Middlewich Classic Car & Bike Show 2023, ft. an OLTCIT !
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2023
- A trip out to the Middlewich Classic Car & Bike Show 2023 is the subject of this OCC upload, our last visit being wayyy back in 2017. As has been the case with several classic car shows of late, the weather forecast was looking "unpredictable" to say the least so we donned suitable clothing before aiming our car in Middlewich's direction.
Fortunately, a decent number of car & motorcycle owners defied the weather experts and headed out in their pride and joy to support the event. The Middlewich Classic Car & Bike Show in Cheshire is a two-day event, we popped over on day one. The Volvo Owners' Club was there, fielding a variety of classic Volvos which, as long-termers will expect, sat very well with me indeed and it was neat to see those cars, and have a chat with the owner of a rare 145 estate that spent its early years in Kenya. It was also a treat to see a pair of 123GT Amazons.
One make of car I've never seen in the metal before is the Romanian-built Oltcit. Based on Citroen mechanicals these cars were never sold here officially so it was fun to see this one, having previously only ever seen one or two elsewhere on CZcams.
Overall it was well worth visiting the Middlewich classic car show 2023, I'm sure there would have been more cars in attendance had the forecasted weather been less gloomy (was it busier on day two?) but there was still plenty to look at and we hope to go along again next year.
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Excellent as always thank you😊
Another interesting and informative video, thank you.
Cheers BobGood plan, nice event.
Joy to watch 👍👍
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Excellent.
Thank you for a great day out i hope you got home safely.
Favourites: #1 Volvo 145S 12:37, #2 Oltcit Club 11RL 36:56 40:10 and #3 Fiat Punto Sporting 39:10 😁👍
A great look around the Middlewich show. Many thanks. I would love to take the brown Cortina GXL home.
Fascinating. The Lada 1500ES was supplied by the dealer from whom I bought my first Lada in about 1983, Biddulph Motors, owned by Mr Ratcliffe. The Romanian Oltcit is certainly a rarity, unlike the Dacias of that era it was not officially sold in the UK.
That Oltcit's registration tells us that it was one of the two that Hubnut had in his barn.
Hi 👋 That Romanian Oltcit car is interesting. It looked like a Citroen Visa. I have never seen one and had no idea that Romania manufactured a car. Very rare indeed.
The main Romanian link from the 1960s was with Renault, branded there and for export, as Dacia.
Brilliant Volvo story. Thanks 👍🏼
Fantastic show. I wish they had classic cars like these in South Korea.
Hi thanks for watching, don't miss today's upload too (Audlem Festival of Transport)
So good to see the Oltcit has survived . I remember working on it and was impressed with it's overall condition at the time although parts finding was a challenge .
For me that quality Rover P4 110 in two-tone grey eclipsed everything else. In answer to your question, the proportions of the 4-door Morris Minor are superior to the 2-door. I seem to remember that the green of this example was quite common on the roads of my youth. Thanks for another excellent video!
Thanks Colin!
Citroën Oltcit was availble in many western european countries as Citroën Axel. Only as 4cylinder. The 2 cylinder Oltcit staid in eastern europe.
The factory they were made was later used by Ford.
In eastern eutope per
3.5 Bentley coupe my favourite classic what a saver from being scrapped vid as usual always enjoyed
As per the blue MGB at 3:30, it's amazing how many you see where the owners have refitted the front indicator/sidelight units upside down 😂 There's always one at any show I go to, and it infuriates me!
That looked like a nice day out despite the weather forecast, The Volvo 1800 has always been one of my favourites. I like the green Amazon as well. I like the one from Kenya a very nice example. I am sure I have seen one back in the day with the split window. The Oltcit looked very Citroen Visa. My Dad had a Mk3 Cortina Estate 2Ltr. I think it may have been a GL but that GXL did look very similar, the seats on Dads car had square insets that seems to be the only difference. The car was on a K plate so quite a while ago though my Dad didn't buy it new. Thanks Rick for taking us along, 👍👍
In fairness to the met office we did get rain later in the day, but while we were at the show it was fine, just very breezy! Thanks for watching
I don't think Ford built a Cortina GXL Estate but I think the later 2000E model was available as one.
@@levelcrossing150 Yes your probably right on both of your points. The car I referred to was 'the next best thing' to a GXL. 👍
@@stephenricketts7764Your dad's car sounds like the XL which was a nice spec car and an interior closer the GXL. The most significant difference was the single headlights instead of the twin lights on the GXL.
@@levelcrossing150 Yes what was 'the spanner in the works' is that the car had the extra two high beam lights. They looked a bit like after market but I know they where part of the loom. My brother decided to pull the engine and box out of it some years later and rebuild the engine. Don't know why the car was still hanging around? He put the engine in another MK 3 which was "done up' but only had a 1300 block. Just so it all worked correctly I put the whole front loom in the other car including the 'extra ' lights. So with the 'mist of time ' thats where I was getting confused 😕. Hope that makes sense. 👍
Good afternoon Rick. So many wonderful cars EXCEPT that Land Rover. Having driven so many kilometres in Land Rovers (often toeing the standard army trailers) I was appalled to see what he had done. However it takes all sorts. I had never heard of the Olcit until Neil had them on HubNut. It may well have been his because I think he had a red one and a white one in his garage, so maybr they both went to make one car. My favourite version of the Cortina is the mark 2, I have owned a Mk1 GT 1500 but that was about 40 years ago.
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My three take home are 1, the bronze Cortina GXL , gorgeous, 2, The two tone Rover P4 a true gentleman's carriage. And 3 the green two door Volvo Amazon. I had the pleasure of driving one from Auckland to Wellington NZ way back in 1987. Completed the journey with no problems.
Volvo was one of the first vehicles with 4 wheel disc brakes. one of the first incorporating Ghirling disc brakes only used in racing . Had a 68 and had to replace all 4 rotors and pistons. In the states at that time those had to be imported and there was a wait cause of oil embargos back in the 70s.
drove the 68 till the floors rusted through
I find your videos are perfect Sunday morning viewing. So much information. I would be hard pressed to find a favourite but the mk3 gxl and the p1800 would be up there .thank you for sharing.
Glad you like them!
You could buy a brand new Lada way back when for £3,500 on the road. They were more popular than people give them credit for. The main downside was that they literally fell to pieces even though they were made of quite heavy grade steel but that was of dubious quality. My brother bought one new, claret with a black vinyl roof and after around 6 months the drivers door just fell off. That estate is truly a survivor. I passed my driving test on an Hillman Imp and I still feel they are underrated. Go on buy a Merc., I love them.
An old Merc is definitely on the "possibles" list, I'd really like a stacked-headlamp saloon or a fintail but good ones are getting pricey
That MG P type , the Bentley Dawn and the Rover P4 my choice. Another great video.
What is a Bentley "Dawn" and where was it in the video?..................
The little figure on the front of that MG P-series looks like the famous Mannekin Pis fountain sculpture, to be seen in Brussels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis . Thanks for another interesting vid.
I am the owner of the Oltcit. The original car came to England around 2007. She was recently saved from a scrapyard in devastating condition, with a donor and lot of work she is back on the road. More Oltcit coming.
It was really neat to see it, always good to see something different
The peeing mascot is from 1931 Ford Model A
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I have two for sale 1978/79
I'll take the green moggy van at the start, one of the Volvo 240 estates, and the 900 Kawasaki please - do you take American express?
Cash only! :)
@@oldclassiccarUK £50 notes?
Great Content & Great Commentary but excessive pointing and a continual hand "flashing" across the screen in the video. OK if you're pointing out certain features & details of a car, but not constantly pointing & hand appearing in the video. Just a suggestion.
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BOO 108 dates from 1961! So must have lost original reg.
A certain bearded sandal-wearing Brummie will be checking his building society savings paying-in book this morning! 😋🩴