These programs just keep getting better!

@arjanoabay8077

9 жыл бұрын

Vin Hasselhoff

I loved my Transit. It had the twin wheels at the back and a 3 ltr Essex motor which allowed it to cruise at 90 mph happily! Around 1972-1974, I used it for collecting rebuilt Ford engines from Romford near Dagenham, transporting them back to my workshop in South Shields. There and back in the day, no sweat.

@q.e.d.9112

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but you were 50 years younger back then.😉

The Jaguar E-Type is the most beautiful car ever made! It's only problem (as I've heard) is that one need to hire a mechanic to go with it.

Another great presentation! Thank you for posting.

Am i the only one who thinks Chris Barrrie would be a good Top Gear presenter?

@deltavee2

5 жыл бұрын

Hells yes! Why didn't I think of that?

@alangarland8571

5 жыл бұрын

Agree

@mgabrysSF

4 жыл бұрын

He has a nice auto collection. I have no idea why they wouldn't use him.

@sonicbro6446

4 жыл бұрын

well he would be better than the current top gear hosts

@jimbodjango8900

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right he would

Incredible English engineering without computers! Awesome!

Don't you just love it how they completely glossed over the 1970s, they heyday of glorious British Leyland and its smashing range of hit products ;-)))) I gotta say though, the rotating restaurant on top of the _Florianturm_ back home in Dortmund stopped working at one time and it took a whole public fundraiser to have it put back into action.

Don't get me wrong, I love my car, I love driving and I find these lorries very interesting... but what they did in the 60's to the railways was mostly short sighted vandalism pushed by powerful road lobbyists and politicians open to bribery. Was very short sighted and I'm certain with hindsight, given congestion, the environment and the fact the railways we have now are struggling to cope with the numbers now using them they would never have axed so many railways.

@russkelly1684

Жыл бұрын

Much like what happened to transit by trolley in American cities during the 20s & 30s. Public transit wiped out by the car and highways.

@henrivanbemmel

Жыл бұрын

Yes! The myopic idiots did the same in the US and Canada. Too bad they can't be held accountable ... mistakes like these cost billions and most these folks that cut rail and other myopia like sprawling suburbs that do not contribute anywhere near enough taxes to pay for their pleasures, did so against a lot of public sentiment, got paid well and lived good lives. Not fair.

Chris Barrie has the best job in the world.

Excellent, thanks for sharing :)

Thank you of uploading this, really enjoyed it, but how did Concorde's first flight on the 2nd March 1969 get left out?

Very Thunderbirds. I love it!

Liverpool had a revolving tower restaurant still has the tower x

I am impressed actually, Chris Barrie appears to have an HGV licence...wasn't sure why he had been allowed to drive a Routemaster bus on the previous episode, but here he is driving the Leyland on the open road so he must have it

@southjerseysound7340

5 жыл бұрын

He drove the bus too,just not on the skid pad.

@shioyoutube9041

Жыл бұрын

You need a HGV license for a bus? My uncle never used to have one and he drove buses in town for years…

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

@@shioyoutube9041 Called a PSV nowadays. (Public Service Vehicle) But you are right. A HGV Licence was not required..... It was assumed that all bus companies taught their drivers well. Happy days! At one stage, in the UK, a standard licence holder (car) could legally buy a truck or even a double decker bus and drive it on that licence.... as long as he did not carry "Goods or passengers for Hire Or Reward" I think was the phrase.... I myself toyed with the idea of buying a Ford Artic Unit with a V-8 Diesel..... Nowadays, you need an additional licence to tow a trailer if used for commercial business. Then comes weight restrictions....all very complex these days!

@richardwindsor60

Жыл бұрын

@@patagualianmostly7437 Same in Oz, I used to have a heavy vehicle licence that allowed me to drive any non-articulated vehicle except passenger-carrying busses. I surrendered my HR (Heavy Rigid) at age 75 as the annual medical was expensive when I no longer drove trucks. 🙂

Much enjoyed. Thx

When Chris did his thrust demo my mind thought Harrier.

lucky him, he gets to go up the post office tower, how cool is that :)

Let's not forget one of the GREATEST inventions of the 60's... the TARDIS.

Hey Chris I am sorry to have to point out that the mini started production in 1959 so it should have been included in the 1950's episode. The morris minor was just as economical as the mini.

@MichaelKingsfordGray

2 жыл бұрын

Not quite as economical. The 1000 Minor weighed more. The 850cc Minor, on the other hand, was MORE economical than the Mini, if driven wisely.

That corvette is very rare being a split window and is worth about US$500,000!

in 1971 we bought our first and only brand new car, an Austin America 4 cyl front wheel drive with a heater and NO radio, 40+ mpg highway, we loved that car, even had fun in the back seat a time or 2. poor thing had a defective brake master cylinder caused all 4 wheels to lock-up, then she rolled, all done for poor baby car. too bad we didn't get notified about the master cylinder before she became a pancake.

Wow, I can remember being in a tilt cab White truck 15 years before that Leyland.

@shioyoutube9041

Жыл бұрын

If you’re from outside of England you might well have. We were very behind on certain technologies. America had large amounts of road-based freight hauling long before we did, starting in the 30s compared to the 60s for us.

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

@@shioyoutube9041 It's all down to scale isn't it? The USA mainland is simply MASSIVE...and obviously they can't run rail lines to EVERY town...so trucks were a given. Then the UK....with a mega rail network....shut 75% of them down in the 60's so trucks became essential: Very short sighted. Look where we are now.

My hovercraft is full of eels

@14:26 Chris Barrie does excellent impressions.

@ 4:48 there is a GLARING error. The FIRST mass produced front wheel drive car was pioneered by Andre Citroen in the 1930's who at great expense perfected the C.V. joint. The car produced was the Citroen Traction Avant from 1935 through 1955.

@willb3698

5 жыл бұрын

VEry true.

@hoodagooboy5981

4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised more people didn't catch that.

My father owned some Austin Minis and Moris Minors plus two MGAs. My mother called them tuna fish cans on wheels. No seat belts he would just put his arm in front of me if he stopped quickly. That should do the trick. We still have a revolving restaurant in Vancouver BC. Built in 1977 I bet they got the idea from London.

superb

"Where is my cocktail?"--- Hell, where is Holly?

Liverpool also had a revolving restaurant

best (ex) actor host documentary on yt

I really like that three button tweed jacket

Good show this and l must say a good episode in particular. On a personal note l used to drive for a living (nothing special Bedford Rascal type to 7.5t ) Best vehicle to drive ( driver's point of view) especially when measured against same types of vehicles from other manufacturers always Ford Transit ALWAYS

I love the video

Génial !

I love this series, but...…….. I was a auto mechanic in the 70's and 80's, I worked in a well to do area of Orange County California and there for worked on many high end cars. Of the four that are compared I agree the Jag is GORGEOUS!!!!! But to call any Jag "reliable" is a joke. Actually any British car made for export to the USA was just a reliability problem, of the four the Chevrolet Corvette was the most reliable hands down.

@John_Ridley

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but I'd rather have a broken E Type than a running Corvette.

@sdean7855

3 жыл бұрын

FWIW, the Bugattis my father had (sdean.net/bugattis.htm) were utterly reliable. They always started, their manners were impeccable and they never, ever broke down.

About first mass produced front wheel drive; what about Citroen Traction Avant ? They made 760000...

IMHO the E-type was the second most beautiful car, second only to its '50s big brother, the stunning D-type. Everything else is/was an also-ran.

@sdean7855

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! And he leaves out Bugatti (the man who made that crack about Bentley making the fastest trucks in Europe. I grew up with Bugs, which were a rapier to W.O.'s twon handed broadsword. www.sdean.net/bugattis.htm

@scottgibson7534

3 жыл бұрын

Look at the Xj13

@deltavee2

3 жыл бұрын

@@sdean7855 The 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic is the only worthy contender from the Bugatti line and it unarguably a thing of beauty but taste cannot be argued. ie. one man's Atlantic is another man's D-Type. First came the Aerolithe followed by its two brothers and they are all beautiful however the D-Type was an actual working vehicle which fought it out on the track driven by such as Stirling Moss, for instance. You can't argue taste duckduckgo.com/?q=d-type&bext=wcr&atb=v95-1&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.thedrive.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F12%2Fworks-jaguar-d-type.jpg%3Fquality%3D85

@deltavee2

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottgibson7534 The XJ13 was/is a beautiful machine Scott no argument here but rather like the Bugatti Aerolithe in that it is a one-off and never saw a day racing on the track in its life through no fault of its own. The D-Type has an aesthetic that is in its accomplishments as well as its visual appeal. I still give the D top marks because it not only looks the business but carries it out as well. From another era, Bentley's Speed Six won Le Mans in 1929 and 1930 and is ugly as sin to some but I find it a beautiful machine for the same reasons. Nothing on the D of course but top of the pile in its day and the perfect "cad car" to boot.

@scottgibson7534

3 жыл бұрын

@@deltavee2 Yes it is a shame it never turned a wheel in anger, I wrote to Jaguar 20 odd years ago about doing a road version with modern technolagy, but they said it could not be done. 2 cars stand out for me the XJ13 and the GT40.

mini is the first large produced front wheel drive...? So no citroen then... :p

What's the theme music ?

I mean it’s interesting that he did the decade that he was born in for these machines.

The Mini was the first front wheel drive car? After the Cord or Citroën Traction Avant, maybe.

46.15 Better than life ........

The only flaw was the more Minis they sold, the more money they lost.

when was this series made im suprised he knew about the bunkers in wiltshire

as a 6ft guy I can fit in a Mini but its a pain to get out XD & IF I ever got one it'd be the Austin Cooper I want SPEED out here in the Western USA

60s was a great decade for British Motorcycles, but no mention, sad really,,

@bitsnpieces11

8 жыл бұрын

+QU3STION5 He talked about Whittle and jets in another episode.

@willb3698

5 жыл бұрын

John McCallum sadly no competition though, price, performance, maintenance wise and no oil on the floor. And as teenagers we could actually afford our GT250s and FS1E's.

Our car industry could have rules the world in the 60/70's if it was not for the unions and i am a fan of unions, Ps the AA on his number plate is local to Wiltshire, out of 7 of us 5 had AA number plates, what made the transit was that it was the first to take a sheet of 8x4 which was a hit with the building trade

...1960's, always makes me think...'"It's Bond, James Bond"...…...

Gee, I wonder if Chris is a Jaguar fan...

leyland comet has done 700,000 miles? There are Kenworths in Australia that have done 8 million km's

@willb3698

5 жыл бұрын

What from the 60's ? no, that's right.

Good.

17:45 Liverpool had a revolving restaurant

@SiskinOnUTube

7 жыл бұрын

I've been in a revolving restaurant. Or was I just pissed?

Dial tone went back to the 1930s. By the 1960s touch tone was happening.

Mini Cooper boiiiiiiii looking diffrent today

Isn't the presenter Rimmer from Red Dwarf?

@MegaBoilermaker

5 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

Nothing gets past you, eh?😂

@BunneRabb

Жыл бұрын

@@patagualianmostly7437 Too clever by half, you are

capri first car i drove. my cousin paul's

It wasn't the first front wheel drive car in the world...that credit goes to Andre Citroen and his 'traction avant '

Hmmm bt tower the only revolving restaurant? Try the liverpool one

It's funny - the Mini was originally designed with a 1L engine - so Cooper essentially put it back into design spec. Best use for the hovercraft in entertainment - Frank Black's Los Angeles : kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKmAzs6HqcnPeNY.html

Leyland in India is known for sophistication and reliability

I'm not entirely sure that leaving the GPO Tower off Ordnance Survey maps is going to confuse an enemy very much at all. It's the tallest building in London plastered in folded microwave horns it's bloody obvious it's important. Leaving it off the map merely serves to reinforce this. Surely you'd bomb communications and power infrastructure firstly. If you're very sadistic then the next target is water supplies. Reservoirs have to be open to the air, there's no way around this. 1960's politicians weren't tremendously bright. Nor are the incumbent bunch, but there we are. Other than that - great series.

@Satters

4 жыл бұрын

paulanderson79 there are many covered reservoirs

@paulanderson79

4 жыл бұрын

@@Satters How do covered reservoirs work?

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

@@paulanderson79 They just DO.

respect to the ol' òllergrem for is haitch-gee-vee loîcence . . . !!

You can call them elevators, apartments, crossing guards. But to me they will always be lifts, flats, lollipop men.

@simonh6371

5 жыл бұрын

Yep and to another 65 million of us, and probably more actually i.e. Commonwealth...I think speakers of British English outnumber speakers of American English in fact

FIRST COMMENT! GO RIMMSEY!

Fascinating and interesting vids but the guy never more than about 1/2 right..

Lots of inaccuracies with this.series The Citroen "Traction Avant" was mass produced from 1934 to 1957, with 750,000 units built. Stopped production two years before the Mini was produced.

@RobertSmith-nh9nn

7 жыл бұрын

Was Citroen British ? ... No what is the name of the program he is presenting ? ... it's not France's greatest machines it's Britains ..... what other dots do you need joined for you

@Palifiox

7 жыл бұрын

My most abject apologies, Mr Smith, I was sure that he claimed that the pregnant roller skate was the first anywhere, such as at 4:48 "the first mass produced front wheel drive car in the world". Also preceded by the Cord L29 of 1929 and the Cord 810 and 812 in the 1930s. Dots joined up.

@Davbach01

6 жыл бұрын

I think the Citroen is a valid argument - the Cord was a bit of a non-starter.

I wen't on one of the first hover craft flights out in the English channel it cost 12/6 p that day it was so calm in the channel the water was like a giant mirror that the captain stopped the hovercraft and commented the he had never seen the channel like it great ride but noisy

very inaccurate when talking about the Leyland super comet, I owned a 1966 Ford D700 Custom cab, it had sycromesh gears, was launched in 1965 and had a tilt cab, it also had heater, super seats excellent mirrors etc

@vtecpreludevtec

7 жыл бұрын

mick symes that big chrome strip on the cab!

@ricksmith6637

5 жыл бұрын

Don't you know this is a propaganda piece for greater Britain and if it wasn't for the jeep there wouldn't be a land rover an oblivious knock off

@willb3698

5 жыл бұрын

Rick Smith YEs - he talked about the fact that the Land Rover Designer had a Willys Jeep in the previous episode.. But it's a very different vehicle in other terms. Anyway. I find it pathetic that you seem to think this program is something else. It's an interesting nod to some of the machines that marked our (GB/UK) contemporary history, Engineering -wise very educational, and society wise too. But no - here you are spreading your little bit of Misery just because you can.

@LiamE69

4 жыл бұрын

So what was inaccurate? And what has a Ford launched the year after got to do with anything?

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

@@LiamE69 Agreed.... The Ford Cargo was very good...no doubt about it.....but as you say, it was a year later.... And as I recall: They were Absolute rot-boxes. And even Leyland surpassed the very good Ford Cargo Series with the Leyland Road Runner.... that was far better than the Cargo: Better built, better in all respects. And bear in mind: The Roadrunner was built on the first new assembly line since WW2 at Leyland..... (All were geared for tank production) because there was no money to invest in a new production line until then....thanks to the punitive "Lend-Lease" repayments that were used to rebuild Japan & Germany. Food Rationing in the UK until 1953! Economic Warfare Games...anyone?

Smeg

The Mini may be iconic, it did not help the UK's economy. It was a loss leader, and without government subsidies, every single Mini would of been an expensive joke.

I think it is worth pointing out that at this time many families would make due with a massive sidecars tacked on to the dad's ride-to-work motorcycle. These would often take the whole family on holiday with predictable road clogging results. The amount of room and comfort of the Mini plus the performance would have been staggering.

wonder why he's got an HGV/ bus Licence

@JonosBtheMC

2 жыл бұрын

The same reason everyone else his age does. He passed his car test before 1997.

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

@@JonosBtheMC Thank You! Jonos! At last....someone who knows his stuff without being petty & pedantic! (For the benefit of many: As long as he does not carry "Goods or Passengers for Sale or Reward."...he can do so. As I can. Cos I'm an old git with common sense.)

The common gear oil for engine, transe, and final drive. Wasn't that a place of failure?

@ 4:48 First mass produced car with a front wheel drive. Come one, this was obtained years before !

@oilsmokejones3452

8 жыл бұрын

+nejsig Cord, Citroen, SAAB. LOL, this guy is never more than 1/2 right...

@davidyoung5114

8 жыл бұрын

He's an actor. He reads what he's told to read, and gets paid for it.

@RobertSmith-nh9nn

7 жыл бұрын

and none of them are from England ....the show is called Britain's greatest machines , not world's greatest Machines. Observant you are not , half cocked you are....

@shebbs1

6 жыл бұрын

If you want to be honest, the Cord was an elitist car that sold in small numbers, the SAABs were originally 2-stroke and difficult to drive smoothly. Only the Citroen Traçion Avant truly qualified as a precursor mass-produced FWD vehicl perhaps the 2CV as well, but the Mini was far more modern, and certainly built in greater numbers.

@dannygroom3327

5 жыл бұрын

@@RobertSmith-nh9nn no, you are half cocked. He said that the mini was the world's first mass produced front wheel drive car, which is wrong.

28:47 Did he just say what I think he said?

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

I have replayed that over and over and cannot imagine what you think he said. Shrugs shoulders.

@travisinthetrunk

Жыл бұрын

@@patagualianmostly7437 “Catch the tranny if you can.”

The Transit is quite the vehicle. But why is the steering wheel on the wrong side, a sales gimmick?

Front wheel drive MINI being the first mass produced car in the 1960's ??? What about Citroen producing the "Traction avant" (front wheel drive) in the 1930's ?

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

Were they "mass produced".... if so.....where are they? You can still find thousands of 60's Mini's all around the globe. (And who would aspire to a Citroen anyway?)

@essexginge9167

Жыл бұрын

nobody even to this day wants to own a French car the only reason people do is because they are poor and cant afford a real car

An old mechanic's joke: What's the difference between a Porsche and a porcupine? With a porcupine, the prick is on the outside... :)

Fiftie's minimalism becomes seventies high rise slum, fuck art.

Mini was NOT the first mass-produced front-wheel car... in the World. Maybe in UK... you forgot about Citroen... they had TA or 2CV in the times there was only a Moggy in the UK

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

Maybe...but seriously, would you be seen driving one? Might be an opportunity for converting them to hearses though: ......................That's the only time you'd see me in one!

Meet WOTAN...Doctor Who is required...

The best car of the 50s to the 70s was definitely the VW Beetle

@mebsrea

3 жыл бұрын

Most significant, probably. Best? Absolutely not.

@bekluwe

3 жыл бұрын

@@mebsrea For me it was the best car

@johncitizen306

Жыл бұрын

No

@TinLeadHammer

Жыл бұрын

1930s design, hopelessly outdated by the early 1960s.

Mr bean aproves so I will😁👍🇬🇧

Blue nun now you're going back

Revolution More like Resolution

What bout the 70s.

@patagualianmostly7437

Жыл бұрын

The 70's?.... they came after the 60's. . Bit of a giveaway in the title: "The 60's" .......... Next question....

Truly revolutionary rotating restaurant? The Seattle Space Needle beat the London Postal Tower by three years ('62 v '65)

@willb3698

5 жыл бұрын

"Revolutionary" was a bit of a joke here though .....no? (also it's in another country).

@stevevanhooke8075

5 жыл бұрын

lol @ Will B.....He said "the UK's first revolving restaurant"

hes wrong about BT tower being the only revolving restaruant Liverpool had one in the seventies. its now radio merseyside base

The first Mini was sold below cost. British-Leyland genius! ;) Jeremy Clarkson had a great TV documentary on it. As for that 60s to 80s brutalist architecture: eyesores. Even in 2017 you see some of the same strain. Ugly and uninspired.

@MichaelKingsfordGray

2 жыл бұрын

Made by BMW!

@macbuff81

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKingsfordGray not anymore. BMW sold it of to Tata quite a while back

Ashok Leyland

No synchromesh? No thanks.

the Etype couldn't corner on a twisty road if it's life depended on it. Way too stiff, and the suspension in general needed a lot of help. It was typically English unreliable, you had to pull the engine to work on most of it's parts. Luckily the entire hood lifted up so you could do that. And, it only had a 6 cylinder. Other than that it looked great. To make it a really good car, you dropped a Chevy 350 in it, and changed the suspension ;-)

@ShaunieDale

6 жыл бұрын

So the V12 E-Type didn't count then?

@saxon-mt5by

5 жыл бұрын

Why not just buy that Sting Ray, and then you can go straight on at that first corner with your Chevy 350!

@johncmitchell4941

5 жыл бұрын

In 1966 or so both the Stingray and the E-Type sold for about $6,000 US give or take an engine option or a few fancy bits. (Cobra too, and offered through our local Ford dealer) Back then, Chevy sedans and bare-bones pickup trucks started at about $3,000 US. I remember working for $1.65/hour in '69, and a new car wasn't an option for me. Loaf of bread, gallon of gas, or a pack of cigs were each around $.25 then, here in the Midwest.

This presenter is alright, but I think the show would be better if he was replaced with one of the Top Gear guys.

@essexginge9167

Жыл бұрын

how dare you this is the legend rimmer himself

Lost all credibility when you went to comparing cars. Jaguar though a fine vehicle, is a crap car compared to a Porsche or Ferrari.

@rogerhearn7109

4 жыл бұрын

Robert King Robert King, is that why Enzo Ferrari lavished so much praise on the E-Type, and we won't talk about it's success on race tracks, ( the light weight race E-Types ) your talking crap my friend

The british machines designs and shapes are ugaly rather its motor cars jeeps tanks aircrafts as compare to United states machines.

Always a clown presenting this type of show now.

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

4 жыл бұрын

LOL. Chris Barrie could crush your skull like an eggshell.

A split window 63 Vette vs that over rated "European style gone mad" Jag , & you pick the Jag?? You lose major points there pal. No effing way !

What was up the that black car kind of illegal pass , check that drivers license , might be someone from Dallas, Texas, USA . Think he pass me 6 times last month in Dallas. Drive safe.

Goonhilly. It could only receive, not transmit. (I worked there in the '70's)