Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 3, Episode 21 - Episode #3.21 - 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.
What looks like valueless junk
could be worth a pretty penny.
I've just fallen in love.
Oh, 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 in 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! Eh?
They may have different approaches
but together they'll turn a profit
for the owners.
You're going home, mate,
with 6220 quid.
How does that sound?
That sounds brilliant.
Today, Henry goes for a spin.
No, no, no! Just leave me alone!
Guy loses his street cred.
Yeah, course, I've been a biker
all me life. I'm hard-core.
And there's some great
news at the valuation.
I think it's fantastic,
and the colour is perfect for it.
Today the lads are on their way
to picturesque Swindon.
We haven't gone very
far from my gaffe.
No, I'm treating you.
Hey, but there's nothing
Mickey Mouse about today.
What, Mickey Mouse? Yeah.
Do you know why I said that? No!
You wouldn't believe this...
...Swindon is twinned
with Disneyland.
You're joking? No, it's true.
Honestly, absolutely true.
And it's also exactly halfway
between Cardiff and London.
And it's home to the iconic
magic roundabout,
which is five mini-roundabouts
merging into one nightmare
for learners.
Were going to see a lovely fella
called Jason. Right. OK? Mm-hm.
Erm, and OK, it's... a mixed bag.
What's that meant to mean?
It's a mixed bag.
Something for everyone. It'll be
as good as a day out in Disneyland.
Jason Fry, whose family has owned
this former dairy farm
since the 1940s,
is in dire need of a clearout.
Yeah, there's quite a few years'
worth of stuff in there now.
Stuff that I got from sales,
so it'd be ideal to get rid of some.
Jason, how are you? Good to see you.
This is Henry.
How are you, mate?
Lovely to see you. And you.
Now, look right, I think it's come
up trumps, because I can see
vehicles and things. Mm.
Is that right or not, Jason?
There's plenty of those around yes.
Is there? Good lad!
There are plenty of barns
by the looks of it as well, mate.
Yeah, plenty of those.
And if we do make you any money,
what will that go towards?
Some more junk. Good lad,
that's what we like to hear!
That means we can come back. Thanks,
mate. We'll see you in a bit.
OK? Cheers, mate.
See you in a bit. Bye! Bye!
As usual the boys are
on the lookout for two items each
to restore and repurpose.
And Henry is the first
to get his eye in.
Where do we start?
Well, here actually.
Have quick look at this. What?
Well, it's a workbench, innit?
And you know how I love a workbench.
You got two braces on the bottom.
Yeah. There's you're legs.
It's basically a flat-pack
massive workbench.
It is, Isn't it, mate? All we've
got to do, put it together,
sand it and wax it. Cashback.
I'm having it. Why not?
I've got my first item. Yippee!
Yes, Henry's on the money. Chunky
old workbenches lovingly restored
get snapped up for hundreds
of pounds.
But Simon's spotted something
a little more refined.
Oh! That is nice.
It's interesting isn't it? Yeah.
OK. So what, cabinet,
glass cabinet...
Yeah. ..of some description.
This glass cabinet would have
belonged in a reception room
and would have been used
for displaying ornaments
or china figurines.
Do you know what I like about it?
It's quite delicate-looking, isn't
it? It is, yeah. Nice fine lines.
Yeah. Bit of damage on the
glass there though. Oh! Mm.
Yeah, but Phil's
a dab at it, isn't he?
Absolutely, I have just the chap
to fix that.
That's my first item, mate.
I love it.
First item bagged.
Simon is on a roll.
Here we go.
Oh yeah, that's a nice wheel, mate.
Not the wheel. That's nice!
Yeah, we see the wheel.
Look - look at them.
Those? Yeah.
What you want with them?
What are you going to make
out of them? A fire?
Well, they're old harnesses,
aren't they? Yeah. Yeah.
Correct, Simon. Known as the hames,
a pair of these bars
would go around a horse's neck.
Lined with leather they would be
attached to a farming implement.
There's something about their form,
which is going to lend itself
to something really creative.
I just don't know what
that something is yet.
How many you going to take?
All of them. What?!
I've got my second item. Oh!
Yeah.
What was I thinking? I was having
a bit of a giggle. Come on.
The yoke's on Henry as he is
struggling to find his final item.
Oh, check that out - hey? That'd
be good. A little hamster wheel. Hm?
Hey, I could get in here.
Can you get that side?
Look! I don't know, you could
make it into some kind of...
What? Adventure playground thing,
couldn't you? A bit unusual, mate.
Hey, that's something for Simon
next time, you wait.
Try and put that in the van.
No, no, no!
Just leave me alone!
Henry's wheelie struggling
to find his final item.
But he won't roll over.
I think I might be in luck.
What, a bit of plastic?
The side of a bath, innit?
No, check this out.
Whoa, they're heavy!
These old-fashioned iron
toilet cisterns
were mounted high above the loo
with a pull chain flush.
Hence the euphemism, pull the chain
for flushing the loo.
Hey, what you reckon? If you bolted
back to a really thick wall...
Yeah.
...they could be window boxes.
Just in touch with me feminine side,
mate. That's it.
That's a really good idea.
Well, I don't know what I'd finish
them off with,
but they've got the holes there to
wall mount, haven't they?
You see, it just goes to show
if you take Henry away
from grease and oil and petrol,
he can come up with good ideas.
Let's go see Jason. Yeah, come on.
So that's two items each.
Time to run their picks
past farmer Jason.
Can I start? Yeah, go on.
Now Jason, tell me
about that workbench.
It's kind of flat-pack, isn't it?
Yeah, it was one I bought which I
intended to put up
and put a vice on. A bigger vice.
But I never got around to it, so it
just stayed where it was, really.
If it's OK, mate,
I'd love to take that away,
love it, restore it and polish it.
A lot. Well, if it's all right,
mate, those are my two items.
Yeah, that's fine you carry on.
Great. Yeah.
I'm going to be creative, I hope,
with, they're kind of
bits from a harness.
If it's OK, I'm going
to take them away, and, erm,
I'm going to do something with them.
That's fine, no problem.
I haven't decided what yet.
Whereas, this little glass cabinet,
I think, speaks for itself.
So if it's OK they're by two items.
Great. Yup. Brilliant. No problem.
Jason, thank you so much, man.
I really appreciate it.
Coming up, Phil does a smashing
job on the glasswork.
Brilliant! Except...
Oh, no! There's a bit missing.
And the workbench
is showing Guy's age.
57 years old?
It doesn't look 57 years old.
Mind you, I don't look 55.
And Simon sums up Henry to a T.
It's you in a vehicular form.
It's really, really ugly,
but I can't help meself liking it.
Simon O'Brien and Henry Cole
are turning trash into cash.
I've got my second item.
They've both picked two items from
Jason's place.
And Simon is back in Liverpool
showing his selections
to his upcycler Gemma Longworth.
Oh, come on!
What is that?
Aren't they lovely?
No, they're not lovely.
Look, don't you think they're kind
of cool?
Oh, Simon, they're wrecked, look!
I know, I know, I know.
We'll call that patina, I don't mind
that at all.
Right. Cos what I've got in mind
for these, right...
Do a little hanging like this, yeah?
With some kind of crazy lighting rig
on them.
Yeah. It's like a harness
chandelier, that's why I got this
old chain, as well.
Yeah? Right... Make the whole thing
out of funky...
Shall we move on?
Leave that with me.
Luckily, Simon's second item is much
more Gemma's kind of thing.
Well, I like this.
You see, cool, isn't it?
Yeah, it's lovely. It's cute.
Yeah. It's a little bit broken.
Yeah, it needs a little bit of work
here, but we know someone
who's very good with glass. Yeah?
Yes, I hope he's...
This is going to really test him,
cutting that shape. Yeah.
Over to you, all yours, all right?
Oh, well I will have fun with this.
You have fun with that and I'll
wonder what I've done getting this.
That was a mistake.
And Gemma's secret glass man is none
other than handyman Phil,
who starts straight away on the glass.
Phil!
Just in time. I've got some glass
for you.
Thank you very much.
Just plonk it on there anywhere.
Right.
Is that OK? Brilliant.
Is this going to be easy to do?
It looks quite tricky with all of
them curves.
I'm hoping to get it done in one go.
Well, I hope you do, you've only got
one piece of glass.
So if I break it, I'm going back to
the shop?
Yeah. OK.
Phil carefully traces the shape
needed with a diamond-tipped glass cutter,
scoring the glass just deep enough
to create a breaking point.
Outside, Gemma's sanding the cabinet
ahead of a fresh coat of paint.
Simon, however, has harnessed his
energy on designing how the yoke
will hang and can now deal with the
rotten wood.
OK, so I've got the worst one
and I'm just going to gouge this
out with...
I guess I'll get out the screwdriver
and see what happens then.
After cleaning out the rotten wood...
Gone.
...Simon cuts the chain to length and
the constituent parts
of his ambitious lamp are starting
to take shape.
Get the LED strips inside, OK, yeah.
I'm starting to picture it now.
Phil has completed his glass cutting
and is ready
for the moment of truth.
Look at that, spot-on!
Spot-on! Brilliant!
Except...
Oh, no!
Phil...
There's a bit missing.
Just, yeah, I think he'll get onto
that, won't you?
Yeah... So...
Is it back to the shop?
I'm going now.
All right.
See you later, Phil.
Better luck next time, Phil.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's revealing
his haul
to restorer Guy Willison.
Although, he's a little confused
about what he's brought back.
Now, I think these were feeders or something.
No, mate, look, look, look.
Here you go...
Is that what you think of me?
No, they're lavatory systems from an
out-house. Are they? Yeah, they're
cast-iron lavatory...
Look, it's got the pipe to go to the bowl.
These are going to be powder
coated... Yeah?
And they're going to be a sort of
window-box-come-patio thing
for flowers.
I rest my case. Next?
Next up, ye olde flat-pack
workbench.
OK, well look, seeing as you're so
clever on that one... Yes?
...what am I going to do with this?
This, first of all, you're going to
kill the woodworm in it,
let it dry thoroughly... Yep.
Sand it down... Yep.
And I think stain it dark and remove
that, because that's not very nice.
That's horrible. And then, you've
got rather a lovely workbench.
This is going to be worth really
good money.
I think it's lovely, and I see
there's a date here.
It was made in September...
1960.
There you go.
57 years old, it doesn't look 57
years old.
No, especially when we've done it,
it might... Mind you, I don't look 55.
CLEARS THROAT AND WHISTLES
Though not in the full flush of youth,
Guy can still handle a cistern and
he starts by attempting
to cut off the pipe.
Because of the age of it, it's just
being stubborn, it'll come eventually.
There we go, that's off now.
Oh, yes...
Hurrah!
Just have to persevere.
So the cisterns are sent off for
their paint job,
allowing Henry and Guy to give the
table a woodworm treatment.
After drying, the table is ready to
be sanded.
We are going dark baby, dark.
As usual, when using small orbital
sanders to remove years
of dirt and dust, it's bound to get
a bit messy.
Can you point your exhaust the other
way?
Well, actually, I wasn't really
worrying about you.
I was actually making sure that I
wasn't covered... But you can
protect yourself from it aswell.
I haven't protected myself from it
at all, look at that!
I know, I'm just trying to...
What? ..clean you up.
Enough bickering now, there is still
a lot of table to sand.
Oh, careful Henry!
In Liverpool, the harnesses are
undergoing a transformation
into a hanging light.
First up, Simon has worked out how
the whole system will hang.
Starting to get it.
But to get it lit up requires the
skills of a qualified electrician.
Elsewhere, with the unit now sanded,
Gemma can begin the next step.
The cabinet has been primed and now
it's time to add some paint.
I've gone for a deep blue,
which should make this cabinet nice
and modern,
but with a bit of an Art Deco twist.
Fortunately, Phil was second time
lucky on the glass.
Gemma paints the door before moving
on to tackle the inside.
And it's going to look fabulous.
After sticking the paper using
adhesive spray,
she hammers it into place and her
work today is done.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's planters are
being coloured a fetching
shade of green, leaving Guy free to
assemble the sanded workbench.
The bench is loosely assembled, all
I've got to do now
is make the pegs that pin it together.
After drawing up a template,
Guy cuts them out from a piece
of two inch wood.
Now for the final assembly,
I've just got to knock these pegs in
that I've made.
That is very sturdy.
Guy's final step is a wax and polish.
Considering the state this was in,
I think it's sort of coming up
nicely and I'd be happy to have this
in my workshop, now.
But before he can find out its
value, it's time
for today's second location.
Henry has brought Simon to
Chippenham in Wiltshire
to meet Steve, a landscape gardener.
I'm a bit of a hoarder, I have to say.
So I've got barns I've always been
interested in,
machines and engines, anything with
two wheels, four wheels,
or no wheels.
I think it's definitely time for a
clear out
and also to make a little bit of
cash, hopefully.
We're here. Yes. Lovely Wiltshire
countryside, Royal Wootton Bassett.
Yeah, lovely town, yep.
Nice shed with Steve. Yes.
Could be the odd engine.
You see, you make me angry!
Don't worry, it's going to be fine!
Steve! Henry, how are you, mate?
This is Simon. How are you, Steve?
Hiya Si, how do you do?
Good to see you, mate.
How big's your place?
How many sheds are there, mate?
There are probably four or five sheds.
How big? Big, big, big sheds?
Oh, huge. Massive sheds?
Yeah, massive sheds. And if we did
make you some money...
Yep? ..what would you use the money
for?
I would probably think about putting
it towards a basset hound puppy.
A basset hound puppy?
A basset hound puppy.
Hey look, we've never had that
inspiration, have we?
That's gorgeous! I love that, Steve!
That great Steve, I love it.
Henry? Yeah? Fetch. Yeah. PANTING
Cheers, Steve! Cheers.
We'll see you later. Go on!
So the hounds are let loose,
searching for two items each,
and Henry's quick to sniff something out.
Oh, that's a good start to
proceedings, isn't it?
Now you know what? What?
I don't like me engines.
But I have to say... Really?
Your moggy Minor,
what a piece of design that is.
Classic mate, isn't it? Yeah.
Tell you something else though,
there are a few issues with this
one. Go on.
Mainly the moss. Yeah.
But also the front grill's a bit iffy.
That's something else, and I think
the wheel covers...
Yeah, hubs caps, are a little bit later.
Well, do you fancy it?
No. Nice though. Come on!
Why are we standing in the rain then
if you don't like it? Come on!
So, Henry passes on the car, as it's
too expensive for a refurb,
but Simon has spotted something else.
I've been looking for this kind of
thing for a while.
Simon's found a gearbox from a Ford
transit van,
for which he has a very different
use in mind.
How about, a nice glass top,
bolted through there, lovely table?
Well, I think that's rather nice.
It might be the most funky lazy
Susan you've ever seen.
Cos if I do it right, the top will
actually spin.
I've got my first item, thank you
very much,
and you've got nothing.
Oh, actually, I might have two
if I take that Morris Minor.
Don't take the Morris Minor.
I might do. Oi!
So, Simon has clicked into gear and
gets his first item,
leaving Henry stalled.
I got to find something.
You have. Ooh!
Mowers? Yeah, lots of mowers.
Rotavators. Makes you happy, doesn't
it, the mowers?
What? I haven't seen one of these,
mate, for a long time.
What is that?!
Well, exactly.
Here let's get it out, I'll show you.
Mirror signal, manoeuvre.
SIMON LAUGHS
This vehicle is reversing.
What on earth... What?!
It's broken.
Uh, no.
THAT is how it should be.
WHAT?!
BSA designed the Ariel 3 for people
who were nervous of two wheelers.
But it just didn't catch on at its
launch in 1970,
and its failure contributed to the
end of BSA as a manufacturer.
Why would you design that?
I think it's perfect for you, it's
you in a vehicular form.
It's really, really ugly, but I
can't help myself liking it.
That's my first item, yep...
I'm very offended.
It's kind of kitsch, isn't it?
It's kind of cool, let's take it!
Let's try and immerse ourselves
in the joys of Ariel 3s.
So Henry is taking the Ariel route
with his first item,
and the search continues.
But as Steve's place is on the large side,
the boys need a little travel assistance.
Hey, bring on the mule!
He just had to go engine going
today, didn't he?
Go on, get in! Come on!
I tell you what, it's a bit loud,
though. What?!
I don't think I could drive to
Liverpool in it!
Actually, it is quite a walk, isn't
it? Yeah.
Here we go, mate.
Look at that! Thanks for the lift.
Very good.
Little delivery.
SIMON LAUGHS
What a cool truck.
You're right, I could have this as
me second item.
OK, wow - big shed.
Oh, yeah. There is exactly what you
expect, a classic working farm barn.
Grab the other side of this.
We go in there and Simon finds a trunk.
It's trunk, mate.
Si, come on.
What? That's...
No, I've got an idea.
What? Well, cos it's shallow, right?
How about if it was...
...that way up on the wall?
Yep. That becomes a door, put some
shelves in, little unit.
If it was me, I wouldn't even look
at it.
Best of luck, son.
Are you now telling me you've got
two items?
Yes.
So, Simon reckons he can turn the
valueless valise
into something chic and cool.
Oh, look, agricultural implements.
Yes. Oh, hang on...
So the pressure's on for Henry to
find something equally creative.
Mate, that's funky.
Isn't it? What's it say
"Blackstone"? Yeah.
Yes, it's from Blackstone and Company,
which made engines and tractors with
these distinctive seats
from 1889 onwards.
Well look, I reckon, a little bit
of a stool action there.
OK. You know what I mean?
Create the base.
Yeah?
Weld it, bolt it on... Yeah?
Polish this up... Yeah?
Perhaps paint it some nice vintage colours.
Lovely stool.
It's pretty ornate and intricate
and I think
that might mean serious wedge.
Mate, I've got two items!
We're done.
Shall we go and see Mr Steve?
Yeah. Come on, then. Couldn't give
us a lift back, could you?
No, I'll give you a seat.
So, what will Steve make of this
truly eclectic collection?
Starting with the gearbox.
It's going to be a piece of furniture.
A piece of furniture? Yeah.
My second choice is this little case here.
OK if I take that? Erm...
Yes. Good lad! Ooh, thank heavens
for that.
OK, now look, for mine, let's just
talk Ariel 3, shall we?
Ariel 3... Now tell me about that.
It's...
Hasn't been running for some time, so...
OK... Might need to tinker about a
bit with it.
OK - now look, tell me about
the tractor seat there.
The Blackstone tractor seat, again,
it's...
Another friend of mine, he was going
to throw it out into the scrap
and so, it's just ended up in my barn,
waiting for you to come along and...
...do something with it. And now
we're here. And now you're here.
Cheers Steve. Cheers!
All right mate, see you later. Bye.
Coming up, Henry gets the Ariel to fly.
Oh, my God! It's off! What?!
Gemma's dazzled by the lights.
These are gorgeous Simon.
Brilliant! I really like them...
That felt good!
And at the valuation, the boys put
on a united front.
I think it's quite funky, actually.
Thanks, mate. I do, seriously. Yeah.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
making money
from other people's mess.
I've been looking for this kind of
thing for a while.
They both picked two items from
Steve's shed and Henry's back
with a surprise for sidekick Guy.
Fill your boots.
Shocking.
That's all I can say, shocking.
If you thought, "List the ten worst
things to do to a motorcycle,"
they're all wrapped up in one
package here. Yes.
What it is though, mate, is a piece
of automotive history
that I quite like.
So, I'm going to get it going.
Good luck.
Next up, the tractor seat which
Henry has already paired
with a base sourced on the Internet.
OK, so...
There you are, it's done.
Just leave it like that.
Just get an attachment made, yes,
and we're away.
So, look right, all we need to do
I think this swivels...
Yeah, it does. That's a bearing,
yeah. Yeah.
So, we just need to get a little
bibelot done.
A plate on there with the stub.
Which the lads can do down the way.
Yeah. Yeah?
And then, we are in clover -
chrome, chrome, black.
Yes? Yes, please.
That'll be lovely.
With the seat sent packing to have a
bracket made,
Henry's getting to grips with the
Ariel 3.
Well, that goes in like that.
Which he's been told is a
non-runner.
Fuel tap on, you pull it out these
old British bikes...
But you know Henry - he's fiddled
with some knobs,
filled the fuel tank and is hoping
for the best.
All that remains to do is to give it
some choke.
Right, and petal.
Nope!
That's not gone very well, has it?
Oh...
Hang on.
Oh, my God, it's off!
What?! Guess its third time lucky Henry.
HENRY SCREAMS
HORN BUZZES
Hey, hey! Ooh!
Who needs you at all ever?
Hmm?
I'm very surprised you've got it going.
Get on it.
You sure? Get on it.
This is my street cred gone.
Get on it!
Shall I go? Yeah, just go!
Petal a bit!
He-he-he, that's got him, hasn't it, eh?
Look at him!
IMITATES GUY: "Yeah, of course,
I've been a biker all me life.
"Yeah, I'm all cool."
And now I've got him on that.
Come on!
Now was that fun?
I must admit... Yeah?
...it's more fun that it looks.
Yeah, now you can hop off, go back
to your shed.
Yes, you enjoy your cleaning of your
avocado bathroom suite.
Oh, behave yourself!
Ooh, I'll tell you what I'll do
now... Oh no, I might actually just
right at home.
Hmm.
Hmm...
In Liverpool, Simon is introducing
Gemma to his selections,
starting with the trunk.
We see them everywhere don't we?
Yeah. But I've got an idea for this.
Hang on, oh. Ah.
Oh, yeah...
What are you doing?!
There you go.
OK, now, now it's empty.
OK. You ready?
OK, all right, come round here.
So look, if you imagine...
Yeah?
...we'll mount it on the wall.
Mm-hmm.
And this is actually the cupboard door.
And inside, you've got shelves.
Oh, I like it, nice idea.
That's a bit daft isn't it?
Yeah, yeah.
I think this is really going to work.
We're going to do something
different on it this time
and I'm going to get to use all my
skills, so I'm very happy.
But will she like the rest of
Simon's gear?
As soon as I saw it standing up like
that I thought,
what if, circular glass top
bolted through here.
Be a nice little coffee table.
It would be! There you go.
All right. So, completely different,
but this is what we do, isn't it?
There you go. You better pick your
curtains up.
For a change, Gemma is cleaning up
Simon's mess,
allowing him to get going on the gearbox.
This is so caked in oil,
that it will never take any coating
without it being blasted.
So, off you go to the professionals.
Inside Gemma is cleaning the trunk.
I don't want to use anything too harsh,
just a bit of soap and water will
get this top layer of dust off.
And then, hopefully I'll be able to
paint over the top of it.
With the trunk cleaned and dried,
Gemma can get on
with giving it a new identity.
It does need some colour.
So, I've gone for a dusty blue.
And with this paint job the dusty
old trunk will be given
a new and improved shelf life in no
time at all.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's Blackstone
seat has been sent to an engineer
to create a spigot to attach it to
the rotating base.
And then just tap the hole.
He drills into the stool and
attaches a metal nodule
to the seat to ensure it rotates.
Oh, I think that looks OK.
See what Henry thinks of that.
Speaking of Henry, he's got his
marigolds on and is giving
the Ariel 3 a much needed clean.
So, what do you do with something
like this?
Well, you could give it a full restoration.
Or, you have a running and riding
lovely little bike like this.
You, know man, just clean this.
That's the best thing - costs you nothing,
A little bit of elbow grease.
And then, she's ready for sale.
And cos this is such a good runner,
it's going to sell
all day long for someone who's into these.
They're probably slightly odd, though.
Back in Liverpool, Gemma has sourced
some decorative paper
to line the trunk.
I've chosen a Safari illustrated paper.
That goes with the travel theme.
Coat on the papers and now I'm going
to spray and stick them in.
Using an adhesive spray,
Gemma brings the trunk
into the 21st century.
There we go.
Outside, the gearbox has been sandblasted.
But Simon's not quite sure of the results.
It's almost too clean.
And you lose him because it's sort
of this matte grey.
You losing all the lovely shapes and fins.
So, what I'm going to do, if it
works, is I'm just going to spray it
from one direction so it creates
shadows in all the hollows.
That's the theory.
It will either work or it will look appalling.
Only one way to find out.
Simon's high-risk strategy is all
about ageing the gearbox
and giving it an appearance of depth.
It's working.
There you go.
It now looks kind of oily and
dirty but it's not.
It's pristine.
Glass top on, finished.
Back in Oxford, the boys turn back
to their first finds
and the workbench is looking top.
That's a revelation mate isn't it?
It's lovely, yeah, I left patina on it.
Didn't over-sand it.
You've done a great job, man.
And I think the Tudor Oak colour's
lovely on it.
You've just increased the value
tenfold, I reckon.
Oh, I think so, it was more or less
scrap, wasn't it?
I'll make you a cup of tea for that.
Oh, thank you.
Tea drunk, powder coating done, the
planters are back.
Oh, man!
Check that, ah, it's heavy.
Yeah, they are, aren't they?
A matching pair!
Mate, I always like a matching pair.
Lift yours up! Oh.
Oh, God... Let's get a little bit
more light on the subject.
I think they're beautiful and they
would adorn anyone's window sill.
Well done, son. I'll get some
poinsettias the next couple days
and they will look lovely.
Fantastic!
Over in Liverpool, Simon's fitted
the horse harnesses with lights
and temporarily hung them to
demonstrate his horsey chandelier
to a sceptical Gemma.
Now come here, lie down.
Lie down?! Lie down.
You can't see the effect without
looking up.
Right? It's bizarre. Are you ready,
ready? Shouldn't have to do this!
Let's go turn the light off.
Right, move over.
SHE LAUGHS
Right.
NOW look.
That's what you're looking at.
I'm not going to let you get up
until you say you like it.
Do you know what, these are gorgeous.
I really like them. Good I'm
glad you like them.
GEMMA CHUCKLES
GEMMA LAUGHS
Excitement over...
Put the glass shelves in.
...Gemma is back to the cabinet,
which is in need of some shelves.
Look at that!
I'm really pleased with this.
And Simon is pleased to have
potentially found a buyer.
It's local antique shop owner Chris.
Come on, what you think?
Yeah, I like it.
It looks good. I like the colour.
Yeah? Yeah, definitely saleable.
OK, but when you say, "saleable,"
for how much?
I'm looking at just on three figures,
a nice round 100, my friend.
You're not far off, we are nearly there.
I would say if you could come down a
little bit, maybe to...
...80? Oh, you know where this is
going to end up.
Let's not beat about the bush.
Meet you in the middle - 90.
OK. Good lad. Cheers, Chris.
But did Simon strike a good deal?
It's time to find out.
As Jason's back for the valuation to
find out how much cash
the boys have delivered.
Jason. Hello. Come on in!
Hey ya, mate. How are you?
Good to see you. Looking very
dapper, mate. How are you, mate?
Good to see you. Lovely tosee you.
Have a little wander around.
Thank you, wow.
Yeah, I think something will take
your eye there.
Or take your eye out.
God!
Different.
Yep. Yeah, very nice.
But have we made you any money,
that's the question?
Well, to help us decide that were
joined by Elisicia - hello.
ELISICIA: Hi, hi. Hello.
Nice to meet you. And you.
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 bench, shall we Elisicia,
that would be great.
ELISICIA: Yeah, I'm a sucker for
these. They sell really well.
The neglected workbench was brought
back to life
with just a bit of elbow grease and
leftover wax.
It looks great.
It's got the right amount of patina
but there are some missing pieces.
If it was all original I would have
evaluated a little bit higher.
But be that as it may, I think for a
quick sale,
you could get £200 for it.
Well, I did make a quick sale, actually,
for 250.
Ooh!
That's a pure profit of £250.
Let's talk planters now. Yeah.
Yeah, what do you reckon?
I think they look really pretty.
The rusty cisterns were revived for
£40 worth of powder coating.
Great example of upcycling, very pretty.
I think you could easily
achieve £40 each.
40?! I mean, I think they're worth
more than that, surely?
Come on! Elisicia, look.
Look at the plants!
I will say 45 because, the show
stopper's coming, so we'll go 45.
So, that has been up cycled to a £50
profit.
SIMON: Right, come on, come on.
The elephant's in the room, so let's
talk about it - the little glass cabinet.
Yeah...
I'm glad we're starting there.
£20 was spent on glass, paper and paint
to update this wooden cabinet.
I think it's fantastic, I love the paper.
And the colour is perfect for it.
To sell that quickly I'd say £110.
Wow!
Well, good news, good news mate.
Oh, no, here we go...
I've sold it, slightly less than the
posh London valuation.
I sold it for £90, mate.
Whoops, still it's a very healthy
£70 profit.
OK, let's talk about the one-off,
beautiful
harness chandelier.
Ugh...
It hurts my eyes!
What were you thinking? I love it, actually.
In a barn or a restaurant... In a
skip?
£50 was spent on turning the
harnesses into light fittings.
What did you pay for the lights?
£50.
OK, I reckon you'd get £20 in scrap.
I'm going to say £70.
The valuation.
£70? If that was in a fancy gallery
for sale... It would never be
in a fancy gallery, I can guarantee
you that.
That's just not true! It is true.
OK, here's...
You try to do that, and then I'll
raise my valuation.
You get it into a funky gallery,
then I'll eat my shoe.
I think it's quite funky, actually.
Thanks, mate. I do, seriously.
The divisive lamp makes a rather dim
£20 profit.
All in all, mate, you're taking home
£390.
How does that sound? Very good.
Nice one, mate. Nice one, mate.
Thank you so much.
So that's a decent £390 going to Jason.
I think Simon and Henry did a very
good job with my items.
I especially liked the workbench.
I was very surprised with the horse
harness chandelier.
That was very different.
Coming up - Simon's made a true
one-off.
Crazy, crazy, crazy.
Love it.
Henry doesn't need Guy.
So do you feel guilty at all that
you haven't done anything
at all? No, because my street cred
is intact.
And at the valuation, Henry's
surprised by Adam's reaction.
I like it! Do you? Yeah. Good.
Sultans of scrap
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are making money from trash.
Oh, my God, it's off!
Simon's choice of
location made £390...
How does that sound? Very good.
Nice one, mate.
...So Henry's hoping to beat
it with his rummage spot.
Henry's furiously polishing
the Ariel 3 moped.
I think that's a glorious
little Ariel 3 now.
Grumpy old man?
You called?
Ahem, I think that looks
pretty good, son.
Let me have a look.
What do you reckon?
There, I got to give it to you,
that looks amazing for what it was.
I'm ignoring the
engineering prowess,
but the cleaning is very good.
Very good, that's come out better
than I thought, actually.
So do you feel guilty at all
that you haven't done anything
to get this going
or clean it at all?
No, because my
street cred is intact.
Mate, if you think you ever
had street cred in the first place,
you're very much mistaken. Come on.
Yes.
Henry's second item has been powder
coated, united with the base,
and is about to be
reunited with the boys.
Well, that's it.
Look at it. Fantastic.
I mean, for a powder coat,
you would think that's been chromed.
Yes!
Henry's pleased as punch
but will local hotelier Martin
share his enthusiasm?
I think I'll have some cashew
nuts a... Ooh, Martin.
Henry.
Good to see you. Are you ready?
I'm ready, are you ready?
Could you just look that way? No.
Oh, my God, what have you got?
Well, I think it's
what you might have.
That's fantastic.
I think it would look well
here, mate.
100 and... That's good.
♪ 50 quid. ♪
150? And it spins.
It's not 150 quid, 90.
Oh mate, come on,
you're always the worst.
I am always the worst, aren't I?
Come on, bid me a little
bit better than that.
Three figures I'll take.
Hundred, then.
But will Henry's ace negotiating
skills have secured a good deal?
He'll find out at the valuation.
In Liverpool, Gemma is turning
the trunk into a cabinet
by fitting brackets to house some
shelves that Phil has made.
Let's see.
Just a little polish
of the metalwork
and some new casters
and hey presto, job done.
That's such a transformation.
Simon's going to love it.
Speaking of Simon, he's applying the
finishing touches to the gearbox.
Right, glass.
Simon's gone for a
tempered glass top
to complete his
steampunk glass table.
Crazy, crazy, crazy.
I love it.
But will they love
it at the valuation?
It's time to find out.
Steve was after some money
to get a puppy. Aww.
Hello, mate. Hello. Good to see you.
Good to see you, Steve.
Good to see you, Henry.
Hey, mate, well look,
fill your boots, have a wander.
Ah, brilliant. See what you think.
HE LAUGHS
It's quite blingy. Unbelievable.
Really? Yeah, fantastic.
And the transit gear box.
Actually, does that spin? Yeah.
Incredible. Does it? Yeah.
There you go, so you could revolve
around to your favourite magazine.
Yeah, exactly, without moving.
But have we made you any money?
Now let me introduce
you to Adam, our valuer,
independent, I'll have you know.
Hiya, you all right?
With two decades' experience,
auction house owner Adam Partridge
can accurately value anything.
Let's start mate,
with the little trunk.
Yeah. Looks nice,
what have you done with it?
Well, they added shelves, paint,
and a paper lining, all for £15.
We had a bit of fun with that
cos we see those trunks everywhere.
We wanted to do something
a bit different with it.
Yeah, it's a good idea,
like what you've done. £60.
As it happens, I've sold it, mate.
Oh, well done. For 70 quid.
So the trunk's opened
up with a £55 profit.
Now let's go with the
one-off, lovely little side table
Mach 1 transit table.
Yeah, it's the gearbox, is it? Yeah.
Yeah. Well, very creative, Simon.
And that creativity came
with a cost of £70 on the glass
and the sandblasting.
It's industrial chic, mate.
It's what a lot of people want,
isn't it? A gearbox with a revolving
glass top. Yeah, definitely.
Yeah, I can imagine.
Imagine it's high on the wish list.
He's being sarcastic.
He's very sarcastic.
Don't listen to him, Steve.
£95, it's good gear.
Ninet...?
Oh, come on!
Get me to three figures.
Come on, Adam, come on, come on.
Stick another fiver on it?
Yeah. OK.
There you go, hundred quid, mate.
So the table's in gear
for a profit of £30.
£30 profit to you for an old
gearbox which was just lying around.
I'm happy with that.
Happy with that? Good lad.
Oh, that's great. Well, now,
look, while you're happy,
and you look happy. Yeah.
Let's talk tractor seat, shall we?
I like it. Do you? Yeah.
Good.
The old seat is now a sparkling
stool for the cost of £60
to powder coat and buy a base.
He's done a really good job.
I could see a tag of
£95 on that as well.
Well, I have to say mate, you are
close. I've flogged it, Steve.
I got a hundred quid for it.
That's a profit of £40.
Let's go Ariel 3-ing, shall we?
It's a funny thing, isn't it?
You don't see them, do you?
They're very rare, I believe.
And this rare moped was restored
for absolutely no cost.
I'm good to suggest
a figure of £550.
Go on, be a little bit more, go on.
Would 600 be a bit closer
to the mark?
So this unloved classic
made a lovely £600.
So Steve, after all our costs,
you're going home with £725.
How does that sound?
That is absolutely fantastic.
Absolute pleasure. Happy days.
Thanks very much indeed.
That means Henry's
choice of location
made a sparkling £725 for Steve.
Henry and Simon have done
so well with my items.
I've got to say, I think my
favourite is that tractor seat
cos I couldn't believe
the finish on it.
With Simon's rummage spot making
£390, Henry is today's winner.
Now look right, I know I've won
but I have to tell you, what you did
with that gearbox was mint.
You're patronising me.
I'm not patronizing you,
I thought it was great.
All I had to do was polish
a small three-wheeler.
You're still patronising me.
Yeah, all right, I'm patronizing
you. Yeah. Come on, then.
I'm backing out of this one.
HE IMITATES CAR REVERSING
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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.
What looks like valueless junk
could be worth a pretty penny.
I've just fallen in love.
Oh, 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 in 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! Eh?
They may have different approaches
but together they'll turn a profit
for the owners.
You're going home, mate,
with 6220 quid.
How does that sound?
That sounds brilliant.
Today, Henry goes for a spin.
No, no, no! Just leave me alone!
Guy loses his street cred.
Yeah, course, I've been a biker
all me life. I'm hard-core.
And there's some great
news at the valuation.
I think it's fantastic,
and the colour is perfect for it.
Today the lads are on their way
to picturesque Swindon.
We haven't gone very
far from my gaffe.
No, I'm treating you.
Hey, but there's nothing
Mickey Mouse about today.
What, Mickey Mouse? Yeah.
Do you know why I said that? No!
You wouldn't believe this...
...Swindon is twinned
with Disneyland.
You're joking? No, it's true.
Honestly, absolutely true.
And it's also exactly halfway
between Cardiff and London.
And it's home to the iconic
magic roundabout,
which is five mini-roundabouts
merging into one nightmare
for learners.
Were going to see a lovely fella
called Jason. Right. OK? Mm-hm.
Erm, and OK, it's... a mixed bag.
What's that meant to mean?
It's a mixed bag.
Something for everyone. It'll be
as good as a day out in Disneyland.
Jason Fry, whose family has owned
this former dairy farm
since the 1940s,
is in dire need of a clearout.
Yeah, there's quite a few years'
worth of stuff in there now.
Stuff that I got from sales,
so it'd be ideal to get rid of some.
Jason, how are you? Good to see you.
This is Henry.
How are you, mate?
Lovely to see you. And you.
Now, look right, I think it's come
up trumps, because I can see
vehicles and things. Mm.
Is that right or not, Jason?
There's plenty of those around yes.
Is there? Good lad!
There are plenty of barns
by the looks of it as well, mate.
Yeah, plenty of those.
And if we do make you any money,
what will that go towards?
Some more junk. Good lad,
that's what we like to hear!
That means we can come back. Thanks,
mate. We'll see you in a bit.
OK? Cheers, mate.
See you in a bit. Bye! Bye!
As usual the boys are
on the lookout for two items each
to restore and repurpose.
And Henry is the first
to get his eye in.
Where do we start?
Well, here actually.
Have quick look at this. What?
Well, it's a workbench, innit?
And you know how I love a workbench.
You got two braces on the bottom.
Yeah. There's you're legs.
It's basically a flat-pack
massive workbench.
It is, Isn't it, mate? All we've
got to do, put it together,
sand it and wax it. Cashback.
I'm having it. Why not?
I've got my first item. Yippee!
Yes, Henry's on the money. Chunky
old workbenches lovingly restored
get snapped up for hundreds
of pounds.
But Simon's spotted something
a little more refined.
Oh! That is nice.
It's interesting isn't it? Yeah.
OK. So what, cabinet,
glass cabinet...
Yeah. ..of some description.
This glass cabinet would have
belonged in a reception room
and would have been used
for displaying ornaments
or china figurines.
Do you know what I like about it?
It's quite delicate-looking, isn't
it? It is, yeah. Nice fine lines.
Yeah. Bit of damage on the
glass there though. Oh! Mm.
Yeah, but Phil's
a dab at it, isn't he?
Absolutely, I have just the chap
to fix that.
That's my first item, mate.
I love it.
First item bagged.
Simon is on a roll.
Here we go.
Oh yeah, that's a nice wheel, mate.
Not the wheel. That's nice!
Yeah, we see the wheel.
Look - look at them.
Those? Yeah.
What you want with them?
What are you going to make
out of them? A fire?
Well, they're old harnesses,
aren't they? Yeah. Yeah.
Correct, Simon. Known as the hames,
a pair of these bars
would go around a horse's neck.
Lined with leather they would be
attached to a farming implement.
There's something about their form,
which is going to lend itself
to something really creative.
I just don't know what
that something is yet.
How many you going to take?
All of them. What?!
I've got my second item. Oh!
Yeah.
What was I thinking? I was having
a bit of a giggle. Come on.
The yoke's on Henry as he is
struggling to find his final item.
Oh, check that out - hey? That'd
be good. A little hamster wheel. Hm?
Hey, I could get in here.
Can you get that side?
Look! I don't know, you could
make it into some kind of...
What? Adventure playground thing,
couldn't you? A bit unusual, mate.
Hey, that's something for Simon
next time, you wait.
Try and put that in the van.
No, no, no!
Just leave me alone!
Henry's wheelie struggling
to find his final item.
But he won't roll over.
I think I might be in luck.
What, a bit of plastic?
The side of a bath, innit?
No, check this out.
Whoa, they're heavy!
These old-fashioned iron
toilet cisterns
were mounted high above the loo
with a pull chain flush.
Hence the euphemism, pull the chain
for flushing the loo.
Hey, what you reckon? If you bolted
back to a really thick wall...
Yeah.
...they could be window boxes.
Just in touch with me feminine side,
mate. That's it.
That's a really good idea.
Well, I don't know what I'd finish
them off with,
but they've got the holes there to
wall mount, haven't they?
You see, it just goes to show
if you take Henry away
from grease and oil and petrol,
he can come up with good ideas.
Let's go see Jason. Yeah, come on.
So that's two items each.
Time to run their picks
past farmer Jason.
Can I start? Yeah, go on.
Now Jason, tell me
about that workbench.
It's kind of flat-pack, isn't it?
Yeah, it was one I bought which I
intended to put up
and put a vice on. A bigger vice.
But I never got around to it, so it
just stayed where it was, really.
If it's OK, mate,
I'd love to take that away,
love it, restore it and polish it.
A lot. Well, if it's all right,
mate, those are my two items.
Yeah, that's fine you carry on.
Great. Yeah.
I'm going to be creative, I hope,
with, they're kind of
bits from a harness.
If it's OK, I'm going
to take them away, and, erm,
I'm going to do something with them.
That's fine, no problem.
I haven't decided what yet.
Whereas, this little glass cabinet,
I think, speaks for itself.
So if it's OK they're by two items.
Great. Yup. Brilliant. No problem.
Jason, thank you so much, man.
I really appreciate it.
Coming up, Phil does a smashing
job on the glasswork.
Brilliant! Except...
Oh, no! There's a bit missing.
And the workbench
is showing Guy's age.
57 years old?
It doesn't look 57 years old.
Mind you, I don't look 55.
And Simon sums up Henry to a T.
It's you in a vehicular form.
It's really, really ugly,
but I can't help meself liking it.
Simon O'Brien and Henry Cole
are turning trash into cash.
I've got my second item.
They've both picked two items from
Jason's place.
And Simon is back in Liverpool
showing his selections
to his upcycler Gemma Longworth.
Oh, come on!
What is that?
Aren't they lovely?
No, they're not lovely.
Look, don't you think they're kind
of cool?
Oh, Simon, they're wrecked, look!
I know, I know, I know.
We'll call that patina, I don't mind
that at all.
Right. Cos what I've got in mind
for these, right...
Do a little hanging like this, yeah?
With some kind of crazy lighting rig
on them.
Yeah. It's like a harness
chandelier, that's why I got this
old chain, as well.
Yeah? Right... Make the whole thing
out of funky...
Shall we move on?
Leave that with me.
Luckily, Simon's second item is much
more Gemma's kind of thing.
Well, I like this.
You see, cool, isn't it?
Yeah, it's lovely. It's cute.
Yeah. It's a little bit broken.
Yeah, it needs a little bit of work
here, but we know someone
who's very good with glass. Yeah?
Yes, I hope he's...
This is going to really test him,
cutting that shape. Yeah.
Over to you, all yours, all right?
Oh, well I will have fun with this.
You have fun with that and I'll
wonder what I've done getting this.
That was a mistake.
And Gemma's secret glass man is none
other than handyman Phil,
who starts straight away on the glass.
Phil!
Just in time. I've got some glass
for you.
Thank you very much.
Just plonk it on there anywhere.
Right.
Is that OK? Brilliant.
Is this going to be easy to do?
It looks quite tricky with all of
them curves.
I'm hoping to get it done in one go.
Well, I hope you do, you've only got
one piece of glass.
So if I break it, I'm going back to
the shop?
Yeah. OK.
Phil carefully traces the shape
needed with a diamond-tipped glass cutter,
scoring the glass just deep enough
to create a breaking point.
Outside, Gemma's sanding the cabinet
ahead of a fresh coat of paint.
Simon, however, has harnessed his
energy on designing how the yoke
will hang and can now deal with the
rotten wood.
OK, so I've got the worst one
and I'm just going to gouge this
out with...
I guess I'll get out the screwdriver
and see what happens then.
After cleaning out the rotten wood...
Gone.
...Simon cuts the chain to length and
the constituent parts
of his ambitious lamp are starting
to take shape.
Get the LED strips inside, OK, yeah.
I'm starting to picture it now.
Phil has completed his glass cutting
and is ready
for the moment of truth.
Look at that, spot-on!
Spot-on! Brilliant!
Except...
Oh, no!
Phil...
There's a bit missing.
Just, yeah, I think he'll get onto
that, won't you?
Yeah... So...
Is it back to the shop?
I'm going now.
All right.
See you later, Phil.
Better luck next time, Phil.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's revealing
his haul
to restorer Guy Willison.
Although, he's a little confused
about what he's brought back.
Now, I think these were feeders or something.
No, mate, look, look, look.
Here you go...
Is that what you think of me?
No, they're lavatory systems from an
out-house. Are they? Yeah, they're
cast-iron lavatory...
Look, it's got the pipe to go to the bowl.
These are going to be powder
coated... Yeah?
And they're going to be a sort of
window-box-come-patio thing
for flowers.
I rest my case. Next?
Next up, ye olde flat-pack
workbench.
OK, well look, seeing as you're so
clever on that one... Yes?
...what am I going to do with this?
This, first of all, you're going to
kill the woodworm in it,
let it dry thoroughly... Yep.
Sand it down... Yep.
And I think stain it dark and remove
that, because that's not very nice.
That's horrible. And then, you've
got rather a lovely workbench.
This is going to be worth really
good money.
I think it's lovely, and I see
there's a date here.
It was made in September...
1960.
There you go.
57 years old, it doesn't look 57
years old.
No, especially when we've done it,
it might... Mind you, I don't look 55.
CLEARS THROAT AND WHISTLES
Though not in the full flush of youth,
Guy can still handle a cistern and
he starts by attempting
to cut off the pipe.
Because of the age of it, it's just
being stubborn, it'll come eventually.
There we go, that's off now.
Oh, yes...
Hurrah!
Just have to persevere.
So the cisterns are sent off for
their paint job,
allowing Henry and Guy to give the
table a woodworm treatment.
After drying, the table is ready to
be sanded.
We are going dark baby, dark.
As usual, when using small orbital
sanders to remove years
of dirt and dust, it's bound to get
a bit messy.
Can you point your exhaust the other
way?
Well, actually, I wasn't really
worrying about you.
I was actually making sure that I
wasn't covered... But you can
protect yourself from it aswell.
I haven't protected myself from it
at all, look at that!
I know, I'm just trying to...
What? ..clean you up.
Enough bickering now, there is still
a lot of table to sand.
Oh, careful Henry!
In Liverpool, the harnesses are
undergoing a transformation
into a hanging light.
First up, Simon has worked out how
the whole system will hang.
Starting to get it.
But to get it lit up requires the
skills of a qualified electrician.
Elsewhere, with the unit now sanded,
Gemma can begin the next step.
The cabinet has been primed and now
it's time to add some paint.
I've gone for a deep blue,
which should make this cabinet nice
and modern,
but with a bit of an Art Deco twist.
Fortunately, Phil was second time
lucky on the glass.
Gemma paints the door before moving
on to tackle the inside.
And it's going to look fabulous.
After sticking the paper using
adhesive spray,
she hammers it into place and her
work today is done.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's planters are
being coloured a fetching
shade of green, leaving Guy free to
assemble the sanded workbench.
The bench is loosely assembled, all
I've got to do now
is make the pegs that pin it together.
After drawing up a template,
Guy cuts them out from a piece
of two inch wood.
Now for the final assembly,
I've just got to knock these pegs in
that I've made.
That is very sturdy.
Guy's final step is a wax and polish.
Considering the state this was in,
I think it's sort of coming up
nicely and I'd be happy to have this
in my workshop, now.
But before he can find out its
value, it's time
for today's second location.
Henry has brought Simon to
Chippenham in Wiltshire
to meet Steve, a landscape gardener.
I'm a bit of a hoarder, I have to say.
So I've got barns I've always been
interested in,
machines and engines, anything with
two wheels, four wheels,
or no wheels.
I think it's definitely time for a
clear out
and also to make a little bit of
cash, hopefully.
We're here. Yes. Lovely Wiltshire
countryside, Royal Wootton Bassett.
Yeah, lovely town, yep.
Nice shed with Steve. Yes.
Could be the odd engine.
You see, you make me angry!
Don't worry, it's going to be fine!
Steve! Henry, how are you, mate?
This is Simon. How are you, Steve?
Hiya Si, how do you do?
Good to see you, mate.
How big's your place?
How many sheds are there, mate?
There are probably four or five sheds.
How big? Big, big, big sheds?
Oh, huge. Massive sheds?
Yeah, massive sheds. And if we did
make you some money...
Yep? ..what would you use the money
for?
I would probably think about putting
it towards a basset hound puppy.
A basset hound puppy?
A basset hound puppy.
Hey look, we've never had that
inspiration, have we?
That's gorgeous! I love that, Steve!
That great Steve, I love it.
Henry? Yeah? Fetch. Yeah. PANTING
Cheers, Steve! Cheers.
We'll see you later. Go on!
So the hounds are let loose,
searching for two items each,
and Henry's quick to sniff something out.
Oh, that's a good start to
proceedings, isn't it?
Now you know what? What?
I don't like me engines.
But I have to say... Really?
Your moggy Minor,
what a piece of design that is.
Classic mate, isn't it? Yeah.
Tell you something else though,
there are a few issues with this
one. Go on.
Mainly the moss. Yeah.
But also the front grill's a bit iffy.
That's something else, and I think
the wheel covers...
Yeah, hubs caps, are a little bit later.
Well, do you fancy it?
No. Nice though. Come on!
Why are we standing in the rain then
if you don't like it? Come on!
So, Henry passes on the car, as it's
too expensive for a refurb,
but Simon has spotted something else.
I've been looking for this kind of
thing for a while.
Simon's found a gearbox from a Ford
transit van,
for which he has a very different
use in mind.
How about, a nice glass top,
bolted through there, lovely table?
Well, I think that's rather nice.
It might be the most funky lazy
Susan you've ever seen.
Cos if I do it right, the top will
actually spin.
I've got my first item, thank you
very much,
and you've got nothing.
Oh, actually, I might have two
if I take that Morris Minor.
Don't take the Morris Minor.
I might do. Oi!
So, Simon has clicked into gear and
gets his first item,
leaving Henry stalled.
I got to find something.
You have. Ooh!
Mowers? Yeah, lots of mowers.
Rotavators. Makes you happy, doesn't
it, the mowers?
What? I haven't seen one of these,
mate, for a long time.
What is that?!
Well, exactly.
Here let's get it out, I'll show you.
Mirror signal, manoeuvre.
SIMON LAUGHS
This vehicle is reversing.
What on earth... What?!
It's broken.
Uh, no.
THAT is how it should be.
WHAT?!
BSA designed the Ariel 3 for people
who were nervous of two wheelers.
But it just didn't catch on at its
launch in 1970,
and its failure contributed to the
end of BSA as a manufacturer.
Why would you design that?
I think it's perfect for you, it's
you in a vehicular form.
It's really, really ugly, but I
can't help myself liking it.
That's my first item, yep...
I'm very offended.
It's kind of kitsch, isn't it?
It's kind of cool, let's take it!
Let's try and immerse ourselves
in the joys of Ariel 3s.
So Henry is taking the Ariel route
with his first item,
and the search continues.
But as Steve's place is on the large side,
the boys need a little travel assistance.
Hey, bring on the mule!
He just had to go engine going
today, didn't he?
Go on, get in! Come on!
I tell you what, it's a bit loud,
though. What?!
I don't think I could drive to
Liverpool in it!
Actually, it is quite a walk, isn't
it? Yeah.
Here we go, mate.
Look at that! Thanks for the lift.
Very good.
Little delivery.
SIMON LAUGHS
What a cool truck.
You're right, I could have this as
me second item.
OK, wow - big shed.
Oh, yeah. There is exactly what you
expect, a classic working farm barn.
Grab the other side of this.
We go in there and Simon finds a trunk.
It's trunk, mate.
Si, come on.
What? That's...
No, I've got an idea.
What? Well, cos it's shallow, right?
How about if it was...
...that way up on the wall?
Yep. That becomes a door, put some
shelves in, little unit.
If it was me, I wouldn't even look
at it.
Best of luck, son.
Are you now telling me you've got
two items?
Yes.
So, Simon reckons he can turn the
valueless valise
into something chic and cool.
Oh, look, agricultural implements.
Yes. Oh, hang on...
So the pressure's on for Henry to
find something equally creative.
Mate, that's funky.
Isn't it? What's it say
"Blackstone"? Yeah.
Yes, it's from Blackstone and Company,
which made engines and tractors with
these distinctive seats
from 1889 onwards.
Well look, I reckon, a little bit
of a stool action there.
OK. You know what I mean?
Create the base.
Yeah?
Weld it, bolt it on... Yeah?
Polish this up... Yeah?
Perhaps paint it some nice vintage colours.
Lovely stool.
It's pretty ornate and intricate
and I think
that might mean serious wedge.
Mate, I've got two items!
We're done.
Shall we go and see Mr Steve?
Yeah. Come on, then. Couldn't give
us a lift back, could you?
No, I'll give you a seat.
So, what will Steve make of this
truly eclectic collection?
Starting with the gearbox.
It's going to be a piece of furniture.
A piece of furniture? Yeah.
My second choice is this little case here.
OK if I take that? Erm...
Yes. Good lad! Ooh, thank heavens
for that.
OK, now look, for mine, let's just
talk Ariel 3, shall we?
Ariel 3... Now tell me about that.
It's...
Hasn't been running for some time, so...
OK... Might need to tinker about a
bit with it.
OK - now look, tell me about
the tractor seat there.
The Blackstone tractor seat, again,
it's...
Another friend of mine, he was going
to throw it out into the scrap
and so, it's just ended up in my barn,
waiting for you to come along and...
...do something with it. And now
we're here. And now you're here.
Cheers Steve. Cheers!
All right mate, see you later. Bye.
Coming up, Henry gets the Ariel to fly.
Oh, my God! It's off! What?!
Gemma's dazzled by the lights.
These are gorgeous Simon.
Brilliant! I really like them...
That felt good!
And at the valuation, the boys put
on a united front.
I think it's quite funky, actually.
Thanks, mate. I do, seriously. Yeah.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
making money
from other people's mess.
I've been looking for this kind of
thing for a while.
They both picked two items from
Steve's shed and Henry's back
with a surprise for sidekick Guy.
Fill your boots.
Shocking.
That's all I can say, shocking.
If you thought, "List the ten worst
things to do to a motorcycle,"
they're all wrapped up in one
package here. Yes.
What it is though, mate, is a piece
of automotive history
that I quite like.
So, I'm going to get it going.
Good luck.
Next up, the tractor seat which
Henry has already paired
with a base sourced on the Internet.
OK, so...
There you are, it's done.
Just leave it like that.
Just get an attachment made, yes,
and we're away.
So, look right, all we need to do
I think this swivels...
Yeah, it does. That's a bearing,
yeah. Yeah.
So, we just need to get a little
bibelot done.
A plate on there with the stub.
Which the lads can do down the way.
Yeah. Yeah?
And then, we are in clover -
chrome, chrome, black.
Yes? Yes, please.
That'll be lovely.
With the seat sent packing to have a
bracket made,
Henry's getting to grips with the
Ariel 3.
Well, that goes in like that.
Which he's been told is a
non-runner.
Fuel tap on, you pull it out these
old British bikes...
But you know Henry - he's fiddled
with some knobs,
filled the fuel tank and is hoping
for the best.
All that remains to do is to give it
some choke.
Right, and petal.
Nope!
That's not gone very well, has it?
Oh...
Hang on.
Oh, my God, it's off!
What?! Guess its third time lucky Henry.
HENRY SCREAMS
HORN BUZZES
Hey, hey! Ooh!
Who needs you at all ever?
Hmm?
I'm very surprised you've got it going.
Get on it.
You sure? Get on it.
This is my street cred gone.
Get on it!
Shall I go? Yeah, just go!
Petal a bit!
He-he-he, that's got him, hasn't it, eh?
Look at him!
IMITATES GUY: "Yeah, of course,
I've been a biker all me life.
"Yeah, I'm all cool."
And now I've got him on that.
Come on!
Now was that fun?
I must admit... Yeah?
...it's more fun that it looks.
Yeah, now you can hop off, go back
to your shed.
Yes, you enjoy your cleaning of your
avocado bathroom suite.
Oh, behave yourself!
Ooh, I'll tell you what I'll do
now... Oh no, I might actually just
right at home.
Hmm.
Hmm...
In Liverpool, Simon is introducing
Gemma to his selections,
starting with the trunk.
We see them everywhere don't we?
Yeah. But I've got an idea for this.
Hang on, oh. Ah.
Oh, yeah...
What are you doing?!
There you go.
OK, now, now it's empty.
OK. You ready?
OK, all right, come round here.
So look, if you imagine...
Yeah?
...we'll mount it on the wall.
Mm-hmm.
And this is actually the cupboard door.
And inside, you've got shelves.
Oh, I like it, nice idea.
That's a bit daft isn't it?
Yeah, yeah.
I think this is really going to work.
We're going to do something
different on it this time
and I'm going to get to use all my
skills, so I'm very happy.
But will she like the rest of
Simon's gear?
As soon as I saw it standing up like
that I thought,
what if, circular glass top
bolted through here.
Be a nice little coffee table.
It would be! There you go.
All right. So, completely different,
but this is what we do, isn't it?
There you go. You better pick your
curtains up.
For a change, Gemma is cleaning up
Simon's mess,
allowing him to get going on the gearbox.
This is so caked in oil,
that it will never take any coating
without it being blasted.
So, off you go to the professionals.
Inside Gemma is cleaning the trunk.
I don't want to use anything too harsh,
just a bit of soap and water will
get this top layer of dust off.
And then, hopefully I'll be able to
paint over the top of it.
With the trunk cleaned and dried,
Gemma can get on
with giving it a new identity.
It does need some colour.
So, I've gone for a dusty blue.
And with this paint job the dusty
old trunk will be given
a new and improved shelf life in no
time at all.
In Oxfordshire, Henry's Blackstone
seat has been sent to an engineer
to create a spigot to attach it to
the rotating base.
And then just tap the hole.
He drills into the stool and
attaches a metal nodule
to the seat to ensure it rotates.
Oh, I think that looks OK.
See what Henry thinks of that.
Speaking of Henry, he's got his
marigolds on and is giving
the Ariel 3 a much needed clean.
So, what do you do with something
like this?
Well, you could give it a full restoration.
Or, you have a running and riding
lovely little bike like this.
You, know man, just clean this.
That's the best thing - costs you nothing,
A little bit of elbow grease.
And then, she's ready for sale.
And cos this is such a good runner,
it's going to sell
all day long for someone who's into these.
They're probably slightly odd, though.
Back in Liverpool, Gemma has sourced
some decorative paper
to line the trunk.
I've chosen a Safari illustrated paper.
That goes with the travel theme.
Coat on the papers and now I'm going
to spray and stick them in.
Using an adhesive spray,
Gemma brings the trunk
into the 21st century.
There we go.
Outside, the gearbox has been sandblasted.
But Simon's not quite sure of the results.
It's almost too clean.
And you lose him because it's sort
of this matte grey.
You losing all the lovely shapes and fins.
So, what I'm going to do, if it
works, is I'm just going to spray it
from one direction so it creates
shadows in all the hollows.
That's the theory.
It will either work or it will look appalling.
Only one way to find out.
Simon's high-risk strategy is all
about ageing the gearbox
and giving it an appearance of depth.
It's working.
There you go.
It now looks kind of oily and
dirty but it's not.
It's pristine.
Glass top on, finished.
Back in Oxford, the boys turn back
to their first finds
and the workbench is looking top.
That's a revelation mate isn't it?
It's lovely, yeah, I left patina on it.
Didn't over-sand it.
You've done a great job, man.
And I think the Tudor Oak colour's
lovely on it.
You've just increased the value
tenfold, I reckon.
Oh, I think so, it was more or less
scrap, wasn't it?
I'll make you a cup of tea for that.
Oh, thank you.
Tea drunk, powder coating done, the
planters are back.
Oh, man!
Check that, ah, it's heavy.
Yeah, they are, aren't they?
A matching pair!
Mate, I always like a matching pair.
Lift yours up! Oh.
Oh, God... Let's get a little bit
more light on the subject.
I think they're beautiful and they
would adorn anyone's window sill.
Well done, son. I'll get some
poinsettias the next couple days
and they will look lovely.
Fantastic!
Over in Liverpool, Simon's fitted
the horse harnesses with lights
and temporarily hung them to
demonstrate his horsey chandelier
to a sceptical Gemma.
Now come here, lie down.
Lie down?! Lie down.
You can't see the effect without
looking up.
Right? It's bizarre. Are you ready,
ready? Shouldn't have to do this!
Let's go turn the light off.
Right, move over.
SHE LAUGHS
Right.
NOW look.
That's what you're looking at.
I'm not going to let you get up
until you say you like it.
Do you know what, these are gorgeous.
I really like them. Good I'm
glad you like them.
GEMMA CHUCKLES
GEMMA LAUGHS
Excitement over...
Put the glass shelves in.
...Gemma is back to the cabinet,
which is in need of some shelves.
Look at that!
I'm really pleased with this.
And Simon is pleased to have
potentially found a buyer.
It's local antique shop owner Chris.
Come on, what you think?
Yeah, I like it.
It looks good. I like the colour.
Yeah? Yeah, definitely saleable.
OK, but when you say, "saleable,"
for how much?
I'm looking at just on three figures,
a nice round 100, my friend.
You're not far off, we are nearly there.
I would say if you could come down a
little bit, maybe to...
...80? Oh, you know where this is
going to end up.
Let's not beat about the bush.
Meet you in the middle - 90.
OK. Good lad. Cheers, Chris.
But did Simon strike a good deal?
It's time to find out.
As Jason's back for the valuation to
find out how much cash
the boys have delivered.
Jason. Hello. Come on in!
Hey ya, mate. How are you?
Good to see you. Looking very
dapper, mate. How are you, mate?
Good to see you. Lovely tosee you.
Have a little wander around.
Thank you, wow.
Yeah, I think something will take
your eye there.
Or take your eye out.
God!
Different.
Yep. Yeah, very nice.
But have we made you any money,
that's the question?
Well, to help us decide that were
joined by Elisicia - hello.
ELISICIA: Hi, hi. Hello.
Nice to meet you. And you.
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 bench, shall we Elisicia,
that would be great.
ELISICIA: Yeah, I'm a sucker for
these. They sell really well.
The neglected workbench was brought
back to life
with just a bit of elbow grease and
leftover wax.
It looks great.
It's got the right amount of patina
but there are some missing pieces.
If it was all original I would have
evaluated a little bit higher.
But be that as it may, I think for a
quick sale,
you could get £200 for it.
Well, I did make a quick sale, actually,
for 250.
Ooh!
That's a pure profit of £250.
Let's talk planters now. Yeah.
Yeah, what do you reckon?
I think they look really pretty.
The rusty cisterns were revived for
£40 worth of powder coating.
Great example of upcycling, very pretty.
I think you could easily
achieve £40 each.
40?! I mean, I think they're worth
more than that, surely?
Come on! Elisicia, look.
Look at the plants!
I will say 45 because, the show
stopper's coming, so we'll go 45.
So, that has been up cycled to a £50
profit.
SIMON: Right, come on, come on.
The elephant's in the room, so let's
talk about it - the little glass cabinet.
Yeah...
I'm glad we're starting there.
£20 was spent on glass, paper and paint
to update this wooden cabinet.
I think it's fantastic, I love the paper.
And the colour is perfect for it.
To sell that quickly I'd say £110.
Wow!
Well, good news, good news mate.
Oh, no, here we go...
I've sold it, slightly less than the
posh London valuation.
I sold it for £90, mate.
Whoops, still it's a very healthy
£70 profit.
OK, let's talk about the one-off,
beautiful
harness chandelier.
Ugh...
It hurts my eyes!
What were you thinking? I love it, actually.
In a barn or a restaurant... In a
skip?
£50 was spent on turning the
harnesses into light fittings.
What did you pay for the lights?
£50.
OK, I reckon you'd get £20 in scrap.
I'm going to say £70.
The valuation.
£70? If that was in a fancy gallery
for sale... It would never be
in a fancy gallery, I can guarantee
you that.
That's just not true! It is true.
OK, here's...
You try to do that, and then I'll
raise my valuation.
You get it into a funky gallery,
then I'll eat my shoe.
I think it's quite funky, actually.
Thanks, mate. I do, seriously.
The divisive lamp makes a rather dim
£20 profit.
All in all, mate, you're taking home
£390.
How does that sound? Very good.
Nice one, mate. Nice one, mate.
Thank you so much.
So that's a decent £390 going to Jason.
I think Simon and Henry did a very
good job with my items.
I especially liked the workbench.
I was very surprised with the horse
harness chandelier.
That was very different.
Coming up - Simon's made a true
one-off.
Crazy, crazy, crazy.
Love it.
Henry doesn't need Guy.
So do you feel guilty at all that
you haven't done anything
at all? No, because my street cred
is intact.
And at the valuation, Henry's
surprised by Adam's reaction.
I like it! Do you? Yeah. Good.
Sultans of scrap
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are making money from trash.
Oh, my God, it's off!
Simon's choice of
location made £390...
How does that sound? Very good.
Nice one, mate.
...So Henry's hoping to beat
it with his rummage spot.
Henry's furiously polishing
the Ariel 3 moped.
I think that's a glorious
little Ariel 3 now.
Grumpy old man?
You called?
Ahem, I think that looks
pretty good, son.
Let me have a look.
What do you reckon?
There, I got to give it to you,
that looks amazing for what it was.
I'm ignoring the
engineering prowess,
but the cleaning is very good.
Very good, that's come out better
than I thought, actually.
So do you feel guilty at all
that you haven't done anything
to get this going
or clean it at all?
No, because my
street cred is intact.
Mate, if you think you ever
had street cred in the first place,
you're very much mistaken. Come on.
Yes.
Henry's second item has been powder
coated, united with the base,
and is about to be
reunited with the boys.
Well, that's it.
Look at it. Fantastic.
I mean, for a powder coat,
you would think that's been chromed.
Yes!
Henry's pleased as punch
but will local hotelier Martin
share his enthusiasm?
I think I'll have some cashew
nuts a... Ooh, Martin.
Henry.
Good to see you. Are you ready?
I'm ready, are you ready?
Could you just look that way? No.
Oh, my God, what have you got?
Well, I think it's
what you might have.
That's fantastic.
I think it would look well
here, mate.
100 and... That's good.
♪ 50 quid. ♪
150? And it spins.
It's not 150 quid, 90.
Oh mate, come on,
you're always the worst.
I am always the worst, aren't I?
Come on, bid me a little
bit better than that.
Three figures I'll take.
Hundred, then.
But will Henry's ace negotiating
skills have secured a good deal?
He'll find out at the valuation.
In Liverpool, Gemma is turning
the trunk into a cabinet
by fitting brackets to house some
shelves that Phil has made.
Let's see.
Just a little polish
of the metalwork
and some new casters
and hey presto, job done.
That's such a transformation.
Simon's going to love it.
Speaking of Simon, he's applying the
finishing touches to the gearbox.
Right, glass.
Simon's gone for a
tempered glass top
to complete his
steampunk glass table.
Crazy, crazy, crazy.
I love it.
But will they love
it at the valuation?
It's time to find out.
Steve was after some money
to get a puppy. Aww.
Hello, mate. Hello. Good to see you.
Good to see you, Steve.
Good to see you, Henry.
Hey, mate, well look,
fill your boots, have a wander.
Ah, brilliant. See what you think.
HE LAUGHS
It's quite blingy. Unbelievable.
Really? Yeah, fantastic.
And the transit gear box.
Actually, does that spin? Yeah.
Incredible. Does it? Yeah.
There you go, so you could revolve
around to your favourite magazine.
Yeah, exactly, without moving.
But have we made you any money?
Now let me introduce
you to Adam, our valuer,
independent, I'll have you know.
Hiya, you all right?
With two decades' experience,
auction house owner Adam Partridge
can accurately value anything.
Let's start mate,
with the little trunk.
Yeah. Looks nice,
what have you done with it?
Well, they added shelves, paint,
and a paper lining, all for £15.
We had a bit of fun with that
cos we see those trunks everywhere.
We wanted to do something
a bit different with it.
Yeah, it's a good idea,
like what you've done. £60.
As it happens, I've sold it, mate.
Oh, well done. For 70 quid.
So the trunk's opened
up with a £55 profit.
Now let's go with the
one-off, lovely little side table
Mach 1 transit table.
Yeah, it's the gearbox, is it? Yeah.
Yeah. Well, very creative, Simon.
And that creativity came
with a cost of £70 on the glass
and the sandblasting.
It's industrial chic, mate.
It's what a lot of people want,
isn't it? A gearbox with a revolving
glass top. Yeah, definitely.
Yeah, I can imagine.
Imagine it's high on the wish list.
He's being sarcastic.
He's very sarcastic.
Don't listen to him, Steve.
£95, it's good gear.
Ninet...?
Oh, come on!
Get me to three figures.
Come on, Adam, come on, come on.
Stick another fiver on it?
Yeah. OK.
There you go, hundred quid, mate.
So the table's in gear
for a profit of £30.
£30 profit to you for an old
gearbox which was just lying around.
I'm happy with that.
Happy with that? Good lad.
Oh, that's great. Well, now,
look, while you're happy,
and you look happy. Yeah.
Let's talk tractor seat, shall we?
I like it. Do you? Yeah.
Good.
The old seat is now a sparkling
stool for the cost of £60
to powder coat and buy a base.
He's done a really good job.
I could see a tag of
£95 on that as well.
Well, I have to say mate, you are
close. I've flogged it, Steve.
I got a hundred quid for it.
That's a profit of £40.
Let's go Ariel 3-ing, shall we?
It's a funny thing, isn't it?
You don't see them, do you?
They're very rare, I believe.
And this rare moped was restored
for absolutely no cost.
I'm good to suggest
a figure of £550.
Go on, be a little bit more, go on.
Would 600 be a bit closer
to the mark?
So this unloved classic
made a lovely £600.
So Steve, after all our costs,
you're going home with £725.
How does that sound?
That is absolutely fantastic.
Absolute pleasure. Happy days.
Thanks very much indeed.
That means Henry's
choice of location
made a sparkling £725 for Steve.
Henry and Simon have done
so well with my items.
I've got to say, I think my
favourite is that tractor seat
cos I couldn't believe
the finish on it.
With Simon's rummage spot making
£390, Henry is today's winner.
Now look right, I know I've won
but I have to tell you, what you did
with that gearbox was mint.
You're patronising me.
I'm not patronizing you,
I thought it was great.
All I had to do was polish
a small three-wheeler.
You're still patronising me.
Yeah, all right, I'm patronizing
you. Yeah. Come on, then.
I'm backing out of this one.
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