1:32 That awkward moment when you are doing 300mph and a Ford Consul passes you as if you are standing still.

@pauricboylan3571

4 жыл бұрын

He stated that they weren't actually going 300mph just camera sped up trickery.

@B.A.P_Golden_Eagle.

4 жыл бұрын

He’s doing, what, 400, 450 mph. Damn, that little ford engine is certainly getting a workout.

@ian_b

3 жыл бұрын

@@B.A.P_Golden_Eagle. Underestimated car, the Ford Consul.

@Goldenrod01

3 жыл бұрын

@@pauricboylan3571 thanks for clarifying, I really thought that consul was driving at 400mph

@Endidixknsej

3 жыл бұрын

@@Goldenrod01 🤣🤣🤣

I like how when they’re passing the bridges it sounds like someone is doing the sound effect by just blowing lol

@yeh.80

3 жыл бұрын

Probably blowing on his hot cup of tea

@roadreg1820

3 жыл бұрын

I think that’s exactly what they did. Genius 🤣

@dronespace

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeh.80 😂

@gavinclark6891

3 жыл бұрын

@@roadreg1820 yeah, sounds like sound was added back in after it was sped up.

@subhamjha6562

3 жыл бұрын

0:45 yes lol😂😂

Even at 300 MPH he got overtaken :-)

@khafidzainulyaqien5996

4 жыл бұрын

Njir ngakak

@tobityp2

4 жыл бұрын

Naaah, i assume he only drove about 200 mph at this particular moment..

@28YorkshireRose12

3 жыл бұрын

Aye, bloody fast, them old Fords!

@tjteknik1

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that... I was in a hurry.

@billsticker

3 жыл бұрын

My Dad's old Ford Zodiac by the look of things.

So people have been hogging the middle lane for over half a century.

4 жыл бұрын

Here, in Portugal, the middle lane must have some kind of chocolate smell, people don't keep to the right... almost never. On the other hand, the right lane has a real cool asphalt, because it's much more less used. xD

@Karmy.

4 жыл бұрын

I always use the right lane so I don't have to try to change lanes when I need to exit

@User-1543

4 жыл бұрын

Middle lane should always be used if you’re commuting down the interstate. Left lane for passing slower traffic ahead of you IN THE MIDDLE LANE. And the right lane is to be used to get over to exit off the interstate. The middle lane isn’t meant to be the go fast lane.

@drewv3293

4 жыл бұрын

v52gc it’s ok to do that .... lol

@ianlehman8342

4 жыл бұрын

They've also been passing in the wrong lane like always. ( for left-hand drive; People often pass in the right lane instead of the left lane designed for passing, vice-versa for right-hand drive it seems)

0:43 someone is literally dubbed themselves making a swooshing noise with their mouth

@chfsunf1ower296

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@glenquagmire4232

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@staravs360

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Red_Dusk

3 жыл бұрын

Yeet

@SCUMMY4205

3 жыл бұрын

vrooooommmm

Fast and furious vintage edition

@markwright3161

3 жыл бұрын

Fast and Furious 100, speeding ticket down memory lane :)

@sp4msolo724

3 жыл бұрын

@@markwright3161 it's better than F9. More realistic

@grantmitchell9034

3 жыл бұрын

There was a movie called fast and furious made in the 50s

@OverdriveCz

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@eriksantoso1741

3 жыл бұрын

@@grantmitchell9034 1970s also

The emptiness of the motorway is unreal compared to todays nightmare of enduring them.

@benwilliams6081

4 жыл бұрын

Jackie Tearie : and thre kids - one each.

@schweizerd6303

4 жыл бұрын

our motorways are even more empty today

@markhenley3097

3 жыл бұрын

This was when motorways were new, and the trains actually ran. Notice how you only see trucks on the motorway too.

@rockinnathan

3 жыл бұрын

and then came the first uk lockdown. empty

@carsandstuff365

3 жыл бұрын

Looks cleaner too

Even 100mph in an Austin A40 would be terrifying.

@dschonsie

3 жыл бұрын

100 mph in a wheelchair....that's really scary

@joeking8028

3 жыл бұрын

Had a 1956 Austin top speed was 90 mph not scary at all at that speed. Very stable,

@malibu188

3 жыл бұрын

Down hill with a strong tail wind 🤔

@joeking8028

3 жыл бұрын

@@malibu188 that's about right

@joeking8028

3 жыл бұрын

@Dacia Sandero guys had one no problem with brakes

Imagine if highways were this open now

@1000guy1

4 жыл бұрын

If the automatic transmission was never invited

@tegrqbruh4158

4 жыл бұрын

I mean they are

@benwilliams6081

4 жыл бұрын

droid4D : Bedfordshire, England actually - the first British motorway - the M1.

@fluffii5601

4 жыл бұрын

Well I think on AutoBahn

@101Volts

4 жыл бұрын

Not gonna kid you, I once drove I-80 for 8 miles at 55 MPH in Pennsylvania in 2014 or 2015 and literally nobody passed me the whole time. I'm guessing traffic was held up that day.

I like how they reach "300 MPH" while some truck in front of them probably doing 270 MPH

You can almost forgive them for tearing up all the railways when early motorways were that empty. If only they could see the motor dystopia they were condemning us to.

@kingprone7846

3 жыл бұрын

indeed. i think it was just a different time and hence people could still with what would be considered very unsafe cars drive 120mph+ and get away with it.

@jayswarrow1196

3 жыл бұрын

No, in fact - you can't. The motor dystopia we've got today is a *result* of their lightheaded approach to the public transport. They just thought "hey, the roads are empty, we don't need trains to travel"... In simple words: you can't treat cattle like a horse and hope it'll find it's own way home - you got to transport one with a _leading head._ (the engineer, or a bus driver in this case.)

@theamazingempiricist

3 жыл бұрын

They knew exactly what they were doing, watch "taken for a ride" to see how this was done in the US

@OffGridInvestor

3 жыл бұрын

If only you could see Australian freeways at midnight. They're far emptier than this. Good when you work nights. And it's extremely rare to see cops out then. Unless someone has crashed.

@kingprone7846

3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridInvestor indeed, i moved to Aus, i usually leave at 0300 in the morning on long distance journeys. no speed cameras, no cops, no idiots.

"We cheated with the camera! 🤭" Oh no we didn't noticed

@loveplane737

3 жыл бұрын

using speed motion in 1961?? cool camera in the past

@colinmoreillon5970

3 жыл бұрын

@@loveplane737 its just sped up film, nothing special.

@alessandromoretti9495

3 жыл бұрын

@@colinmoreillon5970 in 1960s it was like magic I suppose lol

"We must ask you not to do 300mph.... we've only sped the footage up"

Look at those clear motorways. Bliss.

I love how his left foot is literally smashed on the floor

@jrjr9908

3 жыл бұрын

Well you're not supposed to rest your foot on the clutch pedal when driving.

@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut

3 жыл бұрын

@@jrjr9908 facts.......... well u can just youre clutch plate doesnt recomend it

@MrUnder30seconds

3 жыл бұрын

@@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut he didn't say you can't

@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrUnder30seconds r/wooossshhh

@MrUnder30seconds

3 жыл бұрын

@@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut ZZZZoooommm

The "ton-up" boys heaven. Motorways with no speed limits. Longest skidmarks ever was an E-Type on the M1 .estimated speed when brakes locked was 125mph..and the marks were nearly 1000 foot long.. (if my memory serves me well)

1:32 *When you think you are fast and this happens...*

“We are not trying to set the land speed record” ha...if only they knew...

@SCHRANZ3040

4 жыл бұрын

Nicky h225 I’m sure they’d be most delighted knowing that we made and hold the land speed record. :):):)

I like how they did a acapella "sheeewwwp" sound effect as the car swoops through under a bridge

_After 7 years in the deepest depths of KZread, it was time to get recommended._ - this video

This guy just went and got a full tank for 60p... and now you can’t even buy anything in the shop for that

@kyushamx5114

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but 60p back then was alot more then it is now

@JetsetMiner

3 жыл бұрын

A freddo?

@danw1374

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyushamx5114 I can remember when a packet of 20 cigarettes cost just £1.20.

@matthewvwuk

2 жыл бұрын

I like it how the pumps measured the fuel in good old fashioned gallons instead of litres nowadays. Now that we have left the EU I think we should go back to imperial measurements like gallons etc.

Even 60 years later you can tell its the M1 from the style of those concrete over-bridges. And the style of the signposts are virtually unchanged! It must have seemed ultra modern back then! Just a shame you can't say the same about the volumes of traffic!!

@grahammace5060

4 жыл бұрын

How rich Ernie Marples (Transport Minister) got out of all those fat motorway contracts.

Piccadilly looks amazing in the 60s!

@madwatermelon1316

3 жыл бұрын

London was at it's coolest back then but it's slowly lost it's charm.

1 gallon of petrol costed 4 shilligs 8 pences in 1961. For the current money with inflation is around 5.43£ per gallon now :)

@justsomeasshole7388

4 жыл бұрын

Thats still alot

@simonramsay6080

4 жыл бұрын

That's interesting!

@roddydykes7053

4 жыл бұрын

Proud Republican not compared to what it is currently over there. Lot for America maybe

@daveycmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Cool fact, technically then, it's about the same price now. A gallon today (1.22 per litre) is £5.53

@AgentSmith911

4 жыл бұрын

In Texas it's $2 a gal

The Consul overtake really cracked me up. Hilarious 😁😂

We had an Austen A50 - I think this was one in the video. Never mind 300mph, it would never have done 75 either!

These older videos are so awesome! Love it!

So this is 100 mph with 3time faster speed?😅

@kingofrandom4816

4 жыл бұрын

No its 30mph with 10x speed

@hitop2365

3 жыл бұрын

I would hazard a guess at 60-70mph speeded up x5.

@mikebarber1480

3 жыл бұрын

He actually says it is 75mph so speeded up 4 times = 300mph

@uweschollmeyer9409

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend to put the KZread-setting to double speed.

*BEAUTIFUL FOOTAGE! PURE GOLD*

Those empty roads must have been such a joy

I WISH traffic in the middle of the day was still this easy.

1:31 The moment when you're driving 300MPH and someone rushes by.

@satpxl

3 жыл бұрын

The clips speeded

It's hard to believe that the M1 was built without a central crash barrier, the head-ons must have been terrifying. 🚗💥☠️

@stuartd9741

3 жыл бұрын

And 3 trucks side by side in all lanes.

@Derek_S

3 жыл бұрын

My friend bought a second hand E Type in the late 1960's and wanted to see how fast it would go. We joined the M1 at the southern end and he got it up to around 150 mph on the clock, which surprisingly didn't feel very stable, so we slowed down but then realised we had to go miles before reaching a turn off for our return. There was very little traffic in those days so we simply did a u-turn across the central reservation and went back the way we'd come. It wasn't many years after that the Armco was installed on the central reservation as a safety improvement.

The fact that roads were so good back in 60s is what developing nations like India just had in recent past

My Grampa had an Austin Cambridge in the 60’s. I loved going for a ride with him in his Cambridge as a 4-5 year old. But it didn’t do 0-60 in 10 seconds... rather 0-10 in 60 seconds. Life was a lot less hectic then.

0:21 when you realize school starts in 2 minutes and you JUST got into your car:

This is the dashcam footage on Dominic Cummings car when he went up to Barnard Castle last year with the covid, while we were all stuck at home.

@nicholasbell9017

Жыл бұрын

He he!

Withnail making some serious time. If he gets caught he’ll have to get right in the back of the van

@victorymansions

3 жыл бұрын

He only had a few ales.

First time joining motorway at Birmingham to travel to St Albans on the M1 1967 in a Vauxhall Viva one thing I do remember is listening to the Beatles on the radio, those were the days?

@mnd1955

3 жыл бұрын

I learned to drive in a Viva. Good cars for the time.

Thanks, recommendations

my old pickup truck feels like you're going three hundred miles an hour when you're actually only going seventy five.

@nigelclark7360

3 жыл бұрын

Might be only 60 mls an HR.

@nigelclark7360

3 жыл бұрын

They weren't very fast those 1200 cc Austin's.

@Burns11112

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you lower a truck

Motorways, middle lane for overtaking. Third lane for overtaking. The problem of lane hogging has never changed.

Considering that the footage is sixty years old, it's surprisingly good quality.

Love it, the humor and all and this is from my mom's year of birth!

4 Shillings 8 pence per gallon ....WOW !... 5.1p per Litre ! With an attendant to fill it for you. .... But the average wage in 1961 was £750 & now 2021 , is £ 31,000 .. So £ in your Pocket equal to £2.12 per Litre !, & cars then got about about 20MPG to 40 MPG , making motoring about 2x or 3x more expensive per mile.

@broccoliface4501

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the maths

@TonyAquino2023

Жыл бұрын

4 shillings is equivalent to 20 new pence (20p) in decimal money. 8 old pence is 3½ new pence (3½p) in decimal money. However, ½p was demonetised in December 1984 which means 4 shillings and 8 old pence (4/8) would be 24p in decimal money. Since 1 imperial gallon = 4.54609 litres, one litre of petrol at that time would be approximately 5.28p (in 24p / gallon) or 5.17p (in 23.5p / gallon). So, your conversion is correct.

Still looks the same, except now it's just massive potholes, people hogging the middle lane and endless lines of lorries.

Nice to see all my Dinky Toys come to life.

And no armco barriers in the central reservation :)

My dads old Bedford dormobile van would probably just about reach 70 mph, on a good day, with a 3 mile run up, and with a following wind, trouble was at that speed it sounded like an old gas cooker, full of pots and pans, being rolled down a marble staircase. Today’s cars do it in virtual silence, completely understressed, you don’t even know you’re doing it

Petrol: 4 shillings and eightpence per gallon! That's about 23 pence! Or a litre for about 5 pence!!!

@derekth71

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the fuel price was the bit that made me sigh… 😆

@jamesbedford7327

3 жыл бұрын

Its roughly equivalent to 107.5p/litre today

KZread recommending me this I was like it sounds cool

I would love to take my superbike back in time to those roads ..

@t16205

3 жыл бұрын

Those Zephyrs and Consuls whould whip your ass

...and today affluent brits still come to germany to try it for real...

No central reservation barrier. Gallon of petrol 4shillings and 8pennies in old money.

I could have believed it was 300mph but the Austin badge on the front gave the game away.

@sidecarbod1441

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, everyone knows that they were only good for about 250 MPH

I am very much happy to see this video 👍

No sensation of speed is just how I felt on the motorway as a child. 0:45: Luton & Dunstable railway line

You also get to see a bit of historical London in the end.

Man speeding back in the day looked fun af

Bonnet mascot adds to a cars character 😊

Great video !!!! 😁

Ha ha ha fkn hilarious, love it, see the old Austin got smoked by the "new" 350mph..... Mk 11 Zodiac, wonderful vid. ....needs to press the brown brouge shoe down a bit harder LOL

Who would have thought... 300 mph in an old Austin Sounds feasible

Love the vintage two tone paint job! Seems the only colors available now are either white or grey. Greetings from a Brit residing in the USA.

@phillipecook3227

3 жыл бұрын

We had an Austin Cambridge - MAROON with a stripe!

Vintage sped up video!

@benwilliams6081

4 жыл бұрын

Burton's Attic to speed up the footage on a film cine camera, you SLOWED DOWN the speed at which the camera took the frames. This speeded up the result to the viewers.

No speed limits back then because hardly anything could hit 70mph without breaking down

@ToyKingWonder

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know about British cars on British Roads. However, in the US, in the 60s to the 80s, we would take cross country trips, from LA to Chicago, Denver to LA, etc, about once a year. Our first car was a 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Wagon. That was replaced with a 1966 Buick. Finally, a 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. We never broke down, and yes, all drum brakes, non-radial tires. One time in Denver the Cadillac got some bad fuel and started hesitating, a shop visit resulted in a new fuel filter. Another time we came out of a restaurant and we had a flat tire. That was about it. Back then all the interstates were 75mph and my dad would cruise at 80+. The reality is that since the late 50s, most cars were extremely reliable and we had well-traveled interstate freeways to prove it.

@BillyNoMates1974

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToyKingWonder probably because in the USA most engine sizes are quite a bit larger than in the UK. Back then an Austin 3 Litre was considered a large engine. Most engines were of the 1.8L to 2.0L sizes

@t16205

3 жыл бұрын

@@BillyNoMates1974 Come on! Most engines were 1.0L to 1.6 liter.. High end cars could have a 2.0L, but not most cars. On the other hand they were effective

People actually got out of your way in the passing lane in the 60's? Take me back

I'm amazed by how British infrastructure was so advanced even in the early 1960s. Truly impressive!

I would love to live in that time and own a car, look how empty the roads are.

Uploaded 5 years ago and just now I’m watching it

Beautiful So Clean !

Gotta love the music, man... It's so jazzy, crazy and delightful, just like the commentator's voice itself, and fits really well with driving back in those times... Btw, I could've sworn at 1:50 that car was about to kill a pedestrian and crash like 4 times.

I want one of those 150 mph Bedfords.

300 MPH Austin Cambridge? Must have that new Ingenium engine in it!

@robinburn4974

3 жыл бұрын

The two tones always went faster

@JohnSmith-pd1fz

3 жыл бұрын

++@@robinburn4974++ Yes I remember them. I had a two tone green one for a while. Wish I had it now!

Oh how they love the shot of the foot pressing the gas

300mph in the Austin. Sweet. This is why we love old cars.

The days when you could get 4 gals/£1. I recall my father being outraged that before long petrol would soon be £1/gal.

@jennifernicholas523

3 жыл бұрын

I remember driving from North London to Beverley in Yorkshire and refilling the tank in my Consul for £2.50

@blankroomsoup666

3 жыл бұрын

But you’d also earn about £5 a week?

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my father saying people would take their cars off the road if petrol reached £1 per gallon. I can just about remember it being 80p.

@gavcom4060

3 жыл бұрын

did you forget about inflation?

The impact of mass immigration and uncontrolled population growth isn't evident in this film. People must have been so unhappy back then

@keithdukes5990

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what a miserable time it must have been!!! Lol!

@seltaeb9691

3 жыл бұрын

I'm misty eyed..

I love the woosh sound when it passes an overpass

Love the sound effects, clearly a guy making those noises into a mic

Those were the days of traffic never to be seen again. Wow, I lived through something that no one will ever again experience.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle

3 жыл бұрын

You might see it again. I suspect the era of affordable private car ownership is coming to an end.

@sbcap3809

3 жыл бұрын

You may have a point there, as most freedoms are now beginning to be refused. Didn’t take more than 75 years to go back to serfdom. If you have heard old Charlie Swabyee, you will own nothing, so private cars are not the only thing you will no longer be deprived of.

@dingo137

3 жыл бұрын

It was like that (maybe even less traffic) about a year ago in the first lockdown. It was a weird feeling to drive on an empty M6.

back when media and corporate made informative adverts for adults instead of dumbing everything down to make all adverts sound like childrens

I’m glad they explained they sped the footage up, I got really confused

There's a film like this with a train going from London to Edinburgh (I think) at something like 500mph. I must have last seen it about 40 years ago on TV 😂

M1 Birmingham?

I remember the motorways before they imposed the 70mph speed limits, whatever you’re car could do flat out that was fine, problem was when you came back down to 50/60 it feels like 5mph and even with the little traffic around then there were some horrific accidents leaving the motorways and crossovers with no central barrier that was always a mess two metal lumps into one mangled red stained lump not nice

@stuartd9741

3 жыл бұрын

Always wonder if there's wasn't a fuel crisis in 73, would there of been an actual national speed limit of 70mph?

The lack of trees and plants that block out the sounds makes everything look so... vast!

Wow, person writing the description redefining the word 'dedicated'

Great days, when you could be proud of your country.

No Austen would do 300mph

@xboxcontroller4811

4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Tucker that car would be shaking at 65 MPH

@simonramsay6080

4 жыл бұрын

*it's Austin (not Austen)! I think that model would have had a top speed of 80mph. It looks an A50/55. Obviously the film was sped up.

@SillyGoose778

4 жыл бұрын

@@simonramsay6080 That's what they said in the video iirc

@grahamstanton6500

4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Tucker Austin did 192.62mph in 1954 in bonneville

@andrewallen9993

4 жыл бұрын

The Lancaster bombers Austin made would go faster than 300mph :) And in the 1940's too!

Proof we should be able to max our cars on the motorways

A average day on the Autobahn... but who is this madman passing on the right?!?

Pristine quality

75mph in 1961. 50mph in 2021. Improved a lot 👍

Love how little certain things have changed

I love the Tom & Jerry background music

If he were driving an electric car this video would last 2 hours showing it charging even speeded up.

@mrcaboosevg6089

3 жыл бұрын

The M1 was only 75 miles so i think he'd be okay

60 years before Bugatti 💪

@Themadtaxi

4 жыл бұрын

kachow! Bugatti existed since the early 30s at least

@MadKingJorge

3 жыл бұрын

Try opening a book some time.

The good old days when the roads didnt have traffic :D

You wanna see the M1 today, you’d do well to do 30mph. It’s got more in common with a car park