Ant Anstead Born Mechanic S01E05 Alfasud A Rare Revival

[@trickyfocus]

You make the Bangers & Cash team look good

[@taurota1554]

Thanks for sharing and taking us along.

[@dolf1010]

In Germany we've got half timbered houses too. Many owners had painted and covered the outside , that was a big mistake. The plaster was in medeval times out of clay . The clay have to breath .

[@julianlord2697]

The Lucas coil showed the issue, failed before. A Magneti Marelli was needed.

[@ChRiS00107]

Ant lost lots of money on every single auction in the last episodes so the logical thing to do is to keep selling them at a loss in auctions... good job mate!

[@julianlord2697]

Good point. Also it shows if you hang around at an auction you can buy an Ant for a lot less than doing it yourself.

[@taxus750]

I've driven two Alfasuds: the first was an old (at that time) 1977 1.2Ti (rust included). There were three of us on board plus luggage, I did a 6 hour stint in it at night with all four headlamps on full beam (still couldn't see the road very well) and still liked driving it. In daylight, I bloody loved it. The second was a later secondhand 1.5Ti Cloverleaf I took for a test drive or two: I loved it but as my missus and me lived in a flat on the coast with no garage... Wonderful things, Alfasuds.

[@roymcgavigan5018]

Take a leaf out of Mike Brewer's book.Don't take the cars to an auction (too risky esp.with no reserve) but advertise them on-line.

[@toeboe106]

My Mum had a Alfasud and you would not believe the roadhandling. It stuck to the road like, as Robin Williams would say, "shit on velcro!" Great exhaust note too.

[@madmike6942]

that house is a black hole for money even after he fixes it...the car on the other hand...gorgeous masterpiece on 4 wheels

[@danmurphy5889]

Thanks for uploading

[@taxus750]

Ant: it's a 70s car, not an 80s car

[@realLsf]

Wow, an Alfasud with hardly any rust. They’re rarer than hens teeth. I’m surprised it only made 5k. When you look at the price of mk1 golfs & Ford escorts???

[@Metal05]

Takes the lotus in a different episode to Millbrook for filming and trys to tell everyone, “I’ll text you my location and you can pick me up after the breakdown happened”. Just tell us you went to Millbrook, it doesn’t matter. Then sells the car for a near £9k loss, and doesn’t put a reserve on the auction, sounds like you’ve been around Mike Brewer too often. But at least it’s gone to a good home, but what about the guys wages who helped you?

[@george-1961]

Jeez 😮 I would of bought that 😢

[@julianlord2697]

Alfasud was great in the day, they could be had for 50 quid near end of life. That is what Inpaid for one with a broken handbrake cable, lasted 6 months.

[@70monkey]

Auction again, come on

[@ingmarlangerak8973]

You pick the wrong cars mate!

[@jjmac3561]

Even picking a hens tooth Alfa with no rust it's not the cars so much as the lack of critical thinking and a limited skill set.

[@tomazroses6022]

Why is he still going on auctions. He is losing about 20k over 5 cars. Cmoon man. WTF 🤦‍♂️

[@BJHolloway1]

30+ years tyres? Or were they renewed?

[@bobstacey9311]

They looked new in the old garage, 30+ year old tyres would not be properly inflated with no side wall rot, good tv, but very staged

[@85active]

Flipping Bangers has the same thing. Always lucky to find an old wreck with a brand new looking set of tyres. Still think Ant is good though. He’s just playing the TV game. You couldn’t make a living restoring these cars if you paid yourself a wage. They a TV presenters, that’s their job and he’s good at it!

[@bobstacey9311]

@@85active Thirty year old fuel will have gunked up all the jets in the carb, yet a blow over the outside with dry ice & started up with a just glug of fresh petrol down the barrels, another stroke of luck, real life would have needed full sripdown & an hour or two in an ultrasonic bath

[@waynec8894]

This is where I would stop doing any work as some one all ready did it got away with it now I been here years a go on a job when they come along tell you what you can do what you can not do me I let it full down

[@Greg-k4j]

Not sure about this programme, a bit of this, a bit of that, been hunting for a project alfasud here in oz for a few years now....

[@anivarhain]

This is one beautiful car how the heck can It be rust free in Sweden this car would bring easy over 15000£ easy maby even more

[@rwest1818]

reality tv comes to the UK Oh dear, it could be so much better

[@TERRYB0688]

It’s seems nowadays all these programs have to inject extra tension into every situation

[@quercus8833]

He needs MIke Brewer to get a profit.

[@Caitlinsculpts]

They really need to go to a different car auction...that one is awful

[@andrewbaker7548]

Should never have gone to auction

[@garychilds1130]

Get it running and sale it

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Don't give up your day job.

[@stuartc6811]

Not going to well Ant

[@george-1961]

I can’t believe with Ant s knowledge of cars is losing money on cars. Obviously Auctions are not the ideal place and why no reserves on the cars.

[@hanshoogendyk2203]

The problem with English car auctions is that they are populated by cheap skates car flippers , no real interest from genuine enthusiasts , but like they say you can lead a horse to water , etc etc ,but am disappointed that Antz keep ignoring good advice

[@samsteele1786]

Loveing the show, but for christ sake Ant stop selling the cars at auction. You've made the most money doing a private sale. Its not worth the risk of losing your arse at an auction.

[@anivarhain]

Damn his luck whit cars are not good

[@jjmac3561]

"I'll be honest I have no idea what's going on." says it all. Should have got a surveyer on that old house before buying it. After watching 2 episodes I'm cringing already at how much you are losing trying to work on cars.

[@patrickrooney5130]

You are having a lot of bad luck mate. Would you be better of going private.

[@sotkajarvi]

It was the cheap Russian steel that was the main cause for the corrosion.

[@taxus750]

It wasn't (you're thinking of the story about various Fiats). The factory just didn't finish the cars properly, let alone give a thought about rust-proofing.

[@sotkajarvi]

@taxus750 Alfa used the cheap Russian steel which was a part of a deal between Italy and Russia, so no, I'm not thinking about the story about various Fiat's. Obviously there were issues with rust proofing etc but it all started off with the cheap Russian steel.

[@taxus750]

@@sotkajarvi No they didn't. Do some research.

[@sotkajarvi]

@taxus750 Follow your own advice.

[@hvskd57]

gotta be honest.... dont like how that car looks. alfas are cool this one not working for me personally

[@Evo009]

i watched only because of the house not the cars. Wheeler dealers have done them all a long time ago

[@johnwilliams-ih3pv]

It looks like an allegro

[@johnwilliams-ih3pv]

Wouldn’t it be easier to sell your range rover and use the money on the house?

[@russellbaker9136]

That may be loaned to him by JLR

[@Evo009]

nah then there would be no series :D santas little helpers srt would go for a big money also btw

[@johndavis1465]

How stupid can you get 3 sales in a row duds.