The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 9 - Episode #7.9 - full transcript

Welcome to the Repair Shop, where
precious but faded treasures...

This is bad.

I don't think I've ever seen a chair
quite so broken as this.

..are restored to
their former glory.

That's lovely. Isn't it?
Lovely, isn't it?

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Bringing history back to life
is what makes

the Repair Shop so special.

..and a dream team of expert
craftspeople...

Amazing! It's a bit like brain
surgery.

..come together
to work their magic...



THEY CHEER

When you look at something
that looks so hopeless like this,

it makes me even more determined
to get it back.

That's teamwork! ..employing
heritage craft skills

passed down the generations...

It is a privilege to be able to do
something for somebody that means

so much to them.

..preserving irreplaceable
heirlooms...

To bring those pieces back to life

is just the most wonderful thing
and I'd like to do it forever.

..the team will restore the items...

Whoa!

..the memories...
I'm so happy to see it.

..and unlock the stories
that they hold.



It's made it all worthwhile.

In the Repair Shop today...

..Lucia fires on all cylinders...

It's the first time I've ever worked
on an object like this,

and I feel very privileged.

..as she teams up with Dom to
restore a racing bike part

that's past its glory days...

I'd like to actually bolt
it to the stand.

Dom! You haven't read
my mind at all!

You love it.

LAUGHTER

..while Brenton sees double, taking
on a pair of ornamental ladies

who have fallen from grace.

I can see why they've broken.

These are really heavy.

Any sort of impact on this tiny
little joint

is going to cause that to happen.

It's the weakest part
of the whole thing.

But the barn's first arrival
is Jeannine King,

who's brought along a unique family
heirloom that's down on its luck.

She hopes Steve Fletcher's
mechanical skills

will be able to give
it another chance.

Hello. Hello. How are you doing?
Good, thank you.

Nice to meet you both. Likewise.

Now, that looks like a pinball
machine.

What is that?

Well, it is a pinball machine.

It's actually a bar pinball machine.

It was actually on the bar of the
Royal Oak pub in Whitfield.

OK. My great-grandparents

became the landlords of the pub
in 1934

and my grandparents helped my
great-grandparents run the pub.

Sounds like a family affair.
It was a family affair. Right.

And my mum was brought up in the pub

and then my auntie
was actually born in the pub.

In those days, a village pub
was always welcoming.

Your friends were there.

You could play dominoes and darts,
and Mum played skittles there

and tells me the stories
of singing and dancing on the bar.

Sounds like a real hub of
a community.

It certainly was.
And this was always on the bar.

How long did your family
run the pub, then?

The pub was in the family
for 30 years.

And, then, when the new landlords
took the pub over,

my mum took this because
she loved it, too.

Right. It's just a very unusual
machine. As a little girl,

it was in our garage and I said
to my mum and dad,

"I really like that," you know,
"Can I have that in my bedroom?"

Yeah. And it's been with me
ever since.

This is obviously really important
to you, isn't it?

It's massively important to me.

I played with it constantly
as a child and, in fairness,

I've played with it constantly
as an adult until it broke.

It has a real sense
of generation and fun.

There is a slot here to put
a penny in. Right.

But it will work regardless of
whether or not

you put the penny in or not.
I think it's just the sound of it.

It's just the way that you turn
the handle and then you flick

the trigger, and the release
of the pins,

it's just got a really good sound.

Are the balls still inside?
I do know one is

because there was one ball
stuck in there,

and we went like that,
and it actually dropped down.

So I vaguely remember somebody
getting into the drawer.

But... Does the drawer open? Do you
have the key for the drawer? No, no.

I'd love to find out what's
in that drawer, out of interest.

I don't know what's in there.

Looking forward to fixing this one?
I really am.

I'm looking forward to fixing it
and playing it.

OK! Thank you for bringing it in.
Yeah. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much, both of you.
I really appreciate it.

Oh, you take care. Bye-bye.
Thank you.

This machine makes me think
about my family that I love.

It really does bring back
the memories of real happiness,

and to hear those sounds
of my childhood

would be absolutely wonderful.

How are you going to fix this one?

I mean, there are so many
unknowns about this.

I've got to try and find how the
mechanism works and then work out

what's broken, and work out
how to fix it!

OK! The woodwork on the outside
needs a bit of tidying up.

I can ask Will if he could do
something, but Jeannine definitely

wants that sound. She remembers
what it sounds like.

Oh, the sound is going to be
everything to her.

Good luck, mate. Thank you.

I think the first thing I'm going to
do is just see if I can get

into the back, see what
sort of mechanism there is.

I can hear some balls rolling about,
but I think they are in the box...

..that is locked at the moment,
so I've got to get into that.

And there we have ball bearings!

Just going to take
the drawer front off.

I can actually take this lock apart

and actually make
a key that's going to fit.

Good.

I can actually see
just here one of the arms

has broken off completely here.

So, instead of the balls being
contained between these four arms,

it's actually falling
out of this corner.

So, I need to take this off, repair
all of this, but I need to finish

taking off all these bits and pieces
of furniture off of the case.

And I'll get it over to Will

and then he can work
his wonders on this.

Ooh, hello.

Next to arrive at the barn
is Dan Bartram from Watford

with an item that's
had an exhilarating heyday.

It requires the expertise of
paintings restorer Lucia Scalisi

and the design brain of
Dominic Chinea.

Hi, there. Hey.

What is this, firstly?

So this is the nose cone from
a 1960s drag-racing motorbike.

You're kidding. Yeah. So this was
built by my dad and his brother,

so they were both drag racers,
building everything from scratch.

This was moulded by them, it was
painted by them

and put on the front of their
bike to go and race. Brilliant.

But how does that differ
to normal motorbike racing?

So, it's a straight line.

So two bikes... Oh, as fast as
you can go? ..next to each other,

fast as you can, quarter of a mile.

Imagine going that fast on something
you've made in the shed.

Brave. Very brave. Very brave.

And what's the 0 to 60, then? A
couple of seconds max, I'd imagine.

LUCIA GASPS

Yeah.

So, yeah, where does it
go on the bike, then?

So if you imagine the handlebars
would sort of be at the front

and you'd be looking through
this tiny little window

while you're going at about 200mph
down Santa Pod Raceway.

What was your dad's name? Chris.

So Chris and Tony Bartram.

My dad and his brother
were the Rebel Brothers.

They were pretty successful.
My dad attempted the world record,

broke it on the first run. You have
to do two, and on the way back,

the engine blew up. Pieces of engine
all over the floor. Yeah.

Yeah, bits everywhere. Go on.

It's just a cool thing to remember
of your dad, you know,

and the things they used to do.

Would this have actually been
transferable

to any bike, then,
that he had? Yeah.

They built two bikes,
the Rebel One and the Rebel Two.

My dad was about to make
Rebel Three.

This was going to go onto the
Rebel Three for their final bike.

Yeah. Sadly, my dad died before
he could finish Rebel Three,

so this was on the garage floor
for decades.

Do you mind if I ask what happened
to your father?

Was it motorbike related, or...?

So, he died of an aneurysm.

So very suddenly, just we came
home one day and that was...

Really? That was that, sadly. Yeah.

My dad died when I was 13.
My little brother was ten.

He was our hero when we were kids.

Nothing was ever too much trouble
in bringing us up.

But, sadly, we didn't have too much
time with him in the end.

This is something that I think
just links so well to him.

Five days ago I had a son, so... Oh!
Oh, congratulations! Thank you.

Brilliant. I hope I don't look
too tired.

No, you're doing well. Had a few
sleepless nights.

I'd really love him to have
a link to his grandad and, you know,

and be able to see this,

wonder what it was and I'd still be
able to talk to him

and tell him about all the stories
we've discovered.

So what would you like us
to do with this?

So I see it as an ornament,
almost like a sculpture.

I'd love to see it back
to its glory days,

high-gloss, shining, British racing
green, but having a little nod

to my dad and my uncle
and the hand painting

and all the things that make it
so personal to them. Wow.

We're going to have to be careful
with this one, Dom.

Yes, please. It's in good hands.

Thank you so much for bringing
this in. Not at all.

Thank you for even attempting to
have a go and try and bring it back.

Yeah. Lovely to meet you.
And you. See you later. Bye.

It's cool, isn't it? Yeah.

Everything's different in here,
isn't it? I know.

I'm really excited to have left
the nose cone with Lucia and Dom.

I've given them a challenge.
It's for me, it's for my brother,

it's for my uncle,
and it's for my son.

I think it's going to be something
we share around the family,

and we want to be able to hold
on to it and look back at Dad,

but I think we're getting it
repaired for all of us.

How are you going to make that look
new and shiny and presentable,

but keep the history of Dan's dad?

I think initially we're just going
to have to see if the surface

is going to be improvable because
there's obviously a lot

of polish and stuff from
over the years. Yeah.

But I think once I start
doing the retouching

on these really damaged areas,
it'll look so different.

But it's not going to look
brand-new.

Once you've got it looking amazing,

we've got the tricky job
of somehow displaying this.

Yeah, it needs to have a stand that
it's going to sit on,

but can easily be lifted off as
well, so it's a bit of a challenge.

I'm up for the challenge.

And I'll start looking at some
cleaning tests

and see what the potential is there.

I look forward to seeing it. OK?
All right.

It's the first time I've ever worked
on an object like this,

and I feel very privileged.

There's so much family history
to this.

I love it.
And this is Dan's father's writing.

So I'm going to treat this as if it
was the surface of a painting,

so these are quite delicate tests

and my first one is my trusty
spit test.

What I'm seeing as this is drying,
there's definitely an oily residue

on the surface, which will have been
left by other cleaning agents

in the past.

The solubility of the paint layer
is really important.

I have to find something I can use

on the surface that isn't
going to lift the paint.

This is a type of white spirit,
but a very high-grade one.

Let's see what happens with this.

There's nothing on there at all,

so I'm going to use that to clean
the surface,

and I think once we've done that,

I can see how to proceed
to the next stage.

Pinball wizard Steve

has managed to remove
the machine's broken mechanism

from its battered wooden case
so Will can do his part

in making it fit for more
old-fashioned fun.

Hey, Steve. I've got another
little project for you here.

What on earth is that?

A bar-top pinball machine.

As well as needing a good polish up,

it really needs a lot of glueing
and screwing,

so if you would,
I'd be very grateful.

Leave it with me. OK. Thank you.

Steve can now turn
to his main repair,

the broken chamber that the
pinballs were falling out of

into the bottom of the machine.

This really has suffered from the
lever hitting it all the time.

So I've decided I'd get
some stainless steel

and make another piece.

This, I hope, is going to last
for generations.

I've made the new piece and the ball
falls into that hole there.

What happens is the lever hits
the ball up like that

and the ball will fly up
and around and play the game.

Now that Will's strengthened
the case with glue,

he can turn to smartening up
the wood's tatty finish.

I've managed to clean all
the panelling and the casing.

It's come up really well.

I've taken off that nasty dirt.
It looks quite dull at the moment

but when that first coat of polish
goes on there,

it's going to look lovely.

Still missing from the cabinet
is the key

for its lockable money drawer.

Even for Steve, replacing this
will be a task.

I've got hundreds and hundreds of
your typical furniture keys

like this,

but it's got to be a flat key

because there's some levers in there

that have to be lifted
at the right height

so that it will unlock.

I'm going to have to take this lock
apart and actually design a key.

I can see here that there's
just two levers.

I've just got to make a key
that will lift these two levers

at the right height
and then the lock should work.

I'm actually making the key
out of an old scrap piece of brass

that I've got.

It'll be very, very frustrating
if I take too much off.

Lovely.

That works really, really well.

I'm very, very pleased with that.

Hey, Steve.

Oh, look at that.

That looks absolutely fabulous.

It's polished up really well.

I'm going to have to really get
this looking good as well, then!

Am I allowed to have a go
when it's finished? Yeah, yeah.

Yeah? You promise? I'm going to beat
you. We'll see. Yeah. Cheers, Steve.

Suddenly had a good idea -

I think it's a good idea -
that because this Busy Bee

came from the Royal Oak, I thought
it'd be quite nice to actually make

the head of the key
into the shape of an acorn.

And I've actually picked an acorn
off the tree

that's just outside there

to give me a bit of an idea
of the shape of an acorn.

Just helped a little bit.

That's going to look
blooming marvellous.

Arriving at the barn are
two more keepsakes

passed down through the generations.

Owner Laraine Blakely is hoping
silversmith Brenton West

can help them stand
the test of time.

Hello. How are you doing?
Yeah, fine, thank you.

Nice to see you. Likewise.

What have we got in the box, then?
It's a family heirloom.

OK. Let's have a look at it.

These are my silver mirrored ladies.
In a few pieces, yeah?

Yes.

Aren't they gorgeous? They are.

They used to stand on there
like that.

And then the mirrors will
be on top of there. Yeah.

They belonged to my
great-grandmother, Nanny Cheeseman.

She passed them down to
her daughter, my nan.

I pinched them from Nan. OK.

I love them, so I put them
on my mantelpiece. Yeah.

And sadly, about 20 years ago,
they got knocked off their perch

when they were in my possession
after hundreds of years

of being handed down the family.

So these are from your mum's
mum's mum? Nanny Cheeseman.

The next one down was Nanny Jenny,

and then there was my mum
and then me and then my family,

so we're five generations.

So they've always stayed
in the female family line, then?

They just are very special.

I lived with my great-grandmother.

She had those
when I was a little girl.

My great-grandmother
was born in 1888.

That's like the Victorian times,
isn't it? Yeah.

Yeah, she was born 1888.
And, you know, she used to say,

"Oh, light the light,
let's make ourselves happy,"

when the electricity came in,

because before it was, like,
turn the mantel up.

Bless her. She sounds a joy.

Oh, she was lovely.
She was my world. Yeah?

I was closer to Nanny Cheese
than I was to my mum.

She was just really special.

I suppose living with your
great-grandmother, you...

She was very Victorian.
I mean, she taught me to cook.

Yeah. Clean out chickens. I mean,
you know... Clean out chickens?!

Oh, yeah. I could clean a chicken.

So who else was in the house, then?
You had Nanny Cheeseman.

We had Nanny Cheeseman
and her husband

and then there was my mum and dad
and my brother and me

and we all lived in the house
and it was a terraced house.

So in the house, where were these?
These were on her mantelpiece.

But she put them in the parlour
after a while. Right. Why?

Because...
Well, I think she was fearing

that I would probably knock them
off.

But I just used to sneak in the
parlour then and look in the mirror.

I don't know why I wanted
to see myself so badly.

I think the good thing was
you could look in one

and see the back of your head
in the other. Yeah, yeah.

These mirrors must represent
that wonderful childhood

that you had with your gran.
They do.

I think that's why they are
so important to me

and why they need to be back out
on my mantelpiece

so that every day I can look at them
and think of my nan.

These look like they're spelter
and they've been chrome plated.

So, I mean, they look as good
as new like that, don't they?

They do, like that.
It's a shame about the feet.

And who done that to the feet?
It was me, I'm afraid. I'm sorry.

I was desperate to get them
back standing.

Did it work for a little
while or not at all?

No, she just keeled straight over.

If you can fix them, it would be
absolutely wonderful.

Thank you for bringing
these ladies in.

Thank you very much. Nice to meet
you both. You take care now. Bye.

The silver ladies mean a lot to me.

They remind me
of my great-grandmother.

It would mean so much to me to see
them standing there,

strong ladies on my mantelpiece,
ready to hand down.

That is a brilliant link
to the past. It is, it's lovely.

Living with your mum's mum's mum.

And then nicking these off
the mantelpiece!

These are quite heavy, aren't
they? They're very heavy, yeah,

so I think I might have to make some
sort of splint

that goes up the legs
to give it some strength.

And these, I've noticed, are stone.

I've just got to put some filler
in there and paint it black again.

I really like these.

You got everything you need?
I've got everything I need, yeah.

I'll take these over to your bench.
Thank you very much.

Laraine's little statues
are beautifully sculpted,

and I can see why they've broken
because these are really heavy

and any sort of impact on this tiny
little joint of the feet on the base

is going to cause that to happen,
unfortunately.

It's the weakest part
of the whole thing.

You can see on here
the amount of glue

that Laraine has applied to this.

So the first thing I'm going to do
is to get this glue off of the base,

off of the feet
so that I can work out

how to get these two parts
married up again.

Hopefully, this acetone
will dissolve the glue

without damaging the nice,
shiny chrome underneath.

It's a bit smelly. I want to get
this done as quickly as possible.

Lucia's speeding ahead
with her project,

the drag-racing bike's
hand-painted nose cone.

She's found the perfect means to
give the surviving paintwork a shine

without covering up
the original brushwork.

I'm very pleased with the way
that this is going.

When I put this oil on...
It's a synthetic polymer.

Cars are now painted with this stuff

and it's a fantastic,
flexible material.

And basically what it's doing
is, on a micro level,

the surface is very pitted,

so you're getting a very
dusty-looking surface

and this fills that surface up

and the light gets reflected
back to you very clearly.

So when this dries, I'll be able
to just rub it a little bit

with a nice, soft cloth and it gives
a really beautiful satin sheen.

It's very satisfying
because when I'm doing this,

I can see Dan's father's
brushstrokes.

And the beauty is in the
imperfection. That's where it lies.

The beauty and the enthusiasm.

With the original paintwork
looking buff,

Lucia can now apply her brush skills
to the more serious damage.

The retouching is quite complicated.

There are thick patches
that are quite opaque

and there are very, very thin,
transparent patches

where the white of the fibreglass
is showing through.

I'm just sort of going to knock out
the biggest ones

so that your eye doesn't travel
to them

and sort of stop you looking
at the whole object.

If you just see the damage,

it's a bit sort of
psychologically upsetting.

But I'm going to have to just work
on it and see what I can achieve

when I gradually build up
the layers.

But before Lucia finishes her
retouching

of the cone's chips and dinks,

there's the matter
of its bespoke display stand.

In the outdoor workshop, Dom's been
mulling over some designs.

Hi, Dom. Lucia. Hey, you OK?
Yeah, good. How's it going?

I brought the nose cone
to show you. It's looking good.

That's probably more what it used
to look like. Yeah, I think so.

I've been drawing some ideas,

and it's quite a unique object
to display, isn't it? Yeah.

I'd like to actually
bolt it to the stand.

Nice aluminium, maybe metal,
like a steel frame.

What do you think? Dom, you haven't
read my mind at all. You love it!

LAUGHTER

No! No? No. OK.

I had a completely different idea.
Where were you?

Perspex. Like, clear acrylic? Yeah.

And, like, a very minimal stand.

Wow.

Because then it's not, like, such
a big feature

and it also looks like it's going
to be floating wherever it stands.

Oh, nice. OK. You know, I didn't
even think that. And not fixed,

because I think it's really
important not to be fixed

because I'm sure they'll want
to take it off and handle it.

Yeah, you're absolutely right.
Clear acrylic.

Yeah. I like it. Good.

I'll probably make a little mock-up
out of some wood.

Fantastic. I'll leave it with you.
Thanks, Lucia. Thanks.

By doing this 3D wooden mock-up,
I can actually test

the structural integrity of it,
make sure that it's actually going

to hold the weight of the nose cone.

The idea is that should just almost
balance...

There. Just like that.

Well, that couldn't have gone
much better.

The balance point is perfect,
and I think it looks brilliant.

This is where all those years
at university come in handy.

I now need to transfer this wooden
mock-up into a computer file

that I can send off to get cut
out of acrylic.

Inside the barn,

Steve's mechanical repairs to the
bar pinball machine are complete.

Quite a lot of power to it.

Will has done a lovely job
with the case.

Right, here goes.

BALL RATTLES

That's the noise that Jeannine will
remember and want to hear again.

When she hears that sound,

oh, my word, it'll be fantastic.

Tell me you've finished.

I have. It's working? It is all
working. So we're going to have a
go?

Yeah, let me show you.

Go on, then.

200. 200? All right.

40.

50. 50. 290.

It's got to be Will to have a go
next. Will.

It's 290 to beat.

Oh, blimey, he's taking it
seriously. Right.

OK, how does this work, Steve?

Right, push the button to the side.

BALLS RATTLING

And then the little button
at the front there,

twist it to catch a ball
and then twist it the other way

and then flick that down.

Ooh. I think this is rigged, Steve!

There we are. There we go.

400. Hey!

APPLAUSE

Well done. Thank you. Thank you.

We'd best get this covered up.

Jeannine's going to be here in
a minute. I know.

You and Will - brilliant job.
Thank you.

When it arrived at the barn,

the charming Busy Bee game that
once graced the bar

of a traditional family-run pub
was so dilapidated,

it was beyond any use.

Jeannine, whose grandparents used
to run the Royal Oak,

hopes to play the game again

that she's adored since
being a little girl.

My life doesn't seem
complete without it,

and I know that sounds absolutely
ridiculous because it is just a game

to a lot of people, but it
represents the love and memories

of my mum and my grandparents
and the happy times we had together.

Here she is.

Hi. How are you doing?
Good to see you again.

How are you doing? Very excited.

I'm really looking forward
to having the Busy Bee come home

and be back in my sitting room. OK.

Right. Well, I can't wait!

Are you ready? I am ready.

I am really excited. Brace yourself.

OK. Right. Here we go.

Oh, wow.

Oh, it's absolutely amazing.

I love it.

Wow!

Oh, can I touch it? Yes.

The case is beautiful, isn't it?

Yeah. Will took care of that.
Oh, wow. Thank you so much, Will.

You're welcome. I am so, so, so
pleased, I cannot tell you.

And the ball bearings
are in there. Yes.

Can I try it? Of course you can.

Right, OK, here we go.

So...

RATTLING

I love that sound.

300.

So playing it now,
where does that take you back to?

It takes me back to being a little
girl, having this in my bedroom

and always having this
with me. Yeah.

This is the bit I like the best now.

Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous.

I love it. Absolutely made up.

There's just one other thing.

I made something for you.

It's a little acorn to represent
the Royal Oak.

It's actually a key for the... Oh!
The bottom drawer. ..the drawer.

Oh! That is so, so kind of you.

Can I try and open the drawer?
Yes, you can.

Oh, and it turns so beautifully.

Oh, it's lovely.

Really kind, thank you.

I'm going to keep it in there
always.

I feel, erm, slightly overwhelmed,
really.

But also really happy
that you've made something

that I treasure so much
look so wonderful.

And the key is a special touch.

I'm so glad we could do
this for you.

It's been a real pleasure.

It's going to get some hammering,
I'm sure.

You'd best get this home, then. I'll
get the door. Thank you so much.

Brilliant. I love it.
Bye-bye now.

You take care.

I could not believe how wonderful
it looked.

It does feel like I've gone back
in time to my childhood, actually,

and just being able to play it again
and hear those sounds,

that's brought
so much happiness to me.

On Brendan's workbench,

the task of getting the two mirror-
holding ladies back on their feet

is well under way.

I'm very carefully drilling a hole

up between the feet of this statue

so I can put a splint,
which is made of brass.

I'm going to glue that
into the legs.

I'm going to drill a corresponding
hole in the base

and hopefully that's going
to line up

and I'm going to glue the
two parts together

with a really strong metal glue.

I need to get in just over
a centimetre, I think.

I'm now going to mix up a little bit
of epoxy resin

and stick the pins
into the holes and let those set.

So this will reinforce the joint
between the feet and the base.

The pins are now nicely glued.

I'm now using a very strong metal
epoxy to bond those to the bases.

So now I've got to hold
that in position.

The reason I'm glueing this
rather than soldering it

is that these statues are made
of spelter

and the solder that I would use
might well melt the spelter.

And the other problem with
soldering is it would damage

the chrome that's on there.

This glue is really, really strong

and I'm confident that it
will hold these as strong

as they were when they were
first made.

Let's see if that stands up
by itself.

That's great. She's standing by
herself now,

which she wasn't doing,
so I'm going to leave those

for a while and move on
to the plinths.

This stone is very, very soft,
maybe alabaster.

They are really badly chipped
around their bases

and so if I rubbed
on this corner here,

it would round the profile off,

so I need to be very careful
how I rub it down.

So the point of rubbing down
is to give a key

for the new paint
that I'm putting on here.

And I'm just going to add some
filler to the cracks and splits

and then I can rub those down
and get them nice and smooth.

So these are all rubbed down.

I'm going to put
some black primer on

and then I'm going to put
some black gloss on.

They're looking really nice now.

As soon as they're dry, I can put
the ladies back on them.

They're going to look fabulous.

OK, that is now reunited
with its base.

I've just got to do that with the
other one and we're nearly done.

I think Laraine is going to
absolutely love these

when she sees them.

I hope so, anyway.

In the outdoor workshop,
the motorbike nose cone's paintwork

is now restored thanks
to Lucia.

Dom's anxious to find out if the
clever design for its display stand

has been a success.

Dom. Hey, Jay.

Look what I've got.

Oh, yes!

Oh, brilliant. Look at that.

That is beautiful.

Doesn't it look nice?

You've got to try it. Come on,
don't look at it! Just try it on.

What do you think? It's going
to work. It's going to work.

That should hopefully sit in
there...

..like that.

Ha-ha! Now, that is quality.

Oh, I'm relieved!

I can't tell you!

It suddenly transforms it,
doesn't it,

from an awkward kind of object
that you can't really stand upright

to a piece of art?

So I can take it in now,
get it ready for Dan?

Yeah, Dan can have it back now. OK.

The battered hand-painted nose cone
saw a competitive motorcyclist

who raced with his brother
through many eventful drag races.

Proud son Dan and sibling Andy
are hoping it's now fit

to be a display piece so they can
remember their late dad

and his prowess on the track.

I think today's really important
just for both of us to pick it up

as brothers when they did everything
together themselves in their youth.

I don't have much to remember him by

as I was only 11
when he passed away.

You all right?

So, yeah, it would just be nice to
have something to remember him by.

I can't wait to see it.

Here they are. How are we doing?

Hiya. You all right?
Yeah, I'm very good.

Hi, Dan. How are you?
I am very well, thank you.

This is my brother, Andy.
Hi, Andy. Welcome.

There it is. Yeah.
There it is, under that blanket.

We're pretty nervous, I have to say.
What are you nervous about?

It's... It's a living memory
of Dad, really, isn't it?

Yeah. So it's nice to have
a tangible memory,

something physical to look at.
And to be seeing it together.

Yeah. Yeah. That was the only
way, really.

Had to get us both down for this.

You guys ready? Yeah. Yes.

Wow!

Wow. That is mad.

I love the plinth.

That is pretty incredible.

You've brought the shine back to
life. That's the thing.

That's amazing. It just looks so
much cleaner

and it's just vibrant and... Yeah.

And it just looks as it was,
just capable of being on display

and not just left on the floor
somewhere. Perfect, yeah.

I would never have thought
that would come out like that.

But the idea is that you can lift
it off there

because we thought that you'd want
to handle it.

JAY: There you go. I can't
even remember how heavy it is.

I mean, seeing the side. Oh, wow.

Well engineered. It's really
smooth as well. Really smooth.

It's the coolest thing.
It's a piece of sculpture.

Yeah. It certainly is now.

Oh, definitely.

So does it give you that connection
back to your dad now?

Yeah, it's a real connection
to Dad in just seeing it

as it would have been.

As it's sat now, perfectly darting
through the air.

Yeah. You can imagine everything
behind it.

I'm so pleased!
No, honestly, thank you.

Yeah, I am. I am absolutely
flattered

that it works for you guys.
Yeah, definitely. Yeah.

You ready to take it home?
We are indeed.

Going to look good in the house.
Whose?

LAUGHTER

I was really surprised. Amazed.
Really surprised.

I didn't think it would ever
look like that, ever.

Well done, you.

Well, well done, you!

Honestly, I was well made up
with that one.

The way it's positioned on the
stand, it's flying through the air.

It looks fantastic.

I think it really encapsulates Dad.

It's just... It's just
a great thing to look at.

The fact it's all hand-painted
as well. It's just I never knew.

As two brothers go home
with their prized keepsake,

thanks to Brendan, the pair of
decorative ladies

are almost up and ready.

I'm just doing the fine little job,

which is putting the baize
on the bottom

so that it doesn't scratch
any of Laraine's furniture

and it just makes a final
little touch

to have this soft green
material on the bases.

That looks fabulous.

I'm just going to try the mirror
in there and see how that looks.

That's great. I've just got to get
the baize on the other one

and I can get this back to Laraine.

And I'm sure that Nanny Cheeseman
would be really pleased

if she could see these now.

After a stroke of bad luck,
these statuettes,

passed down through four generations
of women,

ended up in pieces, unable to stand
and hold their mirrors aloft.

Laraine's returned to the barn,

hopeful her great-grandmother's
cherished possessions

are firmly back on their feet.

I'm really hoping
that they're standing there

and holding up their mirrors.

They represent the strong ladies
in my family

from Great-Nanny Cheeseman
down to me,

and bringing them back to life
is really important.

So I'm really, really excited now.

Hello. How are you doing?
I'm doing all right.

I can't wait to see myself
in the mirror. Oh!

No, I'm joking!

Right. Are you ready
to see them, yeah?

Yeah, I can't wait. OK, here we go.

SHE GASPS

Oh, they look amazing.

Come in. They do.

Oh, look at that.

They're beautiful.

They look absolutely perfect.

What a clever man you are.

I'm so pleased with them.

I really wish my nan was here,
Nanny Cheeseman especially,

because she loved these.

I can't wait to put them
on display again.

They've come back to life, haven't
they, really? Definitely.

After they've been on your
mantelpiece,

are you going to hand them down
the female line?

They will get handed down
the female line.

It's just that I need them
in my life first.

Bless you. I'll get these packed
up for you, then.

Let's just take these off just in
case. OK. Yeah.

I would hate to have to come
back again next week.

Thank you so much.
It's been an absolute pleasure.

I've loved working on them.
Let me get the door for you.

It was lovely to meet you. Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.

You take care now. Thank you.
All right? Cheers, bye.

I can't tell you how pleased I am

that they're standing on their
beautiful plinths,

holding up their mirrors,
looking alive again,

which is exactly what I wanted.

I'm really looking forward to them
being on the mantelpiece.

Nanny Cheeseman, I hope she's
looking down saying,

"Go, girl," to me.

Join us next time, as more devoted
craftsmanship...

Always makes me nervous when I bring
grandad's pliers into play.

..achieves magical results...

Steve, that is fantastic!

..in the Repair Shop.