Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 3, Episode 8 - Episode #3.8 - full transcript
There are sheds and there are sheds!
THEY LAUGH
The garages and barns of Britain
are stacked with old possessions.
This is what we've been waiting
for, Si! Check it out!
What looks like valueless junk
could be worth a pretty penny.
Thank heavens I got here to save it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien reckon
they can fix this redundant rubbish,
and - once restored -
sell for a profit.
That's where the money is.
For Henry and his mechanic...
That it!
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics...
Damn!
...while Simon and his upcycler
repurpose the unwanted
into fantastic furniture.
Just brilliant. I love it.
Have a wander, fill your boots.
That is absolutely stunning,
what you've done.
HE MIMICS AEROPLANE
They may have different approaches,
but together, they'll turn a profit
for the owners.
In total, mate - £1,310 to you.
Not a bad day out, is it?
Today, it's no pain,
no gain for Simon...
Ow, ow, ow, ow! Ow, ow, ow, ow!
...Henry can't contain himself...
Oh, my God! It goes!
...and at the valuation, the boys
are brought to their knees.
On your knees, Simon.
Get on your knees.
How committed are you? OK, great.
Thanks, buddy.
Today the boys are heading
to Nantwich in Cheshire,
historically a centre of salt
production dating back
from the Roman times.
It's full of holes,
Cheshire, you know.
See all these, like, ponds?
They're called flashes
and they're created when the
salt mines and things underneath collapse,
cos they mined salt
all over Cheshire.
Rock salt was created
in the Cheshire basin some
220 million years ago after sea
water moved inland, creating a chain
of shallow salt marshes.
These evaporated and formed
deposits of rock salt.
We are actually going to go and see
a salt of the earth.
Ah, I see what you did there. Yeah.
Now Richard... Yeah. ..he has an
eclectic mix, shall we call it,
of niceness. There's going to be
engines, isn't there?
There'll be a few.
The boys are off to see engineering
training adviser Richard Binns.
Through his work and hobbies,
Richard has accumulated a lot
of practical items, but now he wants
to raise money to go
towards house repairs.
Life's very busy and we seem
to collect stuff and not always tidy
it up and sort it out.
Richard, Henry. How are you?
Really good to meet you.
Hi, Richard. I'm Simon.
What's your passion on collecting?
Mainly vehicles or bikes?
It seems to be
transportation mainly, yeah.
I've got camper vans, I've got
sailing dinghies, cos I love sailing
as well.
Brilliant, I can't wait. See you
later, mate. Cheers, Richard.
Henry and Simon have two items each
to find, so they get cracking.
I haven't seen one of those
for a very long time.
That's a Batavus.
I've never heard of a Batavus.
Well, if you were in Holland,
you would have done,
because they're Dutch.
But I'm not so interested
in that, because the timing cover
is missing, I can see,
and getting those would be like
finding rocking horse poo.
Can I just draw your attention
to what's sitting next to it,
which is what I like -
which is a Raleigh Wisp.
It's a bicycle with an engine?
Yeah, get it out and have a look.
The name Wisp doesn't really conjure
up kind of sort of the speed
and power of the moped,
its reliability.
It's more of a whisper.
You know how you love
your collapsible bicycles? Yeah.
Well, you've kind of got
a collapsible moped there.
The ultimate little twist-and-go.
Yeah? I think they were 50 cc.
That's quite cute. I love it.
That's my first item. Thank
you very much indeed. Is that OK?
That was decisive. Well, it's
lovely. I want to restore it.
Right, come on.
The Raleigh Wisp was the must-have
moped of the swinging '60s,
and was famously advertised
by the model Twiggy,
and it provides Henry
with his first item.
Hold it there.
You think that's a cute bike?
Yeah.
It's not as cute as this one.
HE LAUGHS
That's small and perfectly formed.
Bingo! He's got himself a... Budgie?
This is the baby, baby Chopper.
Indeed, the Raleigh Budgie
was the single-speed mini version
of the classic 1970s
kids bike, the Chopper.
The coolest kid on
the street's first bike.
Can I have a go? Hey, it's the
kind of same colour as the old
moped. Mate, that is well cool.
OK, we're here to make Richard
money, but I don't know
whether that Budgie is going
to make him a fortune.
In fact, it's probably quite cheap.
There's no way Simon can turn
down the Budgie, leaving him
and Henry with another
item each to find.
Up the very rickety stairs
to a very, very rickety first floor
with a big hole in the middle.
But immediately, I was drawn
to a chromed bracket.
Whoa, Henry, Henry, Henry! I don't
think we should be up here.
No, you're probably right.
Can I take my booty with me?
Yeah, go on. Let's go. I'm just
going to grab something else on the
way through. I'll surprise you.
I want to go back down the stairs,
not the quick way down. OK.
Time to evacuate the building
and have a good look at my
bracket tree outside.
That is a bracket, right, for some
fog lamps, I reckon, on a Mini.
So you can light up the rabbits
as you drive, mate, in the fog.
You know?
So obviously that lamp is lovely,
that one has had a small contretemps
with a bollard or something. Yeah.
Don't you think it would be nice,
right, hear me out... Go on, go on.
...as a kind of decorative piece?
This is a Mini speedo. Yeah.
What do you reckon? Homage to the
Mini, for a Mini enthusiast?
D'you know what, Henry?
That's very creative of you.
And that does mean that
I have two items, I believe.
It does. You're going to
have to get rummaging.
But Simon is determined to look
in every nook and cranny
for his second item.
Can you see through there?
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
There's something there.
Ow! There you go. Come on.
Simon's in.
There we go.
Hang on, look at that, mate.
That's on a hinge. OK.
What the heck is that?
Well, I know what it is -
it's a small boat.
Just come round here with me. Lift.
Just lift. Up you go.
It's a Mirror dinghy. Oh, OK.
It needs a lot of TLC, but I think
that might be all it needs.
Promoted by the Mirror newspaper,
this build-at-home dinghy revolutionised
small boat ownership in 1963
and sold over 70,000 units.
This could be one of
the original 700, and considered
a collector's item.
Well done, mate. Right, let's go and
see him, then. Yeah.
With two items each,
it's time to see Richard.
Shall I go first? Oh, go on, then.
Talk to me about the cutest bicycle
in the whole world ever.
The Budgie - what do
you know about that?
Bought it for my daughter
when she was really small.
She used to ride round on it
at some of the events.
So she was just the coolest
kid around, then? Oh, definitely.
Now, my second choice - that
gorgeous Mirror dinghy.
Tell us about it.
That one is a particularly early one
from the first year they made it,
cos that's number 529,
and it's fairly original.
Richard, tell me
about your Raleigh Wisp.
Well, I actually bought
this off a friend of mine.
Also, am I right that that's
a fog lamp bracket for a Mini?
Yeah, yeah, it could well have been.
But that speedo's from a Mini?
Yeah, we had lots of Minis when we
were young, so it could well be,
because there's lots of Mini bits in
the garage.
But all in all, mate, we've had an
absolutely brilliant day.
And now we'll create some money
for you. How about that?
Sounds like a good deal.
Richard, thank you so much, mate.
Thanks very much, mate.
We'll see you in a bit, all right?
Coming up... Guy gets a new toy.
Mate, that's a lot quicker
than I thought it would be.
That's quick.
Simon delegates...
I know about bikes, you're
really good at restoring things.
See you later.
And the boys get nostalgic.
It's kind of Space 1999.
Battle Star Galactica.
It is, it is. Yeah!
Expert restorers Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are finding and fixing
the unwanted and then
flogging it for cash.
Oh, that's small
and perfectly formed.
They've both found two items each
from the sheds of Richard Binns
in Cheshire. I'm going to do
something funky with that,
but I'm not going to tell you what.
Oh?
Now Henry is showing
his finds to best friend
and mechanic Guy Willison.
Sh. Don't say it loud.
Oh, yes. Actually it's not
a Raleigh Whisper, is it?
It's a Raleigh Wisp.
OK, look, so we keep the rack,
get rid of the mudguards,
get rid of the lights,
get rid of the number plate,
get rid of the front mudguard,
get rid of that light... Yeah.
Get it going. Yeah.
And we rattle-can it black.
Good, happy? Yeah, kind of.
Nice, next.
Feast your eyes on that, mate,
that lovely little collection
of automotive lighting and parts.
Yes...
He must have been between a rock
and a hard place to pick that.
So this is going to become
a wall-mounted homage
for a Mini lover.
OK. That's not a small lover.
No. That's a person who loves Minis.
The first thing to do is
get a couple of lamps
and then sort them out and then work
out how we're going to mount that.
Time to get the Wisp running.
Are we ready for this?
I'm as ready as you are.
How fit are you feeling?
The old bike has a dodgy fuel tap,
so Henry and Guy have bypassed it
with a temporary tank.
They have a spark from the spark
plug, but something isn't firing.
GUY YELLS
Hopefully the problem is
a blocked carburettor,
so it's given a good clean and then
it's time to get pedalling again.
Go on, get it going.
With everything checked
in the mechanic's handbook,
maybe it just needs somebody
younger, fitter,
with a bit more puff.
MOTOR REVS
Yes, yes, yes, it goes!
Oh, my God, it goes.
Good lad!
Onto the speedometer
and fog lamps from a Mini,
and Henry's extra components
have arrived.
Henry has been rather spend-happy
on a spares website.
That is an original Mini...
What do you call that, fascia?
Yes. Dashboard, fascia, yes.
Dashboard fascia. Original.
I quite like the patina on it now.
Yes. We do have an issue.
Yes. How to marry these two up.
I don't think we should.
If we return this to
a proper fog lamp bracket tree.
So it can be put back on a car.
Then... Yes.
...we can maximise value of this.
Yes. Right? Mm-hm.
Which mitigates slightly
our potential loss on
this decorative item.
An expensive new Mini dashboard
costs more than he'd probably earn
from the sale item he planned.
So he'll restore it and sell the fog
lights and then sell the speedometer
and dashboard separately.
Create a little wooden box,
yeah, to house it all in.
Polish it up lovely,
nice brass screws in there,
or countersunk ding-dong
stainless, whatever you fancy.
For any Mini enthusiast, you can
have your Mini in your living room.
I'm sure your wife would love that.
So that's two items -
the restored fog lights and
the carriage clock style, erm...
speedometer ornament.
The wooden fascia is sent
to Jason the carpenter,
who can hopefully turn
Henry's dreams into reality.
First he shapes a block of hardwood
to match the Mini dashboard.
Now I've just got to drill
all these holes for the gauges
that are going to sit behind
these plates for the speedo.
He uses a large router
to precisely cut the holes
for Henry's speedometer and dials.
In Liverpool, Simon is revealing his
finds to restorer Gemma Longworth.
Starting with the dinghy.
Oh, Simon!
This looks like a massive job.
Massive job in one sense.
It needs sanding,
then it needs sanding,
and to finish off,
we're going to stand it some more.
Right. That is really
the majority of the work on this.
Hard work but the reward
will be a day out sailing.
Happy?
Ish.
Let's look at something
a little bit smaller.
What does it look like? But small.
Well, it looks like a small chopper.
Exactly that.
It just needs a lot of TLC,
get it re-sprayed to
this gorgeous burnt orange.
So if you're focusing on this...
Well, that makes sense, doesn't it?
Cos I know all about bikes.
Have I got to do that?
I know about bikes, you're really
good at restoring things.
See you later.
Simon starts on
dismantling the Budgie.
The main thing to remember if you're
stripping an old bike is not to lose
any bits, as I'm trying to.
Because you might
never be able to find
the right size nut,
washer, bar,
pin, chain, wheel...
Once fully dismantled,
the frame will go for a re-spray.
Outside,
Gemma has a sinking feeling.
This is a massive job.
SANDER BUZZES
First sold in 1962,
the Mirror dinghy cost £63,
or around £1,300 in today's money.
It was sold in kit form and could
be built at home using copper wire,
stitching and glue,
but working alone, this could
take Gemma quite some time.
In Oxfordshire, they're having
much more fun.
It's lethal, it's lethal!
Henry and Guy are
taking the Wisp for a spin.
It's going too quick. It could
all be over very quickly.
Mate, that's a lot quicker
than I thought it would be.
Though the bike is running,
with no registration,
it won't make the roads,
so the boys plan to strip it back to
its basics and sell it as
a fun bike for private roads.
What do you reckon now?
I think that's getting quite cool.
Guy sets about sanding the mainframe
of the Wisp before spraying it
and transforming it
from copper to satin black.
With the Wisp drying,
the Mini speedo ornament has
returned from the carpenter.
That looks better than it did.
That's kind of acceptable.
So that's that. Now I'm going to wax
and stain this to make it darker,
to get it a nearer match to that.
It will never match completely
but it shouldn't be too far away.
Guy applies wax, gives it a buff...
...and attaches the old speedometer.
I've used these
bathroom mirror fixing screws
because they have these dome caps
that screw in and it just
tidies up the head of the screws.
And he attaches the new dials
that Henry has bought.
He then moves onto the second item,
the lamps and bracket.
Henry has bought
these new examples of these.
They're not absolutely identical,
but they are the same size
and very, very similar,
so he's done quite well there.
So I'm just going to
very quickly swap these over
and see how they look.
Back in Liverpool,
the Budgie has been re-sprayed
and it's sporting
some snazzy new stickers.
And Simon has adopted
the more traditional approach of
removing the old tyres.
How to drive your mum mad.
Use spoons instead of tyre levers
to get tyres off.
One thing you're guaranteed to do -
get the tyre off...
...and get sent to bed.
It's a job that requires
some gentle pinching and pushing
rather than brute force.
There you go.
And the same goes for
putting the new tyres on.
That's the noise I wanted.
Last thing to do,
very important...
...is to straighten your mum's spoons
and sneak them back in the drawer
and then blame your brother.
Gemma has finally finished sanding
and is painting the dinghy using
a high-durability gloss enamel
that will protect it
from the elements.
This boat is a perfect example.
You just cannot predict what
Simon's going to bring back.
With work well under way
on the first set of items,
it's time for
Simon's choice of location.
Safety adviser Carl Norman
from Kidsgrove near Stoke-on-Trent
has plenty of spaces for Henry
and Simon to rummage through
and he hopes the boys can fund his
own renovation project - his house.
Yeah, it's an ideal time for the
guys to come down
to free up some space for me
and try and generate a little bit of
cash to help towards the renovation.
We're now on an atypical street,
because we're going to demonstrate
when we meet Carl that wherever
you live, you can do what we do.
Come on. OK.
Carl, how are you?
I'm Simon. This is Henry.
Lovely to see you, mate. Are you
moving in or doing something?
Yeah, we're just renovating
at the moment. Big job broken out.
Yeah. But are you a collector, Carl,
or have you just amassed
a load of stuff?
Yeah, I seem to have a bit
of a collecting problem.
That's why you two guys are here.
That's not a problem, mate!
It's a joy.
So listen, if it's all right,
with this in mind,
we're going to wander round,
pick two items each and
try and make you some cash.
How does that sound?
It sounds great to me.
OK, mate, leave us to it
and we'll see you in a while.
Time for the boys to find their
two items and it's not long before
they stumble on something.
That's sweet, isn't it?
Clough Hall. That is really nice.
Dance hop daily.
I only gave you that
as a distraction.
You don't have to read it out. Oh,
I thought you were looking at this.
No, no. What do you reckon on that?
Yeah. Well, it needs a top.
That's quite cool, isn't it?
Weights, pounds. It's a storage box
for a scales of some sort. Yeah.
This is not like you at all, because
you might have to do something.
That's so unfair.
I've put tops on many things.
Thank you very much
for my first item.
Henry grabs the little cabinet
as his first find.
OK. OK, stuff, stuff.
We're a nation
of people with garages
and you see a car in a garage
about one in every ten.
That's lovely, look at that.
That's up your street, isn't it?
That's a kind of casement
for a grandfather clock.
It is, yeah.
Could do something with that,
but something else has caught
my eye. What? Look at these.
What are those? They're kind
of sort of plastic...
Kind of Space 1999.
Yeah, cool, I like that.
Isn't it? Battlestar Galactica.
It is, it is. Yeah.
Popular from the '80s, these
cube lockers have pre-drilled holes,
allowing them to be bolted together
in a formation of your choice.
Yeah, you see, I would look at that
and go, I'll just have the one,
perhaps, just paint it a different
colour. No, no, Simon takes the lot.
That's one item each
and Simon's eye is already drawn to
some large sheets of wood
stacked against the wall.
If you're going to say,
"What kind of wood is that, Henry?"
I'm not answering.
OK, what kind of wood do you think
that is, Henry? Oak? No, elm.
Simon's specialist knowledge has
helped him identify the English elm,
which is often
a medium reddish-brown
with a somewhat coarse,
uneven texture.
So is that your second item, straightaway?
Possibly.
I want them - not quite sure what
I want them for at that moment.
Keep the cogs turning.
That's possibly a second item, then,
and it's not just
the boys who are renovating.
Oh, man, that's massive
extension time, isn't it?
Now, come on, then,
are they part of the build?
Yeah, they're just the trestle,
you just run your boards across them
when you're working up high.
Oh, for, like, wallpaper.
Just a step up, yeah.
But what have we just seen?
Nice chunky pieces of elm.
I know where you're going here.
There you go.
I now know what that elm is going
to be - a gorgeous, gorgeous table.
Just a slight issue
is they've just lost two trestles.
That's 2-1 to Simon, but Carl may
be about to lose something else.
Hey, hang on a second.
Check this out, mate.
I've seen something simple,
beautiful and
aesthetically glorious.
Not Simon - a stool.
Can I have a little sit?
Have a little sit. Oh...
And also you can spin round
like that.
Hello, Si. Hello, yeah.
Yeah. I'm not talking to you, Si.
Yeah, that's great, I love it.
I prefer it the other way. Do you?
OK, that's right. Yeah, that's good.
I think this could be
my second item.
Right, 2-2. 2-2.
And with that, it's time for the
boys to show their items to Carl.
All right, now, Carl, talk to me
about that beautiful simple stool.
I've actually only owned it
for about five days.
It's a car boot find.
Now also, there's sort of
three-quarters of a little cabinet
there with all the drawers in it.
Where did that come from?
That's actually me dad's
from his workshop.
But no chance of finding
the top for it, Carl?
No, that's how it came.
Moving on to me. OK.
There's these really strange
kind of little cabinets here.
Where did you get them?
Car boot. So that's the first one.
The second one, well, is just,
I think, the pick of the day.
Mm. Beautiful. Elm, yeah?
Yeah, yeah. Gorgeous.
Where did you get that?
I think that was an antique market.
You've also got those
really cool old trestles.
Tell me about then. I was going to
use them for the renovation,
and long-term try and
convert them into a table myself,
but I haven't got time.
The bad news is you haven't
quite finished your build
and you've just lost your trestles,
because they're coming with me,
if that's all right?
OK, that's fine.
Brilliant. Thank you so much.
I really appreciate that.
Thank you, no problem.
Coming up -
things fall apart in Liverpool.
Go and get some screws.
Henry does his safety checks.
I've got the right
protective gear on, have I,
for angle grinding metal? Yes.
And hard work is
appreciated at the valuation.
I think you've done
a really good job.
Thank you. Really good job.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission
to upcycle for profit.
That's sweet, isn't it?
But these fruit ones are lovely.
They've chosen two more
items from the sheds
of Carl Norman, from
Stoke-on-Trent.
The bad news is you haven't
quite finished your build
and you've just lost your trestles.
Simon is now back in Liverpool,
revealing his second set
of finds to Gemma.
SIMON GROANS
Gemma, give us a hand.
What? Simon, there's nothing to it!
Yeah. Look at that.
There you go, that's
what I call plastic '80s tat.
I love them. The red, love it.
How about instead of just
white, let's get some
other kind of crazy
colours going on. Yeah.
Then, instead of having them stacked
like that,
what if we kind of do
them as though they were falling
over or something, have some fun
with them, yeah? Yeah.
Let's move to a rather
different medium or two.
But if you look at them...
Look, do you like the form?
They are very nice
shapes, I've got to say.
So let's have these,
just lovely black-leaded back,
with the wood on top.
Mm-hm, very nice.
Let's get on with it. OK.
Colour and beautiful thing.
Simon's first job is to join
the pieces of elm to form
one solid unit.
He begins by measuring
and then cutting them to shape.
So now we have two pieces of wood
exactly the same length.
Once measured, Simon has to marry
the pieces of wood in the middle
and work out where
to fix the trestles.
So, the calculation
I've just tried to do is measure
between the inside of the stops
and find the halfway point.
Then, of course, find half of that
and you know then where to put your
line to cut.
But with a jagged edge, lining
up the point is not straightforward.
Well, this beautiful piece
of very seasoned elm
is far too much for this saw.
It's now starting to smoke.
So it's time for the circular saw,
with handyman Phil stepping
in to help.
Simon tackles the layout
of the cube shelving unit.
What I'm going to try and do is fill
the base with concrete or lead,
so that's not far off.
So Simon gets to work experimenting
with the weight distribution.
Oh, I'm a bit torn.
And after some trial and error...
OK, close the doors and go
and get some screws.
...he's reached his tipping point.
Oh.
Over in Oxfordshire, Henry
is showing his new finds to restorer
Guy Wilson, starting
with the little cabinet.
OK, there's two things to observe
with the first items.
Now, before we decide on the top,
I think we should get rid
of the handles.
So we want to take
you back in time a little... Yeah.
...with some nice, period, lovely,
kind of Victorian knobs.
Yes. Either brass or chrome,
dependent on what you feel
is right for the top.
I want to put a mirror-polished
alloy top on it, which I think
will look really different
and rather nice.
OK, moving on, I want
to show you a small stool.
Let's re-cover it in -
wait for it - alcantara.
Alcantara is coloured suede,
basically, but the seat itself
is either kind of a dark red
or postbox red, I don't really mind.
And this bobby-dazzler does
in either light blue or royal blue
to match this, but I just think
we should make it just
a little bit posher.
So Guy starts on dismantling
the stool ready for its paint job.
Right, that's the seat
down to its constituent parts.
Onto the cabinet.
I think you'll like these.
I've got the right protective gear
on, have I,
for angle-grinding metal?
Yes, protective goggles.
Henry and Guy start by masking out
the cabinet.
Then they mark out and measure the
aluminium ready for cutting.
Right.
And, finally, Henry can get his
goggles on as Guy begins
the careful task of angle
grinding the aluminium.
Back in Liverpool, it's time
for Simon to paint the cubes.
We're not spraying
straight onto the plastic.
I've primed it first with plastic
primer, otherwise your standard
spray paint would just never take
and would just scratch
if you touched it.
And it's a shade of orange
for cube number two.
Let's try again, second coat.
I'll get some more.
And in true Simon style,
it will be left to Gemma and Phil
to paint the other four.
But that's because Simon needs
to head indoors to put together
the elm table.
What we've done now is we've cut our
pieces to size and, then, what Phil
has done - fair play to him -
is set in some dowels.
It's a really, really traditional
way of joining two pieces of wood,
and then bang them together
with some glue and that holds
the whole thing in place, but, even
better in this case, is it's taken
out the vast majority of the twist
we had on this end piece.
Simon glues the two halves
then tightens the clamps to make
the joins stick.
I can see the glue starting
to squeeze out.
That's what we want to see.
That's that.
Leave it, walk away,
give it time to dry.
And with the glue drying, Simon
turns his attention to the trestles,
which are being painted in exterior
black metal paint
before they'll become
the base of the wooden table.
Back in Oxfordshire, Guy and Henry
have finished cutting
the new aluminium top
for the cabinet.
I think six countersunk screws.
So look, while you do that... Yeah.
I can pick off all
the stuff and we can start
polishing, couldn't we? Yeah.
Funkadelic.
All right, mate, happy
days, good job.
Guy measures the aluminium top
for the screw holes and Henry
tackles the cabinet itself.
So look, right, we're going to keep
the varnish on here, so the idea
is we do believe there
will be a witness mark
once we take this stuff off here.
Let's do it.
There is a little bit
of a darker mark
where the light hasn't got to it.
But, you know, we'll try and clean
that off.
Scalpel!
Henry removes the old labels
in the hope that a polish
will even out the blemishes.
OK, first phase done.
Second phase, get all these old
handles off.
That may take a while.
Just another 14 to go.
Lefty loosey and righty tighty, Henry.
Henry polishes the cabinet, gives
it a good buffing,
then puts on the new knobs.
Oh, yah, that's posh.
I think that's going
to look really nice, man.
Amazing, isn't it?
I can clean this,
polish it, put all the knobs
on in the time it takes him
to measure out four screw holes
for the ali top.
With Guy and Henry tied
up on the cabinet, Henry has sent
the stool to upholsterer Jez
for a splash of colour.
Henry has chosen
a rather royal postbox red.
Just get a rough size, a little bit
of excess on the edges.
Once finished, the brand-new fabric
should sit nicely on the old stool.
Back in Liverpool,
Simon has returned
to today's first set of items.
This bike is on fire.
But does Gemma agree?
Simon, this looks brilliant
It's great, isn't it?
I'm loving these.
What I've come in for, you haven't
seen my spoons, have you?
No. No? No.
Are you sure?
Looks like someone could be
going straight to bed!
But there's work to be
completed on the dinghy.
Simon's applying another coat
of varnish to the woodwork,
which has needed some
good care and attention.
This isn't just your
standard varnish.
This and the paint all came
from a proper marine suppliers,
because anything you put on a boat
that's going to be near salt water
has to be tough.
Just brilliant. Love
it, love it, love it.
Given this gorgeous little dinghy
another 30 years of life.
Fantastic.
But there's only one way to find out
if this dinghy's shipshape.
There we go, are you ready?
Do I need to do anything?
No, you don't need to do
anything at all.
Just sit comfy and enjoy the ride.
There's water leaking
in through there, you know.
Oh, yeah, there is, yeah.
But that's not their only woes.
You said you could sail.
It was about 20 years ago, I had two
lessons, wasn't very good.
What?
WHISTLE TOOTS
A-ha!
Help! Help us!
What are we supposed to do?
Have you got any snacks?
No, I have not got any snacks!
You said you could sail.
I said I've been sailing.
SHE SIGHS
Simon!
In Oxfordshire, Henry
and Guy are also finishing
their first set of items.
That is a little, lovely ornament.
Yes. If you're into Minis,
you're into that.
I tell you what the bad thing
is, though,
I've probably lost me shirt on that.
Don't worry, Henry, Guy
will brighten your mood.
Are you ready? Yeah, go on, then.
You ready? Yeah, go on, then.
Here we go. Blind me with science.
Look at that, man. There you go.
So what we've got there is a fully
functioning fog-light system.
Multitasking, multiuse.
Yeah, multi-everything. Yes.
Multi-tea-making. Yeah!
Next stop, the Mini dashboard.
Well, feast your eyes, man,
this thing is a transformation
and I love the Brooks saddle.
Now we had this saddle lying about. Yeah.
Because it has a small stain on it.
Yeah. Water damage.
As well as the saddle,
the old makeshift tank
has been replaced with
a genuine Wisp petrol tank.
All that's left to do is apply
the stickers to give the old Wisp
that extra look of authenticity
and a splash of colour.
There you go, got it. Oh!
Does it look straight?
Yeah, man, it looks great.
Going on the adage
of less is more... Mm.
Wisp, Wisp.
I like what we've done already
and I think that's detracting.
I wouldn't put them on.
Leave alone, it's done. OK.
Done and possibly sold, as Henry
has lined up a buyer.
Have you seen the pics?
What? Yeah, I know. It's a sort
of converted Raleigh Wisp.
Well, we just painted it and we've
just taken a few things off it.
Do you want it?
250.
No, no, 250.
All right, son?
Happy days. Cool. All right, mate,
see you later, bye-bye-bye.
Blimey, that's amazing.
250 for that Wisp.
Hm.
But did he get the best price?
Time to find out as it's
the first valuation.
Henry and Simon rummaged
through the Cheshire barns
of Richard Binns, looking for things
they could turn a profit on.
Richard is back to see
if they've made him any money.
How are you? Great to see you. Great
to see you, Richard.
Well, now, look, feast
your eyes, have a wander.
Wow, and the Budgie,
it's cleaned up really nice.
And you've got the dinghy rigged up,
that's brilliant to see that.
Hey, come back on over, Richard.
So what do you reckon?
I think you've done a really good
job. Thank you. Really good job.
Right, you may like it,
but have we made you any money?
To find out, independent valuer
Adam Partridge is here.
He runs a successful chain
of auction houses specialising
in everything from fine
art to pop memorabilia.
Let's start with
the very, very, very lovely Budgie.
Isn't it sweet?
The neglected bike was brought back
to life for £70 on paint
and new tyres.
Yeah, well, I think it's about £80
worth of value, these days.
I actually spent 70
quid doing it up, mate.
It's worth it just to see it
like that. Thanks very much.
Good, Richard. So a modest £10
profit for the Budgie.
Now then, let's move
on to the dinghy.
That's a lovely, pleasing
thing, isn't it?
I think it's a great job.
It cost £30 to sand
and paint the dinghy.
I do a lot of sailing most weekends.
OK, so you'll probably
have a comment on the price
that I'm going to suggest,
which is, um, £400.
There isn't a big market for them,
is there? That's the downside.
Yeah.
That's still a £370
profit for the dinghy.
Let's talk decorative item
of Mini, binnacle, speedo, etc.
Hm.
Don't look at me like that.
It cost £75 to make a mount
for the Mini's speedometer
and replace the lamps.
Um, I don't know quite what to say.
I think... Just say it.
£125.
The lot?
Well, yeah, not individually, no.
So despite Henry's fears,
that's a £50 profit.
Now we're on a roll, Raleigh Wisp.
I like that. Do you?
I bet you do as well, don't you?
Mate, I think it's just the don.
The tired old Wisp looks
as good as new for £60
on new parts and a respray.
Let's say 220.
OK, well, that's
quite close, actually.
I flogged it, Richard, for 250.
£190 profit for the Wisp.
So, Richard, the grand total
of what you're taking home today
is £620.
Wow, that's good. Happy?
Yeah, that's brilliant,
thank you very much.
So Henry's choice of location -
the barns belonging
to Richard Binns - has made
a tidy profit of £620.
I think Simon and Henry
have done really well.
It will be nice to go and buy
something else, but I think
I'd better get some
of my jobs done first.
Coming up, Simon's boxed clever.
Look at this! I really like it.
It's daft, isn't it?
Yeah. Just a bit of fun.
And, at the valuation,
Alicia is impressed.
I don't know what you spent on it,
but whatever you did spend
on it was to good effect.
The kings of clutter, Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien, are on a mission
to turn junk into pots of cash.
I don't think we should be up here.
Today's first location
chosen by Henry -
the sheds belonging to Richard -
raised £620.
Wow, that's good.
But can Simon's choice
of rummage spot...
Check this out, mate!
...the sheds belonging Carl Norman -
do any better?
In Liverpool, Simon is fixing
the newly painted
cubbyholes together.
I have to be honest, I am going to
bottle it a bit on the lean
because it was just
too critical last time.
And also you have to think,
someone might put something
light in the bottom
and something heavy in the top.
Simon finishes bolting the rest
of the cubes together to form
a more conventional structure.
Last one!
HE GRUNTS
Look at this!
It's a bit silly, isn't it?
It is a bit.
Love the colours though,
they really work.
It's crazy, isn't it? Mm-hm. Yep.
I really like it. It's daft,
isn't it? Yeah. Just a bit of fun.
On to the elm table, which is
looking great in one piece.
Phil's given them a good sanding
and we've notched out three of the
little catches for our trestles.
One to go.
The notches are cut and the
workmen's trestles are fitted
into place as table legs.
Simon finishes off the table
with two coats of Danish oil,
which creates a watertight
surface preventing liquid stains.
I mean, to think this was just
two scabby old bits of wood
and literally some
decorators' step-ups.
Very pleased with that.
Absolutely great.
It seems like other
people think so too,
as Simon has already lined
up a potential buyer.
Come on, Jo, look, beautiful,
beautiful piece of elm.
Waney edge, lovely iron legs.
Mm-hm. It is gorgeous. It's lovely,
isn't it? It is gorgeous, yeah.
I don't even want to let it go
but I guess I'm going to have to.
Oh, go on, then. Have we got a sale?
Yep, it's a deal. Brilliant.
He's got a deal but did
Simon get a good price?
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy
are putting the finishing touches
to their second set of items
and they're attaching the new
aluminium top to the cabinet.
That looks great.
I think it's really different.
I imagined it to be exactly that.
Beautiful, well done, son.
Something that's also
had a new top is the stool.
Oh, yes, please.
Will you take a look at that?
And that is red, isn't it? Let's if
it matches the blue, shall we?
Mm-hm, there we go. Oh, mate.
No. Oh.
That looks nice.
All that's left to do
is to screw the red top back onto
the blue base...
I'd say a little bit more.
...and a brand-new stool is born.
That's lovely isn't it? Yep.
Hey, good job, mate.
That's going to be worth some wedge. Yeah.
Earlier, Henry and Simon
raided the sheds
of Carl Norman from Stoke-on-Trent.
He's back to see if the boys
have made him some profit
that he can put towards the cost
of his house restoration.
Hi. Hey, Simon. Good to see you.
You well?
Carl, How are you, mate?
Great to see you. Good lad.
Wow. Have a wander, Carl.
Come have a look.
I thought we'd go a bit crazy
with the little stool.
You did. Bit funky.
Not half as crazy, though,
as Simon did with the table.
Wow.
Sorry you can't reach
your ceiling any more.
There you go, come
back and join us.
I think you've done a really good
job. I'm really impressed.
Well, we're glad you're happy
but have we made you any money?
Joining us to find out
is Elisicia, our independent valuer.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
Furniture shop owner Elisicia Moore
is here to cast her eye
over the second set of items.
OK, let's start with cubbyhole
boxes. Yeah.
You were having fun, weren't you?
Well, I just thought
it was a nice idea.
Give it a bit of colour and just
give it back kind of...
"will it fall over?" vibe.
Right. But it won't. It's solid.
The unwanted boxes were turned
into a chic storage unit
for £5 worth of paint.
It's obviously a kids'
piece, isn't it? Mm-hm.
How much would I be
willing to pay for it?
I think £60.
So that's a £55 profit
on the cube storage boxes.
OK, if that was my bit of fun... Yeah.
...this is my bit of pride. Yes.
Talk to me about the table.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
It's a great example of upcycling,
so you've taken items
that really had nothing to do
with each other and created quite
a useful piece of furniture.
The unwanted elm and the trestle
stands are now a beautiful table,
just for a bit of elbow grease
plus some leftover paint and oil.
I think you could very easily
achieve £300 for the table.
I have sold the table, mate,
not quite for that,
but I've sold it for 270 quid.
That's a full £270
profit on the table.
Uh, should we start with the stool?
Pretty little thing, isn't it?
Spraying and resurfacing
the stool cost £50.
I think maybe £50?
50?
Yeah.
It's got to be worth more than that?
Do the pity look, do the pity look.
Oh, Lord.
That's going to devalue it. Maybe.
What happens if I knelt?
Please? Kneel, kneel.
55.
That should do it.
I'll do 60 if he kneels.
What? On your knees, son. Nothing to
do with me! Get on your knees.
Get on your knees.
How committed are you?
Thanks, mate. You see,
that's teamwork.
60? £60.
OK, great. Thanks, mate, nice one.
A very fortunate £10
profit on the stool.
Chest.
SHE LAUGHS
I don't know what you spent on it
but, what ever you did spend on it,
it was to good effect.
The outdated chest is now a
chic item thanks to £30
spent on a new aluminium
top and knobs.
How much?
£160.
Yeah. Oh, OK. Well, I've sold it.
Great. But I've sold it for 150.
That's a £120 profit on the chest.
So, taking away our costs, mate,
you're going home with 455 quid.
How's that? Fantastic.
Brilliant, mate. Really pleased.
So Simon's choice of location -
Carl's house -
has netted an overall
profit of £455.
I'll be spending the money
on the house renovation.
Obviously it's very expensive game,
so if Simon and Henry
want to come back,
they can come back tomorrow.
There's plenty more junk that
they can turn into money for me.
Henry's choice of rummage spot -
Richard's barn - pulled in £620,
which means he's made £165
more profit than Simon's
choice of location.
Cheer up, man. No, no, I hate...
But it was close.
No, I hate losing. I hate it.
You've got to look on the bright
side. What bright side?
Well, you came second.
Subtitles by Red Bee Media
THEY LAUGH
The garages and barns of Britain
are stacked with old possessions.
This is what we've been waiting
for, Si! Check it out!
What looks like valueless junk
could be worth a pretty penny.
Thank heavens I got here to save it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien reckon
they can fix this redundant rubbish,
and - once restored -
sell for a profit.
That's where the money is.
For Henry and his mechanic...
That it!
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics...
Damn!
...while Simon and his upcycler
repurpose the unwanted
into fantastic furniture.
Just brilliant. I love it.
Have a wander, fill your boots.
That is absolutely stunning,
what you've done.
HE MIMICS AEROPLANE
They may have different approaches,
but together, they'll turn a profit
for the owners.
In total, mate - £1,310 to you.
Not a bad day out, is it?
Today, it's no pain,
no gain for Simon...
Ow, ow, ow, ow! Ow, ow, ow, ow!
...Henry can't contain himself...
Oh, my God! It goes!
...and at the valuation, the boys
are brought to their knees.
On your knees, Simon.
Get on your knees.
How committed are you? OK, great.
Thanks, buddy.
Today the boys are heading
to Nantwich in Cheshire,
historically a centre of salt
production dating back
from the Roman times.
It's full of holes,
Cheshire, you know.
See all these, like, ponds?
They're called flashes
and they're created when the
salt mines and things underneath collapse,
cos they mined salt
all over Cheshire.
Rock salt was created
in the Cheshire basin some
220 million years ago after sea
water moved inland, creating a chain
of shallow salt marshes.
These evaporated and formed
deposits of rock salt.
We are actually going to go and see
a salt of the earth.
Ah, I see what you did there. Yeah.
Now Richard... Yeah. ..he has an
eclectic mix, shall we call it,
of niceness. There's going to be
engines, isn't there?
There'll be a few.
The boys are off to see engineering
training adviser Richard Binns.
Through his work and hobbies,
Richard has accumulated a lot
of practical items, but now he wants
to raise money to go
towards house repairs.
Life's very busy and we seem
to collect stuff and not always tidy
it up and sort it out.
Richard, Henry. How are you?
Really good to meet you.
Hi, Richard. I'm Simon.
What's your passion on collecting?
Mainly vehicles or bikes?
It seems to be
transportation mainly, yeah.
I've got camper vans, I've got
sailing dinghies, cos I love sailing
as well.
Brilliant, I can't wait. See you
later, mate. Cheers, Richard.
Henry and Simon have two items each
to find, so they get cracking.
I haven't seen one of those
for a very long time.
That's a Batavus.
I've never heard of a Batavus.
Well, if you were in Holland,
you would have done,
because they're Dutch.
But I'm not so interested
in that, because the timing cover
is missing, I can see,
and getting those would be like
finding rocking horse poo.
Can I just draw your attention
to what's sitting next to it,
which is what I like -
which is a Raleigh Wisp.
It's a bicycle with an engine?
Yeah, get it out and have a look.
The name Wisp doesn't really conjure
up kind of sort of the speed
and power of the moped,
its reliability.
It's more of a whisper.
You know how you love
your collapsible bicycles? Yeah.
Well, you've kind of got
a collapsible moped there.
The ultimate little twist-and-go.
Yeah? I think they were 50 cc.
That's quite cute. I love it.
That's my first item. Thank
you very much indeed. Is that OK?
That was decisive. Well, it's
lovely. I want to restore it.
Right, come on.
The Raleigh Wisp was the must-have
moped of the swinging '60s,
and was famously advertised
by the model Twiggy,
and it provides Henry
with his first item.
Hold it there.
You think that's a cute bike?
Yeah.
It's not as cute as this one.
HE LAUGHS
That's small and perfectly formed.
Bingo! He's got himself a... Budgie?
This is the baby, baby Chopper.
Indeed, the Raleigh Budgie
was the single-speed mini version
of the classic 1970s
kids bike, the Chopper.
The coolest kid on
the street's first bike.
Can I have a go? Hey, it's the
kind of same colour as the old
moped. Mate, that is well cool.
OK, we're here to make Richard
money, but I don't know
whether that Budgie is going
to make him a fortune.
In fact, it's probably quite cheap.
There's no way Simon can turn
down the Budgie, leaving him
and Henry with another
item each to find.
Up the very rickety stairs
to a very, very rickety first floor
with a big hole in the middle.
But immediately, I was drawn
to a chromed bracket.
Whoa, Henry, Henry, Henry! I don't
think we should be up here.
No, you're probably right.
Can I take my booty with me?
Yeah, go on. Let's go. I'm just
going to grab something else on the
way through. I'll surprise you.
I want to go back down the stairs,
not the quick way down. OK.
Time to evacuate the building
and have a good look at my
bracket tree outside.
That is a bracket, right, for some
fog lamps, I reckon, on a Mini.
So you can light up the rabbits
as you drive, mate, in the fog.
You know?
So obviously that lamp is lovely,
that one has had a small contretemps
with a bollard or something. Yeah.
Don't you think it would be nice,
right, hear me out... Go on, go on.
...as a kind of decorative piece?
This is a Mini speedo. Yeah.
What do you reckon? Homage to the
Mini, for a Mini enthusiast?
D'you know what, Henry?
That's very creative of you.
And that does mean that
I have two items, I believe.
It does. You're going to
have to get rummaging.
But Simon is determined to look
in every nook and cranny
for his second item.
Can you see through there?
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
There's something there.
Ow! There you go. Come on.
Simon's in.
There we go.
Hang on, look at that, mate.
That's on a hinge. OK.
What the heck is that?
Well, I know what it is -
it's a small boat.
Just come round here with me. Lift.
Just lift. Up you go.
It's a Mirror dinghy. Oh, OK.
It needs a lot of TLC, but I think
that might be all it needs.
Promoted by the Mirror newspaper,
this build-at-home dinghy revolutionised
small boat ownership in 1963
and sold over 70,000 units.
This could be one of
the original 700, and considered
a collector's item.
Well done, mate. Right, let's go and
see him, then. Yeah.
With two items each,
it's time to see Richard.
Shall I go first? Oh, go on, then.
Talk to me about the cutest bicycle
in the whole world ever.
The Budgie - what do
you know about that?
Bought it for my daughter
when she was really small.
She used to ride round on it
at some of the events.
So she was just the coolest
kid around, then? Oh, definitely.
Now, my second choice - that
gorgeous Mirror dinghy.
Tell us about it.
That one is a particularly early one
from the first year they made it,
cos that's number 529,
and it's fairly original.
Richard, tell me
about your Raleigh Wisp.
Well, I actually bought
this off a friend of mine.
Also, am I right that that's
a fog lamp bracket for a Mini?
Yeah, yeah, it could well have been.
But that speedo's from a Mini?
Yeah, we had lots of Minis when we
were young, so it could well be,
because there's lots of Mini bits in
the garage.
But all in all, mate, we've had an
absolutely brilliant day.
And now we'll create some money
for you. How about that?
Sounds like a good deal.
Richard, thank you so much, mate.
Thanks very much, mate.
We'll see you in a bit, all right?
Coming up... Guy gets a new toy.
Mate, that's a lot quicker
than I thought it would be.
That's quick.
Simon delegates...
I know about bikes, you're
really good at restoring things.
See you later.
And the boys get nostalgic.
It's kind of Space 1999.
Battle Star Galactica.
It is, it is. Yeah!
Expert restorers Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are finding and fixing
the unwanted and then
flogging it for cash.
Oh, that's small
and perfectly formed.
They've both found two items each
from the sheds of Richard Binns
in Cheshire. I'm going to do
something funky with that,
but I'm not going to tell you what.
Oh?
Now Henry is showing
his finds to best friend
and mechanic Guy Willison.
Sh. Don't say it loud.
Oh, yes. Actually it's not
a Raleigh Whisper, is it?
It's a Raleigh Wisp.
OK, look, so we keep the rack,
get rid of the mudguards,
get rid of the lights,
get rid of the number plate,
get rid of the front mudguard,
get rid of that light... Yeah.
Get it going. Yeah.
And we rattle-can it black.
Good, happy? Yeah, kind of.
Nice, next.
Feast your eyes on that, mate,
that lovely little collection
of automotive lighting and parts.
Yes...
He must have been between a rock
and a hard place to pick that.
So this is going to become
a wall-mounted homage
for a Mini lover.
OK. That's not a small lover.
No. That's a person who loves Minis.
The first thing to do is
get a couple of lamps
and then sort them out and then work
out how we're going to mount that.
Time to get the Wisp running.
Are we ready for this?
I'm as ready as you are.
How fit are you feeling?
The old bike has a dodgy fuel tap,
so Henry and Guy have bypassed it
with a temporary tank.
They have a spark from the spark
plug, but something isn't firing.
GUY YELLS
Hopefully the problem is
a blocked carburettor,
so it's given a good clean and then
it's time to get pedalling again.
Go on, get it going.
With everything checked
in the mechanic's handbook,
maybe it just needs somebody
younger, fitter,
with a bit more puff.
MOTOR REVS
Yes, yes, yes, it goes!
Oh, my God, it goes.
Good lad!
Onto the speedometer
and fog lamps from a Mini,
and Henry's extra components
have arrived.
Henry has been rather spend-happy
on a spares website.
That is an original Mini...
What do you call that, fascia?
Yes. Dashboard, fascia, yes.
Dashboard fascia. Original.
I quite like the patina on it now.
Yes. We do have an issue.
Yes. How to marry these two up.
I don't think we should.
If we return this to
a proper fog lamp bracket tree.
So it can be put back on a car.
Then... Yes.
...we can maximise value of this.
Yes. Right? Mm-hm.
Which mitigates slightly
our potential loss on
this decorative item.
An expensive new Mini dashboard
costs more than he'd probably earn
from the sale item he planned.
So he'll restore it and sell the fog
lights and then sell the speedometer
and dashboard separately.
Create a little wooden box,
yeah, to house it all in.
Polish it up lovely,
nice brass screws in there,
or countersunk ding-dong
stainless, whatever you fancy.
For any Mini enthusiast, you can
have your Mini in your living room.
I'm sure your wife would love that.
So that's two items -
the restored fog lights and
the carriage clock style, erm...
speedometer ornament.
The wooden fascia is sent
to Jason the carpenter,
who can hopefully turn
Henry's dreams into reality.
First he shapes a block of hardwood
to match the Mini dashboard.
Now I've just got to drill
all these holes for the gauges
that are going to sit behind
these plates for the speedo.
He uses a large router
to precisely cut the holes
for Henry's speedometer and dials.
In Liverpool, Simon is revealing his
finds to restorer Gemma Longworth.
Starting with the dinghy.
Oh, Simon!
This looks like a massive job.
Massive job in one sense.
It needs sanding,
then it needs sanding,
and to finish off,
we're going to stand it some more.
Right. That is really
the majority of the work on this.
Hard work but the reward
will be a day out sailing.
Happy?
Ish.
Let's look at something
a little bit smaller.
What does it look like? But small.
Well, it looks like a small chopper.
Exactly that.
It just needs a lot of TLC,
get it re-sprayed to
this gorgeous burnt orange.
So if you're focusing on this...
Well, that makes sense, doesn't it?
Cos I know all about bikes.
Have I got to do that?
I know about bikes, you're really
good at restoring things.
See you later.
Simon starts on
dismantling the Budgie.
The main thing to remember if you're
stripping an old bike is not to lose
any bits, as I'm trying to.
Because you might
never be able to find
the right size nut,
washer, bar,
pin, chain, wheel...
Once fully dismantled,
the frame will go for a re-spray.
Outside,
Gemma has a sinking feeling.
This is a massive job.
SANDER BUZZES
First sold in 1962,
the Mirror dinghy cost £63,
or around £1,300 in today's money.
It was sold in kit form and could
be built at home using copper wire,
stitching and glue,
but working alone, this could
take Gemma quite some time.
In Oxfordshire, they're having
much more fun.
It's lethal, it's lethal!
Henry and Guy are
taking the Wisp for a spin.
It's going too quick. It could
all be over very quickly.
Mate, that's a lot quicker
than I thought it would be.
Though the bike is running,
with no registration,
it won't make the roads,
so the boys plan to strip it back to
its basics and sell it as
a fun bike for private roads.
What do you reckon now?
I think that's getting quite cool.
Guy sets about sanding the mainframe
of the Wisp before spraying it
and transforming it
from copper to satin black.
With the Wisp drying,
the Mini speedo ornament has
returned from the carpenter.
That looks better than it did.
That's kind of acceptable.
So that's that. Now I'm going to wax
and stain this to make it darker,
to get it a nearer match to that.
It will never match completely
but it shouldn't be too far away.
Guy applies wax, gives it a buff...
...and attaches the old speedometer.
I've used these
bathroom mirror fixing screws
because they have these dome caps
that screw in and it just
tidies up the head of the screws.
And he attaches the new dials
that Henry has bought.
He then moves onto the second item,
the lamps and bracket.
Henry has bought
these new examples of these.
They're not absolutely identical,
but they are the same size
and very, very similar,
so he's done quite well there.
So I'm just going to
very quickly swap these over
and see how they look.
Back in Liverpool,
the Budgie has been re-sprayed
and it's sporting
some snazzy new stickers.
And Simon has adopted
the more traditional approach of
removing the old tyres.
How to drive your mum mad.
Use spoons instead of tyre levers
to get tyres off.
One thing you're guaranteed to do -
get the tyre off...
...and get sent to bed.
It's a job that requires
some gentle pinching and pushing
rather than brute force.
There you go.
And the same goes for
putting the new tyres on.
That's the noise I wanted.
Last thing to do,
very important...
...is to straighten your mum's spoons
and sneak them back in the drawer
and then blame your brother.
Gemma has finally finished sanding
and is painting the dinghy using
a high-durability gloss enamel
that will protect it
from the elements.
This boat is a perfect example.
You just cannot predict what
Simon's going to bring back.
With work well under way
on the first set of items,
it's time for
Simon's choice of location.
Safety adviser Carl Norman
from Kidsgrove near Stoke-on-Trent
has plenty of spaces for Henry
and Simon to rummage through
and he hopes the boys can fund his
own renovation project - his house.
Yeah, it's an ideal time for the
guys to come down
to free up some space for me
and try and generate a little bit of
cash to help towards the renovation.
We're now on an atypical street,
because we're going to demonstrate
when we meet Carl that wherever
you live, you can do what we do.
Come on. OK.
Carl, how are you?
I'm Simon. This is Henry.
Lovely to see you, mate. Are you
moving in or doing something?
Yeah, we're just renovating
at the moment. Big job broken out.
Yeah. But are you a collector, Carl,
or have you just amassed
a load of stuff?
Yeah, I seem to have a bit
of a collecting problem.
That's why you two guys are here.
That's not a problem, mate!
It's a joy.
So listen, if it's all right,
with this in mind,
we're going to wander round,
pick two items each and
try and make you some cash.
How does that sound?
It sounds great to me.
OK, mate, leave us to it
and we'll see you in a while.
Time for the boys to find their
two items and it's not long before
they stumble on something.
That's sweet, isn't it?
Clough Hall. That is really nice.
Dance hop daily.
I only gave you that
as a distraction.
You don't have to read it out. Oh,
I thought you were looking at this.
No, no. What do you reckon on that?
Yeah. Well, it needs a top.
That's quite cool, isn't it?
Weights, pounds. It's a storage box
for a scales of some sort. Yeah.
This is not like you at all, because
you might have to do something.
That's so unfair.
I've put tops on many things.
Thank you very much
for my first item.
Henry grabs the little cabinet
as his first find.
OK. OK, stuff, stuff.
We're a nation
of people with garages
and you see a car in a garage
about one in every ten.
That's lovely, look at that.
That's up your street, isn't it?
That's a kind of casement
for a grandfather clock.
It is, yeah.
Could do something with that,
but something else has caught
my eye. What? Look at these.
What are those? They're kind
of sort of plastic...
Kind of Space 1999.
Yeah, cool, I like that.
Isn't it? Battlestar Galactica.
It is, it is. Yeah.
Popular from the '80s, these
cube lockers have pre-drilled holes,
allowing them to be bolted together
in a formation of your choice.
Yeah, you see, I would look at that
and go, I'll just have the one,
perhaps, just paint it a different
colour. No, no, Simon takes the lot.
That's one item each
and Simon's eye is already drawn to
some large sheets of wood
stacked against the wall.
If you're going to say,
"What kind of wood is that, Henry?"
I'm not answering.
OK, what kind of wood do you think
that is, Henry? Oak? No, elm.
Simon's specialist knowledge has
helped him identify the English elm,
which is often
a medium reddish-brown
with a somewhat coarse,
uneven texture.
So is that your second item, straightaway?
Possibly.
I want them - not quite sure what
I want them for at that moment.
Keep the cogs turning.
That's possibly a second item, then,
and it's not just
the boys who are renovating.
Oh, man, that's massive
extension time, isn't it?
Now, come on, then,
are they part of the build?
Yeah, they're just the trestle,
you just run your boards across them
when you're working up high.
Oh, for, like, wallpaper.
Just a step up, yeah.
But what have we just seen?
Nice chunky pieces of elm.
I know where you're going here.
There you go.
I now know what that elm is going
to be - a gorgeous, gorgeous table.
Just a slight issue
is they've just lost two trestles.
That's 2-1 to Simon, but Carl may
be about to lose something else.
Hey, hang on a second.
Check this out, mate.
I've seen something simple,
beautiful and
aesthetically glorious.
Not Simon - a stool.
Can I have a little sit?
Have a little sit. Oh...
And also you can spin round
like that.
Hello, Si. Hello, yeah.
Yeah. I'm not talking to you, Si.
Yeah, that's great, I love it.
I prefer it the other way. Do you?
OK, that's right. Yeah, that's good.
I think this could be
my second item.
Right, 2-2. 2-2.
And with that, it's time for the
boys to show their items to Carl.
All right, now, Carl, talk to me
about that beautiful simple stool.
I've actually only owned it
for about five days.
It's a car boot find.
Now also, there's sort of
three-quarters of a little cabinet
there with all the drawers in it.
Where did that come from?
That's actually me dad's
from his workshop.
But no chance of finding
the top for it, Carl?
No, that's how it came.
Moving on to me. OK.
There's these really strange
kind of little cabinets here.
Where did you get them?
Car boot. So that's the first one.
The second one, well, is just,
I think, the pick of the day.
Mm. Beautiful. Elm, yeah?
Yeah, yeah. Gorgeous.
Where did you get that?
I think that was an antique market.
You've also got those
really cool old trestles.
Tell me about then. I was going to
use them for the renovation,
and long-term try and
convert them into a table myself,
but I haven't got time.
The bad news is you haven't
quite finished your build
and you've just lost your trestles,
because they're coming with me,
if that's all right?
OK, that's fine.
Brilliant. Thank you so much.
I really appreciate that.
Thank you, no problem.
Coming up -
things fall apart in Liverpool.
Go and get some screws.
Henry does his safety checks.
I've got the right
protective gear on, have I,
for angle grinding metal? Yes.
And hard work is
appreciated at the valuation.
I think you've done
a really good job.
Thank you. Really good job.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission
to upcycle for profit.
That's sweet, isn't it?
But these fruit ones are lovely.
They've chosen two more
items from the sheds
of Carl Norman, from
Stoke-on-Trent.
The bad news is you haven't
quite finished your build
and you've just lost your trestles.
Simon is now back in Liverpool,
revealing his second set
of finds to Gemma.
SIMON GROANS
Gemma, give us a hand.
What? Simon, there's nothing to it!
Yeah. Look at that.
There you go, that's
what I call plastic '80s tat.
I love them. The red, love it.
How about instead of just
white, let's get some
other kind of crazy
colours going on. Yeah.
Then, instead of having them stacked
like that,
what if we kind of do
them as though they were falling
over or something, have some fun
with them, yeah? Yeah.
Let's move to a rather
different medium or two.
But if you look at them...
Look, do you like the form?
They are very nice
shapes, I've got to say.
So let's have these,
just lovely black-leaded back,
with the wood on top.
Mm-hm, very nice.
Let's get on with it. OK.
Colour and beautiful thing.
Simon's first job is to join
the pieces of elm to form
one solid unit.
He begins by measuring
and then cutting them to shape.
So now we have two pieces of wood
exactly the same length.
Once measured, Simon has to marry
the pieces of wood in the middle
and work out where
to fix the trestles.
So, the calculation
I've just tried to do is measure
between the inside of the stops
and find the halfway point.
Then, of course, find half of that
and you know then where to put your
line to cut.
But with a jagged edge, lining
up the point is not straightforward.
Well, this beautiful piece
of very seasoned elm
is far too much for this saw.
It's now starting to smoke.
So it's time for the circular saw,
with handyman Phil stepping
in to help.
Simon tackles the layout
of the cube shelving unit.
What I'm going to try and do is fill
the base with concrete or lead,
so that's not far off.
So Simon gets to work experimenting
with the weight distribution.
Oh, I'm a bit torn.
And after some trial and error...
OK, close the doors and go
and get some screws.
...he's reached his tipping point.
Oh.
Over in Oxfordshire, Henry
is showing his new finds to restorer
Guy Wilson, starting
with the little cabinet.
OK, there's two things to observe
with the first items.
Now, before we decide on the top,
I think we should get rid
of the handles.
So we want to take
you back in time a little... Yeah.
...with some nice, period, lovely,
kind of Victorian knobs.
Yes. Either brass or chrome,
dependent on what you feel
is right for the top.
I want to put a mirror-polished
alloy top on it, which I think
will look really different
and rather nice.
OK, moving on, I want
to show you a small stool.
Let's re-cover it in -
wait for it - alcantara.
Alcantara is coloured suede,
basically, but the seat itself
is either kind of a dark red
or postbox red, I don't really mind.
And this bobby-dazzler does
in either light blue or royal blue
to match this, but I just think
we should make it just
a little bit posher.
So Guy starts on dismantling
the stool ready for its paint job.
Right, that's the seat
down to its constituent parts.
Onto the cabinet.
I think you'll like these.
I've got the right protective gear
on, have I,
for angle-grinding metal?
Yes, protective goggles.
Henry and Guy start by masking out
the cabinet.
Then they mark out and measure the
aluminium ready for cutting.
Right.
And, finally, Henry can get his
goggles on as Guy begins
the careful task of angle
grinding the aluminium.
Back in Liverpool, it's time
for Simon to paint the cubes.
We're not spraying
straight onto the plastic.
I've primed it first with plastic
primer, otherwise your standard
spray paint would just never take
and would just scratch
if you touched it.
And it's a shade of orange
for cube number two.
Let's try again, second coat.
I'll get some more.
And in true Simon style,
it will be left to Gemma and Phil
to paint the other four.
But that's because Simon needs
to head indoors to put together
the elm table.
What we've done now is we've cut our
pieces to size and, then, what Phil
has done - fair play to him -
is set in some dowels.
It's a really, really traditional
way of joining two pieces of wood,
and then bang them together
with some glue and that holds
the whole thing in place, but, even
better in this case, is it's taken
out the vast majority of the twist
we had on this end piece.
Simon glues the two halves
then tightens the clamps to make
the joins stick.
I can see the glue starting
to squeeze out.
That's what we want to see.
That's that.
Leave it, walk away,
give it time to dry.
And with the glue drying, Simon
turns his attention to the trestles,
which are being painted in exterior
black metal paint
before they'll become
the base of the wooden table.
Back in Oxfordshire, Guy and Henry
have finished cutting
the new aluminium top
for the cabinet.
I think six countersunk screws.
So look, while you do that... Yeah.
I can pick off all
the stuff and we can start
polishing, couldn't we? Yeah.
Funkadelic.
All right, mate, happy
days, good job.
Guy measures the aluminium top
for the screw holes and Henry
tackles the cabinet itself.
So look, right, we're going to keep
the varnish on here, so the idea
is we do believe there
will be a witness mark
once we take this stuff off here.
Let's do it.
There is a little bit
of a darker mark
where the light hasn't got to it.
But, you know, we'll try and clean
that off.
Scalpel!
Henry removes the old labels
in the hope that a polish
will even out the blemishes.
OK, first phase done.
Second phase, get all these old
handles off.
That may take a while.
Just another 14 to go.
Lefty loosey and righty tighty, Henry.
Henry polishes the cabinet, gives
it a good buffing,
then puts on the new knobs.
Oh, yah, that's posh.
I think that's going
to look really nice, man.
Amazing, isn't it?
I can clean this,
polish it, put all the knobs
on in the time it takes him
to measure out four screw holes
for the ali top.
With Guy and Henry tied
up on the cabinet, Henry has sent
the stool to upholsterer Jez
for a splash of colour.
Henry has chosen
a rather royal postbox red.
Just get a rough size, a little bit
of excess on the edges.
Once finished, the brand-new fabric
should sit nicely on the old stool.
Back in Liverpool,
Simon has returned
to today's first set of items.
This bike is on fire.
But does Gemma agree?
Simon, this looks brilliant
It's great, isn't it?
I'm loving these.
What I've come in for, you haven't
seen my spoons, have you?
No. No? No.
Are you sure?
Looks like someone could be
going straight to bed!
But there's work to be
completed on the dinghy.
Simon's applying another coat
of varnish to the woodwork,
which has needed some
good care and attention.
This isn't just your
standard varnish.
This and the paint all came
from a proper marine suppliers,
because anything you put on a boat
that's going to be near salt water
has to be tough.
Just brilliant. Love
it, love it, love it.
Given this gorgeous little dinghy
another 30 years of life.
Fantastic.
But there's only one way to find out
if this dinghy's shipshape.
There we go, are you ready?
Do I need to do anything?
No, you don't need to do
anything at all.
Just sit comfy and enjoy the ride.
There's water leaking
in through there, you know.
Oh, yeah, there is, yeah.
But that's not their only woes.
You said you could sail.
It was about 20 years ago, I had two
lessons, wasn't very good.
What?
WHISTLE TOOTS
A-ha!
Help! Help us!
What are we supposed to do?
Have you got any snacks?
No, I have not got any snacks!
You said you could sail.
I said I've been sailing.
SHE SIGHS
Simon!
In Oxfordshire, Henry
and Guy are also finishing
their first set of items.
That is a little, lovely ornament.
Yes. If you're into Minis,
you're into that.
I tell you what the bad thing
is, though,
I've probably lost me shirt on that.
Don't worry, Henry, Guy
will brighten your mood.
Are you ready? Yeah, go on, then.
You ready? Yeah, go on, then.
Here we go. Blind me with science.
Look at that, man. There you go.
So what we've got there is a fully
functioning fog-light system.
Multitasking, multiuse.
Yeah, multi-everything. Yes.
Multi-tea-making. Yeah!
Next stop, the Mini dashboard.
Well, feast your eyes, man,
this thing is a transformation
and I love the Brooks saddle.
Now we had this saddle lying about. Yeah.
Because it has a small stain on it.
Yeah. Water damage.
As well as the saddle,
the old makeshift tank
has been replaced with
a genuine Wisp petrol tank.
All that's left to do is apply
the stickers to give the old Wisp
that extra look of authenticity
and a splash of colour.
There you go, got it. Oh!
Does it look straight?
Yeah, man, it looks great.
Going on the adage
of less is more... Mm.
Wisp, Wisp.
I like what we've done already
and I think that's detracting.
I wouldn't put them on.
Leave alone, it's done. OK.
Done and possibly sold, as Henry
has lined up a buyer.
Have you seen the pics?
What? Yeah, I know. It's a sort
of converted Raleigh Wisp.
Well, we just painted it and we've
just taken a few things off it.
Do you want it?
250.
No, no, 250.
All right, son?
Happy days. Cool. All right, mate,
see you later, bye-bye-bye.
Blimey, that's amazing.
250 for that Wisp.
Hm.
But did he get the best price?
Time to find out as it's
the first valuation.
Henry and Simon rummaged
through the Cheshire barns
of Richard Binns, looking for things
they could turn a profit on.
Richard is back to see
if they've made him any money.
How are you? Great to see you. Great
to see you, Richard.
Well, now, look, feast
your eyes, have a wander.
Wow, and the Budgie,
it's cleaned up really nice.
And you've got the dinghy rigged up,
that's brilliant to see that.
Hey, come back on over, Richard.
So what do you reckon?
I think you've done a really good
job. Thank you. Really good job.
Right, you may like it,
but have we made you any money?
To find out, independent valuer
Adam Partridge is here.
He runs a successful chain
of auction houses specialising
in everything from fine
art to pop memorabilia.
Let's start with
the very, very, very lovely Budgie.
Isn't it sweet?
The neglected bike was brought back
to life for £70 on paint
and new tyres.
Yeah, well, I think it's about £80
worth of value, these days.
I actually spent 70
quid doing it up, mate.
It's worth it just to see it
like that. Thanks very much.
Good, Richard. So a modest £10
profit for the Budgie.
Now then, let's move
on to the dinghy.
That's a lovely, pleasing
thing, isn't it?
I think it's a great job.
It cost £30 to sand
and paint the dinghy.
I do a lot of sailing most weekends.
OK, so you'll probably
have a comment on the price
that I'm going to suggest,
which is, um, £400.
There isn't a big market for them,
is there? That's the downside.
Yeah.
That's still a £370
profit for the dinghy.
Let's talk decorative item
of Mini, binnacle, speedo, etc.
Hm.
Don't look at me like that.
It cost £75 to make a mount
for the Mini's speedometer
and replace the lamps.
Um, I don't know quite what to say.
I think... Just say it.
£125.
The lot?
Well, yeah, not individually, no.
So despite Henry's fears,
that's a £50 profit.
Now we're on a roll, Raleigh Wisp.
I like that. Do you?
I bet you do as well, don't you?
Mate, I think it's just the don.
The tired old Wisp looks
as good as new for £60
on new parts and a respray.
Let's say 220.
OK, well, that's
quite close, actually.
I flogged it, Richard, for 250.
£190 profit for the Wisp.
So, Richard, the grand total
of what you're taking home today
is £620.
Wow, that's good. Happy?
Yeah, that's brilliant,
thank you very much.
So Henry's choice of location -
the barns belonging
to Richard Binns - has made
a tidy profit of £620.
I think Simon and Henry
have done really well.
It will be nice to go and buy
something else, but I think
I'd better get some
of my jobs done first.
Coming up, Simon's boxed clever.
Look at this! I really like it.
It's daft, isn't it?
Yeah. Just a bit of fun.
And, at the valuation,
Alicia is impressed.
I don't know what you spent on it,
but whatever you did spend
on it was to good effect.
The kings of clutter, Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien, are on a mission
to turn junk into pots of cash.
I don't think we should be up here.
Today's first location
chosen by Henry -
the sheds belonging to Richard -
raised £620.
Wow, that's good.
But can Simon's choice
of rummage spot...
Check this out, mate!
...the sheds belonging Carl Norman -
do any better?
In Liverpool, Simon is fixing
the newly painted
cubbyholes together.
I have to be honest, I am going to
bottle it a bit on the lean
because it was just
too critical last time.
And also you have to think,
someone might put something
light in the bottom
and something heavy in the top.
Simon finishes bolting the rest
of the cubes together to form
a more conventional structure.
Last one!
HE GRUNTS
Look at this!
It's a bit silly, isn't it?
It is a bit.
Love the colours though,
they really work.
It's crazy, isn't it? Mm-hm. Yep.
I really like it. It's daft,
isn't it? Yeah. Just a bit of fun.
On to the elm table, which is
looking great in one piece.
Phil's given them a good sanding
and we've notched out three of the
little catches for our trestles.
One to go.
The notches are cut and the
workmen's trestles are fitted
into place as table legs.
Simon finishes off the table
with two coats of Danish oil,
which creates a watertight
surface preventing liquid stains.
I mean, to think this was just
two scabby old bits of wood
and literally some
decorators' step-ups.
Very pleased with that.
Absolutely great.
It seems like other
people think so too,
as Simon has already lined
up a potential buyer.
Come on, Jo, look, beautiful,
beautiful piece of elm.
Waney edge, lovely iron legs.
Mm-hm. It is gorgeous. It's lovely,
isn't it? It is gorgeous, yeah.
I don't even want to let it go
but I guess I'm going to have to.
Oh, go on, then. Have we got a sale?
Yep, it's a deal. Brilliant.
He's got a deal but did
Simon get a good price?
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy
are putting the finishing touches
to their second set of items
and they're attaching the new
aluminium top to the cabinet.
That looks great.
I think it's really different.
I imagined it to be exactly that.
Beautiful, well done, son.
Something that's also
had a new top is the stool.
Oh, yes, please.
Will you take a look at that?
And that is red, isn't it? Let's if
it matches the blue, shall we?
Mm-hm, there we go. Oh, mate.
No. Oh.
That looks nice.
All that's left to do
is to screw the red top back onto
the blue base...
I'd say a little bit more.
...and a brand-new stool is born.
That's lovely isn't it? Yep.
Hey, good job, mate.
That's going to be worth some wedge. Yeah.
Earlier, Henry and Simon
raided the sheds
of Carl Norman from Stoke-on-Trent.
He's back to see if the boys
have made him some profit
that he can put towards the cost
of his house restoration.
Hi. Hey, Simon. Good to see you.
You well?
Carl, How are you, mate?
Great to see you. Good lad.
Wow. Have a wander, Carl.
Come have a look.
I thought we'd go a bit crazy
with the little stool.
You did. Bit funky.
Not half as crazy, though,
as Simon did with the table.
Wow.
Sorry you can't reach
your ceiling any more.
There you go, come
back and join us.
I think you've done a really good
job. I'm really impressed.
Well, we're glad you're happy
but have we made you any money?
Joining us to find out
is Elisicia, our independent valuer.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
Furniture shop owner Elisicia Moore
is here to cast her eye
over the second set of items.
OK, let's start with cubbyhole
boxes. Yeah.
You were having fun, weren't you?
Well, I just thought
it was a nice idea.
Give it a bit of colour and just
give it back kind of...
"will it fall over?" vibe.
Right. But it won't. It's solid.
The unwanted boxes were turned
into a chic storage unit
for £5 worth of paint.
It's obviously a kids'
piece, isn't it? Mm-hm.
How much would I be
willing to pay for it?
I think £60.
So that's a £55 profit
on the cube storage boxes.
OK, if that was my bit of fun... Yeah.
...this is my bit of pride. Yes.
Talk to me about the table.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
It's a great example of upcycling,
so you've taken items
that really had nothing to do
with each other and created quite
a useful piece of furniture.
The unwanted elm and the trestle
stands are now a beautiful table,
just for a bit of elbow grease
plus some leftover paint and oil.
I think you could very easily
achieve £300 for the table.
I have sold the table, mate,
not quite for that,
but I've sold it for 270 quid.
That's a full £270
profit on the table.
Uh, should we start with the stool?
Pretty little thing, isn't it?
Spraying and resurfacing
the stool cost £50.
I think maybe £50?
50?
Yeah.
It's got to be worth more than that?
Do the pity look, do the pity look.
Oh, Lord.
That's going to devalue it. Maybe.
What happens if I knelt?
Please? Kneel, kneel.
55.
That should do it.
I'll do 60 if he kneels.
What? On your knees, son. Nothing to
do with me! Get on your knees.
Get on your knees.
How committed are you?
Thanks, mate. You see,
that's teamwork.
60? £60.
OK, great. Thanks, mate, nice one.
A very fortunate £10
profit on the stool.
Chest.
SHE LAUGHS
I don't know what you spent on it
but, what ever you did spend on it,
it was to good effect.
The outdated chest is now a
chic item thanks to £30
spent on a new aluminium
top and knobs.
How much?
£160.
Yeah. Oh, OK. Well, I've sold it.
Great. But I've sold it for 150.
That's a £120 profit on the chest.
So, taking away our costs, mate,
you're going home with 455 quid.
How's that? Fantastic.
Brilliant, mate. Really pleased.
So Simon's choice of location -
Carl's house -
has netted an overall
profit of £455.
I'll be spending the money
on the house renovation.
Obviously it's very expensive game,
so if Simon and Henry
want to come back,
they can come back tomorrow.
There's plenty more junk that
they can turn into money for me.
Henry's choice of rummage spot -
Richard's barn - pulled in £620,
which means he's made £165
more profit than Simon's
choice of location.
Cheer up, man. No, no, I hate...
But it was close.
No, I hate losing. I hate it.
You've got to look on the bright
side. What bright side?
Well, you came second.
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