Absolutely bang on about the 'it'd be worth a lot more if you'd left it standard' comment. Who cares what it's worth if you love it and enjoy it. Be individual. Do whatever you want to your own car but use it. My mate has a friend who has an E-type that gets a run out once a year in the summer. Tell me what's the point in owning a car that you're too scared to use in case you might devalue it in some way?!

A lot of great points here, especially about the cost. I constantly get asked what I paid for my car, restoration of it, and what the profit is. Most people seem to not understand that even if you can buy a car for X amount of money, it will cost a lot more than its worth to get it properly sorted/restored. I'm also a mad lad that use my classic as a daily driver (bought it before it was considered a classic.) Driving in the winter isn't good for any car, but I have personally not had much of a problem with corrosion since I splurge on undercarriage coating and rinse it off regularly. I have seen modern cars around 5 years old that have had a lot worse corrosion/rust damage than I have personally had.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

I think the value is detrimental to the hobby, it takes the focus away from the enjoyment and makes it mainly financial, plus it makes it harder for people to own a classic

@Schlipperschlopper

5 ай бұрын

Sadly soon all gas cars will be banned in EU and USA! In France they have a new banning law for ICE cars called SCHLABOUBVE and in Switzerland the HESCHLAVVO law! In Scandinavian countries soon there will be a so called SMORVERBIDEN law. In Germany from 2027 the new BABVVO and TEBBVO laws by the green peoples party will bann all gas cars from public streets only exception will be professional commuter trips and state-certified transports!!!!

Always promised myself an MGB Roadster when I retired. Then my son asked me to look after his for four weeks whilst he moved house. Result: cured! I'll stick with my creature comforts thank you.

Funniest video but spot on. Sound Yorkshire advice. Always lusted after a Spitfire. Went to look at one and drove it. Couldn't believe how bad it was compared to a modern car (brakes, acceleration, ride quality) but had the biggest smile on my face. Wish I had you to look at it as probably paid more than it was worth but I have enjoyed the process of getting it right and it hasn't cost a fortune ( no body work needed and engine rebuild only 2K). However, add up all the enjoyment over 3 years and it's probably the cost of a couple of luxury holidays. The big difference is that I still have the Spitfire and with a holiday the money is all gone. Always MOT it!

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, love a spitfire, probably the best car in the world to maintain yourself!

Thanks for your videos I must say I do practice what you preach. May be not your cup tea but have a 1991 190E 2.6 Merc which has never been driven on winter roads in my ownership I wax inject all the box sections sills etc with cavity wax.The underside is treated with underbody wax (bilt Hamber (no I don’t work for them) I personally don’t like under seal it traps water and rust gets in I seen this on many classicsI have owned when one scrapes the loose off. Thanks once again

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, appreciate that. Winter is a nightmare on all vehicles, they seem to over do the salt compared to how much ice/snow we get lol.

The biggest problem I have with classic cars is the ridiculously high price people claim they are 'worth' and the stupid amount people pay. In the long run that will ultimately lead to there being even less of them around because once car 'X' sells for whatever amount everybody who has one is going to expect to sell theirs for the same kind of money, but once these people who are willing to go around throwing thousands of pounds at a project have dried up what ever 'classics' are left lying around are just going to go to waste anyway. If the market had been kept at a sensible level far more people might be interested in having one, there are several old cars I'd love to own again but it won't happen because I'll never pay the price people think they're worth.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely, a lot are just bothered about the value not the vehicle which is a shame, I'm not interested in the value of my car, I just enjoy owning it

GREAT video, real advice. "i always take the Capri for an MOT" - yeah but that's just to see the face of the MOT tester! "Yes, it is a stock engine...."

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

7 ай бұрын

My mot man loves my capri, when it was blue with stock bumpers, slot mag wheels etc I used to get waves from classic car owners lol, not so much with the side pipes 😂

Again great advice and pragmatic tips sprinkled with good old common sense! Appreciate you taking the time to spread the word!

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, I think common sense is unfortunately misplaced a lot these days, I'm all for bringing it back! 😂

Absolutely brilliant. Honest and to the point, you nailed it. Anyone looking to buy a classic car needs to see this video first so they go in with eyes wide open and under no illusions. I own a Triumph Stag with a 3.9L Landrover Discovery motor and 5 speed Celica gearbox. I purchased the car as a rolling restoration. I am always doing something to it and within reason I don't really care what it owes me. Given it is not original it will never command top money. I would love a E-Type but I am glad I don't have the money to go there.

@twentyrothmans7308

9 ай бұрын

I've had a lumped Stag and a lumped Daimler. Wish I'd had the Celica box in both - the gearing was completely wrong. Stags are quite easy to work on, a delight to drive, and less worry than an E-type.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Rover v8 works great in a stag, driven loads. Is the celica box the w58?

@rowansweetman7810

9 ай бұрын

I have a W50 gearbox with a Cube Speed short shifter and Blox weighted gear knob.@@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

Wise words, regarding the Stag and as a long term owner I agree totally with your views. well said that man. Cheers Bob

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Thank you

Another good common sense video with some great information especially for us stag lovers. Keep em coming.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Will do, thank you

Across the pond here...never seen blue antifreeze. Jay Leno pushes some special fluid for seldomly used cars to avoid the rust issues. Brake fluid - i was told that 'original' brit hyd systems would be eaten by DOT 3 or 4, to use either british fluid or DOT 5 (silicone). Enjoyed your video

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Didn't realise you have different coolant over your side, sorry if it's not relevant. As for brake fluid I use dot 4, I can't imagine it being that much different, but who knows, I put 5.1 in a Camaro I built headers for a while ago, but purely because the owner wanted me to, whether that is because of issues with the rubbers I don't know, assumed it was due to the 2500bhp lol. I aren't familiar with what Jay Leno recommends, will have to take a look. There is a waterless coolant available over here that I have seen people use, but it didn't seem to work any better and was very expensive and time consuming to use

Weather conditions for cars in Australia can cause serious damage. My biggest fear are hail storms, the stone can vary in size from a pee to a tennis ball. I do remember how the salt transformed a dark car to almost off white if it wasn't washed regularly.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

5 ай бұрын

Nasty that, it's weird here in the UK, the weather is pretty mild all the time, warm but not hot, cold but not freezing etc, but people act like it's horrific lol. Two snowflakes and the country grinds to a halt lol

Really enjoy your channel

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, nice to get positive feedback

Agree on most of what you say, love the feeling you put into it. I'm the same with my TR7, I use it when I can, but adjust my driving to suit. The very fact that it shake rattles rolls, smells mechanical, the drive is very physical and you have to use the gears to slow down! I swear the first car I bought with power steering, I put 3-5 lBs of weight on & I'm 4 stone wet! I have found over the last couple of years people finger point to the 7 when out on the road, people generally are nice and they don't know enough about them to critique. People used to say they or their dad had one, now they mostly say their granddad had one! I want to keep my 7 as it mostly left the factory, it's never been welded, was Ziebarted from new and yes the paintwork needs attention, but it's an honest genuine car, I'm no expert but just love to do the work myself and keep it the way it was designed. Motoring and the quality since has improved with new cars, I never expect the sme performance from my 7, I drive it and condition myself in driving it respectful to its age and spec. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, always a good isten.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

The shakes and rattles are part of it for me, I like the rawness of it.

@ChrisFEJackson

9 ай бұрын

@@YorkshireClassicCarsltd Yes, you actually have to drive it and feel as if the need to be in more control whereas modern cars are so effortless to drive.

All good advice.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Thank you

I'm glad you talked about having it MOT'd, I never thought about it for exempt cars, very good advice.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Unpopular opinion I know to many, but I think it should go back to being a legal requirement

@ralphmillais5237

8 ай бұрын

@@YorkshireClassicCarsltd The problem with that is finding modern garages and MOT stations that are conversant with older cars. Truth is the motor trade do not want to know. It is not generally understood that one of the big drivers for the classic MOT exemption was the SMMT itself whose members could not be bothered with classics as the new generation of mechanics did not understand them and much of the MOT was not relevant. On a personal note, I have now seen several classics damaged, some expensively, by incompetent mechanics during MOTs. They don't "get" old cars. I have just last year had to replace both rear wishbones an a Lotus Elan (not my car) because an MOT guy jacked it up on them and buckled them. Obviously the garage refused to pay. The answer is to find a classic friendly MOT place but that is often easier said than done. The one I used to use has shut down, owner retired, so now I just check my own cars over, to be totally honest there are few people I would trust!

Classic cars are the price of nostalgia! Bought my 4th (or 5th) Manta in January, 20 years since my last, it drove ok on my 4 mile test drive, bought it, then when driving round town I thought "Why have I bought this noisy (wind noise) heap o'sh*te?". Then I took it on my 20 mile commute, down "B" & unclassified roads instead of the usual motorway, hell YEAH! Smiles/mile is where it's at 😁 I am going to modify it with bigger brakes, engine mods, wheels, quick rack, modern ECU & injectors etc. At what point will it stop being a Manta & just a reshelled beemer? hmmm...... There's a comment below "Get an MX5", totally valid in my opinion but missing the "nostalgia" I mentioned earlier.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Sounds great that, love a manta, always was a toss up for me between the capri and manta, truth be told the manta was a much better car

@Schlipperschlopper

5 ай бұрын

Best brake fluid was made in east germany DDR called KARIPOL 402

Each to their own but I have never understood classic car owners who drive/store their cars by arbitrary months of the calendar, eg many will put their cars away on the 1 Oct not to see the light of day until 1 May. Nice dry bright days in the winter months the car is never driven and yet it can be pissing down in May and out they come!

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Yea I get what you are saying, some people are a bit nervous about using classics full stop, and I've never got that, me and millions of other people used these cars day in day out, 365 days a year when they were just cars lol. I bought my first capri in 1991, used it everyday for years come rain or shine

Got a Triumph TR3, in Holland we have Kroon Oil, has the yellow coolant, is that wrong? It’s on their website, please let me know what your advice would be, thanks very much

Very true words , yes modern cars drive far better , and yes expensive cars drive very well , they should , but most have no character and some plain boring , and have expensive maintenance, Iv had five mercs , don't want another , I'll keep the stag I think ,

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

Good choice!

Don’t agree at all on running them occasionally in winter to warm them up etc. you will create condensation which will damage that classic so much more through water rot from inside. Also brake fluid you can use Dot 5 Silicone brake fluid perfectly well which isn’t hydrophobic.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

7 ай бұрын

I'm afraid you are wrong. You only get condensation inside if the vehicle is already wet inside. As for dot 5, it is more hygroscopic than dot 4 and needs changing more often, unless you are getting confused with the glycol based fluids? Anyhow, thanks for watching

If you want a drivable classic British sports car, buy an MX5.

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@tigermedz

3 ай бұрын

MGB>miata

Just buy an MGB then you won't have any of those problems!🤣

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 if you say so!! 😂😂😂

@tigermedz

3 ай бұрын

Indeed! 😂 I did just that. 79 MGB LE roadster repainted in pearl white.

Only a man with deep pockets gets an mot when it ain’t required , f**k that for a bag of chips 🍟

@YorkshireClassicCarsltd

3 ай бұрын

Don't think you can put a price on Safety personally, but it's your money