Dragging an old Mercedes out of a shed at the seaside? We went there with that intention.
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- Will attempts to bury PPC forever before Ben, fresh in from Istanbul, drags Will back from the brink with an offer he can't refuse: a rusty old Mercedes hidden away in a barn/shed. This is our first ever (proper) CZcams episode of Practical Performance Car.
Why is Will in a field with a shovel? Find out here: • PPC's Will Holman, som...
All three cars and a small mountain of spares are all for sale. Up for a challenge? Get in touch on ben@ppcmag.co.uk we'll connect you with the owner.
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A good first effort guys, onwards and upwards,
PPC IS BACK!!!! 🎉🎊
Bollocks tubers love a little waffle, I thought for a first go if you re an old ppc fan, this is the way forward. Subscribed straightaway best of luck Will and Ben 1st class this will grow !
Interesting! This is my dad’s car - he just sent me the link.
It will start by the way, just needs a few sprays of Ezy Start.
Been a few years since I saw it!
I have lots of fond memories of sitting in the back when it was his daily driver. I would have been about 10 probably.
The W123s have deteriorated a bit in that time 😁
Great to have PPC back!
It might not win any oscars but then PPC mag cars don't win concourse competitions!
Better than my feeble attempts!
I would do a recap of the PCC years with some footage of £999 challenge and the events and let us know what you plan to do in the future. Barn finds, visiting car collections and driving mad cars and some spanners.
Really pleased to see my favourite mag is going to be on youtube!
Was expecting an introduction video of what's going to be happening in the future, but instead a day trip to look at a rusty diesel Merc, maybe they were going to buy it for a mad engine conversion.....nope. Strange vid & not sure how this is relevant to PPC?
Good luck with this Lads, I hope you can get some good content like the mag used to have & hopefully DW's workshop will be part of it!
Hey good first try lads, great to have you back.
I'd love to see a video of all the mags writers and staffs cars, Wills LPG sec, how many cars has Kev got now, how light is Mankee's Locost these days? There's no way Ed Hall still owns that Chrysler?
All the best, keep on keeping on 🤘
So glad you guys are back!
Video/audio quality will improve with practice. Stick at it and looking forward to see what content you bring.
Great first attempt guys. At times the audio could have been better but that’s my only bit of (constructive) criticism. I’m sure things will only get better
I am over the moon that you guys are back. Miss the mag and now at 40 I finally have a worthwhile feature motor. S63, cheaper than a new family hatch back and rapid as fuck Mmmmmmm
I'm sure this channel will be one of the best. Dirty hands ahead 😊
Onwards and upwards.. this is great .. I really hope things skyrocket like other car channels have and bring the rewards.
AHH lads you could've at least tried to start it 😂 I love those 'will it start videos' 😂🤦♂️
Glad to see ppc rising from the ashes. Always fun to see a properly entombed car, hopefully someone will be happy to spend an epic weekend extracting it, and a year of their spare time welding it up and sticking an OM606 in it. (LHD probably a bonus for that)
Great to see you back, hoping to see more cars with ground breaking, out the box ideas chopped up and modified out of scrap bits in a shed.
That would be ideal for me.
Anyone cracked onto RWD tfsi conversions yet? Surely they are the currently available breakers yard 350+ hp capable engine? One of them in anything from a triumph dolomite to an e46 would be excellent.
So glad you guys are back!!!
Thank you! Glad to be back 😃
The magazine was the only one worth buying back in the day; this could easily become the best CZcams channel
Thanks for the kind words, Tom! Let's see what we can do. We'd love to hit the heights of PPC the magazine on here too
This is my first Youbookfacetube thing, so I have no point of reference, but much like the much missed mag, I enjoyed it 🙂
Looking forward to more ...
As soon as I heard Sarfend was the destination I knew this would end badly......
@9:00 Run awaaaayyyyy!!!!
You need to invest in a decent jump pack if you’re going to view any more cars like that…. I think you made the right choice leaving that where it was!
Easy watching much like the mag was easy reading 👍
Great to see a new dawn for my favourite car magazine, and you visited my home town in the first video!
Good work lads- breath some life back into it! Plenty of old PPC ephemera around still here, and plenty of stories to tell about that golden era! We were hooked on the mag at uni!
Also… how does that merc end up so far buried… oh wait… I know. Hoarding like me! Do you want a project 944 that’s a little less abandoned and only has an abandoned Volvo to move out of the way? 😂
Don't tempt us like that 🤣
A brilliant first episode, really enjoyable, roll on the next episode.
Good work guys!
Great first effort. Looking forward to more.
Would need a sharper intro to hook new viewers rather than just PPC stalwarts but the personality was there. Good stuff!
🖐🏽Let's Continue...
To solve the sound issues get some microphones 👍
But other than that, the random style is a perfect transition from page to screen
When I saw the state of the cars outside I thought ‘hope it’s not one of them!’, then you went inside and my hopes went up. That car was pretty rough though. I think you made the right decision to leave it where it was. You’d have had to pay me to bugger about extricating it from there. 😜
I wouldn’t worry whether that diesel turns over or not, I’d weigh that in and look for a 500 v8 to pop in there
Made me miss my nato green c250td even more after watching that lol
Long commute
Great to see PPC back at it. Interesting but audio a little off at times. Keep going, I was there for very first mag right thru to the end, this will improve just like the mag did!
So not only can you guys throw a few pages of content and photos together you appear to be pretty good at editing some good footage together too! I imagine, as with the magazine, a lot of work has gone into this. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this channel, well done and thanks for giving it a go. Oh and I may eventually have some content for you too!
Sounds good! We're always looking for things to feature. Thanks for your support 😁
very enjoyable, i was wondering how many years of vids it would take to get it back on the road if you bought it though :)
Visit the top chopped rolls at its new owner! That I would like to see.
Sounds like an idea!
Lots of Mercedes projects like that
In Missouri except interiors are usually sun damaged..
Lots of cracked dashboards I'd imagine?
@@ppcmagazine oh definitely. Sun bleached paintwork too. And a few redneck ones with exhaust pipes through the bonnet….( don’t ask)🙄
Welcome back! Just one tip, invest in some decent microphones.
Yup! Can't disagree with you there. We've got some recommended lav mics now! Onwards and upwards 😁
All three need helicoptering out 😂
We were thinking to find a local crane company in Southend but yeah perhaps a helicopter might be easier 🤣
@@ppcmagazine 😂
I was born in Southend.
Access to remove that Merc is a piece of cake - not sure what sor, or where to find it though..
I really need to get my 928 sorted and running again or that will be me in 20 years - we get so attached to cars we convince ourselves we will restore one day…. p.s Also in Oundle 😂
We'll drag the Merc out if you drag your Porsche out 🤣
Swing and a miss boys. Too much woffle and the audio is inconsistent.
Meh, that comes with time. There is an art to good audio and on screen chemistry and the only way that works is starting somewhere and this is a good start I think. A funk load better than my first videos! 😂
😮😮😮😮😮
Haha! Not for me!
Please take this constructively! Sound was poor, quiet speech with loud music in between - had me turning volume up and down. Quite a lot of preamble to a video where nothing happened. Was left not quite sure what you were trying to do.
I know it’s difficult being filmed - I think a bit more personality which I know Will has in spades would be a good thing.
I look forward to future videos - maybe staff car updates and actually buying something 👍🏻
Appreciate the honest feedback, Matthew. This is exactly what we want (and need) so we can improve our stuff and make this a success. We had a bit of back and forth on the preamble and whether it was too long or it was setting the scene/introducing us. Hopefully Ben will actually buy something soon 😆 Looking forward to the next one and we hope you are too!
I'd like to hear about the things you're going to check when looking at a certain car, especially the ones that one finds out about the hard way by having owned multiple examples of that car.
Obviously in this case there wasn't a lot of room to crawl under etc. but perhaps an idea for future episodes.
I wouldn't buy that 😅 Cool find though
More staff cars please, focus on your sound and editing. Hope you find your style and it hooks people. You dont have to be a carbon copy of other channels but look for some stuff to draw from. Maybe look towards the likes of jonny smith.
Just what I was thinking. Johnny sets the bench mark
Your joking right Johnny smith doesn't know his arse from his elbow.
@@craigwalker4211 Totally agree.
@@craigwalker4211 Jonny always edits his videos well. Not all of his stuff is to everyone's taste, but then who's is.
He should try doing some research instead of just repeating internet waffle, tried to watch several of his posting but he gets even the basic stuff wrong he was same on TV.
One of the reasons he's not on mainline TV anymore.
What happened to the V6 allegro he was trying to blag anyone into building , last I heard everyone had twiged & was refusing to help.
He's a poor man's mike brewer
Don't know which car is worse the two outside or the one in the shed and it's diesel and left hand drive and all of them needs welding badly and body work then how much wants doing to engine gearbox and the hippie speaks like a public school boy 😂 🤣 do hes little finger stick up when drinking hes tea and eating hes cumber sandwich it's going to be difficult to get them out of the garden
He's more of a coronation chicken kinda guy to be honest 🤣
@@ppcmagazine that's a good one 🤣😂 I used to read your magazine was good shame it stopped it's the sign of the times the internet killed alot of different things
@@petergrinnell2500 yeah, spot on. Hopefully we can keep our revival going and make PPC something viable again!