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For the Love of Cars is a one-hour automotive show first broadcast in 2014 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It is meant to show the character of quintessentially British and European cars through both the engineering and the social side of the car. The show is presented by actor and car enthusiast Philip Glenister with designer and restoration expert Ant Anstead. (en)

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Series 1 episode 7 title card (en)

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Love Productions (en)

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Jeremy Daldry (en)
Tim Gaunt (en)

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Chris Mallett (en)
James Dowd (en)

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Anna Beattie (en)
Richard McKerrow (en)
Sharon Powers (en)

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Alice Brooksmith (en)
Jamie Hammick (en)
Sophie Lloyd (en)

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Work Completed: Stripped the car down to the bare metal and catalogued everything in the car. Replaced the rear lights. Overhauled the engine and the clutch. Repainted the car with the standard white and reapplied the Police decals. Repaired the damaged and rusty panels, including repairing the doors due to them not fitting the cars frame correctly. Most of the body work restoration was completed by classic car restoration specialists S & J Body Repairs Ltd in Shepreth, Hertfordshire. ---- Notes: Ant knew of a friend that was restoring an SD1 Police car but couldn't finish it due to health issues. This Rover SD1 was a one-off of the vehicle that was commissioned by the Grampian police force, and the winning bid came from the Grampian Transport Museum in Scotland, where their car was originally stationed. (en)
**The car beat the previous world record of £8,000 . (en)
Work Completed: Engine cleaned, polished, and rebuilt. Full body respray to its original BMC Almond Green colour with Old English White roof. Instrument gauges restored. New seats, wooden steering wheel, and interior trim. New headlamps, wheels and tyres. Original brightwork polished. ---- Notes: Special guest Stirling Moss. Car was purchased near Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was off the road for 12 years. Engine was tuned by Downton Engineering. (en)
Work Completed: The van was stripped down and sandblasted to reveal how bad the damage was. The van was given a new lease of life with new paint in the original white colour and the logo was repainted on the sides. Due to the van being in constant use over the years the rust had damaged all parts, Ant had to hand bend and weld bespoke panel pieces to the van. ---- Notes: Ant knew of someone that had one of these rare vans but they never seen the restoration process through to the end due to the work being a lot worse than the owner had planned. The transit in question was also one of the rarer models with the Perkins diesel engine and bullnose front end. The Ford Transit was auctioned off at the NEC, Birmingham and the winning bid came from a man who also had a keen interest in the Transit van. (en)
Work Completed: The car was stripped down and parts were catalogued. The car was given a new lease of life with new paint in the original period colour. The engine, suspension, brakes and hydraulics were all overhauled due to being unused for a long period of time. The interior seats were reupholstered in red leather with tartan trim. ---- Notes: Ant knew of someone that had one of these cars but they never seen the restoration process through to the end due to unforeseen circumstances. The winning bid came from a property developer, who sold the car in another auction and made £15,000 which was later donated to cancer research. Because the episode focuses on the history of Swedish cars, the episode's soundtrack consists mainly of ABBA songs; the end credits theme is Roxette's "The Look". (en)
Work Completed: Stripped the car down to the bare metal and catalogued all the parts of the car. The car was given a new lease of life with a new paint scheme. Fitted all the rally spec requirements that were needed, including bucket seats, harnesses, roll-cage, hydraulic handbrake, upgraded steering and suspension. Two sets of halogen lamps were fitted to the front of the car. The engine was rebuilt by the owner. ---- Notes: Ant knew of someone who had bought and started to restore the car but they had to stop due to their current health. The winning bid came from the father of the owner's wife who had bought the car to give back to the owner. (en)
Notes: Ant and Philip look back at the vehicles that have been restored over this series, this includes showing the cars being auctioned off and what they managed to sell for. They also return to some of the owners that appeared in the first series. (en)
Work Completed: Catalogued all the parts of the car to see how much that there was that could still be used. The car was given a new lease of life with a new paint job in Azure Blue. Replaced the rusty floor and exterior panels with new panels. Tailor fit the new panels to the rest of the body. Fitted a new interior. Restored and replaced the windows, lights, handles and doors. Stripped down the engine, cleaned all of the parts and replaced the engine valves. ---- Notes: Ant knew of someone that had bought the car as restoration project but they had to stop due to losing their job. The car was a left-hand-drive unit. The winning bid came from two classic car dealers to go in their car showroom. (en)
Work Completed: New clutch from a Renault Espace. Front suspension enhanced with strengthening plates welded to the arms. Dents removed and stainless steel body polished. ---- Notes: Rare right-hand-drive variant converted from the factory shortly after DeLorean was declared bankrupt. The car was offered £37,500 for private sale prior to the auction but it was turned down. (en)
**The car won a world record for the selling price. (en)
Work Completed: Corrected imperfect repair on front end of frame. Body and frame repainted from light blue to green. Engine rebuilt. Seats reupholstered with the original fabric. All brightwork polished. Galvanised steel front bumper added. ---- Notes: Previous owner imported the car from Tanzania and left it in a barn for 41 years. (en)
Notes: The cars that had appeared in the episodes of this series were sold off at the Coys of Kensington auction. (en)
**The car beat the previous world record of £7,000. (en)
Work Completed: The car was stripped down to the bare metal to reveal how bad the damage was. The rusted panels were repaired. The car was given a new lease of life with a new retro grey paint job. The interior was reupholstered in red to contrast the grey exterior. The doors and windows were replaced and the engine was reconditioned and overhauled. ---- Notes: Ant knew of someone that had one of these cars but they had never seen the restoration process through to the end as the owner's circumstances had changed. The winning bid came from a property developer. (en)
Work Completed: Replaced all dented and rusted body panels. Full body respray from blue to red. Engine rebuilt with cooling system properly installed to ensure that it is free from its trademark overheating problems. New seats and interior. Work completed by Triumph specialists Robsport International. ---- Notes: Special guest expert Alexei Sayle (en)

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