Nice little feature on my engine... thanks! It was good to meet you Ian, glad you enjoyed your visit. Good publicity for an excellent show now in it's 47th year, the organisers work so hard every year to make it a continued success.
What a brilliant show, loved the steam engines, something about watching them is so relaxing watching all the parts doing their job. Nice selection of Old Skool Vauxhall's on display but my oj my a great selection of cars for everyone.
Thanks for covering this amazing show and collection of superb vehicles. I last attended it in 1980 in my 1974 Datsun Cherry 100A, don’t see many of those nowadays!
Ian, thanks for the wonderful review of our show. I am part of the team that puts on this show.I am also the owner of the Honda N600.Yes I have reached OAPstatus just!! The owner of the taxi is the same person who owns the Bond you spoke about was very excited to see you talking about his cars in some detail. Glad you enjoyed your time with us. Hopefully see you again. Justin.
I met Mr Hubnut while he was there, you can just see me waving like an idiot at 36 minutes! He was very friendly and charming, it was an absolute pleasure meeting him! 😁
Cheers for this one Ian, some great memories, thank you - I've not been since the 2000's when I lived nearby. Always was/is a great show. I remember seeing my first ever Motorcycle Wall of Death there a good many years ago.
30:40 ...Those Commer vans were often used as small tour buses in Australia, with those wheels tucked sooo far under the body you felt like you were in a Star Wars gravity car on tight winding mountain roads. Feel the force Luke.
The green Routemaster (13:45) was a Green Line coach designed for long cross-London routes. A bit more padding in the seats, and quad headlamps to look impressive. Nice also to see just before that an RML preserved in post-privatisation Metroline livery (though as it's a number 10, it would have been from Potters Bar garage, and they didn't often look that smart 🤭)
Thanks, Ian - glad you enjoyed the show. I kick myself for not being more on the ball and knowing when these events are taking place. Good to spot Steamwally's series 3 landrover when you were inspecting the static engines - his channel is extremely useful for anyone with a series 3!
That Singer was great - so delicate whereas that Allard looked brutal. That Lancia is a thing of absolute beauty - what a survivor !! I recall you driving a 404 in Oz and you were quite impressed? Those showmen must be great mechanics and know the stuff they are dealing with
That Tasker tractor looked beautiful, with exactly the right patina. If you ever have the chance to drive one, then take it. They're surprisingly easy on the steering for their era, because of being a lightweight farm vehicle. The Fowler which you showed us earlier is at the other end of the spectrum.55
Brilliant video. It is a large show with a lot going on and that's why its one of my favourite events to attend. I did Saturday and Sunday [thinking of doing the Monday as well next year, but on the Monday there's the Bexhill 100 motoring club show, which is another personal favourite.] When you was filming the Autounion, I was standing in front of the car talking with a couple of people about the engine and how unusual it was. I was wearing a faded blue Ford and Fordson association hat which is barely visible on 10.49. Hopefully, you will be able to attend again, hopefully I can visit some of the shows you have attended over the years.
Nice video Ian. Hit and miss engines use a centrifugal governor to lock the exhaust valve open after a power stroke speeds the engine up so the engine can't create suction and suck in fuel. After a few "miss" cycles the engines slows down and the governor closes the exhaust valve, and fuel is inducted, then ignition occurs causing the 'hit" These made great water pump engines as well as many applications including Maytag washing machines here in the US before electric motors superseded them.
Thank you for the accurate account of the modus operandi of these old things. A stationary engine was on my wish list, does a 1622cc B series engine in a camper with a flat battery count? Today, I shall mostly be giving my Topdon JS 3000 a job to do.😳
I love this show and go every year- local one for me. Went on the Monday and didn't see all of these cars as some had already gone by that time (some don't stay all 3 days). Fantastic video as always.
What an extraordinary variety of vehicles. Absolutely love these kind of shows - what a great day out. Loved the video. Thanks very much for showing us around.
I love shows like this. Used to have two many years ago in the Redditch area but sadly the last remaining one disappeared in 2017. However Statfold Barn Railway do run a show like this in September called Road, Rail and Ale which has all manner of classic vehicles, with fair and they also have the trains running.
Nice show, at 30:15, I also had such a Transit camper (with 2L V6) in 2014 for a holiday to the Classic 24H of Le Mans and further through France with a trailer behind it with my motorcycle (Yamaha TDM850 ) and a bicycle.
I passed my driving test in a Nissan Bluebird 180B SSS. My driving instructor#s 120Y got wrote off, lesson before my test. So instructor turned up in his own car. first time I had driven a 5 speed car.
@ 25.54 you get a quick glimpse of a Triumph Herald 13/60 convertible in Damson Red with a black top. Identical spec to my mum's car when I was a kid. I remember having jump out many times to put the roof up when it started to rain or snow! I have vivid memories of riding with my mum in it from Denmark to Belgium when I was 10.
Lovely video. What a great selection of so many different vehicle types! On the Giardiniera; yes, the 'G' is soft when followed by an 'i' or an 'e'. In this form, the 'i' isn't really sounded and is only there to soften the 'g'. See Alfa's 'Giulietta', which is pronounced as 'Julietta' (also my sister's name, so I should know!). This also works with the 'C', which is hard when followed by 'a', 'o' or 'u' and pronounced as we would 'ch', when followed by 'i', or 'e' but never pronounced like an 's'. See 'Lancia', which is pronounced like 'Lancha'.
Hi Hubnut. The Chevrolet next to the Cresta is a 1958 car, which was a one year only body. GM had planned to run the body for 3 years, but the Chrysler line's 'Forward Look' styling, introduced in 1957, made GM's 1957 cars look frumpy, and the yet to be released 'new' 1958 bodies looked frumpy as well. GM's rethink of their styling took effect with their 1959 models. On the long snout Transits, in Australia the snout denoted a Falcon 6 cylinder engine. And the Honda N600 was sold in Australia as the Scamp. The 40's, 50's and 60's are the era of car I learned my stuff on, and it's good to see a show featuring plenty such cars. Cheers.
In Australia Honda first sold the N360 as the Scamp and then later introduced the N600 which might have been a Scamp too. Amazing to me that small car focused UK got the Z600 and not the Z360 which was the only version of the Coupe we got.
8:20 That's a 1958 Chevy. Over where it came from (USA, our side of the pond), this car was a bit of a red haired stepchild. It was a one year only model. It had the misfortune of being a model between the "triple 5's" (1955, 1956, and 1957) Chevrolets that are prized by collectors and hot rodders alike, and another iconic Chevrolet model, the 1959 Impala, which was the car that the legendary automotive designer Harvey Earl chose as his swan song when he retired from General Motors. In the movie Cars, the character Ramone is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala coupe. Here in the USA, the only pop culture reference that I can think of for the 1958 Chevy is that in the hit sitcom "Three's Company", Mr. Roper, the landlord of the apartment that was the central setting of the show, drove one, and thought he would someday make a fortune selling his 1 owner 57 Chevy. It came to light in the last episode with the Ropers (Stanley and his wife) that he had purchased his car in October 1957, and that his car (shown on camera for the only time) was a next to worthless 1958 model 😅
Another 58 in pop culture you may have forgotten was that in American Graffiti. It was the Ron Howard star car he loaned to his friend and proved to be a chick magnet for his friend who was out of his depth. Watching the film first off I thought why a 58? A significant car culture film that was a huge boost to the career of George Lucas.
Lovely job Ian, I'm only a few miles away from Hellingly, unusually haven't been to a steam fair this year, there's a smashing one at Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, not from from Hellingly, on the A272, a road worth driving end to end if you haven't already. You're enthusiasm is infectious 👍🙏🌍
The Aubrey Dance, (Foxy) Magnette stock car brought back fond memories of the Cross in hand and Arlington Tracks, where I used to watch as a child, he used to win a lot of races and I think he was one of the oldest drivers. Love the P.A. Cresta, my brother had a two blue one.
11:42 Well into the 1980s there were still a good number of old WW2 army lorries converted into recovery vehicles. You'd see them parked at out of the way garages for very occasional use. Scammel Pioneers, AEC Matadors, that sort of thing.
The Scammel recovery brought back some memories, not the fastest to and from a recovery has had to get permission to take on a Motorway, top speed 28 mph if lucky and a pig in London traffic with its sequential gate change crash gearbox but could tow a house, 100 tons. Ours was an ex REME 1942 one and judging by the amount of sand that occasionally turned up in hidden recesses must have served in N Africa. It was in storage from the early 50's until sold at a Govt. surplus auction in 69 as seen (slightly cannibalised). Today all Military vehicles and aircraft are given a thorough clean before or if brought back to UK when based overseas to keep any soil/plant diseases out.
you'd love one of our shows around here in St. Marys. all fulla steam stationaries. then there's Jonathan W's collection of GIANT steamers over here. went to my first show in almost 20 years (!) on US Father's day. absolutely packed. included a 1909 Sears wagon...and a MInor pickup someone SOMEHOW dropped a V6 or V8 in!
With reference to the Routemaster bus, many years ago there was a programme on TV it was called Perpetual Motion and it showed a factory where they refurbished them it was very interesting
@ 27:33 talking about Renault being one of the last with radiator mounted behind the engine. I thought that too until you educated me about the radiator placement of the DKW at 9:54 just minutes earlier. A much more modern rear radiator application.
My kind of "vintage" :) Which reminds me that I've missed the Lincoln Steam and Vintage Rally AGAIN. You must try that Ian, I think you'll enjoy it - the stationary engine section is enormous! Oh, and "giardiniera" is pronounced as "jardiniera" as the g is followed by an i. If there was an h between the g and the i, it would have hardened the g.
Last week I was working on my farther in laws Austin Westminster with the said Zenith carb, TBH that was the least of its problems as its dynamo decided to catch fire on a 6 mile journey that involved me towing it the last 300 yards. Then fitted a Dynamator conversion but the bloody positive earth made it a bit less than easy. This was after working on a 1985 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit a 1998 Rover 45 a 1954 Standard Vanguard and a 1974 Austin 1800 Automatic. I came back from my "holiday" to have a rest 😂
MXX 10 is an AEC Regal (known as the RF-class) with Metro-Cammell bodywork. This particular example was new to Merton depot in 1952 and withdrawn at Edgware depot in 1977. It was originally purchased by an angling club before entering preservation in 1979
Wow, the size of this gathering was topped only by its diversity. Simply incredible. Funnily enough, the vehicles that you find to be commonplace are quite often the very ones that I have never heard of before as I'm located in the States. This is the primary reason that I enjoy your channel as much as I do. I always get a kick out of those old hit 'n miss stationary engines. The pair of Lotus Elites and the featured Datsun Bluebird were perhaps my favorites. The most curious thing of all for me was the "Dodgems". Here in the States they are named Bumper Cars, which strikes me as far more realistic given the behavior of most of those behind the wheel. ;-)
Europe's biggest rally, the Great Dorset Steam Fair, seems to have ended its ~60 year annual run recently, partly as a result of Covid. That event could cover up to about 800 acres, and was 8 days in duration for some years from the late 1980's. Almost every type of road and farm vehicle could be seen there. Numerous GDSF videos are on TH-cam. More recently, it has been replaced by several smaller events around the Dorset / Hampshire area.
More DKW content please! I replaced my rather lovely, murdered by a drunk Dacia Duster driver a year ago tomorrow, Crown mild hybrid, with a 1959 DKW 1000 Universal (the extremely practical estate version) and can confirm that 3 does indeed equal 6 when the engine has been built by one of the UK's very few 2 stroke engine experts. I also bought a lovely Wartburg 353 S at around that time, hooked on "strokers" now, but my 1971 Morris ½ ton Suntor Camper van doesn't mind. Also intrigued by the PA Cresta, I often fancied one of those but last summer I drove one for the first time and now I need one! Meh, who needs a house anyway?😊
Jensen Interceptor is the top of the tops, but have you see the cruising in little towns (with olds american cars and another) in Sweden : much interesting
Well this takes me back to my boyhood. I don't know which gave me a bigger jolt: TWO Lotus Elites side by side (not common off the race track even in their prime--my mad Chemistry teacher replaced his very home made special with an Elite, with an immediate rise in esteem), or a Guy London Transport bus. I'd forgotten they even existed until I saw it in the video, and after a moment it dawned on me it was not inaccurate (unlike the LT bus I saw a while back in Auckland: it was a low bridge model, and the moment I saw it, there flashed through my mind, indignantly, "They never had RLHs on the 38 route." BTW, IIRC, RT serial numbers went up into the four thousands, so many more than the RMs. Sorry, it obviously took me back, and now I'm in my anecdotage.
Regarding the RMs, Aldenham bus works didn't even ensure the registration matched the chassis number on a major overhaul, so it's almost impossible to determine the provenance of a particular bus if it was in LT's fleet
I'm curious to know what the traction engine at 15:00 was running on, no visible smoke and the young lad was sitting in what would have been the coal store.
Nice try with identifying the Commers but they're not Highwayman conversions but Jennings Roadrangers. We have one in glorious hearing aid beige as well as the maroon Autosleeper in my signature pic. Great vans😍😍
What an amazing show, it's huge! Was this a weekend event? I hope so because I doubt I could have gotten around that in 1 day without rushing and missing stuff.
Never knew there was an earlier Jensen Interceptor until now. ..
Excellent video !. I grew up going to this show from aged 10 (Now 55). I an now living 250 miles away so this was a great a bit of nostalgia for me.
Very interesting thank you...I haven't lived in the UK for many years and do miss the country fairs and steam shows ..always a great day out 👍
Great review of our show, thanks Ian! It was a pleasure to briefly chat to you during your visit, I do hope you visit us again.
I was blown away to be honest. Will definitely come again!
Great video, thanks for stopping by our stand at Terrain vehicles glad the Disco 4 chassis added a bit of content 👍
Nice little feature on my engine... thanks! It was good to meet you Ian, glad you enjoyed your visit. Good publicity for an excellent show now in it's 47th year, the organisers work so hard every year to make it a continued success.
Good to meet you. It's an amazing show. 47 years!
Some lovely old cars takes me back to my childhood.
The Cortina estate with the wood effect a family round the corner owned one. Thanks Ian.
Awesome 👍 Loved the buses. That tracked vehicle looked like an altered Bren Gun Carrier.
Thanks Ian your knowledge & expertise makes these brilliant videos to watch
What a brilliant show, loved the steam engines, something about watching them is so relaxing watching all the parts doing their job.
Nice selection of Old Skool Vauxhall's on display but my oj my a great selection of cars for everyone.
Thanks for covering this amazing show and collection of superb vehicles. I last attended it in 1980 in my 1974 Datsun Cherry 100A, don’t see many of those nowadays!
Ian, thanks for the wonderful review of our show. I am part of the team that puts on this show.I am also the owner of the Honda N600.Yes I have reached OAPstatus just!! The owner of the taxi is the same person who owns the Bond you spoke about was very excited to see you talking about his cars in some detail. Glad you enjoyed your time with us. Hopefully see you again. Justin.
Aw, lovely. Thanks Justin. It was an absolute pleasure and we hope to be able to come again next year. A real treat!
I met Mr Hubnut while he was there, you can just see me waving like an idiot at 36 minutes!
He was very friendly and charming, it was an absolute pleasure meeting him! 😁
Thanks for saying hello!
40 minutes… flying away like nothing. Marvellous! Thanks for showing us this meeting. 😊
Cheers for this one Ian, some great memories, thank you - I've not been since the 2000's when I lived nearby. Always was/is a great show. I remember seeing my first ever Motorcycle Wall of Death there a good many years ago.
I want my parcels delivered in a lancia van😍
Fantastic report on a fascinating show, thank you so much. Look forward to seeing you again at The Classic Motor Hub soon! 👍📯
Great show. I wish they had classic cars like these in South Korea.
I love how two-stroke cars sound. I've always wondered how two-stroke car engines would've evolved in 50+ years to this day.
I have a feeling some engine designers are looking at bringing two stroke engines back but to run on hydrogen gas.
30:40 ...Those Commer vans were often used as small tour buses in Australia, with those wheels tucked sooo far under the body you felt like you were in a Star Wars gravity car on tight winding mountain roads.
Feel the force Luke.
Absaloutly fantastic video Ian ❤👍 what a beautiful collection of classics brilliant
Enjoyed that very much Ian 😊
What a great show!
Thanks for sharing!!
I really liked the Lancia van - something I hadn't seen before.
The green Routemaster (13:45) was a Green Line coach designed for long cross-London routes. A bit more padding in the seats, and quad headlamps to look impressive. Nice also to see just before that an RML preserved in post-privatisation Metroline livery (though as it's a number 10, it would have been from Potters Bar garage, and they didn't often look that smart 🤭)
Another great video. I used to go to these sort of events but can’t any longer. This was a great substitute. Almost like being there! Many thanks.
Wow! This was a blast from the past. Grew up in the 'sham and used to go every uear as a kid. Good to see the show still going.
Your knowledge of classic cars is amazing!.. great video thanks.👍
What a fantastic transport festival video. It was great to see the wide variety of vehicles on show. I look forward to seeing the next episode.
Thanks, Ian - glad you enjoyed the show. I kick myself for not being more on the ball and knowing when these events are taking place.
Good to spot Steamwally's series 3 landrover when you were inspecting the static engines - his channel is extremely useful for anyone with a series 3!
Me too... missed it, damn.
So many fantastic vehicles.Nice one!
That Singer was great - so delicate whereas that Allard looked brutal. That Lancia is a thing of absolute beauty - what a survivor !!
I recall you driving a 404 in Oz and you were quite impressed?
Those showmen must be great mechanics and know the stuff they are dealing with
Like all the Rootes companies Singer is woefully little remembered these days.
The Series 1 was a treat!
That Tasker tractor looked beautiful, with exactly the right patina. If you ever have the chance to drive one, then take it. They're surprisingly easy on the steering for their era, because of being a lightweight farm vehicle. The Fowler which you showed us earlier is at the other end of the spectrum.55
Straight out the blocks with a Smith and Sniff reference! 😂
I have also started looking for the ladled goose fat reference 😉
Brilliant video. It is a large show with a lot going on and that's why its one of my favourite events to attend. I did Saturday and Sunday [thinking of doing the Monday as well next year, but on the Monday there's the Bexhill 100 motoring club show, which is another personal favourite.]
When you was filming the Autounion, I was standing in front of the car talking with a couple of people about the engine and how unusual it was. I was wearing a faded blue Ford and Fordson association hat which is barely visible on 10.49.
Hopefully, you will be able to attend again, hopefully I can visit some of the shows you have attended over the years.
Nice video Ian. Hit and miss engines use a centrifugal governor to lock the exhaust valve open after a power stroke speeds the engine up so the engine can't create suction and suck in fuel. After a few "miss" cycles the engines slows down and the governor closes the exhaust valve, and fuel is inducted, then ignition occurs causing the 'hit" These made great water pump engines as well as many applications including Maytag washing machines here in the US before electric motors superseded them.
Thank you for the accurate account of the modus operandi of these old things. A stationary engine was on my wish list, does a 1622cc B series engine in a camper with a flat battery count? Today, I shall mostly be giving my Topdon JS 3000 a job to do.😳
I love this show and go every year- local one for me. Went on the Monday and didn't see all of these cars as some had already gone by that time (some don't stay all 3 days). Fantastic video as always.
What an extraordinary variety of vehicles. Absolutely love these kind of shows - what a great day out. Loved the video. Thanks very much for showing us around.
35:08 yes, a Humber Something. The little tracked vehicle is a Universal Carrier aka Bren Carrier.
edit - Humber FV1601.
I love the matching colours of those two8:21.
Lots of vehicles that l never knew existed l did like the Lancia van and the stationary engines so much going on almost hypnotic
Thanks so much for showing this very impressive show. Your narrative was very enthusiastically delivered and very helpful.
Imteresting to see the Commer campers. My late dad had one. I remember sitting in the middle on top of the engine
Magical! Thanks Ian
Thanks for sharing Ian, lots of memories from my childhood having been born in Eastbourne, Sussex and now in Canada. What a great show !
Loved it, thanks for the tour.
I love shows like this. Used to have two many years ago in the Redditch area but sadly the last remaining one disappeared in 2017.
However Statfold Barn Railway do run a show like this in September called Road, Rail and Ale which has all manner of classic vehicles, with fair and they also have the trains running.
Great video, your knowledge is outstanding Sir
Nice show, at 30:15, I also had such a Transit camper (with 2L V6) in 2014 for a holiday to the Classic 24H of Le Mans and further through France with a trailer behind it with my motorcycle (Yamaha TDM850 ) and a bicycle.
eeee that were great! Cheers Ian!
Love your videos, a great way to chill after a crap day at work,. Thank you.
I passed my driving test in a Nissan Bluebird 180B SSS. My driving instructor#s 120Y got wrote off, lesson before my test. So instructor turned up in his own car. first time I had driven a 5 speed car.
@ 25.54 you get a quick glimpse of a Triumph Herald 13/60 convertible in Damson Red with a black top. Identical spec to my mum's car when I was a kid. I remember having jump out many times to put the roof up when it started to rain or snow! I have vivid memories of riding with my mum in it from Denmark to Belgium when I was 10.
Lovely video. What a great selection of so many different vehicle types!
On the Giardiniera; yes, the 'G' is soft when followed by an 'i' or an 'e'. In this form, the 'i' isn't really sounded and is only there to soften the 'g'. See Alfa's 'Giulietta', which is pronounced as 'Julietta' (also my sister's name, so I should know!).
This also works with the 'C', which is hard when followed by 'a', 'o' or 'u' and pronounced as we would 'ch', when followed by 'i', or 'e' but never pronounced like an 's'.
See 'Lancia', which is pronounced like 'Lancha'.
What an amazing event! 👌🏼😀😀
Side James would love the taxi
They’ll run all day.
Ladled goose fat being available
Hi Hubnut. The Chevrolet next to the Cresta is a 1958 car, which was a one year only body. GM had planned to run the body for 3 years, but the Chrysler line's 'Forward Look' styling, introduced in 1957, made GM's 1957 cars look frumpy, and the yet to be released 'new' 1958 bodies looked frumpy as well. GM's rethink of their styling took effect with their 1959 models. On the long snout Transits, in Australia the snout denoted a Falcon 6 cylinder engine. And the Honda N600 was sold in Australia as the Scamp. The 40's, 50's and 60's are the era of car I learned my stuff on, and it's good to see a show featuring plenty such cars. Cheers.
In Australia Honda first sold the N360 as the Scamp and then later introduced the N600 which might have been a Scamp too.
Amazing to me that small car focused UK got the Z600 and not the Z360 which was the only version of the Coupe we got.
8:20 That's a 1958 Chevy. Over where it came from (USA, our side of the pond), this car was a bit of a red haired stepchild. It was a one year only model. It had the misfortune of being a model between the "triple 5's" (1955, 1956, and 1957) Chevrolets that are prized by collectors and hot rodders alike, and another iconic Chevrolet model, the 1959 Impala, which was the car that the legendary automotive designer Harvey Earl chose as his swan song when he retired from General Motors. In the movie Cars, the character Ramone is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala coupe. Here in the USA, the only pop culture reference that I can think of for the 1958 Chevy is that in the hit sitcom "Three's Company", Mr. Roper, the landlord of the apartment that was the central setting of the show, drove one, and thought he would someday make a fortune selling his 1 owner 57 Chevy. It came to light in the last episode with the Ropers (Stanley and his wife) that he had purchased his car in October 1957, and that his car (shown on camera for the only time) was a next to worthless 1958 model 😅
It wouldn't have done Billie Jo Spears's career any good if she sang about "that old 58 Chevrolet".
Another 58 in pop culture you may have forgotten was that in American Graffiti. It was the Ron Howard star car he loaned to his friend and proved to be a chick magnet for his friend who was out of his depth.
Watching the film first off I thought why a 58?
A significant car culture film that was a huge boost to the career of George Lucas.
Lovely job Ian, I'm only a few miles away from Hellingly, unusually haven't been to a steam fair this year, there's a smashing one at Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, not from from Hellingly, on the A272, a road worth driving end to end if you haven't already. You're enthusiasm is infectious 👍🙏🌍
The Aubrey Dance, (Foxy) Magnette stock car brought back fond memories of the Cross in hand and Arlington Tracks, where I used to watch as a child, he used to win a lot of races and I think he was one of the oldest drivers. Love the P.A. Cresta, my brother had a two blue one.
Am so gutted I didn't go! If I was home I can bloody see it! Please come down next year! We can try and get that blue master!! Great video thanks.
Hi I really enjoyed watching this , it was also great to see the series one Landover with the recent decal that I painted for Jon the owner.
Great video, Ian. Was that the ghost of Fred Dibnah on that steam tractor?😮
A most enjoyable video indeed really good so well done now 👍👍
Great video, great show. cheers Bob
Love these little trips out with hubnut .
Just put my HubNut sticker in my 03 Yaris . , looks cool.
11:42 Well into the 1980s there were still a good number of old WW2 army lorries converted into recovery vehicles. You'd see them parked at out of the way garages for very occasional use. Scammel Pioneers, AEC Matadors, that sort of thing.
The Scammel recovery brought back some memories, not the fastest to and from a recovery has had to get permission to take on a Motorway, top speed 28 mph if lucky and a pig in London traffic with its sequential gate change crash gearbox but could tow a house, 100 tons.
Ours was an ex REME 1942 one and judging by the amount of sand that occasionally turned up in hidden recesses must have served in N Africa. It was in storage from the early 50's until sold at a Govt. surplus auction in 69 as seen (slightly cannibalised). Today all Military vehicles and aircraft are given a thorough clean before or if brought back to UK when based overseas to keep any soil/plant diseases out.
@@tonys1636 Spike Milligan's Royal Artillery regiment used them in North Africa and Italy, a slightly different body with seats for the gun crew.
you'd love one of our shows around here in St. Marys. all fulla steam stationaries. then there's Jonathan W's collection of GIANT steamers over here. went to my first show in almost 20 years (!) on US Father's day. absolutely packed. included a 1909 Sears wagon...and a MInor pickup someone SOMEHOW dropped a V6 or V8 in!
With reference to the Routemaster bus, many years ago there was a programme on TV it was called Perpetual Motion and it showed a factory where they refurbished them it was very interesting
These Thirty Nine minutes just streamed past, another great video Ian, thanks 😊
Very nice cars and interesting show
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
@ 27:33 talking about Renault being one of the last with radiator mounted behind the engine.
I thought that too until you educated me about the radiator placement of the DKW at 9:54 just minutes earlier.
A much more modern rear radiator application.
Yeah, I should have added one of the last four stroke engined cars!
My kind of "vintage" :) Which reminds me that I've missed the Lincoln Steam and Vintage Rally AGAIN. You must try that Ian, I think you'll enjoy it - the stationary engine section is enormous! Oh, and "giardiniera" is pronounced as "jardiniera" as the g is followed by an i. If there was an h between the g and the i, it would have hardened the g.
Cool show, thanks for sharing Ian 😊👍
Loved the silver 510, nearly impossible to find in good condition these days & holds a very high premium.
Last week I was working on my farther in laws Austin Westminster with the said Zenith carb, TBH that was the least of its problems as its dynamo decided to catch fire on a 6 mile journey that involved me towing it the last 300 yards.
Then fitted a Dynamator conversion but the bloody positive earth made it a bit less than easy.
This was after working on a 1985 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit a 1998 Rover 45 a 1954 Standard Vanguard and a 1974 Austin 1800 Automatic.
I came back from my "holiday" to have a rest 😂
I remember the LT single deckers from my childhood and remember when the very modern looking (for then) LS replaced them.
Nice to see a Hazel Grove product amongst the stationary engines (the Blackstone). Still trading, as MAN Diesel and Turbo.
MXX 10 is an AEC Regal (known as the RF-class) with Metro-Cammell bodywork. This particular example was new to Merton depot in 1952 and withdrawn at Edgware depot in 1977. It was originally purchased by an angling club before entering preservation in 1979
Wow, the size of this gathering was topped only by its diversity. Simply incredible. Funnily enough, the vehicles that you find to be commonplace are quite often the very ones that I have never heard of before as I'm located in the States. This is the primary reason that I enjoy your channel as much as I do. I always get a kick out of those old hit 'n miss stationary engines. The pair of Lotus Elites and the featured Datsun Bluebird were perhaps my favorites. The most curious thing of all for me was the "Dodgems". Here in the States they are named Bumper Cars, which strikes me as far more realistic given the behavior of most of those behind the wheel. ;-)
Europe's biggest rally, the Great Dorset Steam Fair, seems to have ended its ~60 year annual run recently, partly as a result of Covid. That event could cover up to about 800 acres, and was 8 days in duration for some years from the late 1980's. Almost every type of road and farm vehicle could be seen there. Numerous GDSF videos are on TH-cam. More recently, it has been replaced by several smaller events around the Dorset / Hampshire area.
Certainly has it all, from stationary engines to big trucks, and even some of them funny little french ducks, and yes I did intend that to rhyme... :P
lovely !
Fun fact Cliff drove an AEC Regent I'm summer holiday, not a routemaster
Good mix of vehicles , 100's of years of history ... 😆
More DKW content please! I replaced my rather lovely, murdered by a drunk Dacia Duster driver a year ago tomorrow, Crown mild hybrid, with a 1959 DKW 1000 Universal (the extremely practical estate version) and can confirm that 3 does indeed equal 6 when the engine has been built by one of the UK's very few 2 stroke engine experts. I also bought a lovely Wartburg 353 S at around that time, hooked on "strokers" now, but my 1971 Morris ½ ton Suntor Camper van doesn't mind.
Also intrigued by the PA Cresta, I often fancied one of those but last summer I drove one for the first time and now I need one! Meh, who needs a house anyway?😊
Ooh, is that the gold one?
Thanks 😊
38:31 You prounced it correct first time actually "Jardiniera" lol
It sort of means "female Gardener" in Italian "Giardino" is a garden...
22:38 I think it's actually a Militant, a development of the Matador.
Could well be.
Didn't see my second-ever car a Morris 10 Series M. May have been there.
East Kent Road Car Company! Went to school in Canterbury on these buses!
Jensen Interceptor is the top of the tops, but have you see the cruising in little towns (with olds american cars and another) in Sweden : much interesting
Rattvig? I've been there! Sadly pre-video days. We cruised down the strip in my Citroen H van.
Only on Hubnut will you see a Cosworth blanked in favour of a Vauxhall Corsa 😂. Random reporting at its best. 👍
Well this takes me back to my boyhood. I don't know which gave me a bigger jolt: TWO Lotus Elites side by side (not common off the race track even in their prime--my mad Chemistry teacher replaced his very home made special with an Elite, with an immediate rise in esteem), or a Guy London Transport bus. I'd forgotten they even existed until I saw it in the video, and after a moment it dawned on me it was not inaccurate (unlike the LT bus I saw a while back in Auckland: it was a low bridge model, and the moment I saw it, there flashed through my mind, indignantly, "They never had RLHs on the 38 route." BTW, IIRC, RT serial numbers went up into the four thousands, so many more than the RMs.
Sorry, it obviously took me back, and now I'm in my anecdotage.
Regarding the RMs, Aldenham bus works didn't even ensure the registration matched the chassis number on a major overhaul, so it's almost impossible to determine the provenance of a particular bus if it was in LT's fleet
I knew I should ahve spent more time in the UK and less being in the way on my sidecar in the alps that last few weeks... Nice one!
I'm curious to know what the traction engine at 15:00 was running on, no visible smoke and the young lad was sitting in what would have been the coal store.
Nice try with identifying the Commers but they're not Highwayman conversions but Jennings Roadrangers. We have one in glorious hearing aid beige as well as the maroon Autosleeper in my signature pic. Great vans😍😍
Thanks for the correction! If there's a chance of a road test, please email ian@hubnut.org with location and details.
What an amazing show, it's huge! Was this a weekend event? I hope so because I doubt I could have gotten around that in 1 day without rushing and missing stuff.
Three day event!