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- Part one of two. The boys have been entered into the Majorca Classic Car Rally but first they need a car! So with £3,000 burning a hole in their pockets, its off to a car auction.
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You know its bad when even the auctioneer is laughing at you
i know rite? lmao
The auctioneer was awesome, he's my fav part.
Lmao x
They took 3 grand to a classic auction looking for something to go on the road right away with so they could hardly be picky
He could hear Jeremy laughing. If you were there in the auction house his laugh was echoing across the room.
**Something Falls Off Hammond's Car**
Hammond: "My granddad didn't build that bit"
*Whole car falls apart*
Hammond: "Granddad must've been out sick when this one was built!" 😂
It later turned out that his granddad actually hadn't built anything about that car. It was built at a different factory.
This is going to be my excuse for everything from now on.
**breaks my arm**
"My grandad didn't build that bit"
@@doctoremil2678 ahhhh... so his OTHER granddad was crap at building then
@@SMPandanic Who knows...
Never bid for the first car, never go bid-crazy, never wait for the last lot. The three sins of the auctions perfectly done by the TG Boys.
Which was probably the point.
***** I assume they were told to do this
Ilya Jolteon
They wouldn't have been told to do this, they'd have decided to do it themselves.
Ilya Jolteon hammond probably yes. but not for the other two, look at their face just after they'd bought the car. it was a genuine expression
Hanif Purbaya Maybe they were each told to do the specific thing, but was told that the other two werent told to do anything.
you know its bad when the auctioneer is trying not to laugh
Anshul Balaji are you ok?
Nigga tf you saying
@@anshulbalaji2622 are you trying to tell them something?
@@Swrvn I need context, what did he say?
Anshul Balaji Its because you deleted your comment
I love how Hammond is so happy his grandfather built the car he is in.
That car actually look gangsta :D. I love the look of it
At the end of the show, it was revealed that that particular Lanchester was built in a different factory, and not by Hammond's Grandfather. It was the bombshell the show ended on.
@@prabhatsourya3883 so he was right his grandfather didn't make the arm rest
@@brainboyandthefunkybunch6516 Yes, technically, he was right 🤣
And then says my grandfather never built that
The reaction of Jeremy when the Citroen pulled up
The whole sequence is hilarious!
"There's plenty more coming through"
"Ladies and gentlemen this is the last lot!"
(out comes the Citroen)
The music is perfect as well
His laugh was contagious
It was a bit of anti-climax tbh 🤣
To be fair may ended up buying the citroen from bbc, so he fell in love with it. When it comes to old things thats really the only thing that matters.
I love this for the very fact that unlike some of their scripted segments you can tell Jeremy is genuinely astonished at Hammond buying the Lanchester
"Still, at least my car wasn't medieval."
31.7 seconds i can walk 60mph faster than that
The car does have a proper ignition! The crank was there in case you lost the ignition key :)
@@THEGRANDTOUR-kt3jh I really can
@@matthewjones9259 good dude 😂
@@THEGRANDTOUR-kt3jh no not really but it feels like it
Hammond's strategy made me laugh a little too hard -- probably one of his best lines ever.
It worked.
@@MrWolfSnack And ended up with the worst car of the trio hahahahaa
Engine falls out of the car
Richard: Grandad didn't build that
James : "My patience will be rewarded"
Gets a Citroen
+Kieran H but by far the best value for money, for a car that looks to have had a full restoration not too long ago. £1500 for a rust free drivable classic with an MOT is a bargain. that healey was rather overpriced to be honest (british classics are going up in value, so if you can net one cheap now, do so!!) and that lanchester was only fit for the scrapheap. not luxury enough for a wedding car, undesirable body shape and being a rebadged Daimler, horrifically expensive to repair.
James: plenty more to come
auctioneer: we now come to our last lot of the day
James thinking 'shit' sees car (thinking) 'shitting shit'
***** good point wonder if he thought cocking cock when he saw the car
+insanitybiker It's too bad whoever restored it kept the original engine. I would've scrapped that paper weight and put the Super's 4cyl in it, at least then it'd be close to original and would've had a good bit more torque.
It occures to me the Citroen wasn't really the last car in the auction, else everyone else would have gone home by then. TV "tweaks" to the storyline methinks. :)
4:39 you know you are getting a raw deal when the auctioneer laughs at your bid.
i love how the guy behind them is getting a real kick out of it
Right, this is what made me laugh histerically at first. Both of them are Having a laugh at Mays expense. Like You are SO fucked mate.
Name Sir.....James," James the Bloody Imbecile May.
That was probably you.
"What a dismal racket" my new favorite line from the whole series
one of the most british lines i've heard
Shut up nerd boy
That turn signal at 8:54 is the coolest thing ever
That's a semaphore if I'm not mistaken
I think they're called Trafficators. Thought semaphore was messages via flags. I could be wrong though!
Trafficators were REALLY stupid. They weren't easy to see, used to come out without any driver input, sometimes wouldn't go back in and were so flimsy that you could easily get out, not notice they were there, and then walk through them and snap them off. And it's not as if they were even needed. A flashing indicator light is not complicated and first appeared in 1938. The fact that trafficators like this one actually had lights in them is obviously Lanchester taking the piss. Especially in 1953.
Imagine being hit in the head with it.
Volf both terms can be used
Love how the auctioneer looks up at James at 4:08 as he knows he hasn't got a car yet XD XD
this genuinely looks quite unscripted. they all look well exited and clarkson looks well surprised when he finds out he bid 3.6k on the car.
believe it was
M me ayudas
Because Jeremy is an actor first and foremost
Why you peeps hating on Jeremy the bloody bloke is a legend don't hate appreciate
@@Kenneth-ff5ceJeremy rules. All the guys do.
"The Teeside Yesteryear Motor Club - how much do I not want to go out for dinner with anyone who's a member of that." hahaha
so, Hammond just bought fake taxi..
lol
I wonder what the forensics squad would make of one of those...
LOL
And made by his grandfather
lollll!
"What the hell is this? It's an Austin 70, I'm NOT interested, cracks me up every time Jeremy says that!
it's a Austin 7 not a Austin 70
Why?
@@Harvester236 I'm pretty sure that the members of that club would feel the same about that loud mouthed thug
Austin 7 is basically Britains version of the Ford Model T, they were everywhere in England and easily modified.
@@1183newman they had more varients (etc: chummy, ulster 2 seater, ruby, swallow, meteor, pearl and loads more)
I would've gone for that Cortina defiantly.
Coltallic i know what's wrong with it it's just basically a cheap Capri
03:08 help, please, what's that? some triumph or what?
@TheKenjoje, that is a Rover P6 base, most likely a Rover 2200. mid to late 70's, 2-liter, roughly 130hp when new.
hard to make out what the grille badge says, but it could be "TC" referring to the 2200 TC (don't ask me why TC, it is naturally aspirated), or it could be "V8" which would be the Rover 3500 with a Buick small-block making roughly 210hp when new.
@@Esubalol I think "TC" in Rover terminology was "Twin Carburettors"...
For the record, here are all the issues that made Hammond's Lanchester fail its MOT, courtesy of the Ministry's own MOT check tool:
Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
Service brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7) Dangerous
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7) Dangerous
Steering component damaged and unserviceable (2.2.C.1d)
Steering system fouling (2.2.D.2a)
Nearside Steering system lock to lock check exposes a seriously damaged brake hose (2.2.D.2b)
Nearside Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake pipe (2.2.D.2b)
Power steering pipe(s) or hose(s) leaking (2.3.3b)
Braking system leaking (3.6.A.1)
Nearside Headlamp missing (1.7.3)
Offside Headlamp missing (1.7.3)
Nearside Leaf spring shackle bracket corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.B.6d)
Offside Leaf spring shackle bracket corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.B.6d)
Nearside Leaf spring shackle bracket rivet missing (2.4.B.6c)
Offside Leaf spring shackle bracket rivet missing (2.4.B.6c)
Nearside Direction indicators not working (1.4.A.2c)
Horn control missing (1.6.1)
Horn not working (1.6.2a)
Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
Nearside Front Wheel nut(s) loose (4.2.A.1e)
Offside Front Wheel nut(s) loose (4.2.A.1e)
Nearside Rear Wheel nut(s) loose (4.2.A.1e)
Nearside Rear rear brake binding (3.7.B.1)
Offside Obligatory mirror missing (8.1.1)
Nearside Front Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Offside Front Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Offside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Rear Exhaust mounting missing (7.1.1b)
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Exhaust emits clearly visible black smoke during acceleration (7.3.A.2c)
Exhaust emits excessive dense blue smoke during acceleration (7.3.A.2c)
Front registration plate insecure (6.3.1b)
Rear registration plate missing (6.3.1a)
Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by damage (6.1.C.1)
Spare wheel insecure (6.4.2)
Driver's door does not latch securely closed (6.2.B.1a)
Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Vehicle structure has a fracture which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
lmao
Wow
are this for real?
So was there anything that actually _worked?_
@@JamaicanCastle The seats, methinks
"Go ugly early." I wonder if this is how Hammond met his wife.
drummertimmy100 ooh savage
drummertimmy100 his wifes a beautiful woman 😁
Complete savage bro hope Hammond sees this comment
Marry Christmas Tbf Hammond is way out of his wife's league lol.
He couldn't remember if he was married once
At 7:52 Hammond said his car was built in 1953, every car built before 1960 in the UK is tax and mot exempt, Therefore he doesn't theoretically need a mot, just a slip from the post office saying it is still on the road.
Good thing about that car is that it wouldn't go fast enough to hurt anyone anyway.
But that wasn't the case when this was filmed, that happened about ten years later.
Weird rule. So a car built 50 years ago that can potentially be in a condition that presents danger on the road for both driver and other vehicles is exempt from testing?
Yes, crazy isn't it?
@@furman761 Yep. And this year, it was changed to rolling 40-years old
Personally I dig Jamess car. It's a nice color and it's in a really good condition for the year. Plus it just looks different than your average vehicle, even for that year, and I like stuff like that.
James moving his hand to demonstrate Jeremy’s windscreen level was so wonky it was like when your 10 on the playground and you move your hand up to show how much taller you are then someone even though they are about a foot taller than you
My new years resolution:
I got to stop watching these Top Gear clips one after the other on U-Tube.
I'm not trying to be picky or something, but it's "CZcams", not "U-Tube," sir.
***** Are you new to the internet? U is used to shorten "you"
yes I know that, but U-Tube sounds like another Nazi hidden weapon.
there was only 1 U thing that nazi's made....so nope
U-Tube would be the product of a merger between the London Underground and the Berlin U-Bahn
I would've gotten that Triumph Spitfire
Chris Molyneaux Me too. The Citroën is nice too though
That Cortina Clarkson bid on looked nice too.
Jet166 That would've been my choice even if I went over budget
Same, it was dressed in such a funky color.
I had a friend with a GT6 that colour, all the birds at Fort Dunlop shat on it... feathered variety that is...
0:12 0 to 60? I'll give you a few seconds to have an educated guess.
my thoughts: "it can't do 60?"
0-60.
Yes
@@Argent_Meta
He's also meant to say can
Not can't
“Still, at least my car wasn’t *medieval”*
😆😂🤣
I’d expect nothing less from James, who, *to this day,* still lives in the 1950s. His car’s probably older than he is. 🤣
James May was born in 1963, so you’d be right...
"My grandad didn't build that part" "Day off maybe" LMAO
The MOT results actually weren't faked, they actually were real problems that the car had. There was 42 problems with the car & 2 of which were dangerous ones.
If you screenshot the paperwork and read back over it from the JPEG, you can see which MOT centre it was, the date and time of the test, and all the issues. It was real. I suspect the producers did know about the cars before the auction and instructed which of them would bid on what. Now there might be more to the story that they didn't actually know what was wrong with their cars, just what car they were told to get.
Yeah,and it's the exact same model as the one my dad used to have before selling it to buy a Fiat Brava!
Oof
I had a fiat brava paid £80 lasted 4 yrs great little car till gearbox failed
@@volt8684 how much?!
@@volt8684 I love the fiat brava, shame they are so rare in the UK
@@etam8099 that's some bullshit, theres no way a full size car can cost 80 pounds, unless its just the frame and the tires. ROFL
I love that the auctioneer chuckles slightly at James as the bid keeps getting higher and higher 😂
lol my granddad didn't build the gear box. This arm rest is adjustable, oh my granddad didn't build that somebody else did, maybe his day off or something lol
It was made by someone else's grandad in the end. =P
i know
More like his gramps never even touched the car
May, Hammond, and Clarkson made the show, really.
RisingJake
Well said Sir.
RisingJake true
RisingJake x#
The cars were just props.
They *were* the show, but you got the order the wrong way round.
7:35 ah the good old iPhone
Jeremy's laugh at 4:13 is contagious 😂🤣
you know it's bad when James starts saying "POWER!!!"
I would've gone for the purple car, and, if allowed, repainted it black, red or British Racing Green. If not, well, I guess I could handle the purple.
Any of those probably would've been better than that Citroen. The Beetle that he hates would've been better, it handles better and is quicker, which says a lot.
+snakesonaplane2 But the Citroen is amazing!
Scott Sherman All I can really say for it, is it looks like someone had recently restored it so it's in good shape, didn't give him any mechanical trouble. I'd restore it with the 4 cyl and an electronic ignition.
+snakesonaplane2 I do agree with you that it obviously had been well looked after and restored. I would also make it a wee bit faster and easier to start.
Scott Sherman Hence the 4 cyl and electronic ignition, solve both those problems. Not like the 4 cyl was any sort of powerhouse, but it has a lot more power in comparison the the 2 cyl, lot more low end torque to get it moving.
5:02 Push button start... in *1953!*
Most did.....the idea of putting it in the key barrel came later.
@PoRtLaNdIaBoI True, but still, we had the concept of it 50/60 years ago.
they had push button start in 1919. the Model T from 1919-1927 had push button start.
@@bretsutherlandsterriblemem8439 Gotcha!
MichaelD8393 it was actually a pretty marvellous thing at the time, what could be done with electricity, i bet the consumers of that time thought of it as magic.
"It's like driving around inside a radiogram"
4:30 even the announcer was laughing at James😂😂
7:30 plot twist: Richard’s grand-dad had the day off when this car was made.
9:50 That MOT guy reminds me of that skit of the ship whose front fell off :D
Pretty amazing that James was able to buy a classic Citroen that seemed to be in mint condition for 1500 pounds. Thats just over 2,100 USD.
“what a dismal racket” LMFAOOO
4:07 the first and second reassuring laugh always gets me.
5:26 I’ve always loved how offended and defensive Jeremy looks when Hammond says he’s bought a Midget
I mean… Hammond wasn’t wrong 😂
"Its what I do in a night club"... flash...flash....flash... XD
4:13
The way it just came out of the crowd and the soundtrack was just hilarious 😂
0:15 "'The Teeside Yesteryear Motor Club'. HOW much do I NOT want to go out for dinner with ANYONE whose a member of THAT."
One of the best episodes IMO. Still fresh and so many hilarious scenes almost the entire segment
The second part was sadly deleted 😢
I know it was dragged pretty heavily during the show, but James’ Citroen is the best car out of them all.
Nah, the midget is actually pretty cool
This is hands down one of the best moments ever.. keep watching this over and over..
Legend has it that the MoT inspector is still telling Richard about flaws on his car to this very day..
''It's an Austin 7''
''....I'm not interested!'' lmao Jeremy Clarkson is the main reason I love old Top Gear
The classic car that caught my eye was the 74-75 Rover 3500, that's definitely one of my favorite British classics.
That fella behind these 3 during auction probably having one of his greatest afternoon watching these three bidding. LOL
Jeremy: "It isn't a midget."
James and Richard: "IT IS!"
Starting handle + old Citroen engine "whirl" + May's victorious expression = WIN!!!
How is it that I can watch TG episodes 5 times or more and never once get tired of them?
Hammond....i can only imagine his youth...
"It's a girl, I'm buying her" LOL
oooh he should have bit on the purple car
bid*
It was over £3000 though
He bght the last one on purpose
That was a spitfire (prple one) it wldv blown the other two away
4:22 the pure regret of “I don’t want that” in james’ voice
4:07 last lot
5:55 I love James' scientific methods
At 0:24, the pamphlet Hammond's holding, car on the top cell is the same one James buys in the end.
Foreshadowing at its subtlest.
If I was Jeremy, I would have gone for the Ford Cortina. Looks magnificent in that red.
Funny coincidence, but at 9:55 the car mechanic said "... most of the ..." while the video showed the abbreviations of the car service company where Richard Hammond was repairing the ride
The guy behind james had the best time of his life
i just miss the old show
This never gets old..! Must have watched this 15 times! 😁
8:17 I thought James said "No!" like it couldn't't even reach 60 hahaha
He shoulda got the spitfire :P
agreed
6:08 soundtrack of my youth seeing as how plenty of my family owned Citroen cars and I heard that engine whine quite a lot.
I love how Hammond perfectly described exactly what James would do 😂
The spitfire or whatever it was called at 03:19 was to me the coolest one there.
The one I would have bought.
1:42 This made me go and google up pictures of them when they were young. Did not disappoint.
"We arrived at the wrong place, and then in the right one" 😂😂😂😂😂
2:28 I totally would have put a bid on that car.
song @ 6:13 is kasabian -- swarfiga
5:38 A little tiny Haley😂🖤
"What a dismal racket."
I don't really remember much that I enjoy from this episode (or much at all to be fair), but these 10 minutes are absolute class.
I love how the guys around them are laughing as well
James had the best car and styled it the nicest.
May all the way.
1:50 James’s thoughtful face and eventual shake of head as Richard explains how to ‘go ugly early’ amuses me. Is he deciding against the next car? Or concluding Richard is an idiot?
I also chuckle at the three ‘stages’ of Jeremy laughing at James and the Citroen. At first he’s amused/surprised to hear it’s the last item. Then he sees James’s panic. THEN he sees the car...
I know right. He really panics xD
I think he’s on to something 😂😂😂😂
6:01 they did have ignition keys, the crank was for when you lose it...
This was one of the funniest of the more recent challenges they did.
9:33 thats how my teacher used to describe me ,in front of my parents at school
“It’s ready to rally this one”..gearbox explodes..😂😂
I love the way there was a high chance that his grandfather built the car
I would've had that Cortina, it's also got it's rally history too :)
"Still.. At least my car wasn't Medieval!" 😂😂😂😂
Who do you think you are moment.. this had me laughing 😂😂😂😂
“oh yes, worth every penny”😂
“It’s got the wrong engine, so it’s not worth much.” That’s why God invented crate V8 engines.
That Citroen was so cute
+bugattiincroyable And I'm quite surprised it hadn't a key. The price was ace as well I'd had bought it at that price :P
+Harrie Span Unless it's for rally.
It does have a key, the crank was for emergency use in case you lost the engine key
tdugamer I know
@@owainrose7607 etfdryfsergcseyc7t4r4
I miss these guys so much!!
I love the music when James' Citroen comes through