Hi, thanks for watching, a full list of the videos on the channel is here: kzread.infovideos Channel homepage: kzread.info/dron/KaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg.html

You can't beat the old cars,the nostalgia of the past is so great.Makes you think of the good old days when things were so different from today

All these cars were on the roads in Sri Lanka back then. I see only the Morris Minor on the roads today. Thanks for the photos. Nice memories.

Watching this is giving me flashbacks to the early 1970s.But in the last week on my travels I've seen an Austin Cambridge estate a triumph herald convertible, mg magnete and mg midget and a Austin a30 all in every day use.they are still out their.

Another great collection of cars and locations. Cheers Bob

@oldclassiccarUK

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Thanks Bob!

The most relaxing memory trigger.......thank you!

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks nouvalari!

Lovely old cars…

Hi Rick, another superb collection of classics, all fondly remembered from my childhood. What is amazing is that there are barely any foreigners, and yet a few years later they would start to appear much more frequently. 13:05: That's a Thornycroft Amazon with Coles crane on the right. I had a diorama similar to that scene in the early sixties (with fewer Bloodhounds).

My dad had a Vauxhall Cresta, i got my license with it in Kingston, Jamaica 1966. Thanks for the memories.

Yet another trip back in time. Wonderful. Many thanks.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Ah the 50's and 60's. I remember all of these classics. I had, and still have a '59 Sunbeam Rapier and a '66 Sunbeam Tiger. I don't drive the Tiger much but the Rapier is still my daily driver. Runs like a Rolex. Cheers from Ashford.

Great collection of photos. To an Aussie those Australian photos stand out and says home. Love you work.

Love those period photos.Thanks again.

This channel is wonderfully uniques in so many aspects, expertly put together, well thought through with attention to detail even the background music is apt in every case and very interesting content. Always a pleasure to watch and an escape from the current global horrors and domestic UK catastrophes. I love it. Fabulous photos in this one and again so nostalgic. I even watched it before breakfast.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Really pleased that the channel continues to be of interest, much of the credit for this vid though goes to the viewers who kindly sent over photos to use

very nice indeed.

Thanks for including my family. Fame at last.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

It's a fab old photo, thanks for letting me share it here :)

awww gees, beautiful. plus the memories. thank you for this n the others. new zealand here

Superb .. thanks again,sparked a memory from my youth in mid sixties on an overnight trip down to London from Liverpool in the back of our old (new then) Bedford Dormobile…gazing at the giant ‘Rootes’ factory Neon sign at Ryton somewhere round the A5 ….seemed to go on forever …massive it was

A wonderful collection of great photographs, many thanks. The street scenes are fascinating with all those great cars in view. Fantastic. (The photo of the early drophead Minx must be my favourite.)

Fantastic photos and brought back so many memories of my first car a Austin A40. Thank you

Nice job OCC ......notice the tarp over the parked solo and combo at 4:43,

Another great collection of photos for this series, thanks for sharing again.

My favourite series. Thank you for sharing.

hi there ,we used to have the ford thames vans at london transport also the thames traders, great vehicles in the summer

Brilliant ! as usual. thanks for these. i always love to see these sort of vids. brings back happy days.

@21.19, reversed image, see the exhaust is showing on the right hand side which was always on the left hand side

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that's what I thought as I was narrating, thanks for watching

Nice as always. Ceylon, the black car is indeed a Peugeot 203.

Great photos, thanks for showing them to us. The Jaguar Mk1 was a 2.4. The Mk1 was only available in a 2.4 and 3.4. The 3.4 had driving lights lower down on either side of tge grille. The 2.4 had circular chrome covers there that looked like small vents but were not. My first car was a 1959 Mk1 "facelift" if you like. Slightly larger grille, thinner window frames and only partly covered rear wheels. I owned it in 1978. The Mk2 was also offered with the 3.8 litre engine.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying!

My young days roaming the streets (no fear) as a car enthusiast. Cars were so individual, so were shops.

Brilliant insight into the past Hopefully a seventh to come.❤👍

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed if I can get sufficient suitable images together, thanks for watching

Just fantastic is all I can say. Thanks to all the contributions and thanks again Rick for sharing this collection. 👍

just found this super photos

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Hi glad you liked it, don't miss the previous 5 instalments featuring plenty of other old photos

11:00 "Left hand drive" - looks like the photo is indeed reversed - exhaust exits wrong side, and registration number looks strange.

@johnd8892

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. If it was a high expense left hand drive import, most states back then would require a huge sign : CAUTION LEFT HAND DRIVE Much simpler to buy a normal Minx assembled in the Rootes Port Melbourne factory.

The photo from Crib Point is looking over to either French Island or Phillip Island.

Great photos and fantastic info and commentary...cheers.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was of interest, thanks for watching

At 15:15 the Holden Ute was an EK model made from 1961 to 1962 with motor choice limited to a six cylinder 2.3 litre 75 HP version. Holden dominated car sales in Australia from the early fifties until the eighties. A ute like that but in near original condition would fetch at least $40,000 these days. Austin not so much here. The rare Austin 1800 land crab ute might fetch better money.

Hello, I have a strange nostalgic affinity with this series/era of cars. I say strange because I wasn't even born when most of these cars were pictured. My grandparents were, however, which brings me to the reason for my comment. I have a photo of one of my grandfathers old cars, a Sunbeam Rapier series 3a I think. I wanted to know how I can find out a little about it from it's reg. number 118 MTJ. I have searched the internet including government sites but can find nothing. As there are many comments about number plate geographical and year accuracies included in these videos I was wondering how that information was unearthed. Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, there's a section on my site (of which this channel is a part), take a look at the TJ page in your case: www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm thanks, RJ

Great video l defently tested my car knowledge of cars from the 1950s and 1960s l am old enough to remember these cars and vans and l live in Australia as you can sèe it wasn't all fords and holdens a lot of british cars sold and made here in Australia

15.35 that's the one! ours was a pale smokey blue colour.

1:45 also showing a Crosville Motor Services Bristol Lodekka LD6 bus 10:38 that looks like Riley saloon coming towards the camera

Wonderful photos! I wonder, have you given thought to how to preserve your unique collection of photos, videos and other website content for posterity? It would be such a pity for it to be lost. Or maybe "junior" will become the trustee?!

@oldclassiccarUK

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Yes I'm sure he'll look after things, thanks for checking out this vid

If only I had taken photos of cars in the sixties. 😟

The crane @ 13.00 is a Coles single EMA utility mounted on a Thornycroft Amazon. Built in their thousands as part of large WW2 government contracts.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I bought a large collection of 1950s 60s and 70s colour slides from across the U.K. and am currently scanning them , I will share the images featuring cars ( snag is there are thousands of slides) What is the best way to send them over, each slide scan is about 35 MB

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great collection, probably a bit too large to email, maybe there's an online place where image files could be uploaded to?

@A2Z1Two3

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK What I have been doing is scanning boxes of towns , then looking for appropriate Facebook pages and uploading all the images of that area to Facebook , including any of cars , normally of High Streets . ( not sure what Facebook does to them size wise) I could upload direct to your Facebook , if you want that , or WhatsApp them to you if that is a better option ? I am working on Renfrewshire, Bute, Moray , & Edinburgh at the moment ( I have 18 boxes , but they are a mixed bag as far as cars are concerned, so it would be a drip feed, and whilst the slides are identified by location, the cars are not .

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@A2Z1Two3 My Facebook is at facebook.com/oldclassiccar/ if you could try posting one on there and I'll see how it comes out, thanks

@A2Z1Two3

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK Ok done , posted Forres High Street image several old cars on that one

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes got it, and the others, fantastic!!!! If you're ok with me including them in future video collections, suitably credited, that'd be great, thanks

Really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Some great pics of those wonderful old cars. I have a few photos of my own cars from that period and wondered if you would be interested in using them. How do I get in touch?

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching, my email is dodgenut@4onthefloor.co.uk thanks!

That photo of the the series 5 Minx in Aussie you said was left hand drive and commented on as possibly reversed , probably was if you look at the side of the road the car is parked. Also I note this car appears to be sitting on earlier 15 inch series rims.

@johnd8892

2 жыл бұрын

The just visible numbers on the back number plate also look reversed. Someone else said the exhaust pipe is on the wrong side.

@graemeburr6463

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you are correct. My eyes aren't as good as they used to be to decipher that plate but the pipe is on the wrong side. I had a 3B Minx and it was on the left as the mannifolding is on that side.

Where are the Fords? My father drove a Ford Zepher, a Ford Zodiac and a Ford Pilot. ,

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of Fords spread amongst the 6 parts of this series so far, in this part 6 there's a Mk2 in the thumbnail, and a Ford Thames 400E is the first photo in the set. There's also a Mk1 Zephyr plus a Mk1 Consul convertible, and two photos of a 100E saloon.

@gailcrowe727

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK Thank you. Also I remember a boyfriend taking me out in Austin Healey sports car and doing 100 mph, it frightened me to death!

Great memories but let's be honest, they were crap. My first car was an FB Victor, 10yrs old and it was as rotten as a pear, 50k and the engine was knackered. Fair play to anyone running one these days

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that they were that bad, but build quality compared to what had come before was definitely on the wane by the '60s - and built-in obsolescence was becoming a thing by then also. There were some clever designs though.

Excellent set of photos. I had to temporarily pause watching when you mentioned a car from Ceylon. I was trying to remember what Ceylon changed its name to. I couldn't remember and had to cheat and Google it. Onwards and upwards to Part 7. Once I pick up and enjoy one set, I have to look at the next instalment immediately.

@oldclassiccarUK

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Glad you're liking these uploads! There's another that just looks at pre-war British cars too which isn't in this post-war series of images