MGB GT Restoration | Full Episode | S1E03 | Classic Car Rescue

unrolling it seriously it could move to the side everything is perfectly aligned the suspensions fixed but it cost valuable time, now they only have nine days left and there are still important jobs to do, including an unusual challenge, a new roof when the MGB was originally sold, It was equipped with a fabric sunroof, these notoriously leak, so Bernie and Mario have decided to spend an extra six hundred dollars to replace it with new metal while the other mechanics go home. Wayne stays late. He has worked on hundreds of

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s, but this might be the most difficult, but he should have gone to the NACA kid and slipped in there.

I'll see what happens mg bees various Sunroofs were great features of their sales pitch it was all about exports mg B's most lucrative market was the sunny US states American advertising of the time went to great lengths to for the brand to stand out, including this famous advertisement in which an MGB falls from a However, there was a downside to the reliance on US sales when road safety standards were tightened in the United States. The mg B's iconic chrome bumpers were banned and had to be replaced with ugly rubber bumpers. Both the leaky sunroof and the horrible rubber bumper need to go while Wayne works on the roof the guys have split up for parts Mariel goes to look for some mechanical parts and Bernie returns to visit his fellow MGB restorer Peter Edney , and hopes the shop, which is also a museum, can have some of those much-needed chrome bumpers.

You didn't buy your car, no problem, okay, you got something in the end. Oh right? We have an MGB GT, right? But it's like a list of parts I need. I hope you can help me with them, okay? we're chrome bumpers mm-hmm front and rear chrome bumper brackets just the indicator and side lights I'll take you around the back like they say I don't know you that'll follow me on the strictest budget ever Bahasa boy I do HE. It's on my shoulders to put it back together with the cheapest parts I can get to make the car look half decent.

You said you wanted some bumpers, right? Yes, I have two here. I have a few more elsewhere, but come on. start of release there's a rear one and a front one here that came out of a car, which I know, oh well, that's not so bad. The crimes are pretty good. The beauty of this is original. Peter's enthusiasm knows no bounds, but when it comes. Speaking of cash, it's not exactly a tough deal, well what if I let you take these? Apply £30 for the pair, £15 each with the bracket here with those mirror brackets too, yeah, these ones from Bullitt, I like these. don't call it, I see it helps you, you can have these for a better, there you have a couple of them, sorry, leave it free, yeah, good deal, three, push it, got it at lunch while Bernie haggles over the prices.

Muriel has gone hunting in a junkyard. for some mechanical parts need Hi man you'll be listening all night looking for some parts for an MGB I need some headlights how about door handles door rattles door handles I don't like them? How about a reassuring rear, but one of them, yes, there could be seen? yourself at night up there, that's it, good luck, Mario isn't getting anywhere fast, but Bernie is on a roll now. I have never seen stores like this, this is like a mechanic's dream, fantastic, I forgot to make a horrible one for the entire building and I also tend to move.

I'd like to move here with the window handle, yeah I've got something beautiful, what you want, that's what I need, yeah, look, well I'll throw it in with the bumpers, grab a bargain, hey Pete, how much is my hair brush. You don't need a hairbrush. I have some really good quality stuff and there are things I need, so I hope it's the saving grace, the difference between not being able to make this car and now being able to make yours even if I can't find it. keys, you'd have to sell me a set of them, it's a different story for Mario, this junkyard has half a million parts for every car imaginable, but after four hours, Mario found nothing, found nothing yet, except a new friend, while the boys try to keep him. the

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is underway there is a crisis with the car and with the staff that threatens to derail the entire project to increase the final value of the mg Bernie and Mario have decided to fill in the old sunroof to turn it into a solid hardtop sounds simple but it is a highly skilled job, it's a lot of work to get this roof right, a lot of filling work to get it right and then we have to fit the holder without the hole and then you have to install it correctly once the leading edge is installed.

The rusty metal underneath has been removed and cut away. Wayne creates a perfectly custom-cut piece of steel. It takes a panel beater like Wayne. Four years of training to do a job like this. Once welded, the weld marks should be polished when. Once the union is finished it will be invisible to the naked eye. I think the roof will look great with a filler with the new roof in place, time to get out the grinders and take the body back to bare metal once the 40 years are up. Old paint will begin to peel off, revealing areas of rust that need to be filled.

Bless it, it's a week away, but this car is starting to look good. At nightfall, the boys take a break and Mario goes to meet someone for the first time. the time is the best for 10 minutes, like English taxis, this is Lisa, yes, it's really interesting, and Bernie, you know, shows me the views about three meters from the garage where the cafe is. Well I come from a very big family, I have five brothers, not sisters and one of my brothers worked during apartheid and it was very nice when he started talking about his family, which really matters to me because we are very family orientated.

I know you're busy at home, yes, and in the garage at home, yes, we are. pretty dizzy what you chew on a night off, damn starving, no joke, really busy, but there's always time for new business and I think something will happen, it's the next day, they only have six days to make money with the MGB and It's time to tackle the famous sports car engine, a lot of things here, some of its curves. Bernie has been putting a lot of time and effort into this MGB and Andy has been putting a lot of time and effort into it.

Bernie has been working on engines for 50 years. Usually his expert touch can improve any engine. He's back to life, but this car just doesn't run right. The MGB is behaving almost like a disobedient dog. It just needs a little more attention. A little more care than he hasn't had in a long time. Look, just rub it. I'll be sorry, you gotta be nice about it, yeah, I just rub you a little and cry, look, hey baby, it starts for me and what it started I'm standing there, it looks like a ripe plum, tell me it's not a good engine, Mario He has done a miracle. but now the engines spinning a new problem has been discovered, there is water gushing out of the water used to cool the engine, so this probably means the cooling system has sprung a leak, someone has water everywhere, look at it So what could have gone wrong?

As the mg B's engine runs, it builds up heat without cooling, the cylinders could quickly reach a staggering 2500 degrees Celsius and weld to the pistons destroying the engine completely. That's why a pump constantly circulates highly pressurized water through the engine block absorbing the heat this water returns. to the radiator where air entering through the front grill cools it again. There are dozens of different points in the system where a leak could develop. I thought we had a huge engine problem. Smoke stain coming out everywhere. Awful. Oh, lovely, or anything else, Ethel. maybe my radiator broke or I hate the gasket or ether matches or whatever, but look at all the finish, the hose clips are loose, I mean look how loose this one is.

I should have checked them before even letting the engine run. I'll tell you. saying, "I bet there's a new haircut, but these aren't going to leak anymore. Fixing the radiator takes another day off Bernie's already busy schedule. The MGBs are ready for spring, but when Bernie arrives to check progress, there is a noticeable lack of restoration. In this it is no, we are ready for the damn body shop. Damn, there is no one in the shop. The car didn't even start stable, ready for this brake job. , I've been in the office for a while like keeping an eye on the guys, I have four eyes like you, I have two eyes, there are only two places where they will be.

I have a number one in the Powerball, a number two in the cat. getting really lazy and they're getting complacent you don't open and you're no help Hey oh cool well where the hell was Wayne lovely Oh there you are gray lovely you know what happened there mate come on , we're at lunch, we mean, now Jesus tells me it's an hour. Nobody takes a damn hour, well we know we don't have an hour, oh you don't see me taking a damn help on this, it's our cost five in the morning, yeah, not the point, the damn cars are still there, should have been.

In the damn paint booth, do something. I'll tell you I'll take you off the rest of the week. I will stop receiving your salary. I can't do the work myself. I'll show you what will work. A damn bow. Okay, shut up. Donnie, I'll show you how it's done. I have shown one call in 30 years. If you don't do many things in 30 years, you can about our practice. He painted around the fabric and then painted applause, what are you doing? painting the damn wheel I don't know what the hell we're doing but I had to stop do you go back out there find those two criminals sorry hire them again we don't have time to waste not an hour or a minute put down the gun?

I'll go, I'll go, kitty and everyone could see you spraying the dog, he acts and then thinks later and at the end of the day that cost us money, it cost him time and we lost staff, all the problems of doing this restoration. Should be worth it if they find a buyer. Fortunately, mg bees are highly sought after owners like Sue Helmsley. They have a reputation for being passionate about their vehicles. It is fun. It is noisy and smells bad. You can have a song in your face. Many people greet you. you, if you break down, people always try to help sue.

She bought her MGB roadster six years ago and hasn't regretted it for a moment. It is a car with great character. It's a car you can't ignore if you sit in a hermetically sealed modern car. you may forget you're in it but you never forget in a mg there are many other like minded people in fact there are 4000 mg owners club members in the uk alone this is the Surry branch they get a Once a year. together to run a MGB sports day The mg bees are so robust that you can do things with them that you would never do with, for example, a Ferrari, like running in a wet field, keep spending money to buy some snacks, one day the car of Mario and Bernie could arrive. events like this, if it is ever restored Earlier today, Bernie lost his temper and sock sprayer Craig heard that he is in the nearby pub with the other mechanics.

I know, it's right to talk to you right now. I need them back desperately. Karaoke machine there. things a little song when we do karaoke let's go well why no I can't please sing I won't do it if it doesn't stop the fat boney sing if I do you definitely come back cut the point laugh at me as much as you want because I'm not even ready again yeah OMG the crew is talking again and the next day Craig is trying to undo the mess of Bernie's spray job, he starts by sanding Bernie's paint, they'll pass and he's left to finish it. and it's not even prom yet that's in Bernie's head not mine Craig prepares the car by properly covering the parts he doesn't want to paint, mixing and spraying another coat of primer before finishing with a professional paint job six hours later it has a streaky layer of polish that washes off with soap and water with the MGB to look beautiful again.

It's easy to wonder why such an iconic car came to an end in the late 1970s, a wave of industrial disputes swept through British car plants and sales of all British cars plummeted. The MGB had proven that there was a market for a fun two-seater sports car, but having proven the point, it was displaced by cheaper and faster Japanese sports cars. Sayonara MGB back in the garage the legend could ride again, they only have 24 hours to finish their MGB first, the mechanics put on new brakes, then Wayne prepares the exhaust and adds sealing, he is surprised how many people don't use that stop, turns off the exhaust and discovers that there is Lincoln Once the exhaust is installed, they make the bottom rust proof as time runs out, there is a fight tofinish finishing. 24 hour old photogate in finishing while Bernie installs a new rocker box on the engine.

Clinton prepares the iconic chrome bumpers complete with new brackets. Wow, this really looks. good great paint this is better than I thought it would be of course like a professional paint job right Craig all night long yeah I thought I told you you were going to make money off this car these Cars will be beautiful like a museum piece. Millions of dollars it's my fault, that's the only reason this car stopped, maybe you're confused, the only reason the car is going to stop is because the guys you fired have gone back to work on the car, so don't give me that load of nonsense. the MGB get together the guys argue about who should get the credit what are you doing now?

I'm adjusting the bumper right, it might be a little better if you have the right bumper, that's the mouth of the rear bumper, I'm just trying it to see how it looks yeah, with me you're going to get enough bottom for your gibberish to come out of your mouth finally Mario and Burnie find out how much the rust bucket they bought is now worth I'm probably saying everything I hate In this case, so far, Mario and Bernie's restoration of a

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MGB hasn't gone well. Burnie never wanted to buy the car in the first place. We got a wash from Lloyd all day, but problems with the suspension and with the staff. show you what will work with the damn arch we've slowed down progress someone has been doing some research on this it's an hour before the appraiser arrives chrome trim has been put on the front and rear the engine has been cleaned the system has been thoroughly cleaned electric and tested and the body receives a final polish just two weeks ago, this MGB was covered in dirt and ready for the scrap heap and now looks like this amazingly restored both inside and out.

It has been 14 days of meticulous, highly skilled workmanship. The sunroofs have been filled with new steel and perfectly welded into place, all bodies have been stripped to bare metal and repainted and the interior is being completely reconditioned. All of this has cost them four thousand dollars in parts and labor. Bernie got a great deal on the finish at 300 they paid 800 for the original car so they need to reach a value of at least 50 $100 or 3300 pounds the man who is going to make that judgment is independent car valuer Dylan Myles he values ​​cars All over the world for sports stars and famous actors your assessment of the car's value will decide whether Mario and Bernie's restoration is a success or not Gentlemen, how are you doing Barney?

How good to see you both. There's our baby. Beautiful painting. Beautiful condition with chrome and British racing green accents. I will buy one more. because are you sure the Swift runs very well? There are three shades of green, dark, medium and light. We took the medium, so this is a '76 model, that's correct, so it would have started life with rubber bumpers instead of chrome bumpers, so I hate rubber. Bumpers and paint had bare metal this one, metal,

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bare metal repaint, nice to see one without alabaster sunroof. Yes, we also have to get to the hood.

Yes, what condition was the car in when you purchased it? It was nice. poor thing, what was the night of the engine? Have you done much with it? No, all we have really done is so obviously we have repaired all the carburetors. We would put a different rocker box on it. New cables. It has electronic ignition. New coil. Put special emphasis on the details so that the engine has not been rebuilt, but no, no, the engines sound favi. A fantastic car. New grill. Bernie has a new grille on top of the bumper. Internal position lights. Come on, look at this.

This side. great looking straight with no body filler her straightness is okay right, I think I've probably seen all I need to say about this one, this is my opinion of the thank you, see how they compare to yours. I have to thank your dad, huh, I granulated it. I told you we would make money on this car after what we have done with this car, believe me I am surprised we made a profit and you lost your bet. You were the one who said we weren't going to win. make money with this car you're the one who said you didn't like the car okay I owe you 50 quid hey I'm not going to want white okay trust me of course get the car come on you can be my driver one rating of 5000 means they have earned around 1700 pounds or $2700, not bad for a two-week restoration.

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MGB runs pretty well? This one came out absolutely stunning. What kind of university do I go to and what do I want? make a v8 car, well i know great, i think we should do it. Jensen Oh Interceptor, Rolls-Royce. Oh, okay, we'll figure it out. Let's go home, James, and let's smoke. Say that and James, don't skimp. horses