Restoring an MGF Roadster - Flipping Bangers - S03 EP1 - Car Show

this time on Flipping bangers it starts  with an idea classic iconic British sports car under a grand how are we gonna find  that which kicks off a challenge take one is possibly the country's worst MJR and  suddenly and turning into their country's best our great plans come undone I've got  a terrible thinking feeling about this car that is hilarious 250. I couldn't Let It Go  as little as that stop oh Andrea it's like exactly oh this is about to say Madness we've  said goodbye to our day jobs

and invested our own hard-earned cash as we try and make it in  the Cutthroat world of second-hand cars you've got to buy well but you've got to sell well we  have a goal we need to double our money if we put 500 quid in we need to see a thousand  pounds back but we're forced to the very bottom of the market we buy cars that nobody  else wants who else will buy that car can we keep our business afloat flipping bangers  there's so many things to do to this car returned our backs on our regular jo

bs an  attempted to carve out a new living by buying and selling cheap cars evicted from our previous  Workshop by Angry neighbors will has sorted us out with a new base and apart from having no  working toilet it feels like home we've raided our bank accounts and this time we have enough  to invest around 500 to 1500 pounds on each car it's time to go hunting and the new slightly  damp Caravan is where we start the journey do you want to do some work I am working I'm currently thinking and form

ing a  thought while you while you formulate that thought you want to throw some names of cars out that's  what we're supposed to be doing tell you how far I have goals okay I want something which is fast  British and the sort of thing that when we drive this around people go yeah look at that okay  okay so first of all I'm just thinking iconic British sports car I'm thinking MGB but hey we've  done that and B you said fast didn't you I did um Spitfire but oh hang on we've done that  and oh you

said fast yes what about V6 Capri or a mantra or TBR wedge I don't think we've  quite got that in the budget a few hundred quid under a grand yeah well how are we going to find  that I don't think there is anything like that we agree to erase who will  find something good first with our thumbs worn out from phone  scrolling it's now time to hit the road and follow up the leads we have  but which one of us has found a car I got exactly what you wanted I Got A Car on the  face of it to be unattrac

tive it's up for spares or repairs perhaps from a main dealer and he took  it in part exchange and he just wants to get rid of it it's not making it sound very appealing  two-seater quite Zippy and I think you're gonna like the badge talking now probably happened in  Missouri m g f and GF what's that supposed to mean well I already know mate don't get me wrong it  was a very popular car in his day just didn't have the cachet no plenty of the other mg and we need  to make money so we really need

to look at cars that aren't in the Limelight and this takes the  boxes how much at the moment on bids 250 pounds and nobody has bid on it that's a very cheap car  yeah I'm intrigued I'm relatively excited but I wouldn't say I was completely no let's wait till  you see it might be beautiful yeah foreign Pete is a dealer in modernish cars and immediately we see  why the project MGF does not fit his stock at all oh come on Great British classic it looks it yeah well the seller finishes something  w

e're free to look the MGF over alone I can see you're excited it's better than you  thought isn't it don't get too excited he's got a couple of dings on the wing here the uh  the suspension is heroically low on this side but they're all like that sir is that true it's  part of the maintenance wasn't it you had to pump them up didn't you oh yeah well I suppose so but  look at this this is the original paint and this is held up brilliantly well hasn't it apart from  that nasty end over there yeah

that worries me a bit whether that's ever going to come back to be  in the same color as the rest of the car that's always going to taint it isn't it yeah I'll be  looking at it I'll give it a little rub but it looks like it'll polish up you reckon but it  is a slightly different color to the rest of the car yeah that's that is going to be a thing  isn't it it is yeah that's going to be a problem although the Plastics have gone the same door  handle on this side's the same the wheels are brillia

nt on this side they've not been scuffed  at all yeah they're possible on their side roof however yeah but look no crease across the back  window and they were all creased weren't they well I bet it's going to be stretched because it's been  sat around a long time hasn't been anywhere yeah yeah oops oops girls don't break it that wasn't  me it was like that already yeah that was clearly you but look at this do you remember them being  this good inside they're beautiful aren't they proper plush a

ren't they yeah there's a bit of  a tear on this side but that literally is wear and tear it seems to have the keys in the  ignition as well give it a little go yeah let's see don't break it though this could be  the bit where it all goes horribly wrong Gus oh hold on well you don't  know how to operate it yeah on its side at least the immobilizer works no and it lives very much [Music] a Pete oh it's  his idea he saw the keys in it I couldn't resist it think about running a petrol actually it's

a  little bit low it's probably evaporated but it's sound the engine sounds fine it's not bad as if  something's been sat around I'm genuinely excited about this I know I shouldn't say that but you  walk up to it your first impression is it's so much better than it was built spares or repairs it  is it just is a bit of Tinker Time for somebody to get back on the road it doesn't really want much  I know it's a little bit faded classic mg though isn't it tinkering that's what they were all about 

I'd say precious sports cars exactly that a little bit of polishing what's the story of the Bonnet  when it when it's in his younger years it had a slight it had a small front end shunt and uh  so this has all been painted which is why it's faded it's been set in all weathers for the last  six or seven years has it yeah just around the corner there's a big moss patch where it was seems  a shame to take it away it would be really nice if you know to see it back on the road because it's  worthy o

f it be a bit apprehensive about buying it without giving it a little test drive it's been  off the road a long time there's no mot on it yeah maybe we could performance test it around the  courtyard could we yeah of course you can fill your boots I'll let you do it excellent thank you  nice idea Gus we suspected the MGF might need some fuel and we came prepared so we gather our spare  clean petrol and take the roof down because we're solid the hair kind of guys but can we get the MGF  to run ri

ght moment of truth yes I have all of my fingers crossed don't go too crazy what could  possibly go wrong it's time to hit the car park there we go is that it yeah suspensions right  down don't damage anything on this great big lump here that's Fairground now I know I  know I'm a good boy I'm also let's keep an eye on the temperature for the engine K series  engine got a nasty habit of overheating we could um push some buttons and then unpushed there  well the lights come on whether they're work

ing I don't know that works well that's good this  one works what's that Indica oh God that works the wipers don't work do they not no if you look  carefully there is one position that does work oh yeah the off [Laughter] I know that's not  the biggest test drive that's made it this far yeah okay that's a pass I've no idea why will  has decided to Rob us of the chance of finding out how the car steers changes gear rides and  sounds but he's such an awful driver maybe this is a lucky Escape but d

espite his early misgivings  he's coming around to liking the MGF and so am I before we stick it on there  should we buy it first yeah yeah excellent good cool I agree Pete is a nice guy but  now we have to hit him with some difficult numbers looks like you've crashed it hey oh well we like it of course we like it it's  perfect we want to put it on the trailer we want to take it home but we need to know what  you want for it all right okay well you know it's on an auction site at the moment and

so 500  quid take it off 500 quid we haven't even driven it but you love it you've been around it I saw  the Easy Tiger Goss has brought me down here on the pretext that we're looking at spares and  repairs car for about 250. you'd be lucky right well I'm feeling lucky I couldn't Let It Go as  little as that I mean there are certain things we need to do to it would you take 350 quid for  it let's see how badly Pete wants the MGF gone we're just going to put it back on the road  we are going to p

ut it back on the road and show me some pictures oh we can do that  can't we yeah we can we can take it away yeah excellent okay 350. oh okay yeah yes  excellent cool brilliant we might have to get yeah we've got to work hard to get on  the trailer now yeah oh cool cheers Pizza advert said the car was for sale elsewhere  so he's reserved the right to end the auction early yeah thank you so we've done nothing  wrong apart from getting a steal of a deal [Music] the sun is shining on The mgf's Fade

d red paint  we're feeling all right it's back to base we go I actually thought it was quite funny being an  MGF but now we've got it I'm actually genuinely excited about it I think it's great me too I've  met something else a little bit sniffy he's got a lot of work and he's doing good thing is do  you obviously that work is not rocket science no and we're called a very very cheap car we like  a bit of cheese we do like a bit cheap yeah this could be someone's pride and joy couldn't it  it's a

it's a fast Zippy you're sitting right down on the road so it feels like it's fast and  that I was looking here I reckon it's 1500 quids worth of anyone's money yeah I think so I think  so yeah this type of car the MGF slipped through the net yeah in this popularity and it's it's  one that people have probably missed we buy cars that no one else is going to buy that's  why we've got it isn't it it sure is I mean who else will buy that car the day closes well  and the morning after we have the ch

ance to sleep on our purchase not literally and plan  our strategy it's about to rain so before the MGF goes inside for all that I'm stealing a  moment to sort out the ad for when we sell it well maybe the camera never lies or maybe I  just took the pictures from the right side of the car but the MGF actually looks  okay so I'm just working out what I'm gonna type into the advert and I think red  MGF VVC uh good Mechanicals all original uh rare aircon air con ah mot because of  course it will ha

ve one by the time we sell it one owner last seven years and the fact that  it's not gone anywhere is on a need to know basis uh let's have a look at prices um so let's  see hang on so a really good MGR will cost you three thousand pounds if that's what you  want and a snotter will cost you about a grand on this new day I can see my previous valuation  of 1500 quid is far too stingy so somewhere in the middle let's say 2 500 as a Buy It Now  price and we'll start the auction at 4.99 or is that M

adness you know what I think what I'm gonna do is do a fixed price  auction under no fixed price at 2799. I don't know why that figure but  it it just feels about right uh or offers good but my enthusiasm takes a huge knock  once the MGF is taken under the lights and its condition is more exposed I've got  a terrible thinking feeling about this car since we've slid this one off the  trailer it looks more like a dead animal you're just being mean okay well let's look at  it uh the majority of the

work on this car is mechanical suspension stuff that I don't think  we're going to be able to miss engine stuff that we need to be thinking about yep and we also don't  know anything about the state of play with a cam belt do we the other thing I was thinking is  in our exhaustive test drive we didn't actually get it hot and we know that overheating is a  problem with k-series in MGS but if we ignore the Cosmetics we're mad so if we ignore the wings  the Bonnet the bumper the roof we're going t

o lose money it's also the interior I've forgotten about  that yeah that's that's all the facials have got to come out haven't they they have and they've got  the air conditioning do we know if that works well if it doesn't roof comes down I like your backup  plan this is why I'm having a moment they might be little things but there's so many things to do  to this car don't track gas we're not aiming for Perfection it's just got to be good enough I think  we just get fired straight into this one

yeah we definitely need to get stuck into it don't we  yeah we kick off slightly out of sync in terms of standards and plans but what we do agree on is  that the engine and Mechanicals need an overhaul and it's a good place to start so we get stripping  the trim from The Snug mid-mounted engine so it seems to me that the one  thing we really need to know is whether this has ever overheated and  whether the head gasket is blown yes but we still got the flush we have yes cooling  system flushing

so put some of that in there bleed the systems out properly all the way through  to the radiator and then push car outside start the engine run it all up to temperature check  the electric fans coming on at the right time yes if it's all working properly we know this  engine sound yeah we do it absolutely by the book and then if it has got a blown head gasket or  it does over here we know the rest of the engine's clean don't we we do engine flash is a chemical  which works like hair remover in t

he sink it removes debris from the cooling system which can't  function if it's full of sludge you got a key um yes do you want to start it up and get  the water circulated the engine turning will circulate the flush and we need to open  up the bleed valve to expel the air and the MGF offers up a nasty colored liquid very Green  in there go on have a Sniff and a listen there that looks like neat antifreeze I think that maybe  is organic not antifreeze because look at the way it's coming out it l

ooks like pond water can you  see the streaks in it yeah I wouldn't go licking that the bright green liquid needs to be bled  out stopped hissing well that's good yeah well that system fully bled up then yeah we ready for  our outside test can you see where you're going oh that'd be right won't it yeah it's a great thing  about sports cars it's so easy to get in and out oh a piece of cake oh what do you reckon then  leave it for half an hour see if it keeps all this watering don't overheat about

time for a cup of  tea oh a nice cup of tea lovely thank you [Music] F overheats now which is a common issue then we'll  likely have a leaking head gasket and with all the other jobs on the car it will certainly mean  we've bitten off more than we can chew [Music] foreign [Music] if it was going to overheat it would have done  so by now so that really puts my mind at rest we've not got an overheating engine we've not  got a blown head gasket and we've flushed the coolant system let's go home no

we have done very  well and it is it is okay well I'm thinking while we're on a roll should we roll it back indoors  pump up the suspension yeah yeah yeah it'll take us very long I'll get tape measure okay I'll  drive it in the MGF has Hydro gas suspension which does fail but can be pumped up come on they're  coming if we do that we can cure our listing MGF and tick off an annoying job on the first day  we've borrowed a machine from Wheels mate that allows us to pump up the sphere reservoirs in

  the system much easier than replacing a spring with the height estimated yeah let's bang  on this side and the hydraulic pump machine plumbed into the system it's time to  go to work but the MGF doesn't go up moving is it stop stop it's pouring out  from under here oh is that it's pouring out where's it Pour oh crikey yeah that  is horrible well all the pipes go into the sphere are completely fine it's the sphere in  it let's I I've had enough of this yeah right and there was me thinking there

's going  to be a quick heroic job at the end of the day the hydraulic sphere is a common part  that fails and that is exactly what we've got day two and we only have five days to fix  our vehicle and although we found the MGF engine works we've discovered the suspension  has a fault so will has gone to get us a new suspension Sphere for this side we know that  with this car we have a good engine we don't have an overheating problem we don't have  to do the head gasket and that makes a lot of di

fference for us because it means that we  can now crack on with the aesthetic of the car we might have lucked out a bit here because  we've ended up with a VVC car which is the engine everyone wants with leather interior power  steering and air conditioning and this is the MGF that people want to buy so I think potentially  we this could be our biggest earner so far which would be nice so as will was happy to  ignore the Cosmetics I'm going to get the Wings off and give him the job of sorting ou

t some  Replacements as a punishment I'm as a well-known MGF specialist near Grantham they have a plethora  of mgfs and that is the right collective noun fire you must be Kevin hi yeah you actually  will how you doing yeah very good thank you wow that is a lot of beautiful cars out there yeah it  says mecca for mgfs it's amazing we've got a few about 83 currently in stock but we got ours  I wasn't really that Keen on it but as we've owned it for a little bit I'm starting to really  quite like it

and I can tell you obviously a fan of these cars they are a great little car great  little Cog easy to drive uh very workable home technician can do it no specialist tools needed  great bit of fun drive it to the beach drive it down the local pub spot on yeah do you reckon  they're on the up and up and the value gotta be they are the last they are the last British  car to be made the values can only go up that's good news because we've got a bit of a mission  on take what is possibly the countr

y's worst MGF and turn it into what we hope is going to be  the country's best might be one of the best but one of the best is that because it was a better  right so wins Bonnet yeah and a couple of other odds and ends you know what have you got here  we've got everything cool brilliant follow me this is where we keep some of the cars we use for  parts spare parts spare little nuts and bolts it's always good when you're rebuilding a car to  use the genuine nut nuts and bolts so there's no better

place to find them than off an old old  car this is a proper good selection isn't it and I've already spotted this one and that looks like  exactly what we want a great looking Wing wheel but that is CMU solar red you need cof flame red  which is from an early MGF not that one though that is no good I've got some used parts in my  container we may have what you're looking for in there cool so if you want to head down there we'll  have a look in the container right let's go see back in the works

hop I'm hoping will comes through with the panels and the spear and in  anticipation I'm removing the old one [Music] well how easy was that four bolts and a connector  and it's off and it's a clever system basically it's a set of rubber Springs and fluid and  the fluid passes through the rubber Springs on a set of valves so when the front wheel  is compressed I.E goes over a bump the fluid is dispersed into the interconnecting sphere  which is on the back wheel so the back wheel the correspondi

ng wheel goes down and raises  the back up so it's it's a it's such a simple system this one here seems to have had a bit  of a prolapse I think that's one of the valves and it's pushed the seal off which is why it's  leaking and so easy to get off unlike dealing with Springs where you have to have compressors  and you have to deal with all that sort of latent energy in Springs which terrifies me like I  say clever and Incredibly simple well this is off I'm just waiting for will to come back wit

h  the other one and I'll put that on but while I'm waiting I'm going to dismantle the rest of the  car take the Wings off and the bonnet [Music] this one here yeah yeah cool wow you got some fits in there won't you yeah  we've got a few bits and pieces with it being an MGF and not a Ferrari everything should bolt  off something you don't see anymore The Old Pink Bonnet does indeed bolt off and is a one-man job  what we got there looking good one bonnet play Med that's really nice that'll do us

yeah yeah got  your wings then well one pair of wings Sail Away thread it's like Aladdin's cave in it they're  not perfect but they're certainly good enough for our little car and that's it still being polish  right well mirror two mirrors two mirrors perfect I'm grateful the MGF is so easy to work on without  needing to consult the internet once I've managed to get it stripped back inside a day and since  will isn't here I'll sneak home a bit early so those are the right color yep  yep straight

on they'll be well that's everything on the list doesn't it good  would you be keen on doing as a lovely deal as you'll kick one of our great little cars on  the road let's call it 150 pounds the lots a lot that is a deal a happy boy thank you I know  Gus will be burning the Midnight's oil so I'm going to rush back the three hours or so  it'll take me and show him what I have got good morning Gus did you everything I have I've  done really well got the wings yes they're quite nice actually yeah

they look great I think that  color to me looks perfect yeah got a bit of a deal on a pair of these okay I thought if the other  ones don't polish up yes we've got a second option yes hey yeah great I know it's got all of its  bits complete with key that works which is Handy brilliant and you got a sphere I did yeah probably  looks better than yours huh yeah yeah yeah well this one hasn't got a big lump of rubber sticking  out which ours has and I think ours must have had some proper trauma in

its life oh dear yeah it  looked like it yeah that's fantastic whereas that one looks perfect yeah perfect should we get  it all indoors yeah yes definitely you're right with that I am all right yeah how's it all gone  we'll take it all apart it's been a while actually so I'm starting to feel like we're in a pretty  good place at the moment but it's only got that Lots attached to that Lord car is going to be  really really nice we've got potentially a very good car we've got a VVC engine which i

sn't  overheating so we don't have to do the head gasket winner we're going to have a car that  that rides really well because we're going to put that sphere on there and and doesn't like  a dead animal that would be a real winner the bodywork's gonna look great it's it's going to  be a car that we're going to make money on I'm absolutely sure of that yeah so where are we going  to go what are we going to do do yeah that's the conversation isn't it what are we going to do to  to make it really s

tand out now the hood is really nice of course it's got a couple of little micro  holes in it which I think we can patch from the other side definitely that but whilst I was going  around the yard collecting those beards I spotted one of these or two or three of these I had glass  windows in the back ah yes yeah the electric ones yeah that is a great idea because that's going to  make such a difference to driving this car isn't it I tell you what why don't I take the hood  off and I'll find some

one to do that and then um you could put the sphere on if you wanted to  I'd like to actually because that looks like a fun job and I've never messed around one of those  before well good luck with that then cheers mate [Music] I've got my plan with the roof but before I  can set it into action I need to make sure it's actually worth the effort that is really  getting off I basically need to clean it to make it halfway presentable and remove all  the grime will could learn a thing or two about t

he value of cleaning something  it certainly looks better doesn't it now the nice thing about the roof already being  taken off this car is it gives me really good access to this area there's a panel under  here I unbolt that I can access the whole of the engine which means making the cam belt job a  lot easier but I'm not going to do that job right now because I've got to go reassemble all of that  suspension that Gus took to bits earlier [Music] so this is the original Wing that came with  our

car the first thing you notice when you walk up to the cart well the first thing you  notice is that the suspension down but second thing you notice is the whole front of the car  has been re-sprayed and has got this UV damage on it and I thought it would be interesting  before I eat this into the skip that I will show you how it polishes up so I've put some  masking tape on here and I've made a line of the lineage here between the UV damaged and then  the repolished and then I've buffed this u

p and it looks amazing but the reality is if you put it  up against our Factory finish wing it actually a different color and it may be infinitesimal but  it actually is a different color red so this is going in the Skip and these rather beautiful  things are going on the car foreign [Music] right that was surprisingly easy  to put back together which is a bit of relief because Gus took it all to  bits so I can now do up this cover plate and the ABS wire is all clipped in it is ready  the wheels

to go back on and then the suspensions be pumped up but we're not quite ready for that  we need the wings on and stuff so I'm just gonna leave it at that for today and call that a done job pretty much [Music] oh I'm going to take this and get it looked at  cool okay I'm going to clock on with these jobs then all right so I'll see you tomorrow yeah  yeah all right then first thing in the morning all right brilliant wheels on suspension  components are all now all in place all the mechanical stuf

f I have noticed  that the cam belt hasn't been changed this little sticker down here is telling  me that it hasn't been done since 2012. the cam belt or timing belt is a common  Service Parts that should be replaced every 60 000 miles or so depending on the car if it  breaks it will damage the engine which will literally wipe off half the car's value it's a  labor-intensive job and a garage would charge you about 300 quid but if you do it yourself well  the parts are only 50. so I remove the to

p cover take off the HT leads and the job is  well underway this is where it starts to get interesting because this engine here is  a VVC engine stands for variable valve control and on the engine it says twin cam that's  not actually the case because there are three camshafts inside this engine and the cam belt  has to drive all through it goes a bit like this the primary cam belts which is driven off the  crank drives this camshaft and this camshaft here the one at the front of the engine then

transfers  all the way across to the the other side of the engine where it's got another wheel on it driving  to another belt to another wheel to a third camshaft because this rear one is split in the  middle so there's actually one two three camshafts I need to whip this cover off  and check the secondary cam belt really nice to see that cam belt looks like  it's in fantastic condition that was ready to be removed but getting access to the primary  cam belts is behind all these covers here and

that is my next little job and now we find  out why the labor charge on a cam belt swap generally runs into hundreds getting the  lower bolts off the camshaft cover is a pain and involves removing everything you  can in this case even the engine mounts oh it was all going so well and I thought this  this job's going to be a piece of cake but then I'm trying to remove the engine cradle a bit it's  got to come out to get the cam belt out and it is just in possible to get to and it is really  real

ly rusty this is very very difficult oh yes finally we had some success oh that is hilarious  this lovely little job is turning into a right little headache now it's my turn to shine the  MGF is a better specked car than we thought and I'm carrying on in that vein and adding extra  spec that'll get it noticed in the marketplace and winners a higher price too [Music] so I've  come to a local mg garage which is known to offer some nice upgrades that we can use Yorkie  and his team offer a service

to replace the plastic rear window for a glass one it makes  the cabin quieter and more secure and you can see out of it more of the time as it's heated  all right you okay hello Gus we're doing an MGF and we've come for one of your upgrades yes  the glass window yes it's with basically our car is sound but something like this is really  going to make it stand out isn't it a lot of difference is it all right doing it with the  off the car yeah a little bit harder to do but we can do it so I'll l

eave you just crack  on with it yeah yeah let's crack on can I watch yeah of course you can excellent good  so we drill out the rivets foreign [Music] then the plastic window retaining frame will  come away like that and it just pops off and then the hood just lifts off and that's it so  what we're doing next we're gonna flip it over yep like this make it over it's heavier than you think  it is everything you think so we undo the zip like that and pull it away yeah I've  got to put that with tha

t mate thank you thank you that's the last one out okay new  glass new glass on the counter Gus oh look at that that is gonna look so smart that's gonna  be nice yeah that way around yeah that way around they'll unzip that right out right out  all right we've got to see if the Zips match do you mean sometimes they don't match  up sometimes they don't match up and if they don't match up got a nightmare of a job to strip  the hood apart no yeah how much longer about two to three hours so it easily

doubles the job  easy doubles the job let's have a look then so it's just luck whether  these matches your luck wow foreign Madness just when you think you've got all of the  big nuts and bolts out which are really difficult to get to there's a little safety feature that  stops it all from falling apart just in case the nut falls off so I thought I was there but I'm not  seriously [Music] thank you not enjoying this job [Music] oh oh yes that's a pair of fluke I thought I was gonna have  to str

ip down the whole thing but it turns out when you can't undo that nuts and you force it  it just falls out on its own oh that is a winner and then we get to see all of the cam belts these  plastic covers if I remove those I can get to the cam belts changing the cam Bolts from here on in  should be a lot easier than getting that engine mounts out you can already see how much better  it's going to be yeah it does look nice doesn't it this is the fun bit this is what I like the  most you see whethe

r it's been cut properly yeah and then we put the bar in it's very tight very  tight this is why you need the holes in the hood so you get the tension right well that must be a  nightmare doing it without very very hard because if you do it off on the car you've got to blur  yourself and it won't be stretched right right these are the pot rivets I wanted an expert  to do this because hoods can be notoriously hard to finish properly mine and wheels clumsy  fingers would be no good I'm paying 375

pounds all in which is a deal price it's gonna be a nice  one yeah yes it's about the same price as the car but it will make itself faster and that's worth  a lot and who knows maybe we'll get the stupidly High asking price I put on the ad that's good to  see the Palmer driving belt looks really nice on you as well just like the other one but it needs  doing when you change the timing belt the actual shaft can't move or that will throw the timing  out I don't have a locking tool for this car whi

ch I need but I do have some spare metal in the  workshop and a decent welder that's me [Applause] tool is finished keep them simple I  say this one I've just drilled out one of the nuts so that now slides up  and down in there I'm going to slide this between the wheels into the teeth very  very carefully and then this screw here can tighten down and lock it in position  so the wheels are now firmly locked look at that after all that hard work with all  the difficult to get to bolts and the engi

ne mount problems and all of that taking off the  belt is the easiest bit and now with its new belts and the new water pump as well all I need  to do is fill in the little sticker put it on the front saying that I change the cam belt put the  mileage on there and the date and with all these jobs sorted we know we can now sell this car  with confidence and we're done so I guess you come around and do the last two mate no I'm going  you do all right I've only break something if I do with the last

of the pot rivets  done the roof is transformed sorted Fantastic look at that that looks great  doesn't it very nice the only problem is it makes the old one look a bit secondhand  a bit of warm soapy water that'll clean it up nice will it yeah very nice fantastic  well I'll tell you what if we get an extra 500 quid because we've got a glass screen in  there I'll come back with a bottle of wine I look forward to that now you take care and  take it dirty talk to you later bye for now day five yes

it's the last one  we've got and yes it's a biggie well it still looks absolutely awful doesn't  it day five and it's the worst it's looked uh yeah well we have spent all week taking its bits a  couple of hours work Wings on bonus on this car is going to start to look great yeah I was thinking  last night isn't it amazing that this car sat for seven years simply because of the trauma that that  shock absorber had so one big bang and then it's uneconomical for them to get it fixed but that  led

to us picking up a car for next to nothing which is a really good car it is a lovely car  and it's been pretty cheap to fix as well yeah definitely and it's been a nice bit of learning  we need to polish it luster the hood clean the wheels clean the tires so the first person that  comes to see it thinks ah best mg I've ever seen I'm slightly worried by what you're saying here  because all that cleaning and polishing I know that your level of I have got a high laceration  threshold you do I might

have to follow your lead a bit well we need to crack on because  there's a lot to do we do yeah t definitely with Precision akin to brain surgery and Pace  as yet unseen in our new workshop We rise to a steep challenge all right starting to come into  place now we do not stop we do not question because everything is at stake and does the new  sphere work I am waiting eagerly to see this move we've got no movement here yet oh I think we  might have moved yeah I will yeah it's moving we're moving

oh yeah get in there I reckon one one  more pump gas one more okay that's it perfect yes wow that's what is exactly 13 and a half oh wait for me heavier than  you think oh oh it isn't it it's a long bolts done lovely that's better much  tighter Ah that's as tight as a drum in it it is look at that it looks fantastic doesn't it  I mean it actually does look fantastic it makes the car look really nice and Modern  Gas will not stop going on about the herd using saddle soap to clean these seats bec

ause  saddle soap is exactly the right thing for for leather it gets in there it washes  it really nicely it doesn't damage the finish on the leather at all we do a little  bit of polishing with the helping of spit looks like we're there the MGF was 350 pounds will  spent 150 on panels and bits and our consumables bill came to 200. the back window was 375 so the  MGF owes us 1075 pounds now I know we're in the business of making money sometimes but I really  do feel like we've had a real bonus t

his time yeah I agree we get to drive around in open top  British sports car window no hair but that's what you wanted that's what you wanted in the first  place yeah I know we'll get the wall of the engine too this is going to be fabulous I think it's  funny because I was only looking for mgfs for a joke because you said you wanted a classic British  sports car but it's worked out all right hasn't it it has because this is the one and we've done well  by this car because for the price we paid m

ost people would think this would be in a scrap yard  by now well if a car supposed to be in a scrap yard it should be in a scrap yard but this one  we had the opportunity to give it a second chance yeah it's definitely dawned on me since we've been  working on it how good this car was and how little money we paid for it it's got all the right parts  for it hasn't it and that sort of epiphany that actually it's not just an MGF it's the MGF that  people will want and it but it looks fantastic doe

sn't it I mean it genuinely looks great I'm  really really pleased with where it's come out how are people on the auction all right okay so here's  the thing people are looking at mgfs and they are looking at this MGF but nobody actually wants to  view it yet I think if someone came and saw it they'd like it they'd probably get a biscuit which  would be good but I'm not worried because it's going to find its home isn't it oh really I don't  like to use this line but this car should sell itself l

ook at it it's gorgeous should we uh oh  we should shouldn't we yeah yeah are you driving cozy [Music] hahaha so Mr trigger how did you find the MGF well I  quite like it you like it well that's fantastic we spent all that time getting it from being a a  dead animal or sitting on its haunters to being an actual driving car and you like it well done us  it's quite light it's Nimble but what I'm really really noticing is it it's pretty Zippy Zippy it's  got the VVC engine yeah variable valve contr

ol which means that when you get a bit of Welly it  picks up his Petticoat and it squirts along really quite nicely it does what Rover and mg set out  to do it's a car for All Seasons isn't it [Music] I also think we should take a moment to Revel  in this mg because we've done it proud haven't we I think we've taken this and turned it  into a proper Cruiser everywhere it's cool we're here in our classic British sports  car and I feel going around these Cobble streets will just fit in perfectly y

ou  know almost like Furniture whilst doing a suspension check on the work that we've  done very much a suspension check foreign yeah well if we set it that's the thing it's  all about the sale we do sneak the price down to two 750 and hey Hope a buyer comes all the  way down from the north for our first viewing ah you must be pulled hi hello mate I'm Gus  pleased to meet you I guess I am will I will good day to you okay apparently you've had quite  a long journey down here today yeah I have I'v

e come all the way from York wow did you come on the  train I did is it rude to ask whether you've got a return ticket or not I have yes a better sharpen  up our sales skills and Henry well is there anything about the car that you don't already know  that we can tell you no it is a top range model though isn't it yeah for this this year it doesn't  get any more topper than this it's got VVC engine power steering air conditioning air conditioning  yeah does the air conditioning work yes it does w

e've run it all up tested it all and it's all  okay and ready for action you can guarantee that because my wife insists that this car must have  air conditioning ah are you buying it for your wife uh no this is my midlife crisis but she's  the boss well here you are this is your midlife crisis waiting to happen What do you record it  looks lovely I mean it rides and drives very well doesn't it we've run it all up we've taken it  for a good road test and this car is ready to go now okay basically

everything that would worry you  about buying an MGF worried us but when we bought this one we've done haven't we yeah that's good  to hear big positive um but we are here to do a deal we've got other people interested but um  if you want to do some sort of deal then um we can facilitate that yeah well it's got everything  that my wife stipulated which is good news it's good news however I only have two and a half on me  I'm afraid but it's in my pocket I can pay you now um well I think it's up

for two 750 isn't it I  think so yeah so what do you think well I think that's pretty close isn't it I think it's close  enough I think it's close enough and you seem like a very nice man so let's say yes Sherry yeah  excellent fantastic thank you very much indeed well shall I um go and put the kettle on and we  can sort of a bit of paperwork yeah you have a you have a poke around we'll have a cup of tea do you  want a cup team I'd love for one cool black one cheers see you in a moment right th

ank you  very much and Paul's midlife crisis means we've netted more than double our outlay more than  we expected but exactly what we deserve [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]