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Wheeler Dealers host Mike Brewer picks up rare ‘future classic’ for under £3k & hopes to DOUBLE its value
The motor requires some serious effort to fix
WHEELER Dealers host Mike Brewer has picked up a rare "future classic" for under £3,000 and hopes to double its value.
The motor expert takes on an almost impossible challenge as he buys a motor with an unknown engine problem - which could cause the repair cost to spiral.
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Brewer takes a gamble on a Ford Focus ST after believing the car's resale value will increase as it is going to become a classic.
His trusty mechanic Marc Elvis Priestly agrees about taking a risk on the Focus, saying: "It's got all the makings of a proper modern classic."
Brewer tells Elvis the seller wants under £3,000 for the motor as it has a "major issue" with the engine.
Depending on what the issue is could decide whether Elvis can fix it and whether they could make money on the resale.
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Despite finding the 2.5L turbo charged engine has an oxygen intake issue, Mike buys the car for £2,795.
Elvis finds there is a leak in the oil system and escaping through the dipstick tube.
He then takes the engine apart and is able to reconfigure valves and shafts to fix the engine.
Refurbishing the car only costs the team another £1,700, which means Mike would need a sale price above £4,500 to make money.
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At a meeting of fast Ford enthusiasts, one fan Maria is interested in buying the car.
She agrees the car is a future classic and buys the motor for £6,000 - giving Brewer and Elvis a £1,500 profit and doubling the £2,795 he spent on the motor.
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However, the costs they factored in didn't include Elvis' labour in repairing the engine - a long and technical process.
Wheeler Dealer fans commented about Elvis's transformation of the engine.
One said: "With elvis being ex f1 mechanic. Thought he would of known that the 2.5 5 cylinder engine isn't made be ford. Its a volvo engine."
Another posted: "Treated myself to an st3 last summer hopefully got one at the rite time."
While a third wrote: "Great video my friend, thank you for uploading."
Brewer also recently gave a major update on Wheeler Dealers filming after a streaming app was discontinued.
Warner Bros. recently announced that MotorTrend+ was being discontinued, with content moving over to Discovery+ and Max.
Brewer responded to a fan's query, posting: "Wheeler Dealers is now available on HBO Max in the US."
Elvis also recently transformed a battered "super rare" car into a "state-of-the-art" motor.
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Brewer tasked mechanic expert Elvis to transform a 30-year-old rusty Mark 1 Astra GTE and bring it back to life.
The iconic car is so rare there are only eight on the road in the UK since it launched in the 1980s.
Wheeler Dealers’ Mike Brewer sorry for ‘lurid’ Facebook posts
WHEELER Dealer host Mike Brewer has apologised over "lurid" content put on the show's hacked Facebook account.
The presenter said he believes the account is "completely gone" and has no hope of getting it back from the "scumbags who stole it."
Mike was left seething when he discovered the social media channel had been used to post pornographic content to his army of more than 800,000 followers.
Since the account was hijacked three months ago Mike has still not managed to regain control.
In a X video posted on March 29 he apologised to his fans and expressed how he's losing hope of salvaging the page.
Mike also explained how Facebook were "not helpful" in solving the problem.
He believes this is because they receive hundreds of thousands of hacked accounts per day and "you have to be a politician or a world leader" to be taken seriously.
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