In 2007, Hammond went to Africa on a , with his choice of car being a 1963 Opel Kadett, which he subsequently named Oliver. A week after the special was aired, Hammond announced during the news section that he had shipped Oliver back to the UK, where it was restored by a team from "Practical Classics" magazine. Oliver features on Hammond's children's science television show "Richard Hammond's Blast Lab" and in another episode of "Top Gear" as a kind of "Hill-holder" in the trailer truck challenge (after it acquired the fake personal plate "OLI V3R"). Oliver is also mentioned in Hammond's second autobiography "As You Do".