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I drove one in the army in 1972 all over Germany,reg number 38EL24 it was a 6 wheel 10 toner and only did 30 mph, Christ it sure brings back memories,I once went from HAMELN to munchen gladbach which took 3 days, my arse was killing me when I got back.😂😂

@LordMuck

Жыл бұрын

That was the later Militant. Lovely old things.

@jamesfrench7299

Ай бұрын

Thy polar opposite to today's Euro trucks with back massagers and automated everything.

My Grandad was driving an AEC Matador through Halfaya Pass 1st December 1941, when they took a direct hit from a fighter bomber, everyone was killed, so even though I never knew him, these great old vehicles hold a very special place in my heart, I'd own one tomorrow if I could.

What a wonderful restoration and no wonder Matt has you test drive them Mucka, you went up and down that box like butter 😎 Well done to you all !

Seriously great pieces of kit! Beautiful restorations of iconic vehicles. What a choice to be able to make. Lucky Mucker 👍 Any would be great to see… sorry for being no help!

Love the brutal beauty of these old British bulldogs, AEC, Leyland, Scammel the lot. We need British truck building back!

Love that these old bits of kit are still around and being restored and driven and not sitting in a museum gathering dust or rusting away forgotten somewhere!. Nice one!. Nuff said!. 🙂

Nice collection my Dad used to drive these in the army.He drove them in the .Desert at Suez.

My dad was in suez when he was in the army he was a diesel mechanic he had 32 matadors which was in different states of repair they had no mechanic on the camp so he was billeted in the workshop on his own and the co ordered him to get them all running and serviceable it took him a few months but he used the worst 3 or 4 for spares because then in Egypt there wasn’t any he always talked about mats and said nun of your modern stuff would ever beat a matador many thanks for doing the video it bought a lot of memories back of sitting talking with my dad he passed away 2018

The sounds of the AEC six is so great and that Duck Egg Blue Matador is simply gorgeous.

When my Grandfather did his National Service he did his driving test on a Matchless 250 around an aerodrome. They then told him to take an ambulance to another base. After that he was given the job of driving the entertainment Matador. Great to see these old girls brought back to life.

What a beautiful lineup of old trucks !! FTY was a great choice for a drive, love that colour

I an so proud of what you have done. I’m sick these days, but I would a few years ago, give you what you want for it. That’s beautiful

What a line up! They all are fantastic. I'm with everyone else on taking the Maltese.

That sound is pure joy to my ears! :D I laught so hard on the greta reference

They bring back many happy memories from when I started working in the forestry industry in the 1970s when I was just 16 when most timber companies had one they could take a beating and still keep going british engineering at its best 👌, roy.

That’s a lineup to be proud of Matt👍👌

Great video. I found myself grinning from ear to ear watching those old girls running.

Very nice. I am grateful that people like you and your mates go to so much trouble to save these historical machines!

OPTION 3 - Maltese Mat wins my vote. I’m hoping to get to the AEC show this year, first time for many years. What superb restorations, a real credit to Matt.👍

For some reason, this reminded me of the Stanley Baker movie Hell Drivers. Classic flick.

Those are awesome looking trucks,and great job bringing them back to life 👍🏻

Would love to see the Maltese Mat in the flesh at Newark Love the work of Matador HQ👍👌

I’m a Yank and your channel introduced me to these lovely beasts! Love it!

We really enjoyed this one. Mat is a craftsman he makes a brilliant job of restoring these old ladies. Dad has driven them back in day and loves watching you guys with these. He enjoys all your content but he especially enjoys these ones. We think you should take the Maltese to the show.

The local sawmills here Cessnock NSW Australia had a few Matadors to haul logs out of the mountains, sadly they have all gone to scrap, also the local bus company Rover Mtrs had a few as 'articulated' buses, my late Dad worked for AEC before WW2 and I have always loved them, cheers and thanks for sharing this clip

@LordMuck

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 👏🏻

you are proud and priveledged to drive it and im dead jealous,a great video really enjoyed it and great to see them saved

That is a very nice line up it’s a credit to Mat your self and anyone else who is involved keeping these old girls no the road take the Maltese and have a good show

my dad was in the new zealand army. he drove them to tow guns . great for me to play on.

First class work by a first class chap always willing to help

We called it power steering by armstrong. That's a treat to hear them run. Good video, off to the pub and cheers !

I went to Gaydon when they had a commercial day. Some bloke had a Matador and converted the back for sleeping in. Took him 2 days to drive up from Somerset, said it was hard work and didn't like going in a straight line. He was kind enough to let me sit in the cab and start it up, amazing highlight of a great day.

Henry’s little one 😂😂 Wasn’t ready for that Love it

Got to take the Maltese to the show. And you really should do a ‘will it start’! What could possibly go wrong! 😅

I am now 74 and have an old photo of my dad and his soldier mates all sat across the roof of a Matador . it was during W W 2 in the 8th army . he was a driver on supplies . I myself was an H G V mechanic for Shell Mex and B P from 1970 and we had a mixed fleet with lots of A E C s including Mercury , Mammoth Major . etc . In the 1980s we had a Scammell artic roll over loaded on the approach to a motorway services on the M5 and we had to tranship the load onto another vehicle .luckily the outlet valves were up in the air as it had rolled onto its right hand side . guess what ,the recovery vehicle that pulled it back upright and towed it back to Kingsbury Oil terminal was a Matador . thanks for a lovely video .

As soon as I saw it I was reminded of my old Airfix kit AEC Matador and 5.5 inch gun.

Those old Matadors are bloody hard to drive and you make it look effortless 👏🏻 Well done Podge

My grandad used to drive AEC wagons in the 1950s for his brother, transporting raw cotton from Liverpool to the Cotton mills of Lancashire. The registration number was EOJ 101

@holmofrur

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

For handiness, option 3, mighty stuff Kurt, Matt and Puppo, and fair play Matt, a credit to You Man, huge respect💯👌👍😎

I enjoy Matador videos & all the other content you produce 👌

Boy, can these boys drive..no crunching gears..it’s a privilege to watch you guys in business.

Magnificent, really a bit like a giant Series 1 Landrover, crash box and Armstrong Power Steering.

This reminds me of the film Hell Drivers only more so. All star cast including Sid James as a tough guy.

Next time these 🤓lorries are on a truckshow I need to catch a ferry from cuxhaven and come over to the UK to see them!! Awesome😎

Nice to see these old things going! Cheers for doing it.

Impressive! Thank you for preserving the history!

When I was young living in Kowloon in 1959 we use to go to school in an RAF Matador. What I can remember from that age it was huge. After that RAF Bedford RL Truck then RAF Bedford SB's Coaches, military Grey with red /white vertical stripes on the rear doors and white roof. :)

I remember working in a wood yard as a kid. They had two of these lovely beasts lugging around huge trunks of Elm (when Dutch Elm disease was at it's peak) and I'll never forget the sight of them bouncing the front wheels across the yard because of the weight they were carrying. They were sat running for hours on end chuffing out smoke rings that drifted off across the sky.

Great show, great trucks. Thank you.😊

Those AEC lumps sound fantastic - takes me right back to much better days.

They're all magnificent...one of the many things I love about the Brits...the pride they take in their automotive history..well done, guys!!

Four pieces of history, and look at the quality of work, if those trucks could tell a story ? Keep up the brilliant work 🤗

I love to see the old trucks, it is always a treat to see one out on the road in the sunshine. I think it’s the equivalent of taking Grandad out for the day. I’m sure it’s a treat for the truck. Great video thank you

Keep doing what your doing❤

LOVE Matadors.Saw my first ones in the early fifties.There is an annual fair in what was then a small village on the top of steep hill.The cry would go up in the school yard "the matadors are coming". A local showman had two and these came the long way round as they had signs on the cab roof"Caution Three Trailers".Loved Matadors ever since.

@LordMuck

Жыл бұрын

😂That's brilliant.

The Matador vids are great. I'd love to have one. Look like so much fun to drive

@LordMuck

5 ай бұрын

New Matador series on Patreon.com/lordmuck

I served my Apprenticeship on AEC`S as well as Bedford`s and lots of other stuff too. They were so simple compared to the stuff that are on the Roads today.

Mucking amazing Lord Muck 😊❤👍💪🏻

Has to be the "Maltese Matador"...... she's gorgeous and a real Jewel in the Crown 👍😎👍 Glorious Works by Matt .... and yourself Mucker.......

Deffo option 3, the maltese. Stunning resto on all those - real credit to Ant.

We had these 6 wheel versions in Germany in the early 80,s. I remember it took two of us to steer it around the Barracks in the UK. Noisy as hell half asleep trying to keep on the road. 30mph but will pull like a tank.

@LordMuck

11 ай бұрын

AEC Militants or 'Millys' or 'Knockers'

@seeker1432

11 ай бұрын

@@LordMuck Ah ye. Knocker, I forgot that.

My dad was in the army in Egypt. He drove a Matador back and forth between Port Said and Suez. I remember the photos when I was a kid, he used to tell us about his adventures driving through the desert. He liked it.

What a thrill for you to be able to take this for its first road run since that beautiful restoration just beautiful. The Maltese would be my suggestion.

Maltese is the one I pick. Started getting fields ready for planting a few days ago went well played with the Versatile D145 a little. Now is our favorite time picking stones before planting. 😂😂😂

Amazing sight seeing all beautifully restored Matadors, I would be interested in seeing the Malta Matador at The AEC Society Rally , as live in New Zealand, so will have to wait until the Gazette comes out or video you hopeful do at the rally. Keep up the great work you both do on the Matadors.

It's so nice to see all the old AEC Matadors in working order . Well done to you all . Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming . Lots of us older men love to see all the hard work you put into restoring these old trucks and contractors plant .

Fantastic Mucker really enjoyed that , at the 10.40ish minute in the vid when you were reversing FTY I thought the rear anchor spade was going to dig in and lift you're arse end in the air 😁. And like so many others for me its the Malteser 👌

@LordMuck

Жыл бұрын

It's higher than you think

Awesome work guys, my dad used to run one of these amazing machines all over the south east in the 80’s Very fond memories. Registration number was TAN494F. Just hope it’s still around!

Classic and not an ounce of plastic. These sound better than I could imagine. Very 760 like.

Obviously option 3 They are all fantastic old trucks Matt has done a great job on them 👍👍

If my father was still alive he would have been in his element watching this 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Love these old trucks and what a great restoration job has been done on them.

They all sound so sweet Mucker brings back memories but the start up on the one I drove we had to swing it over on the cranking handle . Cracking video as always buddy. FTY for the show and yes will try to be at the show would love to see them in the flesh again.

The double declutching really brings back memories. You do not often hear that now. (I still do it in my car 65 plate, just cant get out of the habit.)

Took my HGV exam in a Matador in Cyprus whilst serving with RAF at RAF Episkopi circa 1969. Summer in Limassol back streets, no power steering, sweaterama. Passed as my sergeant was the examiner 😂 Last drove ir hauling 4 Bloodhound missiles from RAF Akrotiri to the Bloodhound missile site just past RAF Episkopi, cant remember the sites name; all gone now I suppos Wonder what happened to that Matador.

I used to be a digger driver back in the 70's and we had one of these as a winch recovery vehicle. It also had a had hydraulic operated snow plow that we used to clear roads with in the one in 5 years it snowed. It was bloody scary to drive 40 years ago, must be terrifying to drive now.

The number of these we scrapped over the years! I remember smashing up the winch gearboxes for the big bronze worm gear inside.

Yep, the Maltese Falcon. Such a cool history. Best regards from Indiana, USA.

How can anyone choose one Matador? It’s like showing favouritism to one child. We love ‘em all equally. Bloody fantastic!!!

Impressed how the exhaust cleaned up on the road run ,yes the Maltese Matador is the one to take.

The Maltese Matador would be my pick . Another great video, great time and dedication put into rebuilding the lorries. Well done Mucker 👍 🔧 🚜

Well they say the ‘simple’ pleasures in life are the best , enough about me !!!! What an utterly brilliant video, sun 🌞 shining down , fantastic matadors , such superb restoration work taken place. 👍👍👍👍👍so well done. You forget until your reminded these iconic vehicles are over 80 years old , a testimony to the quality of the engineering really 😃😃.The matador on the road run , how crisp did that engine sound !!!! What a rotten job being asked to take for a drive out , NOT, must of been a brilliant day out !!! Thanks for making the video & sharing, otherwise the rest of us wouldn’t get to see these projects !!!!👍👍👍👍👍Please bring the Maltese matador 😃

was lucky enough to drive one of these back in the late 70s ours had a crane on the back and worked in a saw mill

@LawrenceMclean

Жыл бұрын

Was that in Australia? My Uncle owned a Matador, built a cab for it and put a crane on it; it was used in saw mills near Nowra in NSW Australia in the late 60's.

You guys are heroes to achieve this standard of restoration. I absolutely LOVE the absence of driver comfort (is there a heater?), drag coefficient and stubborn utility design in these lorries. There's beauty in it.

@jackx4311

Жыл бұрын

Drag coefficient? Heater??? Heavens, mate - the only way you could get a Matador to top 36mph was to coast down a very steep hill in neutral - so it's drag coefficient was a purely academic concern :)) As for heaters; heaters were (at best) an optional extra in Brit *cars* until the early 60s, let alone in trucks . . .

@maxwellfan55

Жыл бұрын

@@jackx4311 Excellent!

Great video 👍 gotta be the Maltese Mat for the show 👌 really good demonstration in how to drive a crash box 💪👌

Excellent covers this best I'd say!

Good to the matador s are saved they helped us win the war then after the war still carried on and worked hard ! The best of British!

Never seen one of these trucks, great job at restoring them!

I like these garden sheds on wheels, such a simple purpose built machine with no regards to the operator. These restorations look superb.

It’s got to be the “Maltese”Mucker. The video of you and Matt getting it un-stuck 👌👍

Definitely taking the Maltese Mat is most practical solution. So long as she doesn't upset Greta because of the Diesel rain dripping off the cab interior, from the will it start episode 😂😂😂

The Maltese matt is what I would take love to see the older ladys out and Matt and his crew do a absolute cracking job resorting them thay look amazing paint work etc

Mat you and the guys have done an AMAZING job brining these old girls back to life you should feel very proud of the work you guys have done !! And YOU me old Mucked are a LEGEND telling these brain dead people what you think of there ideas...... DONT EVER LET ME PISS YOU OFF !!! 😂

That's the first time I've ever seen an onion stabber used to lift something other than bales lol

Any of them, there all great.

Cracking vid guys and excellent work... Take care to you both..

@LordMuck

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Kev 👍

Most definitely the Maltese it's right in that stage of where people can see what it was and can be and parked up next the the restored one it makes it easier to see what's involved and the historical aspect of it also couldn't hurt

The Maltese! 🗳 An absolutely beautiful line up of trucks! 👍👌 Very well done restorations

I’d say the Maltese one the video of you and Matt getting turning over was brilliant 😀😀

What a line up with the Malta Matt too! Love the matador content old is gold!