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Being an engineer in the British restoration movement Ralph takes us to meet John Fasal the worlds leading expert on pre 1915 Rolls Royce Silver Ghosts. John drives Ralph in a Goodwood champion 1910 Silver Ghost that Ralph has been instrumental in restoring making over two thousand parts. We attend a vintage bus rally at North Weald Aerodrome then move on to Canvey Island Bus Museum where Ralph rides a vintage bus and talks to the clipee. We visit the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, of which Ralph is one of the founding members. Here we see all manner of vintage cars, bicycles, a fire engine, that has broken many an arm , and a working gas engine. We cut to Chatham Historic Naval Dockyard where Ralph shows us one of the largest remaining wooden sheds in the world that has been used for the construction of British Naval vessel's for hundreds of years. Also a 1/4 mile long building that for centuries has made rope for the Navy. Next on the deck of the 'Gannet" a surviving Victorian Gun ...

Episode credited cast:
Ian Banks Ian Banks - Himself
Tony Beard Tony Beard - Himself
Gordon Clayton Gordon Clayton - Himself
Colin Dewsbury Colin Dewsbury - Himself
John Fasal John Fasal - Himself
Ralph Hutchings Ralph Hutchings - Himself'
Colind Laybeorne Colind Laybeorne - Himself
Craig Mara Craig Mara - Himself
Marian Pattern Marian Pattern - Herself
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