Richard Hammond, 55, issues savage 7-word Jeremy Clarkson statement after Clarkson’s Farm debut
Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond reunited on screen for the first time since wrapping up The Grand Tour finale with James May last year – with Hammond issuing a short statement on their collaboration.
The former Top Gear presenters appear together in the latest episodes of Clarkson’s Farm, which were released on Prime Video.
Clarkson makes a special trip to see his long-time friend, travelling “hundreds and hundreds of miles” out of his way and “from civilisation” to a village.
The reunion takes place at Hammond’s car restoration business, The Smallest Cog, located in Herefordshire, where Hammond was keen to give Clarkson a warm welcome.
Clarkson visited Hammond with a specific request for his new pub, The Farmer’s Dog and needed his former co-star to chrome and lighten a tractor so it could be suspended from the pub’s ceiling without pulling the roof down.
Hammond was keen to show off their pair’s reunion on his Instagram and penned a post on his Motorshops official Instagram account.
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The post read: “When worlds collide. Diddly Squat X Smallest Cog. Catch our little cameo in Season 4 Ep 6 of Clarkson’s Farm – Richard Ham (the man not the pig) gives Jeremy a helping hand.
“Next time you’re at The Farmer’s Dog, have a glimpse up to the ceiling and check out the chrome tractor.
“In hindsight, we should’ve written something rude underneath. Or left a business card. B******s.”
On his personal story, Hammond wrote: “My workshop graced by a familiar ape.” (sic)
During their reunion, Hammond examines the tractor and recognises the work required, noting: “This is it. That’s a really nice tractor… It’s a fine thing. We have worse turnout for this restoration.”
Clarkson explains he needs the tractor lightened to under 750kg or “it’ll pull the roof down” of the pub, before Hammond added: “If we take all the internals out, everything.”
Hammond’s employee confirms the restoration work will cost Clarkson “tens of thousands” of pounds, and when pressed for specifics, the price is revealed to be £20,000.
“£20,000?” Clarkson says in disbelief. “To chrome it? What? I could have done it! £20,000 to paint a tractor!
“Why didn’t you tell me off before I set off? That it was going to be more than the GDP of most European countries?”
Hammond admits he deliberately withheld the price information: “Then you wouldn’t have come… Now you have and you’ve brought the tractor.
“Basically you’ve lowered your plums into my price. I’ve nipped it up a little bit.”
When Clarkson questions whether Hammond would charge a normal farmer £20,000, Hammond hits back: “What normal farmer would chrome his tractor you p******?”
Despite the hefty price tag, Clarkson ultimately agrees to Hammond’s terms and in his voiceover, he explains: “Since we were only five weeks from opening [the pub] I was forced to agree to Buttons’ [a nickname for Hammond] terms.”