Car builds, automotive adventures and stupid financial mistakes!
Luxury engineering meets garage-built grit as a budget Bentley gets a transplant of Audi and BMW parts. Misfires and exhaust leaks threaten the mission before it leaves the car park, but clever scavenging might just save the trip.
The garage is the front line of an audacious rescue as a £4,500 Bentley Continental GT is prepped for a 1,500-mile dash to Africa. Decades of neglect have left the twin-turbo W12 choking on 8-year-old air filters and leaking oil from every seal. Can a mix of Lamborghini spare parts and sandwich-foil heat shields keep this 'world's cheapest' luxury titan from disintegrating before it hits the Moroccan border?
When 432 horsepower meets a distracted passenger, the results are predictably chaotic. This modified Audi RS4 proves that early 2000s engineering still has the teeth to outperform modern benchmarks, provided you don't mind your gear flying across the cabin.
We took a gamble on a £4,500 Bentley Continental GT that was literally rotting in a forest, only to be met with a red oil pressure light on the way home. From tarmac-filled wheel arches to a W12 engine that requires a full removal for even the simplest repairs, the project is a mechanic's nightmare. But a mechanical pressure test and an intensive detailing session suggest there might be a heartbeat left in this 200 mph relic.
When a hub flange refuses to budge, modern power tools often fail where vintage iron succeeds. Discover why a 1960s-era kinked handle and a perfectly timed 'love tap' are the only ways to win a fight against seized drivetrain components.