10x01 - One-of-a-Kind Clock

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Welcome to The Repair Shop, where
precious but faded treasures...

Oh, my goodness! ..are restored
to their former glory.

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A dream team of expert
craftspeople... Yes! That's good.

There we are. Look at that. Hello!
Oh, that's amazing!

..using traditional techniques
passed down the generations...

We're using time-honoured skills
to preserve history.

Ancient techniques often work
the best, still.

..restore irreplaceable heirlooms...
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..and unlock
the stories that they hold.

Oh, my goodness!

Miracles do happen. That will
be treasured in our family forever.

In The Repair Shop today, a magical
world of mechanical mastery,

as Steve... I've never ever seen
a mechanism like this before.

..Dom... Getting a chance to restore
it is just a dream come true for me.

..and Mark... Polly! Polly!
..are all put to the test.

It's like testing a microphone.
Phoo-phoo, one, two, three.

And counting on his tricks
of the trade...

Heat, a bit of steam, moisture.

..Jayesh gives a lucky mascot
back its charm.

And that will give it the shape

that it requires.

First, The Repair Shop has taken
delivery of an extraordinary item.

Steve. Come and have a look at this.

A monumental challenge
for horologist Steve Fletcher.

Whoa! My goodness!

It's a big one, isn't it?

And that's not all of it.
Look at this. Lift it up.

Oh, my goodness!

Monica and Andrew Norton
from Leicestershire are here to

brief Steve on this
one-of-a-kind clock.

Hello! All right?

I'm Jay. And you are? Jay.
I'm Andrew. Andrew. And Monica.

And I'm Steve. Hello, Steve.
Now, this is definitely the biggest
clock we've had in the Barn,

isn't it? By far!
Please, tell us about it.

My dad built this. OK.
His name was Ron Woodford. Right.

He was a very talented man. He was
a cabinet manufacturer by trade.

And he always had
a dream of making a wooden clock.

How long did it take him
to build this?

There's about 2,000 hours'
work there, I would say.

This particular one was

built for a display
at the World Trade Center in Dallas.

This is the fourth of five. He built
five of these? What, this size?

Steve... That is... I'm blown away.

This is incredible. That is
months and months of work.

Absolutely.
That's just incredible. Yeah.

What was your dad like?
What was he like as a father?

Oh, he was... He was quite modest,
wasn't he? Yeah.

He didn't realise the talent he had.
Right. No way.

A very quiet man. Yeah. And he could
build and repair anything.

But he made everything so big!
LAUGHTER

I mean, there's not a lot
he couldn't do, really.

So, had he ever built a clock
before? No. This one's obviously
been in its packing case

since it came back from Dallas,
for 30-odd years,

and it's the first time we've seen
it out of its box.

I remember him nailing it all down,
saying, "That's it now. Finished."

Yeah? Yeah.
Is he still with us, then?

No, he died just over 30 years ago.


I'd have loved to have met him. Oh,
he would have loved to have met you.

Yeah. Yeah.

What are your plans for this clock,
if I could get it working?

I don't know
if everything is there or not.

I've been over to see

the Museum of
Time, British Horological Institute

in Upton Hall, to see
the keeper of the collection,

and she would very much like this
one, and there's a Queen Anne

one, so they're almost going
into their own exhibition area.

He just wanted people to see it,
to see the work...

That's a lot of work. I love unusual
clocks. I absolutely love them.

And this one is just fantastic!

I can't tell you, I'm so excited...
Oh, good!

..to have a look at it
and get it ticking.

Can I just touch it before I go?
Course you can.

Seeing it all there, it feels
like he's gone out for a mug of tea

and a cigarette

and he's going to come back
in any minute. Yeah.

Do your best. Oh, I will!
I promise.

Bless you. You guys take care now.
Thank you. OK? Bye-bye. Bye.

I'm absolutely blown away by this
clock. Just the attention to detail.

The workmanship is just outstanding!

I'm terrified of taking it apart.
I can't see any metal.

So I think first things first,
I'm going to take off the dial.

Then, I'll take off the hands and
maybe make the stand, so I can put

the mechanism on the stand

and then I can see where
I'm going to go from there.

Good.

Just very worried about breaking
anything.

Oh, excellent!

This isn't like a conventional
clock at all.

I've got to put all the little pins
labelled in bags or pots

because if I don't do that,
I'm going to get into a real pickle.

Next, a thrilling assignment for
classic car fanatic Dominic Chinea.

Hello, there! Hiya.

Hi, welcome.

It's the prized possession
of father and son, Ol

and Nathan Gynn, from
Cambridgeshire.

I always get nervous at this point.
How's that?

Oh, yes! Brilliant! Oh!

Oh, wow! That's it, well done.

You guys could not have brought me
in a better thing to work on.

I'm over the moon with this.

Who's the lucky one that got to
play with this as a kid?

Well, it was mine and it was
my brother's and we used to drive

it around the estate where we lived
and we called it the Noddy car.

I can see why, yeah. Yeah.

My wife and I saw this for sale
on the estate in someone's garage...

No! ..when the boys were four
and two. Oh, wow!

We used to drive around, or think
we were driving around, and argue

over things like this switch here,
and I think that used to do...

That did the lights.
Headlights. Yeah.

And argue over who got to do that,
cos it fits the two of us

side by side there.
Nice and snug.

Yeah, and enough room to argue
over who was steering

and we would go and explore,
or just drive around the block.

It feels like a real car
and it felt like a real adventure.

Yeah. And it's with sadness that
Marcus is no longer with us.

He lost quite a hard battle with
cancer that meant my parents

were looking after him
for about a year. When was this?

So, it was about five years ago. OK.

He was 36 at the time.
I'm two years younger.

And we don't want to lose it,
so we've kind of kept hold of it,

but it's getting older and then
there's another move and it's...

You know, but you don't want
to let go of it.

And now that Nathan's two
children are four and two...

The same age that you were with your
brother. Yeah, so I've got two boys.
I would love for them

to be able to have something of that
magic that the car put in our lives.

I really hope I'm able to
give you that magic

day of seeing your kids playing in
it, like you did with your brother.

Guys, thank you
so much for bringing this in.

Honestly, I'm absolute... This is a
dream project for me. So, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you very much, Dom.
See you later. Thanks. Thank you.

Dom's latest project has a rich
motoring pedigree.

The Austin Junior pedal cars were
made in Wales from 1949 to 1971,

in a scheme to employ ex-miners
incapacitated by lung disease.

The cars were
based on the real deal,

with some parts supplied by the
main Longbridge Austin factory,

making it one of the ultimate
toys of its time.

These are really, really rare,
very desirable things.

So to actually be trusted with
working on it and actually

getting the chance to restore it
is just a dream come true for me.

It's going to be a huge job,
but I cannot wait.

I'm going to have to take this
thing completely apart.

Every nut and bolt, I'm going to go
through everything, and the first

part is to get the wheels
out of the way,

so I can flip it over on its side
and get to the mechanism underneath.

I think I just need to
roll my sleeves up and get stuck in,

get all of these mechanisms taken
out, get them on the bench.

Also dealing with a huge
mountain of parts, Steve.

He's dismantled the gargantuan clock
and can now address the repairs.

I can't believe how rusty
all of these bearings are.

Once they've got rust in, that's it,
you should never use them again.

So, I've ordered some new ones
and I need to then

move on to the wheels
and the woodwork of the clock.

The actual surface here,
the damp has got underneath

the lacquer that's on there
and made it quite white.

So I need to put something on that's
going to actually get through all

those little cracks and colour the
wood back up to the correct colour.

The best thing is a linseed
paint reviver.

It will solidify and it will protect
the wood for years to come.

I really respect completely the work
involved in making this clock.

I look at every single part
and I'm in awe of his skill

and patience as well.

That is looking absolutely fabulous.

So different to this
white finish here.

I've just got to go through
all of the wooden parts of this

clock now and treat it the same way
and get this polished up.

Yes!

Just thinking about getting this
clock back together again and

because of its weight
and awkwardness,

I'm going to need some help.

One way to ensure that heritage
crafts live on is to train

an apprentice. You all right? Yep.
All good.

And when it comes to passing
on Steve's specialist skills,

what better recipient
than his 21-year-old son, Fred?

I can't tell you how I love this
clock and I'm so glad that

you're on board here because I need
so much more work on the mechanism.

You wouldn't be able to do it

without me. No...

STEVE CHUCKLES

We just need to get everything back
together and let's see if it ticks.

Yeah, fingers crossed. Yeah.

Push it right down, in.

Just match it... There you go.
That's it. Yay, well done.

Good.

It's in. Just checking!

Got it? Yeah.

Ah, there we go!

Got it? Yeah.

So, we just need to get the rest on
and see if we can get it ticking.

Cool. Good.

So if you could get the weight
sorted out,

we'll get the weight on there,
see if things start moving.

And then we can get the pendulum on.
Cool, sounds like a plan. OK, cool.

So this is the weight of the clock
and it's basically what drives it.

So it pulls down on the chain and
all the wheels move because of it.

And it has to be fairly heavy to get
it going. If it's too light,

it's just not going to go.

If it doesn't go, then I'm going
to have to put a bit more in.

Yes! Right...

Brilliant. And you know what?
That is the last piece.

The whole body now is completely
stripped down to the bare bones.

I've got a pile of parts over on the
other table there and now, all

these bits can be sent off to the
sandblaster, which is going to

strip these old layers of paint off,
any rust and filler, and just leave

me with nice bare metal, so I can
actually see what I'm working with.

The next visitor is also calling
upon the Barn's engineering
know-how.

Dominic Nasmyth-Miller from Suffolk
is here to test the mechanical mind

of Mark Stuckey and the meticulous
artistry of Kirsten Ramsay.

Hello, there. Hello, there.
Good to see you. I'm Kirsten.

Hello, Kirsten. And I'm Mark.
Hello, Mark. Lovely to see you.

I'm Dominic.
So, what have we got here, Dominic?

This is Polly.

Polly is a small china
dog in a kennel that was

made by my grandpa,
my dad's grandad.

And we think it was made about


when my dad was a small boy.
Wow! He made loads of things.

One thing that he made, which we've
never understood how it works,

is a small brass box and, well, the
secret has remained hidden for...

Must be 70 years. It looks like
there's hinges on the side.
How intriguing! Oh, my goodness!

But if there's anything you
can do to open the magic

box at the same time, then
that would be incredible as well.

So that's someone with a playful,
curious mind, isn't it? Exactly.

And that fits with the way
he's made Polly... Mm.

..and we think Polly is unique.

We haven't seen anything else like
her out there. When she was working,

Polly would come out
automatically... Intriguing.

..so when you said her name,
with the emphasis on the P of Polly

and that would then... No way!
On her own? She just popped out...

On her... She comes out,
just by sound? By sound.

We think she was a model of a dog
that my dad had

when he was a small boy.

Polly was always there
when I was a child.

She was always on the side
and certainly up until about 1978,


you'd walk past and you'd say,

"Polly," and she'd come
out of the kennel and then,

several house moves and getting
knocked about, she stopped working.

My dad died in '96 and this the link
between me and my dad. Mm-hm.

What would you like Mark
and I to do?

We'd love you to bring her
back to life,

so that she comes out of the kennel
when you call her

and seeing her come out, being
called by my daughter, would be...

Oh, OK. ..incredibly powerful
because she didn't know Grandad

and for them to call
the dog that he had as a child...

We're going to have some great fun
working all this out.

I really appreciate it.
Thank you for bringing it in.

It's going to be a real magical
moment. Wonderful.

Thank you very much. Thank you.
Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye. Bye.
Cheers. Thank you, bye.

I can see Polly's got
a bit of a crack along her back,

so I'd like to take a look at that.
OK.

And perhaps just smarten the kennel
up a little bit. Yeah.

But I think the rest
of it is all over to you.

Let me know
when Polly's ready for...

You will be the first to know.

Actually,
quite genius how he did this.

So when you go, "Polly,"
when you do, "Puh,"

you are putting a large amount
of air pressure into the kennel.

All that air movement makes
the diaphragm collapse,

hit the pressure switch, bingo!

Polly comes out. Fantastic!

Love it. So, on with the screwdriver
and on with the job.

I'm going to remove these
little bits here.

The contacts have tarnished.

The diaphragm,
which operates by the air,

may be a little bit loose, but I'm
going to take it apart, clean all

the contacts, put that back together

and we'll get Polly to do her job
again when she's called.

The first thing I've got to do is
get Polly carefully out,

pass it over to Kirsten,
so that she can do her magic.

Got to be very careful,
pulling this pin. There it is.

There we go.

Now, Polly, go
and have a look at the real world.

It's changed
since you've last seen it.

In the outdoor workshop,

repair of the Austin J40 is
off the starting line.

All of the metalwork has just come
back from being sandblasted

and look at this.

I've now just got a complete blank,
bare canvas to work from.

I can see everything.

All of the history, all of Nathan's
old crashes, the dings and dents,

as well as two main structural
cracks up on the bulkhead there.

This is definitely the time
to deal with it.

I'm pushing it back to where it
wants to be.

I'm going to weld those cracks back
up and then we'll be good to go.

This tool that I'm using is
capable of pushing up to ten tonnes,

which is a huge amount of pressure.

As I pump this handle, it's pushing
the fluid through this hose,

into the piston,
and that is pushing it out,

so hopefully, that's going to undo
all of those crashes

and bangs that Nathan's had
over the years.

Probably going to creak a bit.

One too many pumps on this lever
and the whole thing...

It could rupture, split at another
seam, and cause a lot more damage.

So I do need to be very, very
careful, not get too trigger happy!

They're coming nice
back into line. Oh, you know what?

Wow! That has lined up so perfectly.

It's funny,
metal has a bit of a memory

and it's almost like it wants
to be back there.

It's just fallen straight back
in there perfectly, both of them.

Perfectly in line. I now need
to get on with the welding.

OK. That's all the welding finished.
I've got a few dents to hammer out

and then I can finally get some
primer on this body.

Well, a little bit of accident
repair work going on now.

Trying to straighten out
some of Nathan's dodgy driving!

I'm determined...
This is the original bumper.

I'm going to try my best to get this
hammered out, back nice

and straight, ready for re-chroming.

It's getting there.
It's still very bent though.

I have to do this process on all
of the chrome parts, the hubcaps,

the bumpers, everything.

After the mammoth job of cleaning
and repainting every single

component on this poor little car,
I'm in a good place.

Everything's clean, sparkling.

I've got all my new nuts and bolts
and hardware, all the original

parts have been repainted,
and everything's looking good.

It is really quite remarkable
how many pieces and components

there are to this little pedal car,
bearing in mind it's a kid's toy.

It is just incredible, the way
it's built is like a real car.

I've got axles, subframes, hubs,
wheel bearings...
There's everything.

This is the hub, so the wheel bolts
onto these three bolts.

The wheel bearings get
pressed into there, which is

the first thing I'm going to do.

By putting in these cartridge
bearings, they're sealed,

they don't need any maintenance, and
they will last for absolutely years.

Miles and miles.

All I need to do now is press these,
one in each side, on each hub.

There we go. Wheel bearings
installed. There, lovely.

I just need to get them mounted
on to the rest of the front axle.

Perfect.

Right, that is the front axle
completely rebuilt and ready to go.
This is the bit that I really enjoy.

After so many hours of cleaning
and polishing and painting

and sanding, I finally get to put
it all back together

and this is the really rewarding
part of any job.

That's really, really satisfying,
seeing that going round like that.

It's so smooth. It's a good time to
put the wheels on.

All four wheels on.
I'm just going to spend some time
making sure all these nuts

and bolts are done up and
everything's buttoned up and then

I can flip the whole car over and
get the last few things bolted on.

It's a family affair,
as Steve and his son, Fred,

are also preparing for their final
rebuild of the giant wooden clock.

I think I'm just going to put the
weight on to see whether it ticks.

Put it on the stool? Yeah.

OK.

I've made it proper heavy.

Slide it across
and I'll pop that on. Yeah.

OK.

Moment of truth.
Yeah, give it a push.

Happy days.

Amazing!

All the wheels are turning.

That escapement is amazing.

You see how each wheel is
moving in turn.

That's pretty incredible.
I'm so happy. Yeah, me too.

I've never ever seen
a mechanism like this before.

I've never seen an escapement
like this and I've never seen such

amazing wood craftsmanship
as this in a clock.

It's like a real sculpture. It's a
piece of art. It is a piece of art.

It took over 2,000 hours to
hand-build this colossal

timepiece and today, along with
husband Andrew, Monica is hoping

to see her dad's legacy intact
for the first time in over 30 years.

Hello. Hello. Hello.

Hi. How are you doing? Fine, thanks.
Shoulders are up. Look at that!

You all right? Yeah.

So excited.

It has been tricky. Really tricky.

Fortunately, I've had a bit of back
up and my son... Aw!

..came and helped me as well.
Bless you. ANDREW: Excellent.

This is Fred. ANDREW: Thank
you very much indeed. No problem.

It's been a real pleasure for us
to have this here. Thank you, Jay.
Yeah? Thank you.

Show them. OK.

Oh, wow!

Oh, my gosh! Oh, my word!

Oh, my goodness! Look at that!

Oh!

It's ticking!
Oh, you are... Oh, bless you!

You're shaking. I am. I'm shaking.

It just looks so beautiful.

Oh, Steve! Bless you!

He'd be so proud and thankful.
He really would.

Just... It is wonderful, isn't it?
Yeah. It's Ron.

I have to say it's been a labour
of love repairing this clock.

I have
so much respect for your father,

the work that he put into this.

I'm so glad it's going
to be on display

and I'm sure everyone is going to
be in awe when they look at this.

Thank you for all that you've done,
Steve.

It's been a complete pleasure.
Both of you, thank you so much.

We are so grateful and we just can't
thank you enough. All right.

Take care now.
Thank you, bye. Bye. Bye.

Well done, you, man!
Well done.

It does encapsulate Ron's work

and his lifetime of skills
is in that clock.

That's something
we will be forever grateful for.

Now it's been brought back to life,

he's been brought back to life,
really... Yeah.

..in a funny sort of way, isn't it?
Yeah, absolutely.

You know, it's as if he's right
back into the room. Yeah.

As one impressive item
makes its way home,

fresh challenges are arriving
all the time.

Peter Whiting and his daughter
Angela are hoping master

hatter Jayesh can get their family's
lucky mascot back to tiptop

condition once again.

Hello. Hiya. Hi, there.

I'm Angela. And I'm Pete. Pete.
Lovely to meet you, Pete.

So, what's inside the bag?

Ah... What's that?

It's a Rotherham United flat cap.

And as you can see,
a lot of wear and tear.

Yeah.

So, are you local to Rotherham,
then? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

My dad were born
and bred in Rotherham

and then we moved back to Rotherham
when I was 13.

And since then, that's

when I've been going to the
football with my dad. Yeah.

So you've had this hat for 30 years.
Yeah. It looks well worn to me.

You must be a massive fan.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we are.

My daughter, Angela, my eldest
daughter, Ellen, and my grandson.

Have you ever missed a matchday? No.
And the hat's always with you?

It's always with me.

I might not wear it all the time,
but it's in my pocket.

So, it seems like the entire family
is involved in the club. Oh, yeah.

Supporting it. Not everybody has
that sort of one thing in common

that joins them to their parents.
No. Yeah. And you both have that.

That's really sweet. Yeah. Yeah.
It's definitely our thing, isn't it?

So, Pete, how old were you
when you got started,

your passion for football?

My passion for football
started in 1957/58, nine-year-old.

Wow!

Rotherham, at that time,

the industry in the town was
coal mines and steelworks.

The first time I went,
the footballers then,

they were local people. Some
would be coal miners, some would

work in the steelworks and they'd be
on the bus with you. Really? Yeah.

As you were growing up, did you know
how much the team meant to your dad?

I think it became more apparent,
the more matches that we went to.

Our enthusiasm rubbed off on my dad
and my dad's rubbed off on me

and now, he's just football mad.
Yeah. Yeah.

Now, I know that you love your hat
and it's been well used... Yeah.

Why have you decided to have
this fixed now?

Because it's a lucky cap. It's a
lucky cap? Oh, yeah. A lucky charm.

Yeah, if we are losing, I put that
one on and it does the trick.

It's part of my routine.
My cap's got to come.

Sounds like you're the
club's biggest fan.

Er... One of the biggest fans, yeah.

Yeah. What would
you like Jayesh to do for you?

Because the hat looks like it
needs a lot of TLC,

a bit more than TLC,
actually. Oh, yeah.

I think it would be nice obviously
for the white bits to be white...

OK. ..and the red bits to be red.

I would like the writing... Yeah.
..put back on it as well, please.
Yeah. OK.

So, the front covering... Yeah.
..fabric. And the peak to be...

Strengthened. Yeah. OK. Yeah.
Wave your magic wand.

Well, if anyone can get it match
ready, it's Jayesh. Yeah.

So, leave it with us
and... Fabulous.
..we'll get it back to you.

Thank you. Thank you.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

So, you can see the cap is well
loved. There are a few challenges.

I need to reintroduce
the structure of the cap.

It definitely needs a clean.

Lettering needs to be worked on.
In terms of the interior of the cap,

there is lining to be introduced.

The first thing
I need to do is de-bobble the cap.

There are a few methods we can use.

But I'm going to rely on my tried
and tested method, which is

a handy electric shaver.

Here we go.

Yes, it's working.

If you look at this part here,
it must be like when I wake

up in the morning, I have a stubble,
and then, after my handy shaver,

I start to look fresh.

Hi, Steve. You look mischievous.

I have a really
intriguing little box.

No-one, as far as we know,

have ever been able to open it.
Oh, my goodness!

Do you think it can be opened?
That, we don't know,

but you seem like the person that
might be able to solve the mystery.

It would be a great trick to have a
box like that that you can't open.

The sort of thing you'd do, Steve.
It is, absolutely!

I challenge you, Steve. OK.

I think it does open.
Do you? Let me know.

OK, cheers. All right.

Yeah, maybe I'm going to have to
think about this a bit further.

While Mark tussles with
Polly's magic mechanism,

Kirsten is setting to
work on the pooch herself.

Polly is coming up really nicely.

Even the crack along the back
is cleaning up well.

What I'd like to do is to see
if I can actually take this apart.

It gives me a much better
opportunity to clean those

breakages. I'm going to use
some paint stripper.

It might just loosen it
enough for the two parts to come

away from one another.

I'm just going to wrap
the little dog up now.

I'm hoping that it will just soften
any old adhesive that might

be in there.

This is the interesting part.

I've got to bring out this little
diaphragm, which is the switch.

If I just do...that, that is
meant to move in and out

and that little subtle touch is
enough to energise the circuit.

As soon as the switch is activated,
then that should drop just

enough to allow the elastic band
to propel Polly forward.

The spring's a little bit weak.

And that spring's meant
to be keeping it up.

So what I've got to do is
restrengthen it.

That's that part taken off.

Take them off there.

Yeah, see, the spring actually
is compressed down.

So, just a little
bit of that will give me

just that tension back again.

It's as simple as that.
Not rocket science. Very simple.

And now that'll have a little bit
more tension to it

when I reassemble it.

I'm just going to have a look
and see what's happening.

Oh!

OK.

Oh, that's amazing!
So, Polly has come apart.

That's brilliant!

I can clean this off,
clean the edges,

and then get Polly back together,

so I get a lovely join and a really
nice clean area to fill.

Right, well, I've taken
the diaphragm completely apart.

I've cleaned everything,
I've had to re-glue parts of it,

adjust the cables, the little wires,

clean everything
and now put it together

and I'm now ready to do a test with
a multimeter, which will simulate

when I put air pressure in there
to see if the contacts close or not.

To do that, I got to the front
and I have to "phoo" with air,

create a Polly noise.

So, let's have a go.
It's like testing a microphone.

Phoo-phoo, one, two, three.

Polly. Polly.

Polly. Polly.

Phoo! Polly...

Talking to...

LAUGHS

Phoo!

Phoo. Polly.
Are you in there, Polly?

LAUGHS

I think the dog's gone deaf.

Polly!

Yes. It works. Fine.

Excellent.

SHE LAUGHS

Well, I've tried to
get into this box... Right.

..and I can't
and I'm just wondering if you can.

You can't get into it? No. And you
want me to try and get into it?

Yeah. I'll have a go.
Am I allowed to heat it?

No. OK!

I feel that I could open this
box by removing these hinge pins.

But that's not really
in the spirit of a puzzle box.

Um... I'm struggling with this and
I don't mind struggling with it

because I know Steve was
struggling with it as well.

The big restoration of the mini
classic car is nearing the

chequered flag, as Dom prepares to
attach the newly chromed fittings.

When Nathan was a kid,
when this car was new,

this is exactly what these would
have looked like. Love it.

The details on these little cars
is just incredible.

Under the bonnet,
I've got a little battery,

but it's been a very long time since
any of these electrics have worked.

So I've gone through everything,

a whole completely brand-new wiring
loom in the correct pink colour,

I've got the last two wires to feed
through and connect up.

That's it. I think it's time...

Yes!

Yes, brilliant! I am absolutely over
the moon. The wiring is all working.

This is a very happy moment for me,

nearing the end of this restoration
project, but it's a bit sad as well.

I've really grown to love this
little car.

I'm going
to be sad to see this one go.

I know that Nathan has such vivid
memories of this car,
riding around here with his brother,

and I just want to do everything
I can to take him back to being

that kid again, sitting next to his
brother, riding around, having fun.

Yeah. I'm going to miss it!

Years of enthusiastic childhood
joyriding by Nathan and his

brother had turned this iconic
little car into a battered banger.

Today, along with his dad, Ol,
he's hoping to see it restored

and they've brought the next
generation of drivers with them.

Hi, there. Hiya. Good to see you
again. Nice to see you.

Who have you brought along?
So, we've got George, my eldest,

and we've got Tommy,
who is my youngest.

Yeah. Bless them!
They're excited and so are we.

Seeing it again,
back in the condition that Marcus

and Nathan first saw it,
and for George and Tommy to see

it in a similar condition is very
exciting for me, yes. Yeah.

I have absolutely had the best
time working on this.

Are you guys ready,
the big question? Yeah. Yeah.

I think so, yeah. OK.

Mm-hm... Here it goes!

Wow!

Magician, Dom!

Look!

That's so shiny. Oh, wow!

It's...

That's terrific, isn't it?

Look inside.

Oh, wow! It's got a battery. Yeah,
it's like... Does the battery work?

Does the battery...?

HORN TOOTS

What's that?! What's that?

HORN TOOTS

The horn works!

You can press it. I can't remember
when that last worked!

What's this? That's it.

HORN TOOTS

Everything's working!

Look!

Look! Does it work? Wow! They are!
My dad's old car!

Wow! Dom, I didn't...

I didn't... I didn't expect that.
That's absolutely amazing!

There's part of Marcus and his
memory's in the car, isn't it? Yeah.

That's... Thank you, Dom. Thank you.

You know, I really wish that
obviously their uncle,

my brother, could see them in it.
He, you know...

He never got to meet them.

This will be the closest that
they come to doing something

with their uncle. You know.

It's a... Yeah, it's a
special thing, isn't it? Yes.

Yeah. Thank you.

I kind of wish we'd asked that
you'd made it bigger, so...

Squeeze in there! We've got
a race track just up the road.

Do you guys want to take it up
there for a test drive?
Yeah! Yeah? Come on, then! Yeah!

Let's go. Let's go.
Let's lift it down. Yeah.

Guys, are you ready?

Ready? Yeah.

Ready? Thumbs up. OK?
Three, two, one.

Go!

Brilliant!

Hurray! Wow!

High five?

As a child, in my imagination,
this is what was happening,

but to see it for my boys, like,
in real life is just something else.

It's what the car was made for,
for children to enjoy and to use.

AIRCRAFT ENGINES OVERHEAD

Oh, my word!

My word! Look at that.

That's not a hinge at all.

That's it.

Well, well, well! That is amazing!

I love it!

Absolutely love it!

It's deceived and tricked the
greatest eyes of The Repair Shop,

until I got it.

HE LAUGHS

Oh, dear!

Jayesh has successfully de-bobbled
the Rotherham United flat cap.

Next, he must tackle the effects
of 30 years on the terraces.

This cap has never been washed.

But, good thing is
the colour is not running

and I'm moving the cap very,
very gently first.

I'm going to apply a shaving foam.

Now, I use shaving foam
because one day I was shaving

and my daughter,
she was using felt tips

and she managed to get
it on one of her clothes.

So what I did was I applied
the shaving foam, which was

already in my hand, to the fabric
and just basically under the tap.

And off came the marker. It
literally washed out of the fabric.

So that's why I'm using this shaving
foam to clean Pete's cap.

And the good news is it's
reacting really well...

..which is for me... It's heaven.

The washing has gone really well.

As you can see,
the red has come up really vibrant

and the white's looking whiter.
I've removed the peak.

You will see inside,
a very long time ago,

they used to use card
and through wear

and expose to the elements,
the card has disintegrated,

so what I need to do now is use
recycled polymer, which is

waterproof, and I will place
it in place of the card

and that will give it
the strength that the peak requires.

Before I actually attach the peak,

what I'm going to do is start
working on the wording, which is

on the top of the cap, and for that,
I'm going to do hand-embroidered.

The original wording on the cap
is screen-printed

and the reason I chose to
hand-embroid is because it's

more durable
and there's a tactile quality to it

and it complements the knitted cap.

As I was growing up,
my eldest sister,

she was very good at
hand-embroidery, and as a child,

I would be sat right next to her,
you know, playing with my toys

and I didn't realise that the fact
that just from observing,

I was picking up these skills
and then it sort of flourished.

I started to do it myself and
the sort of interest developed

and here I am.

So the hand-stitching's complete.

Now the moment of truth.

My main worry was
the puckering of the silk, which...

There's no puckering whatsoever
and there's no uneven stitching.

The difficult part is complete.

Looking top dog once again,
thanks to Kirsten, Pop-out Polly

is ready to be rehoused in her
renovated kennel.

The elastic band here is the final
part which makes Polly activate.

What I'm going to attempt now to do
is put the first drawing

pin to the elastic band,
try and ideally centre it.

That's it. Like that.

I think that's about there.

Polly locks and loads.
So that's all good.

I'm happy with that.

There we go. So the release
mechanism's working well.

I've just got to put the solder onto
the cables and then, after that,

Polly will be ready for the first
time in decades to call her

name and she'll come
out of the kennel.

This innovative little toy was
made by an engineer for his son

over 70 years ago.

Now, his great-grandson Dominic is
back to reclaim the heirloom

with his daughter Hannah.

There is little Polly, herself.

Hello. Hello! Hello, there.
Good to see you.

Lovely to see you.
Nice to see you. Good, thank you.

Hannah, isn't it? Yes. And you've
never seen Polly in operation.

No, never seen her in operation.

Seen her on the side, but no, never
seen her move or anything like that.

Oh, wow! Would you like to see her?
I'd love to, thank you.

Oh, wow! Wow! Look at the roof!

She looks really shiny.

And the kennel doesn't look
like it's going to fall apart,

which is lovely! Good.

So, who is going to call Polly
out of her kennel first?

I'd like it to be Hannah.

I think it's me!
That would be lovely.

MARK: Just emphasise "Polly",
with a bit of oomph behind it.

Polly!

MARK: Oh-h*-h*!

Oh, my days! That's amazing!

Wow! Wow! Thank you so much!

That's really incredible.
That's good. Really incredible.

Dad would be so...chuffed,
so chuffed.

It's been a real privilege to
actually work on something

so unique,
which I'll never ever see again.

So, now, if you recall,
when you brought Polly in,

you brought a little puzzle...
I did, yes. ..to the Barn.

Now, all the experts had a look...
OK!

..and some, we thought,
they are clever,

they will know exactly what to do...

Not pointing any fingers.

But actually, there was one member
here who actually did work it out.

No! Yes.

The smug person in the corner over
there called Brenton... Wow!

..came up with the actual solution.

So if you press the button,
the lid won't open at all.

It actually will stop
the lid opening.

So you've got to twist the button
and the hinge is not a real hinge.

You press it at the front.

How clever!

It's very, very clever.
Ah, cracking! Brilliant!

Thank you so much.
That's good fun. That's amazing.

That's not what he said... Yes!

I bet!

I bet. I thought that was going
to beat everybody, I really did.

Now... That's amazing.

It's been a great pleasure.
Wonderful. Thank you so much.
Enjoy it. Thank you. Thank you.

If Dad could see Polly now,
he would be so, so pleased.

It feels like the beginning
of a new chapter.

We can take her home to my siblings

and future generations can
all have a go...
Absolutely. ..at making Polly work.

Jayesh almost has the Rotherham
United cap match fit once again.

So happy I chose this
shade of red.

It looks tremendous and it does
the job of a good lining.

All the work is complete.
I'm just going to re-block the cap.

It's like an ironing process.

Heat, a bit of steam,

moisture,
and that will give it the shape

that it requires.

So that's looking good. So what
I'm going to do is apply more steam

and that will enhance
the re-blocking process.

This cap accompanied
a passionate fan

and his daughters to football
matches for over 30 years.

Today, Pete and his daughter,
Angela,

are back to collect the treasured
lucky mascot.

JAY: Oh, now, that's looking good!
Well done, man!

I just hope Pete gives me
the same reaction.

He will do.

Hello! Hello. How are you doing?
Good, thank you. Hello.

How are you doing, Pete?
You all right?

I'm excited. You're excited.
I'm looking forward to this.
Oh, bless you. I really am.

I've always had the cap
whenever I've gone to the game.

Wow! So, what are you hoping it
looks like? I'm hoping that

it's looking like new.
OK, looking like new. Right.

As long as it's not blue and white!

Oh, is that not the team you
support, blue and white, no?

Oh, no, no, no!

You've not changed the colour!

I'm really looking forward to it.
Are you? Yeah.

Yeah. Ready?

I am ready, Jayesh.
Right, here we go.

Oh! Wow!

Wow!

That is...

That is fantastic!

That is superb!

Thank you! Thank you!
That is amazing!

First match of the season, that
will be on my head. Yeah? Yeah.

Got to try it on first,
before you do that.

Go on.

Aw!

Oh, wow! Wow!

Wow! That's fantastic, that!

Let's have a look. There you go.

Wow!

Aw, Dad!

It's amazing! That's very good!

That is... That is excellent,
Jayesh!

Thank you. Thank you very much.
You've made me a very happy man.

Look at that! I know. Oh!
So, how does it feel to hold it now?

Oh... It's part of me. It's me.

It's... Yeah. Yeah.

It gets me here.

Just to see it...

..and see my dad's...
Amazing! Yeah. Amazing.

I shall remember you,
Jayesh, for a long, long time.

Well, the cap is in good shape and
it's got a very long life now, so...
I can't... ..enjoy it.

Yeah. You guys take care.
And we'll see you soon. Lovely.

And I'll be looking
out for you on the game.

I might sleep in it tonight. There
you go! Thank you. Take care now.

Thank you, bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Going to sleep in it!

I'm looking at it now
and I'm filling up.

I've got my cap back.
It's as simple as that.

I've got it back. That first match,
it will be on my head.

Definitely.

To see my dad's face when he saw it,
I'll never forget that.

Never.

Never forget that, Dad.

Yeah.

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