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Is this the best classic Car Cave Collection in Scotland? Incredible Private Garage Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2024
- Located inside the most unassuming of Scottish drab farm buildings, this colourful car haven is the secret collection and creation of Wullie Hamilton and his wife Morean from Kilmarnock. The last place you'd expect to find a line of retro rally motorsport prepped rwd Fords, a flawless GT40 recreation, a sprinkling of special edition Triumph motorbikes, BTCC Hillman Imp and a B.A.R Honda F1 car.
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Designed to emulate a traditional shop facade, the Hamiltons repurposed what was an ex-lorry depot for their tarmac business. They commissioned wall and floor murals by a local graffiti artist to compliment the cars that would live within. Better still, they added a top floor in which would become a themed private (motor)sports bar and balcony. Jonny has been to a fair few car collections since starting The Late Brake Show, but Wullie and Morean's place felt extra special. Back to the cars. The last car to be purchased is arguably the most special - the Fiat 131 Super Mirafirori Abarth Group4. For every 500 mk2 Escort GRP4s you might see and hear a hot 131.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:38 Snap-On kitchen!
1:30 The car room
3:33 Fiat 131 Abarth Group 4
4:27 Wullie's old rally car
6:25 Mk2 Escort Mexico
8:17 Wullie's first car
9:09 Rally mk2 Escort
10:40 Kevin Carmichael Triumph motorbikes
11:42 Rally mk1 Escort
14:24 Mk1 Lotus Cortina rally car
15:58 Jim Clark connection
16:28 George Bevan Imp
18:54 BAR Honda F1 car 2001 ex Jacques Villeneuve
22:10 Husqvarna 250 twin shock scrambler
22:58 KVA Ford GT40 recreation
25:11 Double decker bus mobile pub
26:04 Old garage facade
26:35 Bad driving simulator
28:00 Thanks, Subscribe and Patreon
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As the lights were switched on, I swore out loud and loudly in admiration. My better half asked what was wrong. I answered nothing, nothing at all, showed her the screen. One eye roll later and she leaves the room! Awesome content again #thelatebrakeshow Jonny Smith 🥇🏁👏
Hmmm. I have a wife like that. I tried really hard to bring her round showing her dismantled turbo, brake calipers, steering rack etc and how they work but she still didn't get it. I gave up and let her grow vegetables that the supermarket has better and pay for all the tools and built her the best watering system in the village...
I did the same and my girlfriend ran in the front room thinking something was wrong 😆
LoL! My wife long ago stopped commenting on my viewing habits. She no longer says anything about my time 'wasted' on TH-cam, and I've learned not to reply.:)
Relegated to listening to car videos with a headset years ago....... happy wife, happy life.
@@delord1619 op
Hey Jonny, we painted all the artwork and signwriting, it was a dream job from start to finish, just up the road from the house, Willie and Morean are top class, this video really shows place off well too, great job!
Frank, you did an incredible job. Glad it showed off your art - seriously impressive murals.
Top Job on the art work looks fantastic
Well smart mate talented man👍🏼
Looks amazing
Absolutely stunning work, Frank
"Here are the cars Jonny", understatement of the year. They're not cars, they're pieces of rolling art
Exquisite taste right here, one of the best presented collections I’ve seen. And way more interesting than any billionaire hypercar collection.
100% agree. There's no comparison between silly-money modern car collections and the pure enthusiasm & passion for real classic motoring gems as on display with Wullie and his excellent museum.
There is still a hell of lot of moneys worth of cars there ,way beyond most
Now this man has taste! , and credit to his wife for a brilliant idea of a showroom within a barn , great video as always Jonny 👌🏻
I love it when a proper enthusiast gets a few bob behind them in life and absolutely indulges their passion in a pure way, not for show but for the sheer love of it. Like Jonny said, he could buy supercars but why would he want to do that when this is so much more interesting and fun :) Great content as always - Keep showing us these treasures
And his mrs helps out too with his passion. She’s obviously a keeper. Lol
Willie is wonderful (as is, clearly, Mrs.Hamilton), and your enjoyment, Jonny, is ours. Thank you!
He sounds like such a nice, down to earth kind of guy. Sort of guy you could just have a pint and talk cars with all day. Glad he's content. It's a great collection. Reckon the 131 is my favourite. Great video Jonny.
What a lovely, lovely chap!.
As a child of the 70's I have a love of 70's rally cars having been brought up on Grandstand / World of Sport showing the Lombard RAC rally.
Thanks again to the fantastic owner for sharing his beautifully curated collection with us, you can see how passionate he is and I for one am eternally grateful these are not just locked away but shared with like minded individuals.
Two minutes in and WOW! Best car cave so far buy a country míle. Johnny thank you so much for starting car caves. I'm actually envious enough that it is creating ambition within my soul to have such a space & collection. Now in with the rest of the video. 💯💥👏👏🔥🔥
Chuffed you are enjoying the Car Caves Sean. Keep aspiring. I do...
What a fantastic collection and a lovely guy. Great car cave video. Well done team .
We met Willie at the NEC Classic Car show recently, we didnt know about any of this and we were just talking cars when I said what have you got and he reeled of the list, mind blown!
Willie is a really lovely lovely guy and he said to us if we're ever in Scotland...
What a collection. As much as I love Mk2 Escorts, as legendary as the GT40 is and even an F1, for me the cherry on top was that 131 Mirafiori. Only ever saw 2 (street versions) in my life . One was at a weekly back road street drag "get together", it sounded absolutely manic screaming up and down the strip. What a car
This is the best and most inspiring 'colletion'. Willie is such a down to earth , humble guy. Everything is pure love and affection.
That Fiat 131 was unbeatable in 80s, here in Africa, and never lost a race. It was eventually banned from racing.
it’s been a year since we lost my dad, who started driving with a bunch of Imps, but was a Fiat man for much of his life - driving his 131 2000TC Sport was where i remember him at his happiest, so it was a real treat seeing the Abarth - thanks Willie, Jonny & team!
That mexico is gorgeous! That mk 1 is too, noticed the deep dish steering wheel looks so cool! The lotus cortina! theyre all gorgeous! I also was wondering when he was mentioned, at around 16:00 Jim Clark - one of the greatest drivers that ever lived. What a brilliant collection, thank you for sharing.
Probably the greatest, although that's my British bias coming in. Certainly gone too soon the man was a legend.
Bickets Fiat was legendary in Kilmarnock, remember his stash of Fiat 130 coupe parts as well as a stinky 124 that milk was spilt in!
Wow. Willie's amazing museum immediately reminded of the amazing surprise of seeing Giles Villeneuve's and Kimi Raikkonen's F1 cars while on a tour of the Giacobazzi lambrusco cantina in Modena. We thought we were just going for a quick tour of the cantina before tasting the various wines, but... we were treated to an amazing walk-through a fine collection of Ferrari road & race cars, many Tour-De-France bikes, old farm and winery machinery, then a lucky chance to talk with Mr. Giacobazzi himself who told us about his family's history and relationship with Ferrari, not only as a sponsor. You've got to go there if anywhere near Modena.
Beautifully crafted garden shed! With an astonishing collection of lawnmowers! I trust you left a LBS sticker for the front door, Jonny?
One of the best car caves so far. The guy’s enthusiasm shines through. His eclectic taste makes for a great cave
Man, that was brilliant, what a humble bloke with a car cave to crave for. Would be great if there was some way of Patrons getting the opportunity to see the car caves at certain times of the year, we'd pay of course. Just a thought...🎩
Chris if you ever find yourself in the West of Scotland - look us up :)
@@moreanhamilton948 I'm not far from Kilmarnock! Might need to come see you and Wullie
@Morean Hamilton
Thank you, for the kind offer.
If I'm over your neck of the woods, maybe I could bring my daughter's, my eldest is a rally car lover, especially fast fords and my youngest likes motorbikes, so something for us all to appreciate.
I haven't been to Scotland for many a year, so would be a great excuse...😄
We loved this episode! As soon as my other half heard whose collection it was he said, this is the guy that bought my lotus twin cam mk1 escort and there it was still looking stunning 😍
Funny how he says it was bought from down south, south to us is Midlands and beyond, we are only in North Yorkshire 🤣🤣
Absolute gem of a man with a collection to die for 👍
Wow Wow Wow what a place absolutely blown away thanks for the video Jonny and mega thanks to Wullie for sharing - top guy.
Great video Jonny, thank you. What a collection of cars and a joy to hear Willie so enthused about them. I live near Kilmarnock and actually bought several cars from the dealership Willie mentioned he served his time in. Oh, and my first car was a Hillman Imp! Keep up the great work.
Wow! That's next level stuff. Good on him!
You and Wullie would get on well I reckon. I think you ought to see his 131 Abarth.
@@TheLateBrakeShow He's such a nice bloke I'm sure >90% of your audience would get on with him
That has to be the Colin McRae Hillman Avenger in the corner? Being a Scottish collection, Hillman and the McRae link…it kind of adds up… Excited for the video on it regardless. Great collection and another great car caves video!
Jonny is right - the roads around this part of Ayrshire are superb for driving on. Quiet enough, twisty enough. Mr Hamilton needs to take his collection out for more drives! They need a bit of dirt on them. When I seen the yellow Mk2 I was reminded of one of the Ayrshire farmers who raced one just like it in local rallies. They swapped the engine in to a Fiesta, which I had a very short go of, and couldn't believe how quick it was, how instant the throttle response was.
WOW, how good was that. What a car collection and when I saw the RS Mexico my memory went into overdrive as I owned one back in the day, such a great car. I take my hat off to Wullie who allowed us to look at his dream... Thank you..
What a fantastic workshop, full of brilliant cars, the Imp interested me as George Bevan had a house and workshop (garage) next to my junior school on Leesons Hill in Orpington Kent back in approx 1970, about the time my interest in cars started so I would often stand chatting as he worked on the cars and would explain bits and pieces to me. Also the 131, my Dad had a new 4 door 1.6 in 1977, and I had a 1982 Supermirafiori 2ltr for a few yrs which was super reliable, smooth and fast. Great video. Alex.
This man saying "they're all done with aerosol cans" in his Scottish English totally made my day.
Awesome to see a bit different garage than these "hyper mega super cars" garages. Thanks!
Hey Jonny I come from Kilmarnock and have heard of Wully’s car collection! Really nice to see it! What a place, what a man!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🚗🏎🏎🏎🚗🏎
Having been in the car trade 40 years I’ve NEVER been jealous of a collection except this one, I have a few triumphs but no old fords sadly, this collection is absolutely beautiful and have had most of these in the past in standard guise over the years and a standard twin can miafiori, if I’d only had the space and a bit more money back then to keep them, brilliant video 😎
That 131 is epic!
The GT 40 is spot on. The whole collection is stunning
A car cave to die for!
To die for car collection right there. Nice to see them here in Scotland.
That’s my dream man cave. Glad they all belong to who seems like a genuine, decent guy that’s a proper enthusiast 👌🏻👍🏻
This series has me constantly blown away by the amazing things people creates for their collections - wow!
Some collection worked hard for it you deserve it, just watched ever min off it , love how you never have forgotten your self so down to earth, lotus cortina got too be my favourite 😍
One word, Willie....
'Absolutely'
I do love this content Jonny, seeing people with a true passion who have been lucky enough to indulge. Thank you for enabling us to see behind these otherwise closed doors, as a personal collection is rather different to anywhere else we might see a bunch of nice cars like a museum or showroom. Each car has its reason for being there and there's the story behind the why, the acquisition and the ownership. These videos inspire me to maybe one day be lucky enough to have a small collection of my own.
They always make me want one, too. Always come home, look at mine scattered around and go 🫤
Holy Moly, all from my era! I remember watching those or at least cars like them racing whilst watching Grandstand & World of Sport on the weekends during my youth! Awesome What an amazing collection and so well preserved & presenting. Thank you Wullie & Co!!!! Great video Jonny, thanks!
You should do a follow up with the Imp vs the wife’s horses over the quarter mile…. 😊!… you are a very lucky guy to have a wife like that!
What an awesome collection. This really brought back memories, remember watching the original Bevan Imp racing in early 70s, whilst attending Modsports meets with a now departed friend who raced an Austin Healey 100/4 M.
My eyes have just popped out on springs! An amazing car cave. Great mixture of vehicles
Love seeing a fellow Scot being able to fulfill dreams like this.
My own collection would be very similar. Although I’d swap the Fiat for a period Vauxhall, but that’s because I served my time at a Vauxhall dealership and not a Fiat one like Wullie 😃
Looking forward to seeing more about that Avenger 🤩
I knew he was in construction. That's the story for many self made collectors. Well done mate, great taste.
Fantastic place. I like your genuine interest and fascination in the cars when you visit these collections. Thank you!
I loudly gasped when I heard you say Kilmarnock at the start. Crazy to think such an amazing car collection is so close to my home town
Stunning collection of some of the finest examples of escorts here, and other stunners . I used to also be a Rally Technician back in the day working for a privateer team building and working on them ! Just love the mk1 and Mk2 s, so so special ! Such a treat ! Thank-you for sharing Jonny ! Awesome 😎🙏👍
Hi Jonny, this must be one of your best videos, I know Imp's really well having raced them against Bill and George.
I know this period well I raced again both George and Bill in 1980 modified saloon championship, George Bevan was a wonderful guy, really friendly (I think I remember he was death or partially death and his son's often was with him to use sign language) My engine was build by Clive Brown who I think used to work for George, they were reasonably friendly, but rivals.
1980 was my first year of racing and was entered in the new Modified balloon championship running and building the car myself with no real budget. The class entered was the up 850cc class because thats the engine that it came with! During the first race at Snetterton Bill was also racing in my class it was raining and I was a bit worried about racing Bill however I managed to win the class and beat Bill who was a fair way behind in second. Bill was not happy he was making excuses etc, anyway we got to the next race and Bill had upgraded to the 1,000cc class and because there were more cars in his class and despite me winning all of my class races Bill won the championship due to more points being available with the higher number of cars in his class. I always thought of Bill ad an Icon and I also raced him in Renault 5 Turbos a few years later.
I would love to get hold of my imp again, or a similar one to do some historic races if anyone can help locate one please get in touch.(I can provide photos of the Imp if requested)
Wow! I had a T reg Mk2 1300 sport in exactly the same colour as that Mexico, even down to the spotters on the front!
What a fantastic collection!👍😊👏👏👏
Willy comes across as a lovely guy. That garage really is the dream. Congratulations on the collection and best wishes.
Dude, always great! But editing and production values just lift your content to a new level. Just awesome!
Now I have to ask the wife about what she will want for me to get my next car 😝
Excellent Wullie and Morean..I knew it was good... but I didn't know it was this good... would love to come and see it sometime...
My father would have loved this a boy from Ayr done good, in the 50’s my father misappropriated his parents car a Sunbeam Talbot and entered the Anderson Garage rally, I’m sure Willie will know them, and won the rally. His friend Jim Clark another farmers son was doing a rally/race at the same time otherwisechances are they would have done this together. It’s been a pleasure watching this video and I would love to be able to see these vehicles and meetWullie in person but old age and health do not allow. Enjoy your cars and life and always remember cars don’t pollute like your wife’s horses which drop s..t everywhere. Lol
Thank you Hamish X
That Mexico bought back some memories....I learnt to drive in a Mk1 Mexico (same colour scheme) with twin webber carbs...once the instructor felt safe we were allowed to wring it out occasionally....Great fun.
Hiya Johnny, another brilliant episode, what a den!. Was watching you get your charger ready, I love her she's perfect. I had the same steering wheel position problem with my first car a Viva hb (think tiny little charger). My Dad told me how to sort it, we wound the track rod in one side and out the other being careful to count the threads until we had it central. Also measured the distance between the front inside edge of tyre tread and checked it was same when finished. Took her to be re tracked and we had got it spot on. Copper lubed all the track rod threads and buried them in waxoil afterwards. Loving your videos,
Best wishes from John (Kai's dad)
Unbelievable collection and only 10mins up the road . What a humble guy by the sounds of Willie
I think this is one of the most tastefully executed private car collections I have ever seen.
I am so glad that this popped up on You Tube. I am a subscriber but I guess I missed this one somewhere along the line. I knew this collection existed as I was sitting in Pentland Land Rover Stirling waiting for an oil service to be done on my e-Pace and got chatting about cars and one of the breakdown truck drivers was eaves dropping on our conversation and when I mentioned my Mini JCW which I had 2 staged and Gyeon 5 yr coated after replacing brakes and reconditioned the alloys that was featured on Instagram he asked to view it then started talking about car collections he knew about. This collection was mentioned and another that I knew about from a friend who was a member of the Ford RS club. I found this video quite emotional as my late Dad was sold one of the very first Mk1 Escorts in Scotland by his neighbour(Hamish) also recently lost who had rallied in his youth and had opened a car workshop and Ford showroom and his daily driver was either his E Type or Lotus Cortina. I used to be taken to the Granite City Rally in the forests of Aberdeenshire by Hamish and his 2 boys which nurtured and cemented my love of fast cars and off road driving. Thanks to both of you for my trip down memory lane today.
This is ‘absolutely’ one of the best episodes I’ve watched. What a collection!!! Well done Jonny.
Yep!
Willie’s desire for attention to detail is remarkable. Authenticity is key here. Love the artwork too. Must have been very satisfying to get the walls customised to match every car. Love that Lotus Cortina ! Jim Clark would be smiling down with a big thumbs up. The Routemaster is also very cool. I’m obliged to say that as a Londoner. Great edition. Thank you Willie and Jonny for giving us a wonderful look at a superb collection 👏🏻
Double blimey. What a collection. Looking forward to the close up on the Avenger
Smiled all the way through that Jonny , just amazing what's out there!
Wow,wow,wow! This is the best car collection I have seen in a long time. A credit to the owner and all the people who have worked on all the restorations and builds. And the building's artwork has been an amazing job. If certain lager companies made motorsport enthused man caves....
Another amazing collection video. The murials are wonderful. These are the definition of hero cars for me too. As I get older, the supercar stuff kinda goes over my head. The engineering is great but they become so "out of it" as to be just caricatures of themselves. This is ther real stuff for me. Brilliant stuff Jonny. Thanks for yet another wonderfull half an hour. And many Thanks to Willie for allowing us to share his passion.
Just WOW! I'm nearly lost for words. Thank you so much Jonny & William. It's going to be very hard to top this Car Cave for classic Motor Sport Cars. 👍👍
Wow! one word, COOL, thank you to you both.
Woooooowwwwwwwww! This is just stunning! I’ve worked in some impressive places in my time (hours flying in a Lancaster for example), but this is how I’d do it if ever the opportunity comes up. Willie, his wife and the guy who did the artwork, well, I take my hat off. I don’t suppose I’d ever get to wander around and drink it all in, but that’s just a place that’d be lovely to soak up the loveliness of someone’s private collection. Stunning! Well played Willie (and support team).
Wow what a find this is truly amazing & stunning cars & a few decent bikes in there too carry on bringing us more treats like this one Johnny Boy Brilliant!! 👌🏻👍🏻
Cheers for watching Dave 👌🏽
This man is a legend. Let's not forget he is a self made millionaire. Through hard work, graft and determination. What has seeded from this is a school boy dream. And supported from his glorious wife. What a fucking story. Amazing. 😊
What an epic car collection, loved the video. For a non native english speaker this Scottish lad is a bit hard to understand, but I guess it adds to the charm!
Ohhhh, that Abarth 131 was just glorious!! Superb episode Johnny, probably the best car cave yet! Great work.
brilliant ! My grand paw built that car at Linwood .The collection is one of the best I have ever seen .bring a tear to a glass eye it would ! Hair standing to attention watching that .
petrol bliss !
I'm a Yank with some Scott heritage -- the Clan Douglas -- so it's nice to to see a fellow Scott car guy with a nice collection. :)
Thank you for sharing your cars with us Wullie! What a great collection!
Two lovely chaps getting excited about cars. Doesn't get much better.
Such a cool collection, and any excuse to sing the praises of the absolute legends that are Jim Clark and Walter Rohrl is good with me.
Willie has seriously good taste! I watched this nodding my head and saying "Yeah" all the way through! Thanks Willie and Jonny
All those years of car shows on TV, some (one?!) with a huge budget, years of TH-cam too, and no-one makes short documentaries on car caves until Jonny finds them and films them... This is a particular gem of a garage, nice one Oor Wullie!
Awesome video and content. The verity and quality of the cars is just amazing. Thank you both for sharing the cave with us. 👍👍
Pretty bloody awesome.
Drool drool drool drool drool best collection ive seen still have pic on my phone of gt40 i took at local car show up at moffat...👌👌👌
Another great episode. Big thanks to all the team for getting these insights into pure petrolhead mania. Makes me feel less alone and more like I belong, 😆
The montage at 1:30.....Holy Cr@p. What a collection, This made my day. Thank You LBS
This put me over the top, just joined your Patreon
Just when I thought the content couldn't get any better! Johnny keep them coming
I'm not normally a jealous person. What a collection and building. Simply stunning.
Respect Sir.
Like to see a self made man, rewarding himself, and wife.
Could have bought a McLaren supercar, but imagine the friends you make arriving somewhere in any of the cars????
Absolutely brilliant, not a penny wasted!!
It was pretty nice of that Sontaran to allow you to view his car collection!
the comment about the choice between supercars and a collection like this is exactly how i feel. zero interest in the modern stuff, but that 131 arbarth hits the spot. another cracking vid Jonny
... what a delight! Real wobbly tummy moments from beginning to end. Thanks for the fabulous content beautifully presented.
Fabulous collection Willie and mo
Wow just down the road from me in Glasgow. Love the word “Mint” being used. What a collection but that mk1 Escort 1972 is awesome. I can appreciate the latest Ferrari but you can’t beat a classic even when they have been rebuilds. Thanks for sharing your collection but you need to get a classic mini rally in there 😉👍
Stunning, you had me with the Mexico, but then the GT40 and an F1 car. What a garage. There's a triumph too so clearly impeccable taste.
Best one yet
That 131 is stunning. I had a strada 130tc when I was younger. Great engine the 2l twin cam. The car just rusted away though.
Superb collection.
Watching this vid was a pleasure mate. The guy is a star, fair do's. I could walk around there for hours, days even just taking all that in. Cheers Johnny