A friend has an ancient Vauxhall Calibra that is covered in brambles; Alan agrees to buy it for £150 without seeing it; the car is in a poor state and it's full of spiders.

Alan is at a farm when he spies a rotten Triumph that has been abandoned.

Alan cooks up an idea for a new vehicle his band can use to play gigs away from his barn; he takes Nick on a trip to buy a bizarre Volvo limo; knowing that the Volvo will never be sold, they try to make some cash on an original Vauxhall Astra.

Alan is commissioned to find a new pace car for the local track; a Honda CR-V fits the bill; a hearse is found to be too rusty underneath to turn a profit.

Alan is given two free cars, although Nick suspects they mean trouble; A Peugeot hatchback only needs a starter motor to be a guaranteed profit.

Alan picks up a cheap Jaguar diesel, but when the AC isn't working, he gets the radical idea to cut the roof off and make it a convertible.