Can we find London’s most old money car?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- Jonny and Richard prowl the swanky streets of London looking for old money motors. Includes old Mercs, a surprise Ferrari and an Austin Powers turnaround.
Episode 103
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How many people drive around the squares of London, but pass over an FF squealing "what spec is the volvo?" You chaps are brilliant
Nick Headley FFs are brilliant but GTC4 Lussos are everywhere in London. Literally everywhere all in the same grey colour!
the best type of people
I worked for a restoration company and we built an XK 150 for an old gentleman. It was in battleship grey and to be used for travelling down to his south of France villa . He'd been a director of coutts , wore ancient brogues , ancient cardigan ( usually buttoned up wrongly ) lived in 16th century Suffolk manor house and loved making tea for the lads in the workshop . He drove an old Audi A4 and the paint had faded from red to near pink .
I think he's old money .
I think thats the Oxford English Dictionary definition of Old Money!
Sounds like days gone by, when people saw people as people and were happy to make tea.
Ok ..my mate knew the recently departed duke of Westminster’s estate manager in Chester , his grace despite being the richest British born person in the UK had a fleet of older cars that were essentially blenders , they blended in and caused no notice , now despite owning new range rovers and Aston Martins he had a rover sterling coupe which was full spec low miles yet would get used for trips to places or cities , the daughter had a ten year old fiesta , the mrs had a old beetle and Hugh had a mini ... old old money that when you think they are billionaires
@@miawallace2785 For some reason, Ive always loved the look of the Rover Sterling Coupe! A future classic maybe!
Welcome to the pilot episode of...
Chod Hawk & Pervy Partridge
- Stealth Wealth Detectives -
😂👍
Please keep driving around judging people's cars, it makes my day.
They need to have their own stealth wealth car to drive around
@@jonathanbeale3978 yeah they need to blend in, otherwise they just look like they're creepin around up to no good. But it needs to be something practical as well otherwise the u-turns take ages. A Bentley is no good, maybe an old fiat panda 4x4 that's seen too many days in the sun.
@@JP-ut2qr how about that Rover 75 Richard has been hankering after for so many years?
@@richardharrold9736 Or a Toyota Century...they just have to settle on V8 or V12 :)
@@Trendyflute oh, V12, definitely... and isn't that engine basically a pair of 1JZs on a common crank? Twin turbo that mother!
Next time do max power spotting on a council estate :D
100 points for a speedboat or ice cream van
This!
@@miawallace2785 Speedboat won on Bullseye "Well, I dont know what ter bloodi do wi' it"
Someone on my estate had a tractor. Next door neighbours got a lovely old Rover P4.
@@antonycharnock2993 im in stoke and the guy down the road has gone a bit mad and brought a 2020 ford raptor we think he has robbed a jewelers or something
"Why don't you drive up their drive?" "That's trespassing" Brilliant.
"Diana spec"😂
Most underrated channel that needs to blow up, and take a shot every time Johnny says perversion in a video
Missed the OM Jensen CV8 on left before the Ferrari 308
Hats off to you for your Jensen identification powers, I mistook it for a 541.
@@Charstring I'm with you on 541..
Is that the blue one at 12.29?
Actually a 541S (one of the last)
Szabolcs Keri - Yep. They missed it while ogling the GT4
The Brooklands is quite old money, new money Bentley buyers would’ve just gotten a Conti Supersports
Agreed
Agreed
It was one-of-500 and the run-out special for the Old Bentley platform/engine. It's either elite-old-money or a footballer trying to look clever.
I once sold a house for 550k cash.
Dude rocked up in a brooklands.
Gave me 55k cheque with a handshake. Then we completed and knocked the estate agent.
Old money.
There's a chap who literally smokes around in a beautifully knackered DB5 in Soho. It's awesome in its unashamed shabbiness. I haven't seen it for 6 months and truly hope it hasn't been restored and bunged in a warehouse.
I know the car - It’s being resto modded to make it ULEZ compliant......
I heard that a young bloke bought it and its getting restored and getting a 2JZ-GTE engine, 6 speed Getrag and deep dish wheels.
"we haven't killed any NEW animals" nearly fell off my chair!
This feels like I'm watching a final record of London before the Armageddon.
I just love the stories you make up.
“The golden wedding anniversary of Gregory and Phillipe... he still smokes, you know...”
Smith and Sniff, please keep doing your strange. We need it to get through the crazy times we’re living in.
Definitely. The conversations made this
Surely, when you're in Primrose Hill looking for old-money cars, the place to go is north to Hampstead?
So great. I used to do the same back 20 years ago in my Mini.
The riff about “Where is the Spur?” was amazing. Laughed my arse off.
CHAPS! You were all over the red Lotus, but completely missed what looked like a Jensen CV8. The oldest money car I've seen in London was an early sixties Continental convertible. It positively wreaked of old Sterling.
Great episode.
"I haven't seen the Spur since last Christmas!" Haha
"Theres a mini up my arse, just Fuck off! we're trying to look at old cars!" cracked me up, this was a brilliant episode chaps.
Great video! I'll show the the most old money car in London. Go to Holland park, on the crescent theres a grey Bristol bleinham, it's a daily driver, parked on the street, quite tatty but charming. Panama hat on the parcel shelf. Be great if you feature it in the next video.
"oh my god I think there's a 308 Bertone up there... get out of the way you Evoquey twat" - love it... Quite possibly my favourite channel on TH-cam. You deserve a much bigger audience, keep it up guys!!
Haha the excitement on their faces, all car nerds can relate!
Love it. You two prowling around London looking for old money cars.
Very funny.
I know that area quite well - early on in the route, you juuuust missed out on a late-60s Alfa 105 coupe AND a Citroen CX Safari! Not sure how 'old money' but rather interesting...
I was working in a daihatsu dealers and in rolled the bloke who owned pilkingtons , sir something or other with his gardener who’s Suzuki SJ 410 was looking decidedly ropey , the tight arsed bugger done a deal on a few year old sport track after negotiating like he was boracic .
Gotta love them type of old money geezas
He owned a Lotus Esprit way back, and he lent it to me once.
Why am i enjoying this so much. I really, really want to be the 3rd mate in the back sitting centre also pointing out old money cars. FOMO!
It's a remarkable skill being able to make half an hour of driving round looking at parked cars funny. I'm not even very interested in cars and have to keep looking up whatever it is you are on about, but it's still funny. Keep it up chaps.
I used to work at a Lexus dealership and I can assure you when old money people buy new cars, Lexus's are pretty high up on their list of acceptable replacements. More subtle than a Range, better quality than a Volvo. The RX series especially.
Chaps .....You missed the old blue Jensen!!! Or was I deaf? Just before the 308 Gt4
Cedar cladding is probably the Grand Designs goes-silvery-over-time wood of choice, although Siberian Larch can have a similar effect. Great work as always chaps, keeping the WFH crazies at bay.
Alex Fell - most untreated wood goes silver in sunlight but I think you're right.. Western Red Cedar
"Get out of the way you Evoque-y Tw*t!" I'm going to say this to all Evoque drivers from now on.
This is superb viewing, thank you. In this modern world of working from home, this is the perfect antidote and you cheered up my Friday afternoon no end. More like this, please.
New School “The Trip” impressions and all, Loved it.
Ash Scott Video lovely film. I’d watch the hell out of their car-related version of “The Trip”.
12:30 Gawping at the 308, missed the Jensen.
“So fucking leafy” is my new favourite expression to describe the well-healed areas of London.
Just snorted whisky up my nose laughing at tbe getting Rover serviced at the local Maserati dealer
I've been going mad working from home atm, so this was a great pick me up. The wealthy voices always get to me
Currently stuck inside, my 9 year old son has coronavirus, this is exactly what I need right now.
I was in London this summer & saw many Bentley Arnages, Silver Shadows, T2s, etc. All over Knightsbridge & Mayfair area.
You missed it. Jensen cv8 at 12.30 in the video. You got too excited by the 308 rari and didn't even see it. . Well done on the beetle nerdery, my first car on the road was a savannah beige H reg 1300. I bought paint for it and can confirm you are indeed correct.
I was waiting for the E36 316 saloon in metallic green in mint condition with plastic hubcaps and the old money three digit number plate, absolute youtube gold !! , please do another one soon chaps. 👍👍👏👏
Very entertaining guys, would love to see a lot more of these
This is the new sport for the next 12 weeks CVD19 chod-spotting, genuis video chaps
You missed a Jensen 540 at 12:30
It is a 541S
@@astlamfermas OK I got it wrong but close
Yes indeed. Good to see such rarities still used
One of my stomping grounds for photographing old cars in London with film cameras. The 308GT4 has been around for a while and has had suspension work and later/larger alloys. Looks like it gets tracked.
God, this is good! Could watch these all day ...
- I reckon the MBG is a Midget
- 18:02 Techno Violet E36 M3 with double-spoke wheels?
- LS400 I would say is deffo OM
- Toyota Alphard at 24:16 not usual for UK is it? Hong Kong (where I live) staple that one.
- The Chinese-owned Forester I imagine an STi. Also a rare but popular import to Hong Kong for the JDM fans. Love em!
Start in Sheen/Barnes onto Kew Gardens then Richmond Hill, literally thousands of acres of old money stealth wealth
Some bits of Hampton, Kingston, Molesey and Esher are very stealth wealth too. Ditto Wimbledon.
These tours of London looking for old money cars are definitely your funniest episodes and the caricaturistion of the supposed owners brilliant
@27:10 I think you’re thinking of the Forester XT. It’s got STI guts. Pretty neat cars! Loving the vids guys.
I would consider a mid 90s Audi A8 4.2 Quattro old money
Yes to more 'Cruising for Class Cars'. I love strolling around residential London spotting the crass, the class and the oddly out of place. I'm glad the Golf mk4 finally got a mention, The stealth wealth car of London.
Just watched for a third time. One of the best. Please please do another old money episode
Ha! Excellent.....we do this when we visit the big city too. I've never felt more 'old money' than when I was pootling around Primose Hill in my 500 SEC.
You missed a treat by not driving up and down Sussex gardens , some absolute belters up there. Some thick with dust,others under covers: Camargue, Ghibli(old), Panther!, Lancia Monte Carlo
Bowie singing while acting totally cracked me up. They crack me up thinking of weird stuff like that. I totally understand what they're on about.
2:31 the larch. Think McCloud. Think Cleese. Think python. Think larch.
When you've done London, North Norfolk, Suffolk coast and bits of Devon are oldmoneycar motherlode. All your favourites, salt weathered to perfection.
It's like watching an episode of Minder in slow motion.
I work around there and have walked many of those streets. You missed a good'n on the Finchley Road opposite Lord's Cricket grounds: a Bristol Blenheim (I think - was a 90s model anyway).
Not old money, but I'm currently driving a 1988 volvo 245 my dad bought new. It blends in and stands out at the same time.
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through this land
And I am you and what I see is
The spirit of ecstasy with some flakey laquer and a shit load of Volvo's, and a beetle that's solid in all the right places.
Belgravia always has some old money motors.
Love it - is this what Shmee150 and SoL are going to do in 25 years with all the Chirons and Avendators still mooching around london?
Schmee and SOL are self obsessed bellends. They would never do anything interesting.
@@benbennit couldn’t agree more
At the 12:30 mark, while gushing over the 308 Bertone, how could they miss the mid-blue Jenson 541 sitting on the left? I'm surprised Smith & Sniff missed it!
It's incredible how short that video felt to me. Just so fun and so... Me! Thanks for that!!
How come I have just discovered you know this is the best thing I have seen in yeaaaaaars
Cheers chaps, smashing episode. It dragged up a memory of the feel of Flotex carpet under bare feet, odd sensation. Comments section sorted me out on what the blue sporty number was before the 308GT4, what a nice bunch. :)
My grandad is old money. Silver Seraph with the 50GTV plate on it. Jaguar XK140(two of them) and some other old rolls, dodges and Peirce arrows. He actually drives them when they're working
5:00 - there is definitely a need. To cover up rust bubbles! Although not a w210, some 140s did seem to get "that" type of rust
We need season 2 of this 😂
That was actually what most people would call boring and I laughed so much. Top video lads
I've said it before and I'll say it again: simply the best thing on the Internet.
One of the best videos yet. Plenty of old money cars between Hampstead and Finchley road. Belize village and muswell hill are also good.
Hahahahahah Austin Powers got that image in my head 😂🤣😂 also have when someone says in a nutshell
That E36 needed a mention lol you lads are funny af hahaaaaa
I knew an old guy that drove an 's' reg faded green passat estate. He owned a string of racing stables. Lovely bloke, wore tweeds and helped my missus with her horse, when it had an issue. I didn't know how much money he had until it took me about 10 minutes to get to his house from his front gate.
Missed the SAAB 9000 as you were looking at the Pagoda under the cover
Larch cladding!! Haha
Brilliant, loving the personal assasinations of people driveways, do it all the time! Like a truly good version of carpool karoke
You guys are fucking nuts......love it miss London, been in Cyprus 18 years cars out here are ok.....but no real old money cars...keep up the the good work and entertainment...miss the uk
I really dont know why but I really enjoyed that. Absolutely spiffing
Genuinely surprised you lads don't know the reason for the chrome arches on the W140...
Just hiding it's age, surely?? Crusty as a freshly naked roll from a local Primrose Hill eatery.:-)
Not old money, but there used to be a chap that cruised around Sussex Gardens and Paddington in a sixties Studebaker. I think it was in Primrose yellow and white. Where is it now?
One of the best vids to date. This and the auction lot. Keep up the good work gents.
We had a volvo 245 from new, bought through diplomatic sales and we collected it from Sweden! Just such a memorable car.
The Volvo across the road would have been there to guard against momentum attacks. A sign of the times for street events today.
Or Extinction Rebellion.
Makes me want to start project using google maps, and look every street in london.
That MGB is definitely old money, as I can imagine it being a 1 owner from new car. Bought when the guy had a mid life crisis and gave the Volvo 144 estate to his wife to use.
Chris Watson how old would he have to be to have bought an MGB brand new, in mid-life?! 90+? I prefer to think Mater and Pater bought it him when he went up to uni
Loved this. Think defo should do more of you two together.
Whenever I see things like old Volvo's I can only imagine that car people know how rare some of them are
My dad had a 240 GLE, twas shite, had the pulling power of a leper.
You never bought the 240 for performance, but for load space.
I had a 240 GLT saloon with the larger 2.3 straight four and it pulled rather well. The 740 GLE estate I had afterwards was distinctly underpowered with the 2.0 lump though.
@@samuel_excels My pops also bought one of those, couldn't pull the skin off rice pudding.
They are great with a small-block V8 or a 2JZ swapped in, though.
Absolutely brilliant video - compulsive viewing - I'm hooked !
At 18.01.
That is a 3.0 e36 m3.
Its been there at least 15 years,maybe from new.
Old money?
I want friends like this
There's a 1980's RR Silver Spirit that lives somewhere in the West End (near the Ritz) with the Reg No. OO7 seen it many many times. There is also a RR Shooting Brake parks on Sloane St just up from Sloane Sq. That's a pair of real old money cars!
Jonny, remember that RUF 911 in Chester? Sat on flat tyres on a drive outside a rather unassuming 3 storey iirc? If its still there, that is probably old new money!
The old money chairman with his jag/range rover the wife had a volvo estate, beetle or mini traveller. The Director would have the Rolls.
If they had a country retreat they may also have a Nissan Patrol or Toyota Landcruiser.
Rover 800 Sterling, subaru legacy estate (not performance version) and Jeep Cheeroke (the first available to buy uk) old money?
Near the former Albert pub on Princess Road in Primrose hill there's been a Citroen CX parked for about 15 years. And next to Kew Gardens for years there's been a MG Montego in BRG on a private plate.
Love this, every week please!!
Classic old money London car. Golf Mk3 1.6GL auto in dark blue (non metallic). When I lived in London I had one but could only get red as all blue’s were sold out. I’m not old money myself I hasten to add.
"You are a chod hawk" has to be my favourite S&S comment so far