Car SOS Season 13 Episode 1
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00:00right first bottom we are in Hampshire and we are currently on route to go and pick up a car
00:07which was labeled back in the 90s as the ultimate hairdresser's car I happen to think that's a bit
00:13of an unfair name for those cars why's that because they're brilliant and I've owned a couple
00:18because they are the Mazda MX-5 when it was launched back in 1989 the MX-5 might have been
00:28the motor of choice for Sergio at the salon but let's not split hairs today this Japanese pocket
00:35rocket has well and truly cemented its place in the hearts of even the most devout petrol head
00:41and what's not to love the MX-5 is all about grin giving performance on a budget where else can
00:48you get zero to 60 in under 10 seconds seat of your pants rear wheel drive handling that's all wrapped
00:56up in a package that weighs roughly half a ton less but cost about the same as a family hatchback
01:02and although they fine-tuned the design cranked up the comfort and added more punch under the bonnet
01:09whether it's an original mark one mark two like the boys are on their way to see or a brand spanking
01:16new one at its core it's still the same classic roadster recipe that's made it the best-selling
01:23two-seater sports car in history
01:25so the MX-5 is owned by Katie okay and her mum Vanessa wrote in so Katie knows nothing about
01:33this at all but it's sitting on the drive languishing rotting so what we've got to do is go have a look
01:37at it check it out and work out whether we could do it or whether we should just wash and go
01:42don't know what to look at I mean look at that look at that what's more shocking that or that
02:00all right come on let's not say it there are lots of four-letter words let's not say any of them
02:07keep them in your head please son right stand here and smile stop there and I'm gonna don't do that
02:15what look we've got time to just walk away no ah have you seen the set that's the worst
02:21MX-5 I've ever seen you can probably hear it's Vanessa okay Vanessa hi how you doing Tim Fosbott
02:28hi pleased to meet you Vanessa you said to me on the phone Katie works near here a mile up the road
02:34right and you joked and said she could come back on a horse absolutely definitely it's a joke right
02:39what it's a joke it doesn't look like a joke so you were serious yes oh yes you're having two
02:45minutes with that car you and I are having two minutes to talk about Katie okay you're gonna get
02:50that done and then get hidden as soon as you can yes all right let's go go go stop me being so
02:54nervous okay let's go let's go I'm gonna have to state the obvious here and that is that it's
03:03very rotten this is the worst back end I've known since my terrible food poisoning incident of 2010
03:12just behind here there's a little drain hole but if it gets blocked that allows the water to basically
03:22sit everywhere so it can sit up the top here it can slosh around in these cavities here in the sills
03:29and I think that that's what's done here and it doesn't get much prettier underneath it considering
03:35this car is only about 20 years old I'm gonna say it's got the body of an 80 year old
03:42so Katie's MX-5 yes do you remember the day she got it I do I do she excited oh really excited she
03:52gave it a name oh really he's known as Clarence he's been Clarence always why Clarence I've no idea I
04:02was going to ask you why it's been left to get in that condition why it's left to you know be covered
04:06in moss and what have you went off the road and we never got to the bottom of what what what the issues
04:12were so I don't know it would cost too much to restore it and she won't let it go and she she has an
04:20idea that one day she got it she can she'll have enough money to do it it's a bit of a sort of dream
04:25world okay yeah it is very dreamlike why is that car so important to Katie because she bought it with
04:34the money that her sister let gave to her because her sister knew she was dying so she gave some money
04:45to Katie yeah to buy a car that would mean the two of them could just go off and have sort of a final
04:52hurrah yes yeah and did they do that for a very brief time yes but then Faye got very sick when you think
05:02about how close they were what were they like two peas in a pod oh yes yes very much so they were born on
05:09the same day I'm 13 years apart that must have had a major effect on celebrating birth oh it's
05:16horrible how would you say that Katie's changed as a person since losing her sister I think she threw
05:24herself into work even more and she puts barriers up to relationships what does Katie do what's she
05:31rides horses for a living for a stud farm so she works with horses for wealthy people she rides their
05:37horses for them right yes am I right in thinking that she had an accident yes the horse slipped on
05:44the road landed on top of her and damaged her shoulder broke it so things major things happen
05:50like she loses her sister she smashes the shoulders of pieces which could be career terminating does she
05:54bottle stuff up yeah yes I would say this has not been touched for a long time I don't reckon it's
06:09been running for quite a while we've got an unknown engine probably completely worn out the body is totally
06:18rotten the hood's rotten you want a positive from this quite like the color
06:25where does she think the car is going she thinks it's going to a very dear friend who restores cars
06:36to see whether it's worth salvaging were you serious when you said that Katie could come back
06:40at any moment absolutely so I'm literally rudely going to stand up and just give you a kiss on the
06:45way she can go because I'm going to get him and get him in the car load it up and get out of here
06:48okay okay yep thank you for writing in well thank you no time no time no time take care see you soon
06:54all right thank you so much with the possibility that Katie could arrive home at any second there's
07:02not a moment to spare let's get this car out of here yeah well we might have trouble getting it out
07:07here but it's not going to move so after spending the past few years stagnating on the drive all right
07:13that's all it's solid right some manpower everybody cameras down sound gear down the lock it's going to
07:20take the strength of the entire crew to get it rolling again come on we want to be out of here in
07:25like 90 seconds tops push push push like you've never pushed before yes curvy swamps
07:32right we're back uh that was close yeah that was a proper close one I don't I think that must be
07:41about the closest one yet nearly caught in the act right let's get the old girl back to the workshop
07:47and don't spare the horses got it yeah I see what you did there yeah yeah yeah it's very clever
07:52but he won't be making jokes once he realizes he's got to turn this rusty old three-legged
07:57rocking horse into a prize-winning pony without erasing its cherished memories
08:03right that'll do us for now look at this hood as well that has got to go straight in the bin look at
08:13it that feels like a challenge to me for a spot you're kidding you never say put it in the bin you
08:18never say put it in the bin I'm saying it on this particular occasion get it in the bin
08:22I mean this car looks absolutely horrible underneath it look I mean oh hey hold on straight through
08:35yeah yeah we've got a lot of rot in the sill area and these cars are known for that everywhere you look
08:41it's coated in mud and rust it's a proper country car isn't it
08:47I've got to tell you this car came off the road thanks to a mechanical issue a big one
08:55any idea what it was long time ago don't know right got a good idea for you though Tim a really good idea
09:03you can get these in great condition with low mileage for very little money we could just get
09:09another one we could paint it this color let me stop you there for a moment because what you're
09:13clearly not aware of is the importance of this specific car and the fact that Katie went out with
09:19a late sister Faye in this car for their sort of like final journey together and had the best time
09:25ever so this car is all that matters understood
09:29Tim and Fuzz have got their paws on possibly the worst example of the world's best-selling roadster
09:42do you know I'm laughing do you do that thing when it's such a big job it becomes funny it's almost
09:47unfathomable it's just I'm there yes it's a classic case of little car big problems the
09:55simple solution might be to buy a replacement MX-5 and paint it the same color but that would
10:01only cost a fraction of what it's going to take in blood sweat paint and parts for the boys to fix
10:07this particular one but as you simply can't put a price on the sentimental value Katie's car holds
10:14it's got to be renovation not replacement which starts with diagnosing the mysterious mechanical
10:22fault but took it off the road in the first place then there's the rusty rear quarters and
10:29sills that currently have more holes in them than one of fuzzy string vests finally will Tim be able
10:36to save the existing roof or has the mold taken control if that wasn't enough a full body
10:43restoration and paint job is certainly on the cards the MX-5 to me amazes me more than pretty
10:50much any car that's ever existed because it's gone from the stigma sub-zero you know how people thought
10:57of it when it landed in this country to now being one of the most revered celebrated heroes of all time
11:03how no other car I can think of has done from that to that yeah I don't know why don't you go and
11:11find out while you order all of those parts that we're going to need yes it's certainly going to
11:17take more than some polish and a new air freshener to turn this one around so it's straight onto the
11:23spanners for fuzz to grapple with the task of preserving as much of Katie's original car as
11:28possible starting with seeing if he can rectify the mysterious fault that took it off the road in the
11:34first place there's something about these MX-5s that I have to share with you and that is that they
11:41can look as terrible as you like yet they will still start up when demanded so I think that we
11:53should give this a little try just to see if it will start up Japanese manufacturers may have long
11:59been renowned for their mechanical reliability of their engines but surely this is pushing it
12:04one of the main concerns that we could have given that we've been told about this engine failure
12:09is that perhaps the head gasket has gone now a couple of ways to check that one is to remove
12:16the pressure cap from the radiator we've got clean coolant and no signs of oil mixing in the water there
12:24and then if we check to see if we've got any kind of emulsified oil now if you had a creamy deposit
12:36around here then that could mean that water has got in with the oil and has mixed with it to make a
12:43mayonnaise like substance I don't think we've got a head gasket failure here or anything like that so now I'm going
12:50to turn the engine over one revolution and by doing that that means that I can determine that there's
12:56nothing stopping that engine rotating freely okay it's moving it's turning that's good news I think
13:08we should connect up a battery and see if we can get a tune out of this
13:12lights on on the dash let's try it
13:24well would you believe it ah okay the charge light has just come back on so that would indicate that
13:39we've perhaps got a problem with the alternator it's not charging so I reckon that that is where
13:46the problem lies the alternator's definitely something to fix but is it what's kept katie's
13:52car off the road so while fast continues to route around in the cars innards diagnosing the faults he
13:59needs to fix Tim swaned off to Germany
14:05but this is no romantic weekend break he's visiting masters top-secret R&D headquarters to find out
14:13exactly what it is about the rest of this little roadsters design that's made it the biggest selling
14:18sports car in history this is my first time and probably yours into a into a design facility for a car
14:25manufacturer the whole point of these places is to leave your mind empty of distraction
14:32empty of thoughts other than precisely what you're focusing on
14:37and who better to reveal the secret recipe behind the mx-5 success than the automotive legend
14:43responsible for its design for the past three decades yo stanute
14:48yo tim hello mate how are you doing i feel like i'm in a library it's quiet because everybody's
14:56concentrating and dreaming sketching really making stuff out of clay hoping that they will have the
15:04next mx-5 on the road so where does it start for you what have we got here these are actually old
15:10sketches that were made here uh when they were developing the second series here's the second series
15:16right yeah and that is the second series there in the united kingdom the mx-5 when it first came
15:23out had a stereotype it was branded a certain do you know what i'm do you know what i'm referring to
15:27yes what's that the stuff i don't have yeah okay the hairdresser's car that's kind of what it was unfairly
15:35regarded as there's never been a car in my opinion that's had a such a colossal journey to being
15:41globally loved as being and it is known as the biggest best-selling two-seater sports car of all
15:45the most raced car in the world right so how how have you done that and your team done that by
15:52concentrating on the basics of the card and the car is all about the driving experience but the focus
15:59is lightweight affordable fun right
16:06feels like the one word that sums what you guys do here is you've created the perfectly balanced vehicle
16:13i think you'll find that's actually six words tim yeah so let's talk about the interior and this is
16:19the and be the same car or the same model that you're restoring yep for katie yeah and let me explain
16:25how important position of everything is to start with the seat fairly backwards in the car and of course
16:31low it's a sports car okay so i mean we're not far away from the back wheels here is that important it's
16:38important for the sensation of the of the driving you can compare it to sitting in an airplane in the
16:44rear seat then you see that you see the airplane moving and it gives a stronger sensation of of of the
16:51movement of the plane and then it might sound ridiculous but the pedals in perfect aligned position
16:57and they actually had engineers making the sound of the shifting also not loud but that you can actually
17:06you have the experience of hearing the the shifter really so that you have even more experience more
17:13connecting to the current feedback you guys wanted a lightweight fun affordable car and that was the
17:20brief and every single member of the design team has stuck to that and it's been the same for four
17:24generations and that's why it's become the number one selling little sports car convertible thing on the
17:30planet people that love driving have an mx5 even the hairdressers some of them yes they may be
17:39universally loved by most of the planet but back in blighty there's a man in a workshop in the midlands who
17:46might be about to change his opinion i've left the engine running for a little while i've just come
17:52around the front and i can see that the engine's vibrating a little now it shouldn't really be doing
17:58that i'd expect it to be just sticking over and idling smoothly i think we've got a little bit
18:04of a problem within the engine here perhaps we've got one of the balls more worn than the other
18:10perhaps maybe a broken piston ring it's like it's got a slight misfire an unevenness that should not
18:17be there we're gonna have to investigate this
18:20misfires and vibrations are often symptoms of other problems that stop an engine working properly
18:29time to get the car on the ramp and engine onto the bench for an inspection
18:35so what we need to do is get the cylinder head off that will allow us to know what we're going to have
18:40to do with this engine is it going to be major surgery or is it just going to be a little bit of a clean tickle
18:46yes time to put your best bedside manner to work fuzz and see if you can't charm the issues out of that
18:55engine as for the rest of the team they're scrubbed in and ready to make their incisions as they start
19:01the near impossible task of inch by inch removing the rust ridden bodywork let's just hope something
19:08remains of it when they're done
19:13right fabulous off it comes
19:19what we have here is a composite head gasket it's made from layers of different materials
19:25and its job is to get rid of any of the imperfections between the two main surfaces so
19:32the block top and also the cylinder head without this then gases would just escape water would
19:40escape and also so would the oil but here i cannot see as yet any particular signs that anything is
19:50going wrong here we don't have any unusual deep scoring in the cylinder walls so i think that our
19:59pistons and rings and bores are probably in good shape but what i have seen is where's my torch
20:10now there's a couple of the valves open at the moment and if i just look in there
20:14i can see quite a lot of pitting on the exhaust valves then that will allow gases to escape past the
20:24valve seat and out through the exhaust which gives us lower compression so the valves need to be re-cut
20:32the seats need to be re-cut that way we get a good gas tight seal i think that there is our problem
20:40solved so it's a full engine rebuild to solve the compression issues and vibration as well as a new
20:47alternator to keep it running let's just hope the body work repairs are more straightforward
20:56tim and faz are getting to grips with a 20 year old mark ii mazda mx5 a sporty little roadster known
21:04for its good looks however this particular example isn't going to win any prizes at the beauty contest
21:11this old mx5 is not looking great in fact it's looking very nasty
21:20it belongs to 39 year old katie who bought it with money gifted by her late sister allowing the pair to
21:27share a few final adventures together it means everything absolutely everything since the boys got
21:35their hands on it they've been on a quest to retain the car's sentimental value by restoring as much of
21:41the original as they can it's a much tougher challenge than replacing everything with new parts
21:47and when it comes to the disintegrating body work will it even be possible to salvage any of the original
21:53we've had it blasted a little bit around the bottom edges and it is decidedly frilly i mean
22:00probably much worse than we initially thought so what we've got to do is remove
22:07this quarter here this rear quarter on the near side rather than just brutally go in with a chisel
22:14and chisel everything out we're drilling out the spot welds one by one individually tracing them
22:22finding them wherever we can so that that will then allow us to prize away this rear wing without
22:30doing too much damage to the structure behind we're going to use this fella here which is a spot weld drill
22:37now rather than your ordinary drill which has a an angled profile what we have here is a drill that drills
22:46almost flat apart from a little peak in the middle little cookie cut of a kind of hole
22:53and that way we can drill out the fused material without damaging anything else around it and
22:59without damaging the next layer underneath it's a clever little device
23:09happy with that excellent
23:16and there we have our quarter off
23:25it's not very good actually
23:27what we've got is the outer edge of the wheel arch
23:31has completely rotted away
23:34i've never seen an mx5 this bad
23:39it's just absolutely perforated like a doily at the edge
23:42so we've got to get all of that away and let new metal in and then weld it all back together so
23:51this is turning out to be an absolutely ginormous job
23:57what a rotter
24:01so as the team continues to delicately chisel grind and snip their way through the remains of katie's
24:07pride and joy it's the perfect opportunity for tim and fuzz to find out how a car that was the butt of
24:15jokes in the 90s was transformed into the world's best-selling roadster come on tell me what is it
24:22like to drive the thing for me fuzz is like it's not a major event driving this car you don't have to
24:29be a through and through out and out petrol head you can just be somebody who likes putting the hood
24:34down jumping in a car not having to like worry about anything and just enjoy yourself these cars
24:41are perfect other than the whole you know than the stereotype the unfair stereotype which just feels
24:47like some low blow attempt at just having a go at perfection it's just wrong yeah absolutely wrong jealousy
24:54i think as close to a perfect little sports car yeah as you can possibly get
25:05what my mate in um in germany taught me is always think about what the brief is and the brief with
25:10this car the reason they got it so right is because they just went it has to it is simple
25:16affordable lightweight fun and they did not deviate from that yeah do you know what this car is like to
25:23me folks a sunday roast but it's going to be a good solid meal that you're going to enjoy it's
25:29fun for all the family it's lightweight in terms of the cost and it's a dependable crowd pleaser
25:35what i would like to know from your analogy is yeah where are the little sausages wrapped in bacon
25:39well this car has some pigs in blankets you see that's the souped up sunday roast that's it
25:44that's the bigger plate that's the special because this thing is supercharged okay now that is
25:50so what does it feel like so with this one instead of just having 150 horsepower as they do as standard
25:59this one is 250 horses all mx5s are great but this one's just been made extra great
26:05so question for you yeah it's a supercharge or not supercharged katie's well i think yes we should
26:19go for a supercharger done yeah okay come on then let's get back to the workshop supercharger
26:24via the sunday roast yeah that's right okay fantastic i'm hungry now
26:35back on the workshop floor the team has managed to remove the last bits of rust-ridden bodywork
26:41and what remains is enough to make anyone feel ill let's hope katie's mum vanessa had a light lunch
26:49come around here and have a look at it from the front oh look look at this oh there's nothing of it
26:56i can't believe you could bring that back to life we're working our way through the car little bit
27:02at a time and therefore it will all get done but we're getting towards the time when we need to think
27:10about giving the car back to katie yeah so do you have any ideas or do you just want to leave it to us
27:17does she know the show does she know car sos i don't think so oh yeah that makes it easy we'll
27:23come up with something yeah okay okay as tim once again conveniently disappears just as it's time to
27:30get his hands dirty the workshop floor is suddenly transformed into a scene straight out of flash dance
27:40minus the lake warmers of course the team have worked long and hard to preserve as much of the original car
27:46as possible and although more than 80 percent still remains unfortunately the original sills wheel arches
27:54and rear quarters were just too far gone to be saved so replacements need to be welded into place
28:02after some filling and flatting the team had an undercoat ready for the final coat of paint
28:08that will make it more like the car katie's sister bought all those years ago voila take a look here this
28:17mx5 is looking beautifully smooth again it's as it looked when it was new it's going to be fantastic
28:27and there's more good news katie's original engine has been saved having had new piston rings bottom
28:33and top end gaskets bearings and the cam belt fitted it's now as good as new but importantly still packed
28:40with memories which leaves just one major element still missing katie's original folding roof so can car
28:49sos's resident detailer skidmark save the day or has the mold taken control
28:55right listen let me just tell her this hip come out come out just come here let me just talk my way
29:03through this right so mx5 roof yeah needs sorting i promise fuzz that it's doable come in come on
29:13if tim and skidmark are able to refurbish the very rotten roof that's going to be the originality icing
29:24on top of the cake that's katie's car but in its current condition that's a big if right first
29:31impressions and i know this is ridiculous but do you think this is salvageable um yeah i think we can
29:36have a good go with it i think the bonus is it's never been jet washed so that's a real no-no is it
29:44so we don't jet wash this today yeah we do not jet wash it worst enemy is a jet wash to a cabriolet roof
29:50because what it'll do is it'll penetrate it and then it starts to break it down so are you saying
29:55that we reckon we can get this thing back to black yeah easy
29:58so what is this stuff what are we doing here so this is a cleaning agent it's got a ph of about 2.5
30:09so it's pretty aggressive so what will that do is that a mold killer or something yeah so for anyone
30:13who hasn't got that fancy stuff is there another way of doing it of course there is
30:18ah right okay white wine vinegar mixed up with what water yeah i mean it's clearly doing something
30:24because the water's gone green right this is katie's car she drove it with her sister her sister's
30:31no longer with her but every single part of this car is holds a memory for her me keeping it original
30:38for her keeping it the hood that she went out with her sister in her sister fey you know i just think
30:42that's lovely yeah do you know what dude since i've started the old car sausage i have not seen in
30:46front of my eyes such a transformation you've got to agree with that as well look at the before and look
30:51at the after after after weeks of hard graft and a coat of original strato blue paint katie's mx5 is
31:08slowly starting to inch towards its originality but not everything is staying as it once was fuzz is
31:16adding an engine upgrade designed to inject one of her biggest passions into her pride and joy more
31:23horses having driven a supercharged mx5 it's a done deal we have to do the same to katie's mx5 so we're
31:32going to fit this supercharger here now air is taken in comes in and it's squeezed by these rotors
31:39and as it's squeezed it's compressed that's packing a lot more air into the combustion chamber
31:47so with more air we get the potential to make more power because we've got more oxygen in there
31:54in standard trim this engine would make 146 brake horsepower but with the supercharger fitted we'll be
32:02looking at over 200 brake horsepower that is over a third more power imagine waking up every morning
32:11with a third more go so without further ado i think we should get all this together
32:22unlike a turbocharger which is powered by exhaust gases the supercharger is driven
32:28via a belt attached to the engine's crank shaft right to get our supercharger and lift into place
32:39which means it provides a near instant boost of stomach twisting power with no lag when you hit the gas
32:47tell you what when katie gets into this car she's not going to know what's happened to it it's going to
32:53be an utter screamer but if she's to put that claim to the test the team needs to go all out to get her
33:04car complete the roof that once resembled a rabbit's breakfast is being carefully refitted
33:13the seemingly endless spaghetti of wiring loom is being reinstated
33:18and the all-important original doors are bolted back on guys can i stop you all for a minute i just
33:26want 30 seconds of your life i have a confession to make when this car when the mx5 first came through
33:31the door i had a preconceived idea this car has been unfet whatever it was known as a hairdresser's car
33:36who here also had it down as that when it arrived go on hands in the air but who here be honest put your
33:42hands down if you've got a newfound respect and you realize that you cannot judge a book by its cover
33:49seriously it is that good a piece of engineering so i think it's fair to say
33:53an apology to an mx5 can we have a round of applause for katie's mx5 come on guys
34:01right let's get it done and get it back to katie yeah
34:05so with the horde of newly converted mx5 devotees eagerly beavering away through the night the
34:12stage is almost set for the big reveal
34:18the time has come to return katie's beloved little mx5 to her she surely missed hitting the open road
34:26with the top down wind in her hair
34:32and the rain endlessly pouring in yes someone clearly forgot to order the sunshine
34:38it's absolutely chucking it down today there's nothing like a convertible in the british summertime
34:47and it's not just the transformation on the outside it's under the bonnet as well it's got
34:51the performance it's got the looks look at that color stop i'll buy it do you want to know what's
34:57going down today yeah come on in but for the first time and i'm kind of nervous about this
35:02katie's at the place already where we're going to do the stings how's that going to work i mean
35:07what what what are you going to do her boss is finne guinness his great granddad guinness she works
35:15for him and he's into his horsies she looks after his horsies right got you he's in on it so he's having
35:21one of his lovely horses have photos taken of it today okay by a new photographer all right who's
35:26that then well it's chez moi you it's me you don't look like a photographer don't worry about that i've
35:32sorted that i've got an outfit so i'm going to come out take some photos of the horsey yeah car's in the
35:37back of the trailer out comes the car she goes that's my car the rest is history this is a dangerous
35:42one you know big style yeah come on good luck so that's the plan the boys are on their way to katie's
35:53workplace the world famous bidderston stud home to some of the world's finest horses and for one day
36:00only a very unusual photo shoot directed by a man dressed like he should be taking bets at the grand
36:06national we're gonna have to roll with the punches on this one we're gonna have to make some changes as
36:11it happens because we did not plan for the rain with monsoon season hitting and katie already on
36:18her way to pick up the horse she thinks a famous photographer is photographing tim is gonna have
36:24to fly by the seat of his pants and make this one up as he goes along so i guess the plan is this get
36:34katie bring her down here with the horse we're taking photos of the horse i don't want to bring out my
36:39expensive lights my expensive cameras in the back of the car from the back of the trailer so i'm
36:43refueling i'm being a sod i'm refusing to bring out half a million pounds worth of gear in this weather
36:49finn do what you need to do fuzz get hidden she might yeah okay the trap is set tim has transformed
36:56himself into alan the temperamental photographer too good to be working with horses i'm not al i'm alan
37:03so you you guys my wife calls me out but nobody else has and as far as i know you're not my wife
37:09alongside him are his long-suffering crew who are working under the guise of making a documentary
37:14about his life and katie is on her way unless it stops raining there's no point proceeding i told you
37:24you shouldn't be wasting your time hello hi what's your name thank you hello hi alan nice to meet you
37:30sorry do you want me to lose i can lose the umbrella but i'll let you know i'm not happy about it
37:34these guys are making a documentary about my life but horses aren't really my my things the problem
37:39is that these guys here i've known about the weather for uh two days now i have some very expensive
37:43lighting in the back of my trailer that i'm uh reserved to bring it out because it's half a million
37:47pounds worth of gear and so that's the position we're in so what's the plan yeah i i appreciate that
37:55so if you guys cover the insurance you'll be if you'll cover the premium on and then i'll bring
37:59out a light fine it's covered now let's get the lights out okay bring the lights out fine bring the
38:04lights out
38:16Hello.
38:28Hello.
38:28How are you doing?
38:29Yeah, good.
38:30You all right?
38:30Yeah, good.
38:31Do you recognise the light?
38:32I do.
38:34That's amazing.
38:37That is your car, isn't it?
38:38Yeah, it is my car.
38:40Any idea what's going on?
38:41No, not at all.
38:42I'm not interrupting you.
38:43Let me explain.
38:45Your mum, Vanessa.
38:45Your sister wrote to us.
38:47You all right?
38:48Yeah, I am.
38:49No, stop hiding behind you.
38:50I'm losing the caps.
38:51No, the caps are gone.
38:52No, shut.
38:53Listen.
38:54Your mum wrote to us.
38:55OK.
38:55She told me about the car.
38:58Yeah.
38:58We know about your sister, Faye.
39:00And we know what the car means to you.
39:02Yeah, that's amazing.
39:03So we thought we'd do it up for you.
39:06And there are also a few people here to celebrate you and your sis and all that it means.
39:12Because I know you haven't been...
39:12Are you all right?
39:13No, I don't.
39:14Yeah.
39:14Can we bring out Katie's family, please?
39:20Come on, guys.
39:21Come on out.
39:26I have never, ever, ever managed to shock you or surprise you in your life since you were
39:32three years old.
39:33Ever, ever.
39:34And I don't know how I've done it, but I've done it.
39:37Are you really just...
39:38Yeah, I can't believe it.
39:39Talk to Katie.
39:41Talk to her about why you wrote to us.
39:43Because I knew what it meant to you.
39:46And all to do with Faye.
39:47And you would never, ever, ever let it go.
39:50You would never let it go.
39:51And it would have just rotted there forever and ever.
39:54Can we have a round of applause for the lovely Katie and her MX-5, please?
39:59It still hasn't sunk in yet, has it?
40:01No, it hasn't.
40:01Not at all.
40:02When Katie last saw her precious MX-5, it was a dilapidated, mould-ridden wreck.
40:12But after some serious graft from the boys, it's been rejuvenated without removing the
40:18precious memories.
40:21The rust-eaten body and faded paintwork now look factory fresh.
40:27Under the bonnet, the mechanical mystery's been solved with a new alternator.
40:32The engine has been rebuilt and restored to its former glory.
40:37And with the added supercharger, it's going to shift faster than a Grand National winner.
40:44Inside, the tired interior has been restored, pimped and polished.
40:49And the crowning glory, the original roof.
40:54Oh, wow.
40:57I'm absolutely shocked at what it looks like.
41:00It's amazing.
41:01It's a dream come true for her.
41:03The car was left, you know, on your drive.
41:09Yeah.
41:10How did you feel when you walked past it?
41:12Oh, I hated it.
41:12And I felt very, very guilty about it.
41:15It was, yeah, every single day I saw it, I must do something about it.
41:19And I am so amazed, shocked, every single emotion, and thrilled that it's, he's come back to life.
41:27Everything feels as it should.
41:28It's all the same, which is unbelievable, really.
41:31Um, yeah, I feel very at home.
41:34Do you?
41:34Yeah.
41:34What is it about this car?
41:37I think the sentimental attachment to my sister, massively.
41:40I just couldn't bear to part with it.
41:43She hated my driving of it.
41:45She, she, I'm need for speed, and she definitely wasn't.
41:49I think your sister will always be looking down on you going, fair play, girl, go for it.
41:52You know, whatever, enjoy yourself, because that's the point of this, isn't it?
41:54You have been carousel.
41:56Thank you very much.
41:57You're happy, aren't you?
41:57I'm very, very happy.
42:00Right.
42:01How does it feel?
42:02It feels amazing.
42:03You want to get out of it?
42:03Yeah, I do.
42:04Yeah.
42:04Does anyone want to see Katie drive off in her MX5?
42:06Yes!
42:07Come on, then.
42:08Get out of here.
42:10Be careful with that supercharger!
42:14Oh, Katie, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
42:15I'm not going that fast, Vanessa.
42:18Wow.
42:18You want one of those, don't you?
42:19I'm going to get one.
42:20You do.
42:20Just going to call the hairdresser first.
42:22What does it feel like?
42:25It feels absolutely amazing.
42:26I can't stop grinning.
42:28I cannot believe you managed to surprise me like this.