09x02 - Morgan +4

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This is Wheeler Dealers
where we take iconic

cars that are a bit
rough around the edges

and we fix them up ready for another trip
along the open road. I find the motors.

And I get busy in the workshop
and make them great once more.

And then we sell them
on, hopefully for a profit.

This time we're on the hunt
for a car that's as British as

your roast beef on a Sunday
or a nice little village fete.

If you like your cars 100%
classic, you're going to love this.

Now the Morgan is a very British and very
iconic motor that's in very short supply.

They don't come from
a manufacturer that

make hundreds of
thousands of cars each year.

They come from a little
company that make just 700.

Now the weight in this
for a Morgan year on

year is about as long
as, well, Ed's arm really.

So this is going to be one to find.

I told you this was going
to be tough because even

the Morgan Owners Club
can't offer me a plus four,

which is a spec I'm after,
for less than £15,000.

I've got no other choice
really, other than to pick

up the phone and start
looking at the motor trade.

You never know, there
might be one out there.

Yeah, it's mine.
I was looking for a Morgan.

Hello there.

Yes, about the Morgan.
Right, OK, what can you tell me about it?

Hello, Tony. How you doing mate, it's Mike.

OK then, that's great.
I'll look forward to seeing you.

Cheers then, bye bye.

Now that sounds very interesting.

This guy has taken in the trading
that sounds exactly what I'm looking for.

He says it's a nice tiny little plus
four, it's got an MOT at the moment,

but he doesn't think he'll
get through another one.

Now the car is only at £13,000
and new ones go for three times that,

so I'm not going to muck about,
I'm going to get straight over there.

Look at this, a proper country
garage, selling proper cars.

But I haven't come to see
one of these £40,000 Morgans,

I've come to see something
parked round the back.

You're Richard? Yes, I am, Richard Thorne.

Richard, Mike Brewer. Pleased to meet you.

Nice to meet you, what a lovely place.
Thank you.

Now we spoke on the
phone, I've come down to see

this whole Morgan you've
got parked round the back.

Yep, it's not round the back though.
Where is it?

It's here in the courtyard.
What, it's one of these? Yes it is.

You're k*lling which one?
That one over there.

Oh, wonderful, let's have a look.

This one? That one. You're kidding? No.

Wow, Richard, that looks, well, fantastic.
I love the colour.

And it's got a lovely set of wheels on it.

Yep, colour-coded wheels, Connaught green.

And it's got some
extras on it, I see, it's got

a unique number plate,
it's got a luggage rack,

it's got drop-down screens, all of
that stuff is extra money, isn't it? It is.

How did you come by this car?

We had a phone call, we know the car
anyway, gentleman's returned to the US

and he can't import the car into the US,
so he's asked us to sell it on his behalf.

Well he's lost, maybe my
g*ng, you never know. I hope so.

Well let's have a look at this interior.

Look at that, out there
somewhere is a great

big walnut tree, missing
the lump, isn't there?

Yep, it's got a lovely
walnut dash, wood rim

wheel as well, lots of
nice little extras inside.

And the mileage, it's
only done 24,000 miles.

That's right, and full service history.

Now let's have a look under the bonnet.
Absolutely.

It's a double-sided bonnet,
and it just goes like that.

Very nice, yeah, very nice.
That's Rover, yes?

That's right, 2 litre,
136 brake, lots of torque.

Fantastic. Very reliable.

And in a car that weighs
the same as, say, a basket of

soup, I mean, I bet the
performance is fantastic, isn't it?

Yeah, it only weighs 900 kilos, so you
get a really good powder weight ratio.

Good. What's it sound like? Can I hear it?

Yeah, of course you can.

Sounds really sweet, Richard, doesn't it?

It really does, very low
mileage of course as well.

Ticked over lovely. Wonderful. All
right, you can turn her off if you like.

So Richard, what is wrong with this car?

Okay, the chassis has
been poorly repaired in

the past, and it's not
going to get another MOT.

Oh, what a shame.

Well, can't we just patch it
up and get it for an MOT?

You could do that, but it wouldn't
be doing the right thing by the car.

It really needs a new chassis.

A new chassis?

Yep.

How much is one of them going to cost?

That's £600.

Is that all?

That is, but unfortunately it's a
good 100 hours of labour to fit it.

100 man hours?

Yes.

That won't make somebody
very happy, let me tell you.

All right, well listen, the car is so
pretty, and the sun's out, roofs off.

I do need to take it for a
test drive, is that all right?

Of course.

I'll tell you what, a couple
of minutes behind the wheel,

and I've already got a
feel for why there's a weight

in this as long as your arm
for one of these Morgan's.

It's got a charm all of its own.

Its styling may be from a bygone era.

You may be thinking, I
bet it drives very 1930s.

Well, let me tell you,
it's actually really fun.

This car's very low, and it makes it
feel like I'm doing 70 miles an hour,

when actually I'm only doing 40.

Steering is really snappy,
nice and manoeuvrable.

As for the ride, that's pretty harsh.

The engine, whoa, listen to that.

That Rover lump under the bonnet
seems really eager to want to please me,

and the gearbox is nice and
tight, very swift through the gears.

Very nice, nice place to be.

The real concern is this
car needs a new chassis,

and that will be the biggest job
we've ever done on Wheel of Dealers,

and most definitely the
biggest task I've ever given Ed.

Well, I think you know
where I'm going with this.

Sorry, Ed, but at 13 grand,
this car is definitely worth a punt.

So if they haven't changed their minds, I'm
going to get straight back to the garage,

and there's going to be
some money-changing ends.

Well, Richard, what can I say?

It gets down the road lovely.

You'd never dream that there
was something wrong with this car.

You'd never even know that there was
100 man-hours locked away inside there,

needed to pull it back together.

But you know what? None of that deters
me from the car, because I really like it.

If your offer is still open at £13,000,
I think I'm your man. I want it.

OK.
Solder, seen for restoration, no warranty.

I completely understand, Ed.
Hold out your hand.

Yes. Just bought myself a Morgan.

Solder, seen for restoration, no warranty.

Hold out your hand. Yes.

That won't make somebody
very happy, let me tell you.

Well, a Morgan isn't for those
who like their creature comforts,

because I thought on the motorway
journey back to the workshop,

I'd keep the roof off
and enjoy this sunshine.

Get that winded hair experience,
but to be honest with you, it's a bit cold,

it's a bit noisy, and I'm
being blown about a bit.

The other thing as well is
being incredibly intimidated.

You're so low to the ground,
and you're so exposed,

it makes you feel incredibly
vulnerable and really small.

But I don't care about any of that,

because I'm driving a beautiful car
that I've only had to give £13,000 for.

And if the chassis on this motor
wasn't fit for the wheelie bin,

you could make £20,000 or even more.

Even when you factor in the price
of the chassis to repair this car,

we are staring a huge profit in the face.

Well, I think you can see
that I'm sold on the Morgan.

The problem is I have to try
and sell the idea to my head.

Let's see what he makes of it.

What do you think of that then, eh?
I got us a Morgan.

That is fantastic, it's a
lovely classic British icon.

It really is a special car, well done.

It's as English as tea and
scones, a walk in the park,

Jeeves and Worcester, it's
got Edd China written all over it.

And it's a wonderful shape,
but it's one of those things

that hasn't actually changed for
years and years, and it still works.

It's a really cool car.

And just look what we've got here, Edd.

Look, British racing green,
check, tan livery, interior, check.

Colour-coded wire wheels.

Obviously you're the numbers man, but this
to me looks like a really expensive car.

Well, they usually are.

Morgans have got a massive
following, they go for big, strong money.

But you know what my
buying powers like, Edd, eh?

I give £13,000 for this car.

That's £10,000 less than
what I could have paid.

See, the thing about
that means there's lots

of wrong with it, so come
on, what's the score?

Well, we'll get to that bit in a minute.

First of all, look at the good stuff.

Just have a look at this interior.

Look, it's green pipe.

It's got a wooden dashboard.

That's real wood, none of that fake stuff.

There's some real leather as well.

Yeah, wooden steering
wheel, five-speed gearbox.

Look inside the glove box, look.

It's even got some little
sporty driving goggles.

Oh, that's very lovely.

How good is that?

But it's got the fold-down
screen and everything.

It has got all the bits
and pieces, hasn't it?

It's got absolutely everything.

Even got a tool kit in it for you.

There's a box spanner
and an old screwdriver,

so you'll be well
away inside this motor.

Do you love it?

It's good. I'm liking it a lot, actually.

Wait until you see the engine.

Okay, come on then.

I love the way this bonnet opens, Ed.

Look at all these clips, and away you go.

Look at that.

It's very old school, isn't it?

It is old school.

But with a modern engine, this is a
two-litre power plant out of a Rover.

It's really easy to get parts for,

really easy to maintain.

This one is as strong as an ox.

It goes fine.

How many miles has it done?

It's only done 25,000 miles.

It's got real grunt, and the car
weighs about the same as a dry J-Cloth,

so you can imagine
the power to weight ratio.

It's phenomenal.

Happy?

Well, it is really good, though,

and I think it's pretty
much all too good to be true.

That's the issue.

I mean, what is wrong with this car?

Okay, here we go.

Right, there's nothing wrong on the top.

That's pretty obvious.

The problem with this car is underneath.

It's the chassis.

Well, is that not something we can repair?

Unfortunately, no.

This car is lit by the seaside,
and it's got a little bit rotten.

And what's the point in repairing
it when the car's this good,

you might as well change it, because
the good news is they're only 600 quid.

Do you have any idea what
that's going to do to my sanity?

To change a chassis on a car,

I'm going to have to
take the whole thing

apart and then put it
all back together again.

That is just going to take an absolute age.

I knew you'd love it, and
you'd be as excited as me,

but, Ed, trust me, I know
it's a big challenge for you.

It's probably one of the biggest challenges
I've ever given you in a workshop,

but it will be worth it, because if
you do me this one little favour,

I reckon I can put up to £10,000.

in mining your back pocket.

Well, I can only try.

That's all I can say.

For £10,000, you're
going to try really hard.

Trust me.

Let's get it in the workshop.

Come on, then.

We've got a massive icon in the workshop,

and that's the brilliant Morgan.

Now, on the face of it, it would
seem that Mike couldn't have got us

a better example of this
superb British sports car.

We've got a fantastic body colour,

the right wheels, the
right colour leather

seats, and Mike says
it drives really well, too.

Do this little job for me, he says.

Well, actually swapping over the chassis on
a car is the mother of all workshop jobs.

You're dismantling and
then rebuilding a car.

It takes days and days and days.

So before I get into
that, let's have a look

at the chassis and
see how bad it really is.

Now, the worst of it is at the front here.

You can see where
somebody's tried to reinforce

or repair the kind of
rot with some angle iron,

which is rather badly cut
and then welded into position.

Now, from what I've heard,

this car spent quite a lot
of its time by the seaside,

and I guess all that salty air
has added to the corrosion.

And talking to Morgan,

a car of this age and this low mileage

is actually quite rare
to find it looking quite

so bad, so it's not
looking good for us at all.

First up is the simple stuff,

the big bits that are easy
to remove from the car,

things like the bonnet, that famous nose,

the wings, the seats.

And unlike modern cars,
which are put together by robots,

Morgan's are put together by hand
in a traditional car factory setting.

So to get them apart,

all I should need is a
whole load of hand tools,

these, and because there's so much stuff,

I'm going to get Paul to
give us some extra hands.

Now, the cool thing about this
car is even with big panels like this,

because they're made out of alloy, they're
lovely and light and lovely and strong.

So having removed all of the
panels on the front of the car,

my attention now turns to the interior.

Now thankfully, we don't
have to remove the dash

or the wiring loom that is
attached to that, which is great,

but we do need to get access to the
outer sills because there are bolts there

that hold the body onto the chassis, so
the seats are going to have to come out.

Now, under here should be some bolts.

There we go, there's one,

and there's another one there,
and then another one at the front.

Now, these actually hold
the body onto the chassis.

There are quite a few of them,
I've just got to find where they are.

Now, to try and get
the body off the chassis,

I've got lots of stuff to do,
but the main thing, of course,

is going to be these bolts
that hold the two together,

so they run all the way
along down either side.

So I'm kind of, I'm making inroads,

but I'm not exactly scratching the surface
because depending on who you talk to,

it takes between 150 and 200 hours

to actually swap over a chassis,

and I've spent about 10 hours so far.

Now, I'm pretty sure
that we've undone all of

the bolts that attach
the body to the chassis,

but there's still a
rather large lump that's

in the way, the engine
and gearbox assembly.

So, kind of getting
there, but still loads to do.

Now, Ed wants me to know
that he's been working harder

than he's ever done before, but I want
that boy to know that I'm grafting too.

I'm about to get in my car,

get the cruise control on,

and get the heating all the way up
as I head over to the Morgan factory,

where I hope to buy something
that our Morgan really needs.

Now, tell me a little bit about parts,

because I've come here
today to buy a chassis off you,

and that means that I can keep
that car on the road, doesn't it?

You can always rebuild a
Morgan, that's what I like,

and I think people do tend to hand them
on from generation to generation, you know,

or somebody buys one from a
garage and sort of starts to restore it,

and we do provide all the bits, I
think for about 50 years, actually.

So that's unheard of in
this throwaway society.

Thank you, Paul.

Yes, thank you.

Paul, what are you doing, mate?

Right, I spoke to you on the phone
about the chassis for my little Morgan.

Okay.

I've got it ready for you over there.

I can see that.

I can see that.

That's fantastic.

So is that the one for my car?

That's the one for your car, Mike, yeah.

Now, why have we got the car in bits?

Really good opportunity, isn't it,
to do some other stuff to the car,

to give it a more sort of current feel.

What do you recommend?

Yes, I've got some things
at the back I could show you,

which would have
upgraded the car to virtually a

current car and make
everything a lot easier for you.

Fantastic.

Well, I would recommend you
have the latest frame front here.

That's what we call a frame front,
which mounts the suspension units.

So you've got an easier camber adjustment,

more efficient, lighter,
and a better braking system.

Then on the rear of the car, I would
suggest you fit the later Springs,

which basically takes it
from a five-leaf to a four-leaf.

So it lowers the car?

That would lower the car
and give you a better ride in.

So you've got a front suspension upgrade,

which is all of that front
frame and these front uprights.

Okay, these are great, aren't they?

Big discs, big calipers, lovely.

Better stopping power as well.

And then to make the handling
at the back of the car better,

lower these Springs.

It's amazing you still see
these on sports cars, isn't it?

Well, I just think this is fabulous stuff.

How much is it all going to come to,
though, including that chassis out there?

Well, the chassis on these parts
might cost you roughly about £1,600.

That's £1,600?

Which would be well worth it.

Yeah, harsh thickness, a bit of a bargain.

Yeah, I'll have it all. Fantastic.

Okay, no problem.

Can't wait to get it back in the workshop.

It's probably one of the
biggest challenges I've ever

given you in a workshop,
but it will be worth it.

We've only got as far as removing all the
bolts that hold the body onto the chassis,

and you can certainly see
where all those hours go

because I've still got tons more to do
before I can actually separate the two.

The next challenge is going to be
removing this engine and gearbox.

So, with the last bolt
undone, now, theoretically,

the engine and gearbox will be
ready to be removed from the car.

So, here goes.

Well, the lifting chains are all secure,

engine hoists in place,
and this little clever gizmo,

this allows me to change the centre of
gravity of the engine and gearbox combo,

so I can get just the
right angle to get it

clear from the car
without damaging anything.

Well, at least that's the plan.

I really want to get this body off.

Now, I've got a bit of a cunning plan.

The idea is I'm going to use the
ramp to lift the body off the chassis,

but, of course, before I can do that, I
need to support the weight of the chassis.

on these trestles.

Oh, dear, this is a
little bit nerve-wracking.

because Mike's getting us a new chassis,

not a new body, so I
certainly don't want to drop it.

So, we're just going to take it real easy,

and, hopefully, we can
now separate these two.

Bit more, mate.

Mike's going to be here any
second, but we've done it.

We've got the body
off the chassis, finally.

Only trouble is, we've still got a
whole load more work we have to do.

Ed?

All right, mate?

All right, buddy.

Wow, how are you doing?

Well, I have to be honest,
I'm a little bit frazzled.

It's been quite intense,

and I'm rather tired now.

I'm not surprised.

Look at that.

Well, somebody had this brilliant idea to
buy a car that needs a replacement chassis.

This is what you end up getting.

Oh, sorry about that.

It looks like it's been hard work.

Well, the thing is,

with this sort of job,

you've got to dismantle the entire
car, and you've got to rebuild it again.

Pretty much from scratch, and
so what you're looking at here.

is basically just work in progress.

Well, you're not the only
one who's been working hard.

I like to get in my car,

put the heated seats on,

and go all the way down to Morgan.

I've got some upgrade parts,

plus outside I've got
a replacement chassis.

I mean, I think I'd love to say that
I'm going to dive straight back into it,

but I think I deserve at least
a cup of tea, and perhaps

even I might follow that
with a really big holiday.

Oh, that sounds like swearing to me,
and I won't have that kind of language.

So I'm about halfway
through this marathon job.

Mike's brought me this lovely new chassis,

and when you put the
old and new side by side,

you can really see why
I'm getting so excited.

The old one is rotten, it's nasty,

the new one is much more presentable,

and it's fully galvanized,
so it's not going to rust.

So essentially we're getting rid of
all that was bad with our Morgan,

and starting from scratch.

So let's crack on.

Now the wooden floor on
our Morgan is in such a state,

I think it would be kind
of crazy not to replace it,

so a little bit of 9mm marine
ply will do just the trick.

Having secured the new wood to our chassis,

I can now start fitting some more interesting
stuff, and in no particular order,

I thought I'd start with the
pedals and the master cylinders,

and straight away you can
see we've got a bit of a problem

because these chassis come
with very few pre-drilled holes,

which makes this whole fitting malarkey
a lot more of a faff than I first thought.

Now one of the problems
with actually drilling holes

into our fresh new galvanized
chassis is of course we then

remove the zinc plating, which
protects it from the environment.

Now in the factory,

Morgan used a little dab
of wax oil to make sure

that the air and water
can't get to that fresh steel.

I've opted for a cold
zinc galvanized paint,

and the advantage
with this stuff is it actually

looks just like the
galvanizing once it's dried.

I've just fitted a brand new panhard rod,

not just because it's lovely and shiny,

but actually it came as part of an upgrade
kit for the rear suspension of our Morgan.

Now its job is to locate the axle

to stop it from going from side
to side, which is very important.

But what also came in our kit is
a pair of brand new leaf Springs.

Now this car came with
a set of six leaf Springs,

and they're okay, but
they're a little bit harsh.

These four leaf Springs
are a little bit softer,

a bit more compliant,

and end up with a much
nicer ride on the car.

Now this other new shiny bit of metal

is actually called a tr*mp bar,

and it also comes with the kit.

Now one of the disadvantages
with running slightly softer Springs

is there's a greater tendency
for the axle to wind up

or distort the Springs under
acceleration or braking.

So what this little bar does here is actually
locate that axle and stop it rotating.

Now, tramping is actually
when the axle bounces

around, so this will
stop that from happening,

which means you actually get
better acceleration and safer braking.

Look at this lovely diff.

It's not leaking, I've
checked it all, but doesn't it

look so much better now it's
been cleaned and painted?

This complicated rebuild
seems to be going that well

that I actually feel like I can see
the light at the end of the tunnel.

We've put the chassis under the body

because it's nearly that time to marry
the two together, but while it's up there,

my next job is going to be made much,
much easier because all I have to do now

is pop the engine and
gearbox back into position.

But as always, there's still
loads of drilling to be done.

Now this bit of metal here is the
bit that I cut off the original chassis.

I've now bolted it back to the gearbox
so we know it's in the right position,

because now I've got to
weld it onto our new chassis.

Now the thing is, our
new chassis is galvanized,

which means it's
covered in a layer of zinc.

Now if you were to weld that, it can
liberate zinc oxide, which is a heavy metal

which can poison you
horribly, so it's not good stuff.

So whatever you're
doing when you're working

with this stuff, always
wear an approved mask.

You can actually minimize
some of that risk by grinding

away that galvanized plating
before you start welding.

But again, make sure you
get rid of or extract those

little particles because
again, they can poison you.

Well, things seem to be going really well.

We're now at a point where I can
go either front suspension or body-on.

And I think it's going to have to be body-on
because I'm getting kind of impatient.

But before I can put the two together, we
need to put in some damp-proof membrane.

It's not like building a house.

And this stuff is almost exactly
the same thing as roofing felt.

But I'm actually going to stick it down
onto the chassis with a bit of carpet tape.

Hang on, let's go a bit easy.

Hang on, mate, hang on, hang on.

No, we're good, keep going.

Okay, keep going, keep
going, keep going, keep going.

That is fantastic, well done, sir.

Brilliant.

Well, here we are, ready
for the final big push.

We've done an absolute mountain of
work to get our Morgan back to this stage.

It's actually beginning
to look rather like

a car, but clearly we've
still got a workshop

full of parts to fit onto it.

The next job is going to be the interior,

but while I've still got a bit of access,
I'm going to pop on the inner wings.

So here we go, the last
piece of carpet for our interior,

and it is looking rather
smart, I have to say.

Maybe a bit of bling, a nice
bit of stainless steel there

with a Morgan badge on it.

So now all we need are the seats,

and of course they're
going to be bolted in from

underneath, but they
do sit on some spacers,

and of course being a
Morgan, they're made of wood.

So these are all the parts we
need for our uprated suspension.

Now, assembly is actually quite
fiddly and also a little bit dangerous

because we are going to be
compressing some Springs.

So as always, it's safer
and easier to use two of us.

Well, there we have it, our
new suspension is in position,

and there are a number
of reasons why it's uprated.

First of all, in the
old system of this car,

we had this auto-oiling device,

the idea being that it would get
a little bit of oil from the engine,

and that would be
regularly kind of pushed into

the suspension to keep
it all nice and lubricated.

Problem is, it used to
leak absolutely everywhere,

covering everything
in horrible oil and dirt,

but also some of that oil
would get onto the brakes,

and that is not cool.

So what Morgan have done,

they've actually put on
these little kind of grease

n*pples, top there and
down there on the sides.

You can actually grease
up the whole of the column,

and that way it's going to be
nice and fluid and move around.

But also to help with that,

you've actually got this little
bearing down the bottom here,

so it means that the steering
can actually be moved around

without trying to wind
the spring up and down,

which also helps with a little bit of
feel through the steering, which is nice.

So in addition to that, we've
got this new shock absorber.

It's adjustable, so you can get that
damp rate just the way you want it.

And also, we've got slightly bigger calipers,
so it's going to stop better as well.

And the last thing,

if you want to get really
into that kind of suspension

geometry stuff, you can now
also adjust the camber as well.

So this little adjuster down
here means you can get the

tilt of that wheel exactly
where you need it to as well,

depending on what track or
road you're going to be driving on.

When you've pulled apart
a car as much as we have,

the first turn of the key when it's all
back together again is pretty crucial.

So here goes.

That's a good start.

Hey, well, there we go. It works.

That is absolutely brilliant.

I am massively, massively relieved.

Hold out your hand.

Yes, just bought myself a Morgan.

Ed, how you doing, my son?

Wow, we've got a car in
front of us and not a pile of bits.

That, my friend, is the result of
many, many hours of hard work.

It's probably the hardest I've
ever had to work on, we disease.

But look at the result, Ed.

We already had a great car at the top

and now we've got a fantastic
car underneath as well.

What with that nice new shiny
chassis that you bolted on.

I think now it's like 110% better
than when you dropped it off.

I can see you burnt the midnight oil
on this car and you worked really hard

and I think you and our Morgan deserve
a little blast out in the countryside.

And trust me, son, where we're going,

it's a little bit nippy, so
you will need your coat.

OK.

Well, Ed, you better pinch yourself
to make sure you're not dreaming

because the Morgan is back fighting fit
and looking the only way a Morgan can.

But it's also driving the
way only a Morgan can

and even though it looks
like a vintage vehicle,

actually it's pretty modern as well.

The sport is perfect
for a blast in the country.

It certainly is and I
didn't bring you all the

way here to the
wonderful Morgan Hills, Ed,

just to enjoy the view.

No, I brought you here because
it's near to the Morgan factory,

the home of this very car, and it's likely
that this car had seen these roads before,

driven by one of the
engineers who bolted it together.

So this is our pilgrimage to Morgan.

Well, I'll tell you what, it
may look the same, this car,

albeit a bit cleaner.

It drives so much better.

The suspension modifications
mean that the car feels

a lot tighter and the
steering is a lot smoother.

You know what, Ed, this
car feels a bit more like us.

It feels younger and
fitter than it ever did before

and I'll tell you what, all your hard
work, I promise you, it will pay off.

Right, so how much money are
we going to ask our little monkey?

Well, you've got to put it this way, Ed.

We give 13 grand for this little
car and looking like it does now,

you can easily put this
in the showroom for what,

21, 22 grand, but I'm going
to go nowhere near that.

OK.

I'm actually going to
go for more than that.

More, Ed, you know why?

Because it feels like a new car,

new chassis, new suspension, new steering.

It actually really does feel like
a brand new car on the road.

So I'm going to ask 23,750.

All I can say, mate, is
good luck with that one.

OK, this isn't exactly gone to plan

because I know our little
Morgan is worth 23 grand plus.

Problem I've got is this.

Yeah, it's absolutely freezing

and this weather isn't
going to break anytime soon.

Anything with a fabric
top on it just isn't shifting.

So what I've done is I've put a
call to a dealer friend of mine.

He sent down one of these guys to
come and have a look round the motor.

and it makes sense because a dealer
can sit on the car until the sun comes out.

I can't.

Right then, Clive, you do like
the way this car drives, don't you?

I certainly do, mate.

So what do you think
of it then, little Morgan?

It's excellent.
I love what's been done to it.

The chassis suspension is going to
give it a long, long, long lease of life.

Well, I hope this car dealer
friend of yours has said to you

you can spend some of
his well-earned money.

As you know, I've got the
car advertised for 23 grand.

Where do you want to be?

20,500, I think.

20,500.

I couldn't let it go for that.

21 grand and that's it.
I can't let it go any cheaper.

What do you say?

21.

21's fine. We'll settle on that.

Your dealer friend just bought
you a very cheap Morgan.

Thank you.

Now, when I bought this Morgan, I always
knew it was going to be a bit of a gamble,

but when I think about the reddies
we've earned, it's a gamble that paid off

and the Morgan is
fighting fit for another day.

If you want to see more Alien Classic
cars, get the Wheeler dealer treatment,

then join me in it again soon.

Salah!