Ed is a little underwhelmed when Mike returns to the workshop with a mini. On a shoestring budget the pair plan to celebrate Mini's 50th birthday by doing up this little motoring icon.
A masterpiece of design known as the peasant's car, this "automotive horse and carriage" 2CV may have had a motor less powerful than lawnmower, but this didn't stop around 5,000,000 models being sold.
Small enough to go anywhere, but big enough to squeeze in 18 people, the Mini was so unusual compared with others that it automatically becomes a status symbol. It was also the first to feature one of the most significant car design changes.
Designed by the Nazis for Hitler in 1938, the English had their hands on the design for the VW Beetle, but turned down the opportunity to make what became the best selling car of all time! Find out why...