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Oliver needs to be restored back to his original because any big change will just remove all the spirit of the original car you so much loved and it will therefore no longer be Oliver

Is Richard getting shorter?

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pls give oliver to me.. life has not been great and i really need a project car. i[m not rich and i am bland and boring like james may

Couldn't agree more

STANDARD.....

Restore it

See above ..... And repeat!

hammond fell in love with oliver the way he is so restoring to factory fresh is the only option

I agree, but whatever you do, do *not* fix the fuel gauge! A little bit of frisson is required for characters like Oliver ;)

Agreed, restore it to as close to showroom condition as funds permit.

i agree, but maybe fuel inject the engine or turbo charge it, to give it a little boost yanno

Couldn't agree more. A factory "new" restoration is what such a delightful little car deserves.

Agreed, but a supercharger wouldn’t hurt.

Lets be real, the Trio was the reason Top, something or another was great, no other reason. You cant replace genuine friendship. You just cant

"That"

When Richard quits TG with Oliver, we know he and the other 2 brought the whole show with them and leave only name for BBC

@@Jdne199311 Even the first series with Jason Dawe feels like something is missing because of the lack of Captain Slow, it's just not quite the same

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I was just about to say the same thing.

200% agreed I was going to comment that and there it is

Yeah.. repair the real damage.. leave the small warts and leave that headliner alone!

Restore him, but please don't change him. It would diminish his charm if you decided to add a V8 or metal flake paint.

AGREED !!

That was his cold

Yes

Nah, resto mod. With a small 4 cylinder turbo motor.

@the truth nope I think it should be kept original

@@nevids2086 But little Oliver is a champion. Why not give him the heart of one? The fire breathing, pavement pounding heart of a champion!

u know hammonds been 38 for 15 years.

@@EnTeeSea ikr, it's all that hair dye and teeth whitener

@@febinvarghese7576 haha

Hm yes, Oliver is Richard in car form, what do you call it.. a freudian slip expressed through the car?

@Blanka Major lol

That car has a special place in all our hearts

Hammond after teeth whitening or the car ?

Keep original but put a bigger motor like a small block v8

What about that company that makes the custom engines recently shown on drive tribe. 400hp Oliver!!!!!

Any other kadett, classic rally ... but Oliver is Oiliver!

@@samscull1756 how about no

Honestly I think that makes the most sense! Even when Richard fell in love with this car it was for how simple it was and how well it tackled Africa as a result! Think about the bmw and he Mercedes that had all their parts stripped to make them as light as possible but still kept getting bogged down whilst this plucky little thing just kept on going

I second that.

I agree 100% back to factory finish, as new. May be boring but It's the right thing to do!

In his fifties and silly looking? This would complement the owner!

Totally agree with this.

I need to play that last, oh heck the both every time I go to sleep.

Saying goodnight to a car.. he loves it, for sure. But he really seems to be going through a midlife crisis 😩

I literally watched Hammond drive his wife to the woods in the new Ford pickup so I expected this.

I mean yeah it's an advert but he also wants our opinion on what to do with Oliver.

@@5p33dy305 i hope that part was actually genuine and sincere to his fans and not just all purely part of the advertisement. I would love to see the progress of whatever he ends up deciding to do with Oliver, maybe like a mini series or something (I personally want to see him make it into a sleeper but nothing too crazy. Same color and everything, but full drive train swap to about 350-400hp, upgraded brakes and suspension, and since this is Hammond...roll cage and maybe a 5 point harness lol)

@@dragon10449 that opel doesnt need more then maybe 300 max, its only 1477 lbs or 670 kg with 300 itll be equal to driving a dodge demon, wouldnt be very controllable after 300 hp. I feel like it would just spin the tires with such little weight

exactly, shameless plug.

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Or the relationship between jeremy and hammers

I had the same mini and same colour. It was fantastic.

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yes

Hammond is a true gent

Epitaffio Rotari he truly is

ALWAYS

Jeremy still keep The Excellent too

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Almost 2K and no replies. I don't think i've ever seen that before

That's not just any Oliver, it's Hammond's Oliver that makes it the standalone unicorn

Nah. Should be maintained, cleaned and mechanically repaired. Every ding, scratch and bullet hole should be preserved.

Maybe patch up the bullet hole in the floor pan.

He'll never be driven again at that point

This ^ ^ ^ Exactly!! :D

Oliver faked the whole relationship, he just wanted the citizenship.

Nah he fixed that with the first restoration.

@@jacquesbothma6936 ah, such a pity about fixing the holes

Make him look like the factory but have more powerful engine

@@yemen7348 noooo or maybe

@@yemen7348 Sleeper Oliver

Exactly. Factory spec please!

The most beautiful friendships are sometimes the oldest :)

Probably the same with James' Benz

In pieces.....

probably made into a house

He needs to bring that over here before it rusts away!

Hammond thinks his Opel was the star of the special but I honestly think it was the Lancia. The way it practically fell over the finish line was quite heroic.

Yep. I prefer Hammond without the beard too.

Nope I love the beard and the car needs to be original and I think you know that Hammond ;)

And take all the metal back out of his leg? That's character building metal.

After getting a commercial... no put a giant hemi with a blower in it.

Some cars are meant to be original and old and this is one of them if he restors it you'll just have another fake car

I agree, restore it to almost factory fresh. But leave the bullet hole in the floor pan if you can. He earned it!

@@diskreet didn't earn it, it was needed cause of Richard's half-wittedness😂. But I agree should be restored but keeping that hole

It would be like taking an E-Type Jag and fitting a Hemi Big Block.. It's Somthing evil.. I have driven E-Types and they are perfect how they are..

@@zakofrx the model they had on this channel is my dream car

That would be cool!!!

This! It would be a smash hit!

Agree

Same here, but you spelled his name wrong.

One problem. What's going on right now? Work it out......

Or Jezza in tuxedo pants made of black duct tape 😂

Or that raised Corsa POS Mocca crossover

Haven't you seen that picture of a chimpanzee in a tux? It's hilarious

or Bikini 👙

Still have the bullet holes ?

I disagree, Oliver, grew and with his adventures became a rally car. He was born road car and became a great rally car, Oliver has personality, authenticity is whatever Oliver wants to be

@Air Force Juan Food truck!

Yes. Anything else would be sad

EXACTLY!

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Wouldn't be Oliver anymore in that case, just another boring old kadet!

well if he gave it the classic Richard Hammond treatment it would still be Oliver, by nature the car might need a heart transplant.

Not even the unkillable Hilux? ; )

he must have not had enough fruchtfleisch, just eating the peels.

You're an oversensitive rule abiding German, but you're also right. I can't imagine having to make a phone call like that to a friend.

Was probably Clarkson

Restore him but with a couple of tweaks. Like electronic fuel injection and aircon. Plenty of off-the-shelf ways of doing that sympathetically.

@@MianCowell and laser guns!

@@MianCowell yes soem period mods and creature comforts

One might argue your wife ain't no tool, but Oliver ain't either.

@Alexander Vartanov Even if he did, they sure gonna be comfortable on those thick backseats

@@filippodardi2180 you can't argue your wife at all. You'd borrow you wife to someone?

@Swarl3s Dudemeister no it isn’t

I agree here, there is only one Oliver and I would love to see him back on the road like in his blast lab days so I say bring him up to par but don't change anything

Yes, except for rust. Rust is like cancer that car eat away at a car

Completely agree, plus that gear box doesn't seem too pleasant

But with an EV drivetrain, maybe with help of Mate Rimac ;-)

@@FuelX86 NO

@@FuelX86 NO

Amen!

@@recreationalelmersglue6053 But he didn't have a small block when he skipped along the salt flats...

this

Why? Oliver has very little speed to give. 😂

The car weighs 1500lbs wet. Drum brakes are perfectly fine for normal driving with a weight that low. Upgrading to modern disc brakes aren't going to be large gains. The brakes back then were never the problem for the plucky little under-powered lightweights, the problem was the problem of all 1960s cars. Tires. They weren't brake limited, they were grip limited. The downside of drums is heat, they dissipate it badly and grenade under heavy heat load. For a daily driver they are perfectly fine. Upgrade the tires to a modern compound and call it a day, it'll actually improve brake fade. Less time braking means less heat buildup from load so the brakes will last longer.

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This is the correct answer. Repair, mantain and enjoy!

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Totally in agreement. Changing the look of the car, customization or rally look will basically eliminate 'Oliver'. It does not have to be restored to factory condition, but just fixing the bits that need fixing will keep 'Oliver' for years to come. It is a car of its own, it does not need to be fancy or trendy, it's Oliver! Oliver who drove on terrible roads in Africa and swam rivers. It is an icon on itself.

I'd only suggest one modification to Oliver, and that would be adding his name to the bodywork in similar chromed script as the Kadet on the wings.

@@johnwhitehouse4546 i like that idea

Wasn't it that show with gears?

I think that lesser known car show was sort of like Grand Tour.

But with less competent producers like some guy named Oisin.

Wasn't it Fifth Gear?

Something about a guy with a helmet for a head called The St... oh. I forgot.

Yeah, definitely. It's too precious to change

Real brakes and a gear box that isnt a mystery seems to be all it needs

@@karlspiekerman7507 Pretty much!

Retro mod it ,, Just update whats needed