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00:00First, there is a look of...
00:02Hmm...
00:03Confusion.
00:04Yeah.
00:04And then there is a look of...
00:05Oh!
00:06Surprise!
00:08Oh, right.
00:08And then there is this unfettered joy and happiness raining down.
00:14Whoa, hold on, hold on.
00:15I don't want to hear about what you get up to in the bathroom.
00:17What?
00:18It's nothing to do with the bathroom.
00:19We're talking about giving cars back on Car SOS.
00:22Oh, right, I see.
00:24And that is what this special episode is all about.
00:26This is Car SOS's Ultimate Reveal.
00:30Well, in that case, run titles.
00:33This time on Car SOS, dyed-in-the-wool petrolhead Tim Shaw...
00:38This is one of the best cars I've ever driven.
00:41...and mechanical maestro Fuzz Townsend...
00:43Oh, do you know, I love the smell of gearbox oil.
00:46...are looking back over 12 years of restoring classic cars for deserving owners.
00:51In today's special episode, we revisit some of our favourite surprise reveals.
00:57You've got to get to my ass as fast as you can.
00:59Apparently, my garry's on fire.
01:01Tim has some devastating news.
01:03There's nothing you can do with it.
01:04Yeah, the garage is coming down.
01:06We get some help, all the way from Hollywood.
01:09Darren, hello, lad.
01:10How are you, mate?
01:11Come out of those shadows.
01:12Don't be afraid.
01:13And we celebrate making 120 automotive dreams come true.
01:18Hello, guys.
01:21Some people on TV have them, this.
01:22It feels absolutely brilliant.
01:25No, really.
01:26So, you can only see mine.
01:28Hello, and welcome to a Car SOS special, a collection of clips of some of our favourite moments from across the series.
01:50Now, when it comes to favourites, we can both agree on one thing, and that is our favourite moment of every single episode.
01:56Which is when you go home at the end of the evening and leave me in peace.
02:00No, because that doesn't happen.
02:01The bit I'm talking about is when we give the car back to its unsuspecting owner.
02:06Ah, what I like to call the reveal.
02:09Yes, exactly.
02:09That magic moment that is the crescendo of every single show, that bit that makes it all worthwhile.
02:14And back in series 12, there was one of my favourite reveals.
02:17Ah.
02:17The Ford Pop Hot Rod.
02:18Definitely.
02:19How could we forget that?
02:20One of the simplest cars we've ever brought in, turned into one of the most complicated jobs we've ever churned out.
02:27Yes, but owner Andy, who was bored with cerebral palsy, had a pretty tough time of things.
02:31He was unable to speak, he'd been bullied throughout his life, and all that just for being different.
02:35Ah, but he was one of the loveliest people and most deserving owners we have ever had on Car SOS.
02:40And this is the moment when at least one of his dreams came true.
02:46When the boys picked up Hot Rod Fnatic Andy's 1955 Ford Pop, they knew they had a job on their hands.
02:54But little did they realise just exactly how big that job was going to be.
02:59This was one of the worst cars Car SOS has ever seen.
03:03It took over 1,500 hours of hard graft to get back on the road.
03:07When it was finished, though, it was well worth all the effort, as the car looked stunning.
03:14Welcome to Santa Podfuzz, and look at that!
03:16I know, doesn't it look absolutely amazing?
03:19This car does the speaking, doesn't it?
03:21Yeah.
03:22It's absolutely stunning.
03:23It does.
03:24Come on then, Tim, what's happening today?
03:25Absolute classic Car SOS, I suppose, about this one.
03:28Dead simple, right.
03:28Andy's coming down here for a day, into the pits to have a look round.
03:32And guess who's filming another television show in the background?
03:35Me!
03:36Yours truly!
03:36Oh, you!
03:37I'm down here with the cameras.
03:38He's going to come over, maybe have a few photos, and then a bit of this, a bit of that,
03:41give him his car back.
03:42Simple.
03:43What could go wrong?
03:44Well, plenty, actually, but let's go and find out.
03:46OK, come on.
03:47Yes, the plan is pretty straightforward.
03:50Owner Andy thinks he's coming here with wife Kim to soak up the vibe, look at some pretty
03:54cool cars, maybe even get a glimpse of one of his favourite TV presenters putting the
03:59pedal to the mantle.
04:01Right, so this is the thing that Andy's going to believe I'm going to be driving down the
04:05street.
04:06What is not on the official programme, though, is the appearance of his very own fully restored
04:10hot rod.
04:11But before that, his nearest and dearest are here to witness his surprise.
04:16He's going to love it.
04:20Hide, hide, everybody hide.
04:21Hide, come on.
04:22Yes, a polite round of applause for Andy's motor, and with that, it's time for Operation
04:27wheels on fire to go into action.
04:30Friends and family go into hiding.
04:32The car and files are hidden in a covered trailer, and Tim does what Tim does best, a lot of talking.
04:37And with the event in full flow, Andy and Kim, who is in on the scam, show up.
04:43There's plenty of distractions to catch Andy's eye, but as a fan of car SOS, will the sight of
04:49Tim arouse any suspicions?
04:50Tim.
04:51Hello, mate.
04:52How are you doing?
04:53Nice to meet you.
04:54So, hello.
04:55Remember, because of his cerebral palsy, Andy is unable to speak.
04:59I mean, do you know what?
05:00For me personally, I'm a petrol head, a man about cars, but what they've just offered me
05:04there is next level.
05:05I don't want to do it.
05:06I mean, I'd love to be the bloke that achieved it, but it's too...
05:09Go on.
05:10No way.
05:11Do you want to see what I'm...
05:12Go on.
05:13So, what have you got for me?
05:14It's a little bit smaller than that.
05:15Smaller than that?
05:16Something safe.
05:17Guys, give your opinions on it as well.
05:18What do you reckon?
05:19Do you think I should be going down the street?
05:21Yeah.
05:21Yes.
05:21Look, come in here.
05:25Let's have a wander over here.
05:28So, what do we think of that?
05:31Is that good?
05:33We like that?
05:35Do you know what?
05:36Hang on a minute.
05:38It's Andy, isn't it?
05:40And Kim?
05:40Yeah.
05:41Are you Andy...
05:42Have you got a tattoo on your arm?
05:45Of a purple pop with red flames on the front.
05:55Andy?
05:57This is your car, mate.
06:03This is your car.
06:05You might recognise this man on here as well.
06:08So, what's happening here is about one thing.
06:11It's about you.
06:12You know car SOS.
06:16All right?
06:19Kim, give him a cuddle.
06:20Come on.
06:20We know Kim well.
06:22We know Kim well.
06:23But we had to do it for you.
06:25It was an opportunity.
06:26Kim wrote to us and said that you have...
06:27You all right?
06:28Doing that?
06:30You all right?
06:31This is your car.
06:33And here's Fuzzlock.
06:34How you doing, Andy?
06:36How's it going?
06:37You all right?
06:37What a lovely chap.
06:42And what a privilege for you and I to get to work on his car.
06:44It certainly was.
06:45And it's people like Andy that make all those late nights in the workshop worthwhile.
06:49Yeah.
06:49Now, a surprising amount of planning goes into the reveals because, well, frankly, we want
06:53to make them all perfect, don't we?
06:55Clearly, I can't give away too many secrets, just in case someone's listening and we'll
06:59also have ears and all that for us.
07:00But what we can tell you is that we always try to catch people out at the moment they
07:04are least expecting it.
07:06And that sometimes requires recruiting a helping hand to throw the owner off the scent.
07:11And back in Series 11, we got in touch with one of our old mates, former racing driver
07:15and broadcaster, Tiff Niddell.
07:17Yes.
07:18Tiff's name alone was enough to lure in the owner of what was the fastest car we'd ever
07:22worked on, the Ultima Mark III.
07:25Chuck a track day into the bargain and owner Keith was putty in our hands.
07:30Yes, owner Keith had been trying to restore his Ultima for nearly 30 years.
07:36But as a foster parent to over 100 troubled youngsters, his duty of care to them had come
07:42above his own dreams for his car.
07:45Meaning he'd never seen it look quite like this.
07:48He was in for quite a treat.
07:56Look at that kid in there.
07:57Come on.
07:58Mallory Park fuzz in a garage, but the star of the show is the Mark III Ultima.
08:04It looks absolutely amazing.
08:06It's doing something to me.
08:07It's giving me a tingle.
08:08It's giving me a buzz in a part of my body I didn't even know I had.
08:11Forget that.
08:11Forget that.
08:12Look, what is the plan?
08:14Look over your right shoulder.
08:16Ladies and gentlemen, it's Tiff Niddell, the motoring legend.
08:19How's it going?
08:20If you think I'm going out in that, in this, no chance.
08:25There's no chance.
08:26And that there is a reveal.
08:27Because Keith is coming here now in his car all excited.
08:29He's going to meet Tiff and go out in the car.
08:30Yeah.
08:31Tiff said no.
08:32Right.
08:33And that's it.
08:34You've said no.
08:35He's devastated.
08:36You've ruined his day.
08:38Until Tiff says, well, there is another car in a garage on the end.
08:43Opens the door.
08:44And all of a sudden, that day has become one of the greatest.
08:46It's Keith's ultimate.
08:48Yes.
08:49All right.
08:50Good.
08:50How's that?
08:50Come on.
08:51Let's get out of here and get it done.
08:52Let's do it.
08:53So that's the plan.
08:55Keith thinks he's coming on a racetrack red letter day,
08:58which includes being driven around by British race legend
09:01and television presenter Tiff Niddell.
09:03What Keith doesn't realize is that as soon as he gets here,
09:07things are going to start to go horribly wrong,
09:09including the car SOS snow,
09:11which has been booked in for the day.
09:14But before all that, his nearest and dearest
09:16are here to take a look at Keith's very own supercar.
09:19Oh, my God.
09:20Oh, my God.
09:20Oh, my God.
09:21Oh, my God.
09:22Oh, my God.
09:23Oh, my God.
09:24Oh, my God.
09:24Oh, my God.
09:25Oh, my God.
09:26Oh, my God.
09:28Oh, my God.
09:30Oh, my God.
09:32Oh, my God.
09:34It's amazing.
09:34It's my color.
09:35It was never going to happen,
09:37so it's brilliant.
09:39It would be over the moon.
09:40It couldn't be better.
09:41He's going to be blown away, amazed.
09:44So the Ultima doesn't fail to impress,
09:47meaning Operation What About The Weather can go into action.
09:52The car, friends and family, and Tim and Fuzz are hidden out of sight,
09:55and bang on time, Keith turns up
09:57and is straightaway directed to his driver of the day,
10:00television's Tiff Nidell.
10:01All right?
10:02What's up with you, Keith?
10:04Hello, Tiff.
10:05Lovely to meet you.
10:06Sorry about all the cameras.
10:07This is the first time I've done this at Mallory Park,
10:09so it's a new venture, so we're just filming it.
10:11Today, the idea is to go out this year for a blast around the track.
10:14Yeah.
10:15But I can't go out on that in this.
10:18So far, I'd rather be muse Keith doesn't have a clue what's going on.
10:23Time to snap the Ultima trap.
10:26I can't go out on this car
10:27because it's just got such low-profile, racy track tires on it.
10:30Have you got anything else in the bottom garage?
10:33Oh, we've got a better car.
10:34We've got one with snow tires, Keith.
10:36Fine.
10:36Apparently it's down in the first garage.
10:38It's got proper rally tires, so it should be all right.
10:41He said there's someone inside.
10:42Hey!
10:48Oh, no!
10:52That's a...
10:53That's not a rally car.
10:53That's a car I've got, but mine doesn't look like that.
10:57Yours doesn't look like that.
10:58It's in bits.
10:59Yours is in bits.
11:00In bits, yeah.
11:02It's not this one, Nick.
11:04Lovely.
11:07Is it on television?
11:09Is this a windbar?
11:11All right.
11:12Oh, for God's sake.
11:15Hello, Keith.
11:15How's it going?
11:16I'm going to make this simple for you.
11:18Yeah.
11:18That is your car.
11:21No, it ain't, because mine's in bits and it starts.
11:24No, no, no, no.
11:25Keith, look at me.
11:26That is your car.
11:28Yeah.
11:28Oh, my God.
11:29We have completely rebuilt it.
11:31That is your lovely Ultima.
11:33No, really?
11:34It's honestly mine.
11:35That is your car.
11:41Hey, I didn't even know I had that with your friend.
11:43Sharon, Janine, can you come forward?
11:45Right.
11:48I can't believe it.
11:51How does it feel?
11:53I'm making my crap.
11:56Oh, God.
11:57But it only sees my car.
12:01Another happy customer, FuzzBot.
12:03That's quite a number we've racked up now over the years.
12:06That's right.
12:06Can you believe it?
12:07120 lucky owners and counting.
12:10Well, of all these years gone.
12:11After the break, you'll be seeing a few more magic moments as we look back at some of CarSOS's ultimate reveals.
12:17Hi there.
12:18You're watching CarSOS's ultimate reveals.
12:21A gentle drive down the leafy lane where automotive dreams come true.
12:25Now, coming up with ways of surprising people with their fully restored cars is not as easy as it might seem.
12:31In fact, sometimes we call people out when they've gone out for walks, lunch, car shows, all those sort of things.
12:37But what happens if the owner doesn't do any of those things?
12:41What happens if they rarely go out?
12:43Not a problem when I'm involved, Fuzz, because that's when we do some of our best ever reveals.
12:49The CarSOS's home deliveries.
12:51Check this one out.
12:52Yes, that's the plan.
12:53Wife Louise has taken Kevin on an emergency retail therapy trip.
12:58What he doesn't know is that whilst he's away, all hell is about to be let loose in his garden.
13:03But before the demolition crew arrive, the MR2 is hidden round the back, as are friends and family who are here to join the fun.
13:10But what do they think of the car?
13:12Oh, that's the reason.
13:13Hi, Arnie, come on.
13:14Beautiful.
13:15For you to take that car away and do what you've done to it for Kevin, I say, I want to cry.
13:22It's fantastic.
13:24Well, compliments all round.
13:26And with that, operation, get off my land, goes into action.
13:30Diggers, skips, lorries are littered across Kevin's front lawn.
13:34The CarSOS Amateur Dramatic Society get into character as a team of dozy construction workers.
13:42Tim prepares himself as the man from the council.
13:45And bang on time, Kevin and Louise return from their trip.
13:48How is he going to react?
13:49How is he going to react?
13:53Hi there.
13:55Can I help you?
13:57Yeah.
13:59I've just got to move all the front of the driveway, all the grass and that.
14:03You've had the letter and stuff, haven't you?
14:05No.
14:06And about the demolition?
14:07No.
14:09Yeah?
14:09What demolition?
14:11There's an issue with the garage.
14:13Our garage?
14:14Yeah, we're planning the council.
14:16No one's told us about anything.
14:19There's a letter and stuff, isn't there?
14:21We haven't been getting any posty, I mean.
14:23Do you want to speak to the...
14:24Do you want to speak to the gaffer?
14:25So far, Kevin is holding it together.
14:28Time then for the man from the council to really get his back up.
14:33Hi there, Al.
14:34Mr Parker speaking.
14:35Yeah, we don't know anything about what's going on with the digging up of the front garden.
14:41So, who we're speaking with?
14:43The house owner.
14:45The order was also made publicly visible on a lamppost adhered to Commodore Road.
14:51Commodore Road?
14:51We're not even knowing here, Commodore Road.
14:54Well, I'm sorry, that's not my problem.
14:56Well, we've only just bought this house two years ago.
14:59Well, I'm sorry, there's nothing you can do.
15:01The garage is coming down.
15:02Yeah, if you want to go around the back and have a word with the other gaffer, mate.
15:05I'm a doctor as well.
15:07Round the back, mate.
15:11Yeah, if you're going to have a word with that chap there, mate, he'll sort it for you.
15:18Excuse me, mate, what's happening?
15:20Excuse me, what?
15:21Oh, you're having a laugh.
15:24Oh, no.
15:25Oh, no.
15:30Oh, I don't believe it.
15:33Yay!
15:33Oh, my God.
15:38I really thought my garage was coming down there.
15:39No, no, the garage wasn't coming down.
15:41Right.
15:41You've been through hell and you've had so much negative in your life, so many times have
15:49been lost, you, and I just wanted to do something to brighten your life.
15:54And now you can go out and enjoy it.
15:57You certainly have.
15:59Oh, dear.
16:00And the secrets I've had to do to keep it from you.
16:02Oh, yeah, I know.
16:04I know now, yeah.
16:05He's must.
16:06And you mean everything to me as well.
16:09Can we have a round of applause for Kev, please?
16:11Kev's M.R.2!
16:15Hip, hip, hooray!
16:17Hip, hip!
16:18Hooray!
16:18One more hip, hip!
16:20Hooray!
16:22There you go, Fuzz.
16:23Take them down and then bring them up again, giving them a day they will never forget.
16:27Yes, but that front garden will never be the same again.
16:31What?
16:31It'll grow back.
16:32Mother Nature will sort that out.
16:33Anyway, that was one of many merciless tricks in the Car SOS back catalogue of catching people
16:38out.
16:39And, as we're looking back over the years, one of my all-time favourites was in Series 6.
16:45Oh, yes, I know the one you're talking about.
16:47The one that, yeah, I got dressed up.
16:49I got to go on a fire engine.
16:51That's it, yeah.
16:52Full uniform.
16:53Yeah, but how could we forget?
16:55What a helmet.
16:56What?
16:56Look, ladies and gentlemen, we give you a classic bit of misdirection starring the wonderful,
17:01sexy, gorgeous Subaru Impreza.
17:04It was in 2018 when the boys took on a car that will live long in the Car SOS memory bank.
17:10And it's pretty unlikely that Subaru owner Matt is going to forget it any time soon as well.
17:16It's Matt's 1999 Subaru Impreza, which looks so great that the emergency services have been
17:23alerted.
17:24in case anyone looking at it self-combusts.
17:28I said incognito.
17:38This is just me.
17:39This is...
17:40What?
17:40What do you...
17:40You're not incognito.
17:42Look.
17:43Fire engine.
17:44You.
17:44What?
17:46Incognito.
17:46Anyway...
17:47This is Adam.
17:48Hi, mate.
17:48How are you doing, Adam?
17:49How are you?
17:49Right.
17:49Do you want to know what the plan is anyway?
17:51Well, I can kind of guess it.
17:53Fire engine.
17:54Yeah.
17:54Car.
17:55Something to do with smoke.
17:57Yeah.
17:58Panic.
17:58Yeah.
17:59We're going to pretend there's a fire.
18:00Yeah.
18:01Right.
18:01In Matt's garage.
18:02He's going to get a phone call.
18:03Yeah.
18:04Going to have some smoke bombs.
18:05You're going to be in the garage.
18:06With the smoke bombs?
18:07Yeah.
18:08That's the plan.
18:09I see.
18:09You don't need explaining any more.
18:11Surely you've got that.
18:12I've got it.
18:12Okay, cool.
18:13All right.
18:13Come on.
18:13Let's have a look around the car.
18:14All right.
18:16Wow.
18:17Looks great, doesn't it?
18:18What do you reckon, then?
18:19It looks amazing, doesn't it?
18:21Yeah.
18:21And I think these wheels are absolutely superb as well.
18:24The whole thing is just completely set off by the graphics.
18:28Oh, yeah.
18:29I never noticed that.
18:31Brilliant.
18:31Right.
18:32Let's get these into position.
18:33Okay.
18:33Set fire to it.
18:36Yes.
18:36That's Tim's plan to frighten the life out of unsuspecting Matt by telling him his car's on fire.
18:43Hmm.
18:43But before Matt gets the shocking news, friends and family have assembled.
18:47What do they think of the car?
18:50That looks amazing.
18:51Look down the side, there's a little treat on the side there.
18:53Look at that.
18:54Yeah.
18:55Anyone heard Matt Chaffings?
18:56Anyone mean anything to anyone?
18:57Oh, yeah.
18:58We've got tears from this lady at the back.
19:00This is brilliant.
19:02Ladies and gentlemen, it's Fuzz Townsend.
19:04Hiya.
19:04How are you doing?
19:05Right.
19:05So, I need every single one of you guys to hide, because if he sees you, it's busted.
19:09All right?
19:09So, everyone hiding.
19:10Fuzz, you're in charge of the smoke bombs.
19:12Right.
19:12So, I'll give you a little knock when it's time to do those.
19:14Okay.
19:15Set them off.
19:15I won't leave you in there too long.
19:17It's my chance to get my own back.
19:18And I need you, Dan, if you can, to make a call.
19:21Yeah.
19:22Don't get anything.
19:23So, a big thumbs up from the family means that Operation Whoop, My Car's On Fire goes into action, starting with a frantic phone call from Brother Dan.
19:33Matt, Matt, Matt, you've got to get to my house as fast as you can.
19:44Apparently, my garage is on fire.
19:45My neighbours have just rang me.
19:47Yeah, you've got to get as fast as, yeah?
19:48Honestly, obviously, your car's in there.
19:50I don't know what else is in there.
19:52Get down to Southwick on our roads below.
19:54Right, I'm going down.
19:54Just call straight down back, yeah?
19:56Yeah, yeah.
19:57Have you called the Fibergade?
19:58Yeah, Fibergade are on the way.
20:00Right, all right.
20:00See you in a minute.
20:01Bye.
20:01Bye, bye, bye.
20:04Yes, well done.
20:06He talked that well.
20:08He did say that well.
20:09Guys, we've got two minutes.
20:11That's good.
20:11Let's go.
20:12Let's go.
20:13Get in.
20:13And with that, the boys have just two minutes before a potentially distressed and confused Matt shows up.
20:19How far away is he now, do you reckon?
20:22It's less than a mile.
20:23It's literally just over a hill.
20:25Right.
20:26Cue smoke.
20:28That looks good.
20:30Yeah.
20:30That looks good.
20:33Okay, he's here.
20:34He's here.
20:35Is that him, is it?
20:36Yeah.
20:36And, as expected, Matt arrives in double quick time.
20:41Will he smell a rat?
20:42Is this your garage?
20:43Yeah, it's got a Subaru in there.
20:44It's what, mate?
20:45It's Subaru, yeah.
20:45Is there anything else in there?
20:47Any cylinders, anything like that?
20:48Half tank of juice.
20:49All right, mate.
20:50Just hang fire there.
20:51Say, Sam, just get that hose out for us, mate.
20:53What's in there?
20:54The car.
20:55There's nothing else.
20:56Whose car is it?
20:57Mine.
20:58Yeah.
20:58You got any gas in there?
20:59No, not that I'm aware of.
21:00Right.
21:02Time to put him out of his misery and spring the car SOS trap.
21:07All right, yeah.
21:08Yeah.
21:08Yeah.
21:08What the hell?
21:21Oh, my God, how are you doing?
21:40How are you doing? Do you know who I am?
21:42Yes, I do. Who am I?
21:43Oh, SOS. Yeah, and who's that?
21:45How are you doing? How's it going?
21:47You had a little panic there, did you?
21:49I did. Right, what's going on in your head at the moment?
21:52Stop and let it settle in, what are you thinking?
21:55I'm just fixing my Subaru up in flames.
21:58Right.
22:01Right.
22:03Fantastic. That's your car, mate?
22:04It ain't.
22:05My ticker is going like...
22:07There are also a few people here you might recognise.
22:10Can we have a round of applause for Matt, please, guys?
22:13Dude, that is your car.
22:15Well, seeing that again after all these years, I'd forgotten how shocked he looked.
22:23It was brilliant, wasn't it? We got him hook, line and stinker.
22:26Yes, and there's plenty more of that still to come on this Car SOS Ultimate Reveal special,
22:32including a guest appearance by a certain Hollywood A-lister.
22:36So don't go anywhere.
22:38Hello, you are watching Car SOS's Ultimate Reveals, a collection of some of our favourite
22:42moments from across what is now 12 years, Fuzzbot. Can you believe that?
22:46Oh, no.
22:47That's 120 cars and 120, wow, unsuspecting owners.
22:51I'm surprised that we haven't had anybody faint on us.
22:55Well, we kind of have. There was that, you know...
22:58Oh, you mean Rover SD1, Darren.
23:01Actually, that's right. Series 11, one minute he's just sitting there, chilling, watching
23:04his TV, nothing's going on. The next minute, his whole world flipped upside down.
23:09Yes, when we took on Darren's Rover SD1, it was in a terrible state. Rust had eaten
23:15into what was once his pride and joy.
23:18However, after a few weeks at the Car SOS workshop, the car was transformed. In fact, it was
23:25so good, we decided to recruit the help of a Hollywood A-lister to give the car back.
23:34Darren was not going to see this coming.
23:37Right, do you want to come in Tim's time machine?
23:39OK, go on in.
23:40Right, look up. Now.
23:43It's 1986.
23:45What's happened to me? I'm grown old. I don't want to be old. I want to be old.
23:48It just looks in the right place. All these houses around us are kind of, you know, imperiod.
23:55It's beautiful. It really is. And I'm so pleased that we've done one. I really am. I love this car.
24:00Yeah.
24:00Anyway, look. Come on. What's the plan?
24:02This is a belter.
24:03Go on.
24:04My mate Jay Leno, who happens to be a fan of car sausage.
24:08Yes.
24:09Darren is coming round to his mate's house today.
24:11Yeah.
24:12And I watch car shows.
24:13OK.
24:14At which point, they might be watching a little bit of a very special episode of Jay Leno.
24:19Yeah.
24:19Where he gets addressed directly by Jay and told to go to the door where there might be two blokes standing there.
24:25Fantastic. Simple. Brilliant.
24:28How good is that?
24:29Amazing.
24:30Come on.
24:31Let's get this out of the way.
24:33Yes, the plan this time involves a Hollywood A-lister.
24:36Unsuspecting, Darren's been invited over to his mate's house for a bit of lunch and a natter.
24:41They might even sit down in front of the telly to watch one of his favourite car programmes, Jay Leno's Garage.
24:47But what Darren doesn't know is that on this occasion, it's him who's the star of the show.
24:53Friends and family are here to lap up the fun.
24:55Hey, here they come.
24:57What do you reckon, guys?
24:58A little cartoon.
24:59Yeah, exactly.
25:00That is fantastic.
25:02How's that?
25:02Are you Ryan?
25:03So you're Darren's son, right?
25:04Yes.
25:05Nice to meet you, man.
25:06I can't wait to go to another show with him now.
25:07Oh, yeah. It's going to happen, mate.
25:08I used to go driving around in this car all of the time when I was little.
25:12There's just so many memories and such a great feeling behind it and really can't wait to get back out in it.
25:16Do it. Start it. I'll just get out of here.
25:18Well, with a resounding thumbs up, it's time for Operation Play the Red Rover No Never No More to go into action.
25:26Darren's mate's front room is rigged with hidden cameras.
25:30Presenters, friends and family and, of course, the SD-1 all go deep undercover.
25:35And it's not long before a none the wiser Darren shows up.
25:39It doesn't take long for him to settle in.
25:41Now he's comfy, it's time for things to get weird.
25:46I hope people get to see the car.
25:47He did one with the Volkswagen V.
25:51Welcome to that episode of Jay Leno's Garage.
25:53Today we're featuring great British sports cars.
25:56Some of the greatest cars of all time.
25:57The one car not featured, the Rover SD-1.
26:01The reason it's not featured is we couldn't find one that was running, okay?
26:04This was not Britain's finest moment.
26:07Trying to find someone who owns one of these albatrosses?
26:10Almost impossible.
26:11But we tracked him down.
26:12He lives in Stafford.
26:13His name is Darren.
26:15I'm hoping he's watching.
26:16Oh, there he is.
26:17Darren, hello lad.
26:18How are you, mate?
26:19Come out of the shadows.
26:20Don't be afraid.
26:21People have seen Rover owners before.
26:24You're not the first.
26:25We have a surprise for you and I think you're going to like this.
26:27Go right to the front door right now.
26:29Go, go, quickly, quickly.
26:30Yeah.
26:36Darren.
26:37Come here, come here, come here, come here.
26:40Come here, come here, come here.
26:40Come on.
26:40Come on.
26:43Come here, come here, come here.
26:44Come here, come here, come here.
26:45Come here, come here, come here.
26:46Oh, my God.
26:47Yeah.
26:49How are you doing?
26:50You all right?
26:53No, my legs have gone like jelly.
26:54It's all right, it's all right.
26:55We've got you.
26:55We've got you.
26:57Absolutely, God's much.
26:59It's the car that me and Ryan used to go in it all the time.
27:03Yeah.
27:03Everywhere together, innit?
27:04Everywhere.
27:04You're amazing, Father, to all three of the kids.
27:09And I know that you and Ryan will have happy times again in this car.
27:13Oh, my God.
27:19Are you all right now?
27:20Okay, good.
27:21How are you doing, bro?
27:24No, you're shaking.
27:26I can't look at it.
27:26Absolutely shaking.
27:27I can't look at it.
27:28Fantastic, innit?
27:28Yeah, good colour of it.
27:32You don't believe it yet, do you?
27:33I don't know.
27:34No, it's like a dream.
27:37Well, there you go, Fuzzbot.
27:38Another happy customer, another dream come true.
27:40Let's be honest for a moment.
27:41Don't we have just the best job on the planet?
27:43Yeah, absolutely.
27:44And what makes it even sweeter is how lovely our deserving owners are.
27:48People who've had a real run of bad luck in their lives.
27:51Like the guy in our next clip, Carl.
27:53Now, Carl's wife had sadly passed away at a very young age,
27:56leaving him to bring up their two daughters all on his own.
27:59And if anyone needed a bit of good luck, it was Carl.
28:02And that good luck came in the shape of a Ford Mondeo.
28:05Yes, but not just any old Mondeo.
28:07After we'd got our hands on it,
28:08it turned out as being a very special car indeed.
28:15For over 80 years,
28:17the racing circuit at Silverstone
28:19has witnessed the world's greatest drivers
28:21create automotive history.
28:23But the one unsuspecting Mondeo owner
28:26today is going to knock all of that
28:29into a cocked hat.
28:33Right, come on.
28:34I want to see it.
28:35Stop making that stinky hand off me, man.
28:37OK, here we go.
28:38Right.
28:41Doesn't this look like it could go straight out on that track?
28:44Genuine splitter.
28:45Yeah.
28:46Carl's name down the side.
28:47Exactly.
28:47I know, I know.
28:48But look, what is the plan?
28:50Carl is on his way down here now with his mate, Nick.
28:53Yeah.
28:53Who's told him that he's won a VIP tour
28:56with the two-times British GT Championship winner...
28:59Rick Parfitt Jr!
29:00Bring him on!
29:01Hello, mate.
29:02How you doing?
29:02Hello, brother.
29:03Come on, give me a couple.
29:04How you doing, mate?
29:04Nice to see you.
29:05The plan is simple, right?
29:06You're going to meet Carl.
29:07OK.
29:07Walk him down, meet all some of the drivers,
29:09have a look at some of the cars.
29:10He's going to be loving that
29:11because that's all he thinks he's here for.
29:13Then when the time is right,
29:14bring him through the door here,
29:15show him this thing.
29:16It's going to confuse him.
29:17There'll be two guys suited up with helmets on
29:19who happen to be him and moi.
29:22Amazing.
29:22He's going to spot his name down the side off,
29:24come with helmets, the rest is history.
29:25He's going to be absolutely over the moon.
29:27Let's hope so.
29:27Brilliant.
29:28Let's suit up.
29:28Let's make history.
29:29Come on, Nick.
29:31Game on.
29:33It's game on, indeed.
29:35Carl thinks he's being treated
29:37to an exciting VIP day at the races.
29:40Little does he realise
29:41how off the scale it's actually going to be.
29:44Friends and family are here to watch his jaw drop.
29:47But first, what do they think of the car?
29:55So you're Carl's sister, right?
29:56I am Carl's sister.
29:57What do you think Carl's going to say when he sees us?
29:59I think he's going to cry worse than me.
30:00I'm hoping he does.
30:01He's going to love it.
30:03Yeah, he's definitely going to pick us up from school.
30:06Show everyone.
30:08Well, thumbs up all round
30:10and right on time, Carl and mate Nick arrive
30:13and are greeted by touring car champ Rick Parfitt, Jr.
30:17Hello there.
30:18Hey, fella. How are you?
30:19Nice to meet you.
30:20I'm Rick.
30:20For Carl, that itself makes this a red-letter day.
30:24But, of course, meeting Rick is just the start of it,
30:27as there's still a very special car to introduce him to.
30:31Well, I'll tell you what,
30:32there's some other fun stuff happening.
30:33A classic shoot going on next door,
30:35but we'll have a look.
30:36I love that 90s era.
30:38Yeah, yeah.
30:39Oh, look.
30:40That's cool, isn't it?
30:41I've got one of these indoors.
30:42I've got a mark.
30:43Is it similar to this?
30:44Yeah.
30:44Will Carl realise that it's his own?
30:48Not a clue.
30:49Time, then, to snap the trap.
30:52Do you want to get a photo?
30:54Yeah, I'm getting it.
30:55What's your name?
30:56Carl.
30:57I've got one of these indoors.
30:59What sort of condition is it in?
31:00Not so great.
31:01More like a banger racer.
31:02Is it?
31:03Right.
31:04Shall we take the stickers off?
31:05Yeah.
31:06OK.
31:09That's my name.
31:11How mad's that?
31:12What, that's?
31:16Is it, mate?
31:16How you doing?
31:17I feel a bit mad, eh?
31:18Do you know what's going on, Jerry?
31:18I've seen people on TV having this.
31:21This is your Mondeo.
31:23Really?
31:24Yes, it is.
31:24It's not sinking in you.
31:26No, of course not.
31:26OK, look.
31:27Do you know that you've had a rotten run of things, big time?
31:30Yeah.
31:30And we wanted to do something nice for you.
31:32Wow.
31:34Do you recognise any of these people here?
31:38These are the people that love you, Carl.
31:39Wow.
31:40Listen, this is happening.
31:41Yeah.
31:42You're not believing me.
31:43No, no.
31:45Mentor.
31:45We know that you're a huge Mantle fan.
31:48We wanted to make the car a tribute.
31:50I'm blown away.
31:52How do you feel?
31:52Yeah.
31:53Well, I like crying, but it's amazing.
31:56We wanted to give you something to go to some shows in.
31:58Yeah.
31:59Turn some heads.
32:00Turn my head?
32:01I was just amazed by it.
32:02Come over here, because it was...
32:04Nick's idea.
32:06Come on.
32:06With so much bad happening in your life,
32:09I wanted to show you something good.
32:12Girls, come over here.
32:13Can I give your dad a cuddle?
32:14Come on.
32:15Sly, you managed to keep it quiet.
32:17I mean, we only knew this morning.
32:19This is going to turn a few heads.
32:21Definitely.
32:21Well, it turned my head.
32:22I was amazed by it.
32:23Cool.
32:24Come on.
32:27Well, that's one car that's certainly going to turn a few heads.
32:30Yeah.
32:30Now, first, changing the subject slightly,
32:31what would you say if I asked you what's huge and red
32:34and something you definitely do not want to see outside your house?
32:38Is this something to do with that bloke that got arrested
32:41in our village last year?
32:42No, not at all.
32:42Moving on swiftly, I'm talking about vehicles
32:45on one of our favourite reveals.
32:46Ah, I know what you're talking about.
32:48Does it go by the name of Dennis, by any chance?
32:51Yes, it does.
32:53Ah, well, what else could it be
32:55other than our very first fire engine?
32:59Yes!
33:00It's a fire engine.
33:02It was back in Series 10
33:03that the boys took on their very first fire appliance,
33:07and the 50-year-old Dennis might have arrived rotten to the core,
33:10but when it left the workshop,
33:12well, it had scrubbed up all right.
33:14It had been the pet project of firefighter James,
33:18whose late father Tony had taken care of the vehicle
33:20way back in 1973.
33:25Look at that!
33:26Oh!
33:27Ready for action!
33:28Do I look like a sad man?
33:29Yes, you are.
33:30I am!
33:30This smile is because I actually want to keep it, Fuzz.
33:32I love it.
33:33I love this thing!
33:34Stunning.
33:34What is there not to love about a big, red, shiny fire engine?
33:37But how are we giving it back to James?
33:39Right, me and you, in there, start it off,
33:41drive it back to mine, never to be seen again.
33:43Gone!
33:44Go see what ever happened to Car SOS, boys!
33:46Gone!
33:46Come on, seriously!
33:47The truth is the plan is an absolute blinder.
33:50Yeah.
33:50James thinks he's on call,
33:52he thinks he's at work waiting for a call to come in,
33:54so when a call comes in later on today,
33:57a fake call,
33:57he comes running in here,
33:59in all his gear,
34:00opens the door,
34:01expecting to bomb out to somebody's rescue.
34:03Uh-oh!
34:03This is going to be waiting for him.
34:05Hello!
34:05Ah, fantastic!
34:06So, one question for you.
34:08Go on, then.
34:09Is it a squirter?
34:11Does the pump work, you mean?
34:12Yep.
34:12Let's attach it up and see if it does.
34:14Come on, then.
34:14Let's have a look.
34:20Here we go.
34:24So, the appliance holds water,
34:26but does the plan?
34:28Firefighter James thinks he's on shift today,
34:30and in a short while is indeed going to get the emergency call.
34:34He will then have just minutes to get to the station,
34:37get into his gear,
34:38and jump into the awaiting fire engine,
34:41though this time not quite the one he's expecting.
34:43Friends and family have been invited to join in the fun,
34:47although it looks like half the village have turned out
34:49to pay tribute to one of their local heroes.
34:52All right, Sue.
34:53Hi, mate.
34:53How are you doing?
34:54Good to see you, Ollie.
34:55All right.
34:56It looked like it when it first arrived,
34:58that very first day.
34:59Yeah.
34:59Yeah.
35:00Absolutely.
35:01It's faking you.
35:02Absolutely, Sue.
35:03So short.
35:03You can prop away, don't you?
35:05Yeah.
35:05And with that, Operation Hold My Hose goes into action.
35:09Files and friends are squeezed away behind the engine.
35:12Tim gets into gear and blends into the background.
35:16Yeah, I know.
35:16I suit it.
35:17I do.
35:17I mean, I do, don't I?
35:19Hello.
35:19It's New Romney.
35:20Can we have Aaron Page for 201?
35:23The call has gone into James.
35:26So right at this moment, he's actually responding.
35:28He's racing to get down here.
35:29A firefighter lives no more than a mile from the station.
35:31Any second now, he will be here.
35:35And as planned, none the wiser James dives into action.
35:40He doesn't know what lies ahead.
35:42But we do.
35:45The surprise of his life.
35:53Hello, mate.
35:54No, why?
35:55James, how are you doing?
35:56Tim, good to meet you.
35:58Do you recognise this?
35:59Yeah.
36:00Do you recognise these people here?
36:03You all right?
36:05OK.
36:06It's all right.
36:08Now, I know this is not what you're expecting.
36:11No.
36:12You thought you were on call.
36:14But quite clearly, everything is not as it may seem.
36:18It's all right?
36:21Come on, yeah.
36:23All right.
36:24OK.
36:24I know this is tough.
36:25I know this is emotional.
36:26Because what you're looking at here is what you've got for you to do with your dad, right?
36:31Yeah.
36:32And all these people have got together with us and rebuilt it for you.
36:36Because we're sorry that you couldn't do it with your dad.
36:38But we thought we'd do it for you.
36:40Wow.
36:43How does it feel?
36:46How does it feel, mate?
36:49Overwhelmed.
36:50I bet.
36:50Yeah.
36:50You sadly lost your father to prostate cancer.
36:53Yes.
36:54What do you think your dad, Tony, would say if it was him today?
36:57He'd be lost for words.
36:58Would he?
36:58Yeah.
36:59This was, out of his 37-year career, this was his favourite foreign injury.
37:03Really?
37:04Yeah.
37:04We just wanted to be able to get this completed for you.
37:08I knew it was just going to be too much to be able to get it on the road again.
37:13Yeah.
37:14So it's now no longer got square wheels, I'd have to say.
37:22Do you want to have a look round it?
37:24Yeah.
37:24Come on.
37:27Wow.
37:28I still cannot believe that we've done a fire engine.
37:31I know.
37:31Think of the world of possibilities in front of us, Fuzz.
37:33What vehicle could we do next?
37:36A bus.
37:37Please.
37:38No.
37:38If you're on a bus, do not write in.
37:40All right?
37:41Anyway, moving on quickly.
37:43We are sadly coming to the end of this little jaunt down memory lane.
37:46But after the break, it is a very special moment that both Fuzz and I could never forget.
37:50Yes.
37:51Now, if you had to pin us down and get us to say what our all-time favourite reveal was,
37:56with perhaps our most deserving owner ever, it's this one.
38:00So whatever you do, don't go away.
38:03This is Car SOS's Ultimate Reveals, a collection of clips from across the years
38:08with some of our favourite moments of what is now 12 years of making people's dreams come true.
38:13And we've saved the best till last, because if ever there was a deserving owner,
38:17it was Darren from Series 10, whose Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo had fallen into disrepair
38:22after he was no longer able to look after it.
38:25You see, Darren had a terrible motorbike accident when he was just 24 years old.
38:28It left him paralysed from the neck down.
38:31Did he give up on life?
38:32No.
38:33Did he give up his petrolhead dreams?
38:35No.
38:36If ever we'd met an inspirational and thoroughly deserving character, it was Darren.
38:41And we couldn't wait to give him back his fully loaded Cavalier Turbo.
38:46When we picked up Darren's Vauxhall Cavalier back in Season 10, it was a tired old motor.
38:52But in one of Car SOS's most talked about episodes ever, when we returned the car, it certainly looked the nuts.
39:00Wow, look at that.
39:01We've got to be a bit quiet.
39:02His house is just there.
39:04All right, OK.
39:04Put it down a little bit.
39:05You can touch it.
39:05It's beautiful.
39:06Stunning, look.
39:07Oh, you just wouldn't know.
39:08It's had the adaptation.
39:09The door's open like that.
39:10Exactly.
39:11This car is a double sleeper.
39:13I can't wait to get Darren in the car.
39:15I know.
39:16That is the key thing.
39:17So what is the plan?
39:18What's happening?
39:19Darren knows I'm local to this part of town.
39:21Yes.
39:21So what he's been told by Adrienne, his carer, is that she has contacted Car SOS.
39:27Could Tim pop round and say hello to Darren, who's a mega fan?
39:30Gotcha.
39:31Nice thing for you to do.
39:32So I'm going to go in there.
39:33Now, what's on the drive at Darren's house?
39:35The switcheroo car.
39:36Exactly.
39:36Giving you the chance for you and Rick to swap it back.
39:39OK.
39:40Put this one under the cover.
39:41Yeah.
39:42At which point we'll go outside.
39:44And you and Rick, brilliant.
39:46Yes, the plan could not be simpler.
39:48While Tim is indoors chewing the fat with Darren, outside a silent switcheroo will be taking place.
39:54Friends and family are here to witness the surprise.
39:56But what do they think of the car?
39:58Wow.
39:59What do you reckon?
40:01Absolutely stunned.
40:02It's amazing.
40:03Watch this.
40:06I'm blown away.
40:09What do you reckon?
40:10I think we'll just take the chair into his bedroom, hoist him into it and then wheel him out and roll our roister.
40:16So, with that, Operation Knock Knock, who's there goes into action.
40:23Hello.
40:23As far as Darren's aware, Tim is just popping in to say hello to a fellow petrolhead and car SOS fan.
40:29Can I go and say hello?
40:31Hello, mate.
40:32Oh.
40:33Hello.
40:33How you doing?
40:34I'm a bit overwhelmed and very confused.
40:36Oh, don't be overwhelmed.
40:36Just a local lad from around the corner.
40:38What have we got here?
40:39That is a, um...
40:41A couple of hours.
40:42What have you got outside?
40:42A couple of hours on the wall.
40:44What, that one?
40:45Is it?
40:46So, you've kept some of your cars?
40:48Yeah, yeah.
40:49And a proper petrolhead, then?
40:50Done, mate, yeah.
40:51So far, Darren doesn't appear to be at all suspicious.
40:55Just as well because outside, a silent switch is taking place.
40:59And with cover on, it's time for Tim to lure Darren into the car SOS trap.
41:04I can't remember the last time I've seen a Cavalier Turbo.
41:07They're very rare.
41:09Oh, my name.
41:09Can I have a look?
41:10Yeah.
41:11Rock and roll.
41:11Fantastic, yeah.
41:14Oh, here we go.
41:22How's it going, Darren?
41:23I'm fine.
41:25Right.
41:26Forward.
41:27Halfway.
41:28I think you probably thought that it was just me because I'm a local lad popping around.
41:32I thought I got told, yeah.
41:33Yeah, to say hello.
41:34I think the best thing we can do here is probably remove the cover to let you have a look at what's
41:39underneath here.
41:40Okay.
41:41In your mind, what's under there?
41:42Well, there's a couple of air-shaped.
41:44Do you want to have a look?
41:52Wow.
41:53I think the penny is only just beginning to drop what's happened here.
42:06I don't think it is.
42:07How do you feel?
42:08Like I'm still asleep.
42:10Really?
42:11Really?
42:11So, we've got some explaining to do.
42:13Yeah, I think we have.
42:14Sorry for lying.
42:17I'm never trusting this lot again.
42:20Well, you know we think the absolute world of you, don't you?
42:23Oh, I do now.
42:24Well, we've seen you struggling, really down, and we wanted to do something to let you know
42:30how special you are to us and how much you mean.
42:32I can't believe you've done this.
42:34And we wanted to know how very loved you are and important, so every time you look at this
42:39car, you'll know how special you are to all of us.
42:44Darren, how does the idea of going out for a little drive in your Cavalier turbo feel
42:48to you?
42:49Unreal.
42:49Outwardly, the car looks like a standard Mark III Cav turbo, right?
42:55Out in the passenger seat.
42:57Right.
43:00Oh, no.
43:02So, this gives you the opportunity to get into your car, to be taken out for a drive.
43:08I don't believe him.
43:10He's going to take me back.
43:12Who's driving?
43:15Well, you've got a choice of me, Buzz or Rick.
43:17And if I'm honest with you, I'm only going to say this once.
43:19I'd go with Rick.
43:21Are you happy with Rick?
43:22Rick off us, yeah, no offence to him.
43:25Ladies and gentlemen, can we have a massive, heartfelt, lovely round of applause for Darren?
43:33Well, how do you follow that then?
43:34Easy.
43:35Ten more cars and ten more deserving owners.
43:37And the next one could be you.
43:39But for now, we have come to the end of our little collection of clips, so we can only say
43:42thank you very much for watching over the years.
43:45We'll hopefully see you again very soon.
43:47Bye for now.