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An epic, comprehensive video RJ and I think the best coverage of the NEC on TH-cam, I did have to watch it in 4 chunks which may impact your viewing stats. Some awesome machines there.I plan to visit the show sometime but at the moment that is just not possible because of commitments I have but I will go.
Thanks, there are lots of NEC vids out there, I guess everyone doing YT uploads has their own take and favourite vehicles so hopefully they'll all have their own flavour, rather than being rinse-and-repeat as (for example) some new-car-launch vids tend to be. I've not watched any other uploads as yet but I will check out a few, now mine's done :-)
This guy's classic car videos/ commentaries are in a league of their own. He tells you things about all sorts of classics, including strange and generally unknown quirks/idiosyncrasies. His knowledge is unrivalled and conveyed accurately and succinctly! Well done sir....best on TH-cam and beyond!
Crikey, nearly 3 hours - you're spoiling us! 😉 Feedback on the calendars, ordered one and it arrived at my door in Australia only 8 days later, excellent quality.😊
Ha I promise not all videos will be this long in future, but here there was a lot to see :-) Thanks for letting me know re the calendar, would you mind posting your feedback in the comments of the video I did about the calendar? It'd be nice to gather feedback in there if possible, thanks.
Great showing of the Vauxhall Victor club stand. It's the first year that the Victor club has ever had a stand at the NEC. I took the '59 F-type. I did see you filming the car but I didn't say anything as you were filming. You have previously caught my V8 rover p6 on camera at the "off the rails" meet at the Crewe heritage centre as well as at Capesthorne hall 🙂
Ah righty yes I remember the car, and someone sitting behind it I think, next time say hello! Yep the stand looked good, I hadn't realised that it was the club's first NEC outing.
Wow, what an epic , and the most superb quality camera work and as expected knowlegeable narration on seemingly everything !.Must admit , the incredibly original Alvis Speed 20 and TD21 at 2h 14m are breathtakingly beautiful .Thanks for the treat Richard.
Glad you enjoyed it! I've not used this particular camera indoors all that often (last time was in that French car museum), so I was quite pleased how it came out. Yes the Speed 20 was in great condition, thanks for checking this one out.
Hello Richard . I could guarantee your video would be the one to watch .....and it was !! Have to add it must be stressful to be in such a busy place ! Thanks Richard 😊
Thanks John, ha yes it did get busy, I take my hat off to people manning the club stands for three days (and also attending on the setup and the dismantling days)
There is something about seeing your own car in other people's videos 😃, I have been trawling through videos to find out what people have been saying about her. The Anglia at 1:21:14, called Lizzie, is ours. She was first registered in 1956 and is the Anglia Delux, so has the chrome fittings, Delux dash and, most importantly, a heater (which was on full blast on the way home).
Yep I remember seeing it, I'd have liked to spend more time looking at individual cars but then the video would have been about 3 weeks in duration :-) Yes heaters are good!
@@oldclassiccarUK There was a lot there, We were there on Saturday and Sunday and by the end of it my legs were aching. Once the show closed I had to drive home, 3 hours in a 68-year-old car with sore, but warm, legs.
Thank you for showing regular motorcars and not only Ferraries, Porsches and Lambo's. I really enjoyed the trip to France videos and I maybe see you at Retromobile in February. Keep up the good work and kind regards, Taco Gold.
Hi, thanks for this great video. The dark green mini van is definitely “Post Office Telephones” (They all were painted yellow eventually for H& S reasons) The holes in roof are for the ladder rack and we always had the tyre pressures painted above the wheel arch on all vehicles.
Richard - you must have read my mind! Not five minutes before watching this I was wondering when you were going to cover this show! I tried watching another site's post but it simply wasn't up to your high standard - still I suppose the classic car itch has to be scratched. The Mk 1 Zephyr/Zodiacs brought back yet another memory. In 1988 I had a good friend who had a garage specialising in these which were well loved by people into rockabilly music and fashion. He turned up outside a much loved Newcastle pub called The Broken Doll in his Mk 1 Zephyr which he couldn't get started on a hot night after having a drink. He was a master mechanic but after trying every trick he knew the engine refused to cooperate. So I poured my pint over the engine and told him that it was just thirsty. Lo and behold it started right away and he and his wife drifted away happily. Ny favourite car is and always has been the Ford Pilot as my Dad had two when I was a young lad.
What a great collection of wonderful cars! Here, in Australia, Ford Anglias and Prefects were considered to be low quality, cheap cars so I am quite impressed with the huge following the preservation of such cars seem to have in the U.K. However, Morris Minors and Minis and their derivatives were very popular here, as were Ford Zephyrs and Vauxhalls. Because of the long distances we travel in Australia, six and eight cylinder cars have been the best sellers, and many of us are still sad about the demise of Ford and Holden manufacturing in this country.
Economy four-cylinder cars were/are the mainstay of the car market here in the UK really, the Anglias etc date to the pre-motorway era so the only long trips undertaken were usually for holidays
Can remember one of my uncles having a black E83A van back in the late 50s early 60s and my dad buying a new Thames minibus, and how the styling of them looked worlds apart when they were parked next to each other. 🙂
Some really beautiful cars. Like you I love the older ones. (I cant get excited about Fords from the 70s and 80s). I've not been able to go to this at the NEC for a couple of years. I really must make the effort next November.
I was once the proud owner of a Volvo 145 Estate It was bronze in colour, with vinyl roof. Very posh. Except it was dented in various places, with a long knife cut in the vinyl. It was running on only three cylinders by the time it went to teat great scrapyard in the sky. I replaced it with a blue 245.
Sorry but I should have added that Post Office Telephones started to repaint the fleet to yellow I think it was around 1969 as I drove one about then for two years and it was dark green. Eventually the complete fleet, over 40,000 vehicles were repainted mostly by hand to yellow at their own workshops, all new vehicles arrived already yellow. Brought back some good memories. Thanks
Nice coverage, thanks! We will shortly be publishing our own walkaround focussed mostly on British stuff as you might expect! Please do give it a look if you've time 🇬🇧
When the Volvo 262c Came out, their advertising said "the car the for people who think." Car and Driver magazine changed that to "the car for people who shrink", in their review of the 262c. My high school mind found that really hilarious. I still kinda want one...
I never new there were so many derivatives of some cars like the triumph Italia for instance , although I was driving age in the late sixties I couldn’t afford much , my first car was a standard 10 old banger which cost me £20 , there many beautiful shapes in early cars and so many now look the same although I absolutely love my Jaguar F type R AWD 5 litre 550 HP, my dad bought a new Austin A 35 in 1957 I remember and after that a Vauxhall victor F type and then an FB
I agree they're not ideal, I think many people sign up to TH-cam Premium nowadays for a small monthly fee, and avoid adverts altogether as a result. Thanks for checking it out!
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An epic, comprehensive video RJ and I think the best coverage of the NEC on TH-cam, I did have to watch it in 4 chunks which may impact your viewing stats. Some awesome machines there.I plan to visit the show sometime but at the moment that is just not possible because of commitments I have but I will go.
Thanks, there are lots of NEC vids out there, I guess everyone doing YT uploads has their own take and favourite vehicles so hopefully they'll all have their own flavour, rather than being rinse-and-repeat as (for example) some new-car-launch vids tend to be. I've not watched any other uploads as yet but I will check out a few, now mine's done :-)
This guy's classic car videos/ commentaries are in a league of their own. He tells you things about all sorts of classics, including strange and generally unknown quirks/idiosyncrasies. His knowledge is unrivalled and conveyed accurately and succinctly! Well done sir....best on TH-cam and beyond!
Many thanks for the feedback, glad you found it of interest. Cheers, RJ
Crikey, nearly 3 hours - you're spoiling us! 😉
Feedback on the calendars, ordered one and it arrived at my door in Australia only 8 days later, excellent quality.😊
Ha I promise not all videos will be this long in future, but here there was a lot to see :-) Thanks for letting me know re the calendar, would you mind posting your feedback in the comments of the video I did about the calendar? It'd be nice to gather feedback in there if possible, thanks.
Brilliant coverage! Thanks very much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
As someone with mobility probs, you have done a great service. Thnx.
Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it
Great showing of the Vauxhall Victor club stand. It's the first year that the Victor club has ever had a stand at the NEC.
I took the '59 F-type. I did see you filming the car but I didn't say anything as you were filming. You have previously caught my V8 rover p6 on camera at the "off the rails" meet at the Crewe heritage centre as well as at Capesthorne hall 🙂
Ah righty yes I remember the car, and someone sitting behind it I think, next time say hello! Yep the stand looked good, I hadn't realised that it was the club's first NEC outing.
Very nicely done and didn't linger. Made it a pleasure to watch.
Thanks, glad you liked it
Thankyou Best report from the show
Thanks very much!!
Great show coverage. I really enjoyed it. I am truly amazed at your car knowledge !! ...............USA
Thanks, glad you liked it
A great video😊
Thanks for the tour😮😊😊
Wow, what an epic , and the most superb quality camera work and as expected knowlegeable narration on seemingly everything !.Must admit , the incredibly original Alvis Speed 20 and TD21 at 2h 14m are breathtakingly beautiful .Thanks for the treat Richard.
Glad you enjoyed it! I've not used this particular camera indoors all that often (last time was in that French car museum), so I was quite pleased how it came out. Yes the Speed 20 was in great condition, thanks for checking this one out.
Hello Richard . I could guarantee your video would be the one to watch .....and it was !! Have to add it must be stressful to be in such a busy place ! Thanks Richard 😊
Thanks John, ha yes it did get busy, I take my hat off to people manning the club stands for three days (and also attending on the setup and the dismantling days)
Great video. This event is high on my list and the restoration show. That means either 2 trips to the UK or one trip with a long stay.
Bring comfortable shoes!!
@oldclassiccarUK with the amount of walking I think I will need a couple of pairs.
Fantastic work my friend 🇬🇧👍
Many thanks
What a treat to see these cars of my youth: I'm 77 now!
Another cracking video you showed lot of vehicles that we missed on Sunday! Our legs didnt ache after watching, unlike on Sunday! 😂😂😂
Only afterwards did I realise that I had (I think) missed the Standard club stand, which was very remiss of me
@oldclassiccarUK We saw the Standard club stand, including the V8 Standard and the Standard 12? That has covered an amazing 360k miles from new!
There is something about seeing your own car in other people's videos 😃, I have been trawling through videos to find out what people have been saying about her. The Anglia at 1:21:14, called Lizzie, is ours. She was first registered in 1956 and is the Anglia Delux, so has the chrome fittings, Delux dash and, most importantly, a heater (which was on full blast on the way home).
Yep I remember seeing it, I'd have liked to spend more time looking at individual cars but then the video would have been about 3 weeks in duration :-) Yes heaters are good!
@@oldclassiccarUK There was a lot there, We were there on Saturday and Sunday and by the end of it my legs were aching. Once the show closed I had to drive home, 3 hours in a 68-year-old car with sore, but warm, legs.
A great video, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
Yes an excellent show. I would have liked to have been there. I think the old Rovers were the best.
Thanks, yes something for everyone
Thumbs up! CHEERS from HERE!
Thanks Darryl!
Thank you for showing regular motorcars and not only Ferraries, Porsches and Lambo's.
I really enjoyed the trip to France videos and I maybe see you at Retromobile in February.
Keep up the good work and kind regards, Taco Gold.
Retromobile does look like a fun event, one day maybe!! Thanks for watching
Thanks excellent video thanks for showing the Vauxhalls well done
No problem 👍 thanks for watching
Thanks for posting this video! I don’t get a chance to see classic cars from England and Europe, living in the USA.
Hi, thanks for this great video. The dark green mini van is definitely “Post Office Telephones” (They all were painted yellow eventually for H& S reasons) The holes in roof are for the ladder rack and we always had the tyre pressures painted above the wheel arch on all vehicles.
Thanks I was pretty sure that was the case
3 hours of envy….some of my favourite cars.
Amazing walk through. Felt Like I was there.
Thanks! glad you found it of interest
Good video I was there on the Saturday
Richard - you must have read my mind! Not five minutes before watching this I was wondering when you were going to cover this show! I tried watching another site's post but it simply wasn't up to your high standard - still I suppose the classic car itch has to be scratched. The Mk 1 Zephyr/Zodiacs brought back yet another memory. In 1988 I had a good friend who had a garage specialising in these which were well loved by people into rockabilly music and fashion. He turned up outside a much loved Newcastle pub called The Broken Doll in his Mk 1 Zephyr which he couldn't get started on a hot night after having a drink. He was a master mechanic but after trying every trick he knew the engine refused to cooperate. So I poured my pint over the engine and told him that it was just thirsty. Lo and behold it started right away and he and his wife drifted away happily. Ny favourite car is and always has been the Ford Pilot as my Dad had two when I was a young lad.
Thanks I'll have to check out the competition sometime :-) I'll remember the pint trick next time I fail to proceed!
What a great collection of wonderful cars! Here, in Australia, Ford Anglias and Prefects were considered to be low quality, cheap cars so I am quite impressed with the huge following the preservation of such cars seem to have in the U.K. However, Morris Minors and Minis and their derivatives were very popular here, as were Ford Zephyrs and Vauxhalls. Because of the long distances we travel in Australia, six and eight cylinder cars have been the best sellers, and many of us are still sad about the demise of Ford and Holden manufacturing in this country.
Economy four-cylinder cars were/are the mainstay of the car market here in the UK really, the Anglias etc date to the pre-motorway era so the only long trips undertaken were usually for holidays
Can remember one of my uncles having a black E83A van back in the late 50s early 60s and my dad buying a new Thames minibus, and how the styling of them looked worlds apart when they were parked next to each other. 🙂
Ha yes the flat-fronted 400E was a world apart from the pre-war designed E83W!
Some really beautiful cars. Like you I love the older ones. (I cant get excited about Fords from the 70s and 80s). I've not been able to go to this at the NEC for a couple of years. I really must make the effort next November.
I was once the proud owner of a Volvo 145 Estate It was bronze in colour, with vinyl roof. Very posh. Except it was dented in various places, with a long knife cut in the vinyl. It was running on only three cylinders by the time it went to teat great scrapyard in the sky. I replaced it with a blue 245.
I believe the “ST1 “ registration was on a ladies Austin Maxi and she refused , at the time , to sell it . I think she may have lived in Devon .
Sorry but I should have added that Post Office Telephones started to repaint the fleet to yellow I think it was around 1969 as I drove one about then for two years and it was dark green. Eventually the complete fleet, over 40,000 vehicles were repainted mostly by hand to yellow at their own workshops, all new vehicles arrived already yellow. Brought back some good memories. Thanks
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Nice coverage, thanks! We will shortly be publishing our own walkaround focussed mostly on British stuff as you might expect! Please do give it a look if you've time 🇬🇧
Thanks I'll look out for it!
“A fine assortment of Bristols here today “……Ooooooooh Matron 😂
;-)
When the Volvo 262c Came out, their advertising said "the car the for people who think." Car and Driver magazine changed that to "the car for people who shrink", in their review of the 262c. My high school mind found that really hilarious. I still kinda want one...
Ha that is quite funny, it's not a car that's ever really appealed to me if I'm honest, but they are unusual!!
@oldclassiccarUK it did seem more German, and less Nordic, somehow.
Volvo 262c made my day I will out in my 262c this Saturday. would you like a Photo? Cheers.
By all means email a photo over, details on the Old Classic Car site itself, cheers
I never new there were so many derivatives of some cars like the triumph Italia for instance , although I was driving age in the late sixties I couldn’t afford much , my first car was a standard 10 old banger which cost me £20 , there many beautiful shapes in early cars and so many now look the same although I absolutely love my Jaguar F type R AWD 5 litre 550 HP, my dad bought a new Austin A 35 in 1957 I remember and after that a Vauxhall victor F type and then an FB
Yes some cracking cars were on display, there'll be an FB Victor in a video here soon
The problem with videos this long is the number of adverts, at least 40.
I agree they're not ideal, I think many people sign up to TH-cam Premium nowadays for a small monthly fee, and avoid adverts altogether as a result. Thanks for checking it out!
ahh, nostalgia............but its not what it used to be
These vehicles will eventually be banned from UK roads 😢
I doubt it, but we have to be vigilant
@ I truly hope you’re right
Great job 👏 again awesome long video!some don’t like 😂 but it’s great to have some detail with the events we can’t make it to in the UK 🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️🤍💙🎉
Glad you liked it, thanks!