Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 2, Episode 7 - Episode #2.7 - full transcript
Simon finds some night vision goggles and an antique snooker table that's seen better days, while Henry chooses an enormous US army truck as one of his picks.
The sheds, garages, and barns
of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
Oh. Henry!
It may look like junk, but it
could be worth a small fortune.
Bing! Bing!
I haven't seen one that big,
darling, for a while.
Carry on, sir.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
can turn that clutter
into cold, hard cash.
We're going to get
great money for 'em.
For Henry and his mechanic...
Don't think you should be looking at
that, mate.
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
Oh, yes!
Whilst upcycling genius
Simon and his restorer,
love turning everyday objects
into fantastic furniture.
Well, that's perfect!
Well, look, feast your eyes.
I reckon you've done great things.
Drop that down to release
the next bottle! Boof!
They may have different tastes,
but they'll always make the old
turn to gold.
Going back with you, Alan,
is £6,380.
What am I going to do with all that?
Today, a bombshell for Simon...
He has never taken anything
of that scale ever before.
...Henry and Guy nearly
come to blows...
Look, I know... I'm just worried,
I'm just worried, you're miles away.
...and valuer Alicia
has never felt so good.
It makes you want to play.
Today Henry is taking Simon
to Northamptonshire,
home to Silverstone,
the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit.
But it's vehicles of a more
off-road nature that are
taking Henry's fancy.
We're going to see a bloke
called Nick.
Yes. He's got a kind of,
how shall I describe it?
OK, he wheels and deals in tanks,
and military vehicles.
Nick Mead and
his business partner Todd,
share an almost limitless passion
for military hardware.
I got this farm 15, 16 years ago and
I've just built the collection up.
It's got to 150 tanks now.
People come from all over
the world to drive tanks.
But the military connection
doesn't end there.
Bletchley Park is close by, home
to the World War II codebreakers
who, arguably, won the war
for the Allies,
but the old codebreakers are
not the only ones to make
an important discovery.
He was ripping out a tank
the other day
that came back from the
Middle East and he found
three million quid's worth
of gold in it.
Put your foot down, then! Yep!
THEY LAUGH
Along with his vehicles,
Nick has amassed shed-fulls
of military spares -
ample pickings for Henry and Simon.
They could spend a month here
going through this stuff
and they still wouldn't get
even a fraction through it.
Enough to keep us running
for another 25 years.
Nick? Hiya. Henry, how are you?
Nice to see you.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Lovely to meet you.
What on Earth? Yeah, exactly.
I feel as though Oxfordshire or Northamptonshire,
or wherever we are,
has just been invaded.
You buy one, two looks better.
Now there's 150 out there.
I am right in thinking that
in one of these old tanks,
you found a certain amount of gold?
He's a prospector! You found gold?
Yeah. That's craziness.
Are there any other tanks you
haven't looked through yet?
Two. Are there?
Captured in Iraq. Really?
Come on then.
Well, there's a clue. Yellow.
OK, then. Yellow! Nick, we'll see
you later. See you later.
The chance of finding more
gold bars, boys, is zero,
especially if the first tank you
spot is not painted sand yellow.
THEY LAUGH
Did you ever think you'd
see a pink tank?
Pink tank parked for now,
Simon spots something a little
more manageable.
What's that going to be for?
Do you know what I think...
I know what it is. Do you?
Is it something to do with
being able to...
You can either do that
or eat loads of carrots!
Yeah, exactly that.
Seeing in the dark.
It's a nightscope.
They are a lot of money.
This one is military specification.
This is going to be quality.
Generation 1 night-vision devices
worked by allowing available ambient
light to be multiplied 1,000 times
by amplifying the electronic output
from the image sensors, helping
soldiers see in the dark.
But this technology
didn't come cheap.
Each costs £30,000, an awful lot
of money in the '60s.
What do you do with it? What I'm
thinking is, look, there's loads of
like ornithologists or people even
go badger watching at night
and that kind of thing, don't they?
I'm serious.
What's he going to do,
go badger watching?
Why not? Who wouldn't want to?
Badgers are beautiful. Henry's not.
Henry's horrible.
There you go.
I've got my first item.
So Simon's picked off the
military night-vision equipment.
Time to scope out the rest
of Nick's property.
Oh, God. Oh, wow! It just gets
crazier and crazier, doesn't it?
These, I guess, part of tanks.
Everything. Armoured cars.
Caterpillar tracks.
Floor-to-ceiling racks of
bits of military kit.
Amongst the abandoned parts, Simon's
spotted something of interest,
an old shell rack from
a Russian self-propelled gun.
OK. You need to talk to me
fairly quickly. Well...
Can I guess that you're supposed to
put armaments or something in it?
It's what it looks like, isn't it?
It's to carry shells, isn't it?
Yeah. But in far more, shall we say
peaceful times,
should it not be used
to carry fine wines?
It's basically war meets
now conviviality.
Hey, look, you could just open it
up for your Pinot Grigio
and just whup it out like that.
Come on then, I need to rummage.
Yeah, you do.
So that's Simon done,
but Henry hasn't started,
so he's taking the search
to the battlefield.
Henry, what are we doing out here?
I thought I might have a tank.
What?
No, Henry, no,
you cannot take a tank.
OK, I may not be able to have
a tank, but I can have that.
Do you want to know my item?
What?
Ah! Hey!
Check it out, man!
What?
Come to daddy, a US military truck.
Mate, check this out.
Now these trucks were
the staple diet of the
American army in Vietnam.
This M35 2.5 tonne truck was
used widely from the 1950s
through to the 1980s.
Despite its size, it packs
a modest 127 horsepower engine.
This one was designed to run on
anything flammable,
from chip fat to paraffin.
He has never taken anything
of that scale ever before.
I can't wait to see Guy's face.
Have I bitten off more
than I can chew?
Put it this way, I don't think
I can get it through my gates.
I think it's going to need a bit of
hassle to get it going,
but who cares, mate?
It's a military truck!
Come on.
Get this old truck running and
Henry could be on his way to
a healthy profit as military
enthusiasts will pay top dollar
for trucks of this kind.
I just want a small trinket.
OK. You know what I mean?
I think a small trinket to go
with my serious wheels.
Here we are.
It's metal. Yeah.
Oh, man, look at that!
Kind of a frame. Yeah.
Some kind of crazy bucket seat,
isn't it?
You could do a stand, couldn't you?
A nice little cushion.
Just drop some slats in here
and use it as an outdoor
swivel chair.
I think it compliments
the truck beautifully.
Kind of yin and vastly yang.
Come on, let's go
and see Nick and Todd.
So Henry has chosen the
relatively modest steel frame
from an old armchair.
But what will Nick and Todd
make of their picks?
I found that on the end.
Tell me about that.
That is the shell rack of a
Russian self-propelled gun.
OK. I thought it might be something
to do with carrying shells.
It's now going to have
a different life, if that's OK.
It's going to carry wine.
Now, my second one, if it's OK,
I'd like to take that away
and just have a play with it,
get it working and then see
where I can go with it.
Now, boys, that little chair frame,
I thought I might put a stand on it,
I thought I might put a little
cushioning on it
and I thought I might
kind of paint it a nice colour
and I think you might get
a few quid for it.
But will Nick let Henry
take the M35 truck?
Can I just take that?
I mean, I just have to take it.
I'll come back next week
and pick it up. It's my baby.
Well, I've got a couple of punters
who I think might well want that,
one of which is a bit of
a rock and roller.
Cheers, guys. Nice to meet you.
So with all the items approved,
it seems Henry has just the vehicle
to drive everything home in.
We don't need a van,
we've got a truck.
I could drive all the bits back.
Coming up:
Simon gets rather excited...
You could drop that down to release
the next bottle. Boof!
...Guy can't believe his eyes...
Are you serious?
...and Henry has had
just about enough.
All right. Just stop being smug.
Sultans of scrap Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are finding junk to
fix and flog.
Hey! Check it out, man. What?
They've both picked two items each
from Nick and Todd's yard,
and are now heading back to their bases.
In Oxfordshire, Henry is revealing
his haul to
best friend and restorer Guy Willison.
So, look, what I reckon we should do
with this is, do it a lovely colour.
We should do a lovely walnut or oak
wooden base to it,
and I think we should get the boys
with the metalwork
to give us a nice base.
Yeah? Mm-hm. Happy with that? Very.
To check out Henry's next find, the
boys need to go on manoeuvres.
Guy didn't really have a clue what
was coming.
But when we rounded the corner, oh,
my word!
Are you serious?
Well, it's gargantuan. How long does
he think we've got?
Does it run? Has he gone mad?
Firstly though, we've got to get it going.
OK. We'll come back tomorrow,
fully armed and fully laden and with equipment.
I can see why you got it.
I'm just worried about you driving at.
Hey, look, mate, there's only one
way to find out.
Get it going so we can.
Yeah, OK. Come on!
But before they start on the truck,
Guy begins work on the iron chair,
crafting a seat out of oak.
The moment of truth, let's see if it fits.
Oh, nearly. Next he applies some
wood stain.
I think it will give it quite a
rustic nice look actually.
And a few minutes with the buffer.
Finally, a base is made by a
specialist welding company.
Next, the US Army truck.
It's the biggest thing the boys have
tackled ever.
Has Henry gone too far?
OK, we've got to find the battery,
haven't we?
Have a look under here.
That looks like a battery.
Military memorabilia, such as the
M35 truck, is highly sought after by
collectors and enthusiasts.
So the plan is to give the old girl
a once over to make sure it can make
it down to a buyer's place without
breaking down.
We're off. Right.
Oh, that's a battery.
Henry is hopeful that by topping up
the battery,
they will be able to get this thing
back on the road.
With the battery charging,
he takes a look under the hood to
check the fluids.
Oh, it's heavy.
I'm going to need a hand.
There's the dipstick. Do you want to
go round there and check that?
No. How long do you want a dipstick
to be?
There's definitely oil on it.
Let's have a look. I can't see.
OK, so, look, right, the engine
looks good. There is decent,
clear, lovely oil in it.
Yeah, yeah. OK, let her down.
You sure? Yeah. Stand clear.
So it's not all bad news for the M35 truck.
Hopefully, they'll have this thing
running in no time.
Up in Liverpool, Simon is about to
reveal his pick of his military
hardware to his restorer, Gemma Longworth.
What about if instead of carrying
weapons of destruction,
it just wants to be a Champagne
rack?
Oh, Champagne?
Oh, yes. Not just wine?
No, not just wine on this occasion.
I'm thinking, if we're going to flip
it on its head, to what it once was,
let's go all out.
I can see it, yeah.
You can drop that down to release
the next bottle, boom!
Next up are the military grade
night-vision goggles.
What about if this was mounted on
its own stand?
Yeah? For wildlife watching at
night?
That's a good idea.
I never would have thought in a
million years that Simon would bring
back those, but I've got them.
With no further ado,
Simon starts sketching out his
design for a stand.
So, what we need is Ian, the blacksmith,
to make some kind of cage on a stand,
and then you'll be able to
use it like a periscope.
The soon-to-be Champagne rack is
dispatched to the sand blasters
to be cleaned and repainted.
Yeah? Is that all right there? Some
of these.
While Simon is busy spraying the
handles the same colour.
In Oxfordshire, the metal chair has
returned from the welders with a new
custom made base.
That's great. Do you like it?
Yeah. Feast your eyes.
Look at that. Mate, that is quality.
That just measures up nice there
like that.
Colour? I'm thinking a really light yellow.
All right, yellow it is.
With the seat heading to the painters,
Henry and Guy are back to the Army truck.
But will she fire up?
Come on in.
Now, do you have any idea what
you're doing here?
Well, the first thing to do is to
make sure it's in neutral.
Yes. The second thing to do is to,
oh, that's battery cut-off there.
If I switch that on, we might have a chance.
Ready? Is this it?
Here we go, mate. Go on, then. It
goes!
ENGINE REVS
It runs, it runs!
Result! The old workhorse survived a
tour of duty in Nam,
but how will she fare on the
Cotswold Lanes
with Henry at the helm?
But she's only worth what someone
will pay.
Hopefully Henry's potential buyer
will be just as enthusiastic.
If not, Henry may just as well admit defeat.
In Liverpool, Gemma has armed
herself with spray paint,
ready to attack the night-vision
goggles stand,
and give it a military look.
I'm just going to layer up the
different colours,
and that should give us a nice
camouflaged effect.
Inside, the missile rack is back
from the painters,
and is now sporting a
new sandstorm colour.
Simon is adding rubber piping for
protection from the sharp edges.
He then moves on to reattaching the
painted handles.
All back on. Brilliant.
We are ready to get some fizz on the go.
With work well under way on their
first items,
it's time for the boys to head out
on their second search.
And this time, it Simon's turn to
choose the rummage location.
They're heading to the heart of
rural Northamptonshire.
It's the home of Nicky Dorwood's
family,
who have farmed the land for centuries.
We've been here for 300 years.
Well, my family's been here for 300 years.
There are loads of items for Henry
and Simon to look at.
They're going to be in their element
because every door or every piece of
wood they turn or lock that they open,
there will be something random in
there that has a story to tell.
Come on.
Look at that, how beautiful is that?
It is, but where are we, then?
We're in the gorgeous
Northamptonshire countryside.
I'm sorry there are no tanks to see,
but there is a lovely farm and a
lovely lady called Nicky who has
lots of barns and sheds and gorgeous
things. Come on. I think I might
have done my back.
Hi, Nicky, how are you?
Hello. How you doing? Hello Nicky,
how are you?
Now, Nicky, this is a menagerie and
I especially love the little Guinea
pigs. The little Guinea pigs, Yeah.
Tell me, why are they all here?
They're here because we love them,
there are my kids' pets,
but obviously they make part of the...
when children come and visit them,
they play with the rabbits,
the Guinea pigs, the goats are in
the shed there.
So around and about us, there will
be a few bits and pieces, will
there?
There's loads of random stuff,
because farmers never chuck anything away.
No, I know that for sure. That's why
we often end up in agricultural areas.
Nicky, if we did make you some
money, what would you spend it on?
I don't know. Maybe go on a holiday?
Brilliant, OK. well, listen, we will
leave you to it.
Yes. We'll catch you later.
Cheers, Nicky.
As ever, Henry and Simon hope to
find two items each that they can
fix and flog on for a profit.
Oh, yes, please, man. Look at that baby.
Look at this baby.
What baby? This baby.
Can I just go and have a look at
the...?
Do what you want, I'm just having a mooch.
Oh, I can tell by the legs what that is.
Is it a billiard table?
It is. A very large slab of gorgeous
old, dusty mahogany.
It flips on a central axis long ways
and then becomes your little half
size snooker table.
Made between 1890 and 1920 by George
Edwards and George Wright,
they were ideal for domestic use.
OK, the baize, it has to be said,
have seen better days.
Has it?
In good condition, they can sell for
thousands of pounds.
With the legs and spare parts all
present and correct,
Simon reckons he can restore it to
its former glory,
and make some money.
First item, done.
If I find one more item, you're
snookered!
Si could do a brilliant restoration
on it, but will it make any money?
I don't think so.
Oh, look, out of the barn...
...in to the container. Containers.
OK, it's kind of just...
double glazing and stuff down there.
But what's that?
Well, it's quite chunky.
You see... Now, then... That's
heavy.
Blimey! The thing is...
Yeah? Get it in between us.
...now... Can I just stop you, it's
not very nice.
It's so horrible.
I don't like it. Just visually, it's
not right.
But Simon reckons it has potential.
Or at least that's what he's
persuading Henry to think.
It's actually quite a well built piece.
It's strong and stable. So you're
not interested in this at all?
There are a few techniques that I've
been thinking about,
and if it doesn't work,
then I can send it up to you to be
recommissioned!
1-1, come on.
Come on, let's just leave that there
for a bit while I inwardly digest.
So, Henry is having second thoughts
and decides to take it.
At the end of the day, I may not
make too much money out of the
corner cupboard, but, then again -
I'll make more money than the
snooker table probably.
What have you got there?
Oh, look at that. Now, then,
what's that? A feed drum or
something?
The question is, what's the bottom
like?
Have a look for us.
That's sweet, mate. Is it all right?
It's all good. No holes?
No holes, son.
Well, you know what...?
What would you do with that? I'm
going to take that home,
discuss with the team in Liverpool,
and we'll come up with something
very, very nice with that. 2-1.
All right. Just stop being smug.
Simon has bagged his second item, a
galvanised farm storage box,
probably for grain or feed.
While Henry has still to locate his
final pick.
Bench? What? A very rustic broken bench.
Yeah, it's a bit rusty, a bit broken.
Mower? Door frames? Window frames?
Look.
Oh, don't get...
You just stay there for a sec all
right?
I've seen my second item.
It needs a bit of repair.
Blimey, is that rotten?
I hope not. Question is though, what
is it?
It's a manger, isn't it? If it is a
manger, why does it have...
a lid?
Good point, Simon.
Shall we go and see Nicky? 2-2.
Well done. Happy days.
Hopefully, Nicky will shed some
light on their curious boxes.
Now that little table-y, chest-y
thing, I think it's a manger.
But I'm not sure because it has a lid,
which I think might be a bit odd if
it was a manger.
OK, so it actually is
what they used a long time ago to
prove dough in.
So it's a dough proving box.
Wow, really? So you get your dough,
you knead it up and you leave it in
there to rise?
Now, look, my second item,
I think I need to prove to myself
that you can take something like
that and make yourself like it by
doing different things to it.
OK, cool. So if it's OK with you,
those are my two items.
Definitely, yeah. Moving on from that,
let's start with that galvanised tin
thing that I'm going to repair.
Not entirely sure what yet, but I
just love it,
so I'm going to take that away if
that's OK. You can have that, yeah.
And, now, to I think, the piece de
resistance today.
Not what I was expecting to find in
a farm barn.
That is going to be exactly what it
should be -
a very beautiful dining room come
snooker table. Yeah.
We'll see you in a few weeks when
we've done our magic, hopefully.
Yeah. Thank you very much. See you
later, Nicky.
OK. Wonderful, thank you very much.
Coming up - Gemma gets down and dirty...
Oh! This is disgusting!
...Guy is less than impressed...
Henry was quite excited about it.
Absolute shocker.
...and more revelations at the valuation.
This was actually in the boot of a
car that we were going to run over!
LAUGHTER
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are on
the hunt for discarded junk to upcycle.
Ta-da! Look at that baby!
After today's second rummage,
they've chosen two more items each
and are back at base,
with Simon revealing his finds
to restorer Gemma in Liverpool.
So, this is a very, very lovely,
if a little tired,
Victorian mahogany table.
Yeah? You've got solid-state bed,
and there is a little bit of damage
here, but nothing we can't do.
Apart from that, we just need TLC
all over it...
Yeah. ..and then we need an expert
to re-cover the snooker table
and do the cushions. That is not a
job for anyone that doesn't know
what they're doing. Yeah. All right?
OK. So, there you go.
A very impressive thing. Lovely.
Well, maybe, not such an impressive
thing, but all the same...
Here's what I've got in mind,
just really simple.
Maybe turn it into a laundry basket.
if you put a liner in it,
you can remove...
Yeah. Yeah? That'd work.
It's a good use of some old farming equipment.
We can get that in someone's home,
in a bathroom, it'll look lovely.
First on the agenda
is the steel bin,
but before they can do anything
else, it needs a thorough clean.
Gemma - get ready for dirty work.
I've never felt so glamorous
as I do now.
Oh, my word.
This is going to be a smelly job.
Putrefied bin juice
from rotting animal feed.
Nice! Oh!
This is disgusting!
Oh, this stinks.
I get all the rubbish jobs.
I think it's been used as a bin.
Ugh!
Well, it's definitely cleaner,
it definitely smells better
and I definitely don't like Simon
any more.
Talking of Simon, he's making
himself busy attaching the snooker
table legs with handyman Phil.
So, it should now swivel towards me.
That's magic, isn't it?
And then, we close the handles...
Is this possibly the coolest table
in the world?
We need to do the entire restoration
of the table before it goes to be
re-clothed and new cushions.
That's your cue to get sanding, boys.
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy are
inspecting their newest workload.
Just looking at it, I'm thinking,
well, sand it down and polish it,
and it'll look rather lovely,
because it is quite old and it has
quite a nice pattern.
I like the broken bits
and it's quite a nice thing.
It's just a nice, high coffee table,
and I think, at the end of the day,
we might get good wedge.
Next item - you're going to love it!
OK.
I wouldn't be so confident, Henry.
Go on. Well, the back's nicer
than the front.
Second item -
Henry was quite excited about it.
Absolute shocker.
I mean, I have to be honest
with you... Yeah.
...that, as a cupboard, is awful...
Yes. ..but I think we could do
something to make it acceptable.
Take those shelves out, and then
strip it back to bare wood.
Yeah. Yeah?
And then do our polish on it.
What we're looking for is a kind of
farmhouse vibe for it.
So, we're going for
a 1993 farmhouse vibe?
Guy cracks on with the woodworm
treatment for the dough proofer.
It is absolutely riddled.
I hope it is still standing
when it is treated.
I'll let that dry over the weekend
and then I'll be able to sort of
sand it and wax it.
Talking of waxing,
he's not done yet.
Guy applies wax to the corner unit,
which has already been chemically
dipped to remove the old varnish.
The carcass is looking good.
And he adds some new hinges.
All I've got to do now is make
the shelves and paint them.
Back in Liverpool,
with the steel bin now clean,
Phil uses an angle grinder to give
it an industrial look.
And after 20 hours' hard graft
with the sander,
Simon's snooker table is back to
bare wood, and Gemma has an idea.
Simon, you've done such a good job
on this...
...would you not be tempted to leave
it as it is?
I know dark wood is not fashionable
at the moment,
but snooker tables are dark wood.
But it does look great like this.
All right. OK, I'll think about it.
Yeah?
Yeah. Just give it some thought.
I will. OK.
Oh, Simon...
Oh, I was supposed to give that some
thought, wasn't I?
Never mind. Here we go.
With the wood stained,
it's time to send the table off to a
specialist restorer to work his
magic. He adds new cushions to the
edges and replaces the pockets,
before re-clothing the table
with baize,
which is the name of the smooth,
green, woollen fabric
that covers the base.
In Oxfordshire,
Guy and Henry are at odds
over how to sand
the dough-proofing trough.
Now, look, this is very critical to
this item, so you pay attention.
OK. Don't take everything off so
it's clean wood. I won't, I won't.
So, what are you doing? The inside?
You're going to do this on
there, and... Accentuate the grain.
That's all you're doing. But don't
go any lighter than that.
See how the...
Easy, boys.
They're using sanders to remove the
worst of the old wood and paint
whilst maintaining
the original patina.
OK, so, now we've got to polish it.
But before they can do that,
Henry is keen to repaint the new
shelves on the corner unit.
Shall we go with the grain?
Yes. Yeah, course you should.
Henry is using a sage green eggshell
furniture paint,
which can be bought for around £10.
My father, when he was restoring
pine for sale,
always used to paint the shelves
this colour.
A little but lighter, actually.
I wish he was around to see us
putting the shelving unit together, eh?
in Liverpool, Simon has turned his
attention back to his items
from today's first search.
The night-vision goggles have been
rewired, and the stand is finished.
If I can remember Ian's magic...
The clever boy he is.
And that...
...is that. That rolls off
to a 12-volt battery.
IT SQUEAKS
And I've got that...
Oh, I'll get some grease for that.
Let's see. Oh, right.
Perfect height, as well.
That's really good. Yeah, so there.
Henry Cole, ha!
That's one item down.
Now, they just need to finish off
the champagne rack.
So, it's champagne at the top, yeah?
Yeah. With the big levers.
Yeah. And wine at the bottom. Right.
OK. OK?
But the idea is to display it
like that.
Very nice. You see? Yeah.
And when you want the next bottle
you just go, ah, thank you.
I love it.
But will Simon be popping
champagne corks?
Gemma's meeting local antiques
dealer Laura to see if she'll sell
it through her shop.
Now, it is definitely one of a kind,
as you can see.
It's certainly unique, isn't it?
It's hard to put a price on.
It is, but it is looking for a home.
So, do you think you might be able
to help this find one?
Absolutely, yeah.
OK, then. So, have we got a deal?
We've got a deal. Brilliant.
Thanks, Laura. Thank you.
Let's hope Laura can shift
the champagne rack.
In Oxfordshire, Henry is also
finishing his first items.
Firstly, the repainted metal chair
is finished with Guy's wooden seat.
It feels as though it's pinching up lovely.
That's it. Is that it?
We're done. All right.
Oh, yes, mate.
Check that out! Yeah?
Have another-have another sit.
It should be safe now.
That's really nice.
I think it's lovely. Is it?
Don't you? Yeah.
Hey, look, job done, mate.
I think it goes beautifully well
with the Vietnam truck, don't you?
And talking of the Vietnam truck,
Henry's lined up a potential buyer.
None other than military enthusiast
and collector, former drummer of
Status Quo, John Coghlan.
But will he give Henry
whatever he wants?
Are you interested? I am, yeah,
very interested.
It's a nice bit of kit.
I find it amazing,
but I think they're only worth
eight grand.
What about seven and a half?
And I'll buy you a beer
down the pub. Come on, then, mate.
Good man. Seven and a half.
You're a top geezer, mate.
I know. And I'll tell you what,
though... Yeah?
Can I have a free ticket to a gig?
Of course you can.
I'm in for it, mate.
But did he do a good deal?
It's time to find out,
in the first valuation.
The lads visited Nick and Todd's
place for a rummage.
Nick has now come to see how much
cash they have raised.
How are you doing? How are you?
How are you? Come on in.
Nice to see you.
Good to see you again.
Not bad, not bad.
You look well. Have a wander around.
Have a lookie. What can I say?
May I sit in this, or will it break?
Mate, please feel free.
A bit of English oak, I believe.
I think you're right, actually.
Yeah. This was actually in the boot
of a car that we were going to run
over. You see, mate?
There you go. But, Nick,
I'm sure you want to know whether
we made you any money.
Adam's here,
he's a valuer, and he's going to
tell you how much.
Adam Partridge has over 20 years
of experience in antiques,
and he runs his own auction houses,
so he knows a thing or two
about valuations.
Hello, Alan. All right?
Yes, now, Adam, let's start with the
night-vision, fully operational,
with new stand,
for badger watching and other
wildlife viewing in the dark.
An item like that... I've never been
asked to value anything like that
before. Of course.
Tricky, very tricky indeed.
It cost £100 to rewire
the night-vision scope
and make the stand.
I think that you could probably put
a price tag of £175 and get it sold.
So, that's a £75 profit
on the night-vision scope.
Move on to one of the favourite
things I've had fun with
for a long time.
That another item I'm never going to
see again.
You're really testing me with these, Simon.
£60 was spent on relaunching the
missile holder with a new coat
of paint and other tweaks.
A military enthusiast that likes
wine would love to buy that,
wouldn't they? There's quite a lot
of those, probably.
I should think there are. Yeah.
What would they pay for it?
£200.
And in fact, the antique shop sold
it for the valuation price.
That's an explosive profit of £140
for the champagne rack.
OK, Adam, let's talk canary yellow.
Yes, it's lurid, isn't it?
Very, very bright.
The iron chair was renovated
with a new base, a seat
and a paint job for £60.
I think it's very smart, actually,
and you've made a new base on it,
I hear? Yeah, we have. Yep.
Price - 125 quid.
That's a sturdy profit of £65
for the chair.
Right, OK, let's talk Mack truck,
shall we?
Why have I got a worried feeling?
Rolling Thunder.
Late '50s, is it?
Yeah, I think it's '57, Nick.
Am I right? Yeah.
Pre-MOT.
The truck was given a once-over
to check it was a runner,
but no money was spent on securing
its sale.
I've seen these go through before,
and various ones sell
and they tend to be in the sort of
seven grand to maybe eight grand
area, that sort of area.
I don't know what you both think
about that, but that's my view.
OK, well, that's a relief,
the valuation.
I've sold it, Nick, and I sold it
for seven and a half grand.
I don't care what you've done to it, then.
Is that all right?
Oh, yeah, that's fine.
That's a monster £7,500 profit
for the truck.
OK, Nick, so, prepare yourself, right.
After all costs,
you are taking home
£7,780.
I'm happy with that. Are you?
I should think you should be.
I'm going to get a missile out.
That's a hell of a figure.
Fantastic!
So, Henry's choice of search
location has delivered an overall
profit of £7,780.
They've done really well, and I'd
like them to come back and take more
of my complete rubbish away
and roll it into cash.
Coming up - Simon's hustled...
There you go, thanks for the game.
Henry's in a spin...
Come on, get on with it.
...and a diplomatic silence
at the valuation.
Yeah, er...
Oh, it doesn't look good, mate.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
making cash out of trash.
Is this possibly the coolest table
in the world?
At Henry's choice of location,
they made a whopping £7,780
for military enthusiast Nick...
I'm happy with that. Are you? Yeah,
I am.
I should think you should be - I'm
going to get a missile out.
...so the pressure is on for Simon's
location to beat that.
Hey! Fantastic!
In the workshop, Gemma's converting
the storage bin
into a laundry basket.
She's measuring up so she can fit
a fabric liner.
She is also using Velcro to attach
the liner to the bin.
Fingers crossed.
It fits under the lid...
...so it's nice and discreet.
And that'll look perfect in anyone's
bathroom now.
Great.
The snooker table is back from the specialist
and Simon and Gemma seem impressed.
It's immaculate, isn't it?
It's gorgeous. It's just incredible,
isn't it?
Only one thing to do now, Gemma.
What's that?
Let battle commence.
Not a problem.
Your go.
There you go, thanks for the game.
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy are
putting the finishing touches
to their items.
The dough proving trough
was treated and sanded
and the boys are finishing with
wood wax and polish.
Come on, get on with it.
Oh, yes, sir!
The clear wax not only
gives a nice finish to the wood,
it protects it from water damage.
What do you reckon? Oh, it's just
really lovely.
Well, if that ain't a transformation,
I don't know what is, mate.
But no time to rest yet -
the corner cabinet needs to be
finished off, too.
Do you know what? Look, honestly, man,
it ain't going to set the world on fire,
but it's such a transformation from
where it was.
Yeah. And, actually, that is
saleable now.
Well done, mate. Good lad.
Thank you.
For Simon's choice of location,
the boys rummage through the rubbish
on Nicky Dorwood's farm.
Nicky's dad, John, is on hand to see
the finished results.
How are you, mate? Hello. Good to
see you.
How are you? Great to see you.
You as well.
Yeah, lovely to see you.
John, now, look.
Go and have a look around it all.
What about this? I think that was
sort of lying in one
of the sheds, mate.
This was given to a friend of mine's
grandmother for
her wedding present. So it's about
150 years old.
Wow! Really?
Yeah, I mean, hopefully... But that
table, I can't get over it.
There you go. Come and join us, mate.
So what do you think?
Well, it's unbelievable, actually.
Yes, but have we made you any money?
Well, to help us decide that, we are
now joined by independent valuer
Alicia. Hello.
Alicia Moore runs a fashionable
London store
specialising in upcycled furniture.
So she has a good eye for the true
market value of restored items.
You're looking well.
Oh, thank you. Thanks very much.
OK, where shall we start? Henry, do
you want to jump in?
Yeah, OK, why not?
The corner cupboard, Alicia.
It looks great.
You've done a good job of cleaning
it up cos it sounds like it was in a
bit of a state.
£50 was spent on having the cabinet
chemically stripped
and on timber for the new shelves.
I wouldn't have painted the shelves green,
I think it would have looked nicer
and therefore gotten a bit higher
a valuation. So I'll say £90.
So that's a £40 profit for the
corner cabinet.
Good, OK. Let's move on to the
manger with a lid.
It's a... It's a bread prover.
We know what it is, mate.
He thought it was a baby's cradle
with a lid.
I was like, "He's never baby-sitting
in my house."
Anyway, what is it? It's a bread prover.
Yes. Yes. OK.
It was good to hear that you'd said
the age.
Bringing the bread prover back from
the brink didn't cost a penny.
I think you could probably easily
fetch £200 for it.
Gosh.
Now, John, that's odd, cos I
have actually sold it for £200.
That's a fantastic £200 worth of
dough made on the bread prover.
So let's start with the
re-galvanised now-laundry basket.
Yeah.
Erm...
Oh, doesn't look good, mate.
That's stumped her.
I personally don't think it's a
great idea to use it
as a laundry basket.
You'd have to have five-foot long
arms to reach the bottom of it.
No, the bag inside is...
The bag inside is retractable. I
wouldn't want to have to do that.
Laundry's onerous enough -
I don't want to have to be lugging
it over my back.
£90 was spent on sandblasting and
burnishing the old bin.
But not all is lost.
I was thinking it would be a great
outdoor toy store,
just something of that effect.
And, for that, I would valuate at
£90.
Oh, dear, the bin has failed to
raise anything at all.
If I was a bit snookered by that one,
let's see if I can break out...
SHE GROANS
...with the snooker table.
Come on. Yeah.
Very nice job.
The felt feels just amazing -
it makes you want to play.
SHE LAUGHS
It cost £450 to resurface and
re-cushion the table.
I would evaluate it for a quick sale
at £1,000.
John? That seems all right.
Does that seem all right?
Because there has been a quick sale
for £1,000.
A big break, then, with £550 worth
of profit.
So, mate, you're taking home £790,
and our fondest regards to Nicky.
What will you spend the money on?
She's already spent it on a holiday.
Is she there at the moment?
Yes, that's why she's not here!
That's why you're here.
So Simon's choice of location netted
£790 worth of profit.
That should make for a pretty good holiday.
Oh, they've done marvellously well.
In fact, I was a bit overwhelmed
with the table, definitely.
The money, my daughter already spent
that on a holiday.
She's out in Majorca now
meeting her husband, who's a sailor
in the Royal Navy.
And so she's meeting up with the children.
The four items from Henry's choice
of barn pulled in £7,780,
which means Henry's upcycling spot,
by quite some distance, has made the
most profit today.
You're not upset or anything, are
you? No, no, I'm all right.
Well, you might be now? Why?
That's nearly ten times as much as you.
That's because you got the biggest
truck in the world.
It wasn't for that... I'd have won.
But you didn't, did you? Mm? No.
When you victorious with a war vehicle,
that's what life's all about.
Come on, mate. Victory march.
Left, right, left, right.
Anyway, I don't mind...
Subtitles by Ericsson
of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
Oh. Henry!
It may look like junk, but it
could be worth a small fortune.
Bing! Bing!
I haven't seen one that big,
darling, for a while.
Carry on, sir.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
can turn that clutter
into cold, hard cash.
We're going to get
great money for 'em.
For Henry and his mechanic...
Don't think you should be looking at
that, mate.
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
Oh, yes!
Whilst upcycling genius
Simon and his restorer,
love turning everyday objects
into fantastic furniture.
Well, that's perfect!
Well, look, feast your eyes.
I reckon you've done great things.
Drop that down to release
the next bottle! Boof!
They may have different tastes,
but they'll always make the old
turn to gold.
Going back with you, Alan,
is £6,380.
What am I going to do with all that?
Today, a bombshell for Simon...
He has never taken anything
of that scale ever before.
...Henry and Guy nearly
come to blows...
Look, I know... I'm just worried,
I'm just worried, you're miles away.
...and valuer Alicia
has never felt so good.
It makes you want to play.
Today Henry is taking Simon
to Northamptonshire,
home to Silverstone,
the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit.
But it's vehicles of a more
off-road nature that are
taking Henry's fancy.
We're going to see a bloke
called Nick.
Yes. He's got a kind of,
how shall I describe it?
OK, he wheels and deals in tanks,
and military vehicles.
Nick Mead and
his business partner Todd,
share an almost limitless passion
for military hardware.
I got this farm 15, 16 years ago and
I've just built the collection up.
It's got to 150 tanks now.
People come from all over
the world to drive tanks.
But the military connection
doesn't end there.
Bletchley Park is close by, home
to the World War II codebreakers
who, arguably, won the war
for the Allies,
but the old codebreakers are
not the only ones to make
an important discovery.
He was ripping out a tank
the other day
that came back from the
Middle East and he found
three million quid's worth
of gold in it.
Put your foot down, then! Yep!
THEY LAUGH
Along with his vehicles,
Nick has amassed shed-fulls
of military spares -
ample pickings for Henry and Simon.
They could spend a month here
going through this stuff
and they still wouldn't get
even a fraction through it.
Enough to keep us running
for another 25 years.
Nick? Hiya. Henry, how are you?
Nice to see you.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Lovely to meet you.
What on Earth? Yeah, exactly.
I feel as though Oxfordshire or Northamptonshire,
or wherever we are,
has just been invaded.
You buy one, two looks better.
Now there's 150 out there.
I am right in thinking that
in one of these old tanks,
you found a certain amount of gold?
He's a prospector! You found gold?
Yeah. That's craziness.
Are there any other tanks you
haven't looked through yet?
Two. Are there?
Captured in Iraq. Really?
Come on then.
Well, there's a clue. Yellow.
OK, then. Yellow! Nick, we'll see
you later. See you later.
The chance of finding more
gold bars, boys, is zero,
especially if the first tank you
spot is not painted sand yellow.
THEY LAUGH
Did you ever think you'd
see a pink tank?
Pink tank parked for now,
Simon spots something a little
more manageable.
What's that going to be for?
Do you know what I think...
I know what it is. Do you?
Is it something to do with
being able to...
You can either do that
or eat loads of carrots!
Yeah, exactly that.
Seeing in the dark.
It's a nightscope.
They are a lot of money.
This one is military specification.
This is going to be quality.
Generation 1 night-vision devices
worked by allowing available ambient
light to be multiplied 1,000 times
by amplifying the electronic output
from the image sensors, helping
soldiers see in the dark.
But this technology
didn't come cheap.
Each costs £30,000, an awful lot
of money in the '60s.
What do you do with it? What I'm
thinking is, look, there's loads of
like ornithologists or people even
go badger watching at night
and that kind of thing, don't they?
I'm serious.
What's he going to do,
go badger watching?
Why not? Who wouldn't want to?
Badgers are beautiful. Henry's not.
Henry's horrible.
There you go.
I've got my first item.
So Simon's picked off the
military night-vision equipment.
Time to scope out the rest
of Nick's property.
Oh, God. Oh, wow! It just gets
crazier and crazier, doesn't it?
These, I guess, part of tanks.
Everything. Armoured cars.
Caterpillar tracks.
Floor-to-ceiling racks of
bits of military kit.
Amongst the abandoned parts, Simon's
spotted something of interest,
an old shell rack from
a Russian self-propelled gun.
OK. You need to talk to me
fairly quickly. Well...
Can I guess that you're supposed to
put armaments or something in it?
It's what it looks like, isn't it?
It's to carry shells, isn't it?
Yeah. But in far more, shall we say
peaceful times,
should it not be used
to carry fine wines?
It's basically war meets
now conviviality.
Hey, look, you could just open it
up for your Pinot Grigio
and just whup it out like that.
Come on then, I need to rummage.
Yeah, you do.
So that's Simon done,
but Henry hasn't started,
so he's taking the search
to the battlefield.
Henry, what are we doing out here?
I thought I might have a tank.
What?
No, Henry, no,
you cannot take a tank.
OK, I may not be able to have
a tank, but I can have that.
Do you want to know my item?
What?
Ah! Hey!
Check it out, man!
What?
Come to daddy, a US military truck.
Mate, check this out.
Now these trucks were
the staple diet of the
American army in Vietnam.
This M35 2.5 tonne truck was
used widely from the 1950s
through to the 1980s.
Despite its size, it packs
a modest 127 horsepower engine.
This one was designed to run on
anything flammable,
from chip fat to paraffin.
He has never taken anything
of that scale ever before.
I can't wait to see Guy's face.
Have I bitten off more
than I can chew?
Put it this way, I don't think
I can get it through my gates.
I think it's going to need a bit of
hassle to get it going,
but who cares, mate?
It's a military truck!
Come on.
Get this old truck running and
Henry could be on his way to
a healthy profit as military
enthusiasts will pay top dollar
for trucks of this kind.
I just want a small trinket.
OK. You know what I mean?
I think a small trinket to go
with my serious wheels.
Here we are.
It's metal. Yeah.
Oh, man, look at that!
Kind of a frame. Yeah.
Some kind of crazy bucket seat,
isn't it?
You could do a stand, couldn't you?
A nice little cushion.
Just drop some slats in here
and use it as an outdoor
swivel chair.
I think it compliments
the truck beautifully.
Kind of yin and vastly yang.
Come on, let's go
and see Nick and Todd.
So Henry has chosen the
relatively modest steel frame
from an old armchair.
But what will Nick and Todd
make of their picks?
I found that on the end.
Tell me about that.
That is the shell rack of a
Russian self-propelled gun.
OK. I thought it might be something
to do with carrying shells.
It's now going to have
a different life, if that's OK.
It's going to carry wine.
Now, my second one, if it's OK,
I'd like to take that away
and just have a play with it,
get it working and then see
where I can go with it.
Now, boys, that little chair frame,
I thought I might put a stand on it,
I thought I might put a little
cushioning on it
and I thought I might
kind of paint it a nice colour
and I think you might get
a few quid for it.
But will Nick let Henry
take the M35 truck?
Can I just take that?
I mean, I just have to take it.
I'll come back next week
and pick it up. It's my baby.
Well, I've got a couple of punters
who I think might well want that,
one of which is a bit of
a rock and roller.
Cheers, guys. Nice to meet you.
So with all the items approved,
it seems Henry has just the vehicle
to drive everything home in.
We don't need a van,
we've got a truck.
I could drive all the bits back.
Coming up:
Simon gets rather excited...
You could drop that down to release
the next bottle. Boof!
...Guy can't believe his eyes...
Are you serious?
...and Henry has had
just about enough.
All right. Just stop being smug.
Sultans of scrap Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are finding junk to
fix and flog.
Hey! Check it out, man. What?
They've both picked two items each
from Nick and Todd's yard,
and are now heading back to their bases.
In Oxfordshire, Henry is revealing
his haul to
best friend and restorer Guy Willison.
So, look, what I reckon we should do
with this is, do it a lovely colour.
We should do a lovely walnut or oak
wooden base to it,
and I think we should get the boys
with the metalwork
to give us a nice base.
Yeah? Mm-hm. Happy with that? Very.
To check out Henry's next find, the
boys need to go on manoeuvres.
Guy didn't really have a clue what
was coming.
But when we rounded the corner, oh,
my word!
Are you serious?
Well, it's gargantuan. How long does
he think we've got?
Does it run? Has he gone mad?
Firstly though, we've got to get it going.
OK. We'll come back tomorrow,
fully armed and fully laden and with equipment.
I can see why you got it.
I'm just worried about you driving at.
Hey, look, mate, there's only one
way to find out.
Get it going so we can.
Yeah, OK. Come on!
But before they start on the truck,
Guy begins work on the iron chair,
crafting a seat out of oak.
The moment of truth, let's see if it fits.
Oh, nearly. Next he applies some
wood stain.
I think it will give it quite a
rustic nice look actually.
And a few minutes with the buffer.
Finally, a base is made by a
specialist welding company.
Next, the US Army truck.
It's the biggest thing the boys have
tackled ever.
Has Henry gone too far?
OK, we've got to find the battery,
haven't we?
Have a look under here.
That looks like a battery.
Military memorabilia, such as the
M35 truck, is highly sought after by
collectors and enthusiasts.
So the plan is to give the old girl
a once over to make sure it can make
it down to a buyer's place without
breaking down.
We're off. Right.
Oh, that's a battery.
Henry is hopeful that by topping up
the battery,
they will be able to get this thing
back on the road.
With the battery charging,
he takes a look under the hood to
check the fluids.
Oh, it's heavy.
I'm going to need a hand.
There's the dipstick. Do you want to
go round there and check that?
No. How long do you want a dipstick
to be?
There's definitely oil on it.
Let's have a look. I can't see.
OK, so, look, right, the engine
looks good. There is decent,
clear, lovely oil in it.
Yeah, yeah. OK, let her down.
You sure? Yeah. Stand clear.
So it's not all bad news for the M35 truck.
Hopefully, they'll have this thing
running in no time.
Up in Liverpool, Simon is about to
reveal his pick of his military
hardware to his restorer, Gemma Longworth.
What about if instead of carrying
weapons of destruction,
it just wants to be a Champagne
rack?
Oh, Champagne?
Oh, yes. Not just wine?
No, not just wine on this occasion.
I'm thinking, if we're going to flip
it on its head, to what it once was,
let's go all out.
I can see it, yeah.
You can drop that down to release
the next bottle, boom!
Next up are the military grade
night-vision goggles.
What about if this was mounted on
its own stand?
Yeah? For wildlife watching at
night?
That's a good idea.
I never would have thought in a
million years that Simon would bring
back those, but I've got them.
With no further ado,
Simon starts sketching out his
design for a stand.
So, what we need is Ian, the blacksmith,
to make some kind of cage on a stand,
and then you'll be able to
use it like a periscope.
The soon-to-be Champagne rack is
dispatched to the sand blasters
to be cleaned and repainted.
Yeah? Is that all right there? Some
of these.
While Simon is busy spraying the
handles the same colour.
In Oxfordshire, the metal chair has
returned from the welders with a new
custom made base.
That's great. Do you like it?
Yeah. Feast your eyes.
Look at that. Mate, that is quality.
That just measures up nice there
like that.
Colour? I'm thinking a really light yellow.
All right, yellow it is.
With the seat heading to the painters,
Henry and Guy are back to the Army truck.
But will she fire up?
Come on in.
Now, do you have any idea what
you're doing here?
Well, the first thing to do is to
make sure it's in neutral.
Yes. The second thing to do is to,
oh, that's battery cut-off there.
If I switch that on, we might have a chance.
Ready? Is this it?
Here we go, mate. Go on, then. It
goes!
ENGINE REVS
It runs, it runs!
Result! The old workhorse survived a
tour of duty in Nam,
but how will she fare on the
Cotswold Lanes
with Henry at the helm?
But she's only worth what someone
will pay.
Hopefully Henry's potential buyer
will be just as enthusiastic.
If not, Henry may just as well admit defeat.
In Liverpool, Gemma has armed
herself with spray paint,
ready to attack the night-vision
goggles stand,
and give it a military look.
I'm just going to layer up the
different colours,
and that should give us a nice
camouflaged effect.
Inside, the missile rack is back
from the painters,
and is now sporting a
new sandstorm colour.
Simon is adding rubber piping for
protection from the sharp edges.
He then moves on to reattaching the
painted handles.
All back on. Brilliant.
We are ready to get some fizz on the go.
With work well under way on their
first items,
it's time for the boys to head out
on their second search.
And this time, it Simon's turn to
choose the rummage location.
They're heading to the heart of
rural Northamptonshire.
It's the home of Nicky Dorwood's
family,
who have farmed the land for centuries.
We've been here for 300 years.
Well, my family's been here for 300 years.
There are loads of items for Henry
and Simon to look at.
They're going to be in their element
because every door or every piece of
wood they turn or lock that they open,
there will be something random in
there that has a story to tell.
Come on.
Look at that, how beautiful is that?
It is, but where are we, then?
We're in the gorgeous
Northamptonshire countryside.
I'm sorry there are no tanks to see,
but there is a lovely farm and a
lovely lady called Nicky who has
lots of barns and sheds and gorgeous
things. Come on. I think I might
have done my back.
Hi, Nicky, how are you?
Hello. How you doing? Hello Nicky,
how are you?
Now, Nicky, this is a menagerie and
I especially love the little Guinea
pigs. The little Guinea pigs, Yeah.
Tell me, why are they all here?
They're here because we love them,
there are my kids' pets,
but obviously they make part of the...
when children come and visit them,
they play with the rabbits,
the Guinea pigs, the goats are in
the shed there.
So around and about us, there will
be a few bits and pieces, will
there?
There's loads of random stuff,
because farmers never chuck anything away.
No, I know that for sure. That's why
we often end up in agricultural areas.
Nicky, if we did make you some
money, what would you spend it on?
I don't know. Maybe go on a holiday?
Brilliant, OK. well, listen, we will
leave you to it.
Yes. We'll catch you later.
Cheers, Nicky.
As ever, Henry and Simon hope to
find two items each that they can
fix and flog on for a profit.
Oh, yes, please, man. Look at that baby.
Look at this baby.
What baby? This baby.
Can I just go and have a look at
the...?
Do what you want, I'm just having a mooch.
Oh, I can tell by the legs what that is.
Is it a billiard table?
It is. A very large slab of gorgeous
old, dusty mahogany.
It flips on a central axis long ways
and then becomes your little half
size snooker table.
Made between 1890 and 1920 by George
Edwards and George Wright,
they were ideal for domestic use.
OK, the baize, it has to be said,
have seen better days.
Has it?
In good condition, they can sell for
thousands of pounds.
With the legs and spare parts all
present and correct,
Simon reckons he can restore it to
its former glory,
and make some money.
First item, done.
If I find one more item, you're
snookered!
Si could do a brilliant restoration
on it, but will it make any money?
I don't think so.
Oh, look, out of the barn...
...in to the container. Containers.
OK, it's kind of just...
double glazing and stuff down there.
But what's that?
Well, it's quite chunky.
You see... Now, then... That's
heavy.
Blimey! The thing is...
Yeah? Get it in between us.
...now... Can I just stop you, it's
not very nice.
It's so horrible.
I don't like it. Just visually, it's
not right.
But Simon reckons it has potential.
Or at least that's what he's
persuading Henry to think.
It's actually quite a well built piece.
It's strong and stable. So you're
not interested in this at all?
There are a few techniques that I've
been thinking about,
and if it doesn't work,
then I can send it up to you to be
recommissioned!
1-1, come on.
Come on, let's just leave that there
for a bit while I inwardly digest.
So, Henry is having second thoughts
and decides to take it.
At the end of the day, I may not
make too much money out of the
corner cupboard, but, then again -
I'll make more money than the
snooker table probably.
What have you got there?
Oh, look at that. Now, then,
what's that? A feed drum or
something?
The question is, what's the bottom
like?
Have a look for us.
That's sweet, mate. Is it all right?
It's all good. No holes?
No holes, son.
Well, you know what...?
What would you do with that? I'm
going to take that home,
discuss with the team in Liverpool,
and we'll come up with something
very, very nice with that. 2-1.
All right. Just stop being smug.
Simon has bagged his second item, a
galvanised farm storage box,
probably for grain or feed.
While Henry has still to locate his
final pick.
Bench? What? A very rustic broken bench.
Yeah, it's a bit rusty, a bit broken.
Mower? Door frames? Window frames?
Look.
Oh, don't get...
You just stay there for a sec all
right?
I've seen my second item.
It needs a bit of repair.
Blimey, is that rotten?
I hope not. Question is though, what
is it?
It's a manger, isn't it? If it is a
manger, why does it have...
a lid?
Good point, Simon.
Shall we go and see Nicky? 2-2.
Well done. Happy days.
Hopefully, Nicky will shed some
light on their curious boxes.
Now that little table-y, chest-y
thing, I think it's a manger.
But I'm not sure because it has a lid,
which I think might be a bit odd if
it was a manger.
OK, so it actually is
what they used a long time ago to
prove dough in.
So it's a dough proving box.
Wow, really? So you get your dough,
you knead it up and you leave it in
there to rise?
Now, look, my second item,
I think I need to prove to myself
that you can take something like
that and make yourself like it by
doing different things to it.
OK, cool. So if it's OK with you,
those are my two items.
Definitely, yeah. Moving on from that,
let's start with that galvanised tin
thing that I'm going to repair.
Not entirely sure what yet, but I
just love it,
so I'm going to take that away if
that's OK. You can have that, yeah.
And, now, to I think, the piece de
resistance today.
Not what I was expecting to find in
a farm barn.
That is going to be exactly what it
should be -
a very beautiful dining room come
snooker table. Yeah.
We'll see you in a few weeks when
we've done our magic, hopefully.
Yeah. Thank you very much. See you
later, Nicky.
OK. Wonderful, thank you very much.
Coming up - Gemma gets down and dirty...
Oh! This is disgusting!
...Guy is less than impressed...
Henry was quite excited about it.
Absolute shocker.
...and more revelations at the valuation.
This was actually in the boot of a
car that we were going to run over!
LAUGHTER
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are on
the hunt for discarded junk to upcycle.
Ta-da! Look at that baby!
After today's second rummage,
they've chosen two more items each
and are back at base,
with Simon revealing his finds
to restorer Gemma in Liverpool.
So, this is a very, very lovely,
if a little tired,
Victorian mahogany table.
Yeah? You've got solid-state bed,
and there is a little bit of damage
here, but nothing we can't do.
Apart from that, we just need TLC
all over it...
Yeah. ..and then we need an expert
to re-cover the snooker table
and do the cushions. That is not a
job for anyone that doesn't know
what they're doing. Yeah. All right?
OK. So, there you go.
A very impressive thing. Lovely.
Well, maybe, not such an impressive
thing, but all the same...
Here's what I've got in mind,
just really simple.
Maybe turn it into a laundry basket.
if you put a liner in it,
you can remove...
Yeah. Yeah? That'd work.
It's a good use of some old farming equipment.
We can get that in someone's home,
in a bathroom, it'll look lovely.
First on the agenda
is the steel bin,
but before they can do anything
else, it needs a thorough clean.
Gemma - get ready for dirty work.
I've never felt so glamorous
as I do now.
Oh, my word.
This is going to be a smelly job.
Putrefied bin juice
from rotting animal feed.
Nice! Oh!
This is disgusting!
Oh, this stinks.
I get all the rubbish jobs.
I think it's been used as a bin.
Ugh!
Well, it's definitely cleaner,
it definitely smells better
and I definitely don't like Simon
any more.
Talking of Simon, he's making
himself busy attaching the snooker
table legs with handyman Phil.
So, it should now swivel towards me.
That's magic, isn't it?
And then, we close the handles...
Is this possibly the coolest table
in the world?
We need to do the entire restoration
of the table before it goes to be
re-clothed and new cushions.
That's your cue to get sanding, boys.
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy are
inspecting their newest workload.
Just looking at it, I'm thinking,
well, sand it down and polish it,
and it'll look rather lovely,
because it is quite old and it has
quite a nice pattern.
I like the broken bits
and it's quite a nice thing.
It's just a nice, high coffee table,
and I think, at the end of the day,
we might get good wedge.
Next item - you're going to love it!
OK.
I wouldn't be so confident, Henry.
Go on. Well, the back's nicer
than the front.
Second item -
Henry was quite excited about it.
Absolute shocker.
I mean, I have to be honest
with you... Yeah.
...that, as a cupboard, is awful...
Yes. ..but I think we could do
something to make it acceptable.
Take those shelves out, and then
strip it back to bare wood.
Yeah. Yeah?
And then do our polish on it.
What we're looking for is a kind of
farmhouse vibe for it.
So, we're going for
a 1993 farmhouse vibe?
Guy cracks on with the woodworm
treatment for the dough proofer.
It is absolutely riddled.
I hope it is still standing
when it is treated.
I'll let that dry over the weekend
and then I'll be able to sort of
sand it and wax it.
Talking of waxing,
he's not done yet.
Guy applies wax to the corner unit,
which has already been chemically
dipped to remove the old varnish.
The carcass is looking good.
And he adds some new hinges.
All I've got to do now is make
the shelves and paint them.
Back in Liverpool,
with the steel bin now clean,
Phil uses an angle grinder to give
it an industrial look.
And after 20 hours' hard graft
with the sander,
Simon's snooker table is back to
bare wood, and Gemma has an idea.
Simon, you've done such a good job
on this...
...would you not be tempted to leave
it as it is?
I know dark wood is not fashionable
at the moment,
but snooker tables are dark wood.
But it does look great like this.
All right. OK, I'll think about it.
Yeah?
Yeah. Just give it some thought.
I will. OK.
Oh, Simon...
Oh, I was supposed to give that some
thought, wasn't I?
Never mind. Here we go.
With the wood stained,
it's time to send the table off to a
specialist restorer to work his
magic. He adds new cushions to the
edges and replaces the pockets,
before re-clothing the table
with baize,
which is the name of the smooth,
green, woollen fabric
that covers the base.
In Oxfordshire,
Guy and Henry are at odds
over how to sand
the dough-proofing trough.
Now, look, this is very critical to
this item, so you pay attention.
OK. Don't take everything off so
it's clean wood. I won't, I won't.
So, what are you doing? The inside?
You're going to do this on
there, and... Accentuate the grain.
That's all you're doing. But don't
go any lighter than that.
See how the...
Easy, boys.
They're using sanders to remove the
worst of the old wood and paint
whilst maintaining
the original patina.
OK, so, now we've got to polish it.
But before they can do that,
Henry is keen to repaint the new
shelves on the corner unit.
Shall we go with the grain?
Yes. Yeah, course you should.
Henry is using a sage green eggshell
furniture paint,
which can be bought for around £10.
My father, when he was restoring
pine for sale,
always used to paint the shelves
this colour.
A little but lighter, actually.
I wish he was around to see us
putting the shelving unit together, eh?
in Liverpool, Simon has turned his
attention back to his items
from today's first search.
The night-vision goggles have been
rewired, and the stand is finished.
If I can remember Ian's magic...
The clever boy he is.
And that...
...is that. That rolls off
to a 12-volt battery.
IT SQUEAKS
And I've got that...
Oh, I'll get some grease for that.
Let's see. Oh, right.
Perfect height, as well.
That's really good. Yeah, so there.
Henry Cole, ha!
That's one item down.
Now, they just need to finish off
the champagne rack.
So, it's champagne at the top, yeah?
Yeah. With the big levers.
Yeah. And wine at the bottom. Right.
OK. OK?
But the idea is to display it
like that.
Very nice. You see? Yeah.
And when you want the next bottle
you just go, ah, thank you.
I love it.
But will Simon be popping
champagne corks?
Gemma's meeting local antiques
dealer Laura to see if she'll sell
it through her shop.
Now, it is definitely one of a kind,
as you can see.
It's certainly unique, isn't it?
It's hard to put a price on.
It is, but it is looking for a home.
So, do you think you might be able
to help this find one?
Absolutely, yeah.
OK, then. So, have we got a deal?
We've got a deal. Brilliant.
Thanks, Laura. Thank you.
Let's hope Laura can shift
the champagne rack.
In Oxfordshire, Henry is also
finishing his first items.
Firstly, the repainted metal chair
is finished with Guy's wooden seat.
It feels as though it's pinching up lovely.
That's it. Is that it?
We're done. All right.
Oh, yes, mate.
Check that out! Yeah?
Have another-have another sit.
It should be safe now.
That's really nice.
I think it's lovely. Is it?
Don't you? Yeah.
Hey, look, job done, mate.
I think it goes beautifully well
with the Vietnam truck, don't you?
And talking of the Vietnam truck,
Henry's lined up a potential buyer.
None other than military enthusiast
and collector, former drummer of
Status Quo, John Coghlan.
But will he give Henry
whatever he wants?
Are you interested? I am, yeah,
very interested.
It's a nice bit of kit.
I find it amazing,
but I think they're only worth
eight grand.
What about seven and a half?
And I'll buy you a beer
down the pub. Come on, then, mate.
Good man. Seven and a half.
You're a top geezer, mate.
I know. And I'll tell you what,
though... Yeah?
Can I have a free ticket to a gig?
Of course you can.
I'm in for it, mate.
But did he do a good deal?
It's time to find out,
in the first valuation.
The lads visited Nick and Todd's
place for a rummage.
Nick has now come to see how much
cash they have raised.
How are you doing? How are you?
How are you? Come on in.
Nice to see you.
Good to see you again.
Not bad, not bad.
You look well. Have a wander around.
Have a lookie. What can I say?
May I sit in this, or will it break?
Mate, please feel free.
A bit of English oak, I believe.
I think you're right, actually.
Yeah. This was actually in the boot
of a car that we were going to run
over. You see, mate?
There you go. But, Nick,
I'm sure you want to know whether
we made you any money.
Adam's here,
he's a valuer, and he's going to
tell you how much.
Adam Partridge has over 20 years
of experience in antiques,
and he runs his own auction houses,
so he knows a thing or two
about valuations.
Hello, Alan. All right?
Yes, now, Adam, let's start with the
night-vision, fully operational,
with new stand,
for badger watching and other
wildlife viewing in the dark.
An item like that... I've never been
asked to value anything like that
before. Of course.
Tricky, very tricky indeed.
It cost £100 to rewire
the night-vision scope
and make the stand.
I think that you could probably put
a price tag of £175 and get it sold.
So, that's a £75 profit
on the night-vision scope.
Move on to one of the favourite
things I've had fun with
for a long time.
That another item I'm never going to
see again.
You're really testing me with these, Simon.
£60 was spent on relaunching the
missile holder with a new coat
of paint and other tweaks.
A military enthusiast that likes
wine would love to buy that,
wouldn't they? There's quite a lot
of those, probably.
I should think there are. Yeah.
What would they pay for it?
£200.
And in fact, the antique shop sold
it for the valuation price.
That's an explosive profit of £140
for the champagne rack.
OK, Adam, let's talk canary yellow.
Yes, it's lurid, isn't it?
Very, very bright.
The iron chair was renovated
with a new base, a seat
and a paint job for £60.
I think it's very smart, actually,
and you've made a new base on it,
I hear? Yeah, we have. Yep.
Price - 125 quid.
That's a sturdy profit of £65
for the chair.
Right, OK, let's talk Mack truck,
shall we?
Why have I got a worried feeling?
Rolling Thunder.
Late '50s, is it?
Yeah, I think it's '57, Nick.
Am I right? Yeah.
Pre-MOT.
The truck was given a once-over
to check it was a runner,
but no money was spent on securing
its sale.
I've seen these go through before,
and various ones sell
and they tend to be in the sort of
seven grand to maybe eight grand
area, that sort of area.
I don't know what you both think
about that, but that's my view.
OK, well, that's a relief,
the valuation.
I've sold it, Nick, and I sold it
for seven and a half grand.
I don't care what you've done to it, then.
Is that all right?
Oh, yeah, that's fine.
That's a monster £7,500 profit
for the truck.
OK, Nick, so, prepare yourself, right.
After all costs,
you are taking home
£7,780.
I'm happy with that. Are you?
I should think you should be.
I'm going to get a missile out.
That's a hell of a figure.
Fantastic!
So, Henry's choice of search
location has delivered an overall
profit of £7,780.
They've done really well, and I'd
like them to come back and take more
of my complete rubbish away
and roll it into cash.
Coming up - Simon's hustled...
There you go, thanks for the game.
Henry's in a spin...
Come on, get on with it.
...and a diplomatic silence
at the valuation.
Yeah, er...
Oh, it doesn't look good, mate.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
making cash out of trash.
Is this possibly the coolest table
in the world?
At Henry's choice of location,
they made a whopping £7,780
for military enthusiast Nick...
I'm happy with that. Are you? Yeah,
I am.
I should think you should be - I'm
going to get a missile out.
...so the pressure is on for Simon's
location to beat that.
Hey! Fantastic!
In the workshop, Gemma's converting
the storage bin
into a laundry basket.
She's measuring up so she can fit
a fabric liner.
She is also using Velcro to attach
the liner to the bin.
Fingers crossed.
It fits under the lid...
...so it's nice and discreet.
And that'll look perfect in anyone's
bathroom now.
Great.
The snooker table is back from the specialist
and Simon and Gemma seem impressed.
It's immaculate, isn't it?
It's gorgeous. It's just incredible,
isn't it?
Only one thing to do now, Gemma.
What's that?
Let battle commence.
Not a problem.
Your go.
There you go, thanks for the game.
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy are
putting the finishing touches
to their items.
The dough proving trough
was treated and sanded
and the boys are finishing with
wood wax and polish.
Come on, get on with it.
Oh, yes, sir!
The clear wax not only
gives a nice finish to the wood,
it protects it from water damage.
What do you reckon? Oh, it's just
really lovely.
Well, if that ain't a transformation,
I don't know what is, mate.
But no time to rest yet -
the corner cabinet needs to be
finished off, too.
Do you know what? Look, honestly, man,
it ain't going to set the world on fire,
but it's such a transformation from
where it was.
Yeah. And, actually, that is
saleable now.
Well done, mate. Good lad.
Thank you.
For Simon's choice of location,
the boys rummage through the rubbish
on Nicky Dorwood's farm.
Nicky's dad, John, is on hand to see
the finished results.
How are you, mate? Hello. Good to
see you.
How are you? Great to see you.
You as well.
Yeah, lovely to see you.
John, now, look.
Go and have a look around it all.
What about this? I think that was
sort of lying in one
of the sheds, mate.
This was given to a friend of mine's
grandmother for
her wedding present. So it's about
150 years old.
Wow! Really?
Yeah, I mean, hopefully... But that
table, I can't get over it.
There you go. Come and join us, mate.
So what do you think?
Well, it's unbelievable, actually.
Yes, but have we made you any money?
Well, to help us decide that, we are
now joined by independent valuer
Alicia. Hello.
Alicia Moore runs a fashionable
London store
specialising in upcycled furniture.
So she has a good eye for the true
market value of restored items.
You're looking well.
Oh, thank you. Thanks very much.
OK, where shall we start? Henry, do
you want to jump in?
Yeah, OK, why not?
The corner cupboard, Alicia.
It looks great.
You've done a good job of cleaning
it up cos it sounds like it was in a
bit of a state.
£50 was spent on having the cabinet
chemically stripped
and on timber for the new shelves.
I wouldn't have painted the shelves green,
I think it would have looked nicer
and therefore gotten a bit higher
a valuation. So I'll say £90.
So that's a £40 profit for the
corner cabinet.
Good, OK. Let's move on to the
manger with a lid.
It's a... It's a bread prover.
We know what it is, mate.
He thought it was a baby's cradle
with a lid.
I was like, "He's never baby-sitting
in my house."
Anyway, what is it? It's a bread prover.
Yes. Yes. OK.
It was good to hear that you'd said
the age.
Bringing the bread prover back from
the brink didn't cost a penny.
I think you could probably easily
fetch £200 for it.
Gosh.
Now, John, that's odd, cos I
have actually sold it for £200.
That's a fantastic £200 worth of
dough made on the bread prover.
So let's start with the
re-galvanised now-laundry basket.
Yeah.
Erm...
Oh, doesn't look good, mate.
That's stumped her.
I personally don't think it's a
great idea to use it
as a laundry basket.
You'd have to have five-foot long
arms to reach the bottom of it.
No, the bag inside is...
The bag inside is retractable. I
wouldn't want to have to do that.
Laundry's onerous enough -
I don't want to have to be lugging
it over my back.
£90 was spent on sandblasting and
burnishing the old bin.
But not all is lost.
I was thinking it would be a great
outdoor toy store,
just something of that effect.
And, for that, I would valuate at
£90.
Oh, dear, the bin has failed to
raise anything at all.
If I was a bit snookered by that one,
let's see if I can break out...
SHE GROANS
...with the snooker table.
Come on. Yeah.
Very nice job.
The felt feels just amazing -
it makes you want to play.
SHE LAUGHS
It cost £450 to resurface and
re-cushion the table.
I would evaluate it for a quick sale
at £1,000.
John? That seems all right.
Does that seem all right?
Because there has been a quick sale
for £1,000.
A big break, then, with £550 worth
of profit.
So, mate, you're taking home £790,
and our fondest regards to Nicky.
What will you spend the money on?
She's already spent it on a holiday.
Is she there at the moment?
Yes, that's why she's not here!
That's why you're here.
So Simon's choice of location netted
£790 worth of profit.
That should make for a pretty good holiday.
Oh, they've done marvellously well.
In fact, I was a bit overwhelmed
with the table, definitely.
The money, my daughter already spent
that on a holiday.
She's out in Majorca now
meeting her husband, who's a sailor
in the Royal Navy.
And so she's meeting up with the children.
The four items from Henry's choice
of barn pulled in £7,780,
which means Henry's upcycling spot,
by quite some distance, has made the
most profit today.
You're not upset or anything, are
you? No, no, I'm all right.
Well, you might be now? Why?
That's nearly ten times as much as you.
That's because you got the biggest
truck in the world.
It wasn't for that... I'd have won.
But you didn't, did you? Mm? No.
When you victorious with a war vehicle,
that's what life's all about.
Come on, mate. Victory march.
Left, right, left, right.
Anyway, I don't mind...
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