Although "Genevieve" was not mentioned in the video it was nice to hear one of the passengers playing the theme tune as they went past! All the cars are now more than twice as old as they were for the film in 1953, so huge kudos to all the owners who manage to maintain them and get them successfully to Brighton - a magnificent achievement.
I watch this most years too, as it passes through Purley, near my home. I think another interesting thing about these cars is that some were built before the steering wheel had become the standard means of steering, so some have tillers like boats, or steering based on horseriding. It's a wonderful event.
Marvelous!!!! On my wish list to be in London to witness this one year. Great video. Much though I love listening to your vivid and very witty descriptions in your videos, I really appreciated you letting the cars themselves do the talking. That was a nice touch, thank you.
“Siri, show me a video of British eccentricity...” Wonderful stuff! My sister during summer holidays around her a-levels worked in the cafe of Leonardslee, a rather spectacular estate and gardens in Sussex. The owners at the time, the Loders, had the most extraordinary collection of these cars and sometimes I’d turn up and robin loder would be pottering around the estate in one!
When my very old Dutch Grandmother (1889-1967) spoke about the first time a motorized car came through their little Friesian country village. People talked about "a cart without a hound" (they used big dogs to pull carts, in those days). As they hadn't yet heard of the name for that sort of vehicle: they just described what they saw. 👍🏻😁
Great to hear from you! Thanks for stopping by. I’ve always been very impressed by the participants in the run, I’d imagine doing the run in the autumn weather is no picnic.
Hi Jago. An interesting point regarding the development of the "horseless carriage" is one that is so typical of us brits. An engineer called Edward Butler showed plans for his three-wheeled petrol vehicle at the Stanley Cycle Show in London in 1884, two years earlier than Karl Benz. Edward Butler's vehicle was also the first design to be shown at the 1885 Inventions Exhibition, again held in London. Butler was born in Erith, Kent (now subsumed into greater London) and had his machine built by the Merryweather Fire Engine company in Greenwich in 1888 and developed it over the years but the Red Flag act stymied his progress to the point that in 1890 he wrote in the magazine "The English Mechanic" , that "The authorities do not countenance its use on the roads, and I have abandoned in consequence any further development of it." Just think that given the right backing by the politicians we would now talk of Edward Butler of Erith as the father of the automobile and not Karl Benz.
Adelaide, South Australia holds the annual Bay (Glenelg) to Birdwood car run. Many hundreds of vintage and veteran cars take part around late September every year.
Nice touch, the man with trumpet playing the theme to Genevieve. Last I read she was resting in a museum in Netherlands. Trivia: while Genevieve had her issued reg No. during the film, the official UK reg No. of the car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was GEN 11, "Genie"
These people are somewhere between dedicated enthusiasts and completely bonkers travelling to Brighton in November mind you, I'd love to be sat in one of those cars
Puts me in mind of the wonderful, and hilarious movie, The Great Race. New York to Paris! Worth the effort, if you haven't see it already. Even if you have, perhaps.
A very nice vehicular deviation from matters of trains and tubes. :) @2:03 The name DeDion-Bouton may be long forgotten, but the DeDion name lived on long afterwards in the DeDion rear axle design.
Ref,"The Great Race",the movie,starred Tony Curtis,Peter Falk,and Jack Lemmon(?), and I was looking for the Professor Fate car,boy that would have been fun! Amazing that,like old railroad cars,and locomotives,they never say die,and keep plugging away! Thank you,for the inspiration 🙏! Happy New Year! Thank you!
Those cars from The Great Race would actually have been too new to run. I've seen them both, they're in a museum in Ohio and both have Corvair engines and automatic transmissions.
@@lawrencelewis8105 Thanks for the info. With movies,you don't have any idea what's under the hood! If those cars were authentic,they would have had big cylinder,low compression engines,and/or chain or belt transmissions! Back then,most of the early car manufacturers were formerly bicycle makers! 🚲, For example- Nash,was one! Ah,history,no one reads,and misses so much! Thank you for the information and you are awesome 👌,!!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
@@roberthuron9160 Thanks for the compliment- See the movie from 1970, "The Ballad of Cable Hough" with Jason Robards- the Leslie Special is used in it, but is modified and is not so gaudy.
This is an event I've seen in person - I'd love to. I always thought it would be fun to watch from a roadside pub, somewhere about halfway along the route. Another good way might be a picnic, with a couple of beers, on a roundabout - not sure what plod would say about 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 though.😁
@@JagoHazzard Look closely at the film- New Morris Minors, new buildings, she came home with a bag of vegetables, the trams were gone. The war is really over! Imagine what the rent is on their apartment today...
Looks like some of them come from other countries, I saw at least one with an USA flag and another one with a Catalonian flag (the car was, very appropriately, yellow!)
On the outskirts of London you also get the Sunbeam motorcycle club's Pioneer Run, from Epsom to Brighton, for pre 1915 motorbikes. sunbeam-mcc.co.uk/events/the-pioneer-run/
Pretty sure they are exempt from road tax and mot's, probably still need insurance. But expected the plod to be there ' Oi that looks unroadworthy you got tax and M.O.T and a liocence for that chummy ?'
Although "Genevieve" was not mentioned in the video it was nice to hear one of the passengers playing the theme tune as they went past! All the cars are now more than twice as old as they were for the film in 1953, so huge kudos to all the owners who manage to maintain them and get them successfully to Brighton - a magnificent achievement.
Sadly, Genevieve herself was not participating that year. I was really hoping to get a shot.
I was just thinking that what a quadricycle parade needs is klezmer.
@@JagoHazzard Was anyone Hauling like A Bruligan?
@@adamgrocco Don’t you call me a brooligan!
I watch this most years too, as it passes through Purley, near my home.
I think another interesting thing about these cars is that some were built before the steering wheel had become the standard means of steering, so some have tillers like boats, or steering based on horseriding.
It's a wonderful event.
Purley Squire? Say no more!
@@greebo7857 surely worth a nudge and a wink anyway.
@@greebo7857 and all those cars can be described as "a bit of a goer".
Marvelous!!!! On my wish list to be in London to witness this one year. Great video. Much though I love listening to your vivid and very witty descriptions in your videos, I really appreciated you letting the cars themselves do the talking. That was a nice touch, thank you.
“Siri, show me a video of British eccentricity...”
Wonderful stuff! My sister during summer holidays around her a-levels worked in the cafe of Leonardslee, a rather spectacular estate and gardens in Sussex. The owners at the time, the Loders, had the most extraordinary collection of these cars and sometimes I’d turn up and robin loder would be pottering around the estate in one!
When my very old Dutch Grandmother (1889-1967) spoke about the first time a motorized car came through their little Friesian country village. People talked about "a cart without a hound" (they used big dogs to pull carts, in those days).
As they hadn't yet heard of the name for that sort of vehicle: they just described what they saw. 👍🏻😁
Interesting! Some early cars were described as “dog carts,” so now I know where that came from. Thanks!
I enjoy all your videos, but this is my absolute favorite. Growing up in Detroit, I was spoiled by the availability of vintage cars.
These are the most majestically goofy mechanical beasts I've ever seen.
Very nice Video and report you have done there... us going by at 2.45min in the loud Renault
Great to hear from you! Thanks for stopping by. I’ve always been very impressed by the participants in the run, I’d imagine doing the run in the autumn weather is no picnic.
Hi Jago. An interesting point regarding the development of the "horseless carriage" is one that is so typical of us brits. An engineer called Edward Butler showed plans for his three-wheeled petrol vehicle at the Stanley Cycle Show in London in 1884, two years earlier than Karl Benz. Edward Butler's vehicle was also the first design to be shown at the 1885 Inventions Exhibition, again held in London. Butler was born in Erith, Kent (now subsumed into greater London) and had his machine built by the Merryweather Fire Engine company in Greenwich in 1888 and developed it over the years but the Red Flag act stymied his progress to the point that in 1890 he wrote in the magazine "The English Mechanic" , that "The authorities do not countenance its use on the roads, and I have abandoned in consequence any further development of it."
Just think that given the right backing by the politicians we would now talk of Edward Butler of Erith as the father of the automobile and not Karl Benz.
What an awesome sight to behold.
All that brass, copper, wood and chrome rolling under its own power.
Adelaide, South Australia holds the annual Bay (Glenelg) to Birdwood car run. Many hundreds of vintage and veteran cars take part around late September every year.
Nice touch, the man with trumpet playing the theme to Genevieve. Last I read she was resting in a museum in Netherlands. Trivia: while Genevieve had her issued reg No. during the film, the official UK reg No. of the car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was GEN 11, "Genie"
These people are somewhere between dedicated enthusiasts and completely bonkers travelling to Brighton in November mind you, I'd love to be sat in one of those cars
Puts me in mind of the wonderful, and hilarious movie, The Great Race. New York to Paris! Worth the effort, if you haven't see it already. Even if you have, perhaps.
A very nice vehicular deviation from matters of trains and tubes. :)
@2:03 The name DeDion-Bouton may be long forgotten, but the DeDion name lived on long afterwards in the DeDion rear axle design.
Need alert! Extreme putt-putt action. Thanks Jago!
What a joy! So many dedicated enthusiasts!
Wow, wonderful to see this fantastic Oldtimer procession! Thank you.
Ref,"The Great Race",the movie,starred Tony Curtis,Peter Falk,and Jack Lemmon(?), and I was looking for the Professor Fate car,boy that would have been fun! Amazing that,like old railroad cars,and locomotives,they never say die,and keep plugging away! Thank you,for the inspiration 🙏! Happy New Year! Thank you!
Those cars from The Great Race would actually have been too new to run. I've seen them both, they're in a museum in Ohio and both have Corvair engines and automatic transmissions.
@@lawrencelewis8105 Thanks for the info. With movies,you don't have any idea what's under the hood! If those cars were authentic,they would have had big cylinder,low compression engines,and/or chain or belt transmissions! Back then,most of the early car manufacturers were formerly bicycle makers! 🚲, For example- Nash,was one! Ah,history,no one reads,and misses so much! Thank you for the information and you are awesome 👌,!!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
@@roberthuron9160 Thanks for the compliment- See the movie from 1970, "The Ballad of Cable Hough" with Jason Robards- the Leslie Special is used in it, but is modified and is not so gaudy.
When I was a kid, my dad bought a used 1952 Rambler. It was an amazing car, wish he had kept it long enough so I could've drove it.
I could practically smell the gasoline through my monitor. That or I need to open up more windows.
What lovely old vehicles!
This is an event I've seen in person - I'd love to. I always thought it would be fun to watch from a roadside pub, somewhere about halfway along the route. Another good way might be a picnic, with a couple of beers, on a roundabout - not sure what plod would say about 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 though.😁
What a fantastic vid! Next time could you hop on to the Brighton Bell and catch them as they arrive?
I was just thinking that- I wonder how they are coming along with its restoration?
Is there one this year and are you going?
To think the "modern" Electric Car is basically at the same point in it's adoption curve.
It's impressive that you resisted any temptation to mention the film Genevieve.
Dave Sisson You can briefly hear the music at one point. Normally the car takes part in the parade, but I didn’t see it last year.
@@JagoHazzard Look closely at the film- New Morris Minors, new buildings, she came home with a bag of vegetables, the trams were gone. The war is really over! Imagine what the rent is on their apartment today...
Coincidentally, I watched 'Genevieve' last night...
Who knew there were that many pre-1904 cars in the UK?
Looks like some of them come from other countries, I saw at least one with an USA flag and another one with a Catalonian flag (the car was, very appropriately, yellow!)
Really cool actually!
A joy as always
What an amazing noise they make - not very convincing. What percentage actually reaches Brighton? Most of them are surely museum exhibits.
Most of them do - inevitably a few break down en route, but most are kept in decent shape.
Was Genevieve there? I loved that film.
Wow I wonder how many cars went out?
I think it’s normally something in the region of 500.
Jago Hazzard wow that is A LOT!
On the outskirts of London you also get the Sunbeam motorcycle club's Pioneer Run, from Epsom to Brighton, for pre 1915 motorbikes. sunbeam-mcc.co.uk/events/the-pioneer-run/
I went to that once! Unfortunately I got carbon monoxide poisoning, it was pretty weird.
How often did the guys with the red flags get run over?
Pretty sure they are exempt from road tax and mot's, probably still need insurance. But expected the plod to be there ' Oi that looks unroadworthy you got tax and M.O.T and a liocence for that chummy ?'
Well as it happens any vehicle built more than 40 years ago is exempt from an MOT, although you still have to "tax" it, you don't pay anything.
Poop, poop!
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