Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 3, Episode 13 - Episode #3.13 - full transcript
Oh, my God.
The sheds, garages and barns
of Britain
are stacked with old possessions.
This is heaven, mate.
I mean, that's the only way to
describe it, isn't it?
What looks like valueless junk
could be worth a pretty penny.
I've just fallen in love.
Man, that's gorgeous.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien reckon
they can fix this redundant rubbish...
...and once restored, sell for a profit.
That's immense, mate!
For Henry and his mechanic...
That's it!
...it's all about restoring
retro relics and vintage classics.
Oh, my God, it goes!
While Simon and his upcycler
repurpose the unwanted into
fantastic furniture.
Oh, my word, that's amazing.
Have a look! What do you reckon?
I think it's remarkable, it's
breathtaking.
All right!
They may have different approaches,
but, together, they'll turn a profit
for the owners.
You're going home, mate,
with 6,220 quid.
How does that sound?
That sounds brilliant.
Today, Simon's a naughty boy...
Someone's going to come in a minute.
Henry, we're allowed to do this.
...Gemma is left in the lurch...
Simon is never around when it comes
to these sort of jobs.
...and there is tension for Henry
at the valuation.
That is...
...brilliant. Oh, God!
Today, the lads are out and about
in rural Herefordshire.
Isn't this a beautiful unsung part
of the country, Herefordshire?
Mate, Ledbury, all that kind of
stuff, medieval, I love it.
Herefordshire is also cider country,
with over half of the UK's cider
produced in the county.
We are going to see a lovely, lovely
fella called Mike...
Yeah. ..who has a gorgeous family farm
and that is what their crop is.
Apples for the cider industry.
But it's not just apple farming machinery.
Mike's family has been on this farm
for over 100 years,
so there's bound to be something of interest.
My father used to love going to auctions,
and I used to go to auctions
with my father,
and if I thought I could make a buck
out of it,
I'd bring it back home and try and
sell it.
As soon as I get an empty shed
it just tends to get filled up.
Mike, how are you? I'm Simon.
How are you?
Morning, this crispy morning.
Henry. How are you?
Right, I've got to tell you,
this surely is God's own country,
isn't it?
It's stunning.
I wouldn't kind of believe that
Ledbury is synonymous with cider,
has it got a long tradition here, then?
Because you always think it's
Somerset.
We've got the biggest cider works
in the world...
Wow. Have you? ..that we supply.
So I'm guessing, mate, if your
family's been here for 100 years,
over that time, you might have
gathered a few things
in these outhouses here.
I've gathered a few things.
We'll get going. An open door there.
Right-ho. See you later.
Cheers, Mike.
See you later. Thank you so much.
All right.
As usual, the boys are
on the lookout
for two items each to restore
and repurpose.
But maybe this time, the boys have
bitten off more than they can chew.
Where do we start?
Where do we start? Oh!
I thought I might bring a friend
with me.
It's nice to have a companion
who I could talk to for a change.
Mate, there's just so much stuff
here, isn't there?
Eh? Yeah!
Oh, I think I've got my first item.
What, you're taking the owl?
No, no, no.
No, no.
Hold that a sec. Ahem.
I love them.
Yes, Henry's taken a shine
to a railway tail lamp.
These British Rail lamps were used
from the late 1940s
and are hugely collectible
to railway aficionados.
Look at it.
Hey, it needs to be saved.
Hey, look. I know it's real quick,
but I've got to take that.
You know I love trains.
Yep, fast as a locomotive,
Henry's bagged his first item.
But as Simon leads the search around
the other barns,
he begins to build up
his own head of steam.
Hello. Into the second shed...
Now we're talking.
Those are quite cool, what are they
for?
Well, I had a look, they're some
kind of hopper, aren't they?
Yeah. So they should be on some kind
of belt.
So it goes like that? Yeah. Yeah.
And pick stuff up.
They're really cool.
Something to do with grain?
Well, actually, these are in fact
part of a bucket elevator,
also called a grain leg,
which is a mechanism
for hauling flowable bulk materials,
such as grain or fertiliser,
using buckets attached to a rotating
belt or chain.
What do you reckon?
I think they're great.
What would you do with them?
Don't know.
No idea what I'm going to do with them,
but it has to be my first item.
Is that your first item?
Yeah. Fantastic.
So Simon's been given a lift
in finding the grain elevator.
Let's see what new things
Henry can find.
So come round the corner, right,
immediately, I see a lovely pair of
lockers, just staring at me.
Mate, that is lovely.
Isn't it? It's a pair of lockers.
We love a little bit of Louvre door.
You know how desirable these are
when they're done.
Those lockers, all you've got to do
is give them a lovely colour scheme,
clean them up, and it'll make Mike
some serious money.
OK. All right. Listen, I know that
you will do a lovely job of this.
I'm guessing this is your second item.
Well, of course it is.
Don't do a candy apple red metallic.
But it is my favourite colour.
Don't do these, come on.
OK? Can I take them, though?
Yeah. All right. You happy?
Got your second item? Yeah, I have.
So Henry's locked down his second item,
but Simon's still in the mood
for pushing boundaries.
Oh, hang on.
What's under there?
What a big organ!
Oh, you can play it if you want.
Look at that. Wow!
What is that doing here?
I don't know, perhaps you know Mike
plays his organ in here.
Go on, mate, take it. No, well...
Go on, mate. Oh, look.
The roll top's missing.
Oh, is it? And these things are hard
enough to sell if it works.
It might still be upright,
but, alas, it's no use.
Well, look on the bright side, mate,
we've got a nice pair of lockers,
haven't we, yeah?
Perhaps Simon will have better luck outside.
Ooh. There's a nice pair of legs.
What? Where? Here.
OK, so what's Simon's second item
going to be?
Oh, ahem, a pine table.
But is it solid?
Well, it's up to you to find out.
Yes, it is.
Formica top.
HE LAUGHS
What else do you notice about it?
Shorter than normal, isn't it?
It's quite low, isn't it?
It has got quite short legs,
but so has Simon.
Are you taking this,
very normal kind of regular table
that we see a lot of?
Listen here, no, look,
I've got some crazy kind of grain
hopper things
that I'm going to do something mad with
and then I want something
that Gemma will love.
Gemma will love this. Even this low?
Even this low.
Yes, and, to be fair, quality pine
tables well restored
can make surprisingly
profitable picks.
So that's two items each.
It is. Is it? Yeah.
We'd better go and see Mike, then.
We better had.
Come on,
you take your Formica with you.
THEY LAUGH
Time to see what Mike will make of
their choices,
starting with the pine table.
Tell me about that, mate.
It came from a local school,
they were having a clear out of
their old furniture,
replacing it with some fresh furniture,
and I had the opportunity
of having it.
Oh, I'm glad you did,
because I like it.
I think it's quite cute... Good.
...and I'm going to give it to a very
talented lady
I work with called Gemma
and next time you see it, it will
look very different.
My second choice, now, what are
they, mate?
The bucket elevator, they were for
moving grain vertically.
Some of them got up to 50-foot high.
So it just goes up, over the top,
drops it in and goes back down.
Drops into another conveyor which
then takes it horizontally.
Is it OK if I take them?
Yep. Brilliant. I'm very happy.
Mike, tell me about the two lockers there.
Well, my father purchased those.
Oh, OK, so it's been sort of hanging
around in the shed for a while.
Yes. Yeah. Yes.
Well, look, if it's OK, I'd love to
take that
and do something lovely with
it, really. OK.
Give it a new lease of life.
Now, also your railway tail light,
where did that come from?
Like a lot of other items,
I can't honestly remember where some
of them came from,
because it's just a long time ago.
Mike, look, I know the feeling, mate.
Honestly. You should have a wander
round my shed.
I haven't got a clue.
So if it's OK with you,
I'm going to take that and restore
it to how it should be, really.
Cheers, mate. Thank you very much indeed.
Coming up. Every day's a school day
for Henry.
Lovely. I feel as though I've
achieved something
and learned something.
Wow. Oh, my God.
The boys are gobsmacked by their
second location...
Simon and I are in heaven.
...and there's a nice discovery for Gemma.
Oh, brilliant!
I don't think that could be any better.
Simon O'Brien and Henry Cole
are turning waste into wonga.
Look!
They both picked two
items from Mike's place
and Simon is back in Liverpool
showing his selections to his
up-cycler, Gemma Longworth.
What are they?
Come on, come on.
Are they for like
scooping something up?
Yep, yep.
Simon plans on repurposing this
grain elevator
into a set of brightly coloured
hanging knick-knack baskets.
Do the chain in one colour... Yeah.
...and then just pick some different
colours for the scoops.
OK, nice idea - I like it.
OK? Good, right.
Our second item is a lot
smaller than you'd imagine.
Oh, yes, there it is.
Dining table.
Well, yeah, I love it,
but it seems to be
a bit out of proportion.
Well, you would say that until
you know where it came from.
Where?
A primary school. Oh, right.
So, I'm thinking maybe get some
wooden balls to attach
to the bottom, just to lift it. Yeah.
So, that's for you.
And I'll get these off
to the blasters, yeah? Right, OK.
So, Gemma starts on the table
by removing the top.
It's looking good.
Oh, brilliant!
I don't think that
could be any better.
She uses a small orbital sander
to remove the glue and old gloss
to create a smooth
surface to paint on.
I think I've got most of it off now,
but, thankfully, I'm painting
it and I haven't got to get
every single bit off.
I'm exhausted!
In Oxfordshire, Henry's revealing
his haul to restorer Guy Willison.
Go on, then.
Feast your eyes! I like it.
I reckon that's a powder coat.
Yes. Yeah.
And I reckon it's a dark blue.
Nice.
Just keep it simple.
We've got to take the locks off,
polish them up before powder coat.
It's beautiful, yeah.
It's a simple, glorious, lovely
little thing that anyone
with any self-respect
would want to buy.
Next up, one of my favourite things.
Railway? Yeah!
I'd like to rattle-can that black. OK.
Now, do we - obviously we'll clean
this up, change the colour of it,
clean up the glass, lovely -
do we leave it like a candle-candle,
or do we put one of our lovely
little bulbs in there?
I don't know. Candle, probably.
We'll try it as a candle,
and if not, we'll put a light in it.
Get your rattle can ready. Hmm.
So, right away, Henry cracks
on with the lamp.
So, first things first
is just get the dust off,
then we can see what we're up to.
Beautiful!
Can use any metal wash, you know -
car wash, bike wash,
whatever it is,
it'll just get the dust off.
But I just want to get
these little bits of rust,
so they're flatted off.
So they don't show
through the rattle can.
That's the idea anyway.
I'll get in there with sandpaper.
Next, Henry is going
to spray-paint it,
whilst the lockers are
sent for sandblasting
and a professional paint job.
In Liverpool, the grain lifts
have been sandblasted free of rust
and primed ready for painting.
We're having these all
different colours.
I think I need to paint
the chain first.
This is quite a fiddly job,
so I think it's going to take
a very long time.
Simon is never around when it comes
to these sort of jobs.
I do remember him saying
that he was going to paint these.
Where is he?
With the chain painted
and dried, Gemma moves
on to spraying the main buckets.
Leaving the buckets to dry,
she moves on to her next paint job -
the table legs.
OK.
The table has been primed.
I've got my wooden balls
to extend the legs.
Before I do that, I'm going
to give it a lick of paint.
So...
...I need to be quite careful
on the legs,
I don't want any little drips.
So, I'm going to use a brush
to be on the safe side.
As this came from a nursery,
it is child-sized.
A standard table is 75 centimetres
tall, so by adding the balls,
they hope to return the table back
to a standard height
and the table becomes more saleable.
There you go.
If it's anywhere around 740 millimetres,
it's a standard height.
Ha!
In Oxfordshire, having cleaned
and sanded the lamp, Henry and Guy
tackle the remains of the old candle
which would have given
the lamp its light.
Is it wax?
Well, we'll soon find out, mate. Yeah.
It'll go bang otherwise, won't it?
Yeah. OK, all right, here we go.
Quick!
Try it, try it.
Is it going to work?
Yes!
That's worked!
OK, mate, that's good.
Now the wax has gone,
Henry takes it outside
to spray it black.
OK. Yeah, that's going
to look all right.
I don't think that's
looking half bad, you know.
Look, we spent no money
on her at all
and she's looking eminently desirable.
With the lockers having been sprayed
a fetching shade of blue,
they are now back at base.
Now, as blue goes...
Hmm.
...that's lovely, don't you think?
That is blue, yes, lovely blue.
But don't you think is
a sort of a royal blue? Yes.
But I think it goes
really well with this. It does.
What've you got there? Come on.
I've polished these up.
There's your old nameplate holder.
Mate, bang on, that's
going to look beautiful.
So, what are we going to do, bolt
them on? No, rivet them. OK.
I've got some rivets.
So, give me that one back, you
can... We'll do this one first.
OK. It's a two-man effort.
All right. There we go. Right.
Hang on. I never really quite
understand how a rivet works,
but that's nice. They're quite
clever things. They are.
Lovely!
Mate, that's great.
Look at that!
Give us all that back, right,
we're going to do the last now.
I feel as though I've achieved
something and learnt something.
With work well under way
on their first items,
it's time for Henry's choice of
rummage spot.
He's brought Simon to Warwickshire
to meet Bob Jackson,
a man who coordinates a warehouse
containing aircraft parts.
We have here over 100 tonnes
of spares to take away
and re-purpose, I think,
is their phrase.
But Bob doesn't deal
in multiple aircraft.
He collects and sells his spare
parts to one single,
genuine British aeronautic icon.
I'll just say one word - Vulcan.
Vu... Vulcan!
Thought that'd do it.
The Avro Vulcan XH558 is the last
remaining airworthy example
of the 134 Avro Vulcans
which were built as Britain's
front-line nuclear
bomber from 1956 onwards.
They only saw action
in their retirement year, 1982 -
flying bombing runs
during the Falklands conflict.
Come back! Bob? It is!
Simon, how are you, mate?
Hey, Bob, how are you?
Great.
I just said one word
to Si - I said "Vulcan"
and it changed his tune
about today, mate. Really?
This is the aeroplane
that you literally loved
when you were a kid.
I'd agree with that.
I guess you'd be spending the money
on keeping 558 going, right or not?
Absolutely. That is exactly where
the money will go.
Can't we just go
and have a quick fly?
They're never going to know.
If there's one aeroplane
you'd recognise in the sky,
it would be a Vulcan.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Can we get going, Bob?
You certainly can. In there?
I'll tell you what, guys,
why don't you have
one of those each?
Oh, cool! Mate, those are well cool.
Thanks, mate. Where do we start?
In here?
Bob, thank you so much. Right.
Cheers, mate.
As usual, the boys have to find two
items each, but that is
the only usual thing
about this place.
When do you go in a shed
that is rammed full of original
Vulcan parts?
Simon and I are in heaven.
Where do you start? Oh, my God!
Probably in here.
Wow!
Look at that. OK, my kind of thing.
Yeah, man, my kind of thing.
Nice bit of wood.
British Aerospace, there it is,
written all over it.
So these are the crates
that all the bits were kept in.
Ooh, do you know what, mate? Yeah?
On another day, I wouldn't go any
further, but today... Yeah, really.
...there must be better
in here, mustn't there?
This is a mere bag of time.
Isn't it?
But lovely, though, isn't it?
I'm not going to rule it out just
yet. Well, I am, yeah.
Come on, let's go.
A crate won't cut the mustard
in this hangar,
where every shelf
is a potential gold mine.
Mate, check those out!
Look at that!
Now, they could be
a really cool rear tyre
for a bobber project.
Vulcan wheels!
Man, there's loads of them.
Hang on. Never mind the Vulcan wheels.
Cor, that's a nice bit
of ally. What is it? What is it?
Let's have a look.
You know what this stuff's like.
It's always got something written
on it, doesn't it?
Why are we going like that?
Why did you do that?
That's why - so we can read.
Oh, man, how cool is that?
This is your lifeboat,
isn't it, basically?
This aluminium housing
would be jettisoned
if the crew ejected over water.
It contained an inflatable
dinghy big enough
for all five crew members.
Wow! So, you pull that handle.
I guess it must go, "Vroof!"
It could do, couldn't it?
That would give Gemma a fright.
Yeah. Wouldn't it?
Two items for the price of one, then.
No idea what I'm going
to do with it.
I'll probably just float some
suggestions past Gemma.
I've got my first item.
So, Simon is floating away
with his first item,
but there's still plenty of hangar
left to search.
Oh, mate!
It is like a kind of
sort of 1940s kind of
warehouse with all the packaging.
Do you know what that
looks like to me? What?
You know the kind of the end scene
of, I think is it
Raiders Of The Lost Ark? Yeah.
I hope one of those
doesn't start burning. Yeah.
Cool, those'll polish up nice.
Hold that. Yep. Brass. Yep.
Hang on, you might have
to hold that as well.
Can you hold that? Whoa. Whoa.
What the heck is this? I don't know.
That, my friend,
I bet you is something to do
with an engine.
Ah, well, put it on the floor.
That's what it looks to me like...
...that goes on there. Oh, man, yeah!
There you go.
Do you reckon they're the base?
Yeah.
What a lovely, lovely item.
It's form is beautiful -
there's also some brass
on it that'll polish up nice.
What's that got written all over it?
Steampunk vibe light?
Coming at you, massive.
Mate, that's my first item.
Yes, this lamp will be
formed from a combustor
from a Vulcan's Olympus engine.
This is the chamber where compressed
air and fuel were ignited,
giving the Vulcan its power.
Great - one-all. Come on.
No, no, no, I want a crate. What?
I want to open some
crates, come on.
You're not allowed to do
that - don't do that.
He said we could have anything.
But he didn't say open...
What are you doing?
It feels as though
we're an intruder. Come on.
Simon with a crowbar -
that concerns me.
I mean, surely, we shouldn't
be doing that here.
Somebody's going
to come in a minute. Eh?
Henry, we're allowed to do this.
It just feels a bit weird.
Look, there's a beautiful piece
of brand-new aluminium.
Have that as a table.
Come on, mate, just get out of here.
Do you hear sirens? Yeah, I do.
It's the police! Come on, get out!
I told you it was wrong!
I'm just going to leave
you, I'm off!
You can do the time!
Typical.
Whilst goody two-shoes Henry runs away,
Simon coolly spots a bit of swag.
Oh, my word.
Do you see, you were too busy
running away,
you ran right past something.
Oh, did you?
Oops, touched! Oh!
That's well cool, is that a bit
of an engine - jet engine?
You can keep your bit of the engine.
Oh, mate. I've just gone up a notch.
That's a lazy Vulcan. Wow!
Well, Henry, there's nothing lazy
about this bit of Vulcan's engine
as it was the rear piece
of the thrusters that propelled
the Vulcan to a top speed of 1,038
kilometres per hour.
That's going to clean up
absolutely lovely.
Ooh! What are you going to do
with it?
Prepare for take-off
for the funkiest table
you've ever seen.
Look at that.
That's your second item, isn't it?
It is me second item, mate.
And when it's polished up with,
I'm guessing, a really chunky glass
top on it, it's going to be probably
the coolest coffee table
you've ever seen.
Beautiful!
So, Simon's completed his mission,
but Henry's not quite done yet.
Er, ahem, there's a chair there.
That is a chair there, isn't it?
Yes, unsurprisingly enough,
it's a chair from a Vulcan.
But this item is seriously
collectable as it's so rare.
Just first thoughts,
mirror polish these arms. Yep.
There you go, they come
off, that's easy. Yep.
Sort out a cushion of some
description, Bob may well have one.
You've got to preserve it
for future generations
and that's what Guy and I
are certainly going to do.
There you go! Hey, two-all, man.
Let's go see Bob. Yeah.
But what will Bob
make of the choices?
Simon is first up.
What was once part of a very,
very fast and powerful engine
is about to become a nice
piece of furniture.
Sounds fine to me.
Good lad, good lad.
That's my first item.
My second item - a dinghy pod.
I'd like to take that, because I
just love the form of it.
I'm going to give it a couple
of coats of looking at, mate.
So they're my two items, if that's
OK? Yes.
What the heck is that, Bob?
Basically, eight of those would
create the power for the Vulcan.
Wow, really? That's per engine.
I'm going to try and avoid actually
doing anything to it,
apart from polishing it a lot
and illuminating things.
Let's talk this incredible seat.
So, that's a left-hand,
rear cockpit seat.
Those are our items. Cheers, mate.
Thank you so much for an incredible
day, Bob. Absolutely amazing.
Cheers, see you when
we've done our worst.
Coming up - Henry is
looking after the future...
What we don't want
to do is wreck it.
We've preserved it for
a future generation.
...Simon sets Gemma a riddle...
If you guess what these are,
you are a genius.
...and there's amazement
at the valuation.
I didn't think those were my mine,
for a start, but they are!
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are making money
by fixing up people's mess.
Beautiful.
They've both picked two items
from Bob's Vulcan bomber warehouse.
And Henry is back
with a bounty for Guy.
Now, mate.
There's very few times
that I reveal to you items
that I'm actually humbled to have.
Yes.
And this is one of them.
Now, the critical issue we've got,
to do this up, right,
is, we can't do it up.
On the back here are the numbers
that relate to the bomber
it came out of.
Right, OK, cool.
So, we can't touch the back,
apart from clean it up.
But I have noticed
that these come off.
Oh, OK.
Like that.
Now, those are alli.
So if we mirror polish
both sides of that,
cleaned all this up and then
that, obviously, goes here.
But, ostensibly, right,
what a cool thing.
All in all, it's a privilege
to have this item and we've got
to look after it and do it justice.
Next up, the Vulcan combustor.
Now, what do you think
we should do with it?
There are some lovely brass things,
like the base.
The mount, yes.
There's also some lovely
brass fixings here and here.
I think we should paint this.
I think I can put
a bulb in here as well,
one of those lovely Edison bulbs,
which would look amazing in there,
coming through all the holes.
Add a lovely lampshade.
Yeah, it would be great.
I think that's a fantastic piece.
Great, mate. Let's do them proud,
eh? Yes.
So straight away, Henry gets to
work on the leg rest for the chair.
So look, we just need
to do this little bit here,
right, all lovely,
and then Paul can cover it.
Because this bit's hidden
and we need to keep that original.
But just thought I'd give
it a nice little kick.
So first of all, abrasive mop,
right, get rid of the paint.
I've been told you've got to keep
it moving at all times.
Guy's also busy polishing the base
handles of the Vulcan combustor.
Henry and I both thought
this thing was brass.
It isn't.
I think it's titanium.
I could be wrong.
But it's still polishing up beautifully.
So, um, yes, so a slight
change of plan there.
But that will still look lovely
against the satin black
sort of canister.
Whilst Guy gets on with that job,
the main body of the combustor
is sent off for sand blasting
and painting.
In Liverpool,
Simon is introducing Gemma
to his selections.
HE GRUNTS AND PUFFS
OK.
Now, I know I'm bringing some stuff
that you have to guess what it is,
but if you guess what these
are, you are a genius.
Well, I've got no idea at all.
If you made model aeroplanes
when you were little,
one of the ones you'd have made
would be a Vulcan bomber.
Let's leave it there.
Simon's plan is to put some
shelving in this dinghy pod
and turn it into a
Vulcan-themed unit.
Hmm.
Just a cool kind of funky kind of...
Well, yeah, I don't know what else
you'd do with it, so why not?
It hasn't really got MY name
written on it.
Maybe Gemma will be more taken
with the thruster.
I just love the form of it.
And this thing here...
kind of goes that way around,
and there's a certain way
it sits on.
Imagine a highly polished
glass table top on it.
Thought you might say that.
But it's not just your ordinary
common or garden glass table.
Because it's the biggest
lazy Susan in the whole world.
Do you want to put the kettle on?
Yeah. OK. Yeah.
Simon starts by cleaning
the thrusters.
It's cleaning up, it is what it is.
There you go.
Next he has to send the dinghy pod
off to the blacksmith,
who's fitting shelves inside.
There you go.
Off to the blacksmith's
for a Vulcan dinghy pod.
Never thought I'd say that.
In Oxfordshire, Guy is
mirror polishing the armrest,
whilst Henry is giving
the seat a sympathetic restoration.
What we don't want to do
is wreck it, right.
We've kept the original,
but at the same time,
we've kind of developed it, slightly.
We've looked after it.
You know, we've preserved
it for a future generation.
That's what I reckon
we're going to do, anyway!
Henry's other item, the combustor,
has been sandblasted, painted,
and returned to Guy, who's now
busily converting it into a lamp.
He's fitting it with a contemporary
fabric-covered electrical cord,
topped off with
an Edison light bulb.
I think that looks fantastic.
I wonder where Henry is
with the shade?
In Liverpool, the dinghy
case has been returned
from the blacksmith's,
but is still in a bit
of a state, leaving Gemma
the task of cleaning it.
OK.
Simon's asked me to clean this up,
so that's what I'm going to do.
Going to use some sugar soap,
which is great
for getting rid of any grease
and grime.
Simon wants to keep this
in its original condition.
So, I'm not allowed to paint it.
Soap and water will have to do.
Let's give it a rinse.
Much better.
To be honest, I didn't even realise
that was black.
Inside, Simon has spotted something
of interest on the Vulcan thruster.
Oh, hello.
Numbers.
MoD, obviously,
Ministry of Defence.
1-8-3-4, and then,
the exact part that this is.
So, there is the provenance
of exactly what our massive
lazy Susan once was.
And that provenance could add
serious money to its value.
Good spot, Simon.
On there, Phil's done a lovely
job of polishing that.
OK.
Just needs the glass.
Crazy table done.
I'll go and get it.
In Oxfordshire, the lads
are finishing their first finds
from Mike's farm in Herefordshire.
Starting with the lockers.
Locks.
Now, push that in from there.
Go on, then.
Lovely, lovely.
Nearly there.
Go on, that's it.
Try it.
Oh.
There we go.
They look nice, they do.
Another corker, mate.
It's one down, one to go,
as they need to fire up
the railway light.
There we go. Yeah. Ready?
Mmm-hmm.
Oh, yeah, it's a bit
of a lovely glow, isn't it? Yeah.
Well done, mate. Yeah.
You could just put that
in the drawing room,
and sit in your little rocking
chair, couldn't you? Yes.
On your own.
While away the time.
Mmm-hmm.
In Liverpool, Gemma is also
finishing their first finds.
The last coat of bright paint is
now applied to the grain elevators.
There we go.
Well, the spray is dry,
and the colours look great.
And they've really
brought this to life.
That's a great transformation.
And such a useful item now.
With that job done, Gemma moves on
to finishing the table
with a bit of Danish oil
and some finishing wax.
There we go.
And that is a job complete.
I'm really pleased with this.
Simple but effective.
And saleable too -
as Simon has an interested buyer.
Michael, from the local
antiques emporium.
Michael, I'm looking at 150.
Yes. 150?
Certainly, it would have
to be under 100.
This could go on all day. Yeah.
I'm not going lower than 120.
120? Yes.
Come on, come on.
OK, seeing as it's you. Yes.
Thank you very much,
cheers, Michael.
But did Simon strike a good deal?
It's time to find out
at the valuation.
Farmer Mike's here to find out
what's happened to his items.
Hello!
Hello! How are you, old chap,
you all right?
Oh, yeah. Nice to see you.
Mike, how are you?
Great to see you.
Thank you.
Have a wander.
Wow-ee.
Go and have a look about.
Wander around, mate.
Look at those lockers.
I can't believe it.
Yeah, they came up all right, mate,
I think.
Ah, look at...
I-I didn't think those were mine,
to start with,
but they are.
It's absolutely fantastic.
You're obviously pleased
with what we've done. Oh, yes.
But have we made you any money?
That's the question.
To help us decide,
we have our independent valuer,
Elisicia, joining us.
Hi. Oh! Nice to meet you.
Hello, Elisicia.
Elisicia Moore runs a London store
specialising in upcycled furniture
and has a good eye for the
market value of restored items.
Let's talk about some
transformed grain elevators.
I think they're a triumph.
I think they're brilliant.
And their brilliant colours cost
just £30 in spray paints.
Lots of uses.
So, we can evaluate it
with a handsome £80 each.
The elevators have lift-off
with £130 profit.
Now, let's talk about
the dining table.
Yeah. Right.
Charming, farmhouse table.
They never stay in my shop for long.
Just £10 was spent
on extending the legs.
I would say, technically,
it is a four-person table,
so, I would say about £125.
Costs were ten quid
and I have actually sold
that table, mate.
Not quite for the valuation,
which is a rare thing.
120 quid I've sold that for.
So, profit to you, £110.
That's marvellous.
Because that money is going
to the local primary school.
That's £110 for the school
from where the old table came.
OK, well, let's start with our
little railway lamp, then,
shall we, Elisicia? Yeah.
Has it been powder coated?
Or did you just...
...give it a nice clean?
It's been rattle canned
with my fair hand, actually.
Henry had an old can of
spray paint lying around.
So the lamp restoration
didn't cost a penny.
So, I like that you didn't
put the light in,
and you kept the candle.
I think it makes it quite charming.
Yeah. I should think that somebody
would be happy to pay £40 for that.
Well, I have found someone
who paid 50 quid for it.
That's £50 of pure profit
on the lamp.
So, 50 quid to you, mate.
Yeah, fine, thank you.
OK, good, good, good, Mike.
Well, let's go to the
rather blue lockers.
These have been powder coated.
Oh, they've been powder coated
all right, inside and out.
Yeah, they look a treat. Mmm.
And the powder coating cost £60.
Again, a children's bedroom,
playroom, the man cave,
lots of different places.
I think £130 would be a fair
estimate for the lockers.
The lockers have locked
down a £70 profit.
Taking off our costs, mate,
you're going home with £360
in your pocket.
How does that sound?
Clear! Good.
So, Mike, what would
you spend that money on?
The table money will go to the local
primary school, and the rest
of it will probably go
to my two grandsons.
Oh, brilliant, mate.
Absolutely fabulous.
And thank you for letting us
look around your lovely farm.
So, that's a decent £360
going to Mike.
Well, I think they've done
very well indeed.
As soon as I walked into that room,
I think the biggest wow factor
was actually the lockers.
I can't get over it, actually!
Coming up, Henry sees the light.
Oh, look, there's a light inside!
Yes. How cool is that?
Simon is pretty proud of his work.
That has got to be
one of the craziest tables
we've ever made.
And, at the valuation,
there's high praise indeed.
That really, really is
a great conversion, isn't it?
Dukes of junk Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien
are turning trash into cash.
Well done, mate. Yeah.
Simon's choice of location today
made £360.
How does that sound?
Clear. Good.
So, the pressure is on for Henry's
rummage spot to do better.
The leg supports for the pilot seat
have been upholstered and returned.
Small orb, excellent! Right...
Check this out!
It's looking good. Oh, that's good
as well!
Mate, that's going to go like that.
Check these.
Oh, man.
They are shiny as shiny can be.
Mate, they are glorious!
They are, aren't they?
Good size!
Yes.
Yes. Ow!
Mate, we've done it proud, man.
Because we are curators, that's all
we are, man. Yeah.
That's all we are.
They may have finished the seat,
but the lamp, which Guy had polished
to bits, needs a fashionable shade,
which Henry is supplying.
Ready? Yeah - three, two, one.
Oh, yes.
Oh, man. I think...
Oh, look, there's a light inside!
Yes, look,
you see it through that mesh.
I didn't know that was going to do
that, but it's rather lovely.
How cool is that?!
I think what's wonderful about this
is it demonstrates
what we can do, right, when we give
it the full beans on restoration.
Yes, yes.
And Henry also has an interested
buyer - aircraft enthusiast Matt.
Tell me you love it because it is beautiful.
Oh, it's nice. Yeah, it's very nice.
Very nice.
And you get the whole Vulcan thing
and all that kind of stuff. Yeah.
Have you noticed the little
squirreled cage down here?
Yeah, there's light inside. Yeah,
it's nice, it's nice.
It gives it a little bit more.
£400, Matt?
Yeah, no, er, what about 300?
I can't! I'd love to, Matt...
I can't sell it to you for that.
350, and that's it.
Cheers, mate.
But did he do a good deal?
We'll find out at the valuation.
In Liverpool, Simon is also applying
the finishing touches to his item,
the Vulcan Dinghy Pod, which has had
shelves made by Ian the blacksmith.
That's absolutely bob on.
I'm not going to do much else to it,
because I want it to be what it is.
This is old hardware turned into
domestic shelving.
Cool. Love it. Good job, Ian.
Next up, Simon has bought
a tempered glass top
to place on the thruster turntable.
That has got to be one of the
craziest tables
we've ever made.
"Excuse me, could you pass me the
peanuts?
"Oh, actually, don't worry.
"I'll get them myself.
"Thank you."
Time to find out what it's worth
at today's second valuation.
Bob was after money to reinvest in
his passion
for the Vulcan bomber.
How are you? Hey, Bob, how are you,
are you well? Simon.
Good to see you, mate.
And you, mate.
Hey, look, we're wearing the badge.
I'm wearing a badge, mate.
You're not, are you? Where's yours?
Don't get me in trouble with Bob.
Bob, now look, right, there you go.
Fill your boots, have a wander.
Wow. Have a look about.
That is...
...brilliant. Oh!
Oh, God.
I thought he was going to go,
"That is rubbish." It is brilliant.
I love it. I think you've done
a cracking good job.
We're very pleased to hear that,
mate, but have we made you any
money?
Well, that's the thing, mate.
To that end, can I introduce you to
Adam?
Adam. Hiya.
With two decades' experience,
auction house owner Adam Partridge
can accurately value anything.
Well, let's start with the navigator
seat out of said Vulcan bomber.
Yeah, great thing, isn't it?
Incredibly rare.
£150 was spent on mirror polishing
and reupholstering the leg pads.
If you put it in auction,
I reckon it'll be £2,000-£3,000
estimate.
So, I'll suggest a figure of £2,000
for the time being
and see what your reaction is.
My reaction is favourable to that.
OK. Yeah. Good.
And it's a very favourable £1,850
profit.
Well, let's move on to
combustor/lamp. I really like that.
The old combustor cost £100 to
powder, coat,
and rewire into a cool lamp.
Really, really is a great
conversion, isn't it?
That is... Yes.
Because you've got the... I love the
lantern light in the middle.
Absolutely. I mean, that's...
Come on then, Adam.
£300 of anyone's money.
Well, that's good because I found
an anyone who paid 350 for it.
350? Yeah. OK.
So, I flogged it for 350 quid, Bob.
Oh, well, that's even better!
I don't think that's bad.
No, that's even better.
Yeah, no, no, that's good.
The combustor has powered its way to
a £250 profit.
Let's start with the
Joker in the pack.
The Vulcan dinghy case.
Yeah, you got the raw deal with
getting that one,
I think, didn't you?
Well, I picked it!
It cost £60 for the blacksmith to
add the shelves to create this unit.
So, I guess what are you meant to
do with that?
On your upcycling, repurposing it,
it's a tricky thing.
I'm going to struggle to find that
very saleable at all, I think.
Are you? 50 quid.
Ooh, I'll tell you what then.
How about I buy it back?
Sounds a plan. Sounds like
a great plan.
All right? Yeah, yeah.
Because then I will sell it,
and with the provenance and your
work, I'll make money.
Sounds like a plan.
I'll even let Adam know.
Yeah, thanks for that! I'll shake
your hand on that one.
Nice one, Bob. Hey look!
Due to Bob's generosity, he's
covered the boys' expenditure.
So, this item is cost neutral.
Finally, talk to me about
a Vulcan jet engine table.
I like that. It's cool, isn't it?
And this table's only cost
was the glass at £80.
I'm going to suggest £300 for that.
£300? Ha!
Well, funny you should say that
because it's what anyone's
prepared to pay for it.
I've had an offer from a buyer
for £500.
Perfect.
So, that's a clear £420 profit.
In total, after our costs,
you're taking home £2,520.
How does that sound? Brilliant.
So, it will go towards the
maintenance of the aeroplane.
What will that get you, £2,500,
with a Vulcan bomber?
Well, that would certainly go a long
way to doing an engine ground run,
which keeps the engine in
top order.
There you go. There you go, mate.
Works for me! Yeah.
Cheers, mate.
So, Henry's choice of barn has made
a soaring £2,520 for Bob.
I think it's been absolutely
stunning and really great.
I think the combustor is probably
the favourite.
Although, actually,
they've all done really well.
And with Simon's choice
of location making £360,
Henry is today's clear winner.
Now, OK, I won. All right.
Let's just face facts,
but at the bottom line,
one incredible barn, mate.
Vulcan bombers?! What?!
I want to go back and open every
single box.
Imagine what's in them.
Let's call him, he's just over
there. Come on. Bob! Bob!
Come back!
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The sheds, garages and barns
of Britain
are stacked with old possessions.
This is heaven, mate.
I mean, that's the only way to
describe it, isn't it?
What looks like valueless junk
could be worth a pretty penny.
I've just fallen in love.
Man, that's gorgeous.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien reckon
they can fix this redundant rubbish...
...and once restored, sell for a profit.
That's immense, mate!
For Henry and his mechanic...
That's it!
...it's all about restoring
retro relics and vintage classics.
Oh, my God, it goes!
While Simon and his upcycler
repurpose the unwanted into
fantastic furniture.
Oh, my word, that's amazing.
Have a look! What do you reckon?
I think it's remarkable, it's
breathtaking.
All right!
They may have different approaches,
but, together, they'll turn a profit
for the owners.
You're going home, mate,
with 6,220 quid.
How does that sound?
That sounds brilliant.
Today, Simon's a naughty boy...
Someone's going to come in a minute.
Henry, we're allowed to do this.
...Gemma is left in the lurch...
Simon is never around when it comes
to these sort of jobs.
...and there is tension for Henry
at the valuation.
That is...
...brilliant. Oh, God!
Today, the lads are out and about
in rural Herefordshire.
Isn't this a beautiful unsung part
of the country, Herefordshire?
Mate, Ledbury, all that kind of
stuff, medieval, I love it.
Herefordshire is also cider country,
with over half of the UK's cider
produced in the county.
We are going to see a lovely, lovely
fella called Mike...
Yeah. ..who has a gorgeous family farm
and that is what their crop is.
Apples for the cider industry.
But it's not just apple farming machinery.
Mike's family has been on this farm
for over 100 years,
so there's bound to be something of interest.
My father used to love going to auctions,
and I used to go to auctions
with my father,
and if I thought I could make a buck
out of it,
I'd bring it back home and try and
sell it.
As soon as I get an empty shed
it just tends to get filled up.
Mike, how are you? I'm Simon.
How are you?
Morning, this crispy morning.
Henry. How are you?
Right, I've got to tell you,
this surely is God's own country,
isn't it?
It's stunning.
I wouldn't kind of believe that
Ledbury is synonymous with cider,
has it got a long tradition here, then?
Because you always think it's
Somerset.
We've got the biggest cider works
in the world...
Wow. Have you? ..that we supply.
So I'm guessing, mate, if your
family's been here for 100 years,
over that time, you might have
gathered a few things
in these outhouses here.
I've gathered a few things.
We'll get going. An open door there.
Right-ho. See you later.
Cheers, Mike.
See you later. Thank you so much.
All right.
As usual, the boys are
on the lookout
for two items each to restore
and repurpose.
But maybe this time, the boys have
bitten off more than they can chew.
Where do we start?
Where do we start? Oh!
I thought I might bring a friend
with me.
It's nice to have a companion
who I could talk to for a change.
Mate, there's just so much stuff
here, isn't there?
Eh? Yeah!
Oh, I think I've got my first item.
What, you're taking the owl?
No, no, no.
No, no.
Hold that a sec. Ahem.
I love them.
Yes, Henry's taken a shine
to a railway tail lamp.
These British Rail lamps were used
from the late 1940s
and are hugely collectible
to railway aficionados.
Look at it.
Hey, it needs to be saved.
Hey, look. I know it's real quick,
but I've got to take that.
You know I love trains.
Yep, fast as a locomotive,
Henry's bagged his first item.
But as Simon leads the search around
the other barns,
he begins to build up
his own head of steam.
Hello. Into the second shed...
Now we're talking.
Those are quite cool, what are they
for?
Well, I had a look, they're some
kind of hopper, aren't they?
Yeah. So they should be on some kind
of belt.
So it goes like that? Yeah. Yeah.
And pick stuff up.
They're really cool.
Something to do with grain?
Well, actually, these are in fact
part of a bucket elevator,
also called a grain leg,
which is a mechanism
for hauling flowable bulk materials,
such as grain or fertiliser,
using buckets attached to a rotating
belt or chain.
What do you reckon?
I think they're great.
What would you do with them?
Don't know.
No idea what I'm going to do with them,
but it has to be my first item.
Is that your first item?
Yeah. Fantastic.
So Simon's been given a lift
in finding the grain elevator.
Let's see what new things
Henry can find.
So come round the corner, right,
immediately, I see a lovely pair of
lockers, just staring at me.
Mate, that is lovely.
Isn't it? It's a pair of lockers.
We love a little bit of Louvre door.
You know how desirable these are
when they're done.
Those lockers, all you've got to do
is give them a lovely colour scheme,
clean them up, and it'll make Mike
some serious money.
OK. All right. Listen, I know that
you will do a lovely job of this.
I'm guessing this is your second item.
Well, of course it is.
Don't do a candy apple red metallic.
But it is my favourite colour.
Don't do these, come on.
OK? Can I take them, though?
Yeah. All right. You happy?
Got your second item? Yeah, I have.
So Henry's locked down his second item,
but Simon's still in the mood
for pushing boundaries.
Oh, hang on.
What's under there?
What a big organ!
Oh, you can play it if you want.
Look at that. Wow!
What is that doing here?
I don't know, perhaps you know Mike
plays his organ in here.
Go on, mate, take it. No, well...
Go on, mate. Oh, look.
The roll top's missing.
Oh, is it? And these things are hard
enough to sell if it works.
It might still be upright,
but, alas, it's no use.
Well, look on the bright side, mate,
we've got a nice pair of lockers,
haven't we, yeah?
Perhaps Simon will have better luck outside.
Ooh. There's a nice pair of legs.
What? Where? Here.
OK, so what's Simon's second item
going to be?
Oh, ahem, a pine table.
But is it solid?
Well, it's up to you to find out.
Yes, it is.
Formica top.
HE LAUGHS
What else do you notice about it?
Shorter than normal, isn't it?
It's quite low, isn't it?
It has got quite short legs,
but so has Simon.
Are you taking this,
very normal kind of regular table
that we see a lot of?
Listen here, no, look,
I've got some crazy kind of grain
hopper things
that I'm going to do something mad with
and then I want something
that Gemma will love.
Gemma will love this. Even this low?
Even this low.
Yes, and, to be fair, quality pine
tables well restored
can make surprisingly
profitable picks.
So that's two items each.
It is. Is it? Yeah.
We'd better go and see Mike, then.
We better had.
Come on,
you take your Formica with you.
THEY LAUGH
Time to see what Mike will make of
their choices,
starting with the pine table.
Tell me about that, mate.
It came from a local school,
they were having a clear out of
their old furniture,
replacing it with some fresh furniture,
and I had the opportunity
of having it.
Oh, I'm glad you did,
because I like it.
I think it's quite cute... Good.
...and I'm going to give it to a very
talented lady
I work with called Gemma
and next time you see it, it will
look very different.
My second choice, now, what are
they, mate?
The bucket elevator, they were for
moving grain vertically.
Some of them got up to 50-foot high.
So it just goes up, over the top,
drops it in and goes back down.
Drops into another conveyor which
then takes it horizontally.
Is it OK if I take them?
Yep. Brilliant. I'm very happy.
Mike, tell me about the two lockers there.
Well, my father purchased those.
Oh, OK, so it's been sort of hanging
around in the shed for a while.
Yes. Yeah. Yes.
Well, look, if it's OK, I'd love to
take that
and do something lovely with
it, really. OK.
Give it a new lease of life.
Now, also your railway tail light,
where did that come from?
Like a lot of other items,
I can't honestly remember where some
of them came from,
because it's just a long time ago.
Mike, look, I know the feeling, mate.
Honestly. You should have a wander
round my shed.
I haven't got a clue.
So if it's OK with you,
I'm going to take that and restore
it to how it should be, really.
Cheers, mate. Thank you very much indeed.
Coming up. Every day's a school day
for Henry.
Lovely. I feel as though I've
achieved something
and learned something.
Wow. Oh, my God.
The boys are gobsmacked by their
second location...
Simon and I are in heaven.
...and there's a nice discovery for Gemma.
Oh, brilliant!
I don't think that could be any better.
Simon O'Brien and Henry Cole
are turning waste into wonga.
Look!
They both picked two
items from Mike's place
and Simon is back in Liverpool
showing his selections to his
up-cycler, Gemma Longworth.
What are they?
Come on, come on.
Are they for like
scooping something up?
Yep, yep.
Simon plans on repurposing this
grain elevator
into a set of brightly coloured
hanging knick-knack baskets.
Do the chain in one colour... Yeah.
...and then just pick some different
colours for the scoops.
OK, nice idea - I like it.
OK? Good, right.
Our second item is a lot
smaller than you'd imagine.
Oh, yes, there it is.
Dining table.
Well, yeah, I love it,
but it seems to be
a bit out of proportion.
Well, you would say that until
you know where it came from.
Where?
A primary school. Oh, right.
So, I'm thinking maybe get some
wooden balls to attach
to the bottom, just to lift it. Yeah.
So, that's for you.
And I'll get these off
to the blasters, yeah? Right, OK.
So, Gemma starts on the table
by removing the top.
It's looking good.
Oh, brilliant!
I don't think that
could be any better.
She uses a small orbital sander
to remove the glue and old gloss
to create a smooth
surface to paint on.
I think I've got most of it off now,
but, thankfully, I'm painting
it and I haven't got to get
every single bit off.
I'm exhausted!
In Oxfordshire, Henry's revealing
his haul to restorer Guy Willison.
Go on, then.
Feast your eyes! I like it.
I reckon that's a powder coat.
Yes. Yeah.
And I reckon it's a dark blue.
Nice.
Just keep it simple.
We've got to take the locks off,
polish them up before powder coat.
It's beautiful, yeah.
It's a simple, glorious, lovely
little thing that anyone
with any self-respect
would want to buy.
Next up, one of my favourite things.
Railway? Yeah!
I'd like to rattle-can that black. OK.
Now, do we - obviously we'll clean
this up, change the colour of it,
clean up the glass, lovely -
do we leave it like a candle-candle,
or do we put one of our lovely
little bulbs in there?
I don't know. Candle, probably.
We'll try it as a candle,
and if not, we'll put a light in it.
Get your rattle can ready. Hmm.
So, right away, Henry cracks
on with the lamp.
So, first things first
is just get the dust off,
then we can see what we're up to.
Beautiful!
Can use any metal wash, you know -
car wash, bike wash,
whatever it is,
it'll just get the dust off.
But I just want to get
these little bits of rust,
so they're flatted off.
So they don't show
through the rattle can.
That's the idea anyway.
I'll get in there with sandpaper.
Next, Henry is going
to spray-paint it,
whilst the lockers are
sent for sandblasting
and a professional paint job.
In Liverpool, the grain lifts
have been sandblasted free of rust
and primed ready for painting.
We're having these all
different colours.
I think I need to paint
the chain first.
This is quite a fiddly job,
so I think it's going to take
a very long time.
Simon is never around when it comes
to these sort of jobs.
I do remember him saying
that he was going to paint these.
Where is he?
With the chain painted
and dried, Gemma moves
on to spraying the main buckets.
Leaving the buckets to dry,
she moves on to her next paint job -
the table legs.
OK.
The table has been primed.
I've got my wooden balls
to extend the legs.
Before I do that, I'm going
to give it a lick of paint.
So...
...I need to be quite careful
on the legs,
I don't want any little drips.
So, I'm going to use a brush
to be on the safe side.
As this came from a nursery,
it is child-sized.
A standard table is 75 centimetres
tall, so by adding the balls,
they hope to return the table back
to a standard height
and the table becomes more saleable.
There you go.
If it's anywhere around 740 millimetres,
it's a standard height.
Ha!
In Oxfordshire, having cleaned
and sanded the lamp, Henry and Guy
tackle the remains of the old candle
which would have given
the lamp its light.
Is it wax?
Well, we'll soon find out, mate. Yeah.
It'll go bang otherwise, won't it?
Yeah. OK, all right, here we go.
Quick!
Try it, try it.
Is it going to work?
Yes!
That's worked!
OK, mate, that's good.
Now the wax has gone,
Henry takes it outside
to spray it black.
OK. Yeah, that's going
to look all right.
I don't think that's
looking half bad, you know.
Look, we spent no money
on her at all
and she's looking eminently desirable.
With the lockers having been sprayed
a fetching shade of blue,
they are now back at base.
Now, as blue goes...
Hmm.
...that's lovely, don't you think?
That is blue, yes, lovely blue.
But don't you think is
a sort of a royal blue? Yes.
But I think it goes
really well with this. It does.
What've you got there? Come on.
I've polished these up.
There's your old nameplate holder.
Mate, bang on, that's
going to look beautiful.
So, what are we going to do, bolt
them on? No, rivet them. OK.
I've got some rivets.
So, give me that one back, you
can... We'll do this one first.
OK. It's a two-man effort.
All right. There we go. Right.
Hang on. I never really quite
understand how a rivet works,
but that's nice. They're quite
clever things. They are.
Lovely!
Mate, that's great.
Look at that!
Give us all that back, right,
we're going to do the last now.
I feel as though I've achieved
something and learnt something.
With work well under way
on their first items,
it's time for Henry's choice of
rummage spot.
He's brought Simon to Warwickshire
to meet Bob Jackson,
a man who coordinates a warehouse
containing aircraft parts.
We have here over 100 tonnes
of spares to take away
and re-purpose, I think,
is their phrase.
But Bob doesn't deal
in multiple aircraft.
He collects and sells his spare
parts to one single,
genuine British aeronautic icon.
I'll just say one word - Vulcan.
Vu... Vulcan!
Thought that'd do it.
The Avro Vulcan XH558 is the last
remaining airworthy example
of the 134 Avro Vulcans
which were built as Britain's
front-line nuclear
bomber from 1956 onwards.
They only saw action
in their retirement year, 1982 -
flying bombing runs
during the Falklands conflict.
Come back! Bob? It is!
Simon, how are you, mate?
Hey, Bob, how are you?
Great.
I just said one word
to Si - I said "Vulcan"
and it changed his tune
about today, mate. Really?
This is the aeroplane
that you literally loved
when you were a kid.
I'd agree with that.
I guess you'd be spending the money
on keeping 558 going, right or not?
Absolutely. That is exactly where
the money will go.
Can't we just go
and have a quick fly?
They're never going to know.
If there's one aeroplane
you'd recognise in the sky,
it would be a Vulcan.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Can we get going, Bob?
You certainly can. In there?
I'll tell you what, guys,
why don't you have
one of those each?
Oh, cool! Mate, those are well cool.
Thanks, mate. Where do we start?
In here?
Bob, thank you so much. Right.
Cheers, mate.
As usual, the boys have to find two
items each, but that is
the only usual thing
about this place.
When do you go in a shed
that is rammed full of original
Vulcan parts?
Simon and I are in heaven.
Where do you start? Oh, my God!
Probably in here.
Wow!
Look at that. OK, my kind of thing.
Yeah, man, my kind of thing.
Nice bit of wood.
British Aerospace, there it is,
written all over it.
So these are the crates
that all the bits were kept in.
Ooh, do you know what, mate? Yeah?
On another day, I wouldn't go any
further, but today... Yeah, really.
...there must be better
in here, mustn't there?
This is a mere bag of time.
Isn't it?
But lovely, though, isn't it?
I'm not going to rule it out just
yet. Well, I am, yeah.
Come on, let's go.
A crate won't cut the mustard
in this hangar,
where every shelf
is a potential gold mine.
Mate, check those out!
Look at that!
Now, they could be
a really cool rear tyre
for a bobber project.
Vulcan wheels!
Man, there's loads of them.
Hang on. Never mind the Vulcan wheels.
Cor, that's a nice bit
of ally. What is it? What is it?
Let's have a look.
You know what this stuff's like.
It's always got something written
on it, doesn't it?
Why are we going like that?
Why did you do that?
That's why - so we can read.
Oh, man, how cool is that?
This is your lifeboat,
isn't it, basically?
This aluminium housing
would be jettisoned
if the crew ejected over water.
It contained an inflatable
dinghy big enough
for all five crew members.
Wow! So, you pull that handle.
I guess it must go, "Vroof!"
It could do, couldn't it?
That would give Gemma a fright.
Yeah. Wouldn't it?
Two items for the price of one, then.
No idea what I'm going
to do with it.
I'll probably just float some
suggestions past Gemma.
I've got my first item.
So, Simon is floating away
with his first item,
but there's still plenty of hangar
left to search.
Oh, mate!
It is like a kind of
sort of 1940s kind of
warehouse with all the packaging.
Do you know what that
looks like to me? What?
You know the kind of the end scene
of, I think is it
Raiders Of The Lost Ark? Yeah.
I hope one of those
doesn't start burning. Yeah.
Cool, those'll polish up nice.
Hold that. Yep. Brass. Yep.
Hang on, you might have
to hold that as well.
Can you hold that? Whoa. Whoa.
What the heck is this? I don't know.
That, my friend,
I bet you is something to do
with an engine.
Ah, well, put it on the floor.
That's what it looks to me like...
...that goes on there. Oh, man, yeah!
There you go.
Do you reckon they're the base?
Yeah.
What a lovely, lovely item.
It's form is beautiful -
there's also some brass
on it that'll polish up nice.
What's that got written all over it?
Steampunk vibe light?
Coming at you, massive.
Mate, that's my first item.
Yes, this lamp will be
formed from a combustor
from a Vulcan's Olympus engine.
This is the chamber where compressed
air and fuel were ignited,
giving the Vulcan its power.
Great - one-all. Come on.
No, no, no, I want a crate. What?
I want to open some
crates, come on.
You're not allowed to do
that - don't do that.
He said we could have anything.
But he didn't say open...
What are you doing?
It feels as though
we're an intruder. Come on.
Simon with a crowbar -
that concerns me.
I mean, surely, we shouldn't
be doing that here.
Somebody's going
to come in a minute. Eh?
Henry, we're allowed to do this.
It just feels a bit weird.
Look, there's a beautiful piece
of brand-new aluminium.
Have that as a table.
Come on, mate, just get out of here.
Do you hear sirens? Yeah, I do.
It's the police! Come on, get out!
I told you it was wrong!
I'm just going to leave
you, I'm off!
You can do the time!
Typical.
Whilst goody two-shoes Henry runs away,
Simon coolly spots a bit of swag.
Oh, my word.
Do you see, you were too busy
running away,
you ran right past something.
Oh, did you?
Oops, touched! Oh!
That's well cool, is that a bit
of an engine - jet engine?
You can keep your bit of the engine.
Oh, mate. I've just gone up a notch.
That's a lazy Vulcan. Wow!
Well, Henry, there's nothing lazy
about this bit of Vulcan's engine
as it was the rear piece
of the thrusters that propelled
the Vulcan to a top speed of 1,038
kilometres per hour.
That's going to clean up
absolutely lovely.
Ooh! What are you going to do
with it?
Prepare for take-off
for the funkiest table
you've ever seen.
Look at that.
That's your second item, isn't it?
It is me second item, mate.
And when it's polished up with,
I'm guessing, a really chunky glass
top on it, it's going to be probably
the coolest coffee table
you've ever seen.
Beautiful!
So, Simon's completed his mission,
but Henry's not quite done yet.
Er, ahem, there's a chair there.
That is a chair there, isn't it?
Yes, unsurprisingly enough,
it's a chair from a Vulcan.
But this item is seriously
collectable as it's so rare.
Just first thoughts,
mirror polish these arms. Yep.
There you go, they come
off, that's easy. Yep.
Sort out a cushion of some
description, Bob may well have one.
You've got to preserve it
for future generations
and that's what Guy and I
are certainly going to do.
There you go! Hey, two-all, man.
Let's go see Bob. Yeah.
But what will Bob
make of the choices?
Simon is first up.
What was once part of a very,
very fast and powerful engine
is about to become a nice
piece of furniture.
Sounds fine to me.
Good lad, good lad.
That's my first item.
My second item - a dinghy pod.
I'd like to take that, because I
just love the form of it.
I'm going to give it a couple
of coats of looking at, mate.
So they're my two items, if that's
OK? Yes.
What the heck is that, Bob?
Basically, eight of those would
create the power for the Vulcan.
Wow, really? That's per engine.
I'm going to try and avoid actually
doing anything to it,
apart from polishing it a lot
and illuminating things.
Let's talk this incredible seat.
So, that's a left-hand,
rear cockpit seat.
Those are our items. Cheers, mate.
Thank you so much for an incredible
day, Bob. Absolutely amazing.
Cheers, see you when
we've done our worst.
Coming up - Henry is
looking after the future...
What we don't want
to do is wreck it.
We've preserved it for
a future generation.
...Simon sets Gemma a riddle...
If you guess what these are,
you are a genius.
...and there's amazement
at the valuation.
I didn't think those were my mine,
for a start, but they are!
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are making money
by fixing up people's mess.
Beautiful.
They've both picked two items
from Bob's Vulcan bomber warehouse.
And Henry is back
with a bounty for Guy.
Now, mate.
There's very few times
that I reveal to you items
that I'm actually humbled to have.
Yes.
And this is one of them.
Now, the critical issue we've got,
to do this up, right,
is, we can't do it up.
On the back here are the numbers
that relate to the bomber
it came out of.
Right, OK, cool.
So, we can't touch the back,
apart from clean it up.
But I have noticed
that these come off.
Oh, OK.
Like that.
Now, those are alli.
So if we mirror polish
both sides of that,
cleaned all this up and then
that, obviously, goes here.
But, ostensibly, right,
what a cool thing.
All in all, it's a privilege
to have this item and we've got
to look after it and do it justice.
Next up, the Vulcan combustor.
Now, what do you think
we should do with it?
There are some lovely brass things,
like the base.
The mount, yes.
There's also some lovely
brass fixings here and here.
I think we should paint this.
I think I can put
a bulb in here as well,
one of those lovely Edison bulbs,
which would look amazing in there,
coming through all the holes.
Add a lovely lampshade.
Yeah, it would be great.
I think that's a fantastic piece.
Great, mate. Let's do them proud,
eh? Yes.
So straight away, Henry gets to
work on the leg rest for the chair.
So look, we just need
to do this little bit here,
right, all lovely,
and then Paul can cover it.
Because this bit's hidden
and we need to keep that original.
But just thought I'd give
it a nice little kick.
So first of all, abrasive mop,
right, get rid of the paint.
I've been told you've got to keep
it moving at all times.
Guy's also busy polishing the base
handles of the Vulcan combustor.
Henry and I both thought
this thing was brass.
It isn't.
I think it's titanium.
I could be wrong.
But it's still polishing up beautifully.
So, um, yes, so a slight
change of plan there.
But that will still look lovely
against the satin black
sort of canister.
Whilst Guy gets on with that job,
the main body of the combustor
is sent off for sand blasting
and painting.
In Liverpool,
Simon is introducing Gemma
to his selections.
HE GRUNTS AND PUFFS
OK.
Now, I know I'm bringing some stuff
that you have to guess what it is,
but if you guess what these
are, you are a genius.
Well, I've got no idea at all.
If you made model aeroplanes
when you were little,
one of the ones you'd have made
would be a Vulcan bomber.
Let's leave it there.
Simon's plan is to put some
shelving in this dinghy pod
and turn it into a
Vulcan-themed unit.
Hmm.
Just a cool kind of funky kind of...
Well, yeah, I don't know what else
you'd do with it, so why not?
It hasn't really got MY name
written on it.
Maybe Gemma will be more taken
with the thruster.
I just love the form of it.
And this thing here...
kind of goes that way around,
and there's a certain way
it sits on.
Imagine a highly polished
glass table top on it.
Thought you might say that.
But it's not just your ordinary
common or garden glass table.
Because it's the biggest
lazy Susan in the whole world.
Do you want to put the kettle on?
Yeah. OK. Yeah.
Simon starts by cleaning
the thrusters.
It's cleaning up, it is what it is.
There you go.
Next he has to send the dinghy pod
off to the blacksmith,
who's fitting shelves inside.
There you go.
Off to the blacksmith's
for a Vulcan dinghy pod.
Never thought I'd say that.
In Oxfordshire, Guy is
mirror polishing the armrest,
whilst Henry is giving
the seat a sympathetic restoration.
What we don't want to do
is wreck it, right.
We've kept the original,
but at the same time,
we've kind of developed it, slightly.
We've looked after it.
You know, we've preserved
it for a future generation.
That's what I reckon
we're going to do, anyway!
Henry's other item, the combustor,
has been sandblasted, painted,
and returned to Guy, who's now
busily converting it into a lamp.
He's fitting it with a contemporary
fabric-covered electrical cord,
topped off with
an Edison light bulb.
I think that looks fantastic.
I wonder where Henry is
with the shade?
In Liverpool, the dinghy
case has been returned
from the blacksmith's,
but is still in a bit
of a state, leaving Gemma
the task of cleaning it.
OK.
Simon's asked me to clean this up,
so that's what I'm going to do.
Going to use some sugar soap,
which is great
for getting rid of any grease
and grime.
Simon wants to keep this
in its original condition.
So, I'm not allowed to paint it.
Soap and water will have to do.
Let's give it a rinse.
Much better.
To be honest, I didn't even realise
that was black.
Inside, Simon has spotted something
of interest on the Vulcan thruster.
Oh, hello.
Numbers.
MoD, obviously,
Ministry of Defence.
1-8-3-4, and then,
the exact part that this is.
So, there is the provenance
of exactly what our massive
lazy Susan once was.
And that provenance could add
serious money to its value.
Good spot, Simon.
On there, Phil's done a lovely
job of polishing that.
OK.
Just needs the glass.
Crazy table done.
I'll go and get it.
In Oxfordshire, the lads
are finishing their first finds
from Mike's farm in Herefordshire.
Starting with the lockers.
Locks.
Now, push that in from there.
Go on, then.
Lovely, lovely.
Nearly there.
Go on, that's it.
Try it.
Oh.
There we go.
They look nice, they do.
Another corker, mate.
It's one down, one to go,
as they need to fire up
the railway light.
There we go. Yeah. Ready?
Mmm-hmm.
Oh, yeah, it's a bit
of a lovely glow, isn't it? Yeah.
Well done, mate. Yeah.
You could just put that
in the drawing room,
and sit in your little rocking
chair, couldn't you? Yes.
On your own.
While away the time.
Mmm-hmm.
In Liverpool, Gemma is also
finishing their first finds.
The last coat of bright paint is
now applied to the grain elevators.
There we go.
Well, the spray is dry,
and the colours look great.
And they've really
brought this to life.
That's a great transformation.
And such a useful item now.
With that job done, Gemma moves on
to finishing the table
with a bit of Danish oil
and some finishing wax.
There we go.
And that is a job complete.
I'm really pleased with this.
Simple but effective.
And saleable too -
as Simon has an interested buyer.
Michael, from the local
antiques emporium.
Michael, I'm looking at 150.
Yes. 150?
Certainly, it would have
to be under 100.
This could go on all day. Yeah.
I'm not going lower than 120.
120? Yes.
Come on, come on.
OK, seeing as it's you. Yes.
Thank you very much,
cheers, Michael.
But did Simon strike a good deal?
It's time to find out
at the valuation.
Farmer Mike's here to find out
what's happened to his items.
Hello!
Hello! How are you, old chap,
you all right?
Oh, yeah. Nice to see you.
Mike, how are you?
Great to see you.
Thank you.
Have a wander.
Wow-ee.
Go and have a look about.
Wander around, mate.
Look at those lockers.
I can't believe it.
Yeah, they came up all right, mate,
I think.
Ah, look at...
I-I didn't think those were mine,
to start with,
but they are.
It's absolutely fantastic.
You're obviously pleased
with what we've done. Oh, yes.
But have we made you any money?
That's the question.
To help us decide,
we have our independent valuer,
Elisicia, joining us.
Hi. Oh! Nice to meet you.
Hello, Elisicia.
Elisicia Moore runs a London store
specialising in upcycled furniture
and has a good eye for the
market value of restored items.
Let's talk about some
transformed grain elevators.
I think they're a triumph.
I think they're brilliant.
And their brilliant colours cost
just £30 in spray paints.
Lots of uses.
So, we can evaluate it
with a handsome £80 each.
The elevators have lift-off
with £130 profit.
Now, let's talk about
the dining table.
Yeah. Right.
Charming, farmhouse table.
They never stay in my shop for long.
Just £10 was spent
on extending the legs.
I would say, technically,
it is a four-person table,
so, I would say about £125.
Costs were ten quid
and I have actually sold
that table, mate.
Not quite for the valuation,
which is a rare thing.
120 quid I've sold that for.
So, profit to you, £110.
That's marvellous.
Because that money is going
to the local primary school.
That's £110 for the school
from where the old table came.
OK, well, let's start with our
little railway lamp, then,
shall we, Elisicia? Yeah.
Has it been powder coated?
Or did you just...
...give it a nice clean?
It's been rattle canned
with my fair hand, actually.
Henry had an old can of
spray paint lying around.
So the lamp restoration
didn't cost a penny.
So, I like that you didn't
put the light in,
and you kept the candle.
I think it makes it quite charming.
Yeah. I should think that somebody
would be happy to pay £40 for that.
Well, I have found someone
who paid 50 quid for it.
That's £50 of pure profit
on the lamp.
So, 50 quid to you, mate.
Yeah, fine, thank you.
OK, good, good, good, Mike.
Well, let's go to the
rather blue lockers.
These have been powder coated.
Oh, they've been powder coated
all right, inside and out.
Yeah, they look a treat. Mmm.
And the powder coating cost £60.
Again, a children's bedroom,
playroom, the man cave,
lots of different places.
I think £130 would be a fair
estimate for the lockers.
The lockers have locked
down a £70 profit.
Taking off our costs, mate,
you're going home with £360
in your pocket.
How does that sound?
Clear! Good.
So, Mike, what would
you spend that money on?
The table money will go to the local
primary school, and the rest
of it will probably go
to my two grandsons.
Oh, brilliant, mate.
Absolutely fabulous.
And thank you for letting us
look around your lovely farm.
So, that's a decent £360
going to Mike.
Well, I think they've done
very well indeed.
As soon as I walked into that room,
I think the biggest wow factor
was actually the lockers.
I can't get over it, actually!
Coming up, Henry sees the light.
Oh, look, there's a light inside!
Yes. How cool is that?
Simon is pretty proud of his work.
That has got to be
one of the craziest tables
we've ever made.
And, at the valuation,
there's high praise indeed.
That really, really is
a great conversion, isn't it?
Dukes of junk Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien
are turning trash into cash.
Well done, mate. Yeah.
Simon's choice of location today
made £360.
How does that sound?
Clear. Good.
So, the pressure is on for Henry's
rummage spot to do better.
The leg supports for the pilot seat
have been upholstered and returned.
Small orb, excellent! Right...
Check this out!
It's looking good. Oh, that's good
as well!
Mate, that's going to go like that.
Check these.
Oh, man.
They are shiny as shiny can be.
Mate, they are glorious!
They are, aren't they?
Good size!
Yes.
Yes. Ow!
Mate, we've done it proud, man.
Because we are curators, that's all
we are, man. Yeah.
That's all we are.
They may have finished the seat,
but the lamp, which Guy had polished
to bits, needs a fashionable shade,
which Henry is supplying.
Ready? Yeah - three, two, one.
Oh, yes.
Oh, man. I think...
Oh, look, there's a light inside!
Yes, look,
you see it through that mesh.
I didn't know that was going to do
that, but it's rather lovely.
How cool is that?!
I think what's wonderful about this
is it demonstrates
what we can do, right, when we give
it the full beans on restoration.
Yes, yes.
And Henry also has an interested
buyer - aircraft enthusiast Matt.
Tell me you love it because it is beautiful.
Oh, it's nice. Yeah, it's very nice.
Very nice.
And you get the whole Vulcan thing
and all that kind of stuff. Yeah.
Have you noticed the little
squirreled cage down here?
Yeah, there's light inside. Yeah,
it's nice, it's nice.
It gives it a little bit more.
£400, Matt?
Yeah, no, er, what about 300?
I can't! I'd love to, Matt...
I can't sell it to you for that.
350, and that's it.
Cheers, mate.
But did he do a good deal?
We'll find out at the valuation.
In Liverpool, Simon is also applying
the finishing touches to his item,
the Vulcan Dinghy Pod, which has had
shelves made by Ian the blacksmith.
That's absolutely bob on.
I'm not going to do much else to it,
because I want it to be what it is.
This is old hardware turned into
domestic shelving.
Cool. Love it. Good job, Ian.
Next up, Simon has bought
a tempered glass top
to place on the thruster turntable.
That has got to be one of the
craziest tables
we've ever made.
"Excuse me, could you pass me the
peanuts?
"Oh, actually, don't worry.
"I'll get them myself.
"Thank you."
Time to find out what it's worth
at today's second valuation.
Bob was after money to reinvest in
his passion
for the Vulcan bomber.
How are you? Hey, Bob, how are you,
are you well? Simon.
Good to see you, mate.
And you, mate.
Hey, look, we're wearing the badge.
I'm wearing a badge, mate.
You're not, are you? Where's yours?
Don't get me in trouble with Bob.
Bob, now look, right, there you go.
Fill your boots, have a wander.
Wow. Have a look about.
That is...
...brilliant. Oh!
Oh, God.
I thought he was going to go,
"That is rubbish." It is brilliant.
I love it. I think you've done
a cracking good job.
We're very pleased to hear that,
mate, but have we made you any
money?
Well, that's the thing, mate.
To that end, can I introduce you to
Adam?
Adam. Hiya.
With two decades' experience,
auction house owner Adam Partridge
can accurately value anything.
Well, let's start with the navigator
seat out of said Vulcan bomber.
Yeah, great thing, isn't it?
Incredibly rare.
£150 was spent on mirror polishing
and reupholstering the leg pads.
If you put it in auction,
I reckon it'll be £2,000-£3,000
estimate.
So, I'll suggest a figure of £2,000
for the time being
and see what your reaction is.
My reaction is favourable to that.
OK. Yeah. Good.
And it's a very favourable £1,850
profit.
Well, let's move on to
combustor/lamp. I really like that.
The old combustor cost £100 to
powder, coat,
and rewire into a cool lamp.
Really, really is a great
conversion, isn't it?
That is... Yes.
Because you've got the... I love the
lantern light in the middle.
Absolutely. I mean, that's...
Come on then, Adam.
£300 of anyone's money.
Well, that's good because I found
an anyone who paid 350 for it.
350? Yeah. OK.
So, I flogged it for 350 quid, Bob.
Oh, well, that's even better!
I don't think that's bad.
No, that's even better.
Yeah, no, no, that's good.
The combustor has powered its way to
a £250 profit.
Let's start with the
Joker in the pack.
The Vulcan dinghy case.
Yeah, you got the raw deal with
getting that one,
I think, didn't you?
Well, I picked it!
It cost £60 for the blacksmith to
add the shelves to create this unit.
So, I guess what are you meant to
do with that?
On your upcycling, repurposing it,
it's a tricky thing.
I'm going to struggle to find that
very saleable at all, I think.
Are you? 50 quid.
Ooh, I'll tell you what then.
How about I buy it back?
Sounds a plan. Sounds like
a great plan.
All right? Yeah, yeah.
Because then I will sell it,
and with the provenance and your
work, I'll make money.
Sounds like a plan.
I'll even let Adam know.
Yeah, thanks for that! I'll shake
your hand on that one.
Nice one, Bob. Hey look!
Due to Bob's generosity, he's
covered the boys' expenditure.
So, this item is cost neutral.
Finally, talk to me about
a Vulcan jet engine table.
I like that. It's cool, isn't it?
And this table's only cost
was the glass at £80.
I'm going to suggest £300 for that.
£300? Ha!
Well, funny you should say that
because it's what anyone's
prepared to pay for it.
I've had an offer from a buyer
for £500.
Perfect.
So, that's a clear £420 profit.
In total, after our costs,
you're taking home £2,520.
How does that sound? Brilliant.
So, it will go towards the
maintenance of the aeroplane.
What will that get you, £2,500,
with a Vulcan bomber?
Well, that would certainly go a long
way to doing an engine ground run,
which keeps the engine in
top order.
There you go. There you go, mate.
Works for me! Yeah.
Cheers, mate.
So, Henry's choice of barn has made
a soaring £2,520 for Bob.
I think it's been absolutely
stunning and really great.
I think the combustor is probably
the favourite.
Although, actually,
they've all done really well.
And with Simon's choice
of location making £360,
Henry is today's clear winner.
Now, OK, I won. All right.
Let's just face facts,
but at the bottom line,
one incredible barn, mate.
Vulcan bombers?! What?!
I want to go back and open every
single box.
Imagine what's in them.
Let's call him, he's just over
there. Come on. Bob! Bob!
Come back!
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