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tv   Reporter  Deutsche Welle  April 1, 2019 2:15am-2:30am CEST

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from politics to flash from housing boom boom town this is where. welcome to the seventy seven percent. of people six g.w. . the fun and saw it on our auto mechanics by trade now we've got four months to bring it back to life and get it looking like you know. their favorite pursuit is restoring vintage cars they find twenty of them in their mother's home country in croatia. the two brothers have a workshop near stud cart. two brothers with cars in their hearts and engines on their minds.
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sleep stuck up a little coffee. prolongation of the weather forecast isn't that good but we're going anyway. making. it seven am and the brothers are setting off on their winter journey south of twelve hundred kilometers across the alps. again a few up ahead you see the slovenian border after that comes the croatian border. good now we're encouraged. to close a clean slate. early on got you guys out what love you or their friend has the same interests and
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a junkyard that's where they're headed through the movie go out. and see it anyone can join in another by tweet that's no problem. and. we're going to look at the next morning they were in near split the brothers are looking for an old car they can restore for an upcoming vintage car show. they make this trip four times a year in search of rough automotive dying. and it's. the thought of the plan isn't for us to keep doing this for twenty years maybe another ten and then we'll be chilly night beyond how. they put into the island of rocks. their destination lies in an almost grove a very special junkyard but not every clunker is fit to be restored. a peek under
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the hood is a glimpse of automotive history. you know their friend has some real treasures here . in this i mean if this is like you basically he does the same thing we do except that he thresher lies in expensive luxury cars he doesn't sell them we take a different approach vintage cars offer everyone you don't. even own and so what on want their vintage cars to be street worthy not just as an investment or a shiny bauble for the garage. at first glance they seem to have plenty to choose from. for the growth of the car. this movement this is really the finest junk out in the world what's good is that nothing happens to the cause they don't rust this badly from the air they can stand here forever that the oldest in us. grew up with so if there's so many beautiful cars here fiat's beetles vovo everything is the body
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politic of that city that even if but one in particular catches their eye and they take a closer look absolutely blocked you think well these were real cause. you had room to tinker with this it was not too bad. i don't think the antennas are much. the brothers inspect the body the interior and the engine in detail it looks like it would take a lot of work to get it in shape. if you've been. watching the lawyer. for the boss what do we do the shift boss you're also boss with you i'll take the risk i'll go for it lucky i'm hoping i do some good they work out a price with i'm to the junk dealer. but how did they get the clunker
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untangled from the rest of the trunk lid. and has he used to this particular political. he quickly makes room for the head that. he lifts the trunk away from the hidden gem. of the oak like if. i tell you i. love. you. it's a kind of heavy metal playground it can even be fun. to
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. have to keep an eye on the hook is in all the way in i hope and lift. no rust. here it's got a hold. everything is still original and unwell that. now we've got four months to get its way it looks like me i hope it all works out. because as a club to. please good lawyers. if it all goes well we'll have some money left over. but if you figure in the hours under the bottom line you don't earn a thing even so then it's all for the love of old cars and seeing them back on the
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streets in the shop when the got a spare moment rather than stand around will work on these cars to fill the down time. they tracked down old cars in croatia and bring them to germany where for example the opel cadette was a sort of nine hundred seventy s. cult car. even and sold on are qualified autumn mechanics but cars like these have little to do with today's mechatronics. the trip back to germany takes them another twelve hundred and fifty kilometers back across the alps but this time hauling a heavy load. they've. been. living there they arrived safely in filled a stocked with a cadet. they have four months to live in tips car fare hike
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all of that's enough isn't it i'll push. can you get in. right. now quite. a. bit. more you're not reaching you know you i think somebody must have lived in it. now even has to rely on his talent for tracking down original parts and sort of on the tin career has a lot of work to do. there's little flecks is not that that. people . we'll see what we can use. the mouse on the small time starting with the nose wheel remove the grill to expose the metal and get busy with the sanding. as a restored vintage car and confection good price what are the brothers think of electric cars. your family we definitely want to drive again he calls but do you
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want to drive or who fall over. with i don't like them i like the internal combustion engines much better than which model even with the cars on the road you still get the particulates. the tires cause the particulates when you break. it's not just the combustion engine mobile. and you don't hear the electric drive and i'm not into that you have to hear an engine what's nice about vintage cars is that the historical you can always drive them. not much time remains till the vintage car fare the white that has to be finished by then. could . feel. the junk heap is
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gradually transformed into a gem for connoisseurs. and with loosely it has to be thorny polished so it really shines lovely as smooth as a baby's bottom limited i'll have to think about the best way to work the linkage rick since i've got to carburetors here and have to extend the linkage and bring it over here to the exact center so you can give it more gas and. that's it you've got great ideas thank goodness i've got you covered the. cuts of bones yeah we've just two days to go we get some real stress when we see the cars aren't finished yet. oh because you can't help that we'll stay through the night if need be. obama also on the other hand it doesn't help to get all worked up. well we don't want a heart attack right. now the reynolds finished and the okla pretty much has to be felt. even unsought on are
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taking five for stuart cars to the fair but will they be able to sell any as a reward for their stress and effort. the brothers are regulars at the fair bringing newly restored cars every year. at last the old bangers here. he drives really well it joins other treasures on the floor the restorers are in their elementary year and the opal cadet it's attracting lots of looks and attention. even and zones vintage cars stand out among all the
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luxury and classic cars. i don't think that our drive gets as a young man seven of them the color schemes ready nice. it's a cocoa and in fantastic condition. although it was sold a couple of cars already know and all red and pink fiat's is on and i'm all for the renault was the best of a kind and there wasn't even another one here. we've had lots of inquiries about the open and nobody scrapped it yet if not it will stay with us the life of.
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