Jay: Gentlemen, it is a sincere pleasure to have you talk to us about your Scrapheap experience. Let me ask about having to face the infamous 'Bowser' Munson. Did you feel disadvantaged facing him because of his previous Scrapheap experiences?

Rob: We knew it would be tough facing Bowser because of his vast experience on Scrapheap, but that added to the pleasure of taking him on....it was great winding him up though on the intercom....great team great bloke.

Trevor: Like Rob, I don't think we were disadvantaged by being up against Bowser, it just gave us more reason to try to beat him! He's a very likeable guy, so it wasn't a problem.

J: Wow. Who knew policemen were likeable?! Just kidding, my uncle is a cop. Do you feel your knowledge of washing machine repair was much of a boon?

T: Specific washing machine repair knowledge was only an issue when looking for a drive system. I just happened to know what pulley and belt would be on that machine in the yard...and therefore it was worth considering.

R: None really, we are all pretty practical though I have more engineering training than the other two.

J: Way to rub it in Rob! A question about your first build, the glider. Was there any trepidation on your part when you saw the monstrous glider of The Brainy Bunch?

T: We couldnt believe the size and weight of their glider! But we could see that IF it got airbourne, it could be a serious threat. We were worried that it would catch a wing on the ground whist being towed, and cartwheel out of control. Seriously dangerous machine, and very brave pilot!

R: [Yeah] They both had unknown capability, till they were in the air we didn't know if either would work, once in the air theirs was frightening hence my comment to Bill "you are an extremely brave man".

J: I think a lot of us would have been worried had we seen the Boeing glider they had built. Neither team got very far, or very high really. Why wasn't the tow line speed increased?

T: The glider tow speed was determined by our expert, he was the experienced one in these matters so what he said...went! It was his neck on the line!

R: [Also] A faster tow could have spelled disaster to our glider as it could have ripped the sheeting off.

J: Ah yes, the old "what the expert says, goes" conundrum. Onto a couple of questions about your other challenge, the mileage challenge. If it hadn't rained, do you think you would have beat Bowser's team?

T: I think that without the rain, we would have won by a mile. What you don't see in the programme is that they called us in to the pits to change the batteries on the onboard cameras. That was the only reason we stopped, and we were gutted because Sean had got a superb rhythm going at the time. The film crew were also running short on videotape as we were both going far longer than anticipated! We both stopped as asked, and had equal amounts of fuel taken from our resevoirs to reduce the duration of the race. It was then that it started to rain, and we all retired to the pavilion for shelter. The carts were left on the track in the downpour for about 40 minutes. It didn't occur to us that the belt would suffer until it was too late. Of course when we tried to re-start, all the grooves in the belt were holding water and had no traction. We burned a lot of fuel deliberately slipping the belt in an attempt to boil off the water. I think that had we not had to stop, the belt wouldn't have got anything like as much water on it, and probably would have kept it's traction. Oh well c'est la vie!

J: Rob, your thoughts?

R: It would have been a close thing, Sean our main driver had settled into a steady pattern which was conserving fuel,but the rain beat us.

J: I was hoping you guys would have put the coffin in wheels. That would have been very entertaining! How long were you guys at the track?

T: We were on the track about an hour and a half in total.

J: Really? I would have thought longer. Does your competition make you inelgible to participate again, as some other shows dictate?

T: As far as we know we're not ineligble for future shows, but the interest is so great, that there are many more teams out there that are dying for a chance. I suppose it would be unfair to keep using the same people. I think Bowser and Dick Srawbridge are the exception because they have been involved right from the start.

J: Had any of you experienced anything like this before?

R: Not on television, but I am always messing with stuff at home.

T: No I'd never done anything like it before.

J: Do it again?

R: Yes yes yes, the production team are great to work with, we made a lot of friends from other teams, but I guess [we've] done our bit......for now anyway!!!

T: I would love the chance to do it again. We had such a good time filming it, and got on really well with the crew, and the other teams. Great fun and an experience of a lifetime.

J: Thank you both, again, for speaking to us. Rob, I'll give you the final word. Describe what the build time was like for you.