These guys talk themselves into buying a car   theses dudes do a Awsome job

I can’t imagine a more quintessentially English name than Will Trickett!😂

Seriously though... I like this show better than Wheelers Dealers..  Good chemistry..

Going down the rust rabbit hole !

Had one of those back when they were just semi vintage. Mine was actually very solid, no rust. Still had the rigidity of a wet noodle. You had to make sure never to rest your arm far enough back on the door that you'd touch the rear panel as well - the car would flex with every bump and the panel gap could actually pinch your arm quite brutally.

Nice to see Rimmer Bros get a mention, I used to work there. It's an absolute treasure trove of stuff for old Triumph, Austin Rover, and MG parts.
Mark is a legend, such a nice bloke.

Watching Will open the door - with no retaining strap - more than 90 degrees after his test drive unnerved me. That’s a great way to damage both the bonnet and door.
Also, the amount they made in profit, split between both of them after five days of work makes this enterprise untenable unless one’s ambition is to live in a van down by the river. Great show though!

I enjoyed years of free parking being able to drive under the barriers 😂😂😂

Curious... I owned a MkIV in the early 80s (I'm 65 now) and drove it around Devon, mostly, for about 3 years and do not remember the hood leaking much if at all even in seriously poor weather.  I seem to remember that I did renew it at some point mainly because it was broken into and the git/s cut a hole in the roof to open the door.  It was a lovely experience - did all my own maintenance and it was quite nice to work on especially the engine with all that room around it.  Happy days!

A well produced video, surprising for such a new channel. Well done guys.

Bought one new back in '74, still have it

Still on the road according to HPI check. Yikes! Just realised this car is as old as me!!  1973 vintage  (obviously a good year!)

Putting the seals in the freezer for a while before putting them in makes it far easier.

You forgot to switch off the lights in the workshop after day 4 😂

I had one of those and it literally split in half.

Super video, thank you! I really like the market focus on bangers and getting them into some kind of reasonable shape. I look forward to the next video.

I bought a Spitfire 4, back in the early 80s, also running on 3 cylinders.
In addition it had been badly sprayed black from cans, probably on a windy day.
I nursed it home, Tadworth to Guildford.

As I sat at traffic lights in Guildford, revving it like a boy racer to keep it from stalling, it gave an almighty backfire, blew smoke and soot out the exhaust, and settled into a lovely smooth idle. Engine never gave me a moments trouble in the next two year. Probably a sticky valve.

Once home I got out the wet and dry to see what I could do with the paint.

It just flaked off, leaving a beautiful light blue (Powder Blue), almost unmarked, just a couple of light scrapes that polished out and a couple of spots where the black had actually adhered properly.

After using it daily for well over a year it developed a slight fault in the steering.

The steering used to get a bit vague but to fix it all I had to do was pull the steering wheel up a bit. Then it was fine for a couple of weeks. (you're ahead of me...)

Then during some spirited driving between Guildford and Godalming, on an off camber crest of a hill with a sharp right hander (Just after St Catherine's for any locals) it went vague, I gave it a tug and the steering wheel complete with shaft came out in my hands.

I ploughed into a low wall and wrote it off.

Seems the bolt that that sits in the groove between the spines had fallen out and the shaft was pulling through, it was wearing out the splines and me pulling it up was just feeding a section of fresh splines into the grooves.

Fun car, always loved the way it tucked under in sharp bends and threatened to kill me, but my Midgets were better in almost every way..

What an absolute shed 😂

Bought one in 1978 for 600 pounds and sold it after 4 years. Had a lot of fun.

'Ruff As Guts Repairs n Restorations'