Historic Archive Autocross video 1970's

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  • @grahamjordan1040
    @grahamjordan1040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bring it back it was great Saturday viewing, remember the commentator , good old days sadly missed

  • @robingray1302
    @robingray1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A real trip down memory lane, I used to compete regularly in the East of Scotland & North East England championships in the late 70s/early 80s, happy days indeed !!!!

    • @andyyoung899
      @andyyoung899 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you the Robin Gray that used to be Mainly minis?

    • @robingray1302
      @robingray1302 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andyyoung899 I could be........

  • @TomDoughty
    @TomDoughty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    your dad's commentary delivery is just great. Evocative of the era. thanks

  • @rd_works_8847
    @rd_works_8847 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Golden era, if you are still watching and searching for these videos, you are a absolute legend 😼

  • @johnbevan2776
    @johnbevan2776 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Seems a while ago; Colin Taylor was brilliant at this for Duckhams. A true friend over the years. Still got this on VHS & the car

  • @m3hnl
    @m3hnl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    some excellent footage from excelllent drivers from a very long time ago at its best awesome

  • @dukey306
    @dukey306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant - thanks for sharing. My first car events where Autocross's. Used to go on my bike!! Seemed to read about John Bevan every week in Motoring News.

  • @angelsone-five7912
    @angelsone-five7912 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is marvelous stuff, if only things were like this once again. Thanks so much for posting, hope I stumble across similar soon.

  • @nudebaboon4874
    @nudebaboon4874 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant stuff!!! Why the hell has this got less than 600 likes out of over 92,000 views🤷🏻‍♂️oh well. Great watching those imps digging their nearside rear wheels in. Top stuff, many thanks. 👍

  • @rickydub6950
    @rickydub6950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting this, a great watch 🙂👍

  • @frankmorris9076
    @frankmorris9076 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great to watch, takes me back to my time competing in the BTRDA series

  • @gothicpagan.666
    @gothicpagan.666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That imp was going bloody well. Renault 8 was bouncing like a frog 😂

  • @robmuir3303
    @robmuir3303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant brings back so many memories

  • @paulocosta4043
    @paulocosta4043 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very beautiful video!a great work about that age/Times!!!eternal glory to his drivers

  • @PrettyChrome
    @PrettyChrome 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love this stuff, thank you for uploading it

  • @braindrain8922
    @braindrain8922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Superb , thankyou for posting !

  • @davewright8206
    @davewright8206 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    brilliant piece of history fun to watch

  • @glenn1340
    @glenn1340 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving the hand drill at 25:13 not seen one of those for decades

    • @paulocosta4043
      @paulocosta4043 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When don't have eléctrica energy work this way,old school and keep warm up

  • @Daniel-S1
    @Daniel-S1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Many thanks for posting this great footage.

  • @MC-kz9we
    @MC-kz9we 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    18:55 "you will need a helmet"....."don't be daft! won't be able to see!"
    hard fuckers back in the 70's :-D

  • @glenn1340
    @glenn1340 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3.39 A MK2 Lotus Cortina as a tow car. forty odd years later it`d be the Cortina on a trailer.

  • @ricardosuarez8023
    @ricardosuarez8023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant!
    Thanks for posting.

  • @Mossa64
    @Mossa64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great footage. Thanks for posting.

  • @gavinivers8941
    @gavinivers8941 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not a bad movie.
    Can remember Duckhams here in New Zealand.

  • @dungbetel
    @dungbetel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff!

  • @zebop917
    @zebop917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting to see what in-car filming was like in the days long before the Go-pro.........

  • @davidboreham4056
    @davidboreham4056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank god for cordless electric drills.

  • @RETROCAM73
    @RETROCAM73 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm sure there's a mini on there with twmc my dad was a member of for many years tunbridge wells motor club Harold nutting brilliant film keep em coming 😀

    • @daleskidmore1685
      @daleskidmore1685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There were people wearing Borough 19 tabbards, so it must be around the Kent area. The end credits list the clubs.

  • @gileswhitehead7437
    @gileswhitehead7437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A great film.

  • @NicholasRumney
    @NicholasRumney 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember Don Gilhams supercharged mini I'm sure

  • @anecccneautocross651
    @anecccneautocross651 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    excellent old footage we are still doing this in the northeast of England ,check out aneccc-ne-autox-championship.co.uk

  • @ElTio.45-70
    @ElTio.45-70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Britons have probably invented about 85% of different forms of motorsports.

  • @asd36f
    @asd36f 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    18:40 - brave cameraman!

  • @timtrial3971
    @timtrial3971 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the cameraman has an eye for the lasses

  • @plantfeeder6677
    @plantfeeder6677 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. You Brits used to call Rallycross Autocross.
    Also Autocrosses are very different events here in America.

  • @eddiejones.redvees
    @eddiejones.redvees ปีที่แล้ว

    I can remember when travelling on a motorway looked like that but most cars back then would struggle to keep going all day at 70mph my 1.6 diesel Astra has no trouble it is just going at 200.100 rpm at 70mph in sixth but the best thing is that it is done 80 mpg

  • @suzynewell588
    @suzynewell588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi where abouts was this footage from....???

  • @nearlythere9443
    @nearlythere9443 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those were the days!

  • @shemanninaghmish4059
    @shemanninaghmish4059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a cracking video, thanks very much for posting. Any idea what the opening music is called ?

  • @NicholasRumney
    @NicholasRumney 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    22.05 to 22.12 the Chief Steward with sunglasses and pointing is my Dad Austen Rumney

  • @Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence
    @Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    as soon as the music kicked i started taking drugs.

  • @sgranty02
    @sgranty02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who dislikes this and why😐

  • @cassyjackson5669
    @cassyjackson5669 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool times

  • @garrywitcomb2334
    @garrywitcomb2334 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it 😆😆😆

  • @speakfreeley4473
    @speakfreeley4473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like "made in 1971".

  • @andrewwright.
    @andrewwright. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    13:50 fit!

  • @Retrobeemer
    @Retrobeemer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:58 Going really gay! 😂

  • @markholroyde9412
    @markholroyde9412 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic ! Order of importance, (1), stunning Women of the 60/70s, not a "onesay" or fat arse in sight ,( 2,) Awesome TOW cars, 1500GT Capri, Lotus Cortinas , Zodiacs,( 3, ( Mk 2 Zephyr gettin' after it, ( 4, ) ...junk they were actually racing and the death trap 1" X 1" scrap trailers they carried said junk on...🤣