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@theblackstridersofficial2562

Жыл бұрын

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Great set of car pics, memory jerkers. I passed my test in 1962 and started driving my dads Triumph Herald , then I was fortunate to have from new 3 Triumph Vitesses. B, E, H plates, moved onto Triumph 2.5 PI on a J , then a Triumph 2500 S on a N, then as my business was at its development stage, I had a Ford Cortina Gaia on a V, until 1985 when started on BMWs up until 2021. But the early cars and being young and less cluttered roads were Soooooo much fun. Thanks for your vids 👍👍👍

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

Pleased you like them, keep an eye out for future uploads 👍

I loved the mk2 escort RS 2000 while growing up in the seventies, my brother owned a 1978 RS Mexico. I would still love to own either of those models

Born in 1967 so I remember just about every car in this video well put together thoroughly enjoyed this brought back happy memories.

I Remember all of the car's in this video from my childhood. My 1st car was an Austin Mini 850cc 1978S & my 2nd a Ford Escort 1.3L mk2 1980V.

Happy days, I was an Austin Apprentice at Longbridge, Birmingham, employed in September 1969. 25000 employees at Longbridge in those days. Housing estate today. I remember all the minis and 1100/1300 builds in CAB (car assembly building)1 and 2 along with the 1800 landcrab (in Trentham building) and the Maxis they were still building the A55 Austin Cambridge pickup in Trentham) in 1969. The Allegro (El-agro we called it), build started shortly before I left in 1976 to work for Nissan in South Africa. Build quality was a bit different to the current car factories!!! Thanks for bringing back the memories!!

I think given that quality control was indeed lacking somewhat in the 70's on British cars in general, it's even more of an achievement to get them looking so pristine now. In fact, many of the cars we saw in this selection are probably better than when they were new. My favourites are the Vauxhall FD Victor/Ventora, Triumph 2000/2500 and Sunbeam Rapier Fastback. It's fair to say all these cars had their issues but my god, they look fantastic!

I was born 1956 so remember most of these, mum and dad bought a triumph 2000 in 1965 (LAR 596C) always remember that plate, they stayed with triumph for many years but i preferred the renault 10 which i kept for 5 years.

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching, please keep an eye on the channel for future uploads

The first ever car I owned was a grey Morris 1000, believe it or not I was 14 (1968) at the time! I spent all my spare time looking after it but although parked on private accessible land I never actually drove it. The local mature foot patrol (beat) constable would stop by now and again for a quick chat to make sure everything was above board, he seemed pleased and no doubt was thinking to himself 'well, it keeps him out of trouble'....

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, sounds like fun, thanks for watching!

brilliant video, 70's was a brilliant decade for cars, so many classic 60's models still being built well into the decade and plenty of brilliant new stuff, people go on and on about the dreadful industrial relations which management were as much to blame for but that was how things were, all part of a bigger world economic malaise, quite a few of models shown here that my dad had, mk1 cav, hillman hunter, mk1 escort (dads was a 4 door) and mk 1 capri, dad was always changing his cars and he also had the odd johnny foreigner, cheers, marvellous nostalgia

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

hi, thanks for supporting the channel!

Remember and owned a few of these Escorts,Cortinas,Capris,MGB etc, and we still have a Mini,Dolomite, and an immaculate original,1968 Ventora in the family.

I used to work at a Ford dealership in the early seventies,I think they made some good cars back then.

That Jensen FF was owned by a member o the maker's family, and has a sticker in the rear window - "Maintained by Jensen Motors". Although it shared the styling of the Interceptor, few of the parts were in common. Even the chassis was longer.

I should add to my comment below, "he was good copper" as many were back then as most are still now...

Nice selection... not often seen Jensen FF ... Nice

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

Pleased you found it of interest

The Ford's were the best especially the Cortinas

Always thought the Vauxhall Viscount was a particularly imposing/good looking car. Nice video!🙂👍

Roots had names for their saloons: Sunbeam Vogue, Singer Gazelle, Humber Scepter, Hillman Minx. I had a Humber Scepter on an M plate. My dad had a series of Austin Morris saloons Oxford MO, Morris Oxford, Wolesley Farina 15/60 and 16/60 then in the 70s he wouldn't buy a Marina so I persuaded him to get a Triumph 2000 Mk2 L reg in Blue and another in brown followed by a Saab 900.

11:26 Vauxhall's body shapes manifested in Australia as Holden Torana(4-door) and Monaro(2-door) during the late 1960s(from 1968) and through much of the 1970s.

Thank you for showing you photos of some great British cars like you have already said unfortunately quality control was awful, I have always wanted to have a Triumph Dolomite to do up I nearly bought one but the rot was too bad, when I was four my brothers friend pulled up outside my mum and dads house in a Jaguar E Type and took us for a spin that was 1969 wow! where have the years gone, I've been a Jaguar enthusiast ever since, it seemed so much simpler times then, there are some fantastic photos of some great British classics. Also I loved the Jenson Interceptor it was one of many British cars I adored while growing up ( sigh).

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, from what I've read the older Dolomites lasted better than the final examples, probably down to the quality of steel used. Thanks for watching, Jaguars feature across a number of vids on the channel now

Maxi marina Austin 1100 viva all popular and a lot of my family had em when I was a kid . Reliability wasn't as good as now I remember everybody then were under the bonnet on a weekend or had the car on ramps working on them. Something u don't see nowadays. I think people have lost the skills to work on cars today but also they are so complicated now.

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember the same from when I was a kid, dad was often under the bonnet of our family car, changing the oil etc, or giving a neighbour's car a service for them. Thanks for watching

I ran out of fuel on the way to a party on New Years Eve many years ago! The car was a Jensen Interceptor. I walked a bit then a taxi 'flashed by' and I hailed it to stop! Got a lucky ride to my house in town and went to get out my MGB GT. OH shoot! I had left the keys in the Jensen! happy New Year 1973!

20:40 The Vauxhall Sport Hatch is rather rare with fewer than 200 made I believe. My local dealer had one on display in the mid 70s and it was universally known as The Purple People Eater.

I don't mind your commentary, i think it's quite interesting.

@oldclassiccarUK

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Many of these cars I have never seen before. It's a pity there is no name on them.

Austin Apache at 6:11 was never an Australian model.

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

My error, I was thinking of something else

The proper term for these cars(as depicted at 15:28) is *station wagon.*

@whatthe6532

3 жыл бұрын

Not in the time they were produced. They were estates and travellers.

Having learnt to drive in the early 70s all of these cars were familiar to me. On the whole ( to me ) they were very boring. That's why I preferred the 50s and 60s cars. Especially foreign makes that you didn't see every day. Nowadays it's mostly foreign makes on the British roads. Thanks for putting these memories on though.

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean, there are certain cars I'd like to own from the 70s but like you I prefer the earlier cars

It wasn’t called a magnum, the viva with the sloping rear screen was a 2.4 litre and it was called Vauxhall Fiorenza some came with a droop snoop nose like the RS2000. ps that was a sunbeam imp the stiletto had a sloping rear screen.

Hi, you’re a year behind on your year of registration, an S plate for example is 1978 and K is 1972.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, S is Aug 77 to Jul 78, K is Aug 71 to Jul 72. Thanks for watching

The P5B wasn't a sedan, it was a coupe, and the Apache came from South Africa, not Australia.

@oldclassiccarUK

3 жыл бұрын

Fair enough I was making up the voiceover on the fly, I've owned both saloon and coupe P5B. Yes the Apache gremlin crept in while doing the voiceover. Thanks for watching.

Shame that you didn't have any Mk4 Zodiac pics

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't lay my hands on any photos at that time, but I am thinking of doing a Consul/Zephyr/Zodiac collection sometime and I think I've since found a couple of Mk4 photos.

@derykhawkins2199

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK That would be great. When I was younger (18-28) I had 2 mk4 zephyrs, 5 mk4 zodiacs including a rare farnham estate. My favourite was the black executive with burgundy leather!! I love your videos!!

Before the "globalist unions" destroyed our auto industries

Hi I know your voice but cannot put your face to it

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

A lucky escape! :)

Let's face it! Unless You were mechanical minded, it was a case of what going yo happen next? Leyland we're the worst, like trabant, or lada!

THE PERSON DOING THIS COMMENTRY IS ALWAYS A YEAR OUT OF DATE WHEN SAYING THE TIME THE CAR IN THE PHOTO WAS REGISTARED , EG A CAR ON A L REG NUMBER PLATE IS THE YEAR 1973 , WHERE AS THIS IDIOT IS SAYING IT WAS REGISTARED IN THE YEAR 1972 , [[ WRONG / WRONG / WRONG ]] I SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE I PUT NUMBER PLATES ON BRAND NEW CARS AT THIS TIME IN THE 1970's , HAVING BEEN IN THE MOTOR TRADE FOR WELL OVER 40 YEARS IN MECANICAL / BODY/ PAINT SPRAYER AND SALES .

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Having read your previous comment on another video, at least I manage to communicate without endless swearing and profanity. By the way, L registration ran from August 1972 to July 1973. Seems your photographic memory from years in the trade may be faulty. Thanks for watching.

@rogerking7258

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK What an excellent reply!

Its easy to understand, why the British motor industry went down the toilet !

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

There were some good designs, but often they'd not be fully developed before going on sale, or were dragged out far too long before being replaced. Coupled with indifferent management and bolshie unions, it was never going to end very well sadly and foreign makers cleaned up once they got a foothold here.