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Access to Robin's detailing services for life is a dangerous offer. Forget the amount of vehicles he buys, knowing Alex he'll probably start showering there to save money on water so he has more money to spend on cars 😂
I think if he got fed up, I feel like (without knowing him of course) Tom would just pull the plug on any involvement with Alex and his channel. Though to me they all seem to get on really quite well.
I thought he was getting really annoyed in the first episode he did with Alex (can't remember which one) but I think it's just the way he is. He seems to have really warmed to it and he's a good member of the crew.
It’s 50/50 probs. Alex, you old wolf, what’s up with Barney. When can we see him already? It’s the ultimate car (save for chassi not being RX-8 how you wanted) nevertheless, please update us on his majesty
I feel like this is one of the few true car channels. It’s not all about super cars, hyper cars, spending the most.. it’s about cars. Any car. Good or bad. Preferably bad, which makes it better in my opinion. It adds another comedy aspect to the already perfect chemistry between Alex and Taylor.
Looking forward to watching this, nothing like buying a load of shitboxes 😂 sometimes you get gems, sometimes you get lemons but that's life as a car guy.
I was on the m1 heading south on Saturday. Saw the van (has Taylor’s plate on it) and got super excited. Drove past honked the horn a few times and gave a thumbs up, only to see a ginger guy with a beard driving and not Taylor. Felt like a fool. The van came past us and then we were going back past when the guy rolled the window down. We put ours down and he gave us an air freshener. Honestly made our day and couldn’t stop smiling about it for the rest of the drive to Crawley and then back to Teesside later
Tom seems like such a nice bloke compared to the countless short, bald, passive aggressive mechanics I've dealt with in the past. So hard to find a trustworthy mechanic these days
I wonder how much you would make on that Daimler if you just stripped it down and sold it for parts. Tom already wanted the front axle, ha also said that the engines on those were quite good and this particular one didn't sound too bad. With these and maybe some stuff like the lights, bumpers, windows, doors and other parts that are hard to come by but still in an acceptable shape, I figure you could make around 1000 quid or more if Robin hadn't messaged you. I think I'd like to see a challenge in which each of you guys had to buy a car that's off MOT and has no chance of getting it anymore and make money parting it out and scrapping everything that doesn't sell.
Yeah it's only when Alex and Taylor's got nicked when I found out just how much they can cost. Makes sense in retrospect, it's a big lump of metal that has to safely and securely transport potentially very heavy vehicles even at motorway speeds.
That Mercedes has a ton of valuable parts, the refrigerator is worth easily 1300 pounds, add in the ABC struts, wheels, interior trim specific to the v12, the xenon headlights, exhaust cats, engine itself, and body panels and you could easily get 6k pounds from breaking it
Alex has about 5 different video series going on on this one channel, the unreliables, the vans, this trade up fleet, the other trade up series, and then the 4x4s if that’s still happening
I have an MGF too, and if I was in england I'd see if I could fit a rover v8 in it.... but only because then it'd technically fit the definition of a supercar haha
@@samuelgarrod8327 lol obviously, but it would be fun. I suppose stanceworks has a spare transverse V8, but I just wanted to keep it in the family company
The chap on the bearded explorer channel would be calling this a Jag and saying it’s a disgrace that this ultra rare car isn’t being restored by the owner.
From my experience a mgf on its spheres handles better than a tf on its coilovers, comfy slow and still sporty when in the bends, certainly better, quicker and faster in corners than the mx5s.
A mx5 would out handle a mg every day of the week as long as there’s a good driver in both cars. As for power I had a mk1 1.6 that could run circles around the MGs on track days. You only have to look and see which of the two are more popular. The MK1 MX5/Eunos Roadster/miata is world renowned for being a great car same has never been said about a MGFv😂
It would likely need a chassis swap to be somewhat safe. Definitely not a resto mod, would be completely uneconomical to repair as it would cost so much
Alex must be a superhero because he has an ability to smell rust and filler within a global radius. His weakness.. not resisting temptation to buy whatever is rusting and full of filler
This is what the average 15-20 year old car looks like in ontario, Canada. I'm not even exaggerating. We don't do yearly mot's. We only need safety inspections when ownerships are transfered. That means no inspections sometimes for the entire life of the car. Truly scary to think about
I restored a mk 2 jag in a bit better initial condition than that Daimler, cost a fortune, lots loads when I sold it, those 2.5 Daimler engines would fit the dart and they used to be in dragsters back in the day, bet you could have broke it for good money.
ngl abit sad about the old Merc, I hoped it would be a little bit less of a sh*t box especailly after hearing the engine running, what a beauty that would be if it was in good condition! :O
shame the daimler is probably the coolest looking car thats been on alexs channel so far. But britian and steel don't mix let alone 60 years on. wonder if you could swap it on to a new frame
Shame letting such a beautiful car go to waste could have made a serie of the back of that and taylor & rory could have gotten an old car each to do up as well would have lasted at least 4 to 5 months fixing them up obviously getting someone else o paint them afterwards but bit of welding new sections for the frame rails smooth it off could have been beautiful such a shame
I'm stopping the video right after ripping Robin off just to say that: THIS IS BY FAR THE FUNNIEST VIDEO you guys ever made 😂 Bravo!!! I'm literally lolling (at work, alone in my otherwise shared office).
Taylor got a huge deal paying only £4000 for that transporter, that’s got to be less than half its value and you would have easily have broken even and even made profit with the trailer and transporter sales
If someone was a really good fabricator and could do the metalwork to bring the Daimler back mostly on their own, how much would it cost them to do? Out of curiosity. I’m assuming a fair chunk less than £125k?
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@@NickLantzy Yes
Where did you get that black hoodie from it’s very nice?
Access to Robin's detailing services for life is a dangerous offer. Forget the amount of vehicles he buys, knowing Alex he'll probably start showering there to save money on water so he has more money to spend on cars 😂
I mean he didn't specify whether it was free for life 💁😂😂
Yes but he will be able to make content out of it using Alex’s name
@@SuperLuckyDanny good observation
Alex is going to be squatting that place in no time
@@YorkyPudinz oh, but he did, at 19:00. The Question is...whose life? 😂😂😂
You can see how much Tom loves the banter with Alex and Taylor
Honestly my favourite segments of this channel is just Alex making Tom regret his life
Viking Detailing buying the rust bucket, I'm sure he's now a permanent member of the channel after that offer.
Can never quite decide if Tom's having a good time and enjoying the banter or wether he's sick of Alex's shit and wants his hands clean of him😂
I think if he got fed up, I feel like (without knowing him of course) Tom would just pull the plug on any involvement with Alex and his channel. Though to me they all seem to get on really quite well.
@@jameswingrove7421 They seem to get on pretty well and it's free exposure/advertising for Tom so it's a win win all round.
I thought he was getting really annoyed in the first episode he did with Alex (can't remember which one) but I think it's just the way he is. He seems to have really warmed to it and he's a good member of the crew.
It’s 50/50 probs. Alex, you old wolf, what’s up with Barney. When can we see him already? It’s the ultimate car (save for chassi not being RX-8 how you wanted) nevertheless, please update us on his majesty
I think he can't either lol
I feel like this is one of the few true car channels. It’s not all about super cars, hyper cars, spending the most.. it’s about cars. Any car. Good or bad. Preferably bad, which makes it better in my opinion. It adds another comedy aspect to the already perfect chemistry between Alex and Taylor.
I think you should of sold the full car to Tom for the £500 he's been a massive help to this channel and he comes across as a real nice guy
Tom should have offered his services free for life then 😂
I like Tom on camera, he's a nice, funny guy, and he's a wizard with cars.
Looking forward to watching this, nothing like buying a load of shitboxes 😂 sometimes you get gems, sometimes you get lemons but that's life as a car guy.
Mama said " life's like a barn full of shitboxes, ya never know what ya gunna get"
I was on the m1 heading south on Saturday. Saw the van (has Taylor’s plate on it) and got super excited. Drove past honked the horn a few times and gave a thumbs up, only to see a ginger guy with a beard driving and not Taylor. Felt like a fool. The van came past us and then we were going back past when the guy rolled the window down. We put ours down and he gave us an air freshener. Honestly made our day and couldn’t stop smiling about it for the rest of the drive to Crawley and then back to Teesside later
Tom seems like such a nice bloke compared to the countless short, bald, passive aggressive mechanics I've dealt with in the past. So hard to find a trustworthy mechanic these days
Some brilliant laugh out loud moments in this episode. Great work again. Tom is always great viewing anytime he's on. Quality stuff 👍
Well you're f**cking nailing this Alex, well done...
Any video with Tom in it is a good one! The trio with Alex, Tom and Taylor hilarious!
These guys have really tapped into the banter element. I laugh along, like im stood just out of shot.
I wonder how much you would make on that Daimler if you just stripped it down and sold it for parts. Tom already wanted the front axle, ha also said that the engines on those were quite good and this particular one didn't sound too bad. With these and maybe some stuff like the lights, bumpers, windows, doors and other parts that are hard to come by but still in an acceptable shape, I figure you could make around 1000 quid or more if Robin hadn't messaged you.
I think I'd like to see a challenge in which each of you guys had to buy a car that's off MOT and has no chance of getting it anymore and make money parting it out and scrapping everything that doesn't sell.
I have absolutely no clue when it comes to trailers but I would have never imagined that trailer to be worth £5500!
The trailer they had I've seen being sold for 8K on auto trader. The costs for trailers are mad.
Yeah it's only when Alex and Taylor's got nicked when I found out just how much they can cost. Makes sense in retrospect, it's a big lump of metal that has to safely and securely transport potentially very heavy vehicles even at motorway speeds.
Daimler hemi V8 goes in a Ford Pop,the remains go on the banger track with a pinto lump. I know,lost in the '70s! Very entertaining video chaps.
£600 for the MG... I believe the plate alone is worth more than that! Someone got a bargain!
What a challenge Alex, I’m sure you will get a profit , may the force and car gods be with you 🤣😎
That Mercedes has a ton of valuable parts, the refrigerator is worth easily 1300 pounds, add in the ABC struts, wheels, interior trim specific to the v12, the xenon headlights, exhaust cats, engine itself, and body panels and you could easily get 6k pounds from breaking it
still less rust than the average mk5 golf/jetta
Alex has about 5 different video series going on on this one channel, the unreliables, the vans, this trade up fleet, the other trade up series, and then the 4x4s if that’s still happening
I have an MGF too, and if I was in england I'd see if I could fit a rover v8 in it.... but only because then it'd technically fit the definition of a supercar haha
It doesn't work like that pal. 😅
@@samuelgarrod8327 lol obviously, but it would be fun. I suppose stanceworks has a spare transverse V8, but I just wanted to keep it in the family company
MG did it, its in the gaydon museum and i believe did hit supercar speeds. The rover v8 was around tvr 500 spec iirc.
5:55
‘Is it going to be like those student loans, where you need to earn over a million pounds to pay it back’
😂
Goddamn I wish that was true
Omg this is now my favourite channel on TH-cam. The banter between Alex, Tom, Taylor & Rory is amazing 🤩
Ugh that 993 does look excellent! Congrats mate!
great video Alex keep it up and merry Christmas to
A word you never want to hear when getting a rust inspection underneath is "WOW"...
Such amazing chemistry between all of you! A pleasure to watch. Great content and excited to get notifications. Thank you and well done!
Perfect timing, just sat down for my break at work 😁
The only car channels where Men can be Men. So fun. Reminds of the old Top Gear. Alex and Taylor, keep on keeping on!! Love from Kenya
Guys thanks for the content this year! Seasons greetings 👍😃
This is the funniest thing I have seen in a while hahahaha “I own you” fantastic 😂
Seriously?
15:29 Rhys face when checking the red box that Alex just messed with....
Tom Vs Alex banger racing. Tom takes the Daimler, Alex takes that Omega estate that's been forgotten about. Could be TH-cam gold 😂
14:37 Didn't Minis have cone suspension not Hydrolastic?? 1100's and Metros had it though.
Minis where mainly sold with rubber cone suspension. But they were definitely offered with Hydrolastic for a period in the 60/70s.
Of this collection of wheeling and dealing, we can say "that didn't go well". [cut to scene of burning barn] Good luck guys!
I’m a mechanic in New Hampshire, USA. We see cars that rusty come in trying to get a state inspection (equivalent of MOT).
The MG has a cool plate which is worth money R1 MGF and if you do illegal spacing you can make it R1M GF 🤣
£600 for the mg. Wow someone got a bargain surely
Think that model of Daimler/Jaguar is so good looking! Tom is such a funny character! Always a joy when he is on.
love ya stuff! great vid as always... shoulda charged more for the VW van tho. 4K is cheap!
All i was thinking with the red one was this needs a bodyswap, get that underside fixed and lay it on some other platform.
wow, I thought papers with some plaster was an urban legend from the 70ies, learned something today!
Is there a finer colour in the world than Rover Tahiti Blue? The MG looks great in it.
Tom is a legend.
well done Alex and Tom and Taylor
never mind the profit tho its great watching the videos
Still recon you should have done some sort of christmas auction to reduce the 30 odd fleet down to something manageable in the new year
The Daimler makes for a great garden ornament
Sell the car to car throttle so they can supercharge it 😂😂😂
That Daimler would be an awesome banger racer
Love this series.
I would have definitely taken the detailing service!!
The chap on the bearded explorer channel would be calling this a Jag and saying it’s a disgrace that this ultra rare car isn’t being restored by the owner.
Thanks for all the videos in 2023 👍👍👍
From my experience a mgf on its spheres handles better than a tf on its coilovers, comfy slow and still sporty when in the bends, certainly better, quicker and faster in corners than the mx5s.
A mx5 would out handle a mg every day of the week as long as there’s a good driver in both cars. As for power I had a mk1 1.6 that could run circles around the MGs on track days. You only have to look and see which of the two are more popular. The MK1 MX5/Eunos Roadster/miata is world renowned for being a great car same has never been said about a MGFv😂
You guys are hilarious 🤣 your vids bring me so much comfort
If you were into racing alex that daimler would be a good historic racer.
Could also be a sick semi restomod
It would likely need a chassis swap to be somewhat safe. Definitely not a resto mod, would be completely uneconomical to repair as it would cost so much
I saw Taylor and Rory at the NEC and brought some stickers and a key tag
Man Alex and the bois never disappoints
bit out there, but if theres enough metal actually left, Daimler body on MX5 floor pan?
Should have stuck the body on a mx5 chassis or something. Pretty cool looking thing
I think a rusty chassis is as much a star of the ahow as the lads lol. Merry Christmas to all. 🎄 ⛄ 🎁
bros lets get Alex to 1 mil
I wouldnt even give you scrap value for the Daimler 🤣🤣🤣
Tom Lenthal I know a great therapist 😉 I love this channel!!
Alex must be a superhero because he has an ability to smell rust and filler within a global radius. His weakness.. not resisting temptation to buy whatever is rusting and full of filler
Notification Squad!🔥🔥🔥 Happy Holidays, Hope y'all doing good!🎅🎁🎄
Love your videos and would to be part of them somehow as a master tech myself and live near Reading, keep up the great work boys.
Everytime I see a notification that Autoalex has uploaded I stop what I'm doing and watch! 🎉
I love the end of video comment - ‘dedicated to automotive financial mistakes’ - we’ve all done it 😂 Merry Christmas - brilliant video as always
Saw the tweet recently, so congrats on the supposed 993!
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Some lovely X350 XJs in the workshop there…
I genuinely enjoyed this episode, Taylor is back on form & was genuinely laughing.
"you do realise we will take the p*ss" 😂😂😂😂
coldsore taylor
Tom is an absolute star and legend!
Dont give up on it! Just make it safe. Tires brakes suspension. An structural rust. And just drive it about.
Please do a Phil on the Jag, maybe put a Mazda rotary in?
This is what the average 15-20 year old car looks like in ontario, Canada. I'm not even exaggerating. We don't do yearly mot's. We only need safety inspections when ownerships are transfered. That means no inspections sometimes for the entire life of the car. Truly scary to think about
I restored a mk 2 jag in a bit better initial condition than that Daimler, cost a fortune, lots loads when I sold it, those 2.5 Daimler engines would fit the dart and they used to be in dragsters back in the day, bet you could have broke it for good money.
ngl abit sad about the old Merc, I hoped it would be a little bit less of a sh*t box especailly after hearing the engine running, what a beauty that would be if it was in good condition! :O
“Taylor this is a little bit of you” “No”😂😂you STOLE that transporter by the way😅
You didn't have the biggest Loss Alex, You had the biggest experience 🙏🙏💯💯👍👍
I was wondering when we'd see more about these cars... But here it is!
Yorkshire Restoration will have that sorted out pretty quickly!!
shame the daimler is probably the coolest looking car thats been on alexs channel so far. But britian and steel don't mix let alone 60 years on. wonder if you could swap it on to a new frame
Alex, the Daimler clearly is a car for @Roadkill. Send this to them and say hi from me.
Challenge Mat Armstong to restore the Daimler, he always restores new cars, give him a crazy challenge
Im pretty sure the boys at Yorkshire Car Resorations would love to take the daimler on
So will we see Robins Espace collection soon?
Love you Alex! Good luck!
You should do a crash test with the Daimler- see how bad it would be in an accident with it being in that condition !
Tom is surely the not-so-silent 4th member of Alex's team by now. Ledge!
Shame letting such a beautiful car go to waste could have made a serie of the back of that and taylor & rory could have gotten an old car each to do up as well would have lasted at least 4 to 5 months fixing them up obviously getting someone else o paint them afterwards but bit of welding new sections for the frame rails smooth it off could have been beautiful such a shame
Robin said Alex has access to his detailing services for life. Think the fine print will say Access only and Alex has to do the details himself 😂
I'm stopping the video right after ripping Robin off just to say that: THIS IS BY FAR THE FUNNIEST VIDEO you guys ever made 😂 Bravo!!! I'm literally lolling (at work, alone in my otherwise shared office).
Taylor got a huge deal paying only £4000 for that transporter, that’s got to be less than half its value and you would have easily have broken even and even made profit with the trailer and transporter sales
Youre right, that Transporter is easily worth 8k+
The Alex and Taylor show back at it 🔥
If someone was a really good fabricator and could do the metalwork to bring the Daimler back mostly on their own, how much would it cost them to do? Out of curiosity. I’m assuming a fair chunk less than £125k?
Its such a shame about the Daimler, I saw a mint condition one yesterday, very elegant cars.