yeah.
Not sure Tom is going to
let you have that one!
I can actually play. Go on, then.
OUT OF TUNE NOTES
You lied, didn't you?
It's alternative music, mate.
That's what it is. That was jazz!
Yeah. Nice.
There's a little po-ped, as well.
Never mind the moped.
Hey? A little Yamaha 50.
Very underestimated in my view.
I can clean it up nicely, but
he'd get quite good money for that,
would our Tom.
What do you mean, quite good money?
6-700 quid.
The 50cc moped was Yamaha's
response to the hugely successful
and very similar
Honda Super Cub model.
But far from rare, the Yamaha V50
still has a good resale value.
There's not a huge
amount to do to it.
You're going to have to polish the
keys and start it, aren't you? Yes.
Don't tax yourself too much, Henry.
Simon goes,
"There's nothing to do to it."
The point is, Tom wants it out.
I could make some
serious wedge for him.
So Henry bags the little
moped as his first find.
Hopefully, Guy can get it working,
as costly repairs could
swallow up any profit for Tom.
Now, look, this
is looking good, mate. What we got?
This is looking well good.
I tell you what, mate, there's
a nice lot of wood here for you.
There is. Come on, then.
What do you reckon?
Mate, I tell you what,
you've excelled there.
Shelving. Something like that.
A shelving unit.
Oh, what, like that? Yeah!
I just like the form.
I could well take steps
to do something with this.
THEY LAUGH
"Take steps!" I like that, mate.
So Simon has his first
item to upcycle,
but they both still
need their final pick.
Oh, yeah!
God, there's reams of it.
It's just bits of cars.
And in Tom's treasure trove,
that shouldn't be too difficult.
Now here's something
you don't see every day.
What? Come here,
come here, come here.
Look.
What the heck is that?
They're trolleys.
From off an aeroplane.
HE LAUGHS
You go up and down the aisle with.
God, they are, aren't they? Look,
there's the coffee-making facility.
Yeah.
Do you think there's any coffee
in it? No, I think...
Come on, come on, come on.
Right, I'm excited.
What a fantastic thing to find.
What a ridiculous thing
to have in a shed. Brilliant.
When was the last time we
stumbled across an airline trolley?
Never. Never. You're right.
That's why... You've got to take it.
It's got to go.
Shall I wheel it out, mate?
Look at it.
In actual fact, airline trolleys
can be picked up on auction sites.
Battered old examples
like this sell from £70.
But Simon hopes to
make much more than this,
so he chooses it as his final item.
But Henry is hot on his heels.
Wow, check these out.
I think they're
shell or missile cases.
Oh. HMS Yarnton.
They are, aren't they?
The HMS Yarnton
was a coastal minesweeper
built by the Royal Navy in the '50s.
With naval memorabilia increasingly
popular among collectors,
these aluminium boxes might
just land Tom some easy money.
So what would you do with them?
Just mirror polish it.
And just use it for storage...?
Yeah. Storage.
You know, put stuff in.
You're happy, aren't you?
Yeah. Hey, look, that's great.
That's a definite definite.
And with their two items picked,
Henry and Simon can sit
back and enjoy the ride.
I think we're done, aren't we?
We are cruising at 32,000 feet.
Shall we jump out of
a perfectly serviceable plane
and go and see Tom?
Absolutely, yeah. Ready?
Tom, I have to tell you,
I have had a glorious time,
but most importantly,
so has Simon, haven't you?
Tell me, what are
they doing in your shed?
That was an aircraft that
I got the chance of buying
the complete interior from
because they were converting a
passenger plane into a cargo plane.
So I bought the interior.
Is it OK if I take those away?
Absolutely. Have you finished now?
Yeah, can I have a go at mine now?
Go on.
I know you want me
to flog that for you.
Yes, please.
Because it's cluttering up your
beautiful showroom of classic cars.
Mm.
So I will take on that challenge.
Henry, you're a star.
Thank you so much, mate.
We've had such a great day, mate.
Thank you so much.
We will see you in a few weeks.
Coming up, Simon's
doubting his upcycling skills.
This will either be great,
or I'll just wreck it.
Henry transforms the Welsh dresser.
Mate, that is unreal.
And there's high praise
at the first valuation.
I think you've done a very good job.
Thank you.
Reclaimers and recyclers Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien are turning their
discarded relics into delightful items.
That's a definite, definite, definite...
HE WHISTLES
And having each picked their final
two potential money-makers,
it's back to their respective
workshops to begin restoring.
Now, then. Three guesses
what they are.
Army... Oh, hang on. Yes.
Explosive. Yes.
So ammunition?
So, I reckon, we should get them
mirror polished by your good self.
Being aluminium, they would come
up beautifully, wouldn't they?
I'll tell you what, you're going
to love the next one.
Yeah? Yeah. Here we go.
It's a V50 Yamaha from, I think,
1985, something like that.
So, we'll clean it up,
we'll get it going.
I think we'll take that
blue top box off.
Come on, then. Nice.
The lads get down to business
and, true to their word,
the first thing on their to-do list
is to remove the blue top box.
Right, we're going to double the
value of this moped.
Go ahead.
There you go, son.
But they won't get a true idea
of its worth
until they can fathom
what's wrong with the engine.
RATTLING
Well, that didn't sound very good.
Now, it hasn't been on the road,
judging by the tax disc,
for 20 years.
So, let's hope we don't find any gremlins.
Guy has replaced the fuel and
charged the battery
but the old moped is
still lifeless.
I think I'm going to do what it was
designed for. Step through.
ENGINE STARTS
Yes! There we go.
Keep the rev... She flies!
Keep the revs on.
HONKING
Do the lights work?
Getting the Yamaha to start
is a result
that should help boost the profit
for owner Tom.
Oh, that one works.
I mean, it goes, don't it?
It goes, whether it's going
to go well is another matter.
There are a few things that
need to be done, like,
there needs to be a
rear foot peg put on.
Guy seems really chuffed about it.
To actually get it going and get it
back on the road
and make great money for Tom,
hey, that's what we're here for.
With things ticking
over nicely in Oxfordshire,
Simon is starting work on his
ladders in the Liverpool workshop.
This is no longer
a set of stepladders.
Right. It's a set of shelves.
OK, I can see that.
I've got a thought.
I'm thinking of maybe splitting it
every second shelf
and then working out how to move it
so it looks like the ladder's...
...crazy but all the shelves
remain level.
That is going to get a couple
of coats of looking at. Yeah.
Cautious approval for the
ladder shelves
but will Gemma be on
board with the next find?
Madam, if you could make
your way down the aisle,
would you take a look at these?
Do you know what I was thinking?
I was thinking, if you polish up
all the aluminium, right,
and we get a bit of Gemma magic
on the sides,
and then I was thinking maybe...
a really nice bathroom cabinet
or something.
GEMMA LAUGHS
Keep your shampoo in one,
your conditioner in the other.
Put your towels in.
So, if you give that a little bit of
thought, I'll get the coffee.
They'll be round with the hot snacks
in a while, OK? OK.
We do have peanuts available right
now but if you want a hot snack,
you'll have to wait. All right, OK. OK.
No time for refreshments just yet as
Gemma gets to work removing
the old paint and varnish
with an electric sander.
They're looking in perfect condition already.
Just shows you what a bit of sanding
can do.
The bigger issue for Simon
is how to cut the ladder
to create his zigzag shelving unit.
And I reckon, if you just cut,
dead straight across there,
you can then turn the middle section around...
and that will dive in so you'd end
up with a set of ladders
that look like they've been kinked.
This will either be great
or I'll just wreck it.
While Simon ponders
his carpentry conundrum,
Gemma cracks on with cleaning
the airline trolleys.
I thought my life would be much more
glamorous than this.
This is horrible. It's like
cleaning out an old fridge.
It doesn't smell very good either.
Gemma's not the only one
cleaning old boxes.
Henry and Guy are making a start on
the ammunition cases
from the British minesweeper.
I don't suppose you'd want
a biscuit, would you?
No, I don't have time. Oh?
SPEAKS WITH MOUTH FULL:
Well, that's a shame, isn't it?
Have you got the paint ready?
Have you stirred it? I thought
you were cleaning out the box.
I've done it.
Have you? Yeah.
That's good enough for Hammerite,
son. All right, mate.
We've chosen a gorgeous colour.
Hammered green. Hammered green.
Many metal paints can be applied
directly to clean, bare metal.
Painting the interior of this case
will hopefully make it
more appealing and valuable.
You could do the lid, then we won't
get in each other's way.
All right.
So you go that way as well,
like that?
Oh, I'd better pay attention, actually.
If it's really bad...
You're blipping here, mate.
You're dribbling. Yeah, I'll get it.
It's like a weepy eye.
Painting the cases
is only the start.
They'll also need to
polish the exterior
if they hope to make any money
off these items.
Back in the Liverpool workshop,
Simon's cut his ladder
into three pieces,
rotated the middle section
and then reattached it
to the top and bottom rungs.
Gemma. Gemma. Yes, Simon?
Oh, wow, look at this!
Simon, I can see it.
Yeah!
Of course you can see it now,
it's done.
That is really good.
The question... Yeah?
Do we sand off the rest of the
paint... Mm. ..or, instead...
...do we get all carried away
and get all splashy colours,
use any old paint we've got and kind
of accentuate the decorator's ladder
kind of idea?
Yeah, I like that idea.
To achieve the deliberately messy
decorator's ladder look...
Oh, where do you start?
Eeny, meeny, miney...
...Simon uses a paintbrush to
splatter the shelving unit
in an array of colours.
I might end up signing this.
I've added value to this, Simon.
You've just added value to the wall.
SIMON LAUGHS
Ladder done, he can return
to his first finds.
The chest of drawers is finished
but Simon needs to reassemble
the broken parts
of the clock's casing.
We've finally just got to...
set this piece in here.
There you go.
His father has lovingly
remade a replica hand
and got the clock mechanism
working again...
CLOCK CHIMES
...and delivered it
back to the workshop.
Oh, look, that's ticking away nicely.
Well done, Simon's dad.
These have come up really nicely.
He's done a great job.
Henry and Guy are also making sure
that their two items are ready for
the valuation.
Wow, that is a crazy thing.
But they have yet to see
what has become
of the reproduction Welsh dresser.
Are you ready?
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
Are you ready? Yeah. Go for it.
Oh, my God.
Mate, that is unreal.
It looks like liquid metal.
Doing it that colour is a
revelation. Thank you.
The dresser's dramatic makeover
has excited Henry
but will it be worth anything?
It's time to find out at
today's first valuation.
For his salvage spot, Simon chose
house clearance business owner,
Sam Paul's place in Oxfordshire.
Sam wanted to clear out some of
his vast collection of curiosities.
He's now arrived to see what they've
done with them and discover if
they've made him any dosh.
Good to see you. Good to see
you, Sam. It's great to see you.
Great to see you, mate,
and, hopefully, well...
Is it great to see them?
...feast your eyes.
Oh, right.
That ain't my piece, is it?
Yep! That's awesome.
Go take a look, take a look, mate.
Remember that daft idea
I had about those suitcases?
Yes. Well, come round
the front and...
open a drawer, pull a drawer.
Not that one, that's a suitcase.
Oh, right, OK.
The daftest idea I've ever had.
And it's worked, though?
Now, check that out, mate.
I can't believe that.
The lovely thing about them,
Sam... Yeah.
...is that a display cabinet
like that displays the things
that you really care about or hate
dependent on what you want to do,
so you could put something
like that on it,
like that, what do you reckon?
Exactly, that would fit really well.
I think that just sets
it off beautifully.
I think you've just devalued
that item by about 400 quid.
Oh, Simon... Yeah.
But it looks fantastic.
I'm glad you're impressed because
we've got to impress someone else.
Go on, then. And that's our
independent valuer, Alyssa,
is going to join us now.
Retailer of upcycled furniture,
Alyssa Moore can accurately value
all homeware for retail.
Nice to meet you. Good to meet you.
I'm good.
Come on, Alyssa, let's start
with our bespoke chest of drawers.
I think you've done a very good job.
Thank you.
Simon's first item was
the set of five old suitcases.
He spent £70 on plywood and runners
to create a unique chest of drawers.
It's very trendy.
I think, if I could, I would quite
happily put this in my shop.
I think I could sell it
all day long. OK.
I can't help but think it would look
even better in a trendy retail shop
or something like that.
But if I could put it in my shop,
I'd stick a £250 price tag on it.
Oh, brilliant. Oh, that's great.
Yeah, yeah. HENRY: That's not bad.
No, absolutely. She's in a good
mood. Yeah, she is in a good mood.
Simon's made a solid start, bagging
an impressive £180 profit for Sam.
OK, so, it's started well.
ALYSSA: Yup.
Let's keep the good mood going,
because, word of warning,
family heirloom, grandfather clock.
Simon spent £60 on replacement
parts in order to restore
the grandfather clock
to tick-tock condition.
There's something that's called
marriages, a marriage with clocks,
and what that means is if a clock
is deemed a marriage clock,
it's not wholly original... Yeah.
...and I believe that your clock
is a marriage clock, meaning...
I think so too. Yeah.
The long case is Victorian, I
believe, the clock, the mechanism,
the case is Georgian... Yeah.
...which, unfortunately,
brings down the value. Yeah.
Because of all those reasons,
I would like to value it at £450.
Despite not being an original,
Simon's second item has still
clocked up a profit of £390.
HENRY: Come on, then,
be nice to me, Alyssa. Come on.
ALYSSA: Wow. I think
we should call it Marmite.
Henry's first item,
the tired old Welsh dresser,
was given a dramatic makeover,
thanks to a £100 paint job
at the local resprayers.
Functionally, it's a good piece. Yeah.
And I think the right person comes
along and loves that colour,
it's going to sell. Exactly, yeah.
To be honest, I kind of actually
like the colour.
And I would put that in my shop
and I would put a price tag
of £230 on it.
Henry's bold gamble has paid off,
netting £130 profit
for Sam's pocket.
I can't believe that. HENRY: What?
Because I got you to take that
cos I knew that
you'd lose money on it
and it'd be embarrassing
and you've gone and...
Oh, I don't like this.
For once in my life, I'm victorious. Yeah.
Hey, look, while we're on a roll,
let's talk about the turbine.
ALYSSA: Why do you do this to me?
Henry's final item,
the water turbine,
has been repurposed into a
larger than life candlestick
thanks to £150 on powder coating
and £100 on the huge candle.
It is an interesting piece,
isn't it?
And I think the only way that you
can really determine a value
is to trial the market and I would
say, put it in an art show.
I would put a £500 price tag on it
and see what would happen.
Yeah. I would be confident it'd sell
around that as well. Yeah? Yeah.
Another result for Henry,
thanks to its wow factor.
The water turbine candle
has turned in a £250 profit.
If you just took the cash off us today,
we would be giving you £950
to take home.
How does that sound? Fantastic.
Yeah.
Way above what I thought
we could realise.
If you did take that money home...
Yep. ..what would it go towards?
It would go towards another trailer,
just like I said back when we
first... Hey, mate,
he's still saving for the trailer.
I'll tell you what, for 950 quid,
you're well on your way
to at least a double axle.
Yeah, we'll get a twin axle one
with that, you know that.
A successful day for Sam Paul.
That's £950 that Simon and Henry
will be handing over.
Really, really happy
with the results.
My favourite item there would
actually be the chest of drawers
out of the suitcases.
Coming up, Henry attempts to break
another land speed record.
She does really go.
There's good news in Liverpool.
It's actually sold.
And at the final valuation,
it's Simon and Henry who
are full of praise.
Alyssa, do you know what? Yes?
We're really happy with you today.
Well, that's a switch.
Upcycling champions Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien
are turning clutter into cash.
Simon's choice
of hunting ground
made house clearance
business owner Sam Paul...
So Henry will be hoping to make
collector Tom Butterworth even more.
Having painted the inside
of two ammunition cases,
Guy turns his attention
to polishing the outside.
Getting it even all over
is going to be the problem.
Mirror polishing the aluminium
surface has turned these cases into
desirable domestic storage boxes,
which should be worth good money,
and to preserve that shine, Guy's
buffing up with a little car wax.
Well, I think that's there.
My arms are killing
me from lifting that up
for about two hour's polishing.
I hope Henry thinks it's worthwhile.
But Guy's not the only one who's
been busy on the polishing mop.
In Liverpool, the
airline trolley's equally buffed
and Gemma's adding
some finishing touches.
This is like sticky
back plastic that I'm using.
You can get it in all sorts
of designs nowadays.
It's just really good for decorating.
It's like wallpaper but it's just
got a sticky back on it.
She uses a sharp knife to
cut the plastic to shape
and at a cost of £30,
the sticky back plastic is a simple,
yet highly effective way
to revitalise this old trolley.
And then my mirror
to go on top...
...and that just finishes it off.
Ideal for anyone's bathroom, that.
In Oxford, Henry and Guy's last job
is to get the
Yamaha moped roadworthy once more.
Basically, we need to clean the car,
we need to clean the bike and we
need to put the rear foot pegs on.
I've ordered myself
some new universal ones.
These one-size-fits-all foot
pegs cost just a few pounds.
Happy days.
Right, let's let her down.
Job done. Henry's itching to give
the bike a test ride.
At only 50cc, this little moped was
only ever designed to reach 30mph,
but with Guy and Henry's repairs,
it's running as good as new.
She does really go.
I reckon that was probably
one of the quickest
little mopeds in its day.
She feels like a new little moped.
But how far this moped goes is
governed by one simple thing...
I think you're out of fuel.
Oh, dear!
In Liverpool, Gemma's
having a little more luck
with the repurposed ladder.
Right, it's actually sold
for the asking price of £90.
Well done, us.
But did she get a good deal?
It's time to find out at
the final valuation.
Henry chose car enthusiast
Tom Butterworth's Preston home.
Come and join us, Tom.
He wants cash for home improvements.
How are you doing?
Lovely to see you.
Feast your eyes, dear boy. Wow.
Have a wander round,
have a wander round.
Get up close and personal,
as they say, Tom. That's well cool.
It's a crazy thing, isn't it?
It's beautiful.
Yeah, I love it.
Storage containers?
Yeah, I think so.
I quite like having it in
the back of my Land Rover,
do you know what I mean?
Now, look, Tom, the key is
whether we've made to some money.
And what we have now is Alicia
to come, our independent valuer.
Restoration business owner
Alicia is back to cast her eye
over all four items. Alicia, shall
we start with Simon's stuff?
Why not? Yeah.
The airline trolley.
I think it's brilliant.
Gemma's outdone herself, hasn't she?
Repurposing the airline trolley into
a bathroom cabinet cost £50 for the
wood effect plastic, a mirror top
and some glass shelves.
Perfect size for the bathroom,
it's small.
Often they can come double that size,
which makes them ever so slightly
less convenient
in a residential setting.
The glass shelves...
I think it would be equally cute
as a drinks trolley as well.
Happily estimate
this at £150.
Oh, that's brilliant. I think that's
all right, mate, isn't it? Yeah.
Simon's off to a flying start,
pulling in a £100 profit for Tom.
Ladder shelves,
a work of art in themselves.
Indeed. It almost looks like you
splattered the paint purposefully.
Did you? Yeah. Yeah?
Yeah, it's a work of art.
Simon's upcycled an old stepladder
into a stylish storage unit,
spending just £10 on paint.
I'm not sure there's
been a lot of value added.
I think they're quite popular so
they might have sold at £80 as they
were, but I'd happily still evaluate
them as a set of shelves at £80.
£80, is that right, is it? That hard
work was worthwhile then, was it?
Yes, it was
worthwhile, actually, because...
I've already sold them for £90.
Oh, well done.
Simon's savvy sale, minus costs,
has netted Tom £80 in profit.
So, there you go,
I made a profit of £80
for a set of old ladders
which that just lying around.
That's an improvement.
Sound all right? Yes, excellent.
Good man. I'm happy.
Well, you should be. 90 quid,
really? Not mocking now, are you?
No, I'm not.
Let's move on now
quickly to my ammunition cases.
Henry's restored two ammunition
boxes by painting their insides
and polishing the surfaces
to a gleaming mirror shine,
all at a cost of just £50.
We can sell these all
day long in our shop.
£80 each.
Oh, that's not too bad, actually.
So, a total of 160.
Henry's off to an explosive start
adding a £110 profit
to Tom's tally.
Good, I'm happy with that!
Moped, moped. Yes, the moped.
Well, this is the Yamaha's
version of the Honda Cub.
Henry spent £85 on new foot pegs,
a battery and a new side panel to
give the Yamaha scooter a simple but
much-needed makeover.
And it's roadworthy, isn't it?
Yeah, it's all roadworthy.
It's in good condition.
Easily £500.
A glowing result for Henry,
making another £415 for Tom.
Alicia, do you know what? Yes.
We're really happy with you today.
Well, that's a switch!
It is amazing because in
total we've made you, Tom,
a profit of 705 quid.
That is unbelievable.
Thank you so much.
We're getting a handshake.
This is what it's all about, mate.
It makes it all worth it.
So Henry's choice of location
has earned Tom £705.
The restorations that have been made
on these parts are quite incredible.
These parts were pretty rough
looking, in my shed for years,
and now they look
like they're useful,
brand-new, shiny,
beautiful items.
I am well impressed.
Tom may have £705 to put
towards his home improvements,
but with £950 profit,
it's Simon's choice,
Sam Paul's place, that's
made the most money today.
Tick-tock, tick-tock,
time for a celebration!
For me!
Come on, then. What?
Another victory.
Well, how much?
I thought I was close.
But you know what?
Money is immaterial today.
My old dad has fixed that clock.
Anyway, time's money. Come on.
Subtitles by Ericsson
Look at this!
The homes of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
An old toilet!
Thanks for telling me!
What looks like junk can, actually,
be worth a pretty penny.
I've never seen a chair like it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
here to help turn that clutter
into hard cash.
We can get serious money for that.
£100,000? Yeah.
Up-cycling genius, Simon...
It works! Don't sound so surprised!
...and his restorer love turning
everyday objects into fantastic furniture.
Come on.
Come on! Absolute winner.
Whilst for Henry and his mechanic...
That is absolutely stunning, Guy!
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
She's off! It runs!
Despite their differences, they
always come good.
And they'll turn a tidy profit for
their owners.
You're going to put in your pocket
£10,630. Lovely.
Absolutely brilliant.
Today, Henry
swaps engines for wood...
That is a challenge for me.
Go on! Shall I do it? Yeah.
...Simon and Gemma get artistic
with an old ladder...
I've added value to this, Simon.
You've added value to the wall.
...and Henry auditions for Simon's
Beatles tribute band.
It's alternative music.
That's what it is. Jazz?!
Don't you ever want to own a car?
No. Why not?
Well, then I'd have to drive.
Whereas, as it is, I have a chauffeur.
Henry's driving Miss Daisy.
Sorry, Simon, once again, and this
time they're in Oxfordshire,
with over 1,500 listed buildings
including Gibbs' Radcliffe Camera,
and Wren's Sheldonian Theatre,
Oxford is renowned for its
architectural gems.
We're just going past
Highclere Castle here.
Oh, yes? Do you know what
Highclere's famous for?
Being high and clear?
Nearly. Highclere House is where
Downton Abbey...
There you go! That's filmed there,
here, around there.
Is it? Yeah.
Formerly uninhabitable,
Highclere Castle's fame has drawn
huge numbers of paying visitors,
funding a complete restoration,
but today Simon's taking Henry close
to the estate to meet Sam Paul.
These are the latter-day Wombles,
they go around and pick up all the
things that the everyday folks leave
behind. If something needs tidying
up, you give big Sam a call,
and big Sam comes and tidies up.
Sam Paul has pioneered green recycling,
clearing businesses and making sure
old metal and furniture are given a
new lease of life.
I started the recycle company in 1986.
We focus on green issues with a view
to actually recycling the item
rather than just taking it to the tip.
Reluctant to throw anything away,
his collection has kept growing and growing.
We've got a quite a long barn,
and there must be 1,000 items of
furniture in it, old and new.
There's lots of retro stuff, and
we've got a lot of antiques,
and every other type of scrap in between.
So, there should be plenty for Henry
and Simon to pick from.
Sam! How are you? How are you doing?
How long has this been your known?
Nearly 40 years now.
So, two generations here.
Blimey! That's a lot, hopefully, to
sift through.
Oh, lots of stuff, yes, definitely.
Forgive me, but Simon in the car was
describing you,
or assimilating you towards a Womble.
Is that right? We are locally known
as The Wombles
and get called in to specifically
do someone wombling on homes.
Yeah. The green ethos is the main
thing that drives us with it.
Is there something that you want
cash for?
Oh, always. Yeah, we'll always
looking for another trailer.
Cool, OK. Yeah, all right. Cheers,
mate. No worries. Good luck.
Wombling, come on.
Let's get foraging. Cheers, Sam.
OK, then.
♪ Wombles of Wimbledon Common... ♪
As ever, Henry and Simon must find
two items each that they can restore
or up-cycle, and hopefully make
money for Sam's new trailer.
And it's not long before Henry's
spotted something of interest.
Over in the corner, I cast my eye over...
Well, I didn't know what it was.
It looked like a monster fan.
This is... Yeah?
The blade from an HEP turbine.
Hydroelectric power turbine.
Is that...? Is that something green?
Yeah. I don't know what that pole is.
Argh! Simon? I've just wet myself.
Let's have a good look at it. Water
rushes through, forces blades round,
that creates the spin, that drives
the shaft,
shaft creates electricity.
How about, if we cut that off.
Yeah? Shot blasted that...
Put a glass thing on the top.
Hey, that could be an amazing table,
what do you reckon?
Have that for some up-cycling
apples, Simon.
The Victorian turbine is only worth
its weight in scrap,
but Henry's convinced it can make a profit,
turning it into a sculptural garden table.
Henry has gone another step down the
road on becoming an up-cycler.
Don't tell him I said that.
But Simon's fortunes are about to
take a turn for the better.
I mean, I can see many things, many,
many things.
As soon as we went into the big
shed, the huge barn, I mean,
it was just packed with furniture
from different eras,
then I knew everything was going to
be OK.
Do you know what there's always
loads of in these places?
What's that? These lovely old suitcases.
Oh, is that what you're going for?
Yeah. How are you going to
re-purpose that?
Put some clothes in it?
I am on the case.
Thanks very much.
Simon's got Henry lugging luggage,
but it seems the two cases aren't
enough.
That's really heavy. It's quite
solid, isn't it?
Solid?!
I've got the world on me shoulders, mate.
It's not the globe Simon's got
designs on,
but a stack of five old suitcases.
Here's the thought. You often see
them done in a kind of trendy way,
don't you, where people just have
stacks of them.
Yeah, yeah. But the problem with
that is... Yeah.
...you never use the
ones at the bottom.
But how about if it looked like a
stack of them,
but in actual fact, it was a chest
of drawers?
Blimey, mate.
On their own, these suitcases are
worthless, but by combining them,
Simon's convinced he can turn a
profit for Sam.
Case closed, in my view!
And with one item each, it seems
Henry's caught the up-cycling bug.
Is that called a Welsh dresser?
That is a dresser, isn't it, yeah.
It's a reproduction, isn't it?
Yeah. Right. Well, at least it looks
like it.
Yeah. But... It's good, solid stuff.
The problem is, it's the dark wood,
isn't it?
Is it? You can't give it away,
dark wood, now.
If you were to paint that, a kind of
a sort of, you know,
Cotswolds Green, perhaps put some
nice period brass handles on it...
Yeah. Literally, give it a lick of paint.
It won't be worthless, no.
Dressers are really valuable piece.
Hey, look, I'm telling you, man,
that is a challenge for me.
Go on. Shall I do it? Yeah.
To prove his up-cycling credentials,
Henry's taking a 1980s reproduction
Welsh dresser as his final item.
But Simon has his doubts.
I feel a bit guilty.
Don't tell him I said this, but
there were far better items.
It'll be fine. Cotswolds Green...
Lovely!
Have you seen this? What?
I've got a spring in my step. Do you
know why?
Because I've got two items, and
you've only got one!
There's only one area left to search,
and Simon needs a little more than
Henry's magic to conjure up his last find.
Come on, mate, get on with it.
I hate it when you're smug.
I hate it. I'm slightly smug. Just
like that.
Hello.
Every time you say, "Hello", it
means there's something for you.
Hello.
Don't bring out some bric-a-brac.
I'm not bringing out some
bric-a-brac.
What? I'm bringing out...
What? A lovely old grandfather clock.
Right. What, here? Yes. OK. Oh!
Don't mess, don't mess, don't
mess...
I'm not messing, I'm not messing,
I'm just actually having a look.
OK. Blimey, are you actually going
to get this working? I don't know.
Working grandfather
clocks can sell for thousands,
but getting them repaired can eat
into any potential profit,
so Simon has a plan that could save
a fortune.
Here's a funny thing, right.
I happen to know someone who knows
an awful lot
about grandfather clocks.
You see, that's always a good thing,
isn't it?
It is. Do you know who? What?
My father. My old dad is obsessed
with clocks.
He loves making old clocks work again.
I know that if I show my dad that
grandfather clock,
he will not be able to stop himself.
Hang on, information, inside flap.
All right. 1795 to 1805.
The clock seems to be intact,
and with its history written inside
the door,
this 200-year-old clock might be
Simon's jackpot.
Oh! God, he's just found
something really...
I was on a roll, man. Two all, two
all, two all.
Two all, indeed.
But what will Sam make of the boys'
choices?
What is that thing?
That's the primary spindle from a watermill.
It's industrial, isn't it? But it's
got lovely lines, it really has.
Yeah. Now, look, that thing, it is
a challenge.
But I thought I might just give that
a little bit of lick of paint.
Yeah. Perhaps change the handles.
I reckon that'd look good with some
paint on it.
Now, you know, we see these
suitcases wherever we go.
I think, mate, I will have come up
with the best thing I have made
for a long, long time.
Whereas the other item, which I
think is much less of a challenge,
is this beautiful grandfather clock.
That will be lovely. Yeah. That's
all there is to it.
So, thank you so much.
I'm going off to find some paint.
Good luck with your challenge, yeah.
Coming up... Missing parts hamper
Simon's restorations...
Don't tell me I'm missing a finger!
Henry can't hide his excitement at
their second search...
Oh, yeah! God, there's reams of it.
Just bits of cars.
...and Simon's definitely misplaced
his modesty.
It's my best idea ever.
Restorers and upcyclers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a crusade
to turn trash into cash.
Case closed, in my view!
After both taking two items each
from Sam Paul's place
in Oxfordshire,
the boys head home
and get down to business.
In Liverpool, Simon's first task
is showing right-hand woman Gemma
what he's dug up.
I am very, very,
very excited about this.
I'm in love with these.
Fine arts graduate Gemma Longworth
runs her own
arts and crafts business,
teaching people to tastefully
rejuvenate their old homeware.
I'm going to get you to
prepare your furniture.
And we will get a
top layer on as well today.
How about if we leave them
just random like this,
but we cut very carefully
the fronts off them all?
So we can pull them out.
Turn it into a chest of drawers.
Yeah. And then can I have it?
It's my best idea ever!
I do love that idea.
Perfect.
Next, the grandfather clock,
and with time ticking
till the first valuation,
Simon's dad Paul heads
straight over to take a look.
OK, Dad.
This is the job? This is the job.
Let's take a look.
I completely trust me dad, and
if me dad says, even at a glance,
it's all there and it will work,
he will get it working.
We've got the pendulum?
We have the pendulum.
There you are,
a one-second pendulum.
What about the fingers?
I don't know!
It's a box full of stuff!
Any missing parts will seriously
hamper restoration of the clock
and bump up costs.
Don't tell me we're
missing a finger?
The hour hand is missing.
Even if Simon's dad can get
the 200-year-old clock ticking,
it'll never tell the time.
The only thing to do, really,
to do the job properly,
is to get a replica made
to match the long finger.
HE GROANS
So, can I leave this
in your capable hands?
Yeah, sure. I'll just take the face
and the mechanism, that's all.
That's all you need
for now, yeah? Yeah.
With the clock heading to
the O'Brien home for repairs,
Simon moves on to creating
the suitcase chest of drawers.
Creating the drawers is way
beyond my skills, I have to say.
Or if I did it,
it would take forever.
So I've sent most of the suitcases
away to a carpenter to sort out.
But the top one,
I really quite like the idea that
it still just opens like a suitcase.
All it will need is
a proper base making for it.
And that is in my skill set.
To reinforce the suitcase base,
Simon uses a circular saw to cut
some inexpensive plywood to size.
So now I can screw through this
into the framework in the one below.
Carry on doing that down the stack,
and it should work.
And our top one is still a suitcase.
I love that.
In Oxfordshire,
Henry also has two treats in store
for his restoration expert, Guy.
Mate, look - we're at Dazza's,
at the powder coaters.
Which I was wondering about.
Yeah. That must mean it's metal.
That's all I can gather from that.
Oh, it's certainly that!
Mate, it looks amazing. Yeah.
What the hell is it?
That is, mate, from the 1850s,
a water turbine.
Guy Wilson is Henry's go-to man
for restoration jobs big or small.
Me and Guy go way back,
right, to when we were 15.
He makes me achieve a level
I couldn't achieve on my own.
He brings out a lot of
self-confidence in me,
and I think that's
a great asset of his.
But Henry's first item
baffles even Guy.
So what do you think
we're going to do with it?
I think what we're going to do,
why we're here,
is we're going to blast it. Yeah.
Just to get all the rubbish off it.
And then we're going to see
what we're going to paint it,
what we're going to do with it,
but it's going to be a table.
I think it'll be incredible.
I am a bit worried about the
weight of it and the scale of it,
but that's what's great,
working with Henry.
You never know what
he's going to dish up.
Fortunately, Darren can
handle all manner of items,
so a one-tonne waterwheel
presents no problems.
Now is the time to reveal
the second item to Guy!
HE CHUCKLES
Well, it's been revealed.
What on earth have you done?
I'm so sorry!
What happens if Daz was to
spray-paint it an incredible colour,
remove the glass and just have
something that is crazy, crazy?
That's why we're here, Daz.
Right, in your face?
In your face, mate. Glittering
and shimmering as it goes? Yeah?
So we're going to have
something, I hope,
that is going to shock people.
150 years of corrosion is
being removed by sandblasting,
hopefully leaving the original
metal surface looking like new
and ready for a
distinctive modern paint job.
This thing is a centrepiece.
It will show the shadows off in all
the veins and curves and everything
as well, won't it?
It'll accentuate it.
Daz, let's just do that.
And I've decided aquamarine.
Why? It kind of reflects
the watermill vibe
of where that
particular item came from.
At a cost of £150
for the sandblasting
and powder coat paint job,
Henry is going all out
for a high-end designer table.
How he succeeds will
depend on whether he's gone
for an appealing colour.
Back in Liverpool, Simon's father
Paul has lubricated the clock's
mechanism to make sure it works.
And to avoid the cost
of a specialist fabricating
a new hour hand, he's going
to make a new one himself.
It's a simple matter of making
these various shapes in brass wire.
Not a bad shot.
The brass pieces are then welded
together to make the new hands.
Once cool, he reattaches them to the
cannon pin, or centre of the clock.
There you go. It's in.
Back at the workshop, the suitcases
have returned from the carpenters,
leaving Simon the tricky job of
building them into the chest of drawers.
This is brilliant.
The carpenter's just done a
fantastic job of making the cabinet.
All I've got to do now
is put the runners on.
Pop these on.
At a cost of around £5 per pair,
runners are widely
available in DIY stores.
Just brilliant!
I love it.
Simon must next stack and secure all
five suitcases on top of each other.
So now, in theory,
yeah, it just gives a little
bit of clearance off the floor
to make sure that will always run.
He's adding small spaces
between each suitcase
so that the drawers close freely,
even when bolted
on top of each other.
Do you know,
I have some good ideas.
This might be my best.
Oh, look,
there's my modesty in here!
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy's
Victorian water turbine
is ready for inspection.
It just looks fantastic.
Sandblasting and powder coating
are relatively inexpensive ways of
removing old rust, with specialists
available up and down the country.
My only worry is that I don't
like this whole glass table bit
that I've had in my mind.
I think we should put a
massive candle in the middle.
Could you imagine that at Christmas
as a centrepiece in your hall?
Henry's super-sized candleholder
may not fit most homes,
but he's hoping to market the
turbine as a sculptural centrepiece
for a posh hotel
or business reception area,
which may result in
a huge payday for owner Sam.
And with the restorations
well under way,
it's Henry's turn to choose the
next candidate for a clear-out.
He's a lovely geezer. Yeah? Yeah.
He does have a penchant for...
...British cars, old ones,
and Volvo spare parts.
Engines.
He's taking Simon to meet
retired quantity surveyor
and car collector Tom Butterworth.
All my life I've been a collector.
And it's varied from
childhood comics and toys
up to, well, cars, motorbikes,
tractors, a helicopter.
Various, various things.
Tom is now ready to start
cashing in his collection
to fund another bigger project.
I built the house in 1980 and
it's now ready for a major refurb.
So my lifestyle will
have been vindicated.
I will have collected all this junk
and it will now be converted
into something nice in the house.
Tom, lovely to see you, mate.
This is Simon. How're you?
Are you all right?
Thank you for letting us be here.
You're welcome.
So how long have you been here, Tom?
1972. And you've been
collecting stuff all that time?
No, since before that.
Since I was about that big.
Ah, so there could be a
lot of stuff here, mate.
OK. OK. Great stuff. Rummage
at will. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much indeed. I'm
guessing we're starting in there.
Yeah. Great stuff, mate.
We'll see you later, Tom. Nice one.
When Henry says, you know,
"Tom collects cars,"
I wasn't expecting the best day.
Right.
That Austin-Healey three litre, you
have very, very good taste, mate.
Tell you what, they're hugely
desirable these days.
But listen, Henry...
About 55-75 grand
for a good one like this.
Yeah.
Not sure Tom is going to
let you have that one!
I can actually play. Go on, then.
OUT OF TUNE NOTES
You lied, didn't you?
It's alternative music, mate.
That's what it is. That was jazz!
Yeah. Nice.
There's a little po-ped, as well.
Never mind the moped.
Hey? A little Yamaha 50.
Very underestimated in my view.
I can clean it up nicely, but
he'd get quite good money for that,
would our Tom.
What do you mean, quite good money?
6-700 quid.
The 50cc moped was Yamaha's
response to the hugely successful
and very similar
Honda Super Cub model.
But far from rare, the Yamaha V50
still has a good resale value.
There's not a huge
amount to do to it.
You're going to have to polish the
keys and start it, aren't you? Yes.
Don't tax yourself too much, Henry.
Simon goes,
"There's nothing to do to it."
The point is, Tom wants it out.
I could make some
serious wedge for him.
So Henry bags the little
moped as his first find.
Hopefully, Guy can get it working,
as costly repairs could
swallow up any profit for Tom.
Now, look, this
is looking good, mate. What we got?
This is looking well good.
I tell you what, mate, there's
a nice lot of wood here for you.
There is. Come on, then.
What do you reckon?
Mate, I tell you what,
you've excelled there.
Shelving. Something like that.
A shelving unit.
Oh, what, like that? Yeah!
I just like the form.
I could well take steps
to do something with this.
THEY LAUGH
"Take steps!" I like that, mate.
So Simon has his first
item to upcycle,
but they both still
need their final pick.
Oh, yeah!
God, there's reams of it.
It's just bits of cars.
And in Tom's treasure trove,
that shouldn't be too difficult.
Now here's something
you don't see every day.
What? Come here,
come here, come here.
Look.
What the heck is that?
They're trolleys.
From off an aeroplane.
HE LAUGHS
You go up and down the aisle with.
God, they are, aren't they? Look,
there's the coffee-making facility.
Yeah.
Do you think there's any coffee
in it? No, I think...
Come on, come on, come on.
Right, I'm excited.
What a fantastic thing to find.
What a ridiculous thing
to have in a shed. Brilliant.
When was the last time we
stumbled across an airline trolley?
Never. Never. You're right.
That's why... You've got to take it.
It's got to go.
Shall I wheel it out, mate?
Look at it.
In actual fact, airline trolleys
can be picked up on auction sites.
Battered old examples
like this sell from £70.
But Simon hopes to
make much more than this,
so he chooses it as his final item.
But Henry is hot on his heels.
Wow, check these out.
I think they're
shell or missile cases.
Oh. HMS Yarnton.
They are, aren't they?
The HMS Yarnton
was a coastal minesweeper
built by the Royal Navy in the '50s.
With naval memorabilia increasingly
popular among collectors,
these aluminium boxes might
just land Tom some easy money.
So what would you do with them?
Just mirror polish it.
And just use it for storage...?
Yeah. Storage.
You know, put stuff in.
You're happy, aren't you?
Yeah. Hey, look, that's great.
That's a definite definite.
And with their two items picked,
Henry and Simon can sit
back and enjoy the ride.
I think we're done, aren't we?
We are cruising at 32,000 feet.
Shall we jump out of
a perfectly serviceable plane
and go and see Tom?
Absolutely, yeah. Ready?
Tom, I have to tell you,
I have had a glorious time,
but most importantly,
so has Simon, haven't you?
Tell me, what are
they doing in your shed?
That was an aircraft that
I got the chance of buying
the complete interior from
because they were converting a
passenger plane into a cargo plane.
So I bought the interior.
Is it OK if I take those away?
Absolutely. Have you finished now?
Yeah, can I have a go at mine now?
Go on.
I know you want me
to flog that for you.
Yes, please.
Because it's cluttering up your
beautiful showroom of classic cars.
Mm.
So I will take on that challenge.
Henry, you're a star.
Thank you so much, mate.
We've had such a great day, mate.
Thank you so much.
We will see you in a few weeks.
Coming up, Simon's
doubting his upcycling skills.
This will either be great,
or I'll just wreck it.
Henry transforms the Welsh dresser.
Mate, that is unreal.
And there's high praise
at the first valuation.
I think you've done a very good job.
Thank you.
Reclaimers and recyclers Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien are turning their
discarded relics into delightful items.
That's a definite, definite, definite...
HE WHISTLES
And having each picked their final
two potential money-makers,
it's back to their respective
workshops to begin restoring.
Now, then. Three guesses
what they are.
Army... Oh, hang on. Yes.
Explosive. Yes.
So ammunition?
So, I reckon, we should get them
mirror polished by your good self.
Being aluminium, they would come
up beautifully, wouldn't they?
I'll tell you what, you're going
to love the next one.
Yeah? Yeah. Here we go.
It's a V50 Yamaha from, I think,
1985, something like that.
So, we'll clean it up,
we'll get it going.
I think we'll take that
blue top box off.
Come on, then. Nice.
The lads get down to business
and, true to their word,
the first thing on their to-do list
is to remove the blue top box.
Right, we're going to double the
value of this moped.
Go ahead.
There you go, son.
But they won't get a true idea
of its worth
until they can fathom
what's wrong with the engine.
RATTLING
Well, that didn't sound very good.
Now, it hasn't been on the road,
judging by the tax disc,
for 20 years.
So, let's hope we don't find any gremlins.
Guy has replaced the fuel and
charged the battery
but the old moped is
still lifeless.
I think I'm going to do what it was
designed for. Step through.
ENGINE STARTS
Yes! There we go.
Keep the rev... She flies!
Keep the revs on.
HONKING
Do the lights work?
Getting the Yamaha to start
is a result
that should help boost the profit
for owner Tom.
Oh, that one works.
I mean, it goes, don't it?
It goes, whether it's going
to go well is another matter.
There are a few things that
need to be done, like,
there needs to be a
rear foot peg put on.
Guy seems really chuffed about it.
To actually get it going and get it
back on the road
and make great money for Tom,
hey, that's what we're here for.
With things ticking
over nicely in Oxfordshire,
Simon is starting work on his
ladders in the Liverpool workshop.
This is no longer
a set of stepladders.
Right. It's a set of shelves.
OK, I can see that.
I've got a thought.
I'm thinking of maybe splitting it
every second shelf
and then working out how to move it
so it looks like the ladder's...
...crazy but all the shelves
remain level.
That is going to get a couple
of coats of looking at. Yeah.
Cautious approval for the
ladder shelves
but will Gemma be on
board with the next find?
Madam, if you could make
your way down the aisle,
would you take a look at these?
Do you know what I was thinking?
I was thinking, if you polish up
all the aluminium, right,
and we get a bit of Gemma magic
on the sides,
and then I was thinking maybe...
a really nice bathroom cabinet
or something.
GEMMA LAUGHS
Keep your shampoo in one,
your conditioner in the other.
Put your towels in.
So, if you give that a little bit of
thought, I'll get the coffee.
They'll be round with the hot snacks
in a while, OK? OK.
We do have peanuts available right
now but if you want a hot snack,
you'll have to wait. All right, OK. OK.
No time for refreshments just yet as
Gemma gets to work removing
the old paint and varnish
with an electric sander.
They're looking in perfect condition already.
Just shows you what a bit of sanding
can do.
The bigger issue for Simon
is how to cut the ladder
to create his zigzag shelving unit.
And I reckon, if you just cut,
dead straight across there,
you can then turn the middle section around...
and that will dive in so you'd end
up with a set of ladders
that look like they've been kinked.
This will either be great
or I'll just wreck it.
While Simon ponders
his carpentry conundrum,
Gemma cracks on with cleaning
the airline trolleys.
I thought my life would be much more
glamorous than this.
This is horrible. It's like
cleaning out an old fridge.
It doesn't smell very good either.
Gemma's not the only one
cleaning old boxes.
Henry and Guy are making a start on
the ammunition cases
from the British minesweeper.
I don't suppose you'd want
a biscuit, would you?
No, I don't have time. Oh?
SPEAKS WITH MOUTH FULL:
Well, that's a shame, isn't it?
Have you got the paint ready?
Have you stirred it? I thought
you were cleaning out the box.
I've done it.
Have you? Yeah.
That's good enough for Hammerite,
son. All right, mate.
We've chosen a gorgeous colour.
Hammered green. Hammered green.
Many metal paints can be applied
directly to clean, bare metal.
Painting the interior of this case
will hopefully make it
more appealing and valuable.
You could do the lid, then we won't
get in each other's way.
All right.
So you go that way as well,
like that?
Oh, I'd better pay attention, actually.
If it's really bad...
You're blipping here, mate.
You're dribbling. Yeah, I'll get it.
It's like a weepy eye.
Painting the cases
is only the start.
They'll also need to
polish the exterior
if they hope to make any money
off these items.
Back in the Liverpool workshop,
Simon's cut his ladder
into three pieces,
rotated the middle section
and then reattached it
to the top and bottom rungs.
Gemma. Gemma. Yes, Simon?
Oh, wow, look at this!
Simon, I can see it.
Yeah!
Of course you can see it now,
it's done.
That is really good.
The question... Yeah?
Do we sand off the rest of the
paint... Mm. ..or, instead...
...do we get all carried away
and get all splashy colours,
use any old paint we've got and kind
of accentuate the decorator's ladder
kind of idea?
Yeah, I like that idea.
To achieve the deliberately messy
decorator's ladder look...
Oh, where do you start?
Eeny, meeny, miney...
...Simon uses a paintbrush to
splatter the shelving unit
in an array of colours.
I might end up signing this.
I've added value to this, Simon.
You've just added value to the wall.
SIMON LAUGHS
Ladder done, he can return
to his first finds.
The chest of drawers is finished
but Simon needs to reassemble
the broken parts
of the clock's casing.
We've finally just got to...
set this piece in here.
There you go.
His father has lovingly
remade a replica hand
and got the clock mechanism
working again...
CLOCK CHIMES
...and delivered it
back to the workshop.
Oh, look, that's ticking away nicely.
Well done, Simon's dad.
These have come up really nicely.
He's done a great job.
Henry and Guy are also making sure
that their two items are ready for
the valuation.
Wow, that is a crazy thing.
But they have yet to see
what has become
of the reproduction Welsh dresser.
Are you ready?
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
Are you ready? Yeah. Go for it.
Oh, my God.
Mate, that is unreal.
It looks like liquid metal.
Doing it that colour is a
revelation. Thank you.
The dresser's dramatic makeover
has excited Henry
but will it be worth anything?
It's time to find out at
today's first valuation.
For his salvage spot, Simon chose
house clearance business owner,
Sam Paul's place in Oxfordshire.
Sam wanted to clear out some of
his vast collection of curiosities.
He's now arrived to see what they've
done with them and discover if
they've made him any dosh.
Good to see you. Good to see
you, Sam. It's great to see you.
Great to see you, mate,
and, hopefully, well...
Is it great to see them?
...feast your eyes.
Oh, right.
That ain't my piece, is it?
Yep! That's awesome.
Go take a look, take a look, mate.
Remember that daft idea
I had about those suitcases?
Yes. Well, come round
the front and...
open a drawer, pull a drawer.
Not that one, that's a suitcase.
Oh, right, OK.
The daftest idea I've ever had.
And it's worked, though?
Now, check that out, mate.
I can't believe that.
The lovely thing about them,
Sam... Yeah.
...is that a display cabinet
like that displays the things
that you really care about or hate
dependent on what you want to do,
so you could put something
like that on it,
like that, what do you reckon?
Exactly, that would fit really well.
I think that just sets
it off beautifully.
I think you've just devalued
that item by about 400 quid.
Oh, Simon... Yeah.
But it looks fantastic.
I'm glad you're impressed because
we've got to impress someone else.
Go on, then. And that's our
independent valuer, Alyssa,
is going to join us now.
Retailer of upcycled furniture,
Alyssa Moore can accurately value
all homeware for retail.
Nice to meet you. Good to meet you.
I'm good.
Come on, Alyssa, let's start
with our bespoke chest of drawers.
I think you've done a very good job.
Thank you.
Simon's first item was
the set of five old suitcases.
He spent £70 on plywood and runners
to create a unique chest of drawers.
It's very trendy.
I think, if I could, I would quite
happily put this in my shop.
I think I could sell it
all day long. OK.
I can't help but think it would look
even better in a trendy retail shop
or something like that.
But if I could put it in my shop,
I'd stick a £250 price tag on it.
Oh, brilliant. Oh, that's great.
Yeah, yeah. HENRY: That's not bad.
No, absolutely. She's in a good
mood. Yeah, she is in a good mood.
Simon's made a solid start, bagging
an impressive £180 profit for Sam.
OK, so, it's started well.
ALYSSA: Yup.
Let's keep the good mood going,
because, word of warning,
family heirloom, grandfather clock.
Simon spent £60 on replacement
parts in order to restore
the grandfather clock
to tick-tock condition.
There's something that's called
marriages, a marriage with clocks,
and what that means is if a clock
is deemed a marriage clock,
it's not wholly original... Yeah.
...and I believe that your clock
is a marriage clock, meaning...
I think so too. Yeah.
The long case is Victorian, I
believe, the clock, the mechanism,
the case is Georgian... Yeah.
...which, unfortunately,
brings down the value. Yeah.
Because of all those reasons,
I would like to value it at £450.
Despite not being an original,
Simon's second item has still
clocked up a profit of £390.
HENRY: Come on, then,
be nice to me, Alyssa. Come on.
ALYSSA: Wow. I think
we should call it Marmite.
Henry's first item,
the tired old Welsh dresser,
was given a dramatic makeover,
thanks to a £100 paint job
at the local resprayers.
Functionally, it's a good piece. Yeah.
And I think the right person comes
along and loves that colour,
it's going to sell. Exactly, yeah.
To be honest, I kind of actually
like the colour.
And I would put that in my shop
and I would put a price tag
of £230 on it.
Henry's bold gamble has paid off,
netting £130 profit
for Sam's pocket.
I can't believe that. HENRY: What?
Because I got you to take that
cos I knew that
you'd lose money on it
and it'd be embarrassing
and you've gone and...
Oh, I don't like this.
For once in my life, I'm victorious. Yeah.
Hey, look, while we're on a roll,
let's talk about the turbine.
ALYSSA: Why do you do this to me?
Henry's final item,
the water turbine,
has been repurposed into a
larger than life candlestick
thanks to £150 on powder coating
and £100 on the huge candle.
It is an interesting piece,
isn't it?
And I think the only way that you
can really determine a value
is to trial the market and I would
say, put it in an art show.
I would put a £500 price tag on it
and see what would happen.
Yeah. I would be confident it'd sell
around that as well. Yeah? Yeah.
Another result for Henry,
thanks to its wow factor.
The water turbine candle
has turned in a £250 profit.
If you just took the cash off us today,
we would be giving you £950
to take home.
How does that sound? Fantastic.
Yeah.
Way above what I thought
we could realise.
If you did take that money home...
Yep. ..what would it go towards?
It would go towards another trailer,
just like I said back when we
first... Hey, mate,
he's still saving for the trailer.
I'll tell you what, for 950 quid,
you're well on your way
to at least a double axle.
Yeah, we'll get a twin axle one
with that, you know that.
A successful day for Sam Paul.
That's £950 that Simon and Henry
will be handing over.
Really, really happy
with the results.
My favourite item there would
actually be the chest of drawers
out of the suitcases.
Coming up, Henry attempts to break
another land speed record.
She does really go.
There's good news in Liverpool.
It's actually sold.
And at the final valuation,
it's Simon and Henry who
are full of praise.
Alyssa, do you know what? Yes?
We're really happy with you today.
Well, that's a switch.
Upcycling champions Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien
are turning clutter into cash.
Simon's choice
of hunting ground
made house clearance
business owner Sam Paul...
So Henry will be hoping to make
collector Tom Butterworth even more.
Having painted the inside
of two ammunition cases,
Guy turns his attention
to polishing the outside.
Getting it even all over
is going to be the problem.
Mirror polishing the aluminium
surface has turned these cases into
desirable domestic storage boxes,
which should be worth good money,
and to preserve that shine, Guy's
buffing up with a little car wax.
Well, I think that's there.
My arms are killing
me from lifting that up
for about two hour's polishing.
I hope Henry thinks it's worthwhile.
But Guy's not the only one who's
been busy on the polishing mop.
In Liverpool, the
airline trolley's equally buffed
and Gemma's adding
some finishing touches.
This is like sticky
back plastic that I'm using.
You can get it in all sorts
of designs nowadays.
It's just really good for decorating.
It's like wallpaper but it's just
got a sticky back on it.
She uses a sharp knife to
cut the plastic to shape
and at a cost of £30,
the sticky back plastic is a simple,
yet highly effective way
to revitalise this old trolley.
And then my mirror
to go on top...
...and that just finishes it off.
Ideal for anyone's bathroom, that.
In Oxford, Henry and Guy's last job
is to get the
Yamaha moped roadworthy once more.
Basically, we need to clean the car,
we need to clean the bike and we
need to put the rear foot pegs on.
I've ordered myself
some new universal ones.
These one-size-fits-all foot
pegs cost just a few pounds.
Happy days.
Right, let's let her down.
Job done. Henry's itching to give
the bike a test ride.
At only 50cc, this little moped was
only ever designed to reach 30mph,
but with Guy and Henry's repairs,
it's running as good as new.
She does really go.
I reckon that was probably
one of the quickest
little mopeds in its day.
She feels like a new little moped.
But how far this moped goes is
governed by one simple thing...
I think you're out of fuel.
Oh, dear!
In Liverpool, Gemma's
having a little more luck
with the repurposed ladder.
Right, it's actually sold
for the asking price of £90.
Well done, us.
But did she get a good deal?
It's time to find out at
the final valuation.
Henry chose car enthusiast
Tom Butterworth's Preston home.
Come and join us, Tom.
He wants cash for home improvements.
How are you doing?
Lovely to see you.
Feast your eyes, dear boy. Wow.
Have a wander round,
have a wander round.
Get up close and personal,
as they say, Tom. That's well cool.
It's a crazy thing, isn't it?
It's beautiful.
Yeah, I love it.
Storage containers?
Yeah, I think so.
I quite like having it in
the back of my Land Rover,
do you know what I mean?
Now, look, Tom, the key is
whether we've made to some money.
And what we have now is Alicia
to come, our independent valuer.
Restoration business owner
Alicia is back to cast her eye
over all four items. Alicia, shall
we start with Simon's stuff?
Why not? Yeah.
The airline trolley.
I think it's brilliant.
Gemma's outdone herself, hasn't she?
Repurposing the airline trolley into
a bathroom cabinet cost £50 for the
wood effect plastic, a mirror top
and some glass shelves.
Perfect size for the bathroom,
it's small.
Often they can come double that size,
which makes them ever so slightly
less convenient
in a residential setting.
The glass shelves...
I think it would be equally cute
as a drinks trolley as well.
Happily estimate
this at £150.
Oh, that's brilliant. I think that's
all right, mate, isn't it? Yeah.
Simon's off to a flying start,
pulling in a £100 profit for Tom.
Ladder shelves,
a work of art in themselves.
Indeed. It almost looks like you
splattered the paint purposefully.
Did you? Yeah. Yeah?
Yeah, it's a work of art.
Simon's upcycled an old stepladder
into a stylish storage unit,
spending just £10 on paint.
I'm not sure there's
been a lot of value added.
I think they're quite popular so
they might have sold at £80 as they
were, but I'd happily still evaluate
them as a set of shelves at £80.
£80, is that right, is it? That hard
work was worthwhile then, was it?
Yes, it was
worthwhile, actually, because...
I've already sold them for £90.
Oh, well done.
Simon's savvy sale, minus costs,
has netted Tom £80 in profit.
So, there you go,
I made a profit of £80
for a set of old ladders
which that just lying around.
That's an improvement.
Sound all right? Yes, excellent.
Good man. I'm happy.
Well, you should be. 90 quid,
really? Not mocking now, are you?
No, I'm not.
Let's move on now
quickly to my ammunition cases.
Henry's restored two ammunition
boxes by painting their insides
and polishing the surfaces
to a gleaming mirror shine,
all at a cost of just £50.
We can sell these all
day long in our shop.
£80 each.
Oh, that's not too bad, actually.
So, a total of 160.
Henry's off to an explosive start
adding a £110 profit
to Tom's tally.
Good, I'm happy with that!
Moped, moped. Yes, the moped.
Well, this is the Yamaha's
version of the Honda Cub.
Henry spent £85 on new foot pegs,
a battery and a new side panel to
give the Yamaha scooter a simple but
much-needed makeover.
And it's roadworthy, isn't it?
Yeah, it's all roadworthy.
It's in good condition.
Easily £500.
A glowing result for Henry,
making another £415 for Tom.
Alicia, do you know what? Yes.
We're really happy with you today.
Well, that's a switch!
It is amazing because in
total we've made you, Tom,
a profit of 705 quid.
That is unbelievable.
Thank you so much.
We're getting a handshake.
This is what it's all about, mate.
It makes it all worth it.
So Henry's choice of location
has earned Tom £705.
The restorations that have been made
on these parts are quite incredible.
These parts were pretty rough
looking, in my shed for years,
and now they look
like they're useful,
brand-new, shiny,
beautiful items.
I am well impressed.
Tom may have £705 to put
towards his home improvements,
but with £950 profit,
it's Simon's choice,
Sam Paul's place, that's
made the most money today.
Tick-tock, tick-tock,
time for a celebration!
For me!
Come on, then. What?
Another victory.
Well, how much?
I thought I was close.
But you know what?
Money is immaterial today.
My old dad has fixed that clock.
Anyway, time's money. Come on.
Subtitles by Ericsson