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{{TG 2002 Episode|episodename=Series 5, Episode 6|airdate=5th December|year=2004|xth=sixth|series=[[Series 5]]|number=45th|number77=607th|number78=598th|prognum=21st|totprog=24|resolution=576i|aspratio=16:9 Widescreen|tvorstream=British television|channel=BBC Two}} {{TG 2002 Episode Starring|hosta=Jeremy Clarkson|hostb=Richard Hammond|hostc=James May|stig=[[The Stig#First White Stig|The Stig]]|star=[[Cliff Richard]]|waswere=was}}, in addition to blind army veteran and land speed record holder [[Billy Baxter]] also taking the [[Reasonably-Priced Car#Suzuki Liana|Suzuki Liana]] around the [[Top Gear Test Track|track]], with Clarkson as co-driver. | {{TG 2002 Episode|episodename=Series 5, Episode 6|airdate=5th December|year=2004|xth=sixth|series=[[Series 5]]|number=45th|number77=607th|number78=598th|prognum=21st|totprog=24|resolution=576i|aspratio=16:9 Widescreen|tvorstream=British television|channel=BBC Two}} {{TG 2002 Episode Starring|hosta=Jeremy Clarkson|hostb=Richard Hammond|hostc=James May|stig=[[The Stig#First White Stig|The Stig]]|star=[[Cliff Richard]]|waswere=was}}, in addition to blind army veteran and land speed record holder [[Billy Baxter]] also taking the [[Reasonably-Priced Car#Suzuki Liana|Suzuki Liana]] around the [[Top Gear Test Track|track]], with Clarkson as co-driver. | ||
This episode is perhaps best-known for featuring ''Top Gear''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s second {{Cheap Challenge}}, the [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 5/Episode 6/ | This episode is perhaps best-known for featuring ''Top Gear''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s second {{Cheap Challenge}}, the [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 5/Episode 6/£1500 Porsche Challenge|£1500 Porsche Challenge]], where the three presenters were tasked with finding a used rear-wheel drive [[Porsche]] for £1,500 or less and completing a series of challenges with them. | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
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This week, the candidate is an old [[Mini]] with a more illustrious history than most. Irish rally driver [[Paddy Hopkirk]] would drive another such Mini, prepared by John Cooper, to victory at the 1964 Monte-Carlo Rally, but it's this car, 407 ARX, with which he demonstrated the Mini's racing potential a year earlier. The car's current owner possesses the car's basic chassis and bodyshell, along with a majority of the period-correct parts the car requires, but it needs the extra push from the public so that it may live once again. Every tuned Mini since its creation, up to and including the "Cooper" trim Minis manufactured by BMW, owe their existence to this one car. | This week, the candidate is an old [[Mini]] with a more illustrious history than most. Irish rally driver [[Paddy Hopkirk]] would drive another such Mini, prepared by John Cooper, to victory at the 1964 Monte-Carlo Rally, but it's this car, 407 ARX, with which he demonstrated the Mini's racing potential a year earlier. The car's current owner possesses the car's basic chassis and bodyshell, along with a majority of the period-correct parts the car requires, but it needs the extra push from the public so that it may live once again. Every tuned Mini since its creation, up to and including the "Cooper" trim Minis manufactured by BMW, owe their existence to this one car. | ||
===Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car (Billy Baxter)=== | ===Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car (Billy Baxter)=== | ||
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At this point in time, ''Top Gear'' is often inundated by letters from nobodies who wish to have a go around the track in the Suzuki Liana. Typically, these letters are dismissed without any further action. However, this particular letter comes from a man named [[Billy Baxter]], a former soldier who was blinded<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorbikes/2723932/Blindness-is-no-barrier-for-Billy-the-Whizz.html The Telegraph - Blindness is no barrier for Billy the Whizz.]</ref> in 1997 by a rare eye disease, and who aims to beat [[Richard Whiteley]], the slowest driver on the board. With Jeremy Clarkson sat in the passenger seat, relaying the necessary visual information, the pair were able to successfully navigate the car around the track at speed. | At this point in time, ''Top Gear'' is often inundated by letters from nobodies who wish to have a go around the track in the Suzuki Liana. Typically, these letters are dismissed without any further action. However, this particular letter comes from a man named [[Billy Baxter]], a former soldier who was blinded<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorbikes/2723932/Blindness-is-no-barrier-for-Billy-the-Whizz.html The Telegraph - Blindness is no barrier for Billy the Whizz.]</ref> in 1997 by a rare eye disease, and who aims to beat [[Richard Whiteley]], the slowest driver on the board. With Jeremy Clarkson sat in the passenger seat, relaying the necessary visual information, the pair were able to successfully navigate the car around the track at speed. | ||
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Amazingly, despite his disability, Baxter was able to get the Liana around the track 4 seconds quicker than Whiteley, also beating Terry Wogan in the process. | Amazingly, despite his disability, Baxter was able to get the Liana around the track 4 seconds quicker than Whiteley, also beating Terry Wogan in the process. | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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==References== | ==References== |