"The Fleece is On" - as featured in Beverly Hills Cop. A film which featured a 500SEL :)

I like how Neville is just a voice in this. It could be a portrayal of a scene that only exists in Johnnys imagination, only he's forgotten to imagine the other person as a physical being, just the conversation he would be having.

Kudos for respecting Neville’s wishes (once again) to remain off camera - but there’s a glittering career in audiobooks or narrating ahead of him if he wants it!

I'm not a Merc or AMG fan personally but this car is something else. The build quality and 340 hp back in the 80's, mega. Cheers Jonny and also thanks to Neville again for letting us have a peek at his hidden treasure.

You deffo win the internet, the dedication of people like you is amazing to watch ❤❤❤

Neville needs to produce audio books.

Today, Sir, you win the Internet...

Such an amazing car and piece of history. Deserves to be appreciated on the road and seen, not rotting in a shed 😢

I remember seeing this car at pinewood studios. We would leave the workshop just to go see it, often parked outside the main admin building. Love the videos JS.

This is an absolutely brilliant "barn find." I watched the original video with Nev's collection, and loved it. The idea that he then told you about a neglected 1985 500SEC Hammer sitting in another barn as an afterthought is mind boggling. I was totally cheering when you guys got the monster started. A triumphant barn find video is always pleasing. But to have a rare 32 valve AMG V8 come to life after sitting for 17 years is flipping AMAZING. I love your work mate.

All time iconic 80’s Merc, i remember how “in” wide body SEC’s were in London back in the mid 80’s, more so than 930 Porsches. Nakamichi was THE brand back then and yes they were mega money. Fantastic video Jonny

The completely unplanned, mad dash style of this episode just made it better, and the history Neville provided on it was really interesting as well. Great video!

Amazing to see a this car again , all your facts are fantastically accurate for the AMG. I was one the body shop guys that converted this car at the old mill at Stratton, the engine conversion was up the hill in the goldfish bowl. Trim wash done next door to the body's shop. That AMG I believe if my memory serves me well was next to a 512 BB being restored and a super california.

These vids are perfect for a Sunday afternoon, belly full of dinner, pint of beer, laid on the sofa chilling 😊

Hats off to you jonny , I love these barn finds , we are the boys who pushed our corgi /matchbox cars around as kids , such passion for these beautiful cars

What an absolute icon. Needs to come out and be shown..theres not many cars Id sell.a kidney for!....

So awesome how those old mercs sitting for decades just starting up. Even more impressive if you think on the complexity and the amount of parts which have to work to run those engines. ❤

The excitement of you two when finding the fob batteries and that initial fire up was palpable, great video 😁

In my 20’s I had a cosworth 190 and had the same pioneer wooden stereo with the remote !!! Wow… Memories … and of course I now regret not holding onto that car 🤣

If someone told me 30 years ago I'd be spending 30 minutes of my life watching videos of 2 guys trying to start a Merc from the 80s I would have not believed them! 😂

Beautiful rareity,Jonny. Brings back memories of the Tamiya 500 SEC Lorinser model kit I built back in the day.

Hi Jonny, firstly thanks to Neville for allowing access to the car. What an 80's icon, and in fantastic condition. Out on the street would still garner LOTS of interest out on the street and at events. Brilliant video guy's. Alex.

One of my favorite cars. Ron Stratton was my sister’s godfather so I got to ride in many crazy cars growing up and always loved the wide body SEC’s. Brilliant video, thanks Johnny - but please can you bring back wheeling every car out of the garage and giving them a good wash so we can marvel at the whole car not just trying to start the engine please? Otherwise, love it, some of my favorite content on KZfaq, keep up the sterling work! Thank you.

Quality, quality and once again quality, content! Your KZfaq has to be one of the best petrolhead channels on any platform. Why its not been snapped up by one of the mainstream channels is beyond me, their loss is definitely our gain keep up the excellent work and keep them coming

Johnny another belter. The Hammer is just such an 80s icon and a prime example of the German were at the peak of their game by then and into the mid 90s. The SEC is to me, mainstream high volume cars wise, peak dashboard style. One of the later ones, in lighter colours like cream or even tan with the wood work, such beautifully done and easy to read well organized clocks, as well as the tapered central console... oh man, is just awesome!

Doesn’t get much cooler than a pre-merger AMG SEC. Another superb barn find video 🙌🏽

I've been looking forward to this since the first video starring Neville's collection. Not disappointed. Edit: Personally, the unpreparedness is part of the fun, it's always a rollercoaster ride and brings back my own younger memories of trying to get vehicles to work whilst having almost no resources to call on. I'm always happy after watching an episode.

What a treat this was for a Sunday night, Neville's got some amazing Silver Arrows in his collection, but this is so rare and cool. I hope this renews some interest for him to get it through an MOT and driving. would be a treat to see it at a Classic car show. Anybody else thinks he sounds like David Jason?!

What an amazing peice of 80’s Nostalgia, and fantastic to hear it run, I was on the edge of my seat , cheering it on

This car desperately needs the G Wagon treatment. Mercedes absolutely nailed the design. Update it to 2023, it'll be amazing.

Jonnys look of pure happiness when it fires up is great 👍

Great work Jonny. Especially when you didn't plan it. You two should have gone down the Pub in it. Holding on to the petrol can obviously. Awesome 💪💪😎😎👍👍

One of the best I've seen you get started Johnny, a true classic car.

This car needs to be back on the road! What a beast

OMG! I just came across this channel but to see this Mercedes masterpiece I’m speechless! All I can say about this perticular find is WOW,WOW,WOW!👀🔥💯

Great stuff. I have a 1986 500SEC in my garage that's not done much in the last 10 years, due to rust at the bottom of the rear screen. It's a common fault on these cars. This has inspired me to get my finger out and get it back on the road. All the best.

Thanks Jonny - for all the hard work. Your barn find videos are solid gold and this is the mother lode. Neville was great, and the car is one mean, glorious 80s bastard 👍

I love itt when ppl improperly fire up an engine on a valuable car that has been sitting for far too long. Really warms the heart.

Dunno why this one got me all emotional. Love it. Keep up the great work Johnny. Neville... What a legend

Neville has a great voice for narration! This car is incredible and must be worth a bomb these days. What a collection he has. Seems a shame to let it sit like that in such dire need of a detail but to each their own, it's his car. So glad we got to take a look at it, thank you!

The Can of Hope rides again!!

CC77 looks like it is indeed in use on an 2023 AMG C63 in white. They guy obviously still loves his AMGs 😊

+1 .. If you could only view the smile on my face .... and I'm 10,000 miles from that garage .... 3 Cheers !!! .. Herr Jonny that's a "Barn Find"!!

I remember seeing these SECs at Hughes M-B in Beaconsfield, and there was a white 560 SEC that lived in Gerrards Cross, owned by someone from the film studios at Iver.

Brilliant! Loved the geeky passion in this one. Like a pair of teenagers. 🙂

That motor deserves to live again. Well done Johnny. Let's hope it's on the road again soon.

When I was in Germany in the mid-eighties, this was the most desirable car of that time. White with white interior was super classy. Silver and dark blue were also popular before anthracite black became the new trend.

Dedication right to the end! Another great bf

Smiled throughout this, such a cool car and felt every bit of joy of you both getting it running.

That smoky shed, lit up in the dark was cinematic perfection.

These just get better and better keep it up Jonny and the team 👍👍

Incredible story and find - as these widebody versions are stunning looking cars by today's standards with such a rich & deep history from the pre-merger AMG days when they were a seperate tuner to MB. The early production 32v engines in the Gen1's had issues with cams snapping near the sprocket. This was later rectified with thicker diameter shafts produced. The earlier versions also had issues with the heads which were sand cast and not of high quality alloy and prone to oil leaks and the oil drain back to sump was not great which was also rectified in later versions. The biggest headache is you cannot gets parts for these 32v engine heads anymore unless someone can custom make them which is difficult. The bottom end/blocks is no issue at all For a car enthusiast I can't believe he just let it sit for so long (+10yrs) without regularly starting it and dribing it and swapping out old fuel for fresh and adding inhibitor to the fuel and getting a radiator flush at least (& brake fluid) and placing a dust cover over the coupe and some rodent bait traps & fixing the broken window to keep the moisture out of the barn ? Such is life is suppose

Brilliant episode, what a monster! So smooth after all those years, absolutely fantastic to watch!

Haven’t read comments but love that you didn’t back off with the smoke!

Super Secret Nev might be my favourite, you can hear the love and passion he has for these motors loud and clear.

American collectors lose their minds over those! Ed Bolian made a big deal of one recently. Cool car, fast in it’s day.

It's amazing how that LED shop light still works after all those years.

Every time I get a notification about a new video from @thelatebrakeshow it makes me get off my ass and go finds cars in my city. One day I will find that gem. Thank you Jonny. You do what you love and people love what you do.

Neville’s voice in this is great - he would suit commentating on motor sport

You got me at 80s AMG great video 2x👍

Jonny . You deserve the MBE ............the Mercedes Benz medal of Excellence !!! Well done ....the smell of success !!

Neville sounds like my spirit animal. What a legend.

What an über cool car and it’s history. The Munich based Ferrari dealer, König, created some of the most outrageous wide body kits. I’ve seen both Merc as well as took pictures of one Testarossa wide body on the autobahn in 1989 or 90. It would be like coming across the holy grail if you could find one of those.

HAMMER TIME!!! Johnny you star. Thanks Neville! Nearly £1mill worth of very special car!

80's piece of history !, full recomission please 👏🏽

Wow the design of this car was so ahead of its time it quite unbelievable. That front end would sell in 2023 what a beauty.

This is like an interview with the invisible man.

OMG! I would be driving that on a regular basis…..what a treasure! The worst thing you can do to an old merc with that injection system is to let it sit unused….there are few of us left who even know how the system works…..🙀

Jonny, that was epic, honestly, I really enjoyed it with the mysterious Neville in the background (who incidentally, had a great V/o voice!) keep up the good work!!!!!

I loved these AMG Mercs back in the day and still do. What a machine!! Neville has such a great radio voice 😂 Terrific episode, thanks Jonny

It's nice to have a really big car collection but it's a shame most of them are sat gathering dust.

Anyone who lived in walderslade since 2000ish will remember the wide body sec at the bottom of Prince Charles hill/princess avenue. Beast of a car.

I had a massive smile on my face when you made it work! Fantastic car!

"hello (hello, heloo)!" cracked me right up, you wally😄

I had that Pioneer head unit in about 99/00 I think. It was a flip front with a removable faceplate

I love these episodes where you co present with Neville the ghost and his ectoplasm easy start, great content! 😀 Good stuff as ever Jonny, what a motor!

Having all those cars, and not driving or actually keeping them running clean and useable is actually criminal

I love this episode. I watched it a few times. The joy in your face Jonny. It just goes to show you, a quality product that was serviced well just needs a fuel pump and it would be on the road. I love love love that....

The fact you got it running at all is mighty impressive. As a Merc specialist I had my reserves about the fuel head being in working order after being parked for so long. If you're ever messing with classic mercs and want some info or help, get in touch.

This car is super-cool - I've always loved wide-body 560 SECs - but the AMG Hammer was built on the W124 chassis, so even if that engine is from a Hammer, does that confer the name onto the whole car? Hammer-equipped might be more accurate. Regardless, I always appreciate these videos because we need to preserve as much information about these old cars as possible.

Nice guys! The Bosch CiS fuel pumps will seize up during storage and fuel drying inside the fuel distributor gums up the piston/slits….you can see the air metering device moves very little with throttle….so it’s crazy RICH😂

Great work Johnny, a guy my brother worked for had a brand new 500 sec saloon in gold, with the AMG conversion, number plate was AMG12. It was a beast, just kept pulling, did not matter what speed you were doing, it just wanted to go some more.

OMG! Im just in awessnes like i was as an 14 year old auto neerd back in the 85. :D been looking for a classic merc awhile now, but oboy the prices... :(

These just get batter and better! I love the old Mercedes! Wanted to see her drive out for a better look!, Surprised you didn't all collapse of asphyxiation :D

I'm super impressed with the engine mounts, that lump doesn't move an inch through all of that.

Thank you very very much for what you doing!! Showing the art of 80 and 90 AMG cars bring so much happiness to my self!! Great great work and thank you again 🙏🏽

Another great episode. I really enjoy 'The Late Break Show'. A truly class act. Please keep these episodes coming Johnny. Watching from Australia 🇦🇺

Amazing car! Something I'd love to see Iain Tyrrell work his magic on hit!

Another brilliant video :) Neville has an "audiobook voice", very relaxing to listen to :)

Just watched this and it’s another great Barn Find episode well done Johnny. Neville sounds like a top bloke also 👍🏻 Off to watch the episode on his collection now 😀

This felt so satisfying and amazing. Especially the Duracell part.

This is the kind of can you can usually only dream of finding in a barn.

Best looking barn in a long time, loved the 80's dry ice effect towards the end.

Between Johnny's channel and Tyrell's classic workshop.... my heart is very full. thanks guys 👏

That's amazing because the whole time I watched the other video at Neville's I was like "go on where's the SEC?"

My favourite of this chaps Mercedes’ collection. I hope it get restored and put back on the road. 🥰

Stonking! These modified Mercs of this era were mad. Neville, you have to get this one back on the road. Please, please, please.

Just a joy Jonny. Thanks a lot for cheering me up.

As a Mercedes-Benz AMG owner I enjoyed this video--though if you keep an M-B exercised you will never have these problems.

Out of Neville's collection, this would be my favourite. I'd get it running and use daily asap! Really nice coupé👌