I owned this P1800 the mot's for 2019 20 and21 Were mine. For safety I always have classics done each year. Templer and wilde did some more work on it and it was close to concourse when I sold it. I am sure you are aware that when it comes to that level guide and auction values go haywire. If you want the best then it doesn't come cheap. The end value was near £40k. Brilliant car often wonder if I did the right thing selling it to fund the next project. But never look back!! Regarding Roger Moore ,it was the car SoS P1800 he signed not this one
Another interesting one Trevor. With regard to the P1800 I have a story. Around 2014 I had my son's car re-painted by a Jaguar specialist I had met at a car show called Steven Heywood, situated in Rochdale. He did lots of classic cars, E Types etc. seemed an OK guy. On one of the many visits we paid to his garage, we got talking about car restoration in general, and he asked me if I watched Wheeler Dealers, and was I familiar with the P1800S episode. I said yes, and he proceeded to show me a large pile of parts under a tarp. which he claimed was all the running gear and suspension off of that car. The story was that whoever the owner was at that time had dug into the car only to find that it was a real mess and needed complete restoration. Don't know if he was telling the truth after seeing the MOT history you have discovered. Maybe not.
From across the pond: Thank you for the update on the "Chelsea Tractor". I remember the original episonde where it appeared they actually acquired it from a farm setting. Narragansett Bay
the G17SCB reg has actually gone onto another defender (2017 model this time, and black). G529OLG is taxed until november 2025 but has failed its MOT, at least i would assume so as the MOT ran out on the 8th of last month. its possible that its far too expensive to be repaired, so it might be that the tax is claimed back?
These classics are a great investment, you just need to factor in a complete rebuild every now and then and the upkeep including storage and so on. Mechanics love you if you have one and you drive it regularly.
Mechanics only love them because it's much nicer to work on a classic car than on a newer car. You have to take much less of the car apart to get to bits, and older cars were designed to be accessed, newer ones not at all. In general it takes less time to change, let's say an aux belt or alternator on a 70's, 80's, or 90's car than anything after the 2000's. Also, classic owners actually care about their cars, rather than modern car owners who will not change the oil for 50k
As an update to the Bentley Mulsanne from a earlier season. Last August it was on facebook marketplace in Australia. The ad has since been removed i don't know if it was sold or not. I have 2 lows res pictures from that add, in one picture u can just make out the British license plate. If u want these pictures for a future update let me know.
WD is Discovery Channel's most successful production series. Watching reveals a backroom insight into the automobile industry. I cringe when watching any of the mechanics except for Mark AKA Elvis. Mike, on the other hand, in true form, fits the profile of a true car salesman.
Very Interesting detective work. Is that the Volvo P1800 that they got Roger Moore to sign the back of the Drivers seat. I restore old Motorbikes and half of them have quadrupled in value the day after i sold them. I did a check on a plate that my Dad had on a big yank car he had in the late 50's, SLY 3, (My Mum said that number plate suited him perfectly), and it's back on another big Yank car now. Coincidence. Think it's a Viper from memory.
Had p1800, s in the 80s and 90s,they were rotten then, had sills, arches, wings on, you could go to speeds of Alfreton and buy parts then, I used to go to a big breaker, volvo village in Sheffield and get bits to keep mine going, went to the south of France in a 1800E,fast car, was doing a 100 sometimes, unburstable engines.
So both vehicles are still going and of course the Volvo P1800 with the very reliable red block motor you would expect the P1800 to still be running as with any vehicle with any very reliable engine as for the Land Rover that is also good to see its still going and through your persistent automotive detective work
@@oscarsgarage447 l do enjoy Wheeler dealers l do catch the odd episode on you tube and recently caught shorten versions of a couple of episodes in Australia and they bought a Toyota Hilux and it had only done 300000 kilometres and the comments were in relation to how many kilometres it had done what would be wrong with the engine well guess what nothing where my 1997 Toyota Hilux has done 439000 kilometres and there is nothing wrong with the engine 300000 kilometres for any Toyota us nothing there are many examples of Toyota's reaching 1000000 million miles on there original engine so 300000 kilometres is nothing to a Toyota l suppose there used to British and European vehicles that need a couple of engine rebuilds to reach 300000 kilometres after all there is a 1993 Toyota Corolla that has done 2000000 kilometres with its original engine
I didn't know Mike had a P1800 but I remember on Wheeler Dealers Trading Up he bought a RHD one in Sweden and sold it in the UK. I wonder what happened to that one.
Does the price that the wheeler dealer spend on a vehicle include the labour cost of the presenters, or is it based on the home mechanic doing the work?
By now, Wheeler Dealers started being well known everywhere, so I'm confident that the WD cars from now on will all be still on the road. Which makes the early cars being scrapped even more disheartening. I would have loved to take that Mx-5 from that uncareful owner.
Let's face it. If WD was a real pukka garage they would have gone bust years ago. Ignoring labour costs and forgetting all that equipment Edd had in his garage makes the costs ridiculously low. They had a Fiat Dino in one episode that Mike brought over from Italy. They sold it for around 15k which was around 2k profit. They are currently going for between 50k-150k. MB obviously doesn't plan for the long term. Nice to know though that the vehicles they do work on don't just fall apart the moment the cameras turn off. Much better than some of those 'We rebuild your house for you while you're on holiday because you're a nice person' crap TV shows where the ceiling cracks after a few weeks and the doors won't open.😂
I only watched a few.... Couldn't bear watching the bodging involved in "fixing" cars..... No they were TV fixing... In other words bodging the crap out it..
As regards to the land rover I watched the episode and noticed the front grill had worpped like it was when they 1st got it so thought that's strange they changed the gill now it's the same as it was message wheeler dealers and asked the question what happened to the grill I just got a simple reply HEAT so I'm guessing that's mike brewer replying 😀
Ironic that the Volvo was sent to a company called Templer & Wilde to have some work done seeing as Roger Moore’s character in The Saint was Simon Templar (yes, slightly different spelling) 😮
I owned this P1800 the mot's for 2019 20 and21 Were mine. For safety I always have classics done each year. Templer and wilde did some more work on it and it was close to concourse when I sold it. I am sure you are aware that when it comes to that level guide and auction values go haywire. If you want the best then it doesn't come cheap. The end value was near £40k. Brilliant car often wonder if I did the right thing selling it to fund the next project. But never look back!!
Regarding Roger Moore ,it was the car SoS P1800 he signed not this one
Thanks for the comment, great to hear you enjoyed it.
I think you mean concours, concourse is a large space , like you get in station.
@@tz6414 it was parked near the St Pancras station, that's why it was worth so much.
Another interesting one Trevor. With regard to the P1800 I have a story. Around 2014 I had my son's car re-painted by a Jaguar specialist I had met at a car show called Steven Heywood, situated in Rochdale. He did lots of classic cars, E Types etc. seemed an OK guy. On one of the many visits we paid to his garage, we got talking about car restoration in general, and he asked me if I watched Wheeler Dealers, and was I familiar with the P1800S episode. I said yes, and he proceeded to show me a large pile of parts under a tarp. which he claimed was all the running gear and suspension off of that car. The story was that whoever the owner was at that time had dug into the car only to find that it was a real mess and needed complete restoration. Don't know if he was telling the truth after seeing the MOT history you have discovered. Maybe not.
Great stories. Good to see that both cars are still out there and loved. Thanks for the video 😎👍
Our pleasure!
Brilliant detective work, and a most enjoyable watch - thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it
From across the pond: Thank you for the update on the "Chelsea Tractor". I remember the original episonde where it appeared they actually acquired it from a farm setting. Narragansett Bay
Excellent video Trev tons of research well done .
Thanks 👍
Another fine upload. Thank you
Very welcome
Thanks Oscar, that was excellent!
Glad you liked it!
Very interesting information - thanks.
That Volvo is simply lovely ❤
Another cracking video Trevor keep em up love seeing where these cars ended up
Thanks, will do!
Very interesting video.thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
the G17SCB reg has actually gone onto another defender (2017 model this time, and black).
G529OLG is taxed until november 2025 but has failed its MOT, at least i would assume so as the MOT ran out on the 8th of last month. its possible that its far too expensive to be repaired, so it might be that the tax is claimed back?
These classics are a great investment, you just need to factor in a complete rebuild every now and then and the upkeep including storage and so on. Mechanics love you if you have one and you drive it regularly.
Mechanics only love them because it's much nicer to work on a classic car than on a newer car.
You have to take much less of the car apart to get to bits, and older cars were designed to be accessed, newer ones not at all.
In general it takes less time to change, let's say an aux belt or alternator on a 70's, 80's, or 90's car than anything after the 2000's.
Also, classic owners actually care about their cars, rather than modern car owners who will not change the oil for 50k
Another cracking video 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
What happens if you put the labour in.? Kerching.
As an update to the Bentley Mulsanne from a earlier season. Last August it was on facebook marketplace in Australia. The ad has since been removed i don't know if it was sold or not. I have 2 lows res pictures from that add, in one picture u can just make out the British license plate. If u want these pictures for a future update let me know.
Thanks for the input. We did do an update video on that one a little while back - might be the same advert?
Love the channel Oscar!
Can you find my dads old BMW e30 convertible. I bet you guesssed asked that all the time😅
Just a few times...
WD is Discovery Channel's most successful production series. Watching reveals a backroom insight into the automobile industry. I cringe when watching any of the mechanics except for Mark AKA Elvis. Mike, on the other hand, in true form, fits the profile of a true car salesman.
The land rover clearly had a friendly mot for years then the new owner got it tested at a regular place
Very Interesting detective work. Is that the Volvo P1800 that they got Roger Moore to sign the back of the Drivers seat. I restore old Motorbikes and half of them have quadrupled in value the day after i sold them. I did a check on a plate that my Dad had on a big yank car he had in the late 50's, SLY 3, (My Mum said that number plate suited him perfectly), and it's back on another big Yank car now. Coincidence. Think it's a Viper from memory.
Thanks. The signed drivers seat was on Car SOS not Wheeler Dealers
@@oscarsgarage447 Doh!
Roger Moore signed the car SoS P1800 not this one
Had p1800, s in the 80s and 90s,they were rotten then, had sills, arches, wings on, you could go to speeds of Alfreton and buy parts then, I used to go to a big breaker, volvo village in Sheffield and get bits to keep mine going, went to the south of France in a 1800E,fast car, was doing a 100 sometimes, unburstable engines.
So both vehicles are still going and of course the Volvo P1800 with the very reliable red block motor you would expect the P1800 to still be running as with any vehicle with any very reliable engine as for the Land Rover that is also good to see its still going and through your persistent automotive detective work
Thanks
@@oscarsgarage447 l do enjoy Wheeler dealers l do catch the odd episode on you tube and recently caught shorten versions of a couple of episodes in Australia and they bought a Toyota Hilux and it had only done 300000 kilometres and the comments were in relation to how many kilometres it had done what would be wrong with the engine well guess what nothing where my 1997 Toyota Hilux has done 439000 kilometres and there is nothing wrong with the engine 300000 kilometres for any Toyota us nothing there are many examples of Toyota's reaching 1000000 million miles on there original engine so 300000 kilometres is nothing to a Toyota l suppose there used to British and European vehicles that need a couple of engine rebuilds to reach 300000 kilometres after all there is a 1993 Toyota Corolla that has done 2000000 kilometres with its original engine
I didn't know Mike had a P1800 but I remember on Wheeler Dealers Trading Up he bought a RHD one in Sweden and sold it in the UK. I wonder what happened to that one.
I have a while to go before I get to that one!
have yo looked to see if any of the CarSOS cars have been onsold?
I have seen a few for sale.
@@oscarsgarage447 I am not surprised as I think some of the owners were not far off surrendering their licences or even passing away.
The paint always blows the budget. It costs the same to paint cheap cars as expensive ones.
the RX7 from wheeler dealers is currently for sale on autotrader for an eyewatering 40 grand. still equipped with those awful decals
Thanks for the heads up.
Does the price that the wheeler dealer spend on a vehicle include the labour cost of the presenters, or is it based on the home mechanic doing the work?
Just parts, but on later series they listed the number of hours labour.
@@oscarsgarage447... And say 50 hours in a garage at £100 an hour blows a massive hole in the profit margins
The profits quoted are nonsense.
Barely covers heating, lights and tea!
By now, Wheeler Dealers started being well known everywhere, so I'm confident that the WD cars from now on will all be still on the road.
Which makes the early cars being scrapped even more disheartening. I would have loved to take that Mx-5 from that uncareful owner.
Great point!
As I’ve said before it seem Ed’s labour is free so I would like him to do up my car for nothing .
Let's face it. If WD was a real pukka garage they would have gone bust years ago. Ignoring labour costs and forgetting all that equipment Edd had in his garage makes the costs ridiculously low. They had a Fiat Dino in one episode that Mike brought over from Italy. They sold it for around 15k which was around 2k profit. They are currently going for between 50k-150k. MB obviously doesn't plan for the long term. Nice to know though that the vehicles they do work on don't just fall apart the moment the cameras turn off. Much better than some of those 'We rebuild your house for you while you're on holiday because you're a nice person' crap TV shows where the ceiling cracks after a few weeks and the doors won't open.😂
The so called wheeler Dealer'' profit'' excludes overheads and labour so the Land rover was in reality sold at a loss.
Please they did. Eddie did as he did all the graft all Mike did was buy rubbish lol
I only watched a few.... Couldn't bear watching the bodging involved in "fixing" cars..... No they were TV fixing... In other words bodging the crap out it..
I always knew all those two did was a bodge job.
As regards to the land rover I watched the episode and noticed the front grill had worpped like it was when they 1st got it so thought that's strange they changed the gill now it's the same as it was message wheeler dealers and asked the question what happened to the grill I just got a simple reply HEAT so I'm guessing that's mike brewer replying 😀
Don’t even think they changed it said they did I think they just painted it
yeah he's a snappy little so-and-so on socials
Worpped? Seriously?😢
Some dodgy mileage recordings on that volvo
Ironic that the Volvo was sent to a company called Templer & Wilde to have some work done seeing as Roger Moore’s character in The Saint was Simon Templar (yes, slightly different spelling) 😮
Good point (despite the spelling...)