"OFF THE RAILS" Crewe classic cars meet | February 2024
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.พ. 2024
- Prep for the "OFF THE RAILS" classic cars meet held at the Crewe Heritage Centre began for us on the day prior, Saturday. We decided to take the 1947 Dodge pickup and the Mk1 MX5 to February 2024's meet, the former was very low on fuel so the trusty Standard 8 was pressed into service to collect a few gallons of petrol in a tin, in preparation for the following day's drive out in the Dodge.
On Sunday we headed out to the "Off The Rails" gathering, unsure how many classic cars would actually turn up given the dense fog we were greeted with when opening the curtains. The drive over had its exciting moments, that's for sure ... driving in fog behind the wheel of the Dodge was a new experience.
The car meet began slowly, but as the morning drifted along and the fog began to lift, more and more cars loomed into view, often with their headlights ablaze, including dad in his MGB. As is customary for this informal classic car meeting, regular car sightings rubbed door handles with cars not encountered before and a jolly morning was had.
The drive back home was much less eventful than the earlier trip, and the gloomy leaden skies were swiftly replaced by bright sunshine and blue skies as we drove back to base camp.
This video covers the prep work undertaken on the Saturday in addition to the drive over to - and the walkaround of - this months' "Off The Rails" meet-up.
Likes, subs and comments welcomed as always, please take a look around the Old Classic Car channel if you're new here (hello!).
Channel videos list: / oldclassiccarrj
OCC & classic car merchandise: www.redbubble.com/people/OldC...
OCC channel membership: / @oldclassiccaruk
OCC Patreon: / oldclassiccar
If you know of anyone else who might find these Old Classic Car videos of interest, please forward one of the above links to them.
#crewe #classiccars #cheshire - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Hi, thanks for watching, a full list of the several hundred videos on the channel is here:
th-cam.com/users/oldclassiccarRJvideos
OCC classic merchandise: www.redbubble.com/people/OldClassicCar/shop
OCC Channel Membership now open!!! See the JOIN button for details
OCC Patreon: www.patreon.com/OldClassicCar
Channel homepage:
th-cam.com/channels/KaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg.html
If there are any petrolheads that you know that might find this kind of thing interesting, please pass on one of these links, thanks!
Liked the old Pop and A35. The Triumph 1300 looked good too - nice clean, classic lines and a suprisingly quality car.
My son has a Triumph 1300 as well, as you say, a quality car, like a small Jaguar instead of an Escort or a Vauxhall Viva.
Another great vid, the VW Derby stands out for me purely because I’d totally forgotten they existed ! The Triumph 1300 was also a rare gem along with that lovely 2000 estate. It just goes to show a great meet doesn’t need lots of cars, just some interesting ones… cracking job.
Excellent video as usual. I can relate to a couple of the cars present at Crewe, I purchased a 1985 Ford Sierra last year to relive old memories of the two that I owned in the 1980's / 90's, and my son currently has ownership of a 1968 Triumph 1300 FWD that was purchased about 12 years ago. I can also sympathize with your wiper woes on the Dodge. A couple of years ago, my son purchased a Ford Granada in Runcorn and my wife and I were enlisted in helping to collect it and to follow him home. On the M6 on the way back to Cambridgeshire, he suddenly put the hazard light on and pulled onto the hard shoulder. It was drizzling heavily and the wipers had stopped working. My wife jumped in the passenger seat and with her arm out of the window managed to operate the wipers manually until we left the motorway. We found that a retaining clip on the linkage had come adrift. Classic car ownership, you cant beat it.
You don't get that kind of excitement with a Tesla! Thanks for watching
Love that drive in the fog even if it wasn’t a peasouper. Great closing black and white video goes well with fog.
Thanks, it was bad enough for me :-)
That drive in the fog was a bit DODGEie !! CHEERS FROM HERE!
I must get there soon, loved the Mk1 Escort Twin Cam.
Great video thank you😊😊😊
Yiou have some very well attended meets. Lucky you. Very nice to see. You work hard to keep that on the road.
A great vid mate, im the owner of the oval vw, it was great to chat to you.
Thanks, yeah neat to have a chat and admire the dub
Do the semifores work ? Are you still running 36hp ? Had a 64 years ago. Miss it. Dont miss those underpowered VW busses though. Especially the 67 with a bad second gear. Did like my Dads pickup before my brother blew the motor. Probly running it too hard. Currently building a project VW with an Austin body. imagine 17 inch wheels where 13s would have been.
The Dodge pickup did well in not so great conditions. Even though the wiper went off the rails Hariey was able to find it. Some nice cars also braved the weather which was good. We forget with modern cars how spoilt we are when it comes to ventilation and much less chance of steamy windows. Thanks Rick for another adventure. 👍👍
It's more fun than just driving on perfect sunny days IMO
A lovely foggy morning drive, 😮, glad the Dodge drove well in the weather, you have a good collection of veichles at the moment.
Thanks 👍 It was certainly a memorable trip ..!
Reading the paper on that Fiat Punto Sport, I thought it incredible that 11000 were produced and only 14 survive for such a recent car. Much like the X1/9 in this country (USA), they dissolved in the winter salt and are a very rare sight in any condition.
Even though I'm appreciative of the hazards of driving in mist and fog can bring. I do like the ambience the occasional foggy morning can bring.
Nice to see the Dodge on the road.
Indeed, it has a certain ambience to it, thanks for watching
Great to see old dodge out rick,one of my faves.you did well braving the cold fog,enjoyed the meet.well done.😊😊
It was a bit foggier than I was expecting tbh!!!
Another brilliant vid! The old Dodge doing well I see. Thanks for a great start to my Wed!
Glad you enjoyed it, yep the Dodge is behaving well
RainX is very good. Used on my Daimler Fifteen and the Armstrong Siddeley. Seldom ever needed wipers unless it was snowing.
Hi Richard, I only just got around to watching this! I'm the girl who was driving the Triumph 1300, and the Saab is my dad's pride and joy (we were also in the A40 next to you at Trentham Gardens). This was our first time at one of the meets here, so it was great to run into you and Harley. My dad has always been quite shy, so he was really pleased to get the chance to talk about his Saab so much, and he's really proud that it featured so much in this video.
Hopefully our paths cross again!
Hi, it was great to speak with you both and have a look at your cars, thanks to your dad for taking time out to show us around his 99.
More Bad weather it really was a shocker to start with But again the Dodge never missed a beat i like the rasher butty yum im a subscriber on both OCs Thank you loved the Video.
Glad you enjoyed it, yes the weather was a bit gloomy to begin with
That ws a tricky early morning drive out, not made any easier by the wiper going AWOL. Good show once again. all the best Bob
It didn't help admittedly, although we were nearly there when it departed
The engine serial number in your Dodge truck starts with P18 which is indeed a Plymouth engine....from 1949-1950....usually found in "Special Deluxe" models or "station Wagons" (estate wagons) of the day.....I had a 1950 Plymouth 2-door wagon once.....great cars and engines
Thanks for the info, the rear axle was also modified with car internals to raise the gearing a bit
Hi Rick I have steamed the Zenith carb in a pan of water on some small blocks of wood for a couple of hours and got good results. Mind you best use an old pan as Mrs Rick may not be to pleased! Cheers
Reminds me of boiling brake shoes on the cooker to rid them of axle oil :-)
The flock of birds were lapings also known as green plovers or peewits
Another interesting video Rick - always refreshing to come back down to earth in these days of computer and electronically dependent vehicles. A neighbour recently had to wait half an hour, miles from home, as the car signalled an over the air software update was required, 30 minutes later, sure enough, normality was resumed, a message greeted him - ' new version successfully updated ' - and he was on his way. I am far from a luddite, however , after 50years + of driving and vehicle ownership I find myself tutting and shaking my head more and more and more.
Same for me, I'm no luddite either having spent all my life in computing etc etc, but the way that modern car design is going strikes me as crazy, all designed to tie you to the manufacturer for the (short) life of the car. Thanks for watching.
What would I take home with me? I'm stuck between the Austin 1100(again, I think I chose this a couple of weeks back too), the Austin A35 or the Triumph 1300. Another great show, thanks.
Yep the 1100 is a nice little car, I was looking at an ad for a 1300GT today and that had a lot going for it too
👍👍👍👍👍
I thought Ford was one of the bad ones for changing headlight bulbs, needing to remove the whole headlight to do so. I didn't realise there were vehicles with even worse access than that.
Yes I have one of those ultrasonic cleaners I used it to clean a webber carby on my Hillman Gazelle did a great job.
Ah righty thanks, good to hear a real-world view on these things
This didn't show up on my notifications this morning, very strange. We had fog up here at the weekend and I had to drive over to Sunderland on Saturday evening. I was shocked at the number of people insanely speeding and overtaking as well as tailgating some even with only sidelights on. I once sat in the carpark at Newcastle Airport in a hired Saab 99 for 30 minutes trying to work out how to take the ignition key out. Another interesting upload RJ.
Another great video.
Definitely recommend RainX applied correctly it's absolutely brilliant in wet weather. Do all the windows for good all round vision.
I second everything you say about Saabs, Brilliant
cars.!! Passenger side footrest ?, that would be from LHD configuration .
Dodge looking good! Dont forget the choke & some throttle with old American engines, especially if cold. Cheers.
I just disassembled, cleaned and rebuilt my 1 1/4 " SUs on my '69 Sprite using the ultrasonic cleaner I bought for my antique clocks years ago. It is was so old that It It was actually made in the USA. The cleaning solution was from Amazon, specifically for carburetors.
Stephen
Thanks for the info!
Amazing how you can be fined for having an unroadworthy vehicle but local authorities don't get fined for having unroadworthy roads.
I just Subscribed, to tell you the truth I thought I had already. I do enjoy your content, thank you. How about digging out the poor neglected A40. Me Dad 'ad one O them in the 70's.
Thanks for subbing, don't worry the A40 is very much on my radar (and is my PC wallpaper as an ever-present reminder!!)
RainX is really good. I use it on the racecar and it works very well.
Hi Rick - YES, get an Ultrasonic Cleaner. I have 2 here, for cleaning Clock Parts, and anything else that needs it, They are a brilliant investment ! Sometimes I use White Spirit, Vinegar or Clock Cleaning Fluid - all depends on what I'm cleaning. A great video - shame about your windscreeen wiper, but at least you found it. I once lost a hub cap from my 1963 Bullnose 2 stroke SAAB 96 - never did find that ! OH, the SAAB 99 at the meet was gorgeous - I still miss my trusty SAAB 900i that I ran for 18 years. Sold it 5 years ago for more than I paid for it, but I really didn't need it, so it was time to say goodbye to it. A very sad day - but ------ Take care 🙂
Favourites:
#1 1988 Ford Sierra 25:52 27:21 29:51
#2 1983 Saab 99 31:32 33:29 36:47 38:26 38:37
#3 1998 Fiat Punto Sporting 31:46
😁👍
i had a Sierra Sapphire company car - surprisingly heavy on fuel.
Love the little Dodge story’s Thank you . Ps is it a crash box?
Thanks, I think there is some synchro still on the higher gears, not on first
The Saab was interesting, something we never saw here (might have been a few private imports). Harley commented about the passenger having a foot rest in the Saab but when you really think about its probably intended for the driver in its home country.
Surprised that you don't de-clutch when starting your jalopies. I was taught that over 40 years ago as it reduces the load on the starter and you don't have to check it's in neutral. You're not the only one as HubNut does it too! Love your Dodge and the Pilot.
Wellllll sometimes I do, especially if the battery is a bit low and I'm clutching (no pun intended) at straws to get something to run, but more often than not it doesn't seem to make much difference to how quickly my cars' engines turn over. I get the theory though! Thanks for watching.
I was watching a John mills film ,"The Long Memory " and a little morris tourer was supposedly being used by the journalist played by Geoffrey keen. It was all filmed in Kent in 1953 and the Northern Ireland registration on the morris stuck out ,CZ 8011, and not only that ,according to the DVLA the car still exists! Strange as it would have been considered an old car then at 18 years old...........bit nerdy I know.....
It was scrapped and the DVLA were never notified.................
@@richardsealey3626aye probably
I notice on several American TH-cam channels a lot of people drive around with cracked windscreens. I don't know how they get cracked but I know quite a few states don't have any equivalent of the MoT test.
It's quite easy to "crack" a windscreen, more so if it's laminated.........................
Doesnt the crack in the truck windshield bother you ? Started pretty good for 6 volt.🙂🙂🙂
I would accept a few "scars" on a vehicle of that vintage, it adds to it's ambience and I don't think it's meant to be concours..................
Nope I've dealt with a worse things than a few cracks in the passenger side screen, thanks yes it starts pretty well usually
Engine number P18 is from a 1949 Plymouth and should be a 218 c.i. engine.
Thanks!
I have an ultrasonic cleaner. Very useful for cleaning many things. Would be an absoloute winner for you, cleaning up rusty old tools. You can use a multitude of cleaning solutions, paraffin is good, but just dishwasher soap makes a remarkable medium. I tend to put just water in it but put the item in a zip lock bag with more aggressive cleaning solutions, degreaser for commercial kitchens has proved particularly useful, and cheap to buy, plus can be discharged down household drains. You can even use cola, which some consider good at dissolving rust. You just immerse the bag in the water. That way you don't mess up the tank with horrible greasy deposits and you can chuck the bag away. I did wife's jewelry too, but strongly advise not to put watches in, as the glass comes off and ruins the innards! Don't ask me how I know....
Seems like I might have to get one sometime, thanks for posting