Old Classic Car VLOG! a walk & talk intro to our old cars
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2023
- This Old Classic Car vlog is in response to a few suggestions/comments received on recent uploads, asking whether I'd done a single video simply introducing each member of the OCC "menagerie", or fleet. I'd done something similar in the past, but for the benefit of newer subscribers and watchers in particular, I agreed that it was time to do an updated "walk & talk" about the classic cars and other old vehicles we own at OCC HQ, and a brief back story to each of them.
I needed to have a move around in the garage anyway, so it seemed like the ideal opportunity to put this vlog together, while the cars and sun were both out at the same time ...
There have been a few departures since the last walk & talk (two years ago maybe?) in order to enable a couple of new arrivals to happen, so even longer-term watchers may find it of interest too. My youthful assistant kindly offered to help move the cars during the filming of this one. A couple of tool acquisitions made earlier that same day also make it in, to add a further sprinkling of excitement(!) to this classic cars video.
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You have a lovely collection of classic vehicles. Always enjoy your videos.👍🤗
Thanks Jonathan!
I would be sad to see the 4CV leave the building so soon, it is such a cute little car. Some tinkering on the Morris Minor should make it road worthy very soon I think. You will need to source a tweed suite and goggles to be able to drive it though, Toot Toot !! Thanks for the update Rick.👍👍
Well done for preserving history, so interesting a great show of vehicles, fair play, god bless.
My favourites for sure, the Renault and the Standard. A40's were a great little car in their day too, I had one briefly back in about 1978, someone had painted it Daytona yellow with mat black bonnet and boot lid (which probably looked ridiculous but I didn't think so in 1978), I didn't keep it very long and it was sold to help fund the purchase of my next Dolomite Sprint, which at the time I already had two of.
Great video, very interesting talking about your beautiful fleet. The little standard looks so right.
One of those Anglias was my dads first car in about 1963 but sadly he turned it over when the steering failed.
Evan though I seen these before, it's nice to see an update. Keep it going matey. Bob
Thanks Bob, I'll try!
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You have excellent taste!
Love all the old vehicles, but my personal favourite is the Anglia as it holds many memories for me. My Grandfather had a 1953 Popular in the same colour. It had a new engine fitted sometime during its life and was always serviced by the local Ford main dealer. It was known as 'Upsy' and when it misbehaved, he would say "down Upsy". He gave up driving in the early 1970's and I did consider buying it, but was only 12 years old at the time. He eventually sold it for £15 !!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the review. My favorite would be the Little Dodge since I had a 1952 half-ton pickup series B3B I enjoyed for a few years. Same flathead six, I believe. I'm fascinated by the Morris Minor project. I have the desire to build a cyclecar here in the US and that Morris looks very much like one except it has an in-line four like a "real" car. I look forward to your posts on it. Maybe when you have spare time you could take us through the garage ephemera that decorates the place?
Thanks for checking this one out, I'll see what I can do re the ephemera side :)
I really enjoyed that little shuftie around HQ. Even though I know all of your cars by now. The Morris Minor I know least about so am looking forward to seeing you work on that. I don't know if you've ever talked about all of your old number plates you have on display but I bet they all tell a story. Excellent videos they really spur me on with my projects.
Good luck with your projects. Some of the plates I know the background to, others I don't sadly.
I'm a reasonable new subscriber and very much enjoy your videos. This one has been great as a general catch up for us newbies. Thank you.
Good to have you on board, I'm glad that the vid was of use/interest
The Renault is one of the more interesting cars you have, keep it.
Hello Richard . Your son (Harvey?) has certainly got the hang of proper driving ! Everyone has their idea of what you should or shouldn't keep ! You certainly have a bent towards pre-war vehicles . I get the impression that YOUR father had a panache for pre war cars and commercials and you've followed quite literally in his footsteps (?) and it looks like to continue , although perhaps a GT6 on the horizon ? Thanks Richard .
Yep Harley is quite handy behind the wheel of these cranky old things :-) Funnily enough dad was never into really old cars until I persuaded him to get into "classic" cars a few years ago, although he'd always run and maintained secondhand cars. Pre-war cars, and commercials, are all of my own doing!
A varied great collection. Difficult to choose a favourite although the Renault has some lovely styling and touches which for me make it stand out in comparison to British counterparts.
Thanks for your time and effort in producing the output.
A fine collection, I would say. The little Standard 8 would be my favourite ( for some reason ).
Thanks, I think the Standard (and maybe the Anglia) are the ones that most people can probably relate to in some way.
Great round up of the fleet, and there history’s and especially little Dodge 👏🏻🛻
Thanks Gerald, I might do a full video about the piles of history I have on the big truck, it's quite a story
Thanks for this very interesting update on the fleet. I’m relatively new to your fab Chanel and it’s good to find out the background to the vehicles you run. I have an MX5 mk2.5 so the NB version which is a great little car and unusually very rust free. I’ve never regarded it as a classic but as it’s now 21 yrs old I think it’s not far off !
An un-rusty early MX5 whether Mk1 or 2 is becoming a scarce find now so look after it!! Thanks for watching.
Please please get on with restoring the Morris. Love your and Juniors videos, you are very lucky to have the space and finance to have your collection.
Thanks, the only reason we've accumulated stuff is by buying low whenever possible, fixing things myself whenever possible, starting 30+ years ago, and not paying out monthly on brand new moderns and other pointless frivolities that soak up the £. Thanks for watching.
Only had one new car a Renault 4 in 74, usually buy 3 year olds. First car a Triumph Herald in 64.
Poor little Austin A40, so near and yet so far away from being on the road.
All that family history etc just to be left in the corner of a garage, so sad 😔
I hope you have a nickname for it, or just call it "auntie" after your great aunt.
I'm just trying to give you a guilt trip Richard, 😂 looking forward to seeing it back on the road, enjoyable video thanks. 👍
I feel guilty enough, it's my background photo every time I power up my PC :)
In my collection, I have an '88 MG Metro, an '86 Porsche 924S and a '73 Austin 1300 GT. The former two are roadworthy and used each year, the latter two belonged to my late father - and the last, the GT - has been family owned for 42 years and off the road for 38 years 'sitting in the corner of a garage'. It's easy to let a much loved and important car sit in the background, while you acquire newer cars or classics that you can use straight away. I'm 34 years old now and I don't have the restoration skills to bring the GT back to its former glory - but through saving and being wise about who I source to do the restoration work I am about to send the car off to be restored at a price that is right for me. Although there was so much sentimental value attached to it, I was not going to spend far over its value 10 years ago (I also didn't have the funds!).
Nice collection 👍👍👍
Great video. The Anglia is a great car.
It's certainly an old charmer!
Thanks for this, I think the Renault and the Standard are integral parts of the channel actually.
You're probably right on that one! thanks for watching as ever
Great walk around video
Thanks Allan
Thanks for the walk round. You mentioned perhaps replacing the Renault with an MG, can I suggest something a bit rarer in this country but still with a French flavour, a 404 Peugeot. Nice to drive and a good talking point when looking at Austin A60's etc.
I like the 404s but I'm not sure about the spares situation, here at least? Maybe an estate? Mmmm
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good blog a gen Gary from Crewe 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Just catching up. I do hope you keep the Minor, I've just returned from 8 days away, firstly the pre-war Minor rally/tour last weekend in Rutland, then leaving there Monday morning I headed north to Scotland and as far north as Rannoch Moor and down through Glen Coe. Just over 10 miles short of 1,200 miles done. That's Morris reliability.
I certainly hope to, although it would free up some useful £ to go looking for something a bit bigger etc, we'll see, it doesn't take up much room though :) Your trip sounds pretty epic, nice one.
The Renault is a very interesting little car, but I sometimes have very strange tastes.
You're not alone on that score! Thanks for watching
I always watch your videos, but you really need to come to the US, a small percentage of the cars in your shows mostly look like grocery getters, very few are really show cars, to many four door grandmas car. You would be amazed at what you see here at an avg show😎
I wouldn't mind a US visit one day, I like the "grandma" spec cars though as, here at least, they tend to be the cars that most people can actually relate to, rather than the expensive/luxury variants which were usually in the minority on our roads. Thanks for watching :)
Been a sub for a year or two now, so I’ve seen most of your fleet. However there isn’t much on the road content for big dodge! I’d personally love to see more of it out and about with driving videos.
Thanks for following the channel, yes I'd like to get big Dodge out more often - it takes a lot more prep due to its size etc, even down to cutting back overhanging branches etc before taking it out of the drive, so it's a big job. But yes, I'd like to get it somewhere appropriate this year.
Can see the dilemma you are in with the Renault. You really need an older car capable of longer journeys, that is also a little bigger than the Renault, but I personally love the little Renault.
Admittedly it is a bit "first world problems" but we'll see what comes along, thanks for watching.
Having had a Riley 1.5 and driven it 500 miles from my parents house to my house in northern Scotland, one of those would be my choice.
Nice idea for a video - useful for OCC newcomers. But, no! please don't part with your lovely (and my favourite) 4CV. It's so unique. Give Mrs OCC a good talking to and persuade her she really does like driving it!😊
I'll see what I can do!!
NO !!! Don't let the Renault go! It's a quirky little car (Do the French make any other kind?) and it's rare. I love it. Please, please, PLEEEEEASE !! I know this was only about the vintage cars, but I noticed that you have an Accord station wagon. Are they still being sold over in GB? I would love it if I could get one here (US-Vermont). Oh...and what's under the Quonset tent?
The old Honda is quite old now (2005), I don't know if they still sell Accord estates new but I think they probably will do. The matching race car trailer for the Dodge truck is under the cover, I do plan to do a trailers video sometime.
Nice little update Rick. What’s under the blue tarp, is it a vehicle or just ‘stuff’?
Out of interest did Harley finish of the little shed, he was going to put some signage over the door?
We haven't yet made the sign for Ned the Shed, it's on our (my) to-do list! The Dodge truck's trailer is under the cover.
@@oldclassiccarUK oh cool. I didn’t realise it had a trailer. Is it for Big Dodge or Little Dodge?
@@greerbox It's an enclosed trailer that pre-dates Big Dodge and was used to carry the Alfa Romeo prior to the Dodge arriving on the scene in the late 1940s.
A nice all around collection. Perhaps your next purchases could be a 2CV or any Austin 7. But then, they may not be that unique. (Easier to get parts though, perhaps?)
Wellllll probably something a little larger, if we ever get something else (something would need to go first though)
hi there. great and interesting video as usual.that large Dodge looks like the type use in the Dam Busters film when Guy Gibson and crew were going to the runway. love the Fergeson tractor which i remember in the early 60s as a child along with Fordson Majors
There are a few wartime propaganda films about the RAF which feature clips of Dodges like this one
Well, I've been with you a while but it's always good to have an update or looksee to find out where things are at or if I've missed a notification / video where things got done or if you have maybe progressed something unfilmed.
I saw the Minor video and absolutely loved hearing that little car wind over and fire up. I am also a big fan of the Standard 8 and the A40 - the Standard because a) I own a couple of 1970s Triumphs and read up extensively on the history of both companies pre and post their merger in 1945 and b) the little 8 always reminded me of a remodelled A30 and the A30 and A35 were staples of several branches of my family before - and long after - I was born....and in fact I have owned both and am looking to find another one now. (As an aside, if I could find a good A40 Somerset, I'd happily have one of those instead as they look like someone took an A30 and inflated it, but I digress).
Your A40 Farina MkI (which will have an A35 speedometer, albeit reconfigured with the indicator light where the ignition light was on the A30/35) is my favourite of that generation of the model....and yours appears to be the saloon (fixed rear window and a boot lid that opened on the bottom half) as opposed to the Countryman with the split tailgate, so yours I believe is a bit rarer. I like the styling of the MKI with the separate headlight / indicator surrounds and smaller grille. The headlight surrounds always reminded me of those on an A99 Westminster....but I never did get around to trying a set out. From memory, the MkI still ran the 948cc engine, but that's not a bad thing. They were a lovely incarnation of the A-series and quite easily modified, although replacing the rear axle with one from a similar era Morris Minor so you had a full fluidic brake system, was definitely a must! Like the Standard 8 and the A30/35, I love their simplicity - pull-up windows and simple dash layout, although you did have to know which switch did what as they weren't labelled!
Of the 8 and the A40, I cannot pick a clear winner as to my favourite. I do like all of your vehicles though because of their honest appearance and - as you put it - nothing overly restored but kept as much in original condition as possible. The life wear on the Dodge truck is just lovely and the ex-Army van looks more a well-looked-after survivor than a museum piece, so to me, she looks perfect. So does the Prefect, although it is probably nearing time for another coat of the old Linseed...but she still looks grouse. The Minor to me will be outstanding when she's done and an absolute peach on show days or Sunday afternoon cruises. I was also shocked when I realised the first of the NA model MX5s were pushing 30 a few years ago! They are still a great daily vehicle for so many and there are still plenty on the roads over here in New Zealand and cheap as chips for parts, service and indeed to purchase.
I am looking to move my Stag and my Mini on shortly and keep the 2500S, but I also want a modern for the times when the 2500S decides she doesn't want to play ball for a while. I think an MX5 is the perfect answer there.......and it will be a TRUE classic in around ten years too!
All the best and thanks for sharing.
Hi Lance, thanks for your thoughts!! Triumph 2000/2500 does sometimes come up on my radar so maybe one of those will appear here at some point, who knows?!?
An eclectic mix of fun motors and greatly appreciated that you love and care from them.
I hope you know that I love your videos and that of Harley, so I hope you will not be offended by my saying that it would be great that if you both provided full mechanical details of the cars, said as a true petrol head, former competitor and loyal follower. I also think that Harley would make his videos even more enjoyable by both more research, bits to camera and maybe interviews with owners, if they agree. I appreciate that there may be technical issues in doing so, and please, please take my comments as constructive from one who really appreciates the enthusiasm and well presented videos from you both.
Rob
Thanks Robert, all constructive advice is welcomed as we're both still fairly new to the weird world of YT!!! Thanks for looking in.
Nice vid update thank you hanging my nose over standard 8 but I do like the anglia as well I’m running two porkers at the moment Problem is storing the 8 somewhere we’ll see when I’ve viewed the 8
There's always room for a Standard :)
Unfortunately not every old car model is a classic. (That may actually a good thing.)
Yes, as our years advance, you have to take a pragmatic view. Im not sure if you are "technically" fully retired from the world of paid employment yet, but in my experience, i have never been so busy since retirement. I dont know how on earth i managed to fit in a 40-50 hour working week (anything up to 60 hrs in earlier years) as now, days seem to vanish. I have, just recently, ceased my wedding car business and naturally, with the cesation of income from it, have had to significantly downsize. Considerable grief was experienced in being forced to chuck away 15 years of accumulated (junk: in wifes opinion. Usefull bits in mine) as i had to give up a rented commercial unit, and compress everything into a largish 2 car garage and small workshop. The decision which to keep, which to wave goodbye to, dictated by space and what was manageable. The much beloved 34 Daimler 15 has to go, but is currently living in luxury, occupying the space that should be for the Daimler V8-250, which is outside and neccesitated the urgent purchase of an all weather cover. The long term project is the 33 Armstrong Siddeley Fifteen Long, one of only a handful left, in much need of body refurbishment due to ash decay. These are largely skills i dont have, so its very much back to school for an old dog to learn new tricks! At least you have Harley as apprentice/assistant but many days i spend hours figuring out how to do two man jobs on my own. I really must get out more and get some mates! I wish I had your skills to video document what im doing, as it has certainly helped inspire me, watching the trials and progress of others like yourself.
My project is akin to your A40 with quite a way to go. Engine due shortly, which has been fully rebuilt by specialists Chase Engines. Time to rip out the Pinto which has been keeping the old girl going these past 20 years, and put a Siddeley heart, Side valve straight 6, back where it belongs.
Great video as always Rick. Boy how I wish we were neighbours!
What do I like in your collection? Your Ford Anglia, The Morris & the Standard 8. Your A40 is clearly your absolute keeper. Do not get me wrong, I owned a Morris Minor Van & it was the best vehicle I ever owned. I have also owned a pair of 2CVs. But when it comes to foreign vehicles to own as classics, my feelings are always a little "be careful" because of the spares situation. 2CVs are OK. I do like big Dodge, but that is far too big for me. Little Dodge is still too big for me. The little Renault is clearly a nice to have owned for a while.
Sorry I have zero knowledge about MG saloon cars. Swansea was more into other saloon cars. Lots of Fords, Vauxhall's, Austin's, Morris, Jag's, Standard, Hillman, Singer, Sunbeam etc. MG's tended to be sports cars. The Police ran MGA hard tops. along with the normal Wolseley & Jag's. The Police bikes were BSA 250cc C15's & Triumph single carb 650cc T110. They also introduced Panda Cars Morris Minors. Needless to say once the mini came out it became very popular. I remember that My boss & My Fathers Boss both had Bentley's & Mini Coopers. The other very popular car was the 1500 Riley & Wolseley.
Thanks Mervyn, I like the idea of a Wolseley 1500 or Riley 1.5 too.
Id say bye bye to the Renault and big truck.... so much room in the shed then for tinkering and few bob in the pocket for bits.
I don't think big Dodge is going anywhere, the 4CV I'm not sure as I do like it a lot, we'll see .. thanks for watching