Oh, what a treat. Meins was masterful in the A40, and watching him dice it up with the Jaguars was great fun. And the Metropolitan made a surprisingly strong showing! Never thought I’d see one racing.
I used to be an enthusiast when you could buy a road going XK for fifty quid. A friend of mine bought a Jag MK7 from Green Lane breakers put another engine in went to Silverstone and won his race and then drove the car home. Those were the days.
Fantastic race, the most entertaining car race I've seen for some time. My Primary school teacher had a red A40 like the on that came second, so there was some nostalgia at play too.
Err, ‘Vintage’ - in UK at least - means 1921 - 1930. These are way too late for that. But some might qualify as PVT (post-vintage thoroughbred), but not many of them. Still, its all good fun and stuff from my younger days. Les
A Nash (Austin) Metropolitan running in the top six for so long! My grandmother had one of those back in the '60s. Never ever even contemplated that one could race in it. Too bad it DNF'd, but wow.
I love seeing the Anglo’s Prefect 100e red and gold. My first car was a 1957 Anglin Prefect 100e which I bought for $100 and had to rebuild the flat head 4 cylinder. While waiting for parts from England,I sanded the baby blue body and painted it Corvette Candy Apple Metal flake Red, put oversized tires on the rear, jacked up the front springs and put white racing stripes down the drivers side. I put s few personal touches on the interior: surplus jet fighter seatbelts in front, a Buick tube type radio in the glove box with a single speaker wedged between the shifter and the firewall, I used a Stant radiator cap tester gage as a tachometer. I mounted it on the dash, ran a copper hose to the water pump. As the engine revved, the water pressure went up . It made a clicking sound as it flopped back and forth. I drove the car hard for three years and never had a problem with anything!
And, if I may say....fantastic video, with cameras placed perfectly to catch the action, although we need a tad more coverage for the boys in the back....they're in the race too!!
Nash metropolitan on the other side of the pond, indeed very strange, having had a 1959 convertible model for a while it never occur to me that I could race it.....
taketimeout2 - as a kid in the 50s we always knew it an Austin Nash Metropolitan, a joint venture with the American company. Austin had many models specifically aimed at the American market in the day.
What made me laugh, was the little Nash trying to keep up with the big boys. My school teacher back in the early 60's had one, even then it made me smile just to see such a bizarre motor car.
I raced a 998cc Mini and a Lotus Cortina, both much hotted-up, in the 1960s and early 1970s. But I would never have thought of many of these cars as suitable for any kind of racing! The lap record at Goodwood is 1:18.217 set by Nick Padmore in a Lola T70 Spyder in 2015. So these are going at a relatively leisurely pace of course but I expect they are pedalling hard though. As the saying goes when one considers a Jag Mk VII or a Ford Zephyr or a Nash Metropolitan and any possibility of great success, "you can't get there from here!"
Saturdays with Grandstand or World of Sport showing this kind of programming made tv worth tuning in to And by tuning that's exactly what we had to do lol 😂 Bring back real racing like this!!!!!
I love seeing that Austin(Nash)Metropolitan running in the front pack. Never seen a Metro race before or just about anything else here for that matter. A completely surreal experience. Who supplies the parts for these vintage cars? Those spoke wheels on the Jaguars must be a real challenge to keep in racing tune. Great stuff.
MK1 3.4. and 2. 4 Probably my favourite cars of all time. In my life I have owned many cars Rover Mercs XJs I currently run E46, E38, Z3 2.2 and 2.8s, still would love a MK1. E46 in same league.
Amazing that these sportsmen risk their vintage cars... I always thought they were just out for exhibitions but from these Goodwood videos they’re seriously risking a lot of valuable hardware for the fun of the race.
Muy buena carrera..muy buena la última vuelta, me gustó el desempeño del Hudson Metropolitan, aunque abandonó, yo tenía uno..pero éste estaba más bajo de la suspensión..los Jaguar ya deberían estar en un Museo..y TODOS.. Salud2
I miss my A40... APA931A (not its original number) bought Bracknell about 1988... kept running by much welding, and replacement of the original 948cc engine with a 1098 Morris Minor lump.... would climb multi-storey car parks in top gear.... Sadly met its maker at A1 breakers in Wokingham about 1993.... Rust in Peace little car....
The tires look like they're the original equipment (at least their size is OE), but I'm betting they're allowed some sort of stickier compound. Clutch and other drivetrain parts are definitely allowed modification. Suspensions too, otherwise there'd be a lot more leaning and diving and sliding. Roll cages. Fuel cells? Maybe.
Love to see a 1940s race. Austin Atlantic Ford Prefect Jaguar xk120 Ford Pilot. Now you might think well the Jaguar would win. But the Atlantic had the 2.7 litre engine that could be set up to Le mans 100M spec. And if you removed the fancy hydraulics it would definitely be competitive! Be fun to see.
What?? Is that a Nash Metropolitan I see there?? People road race Nash Metropolitans??? I guess it makes sense.... The only thing that would blow my mind more is seeing a 1950's Chrysler New Yorker in that race...
Actually, Nash designed the Metropolitan, had Austin build it, and then sold it as a Nash. Pretty confusing, but the car was originally designed in the U.S., it just wasn't built there due to tooling costs. Nash decided that they could contract it out to Austin for less money.
Great racing. Wonderful to see these classic cars doing battle on the track. One has to wonder what was lurking under the bonnet of the A40 that Gave the Jag a hard time
It is weird as an American hearing the names of the models. To me a Zephyr of that era is a Lincoln. The Metropolitan was from Nash and while a good small car the US was not ready for cars that small yet.
I like watching races at GoodWood but what i dont understand is why do they race different model of cars in the same race. Seems like you would know who is going to have a better chance of winning.
Oh, what a treat. Meins was masterful in the A40, and watching him dice it up with the Jaguars was great fun. And the Metropolitan made a surprisingly strong showing! Never thought I’d see one racing.
Finally TH-cam suggested something great.
Stick your F1 and touring cars.
This is real balls out racing. Love it.
More please
Remarkable pace for the fact that they are all sitting in the passenger seat! Greetings from Switzerland, hehe
I see what you did there :)
im here every year, as an owner of 3 Metropolitans, you know who im cheering for.....
How wonderful to think there are still plenty of men wealthy enough and utterly mad enough to do this on a weekend for what is basically a hobby
I used to be an enthusiast when you could buy a road going XK for fifty quid. A friend of mine bought a Jag MK7 from Green Lane breakers put another engine in went to Silverstone and won his race and then drove the car home. Those were the days.
What a fabulously soughted little car the A40 is ,and a great pilot to boot !!!.
A Farina battling for first place and a Nash Metropolitan in the top 6! Who'd-a-thunk-it?! Amazing stuff
Real cars, awesome racing, real drivers with steel balls....Those were the days- :-)
No... The most aggressive drivers actually had their steel balls removed... so as to save weight.
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Fantastic race, the most entertaining car race I've seen for some time. My Primary school teacher had a red A40 like the on that came second, so there was some nostalgia at play too.
This reminds me of my families weekly runs from London to Brighton to visit grandma, in my pop’s 1956 Morris Oxford!
So SO much fun in 2020 to see these old girls being given what for on a track. And a wee A40 leading the charge!! What value this recording is :D
Superb driving in these vintage automobiles. Love it!!
Err, ‘Vintage’ - in UK at least - means 1921 - 1930. These are way too late for that. But some might qualify as PVT (post-vintage thoroughbred), but not many of them. Still, its all good fun and stuff from my younger days. Les
Fantastic! Much better than an F1 "procession".
Agreed, not hat it's hard to improve on F1 when it comes to excitement on the track.
I've never seen so many drum brakes and leaf springs in 1 place in my life! so cool
You need to visit the scrap dealers more often.
That was a great race and it was fascinating to see the small light cars head to head with the big powerful ones.
4:20 So ya think horsepower is all ya need? Nope.
That was wonderful to watch... Thanks!
A Nash (Austin) Metropolitan running in the top six for so long! My grandmother had one of those back in the '60s. Never ever even contemplated that one could race in it. Too bad it DNF'd, but wow.
What nostalgia, terrific!
Well done all.
The little red A40 surprised me indeed, very competitive - amazing !
This is awesome!!!! What a great piece of driving!
almost like being there !!!!! so much fun !!!!!! oh...top marks for commentators too !!
I learnt to drive in a ' 64 Austin A40, didn't go like No 46 - great exciting stuff !
I love seeing the Anglo’s Prefect 100e red and gold. My first car was a 1957 Anglin Prefect 100e which I bought for $100 and had to rebuild the flat head 4 cylinder. While waiting for parts from England,I sanded the baby blue body and painted it Corvette Candy Apple Metal flake Red, put oversized tires on the rear, jacked up the front springs and put white racing stripes down the drivers side. I put s few personal touches on the interior: surplus jet fighter seatbelts in front, a Buick tube type radio in the glove box with a single speaker wedged between the shifter and the firewall, I used a Stant radiator cap tester gage as a tachometer. I mounted it on the dash, ran a copper hose to the water pump. As the engine revved, the water pressure went up . It made a clicking sound as it flopped back and forth. I drove the car hard for three years and never had a problem with anything!
....................... Glorious !!! .... Thank you so much !!! :-)
Number 20 nods over to number 1 at the starting line and asks "Pardon me ... do you have any Grey Poupon?"
Very impressed by that Jaguar MKVII, that car is huge!
Crikey that was surprisingly riveting. That black Jag looks tremendous. I was really surprised to see an A40 with so much pace!
And, if I may say....fantastic video, with cameras placed perfectly to catch the action, although we need a tad more coverage for the boys in the back....they're in the race too!!
Brilliant race!
Why does anyone still watch modern car racing when this is at hand?
Austin Metropolitan? Racing? And doing well? I must have eaten the wrong mushrooms. Waiter!!
And in a bloody awful color no less!!! 😂
Nash metropolitan on the other side of the pond, indeed very strange, having had a 1959 convertible model for a while it never occur to me that I could race it.....
taketimeout2 - as a kid in the 50s we always knew it an Austin Nash Metropolitan, a joint venture with the American company. Austin had many models specifically aimed at the American market in the day.
What made me laugh, was the little Nash trying to keep up with the big boys. My school teacher back in the early 60's had one, even then it made me smile just to see such a bizarre motor car.
I raced a 998cc Mini and a Lotus Cortina, both much hotted-up, in the 1960s and early 1970s.
But I would never have thought of many of these cars as suitable for any kind of racing! The lap record at Goodwood is 1:18.217 set by Nick Padmore in a Lola T70 Spyder in 2015. So these are going at a relatively leisurely pace of course but I expect they are pedalling hard though.
As the saying goes when one considers a Jag Mk VII or a Ford Zephyr or a Nash Metropolitan and any possibility of great success, "you can't get there from here!"
Saturdays with Grandstand or World of Sport showing this kind of programming made tv worth tuning in to And by tuning that's exactly what we had to do lol 😂
Bring back real racing like this!!!!!
I love seeing that Austin(Nash)Metropolitan running in the front pack. Never seen a Metro race before or just about anything else here for that matter. A completely surreal experience. Who supplies the parts for these vintage cars? Those spoke wheels on the Jaguars must be a real challenge to keep in racing tune. Great stuff.
Yes, I'd like to know too - especially tuning, uprated suspension and brake parts.
Fantastic racing.
Don’t know what they’re feeding these things.......
Good stuff. Thanks for posting.
MK1 3.4. and 2. 4 Probably my favourite cars of all time. In my life I have owned many cars Rover Mercs XJs I currently run E46, E38, Z3 2.2 and 2.8s, still would love a MK1. E46 in same league.
best race I have ever seen
Amazing that these sportsmen risk their vintage cars... I always thought they were just out for exhibitions but from these Goodwood videos they’re seriously risking a lot of valuable hardware for the fun of the race.
This is real motor racing,👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍🇬🇧
Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
Brilliant, all skill, surprised no cars overheated , boy in the A40 will need a change of underwear after this race 👍
Great race!
I used to race against Les Ely at Braintree Auto Club many years ago.
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!
Muy buena carrera..muy buena la última vuelta, me gustó el desempeño del Hudson Metropolitan, aunque abandonó, yo tenía uno..pero éste estaba más bajo de la suspensión..los Jaguar ya deberían estar en un Museo..y TODOS.. Salud2
Es genial que estos autos clásicos sigan compitiendo ,
lo siento por mi pobre español
The Nash had an english motor that was in many british cars. sold through rambler, mayflower, AMC,
That was some race... I rooted for the A40... But the old Jag just had a bit more grunt..
Getting motivation to finish my Jag restoration :)
so it! my xjs facelift gets driven every day :-) wonderful feeling and driving piece of kit :->
I wanted to see a little more of the Falcon. Still a great video.
I miss my A40... APA931A (not its original number) bought Bracknell about 1988... kept running by much welding, and replacement of the original 948cc engine with a 1098 Morris Minor lump.... would climb multi-storey car parks in top gear.... Sadly met its maker at A1 breakers in Wokingham about 1993.... Rust in Peace little car....
Well,despite its size that huge Mk VII does unexpectedly keep up brilliantly with the more sporty Mk II....A good set up and what a good driver.
Winner Andy Wallace is the World Record-setting Bugatti Chiron driver. He drove 304.77mph(490.48km/h) in 2019, at the time he was 58 years old.
good race!
Goodwood beats NASCAR hands down.
This is what racing is SUPPOSED to be!!!!
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When the chauffeur tells his employer he's going to take the Mark-VII for the day out to get it serviced.
What a race .
Great race, the Nash was hilarious, sorry it DNFd
English announcer says (car gets) "a little bit *naughty* up the inside". Very quaint! :)
Fabulously Brilliant!
Very entertaining 😎
Who needs F1...LOLLL
Wow what a great race, i though the jag would eat the A40
What modifications were made to these cars? Great video thanks for sharing
The tires look like they're the original equipment (at least their size is OE), but I'm betting they're allowed some sort of stickier compound. Clutch and other drivetrain parts are definitely allowed modification. Suspensions too, otherwise there'd be a lot more leaning and diving and sliding. Roll cages. Fuel cells? Maybe.
Thse cars look like they are enjoying it
Love to see a 1940s race. Austin Atlantic Ford Prefect Jaguar xk120 Ford Pilot. Now you might think well the Jaguar would win. But the Atlantic had the 2.7 litre engine that could be set up to Le mans 100M spec. And if you removed the fancy hydraulics it would definitely be competitive! Be fun to see.
What?? Is that a Nash Metropolitan I see there?? People road race Nash Metropolitans??? I guess it makes sense.... The only thing that would blow my mind more is seeing a 1950's Chrysler New Yorker in that race...
kabukiwookie thats a little Austin Metropolitan, they were made here in Great Britain, Nash must have imported them and put their badge on them.
Actually, Nash designed the Metropolitan, had Austin build it, and then sold it as a Nash.
Pretty confusing, but the car was originally designed in the U.S., it just wasn't built there due to tooling costs. Nash decided that they could contract it out to Austin for less money.
kabukiwookie Lololololol too funny.
Peter Clements in the Standard 10..Also known as Isle of Wight Pete :)
Proper racing.
Who transforms these cars into such racing machines?
The bridal car (#29) did extremely well considering it had wedding bookings before the race.
It's no surprise all the best bank robbers drove a mk1 Jag 😂
UK market Metropolitans were badged as Austins, but this one is left hand drive so, yes, it's a Nash
Even if they were sold to the rest of the left-hand Europe?
Left hand drives Austin's here in Europe.
Great racing. Wonderful to see these classic cars doing battle on the track. One has to wonder what was lurking under the bonnet of the A40 that Gave the Jag a hard time
Honda
Honda what ??
@@steinwaygrande3971 Commentator says Honda Civic.
Goodwood has very tight rules about modifications. It has to have an Austin A-series engine
This is better than F1
great race... though quite disappointed the Falcon couldn't do better than a 9th place :(
nice bit of baulking by number 1 on last corner
was at goodwood last year one check for bucketlist. Best racing in the world barnone
I had a Riley 1.5 , even stock , it wa pretty quick
Brilliant race but let's face it a Jaguar should beat an Austin A40.
yes but only just!
What took the VW Beetle out?
Interested to know what modifications allowed.
What about the average budget needed to join such amateurish racing ? Let's say,to run a midfield car just to have fun amongst these enthusiasts ...?
It is weird as an American hearing the names of the models. To me a Zephyr of that era is a Lincoln. The Metropolitan was from Nash and while a good small car the US was not ready for cars that small yet.
Looked like that Mk-VII had more than a few suspension modifications. I'm not sure what the rules allow. Good race, though.
An A40 came second! Hard to believe!
Metropolitan is running some serious negative camber on the front! There should be a grayscale version of this video!
Proper!
No stands to sit in?
So much negative camber on the MkVII! It looks broken until it gets into a coner and suddenly the outside wheel is perfectly upright.
I noticed the same, thought he had something broken on the first couple of laps.
i never realized how big the Zephyr was compared to a Jaguar MkI
Why are there so few Triumph TR-4s racing at Goodwood? TRs, MGs, Spitfires, 1960s small sports cars, etc.
There’s loads racing. This is a different class
I owned an A40 ,many moons ago. It didn’t go like this one.
The poor 46… deserved to win haha
Mk7 jag is impressive
I like watching races at GoodWood but what i dont understand is why do they race different model of cars in the same race. Seems like you would know who is going to have a better chance of winning.
Would the cars have the original suspension, if so you'd need balls of steel.
Can't see how that is possible.
wonderfully british
IT'S NOT EASY RACING AND FLIPPING A CREPE AT THE SAME TIME !!
Start at 2:55
Best comment section ever....that is all.
Why didn’t bank robbers use an A40 instead of Jags in all those films in the 50s and 60s?
4 doors..unless it's a Transit!