300 M.P.H. Road (1961)

Point of view M/S from a moving car as we approach the M1. We drive onto the motorway as commentator says "But on these new wide roads one gets no sensation of speed, and even at 75 miles an hour you might well be cruising"; C/U of a man's shoe in the car, pressing the accelerator to the floor.
Point of view M/S from the car of the almost empty motorway again as commentator says "So let's try it at 300 miles an hour". The film speeds up so that we zip along at a tremendous rate in the middle lane, passing a few cars and lorries; and honking the horn so a truck moves out of our way. L/S from a bridge as we see traffic speed past.
M/S at a service station as our car (an Austin A55 Cambridge Mark I) pulls up and is filled with petrol by a girl in a balaclava; this is all still in speeded up time. C/U of the petrol pump meter spinning round, then our car drives off again.
More motorway speeding shots; commentator says "There are 180 bridges on the M1 and as we can see, even at this speed, they don't interfere with the driver's vision" - presumably this was a concern in early motorway days. We come to the end of the motorway (sign is seen) and the driver puts his foot on the brake.
Fade into high angle daylight M/S of Piccadilly Circus at normal speed. Point of view M/S from the front of the car as the film is speeded up again as we zip around Eros, and appear to narrowly miss crashing into several black taxi cabs - help! High angle M/S of Piccadilly Circus, this time the scene is in fast motion; fade out.
Note: Possibly a modern 1961 version of the famous film of a speeded-up train journey from London to Brighton.
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[@wagglycloth4547]

I like how when they’re passing the bridges it sounds like someone is doing the sound effect by just blowing lol

[@yeh.80]

Probably blowing on his hot cup of tea

[@roadreg1820]

I think that’s exactly what they did. Genius 🤣

[@dronespace]

@@yeh.80 😂

[@TDGCmote]

@@roadreg1820 yeah, sounds like sound was added back in after it was sped up.

[@subhamjha6562]

0:45 yes lol😂😂

[@Mariazellerbahn]

1:32 That awkward moment when you are doing 300mph and a Ford Consul passes you as if you are standing still.

[@pauricboylan3571]

He stated that they weren't actually going 300mph just camera sped up trickery.

[@B.A.P_Golden_Eagle.]

He’s doing, what, 400, 450 mph. Damn, that little ford engine is certainly getting a workout.

[@ian_b]

@@B.A.P_Golden_Eagle. Underestimated car, the Ford Consul.

[@Goldenrod01]

@@pauricboylan3571 thanks for clarifying, I really thought that consul was driving at 400mph

[@Endidixknsej]

@@Goldenrod01 🤣🤣🤣

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Even at 300 MPH he got overtaken :-)

[@khafidzainulyaqien5996]

Njir ngakak

[@tobityp2]

Naaah, i assume he only drove about 200 mph at this particular moment..

[@28YorkshireRose12]

Aye, bloody fast, them old Fords!

[@tjteknik1]

Sorry about that... I was in a hurry.

[@billsticker]

My Dad's old Ford Zodiac by the look of things.

[@MrBcraze513]

0:43 someone is literally dubbed themselves making a swooshing noise with their mouth

[@chfsunf1ower296]

Lmao

[@glenquagmire4232]

Hahahahaha

[@staravs360]

Yes

[@Red_Dusk]

Yeet

[@SCUMMY4205]

vrooooommmm

[@v52gc]

So people have been hogging the middle lane for over half a century.

Here, in Portugal, the middle lane must have some kind of chocolate smell, people don't keep to the right... almost never. On the other hand, the right lane has a real cool asphalt, because it's much more less used. xD

[@Karmy.]

I always use the right lane so I don't have to try to change lanes when I need to exit

[@User-1543]

Middle lane should always be used if you’re commuting down the interstate. Left lane for passing slower traffic ahead of you IN THE MIDDLE LANE. And the right lane is to be used to get over to exit off the interstate. The middle lane isn’t meant to be the go fast lane.

[@dreww47]

v52gc it’s ok to do that .... lol

[@ianlehman8342]

They've also been passing in the wrong lane like always. ( for left-hand drive; People often pass in the right lane instead of the left lane designed for passing, vice-versa for right-hand drive it seems)

[@oddities-whatnot]

The emptiness of the motorway is unreal compared to todays nightmare of enduring them.

[@benwilliams6081]

Jackie Tearie : and thre kids - one each.

[@schweizerd6303]

our motorways are even more empty today

[@markhenley3097]

This was when motorways were new, and the trains actually ran. Notice how you only see trucks on the motorway too.

[@rockinnathan]

and then came the first uk lockdown. empty

[@carsandstuff365]

Looks cleaner too

[@huepix]

Even 100mph in an Austin A40 would be terrifying.

[@dschonsie]

100 mph in a wheelchair....that's really scary

[@joeking8028]

Had a 1956 Austin top speed was 90 mph not scary at all at that speed. Very stable,

[@malibu188]

Down hill with a strong tail wind 🤔

[@joeking8028]

@@malibu188 that's about right

[@joeking8028]

@Dacia Sandero guys had one no problem with brakes

[@Dan23_7]

Fast and furious vintage edition

[@markwright3161]

Fast and Furious 100, speeding ticket down memory lane :)

[@sp4msolo724]

@@markwright3161 it's better than F9. More realistic

[@grantmitchell9034]

There was a movie called fast and furious made in the 50s

[@OverdriveCz]

Yes

[@eriksantoso1741]

@@grantmitchell9034 1970s also

[@ivanbima5877]

I like how they reach "300 MPH" while some truck in front of them probably doing 270 MPH

[@roddydykes7053]

Imagine if highways were this open now

[@1000guy1]

If the automatic transmission was never invited

[@tegrqbruh4158]

I mean they are

[@benwilliams6081]

droid4D : Bedfordshire, England actually - the first British motorway - the M1.

[@fluffii5601]

Well I think on AutoBahn

[@101Volts]

Not gonna kid you, I once drove I-80 for 8 miles at 55 MPH in Pennsylvania in 2014 or 2015 and literally nobody passed me the whole time. I'm guessing traffic was held up that day.

[@robertkingston6164]

You can almost forgive them for tearing up all the railways when early motorways were that empty. If only they could see the motor dystopia they were condemning us to.

[@kingprone7846]

indeed. i think it was just a different time and hence people could still with what would be considered very unsafe cars drive 120mph+ and get away with it.

[@jayswarrow1196]

No, in fact - you can't. The motor dystopia we've got today is a *result* of their lightheaded approach to the public transport. They just thought "hey, the roads are empty, we don't need trains to travel"... In simple words: you can't treat cattle like a horse and hope it'll find it's own way home - you got to transport one with a _leading head._ (the engineer, or a bus driver in this case.)

[@theamazingempiricist]

They knew exactly what they were doing, watch "taken for a ride" to see how this was done in the US

[@OffGridInvestor]

If only you could see Australian freeways at midnight. They're far emptier than this. Good when you work nights. And it's extremely rare to see cops out then. Unless someone has crashed.

[@kingprone7846]

@@OffGridInvestor indeed, i moved to Aus, i usually leave at 0300 in the morning on long distance journeys. no speed cameras, no cops, no idiots.

[@sicks6six]

The "ton-up" boys heaven. Motorways with no speed limits. Longest skidmarks ever was an E-Type on the M1 .estimated speed when brakes locked was 125mph..and the marks were nearly 1000 foot long.. (if my memory serves me well)

[@flutter8712]

"We cheated with the camera! 🤭" Oh no we didn't noticed

[@loveplane737]

using speed motion in 1961?? cool camera in the past

[@colinmoreillon5970]

@@loveplane737 its just sped up film, nothing special.

[@alessandromoretti9495]

@@colinmoreillon5970 in 1960s it was like magic I suppose lol

[@numbereightyseven]

​@@colinmoreillon5970 Well you're fun to be around....

[@andrzejzborowski4920]

1 gallon of petrol costed 4 shilligs 8 pences in 1961. For the current money with inflation is around 5.43£ per gallon now :)

[@justsomeasshole7388]

Thats still alot

[@simonramsay6080]

That's interesting!

[@roddydykes7053]

Proud Republican not compared to what it is currently over there. Lot for America maybe

[@daveycmusic]

Cool fact, technically then, it's about the same price now. A gallon today (1.22 per litre) is £5.53

[@AgentSmith911]

In Texas it's $2 a gal

[@josef596]

Look at those clear motorways. Bliss.

[@ssss-df5qz]

"We must ask you not to do 300mph.... we've only sped the footage up"

[@Tyron95]

I love how his left foot is literally smashed on the floor

[@jrjr9908]

Well you're not supposed to rest your foot on the clutch pedal when driving.

[@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut]

@@jrjr9908 facts.......... well u can just youre clutch plate doesnt recomend it

[@MrUnder30seconds]

@@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut he didn't say you can't

[@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut]

@@MrUnder30seconds r/wooossshhh

[@MrUnder30seconds]

@@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut ZZZZoooommm

[@k.r.99]

_After 7 years in the deepest depths of KZbin, it was time to get recommended._ - this video

[@Wanking_wanker]

“We are not trying to set the land speed record” ha...if only they knew...

[@SCHRANZ3040]

Nicky h225 I’m sure they’d be most delighted knowing that we made and hold the land speed record. :):):)

[@brandon2kn]

This guy just went and got a full tank for 60p... and now you can’t even buy anything in the shop for that

[@kyushamx5114]

Yeah but 60p back then was alot more then it is now

[@JetsetMiner]

A freddo?

[@danw1374]

@@kyushamx5114 I can remember when a packet of 20 cigarettes cost just £1.20.

[@matthewvwuk]

I like it how the pumps measured the fuel in good old fashioned gallons instead of litres nowadays. Now that we have left the EU I think we should go back to imperial measurements like gallons etc.

[@soundseeker63]

Even 60 years later you can tell its the M1 from the style of those concrete over-bridges. And the style of the signposts are virtually unchanged! It must have seemed ultra modern back then! Just a shame you can't say the same about the volumes of traffic!!

[@grahammace5060]

How rich Ernie Marples (Transport Minister) got out of all those fat motorway contracts.

[@jemsncrystals]

1:32 *When you think you are fast and this happens...*

[@Astrix_Jaeger]

I like how they did a acapella "sheeewwwp" sound effect as the car swoops through under a bridge

[@matthewjamesshovlin3136]

Piccadilly looks amazing in the 60s!

[@madwatermelon1316]

London was at it's coolest back then but it's slowly lost it's charm.

[@wildanh7806]

So this is 100 mph with 3time faster speed?😅

[@kingofrandom4816]

No its 30mph with 10x speed

[@hitop2365]

I would hazard a guess at 60-70mph speeded up x5.

[@mikebarber1480]

He actually says it is 75mph so speeded up 4 times = 300mph

[@uweschollmeyer9409]

I recommend to put the KZbin-setting to double speed.

[@Dodo-nb3yc]

Thanks, recommendations

[@givemeahi5857]

The fact that roads were so good back in 60s is what developing nations like India just had in recent past

[@Brommear]

We had an Austen A50 - I think this was one in the video. Never mind 300mph, it would never have done 75 either!

[@dhruvgarg7194]

*BEAUTIFUL FOOTAGE! PURE GOLD*

[@brackcycle9056]

4 Shillings 8 pence per gallon ....WOW !... 5.1p per Litre ! With an attendant to fill it for you. .... But the average wage in 1961 was £750 & now 2021 , is £ 31,000 .. So £ in your Pocket equal to £2.12 per Litre !, & cars then got about about 20MPG to 40 MPG , making motoring about 2x or 3x more expensive per mile.

[@broccoliface4501]

Thanks for the maths

[@TonyAquino2023]

4 shillings is equivalent to 20 new pence (20p) in decimal money. 8 old pence is 3½ new pence (3½p) in decimal money. However, ½p was demonetised in December 1984 which means 4 shillings and 8 old pence (4/8) would be 24p in decimal money. Since 1 imperial gallon = 4.54609 litres, one litre of petrol at that time would be approximately 5.28p (in 24p / gallon) or 5.17p (in 23.5p / gallon). So, your conversion is correct.

[@VespaT5]

It's hard to believe that the M1 was built without a central crash barrier, the head-ons must have been terrifying. 🚗💥☠️

[@stuartd9741]

And 3 trucks side by side in all lanes.

[@Derek_S]

My friend bought a second hand E Type in the late 1960's and wanted to see how fast it would go. We joined the M1 at the southern end and he got it up to around 150 mph on the clock, which surprisingly didn't feel very stable, so we slowed down but then realised we had to go miles before reaching a turn off for our return. There was very little traffic in those days so we simply did a u-turn across the central reservation and went back the way we'd come. It wasn't many years after that the Armco was installed on the central reservation as a safety improvement.

[@mylifeinvictus]

These older videos are so awesome! Love it!

[@waynetetley584]

The Consul overtake really cracked me up. Hilarious 😁😂

[@maxmustermann5353]

1:31 The moment when you're driving 300MPH and someone rushes by.

[@satpxl]

The clips speeded

[@David-uq6yb]

My Grampa had an Austin Cambridge in the 60’s. I loved going for a ride with him in his Cambridge as a 4-5 year old. But it didn’t do 0-60 in 10 seconds... rather 0-10 in 60 seconds. Life was a lot less hectic then.

[@Lightning2011]

0:21 when you realize school starts in 2 minutes and you JUST got into your car:

[@greenman1411]

Petrol: 4 shillings and eightpence per gallon! That's about 23 pence! Or a litre for about 5 pence!!!

[@derekth71]

Yeah, the fuel price was the bit that made me sigh… 😆

[@jamesbedford7327]

Its roughly equivalent to 107.5p/litre today

[@1978rharris]

Withnail making some serious time. If he gets caught he’ll have to get right in the back of the van

[@victorymansions]

He only had a few ales.

[@firedell1031]

I WISH traffic in the middle of the day was still this easy.

[@alessandro.calzavara]

Love it, the humor and all and this is from my mom's year of birth!

[@michaeldesilvio9980]

my old pickup truck feels like you're going three hundred miles an hour when you're actually only going seventy five.

[@nigelclark7360]

Might be only 60 mls an HR.

[@nigelclark7360]

They weren't very fast those 1200 cc Austin's.

[@Burns11112]

Why would you lower a truck

[@maryhinge128]

This is the dashcam footage on Dominic Cummings car when he went up to Barnard Castle last year with the covid, while we were all stuck at home.

[@nicholasbell9017]

He he!

[@nitrorory]

Those empty roads must have been such a joy

[@brianfearn4246]

Motorways, middle lane for overtaking. Third lane for overtaking. The problem of lane hogging has never changed.

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

First time joining motorway at Birmingham to travel to St Albans on the M1 1967 in a Vauxhall Viva one thing I do remember is listening to the Beatles on the radio, those were the days?

[@mnd1955]

I learned to drive in a Viva. Good cars for the time.

[@MrDontclickthislink]

Still looks the same, except now it's just massive potholes, people hogging the middle lane and endless lines of lorries.

[@blowduke]

I would love to take my superbike back in time to those roads ..

[@t16205]

Those Zephyrs and Consuls whould whip your ass

[@ercopi9534]

Considering that the footage is sixty years old, it's surprisingly good quality.

[@paulbroderick8438]

Love the vintage two tone paint job! Seems the only colors available now are either white or grey. Greetings from a Brit residing in the USA.

[@phillipecook3227]

We had an Austin Cambridge - MAROON with a stripe!

[@Thomas-lu7dn]

I'm amazed by how British infrastructure was so advanced even in the early 1960s. Truly impressive!

[@garfield2279]

My dads old Bedford dormobile van would probably just about reach 70 mph, on a good day, with a 3 mile run up, and with a following wind, trouble was at that speed it sounded like an old gas cooker, full of pots and pans, being rolled down a marble staircase. Today’s cars do it in virtual silence, completely understressed, you don’t even know you’re doing it

[@BurtonsAttic]

Vintage sped up video!

[@benwilliams6081]

Burton's Attic to speed up the footage on a film cine camera, you SLOWED DOWN the speed at which the camera took the frames. This speeded up the result to the viewers.

[@theoilandgasresourceportal2132]

The impact of mass immigration and uncontrolled population growth isn't evident in this film. People must have been so unhappy back then

[@keithdukes5990]

Yeah, what a miserable time it must have been!!! Lol!

[@seltaeb9691]

I'm misty eyed..

[@markholroyde9412]

Ha ha ha fkn hilarious, love it, see the old Austin got smoked by the "new" 350mph..... Mk 11 Zodiac, wonderful vid. ....needs to press the brown brouge shoe down a bit harder LOL

[@BillyNoMates1974]

No speed limits back then because hardly anything could hit 70mph without breaking down

[@ToyKingWonder]

I don't know about British cars on British Roads. However, in the US, in the 60s to the 80s, we would take cross country trips, from LA to Chicago, Denver to LA, etc, about once a year. Our first car was a 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Wagon. That was replaced with a 1966 Buick. Finally, a 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. We never broke down, and yes, all drum brakes, non-radial tires. One time in Denver the Cadillac got some bad fuel and started hesitating, a shop visit resulted in a new fuel filter. Another time we came out of a restaurant and we had a flat tire. That was about it. Back then all the interstates were 75mph and my dad would cruise at 80+. The reality is that since the late 50s, most cars were extremely reliable and we had well-traveled interstate freeways to prove it.

[@BillyNoMates1974]

@@ToyKingWonder probably because in the USA most engine sizes are quite a bit larger than in the UK. Back then an Austin 3 Litre was considered a large engine. Most engines were of the 1.8L to 2.0L sizes

[@t16205]

@@BillyNoMates1974 Come on! Most engines were 1.0L to 1.6 liter.. High end cars could have a 2.0L, but not most cars. On the other hand they were effective

[@yuyyes7929]

KZbin recommending me this I was like it sounds cool

[@waifuracer6516]

75mph in 1961. 50mph in 2021. Improved a lot 👍

[@southwest3671]

Nice to see all my Dinky Toys come to life.

[@AbandonEarth911]

No central reservation barrier. Gallon of petrol 4shillings and 8pennies in old money.

[@whatif4942]

I could have believed it was 300mph but the Austin badge on the front gave the game away.

[@sidecarbod1441]

I agree, everyone knows that they were only good for about 250 MPH

[@mandywithell]

And no armco barriers in the central reservation :)

[@LilaKuhJunge]

...and today affluent brits still come to germany to try it for real...

[@96serpendityyouarelostnotm87]

Uploaded 5 years ago and just now I’m watching it

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

Great days, when you could be proud of your country.

[@markhenley3097]

You also get to see a bit of historical London in the end.

[@adamrichardson7758]

Proof we should be able to max our cars on the motorways

[@ccityplanner1217]

No sensation of speed is just how I felt on the motorway as a child. 0:45: Luton & Dunstable railway line

[@batmanlives6456]

Who would have thought... 300 mph in an old Austin Sounds feasible

[@tina5203]

Great video !!!! 😁

[@vishalkrishan8988]

I am very much happy to see this video 👍

[@rjones6219]

The days when you could get 4 gals/£1. I recall my father being outraged that before long petrol would soon be £1/gal.

[@jennifernicholas523]

I remember driving from North London to Beverley in Yorkshire and refilling the tank in my Consul for £2.50

[@blankroomsoup666]

But you’d also earn about £5 a week?

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

I remember my father saying people would take their cars off the road if petrol reached £1 per gallon. I can just about remember it being 80p.

[@gavcom4060]

did you forget about inflation?

[@NoosaHeads]

4s/8d per gallon. I reckon that things in 1961 were between 25 and 35 less than today's prices. (Mars Bar was 6d, pint of beer was 1s/6d at a pub, nice 4 bedroom house in good area in Leeds was £4,500, top of the range Ford car £800, loaf of bread 6d, police sergeant's wages in Leeds £900 per year, manual worker at Burton's Tailors, £300 per year, 7 day holiday in Spain, including air fares, hotel and two meals per day £20). Assuming my "25 - 30x inflation, petrol at about £1/4 should be between £6.50 and £7.50 per gallon and it's £5.30, so fuel is actually cheaper, nowadays, than back in 1961. Housing was about 100 times less than in 2021. A "posh" meal out was 10s per person and fish and chips (take out) cost 9d. Fish and chips is now about £3.5 -£4 - ie about 120x the 1961 price. Electrical appliances are cheaper than in 1961 but maybe not as cheap as people think. A 'fridge cost £25 - cheaper nowadays, pro-rata but not way less. If course, they were made in England and would work, on average for 25 years. Nowadays, they're Chinese and last for - at best - 10 years. So maybe they *were* cheaper in the old days.

[@brianfoster7794]

I remember the motorways before they imposed the 70mph speed limits, whatever you’re car could do flat out that was fine, problem was when you came back down to 50/60 it feels like 5mph and even with the little traffic around then there were some horrific accidents leaving the motorways and crossovers with no central barrier that was always a mess two metal lumps into one mangled red stained lump not nice

[@stuartd9741]

Always wonder if there's wasn't a fuel crisis in 73, would there of been an actual national speed limit of 70mph?

[@tobaccorich]

Beautiful So Clean !

[@denys2776]

I would love to live in that time and own a car, look how empty the roads are.

[@natelav534]

People actually got out of your way in the passing lane in the 60's? Take me back

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

300 MPH Austin Cambridge? Must have that new Ingenium engine in it!

[@robinburn4974]

The two tones always went faster

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

++@@robinburn4974++ Yes I remember them. I had a two tone green one for a while. Wish I had it now!

[@alexarango6677]

Man speeding back in the day looked fun af

[@sbcap3809]

Those were the days of traffic never to be seen again. Wow, I lived through something that no one will ever again experience.

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

You might see it again. I suspect the era of affordable private car ownership is coming to an end.

[@sbcap3809]

You may have a point there, as most freedoms are now beginning to be refused. Didn’t take more than 75 years to go back to serfdom. If you have heard old Charlie Swabyee, you will own nothing, so private cars are not the only thing you will no longer be deprived of.

[@dingo137]

It was like that (maybe even less traffic) about a year ago in the first lockdown. It was a weird feeling to drive on an empty M6.

[@markherzog9484]

The thought of going over 75mph in any 50’s or 60’s car is pants soilingly scary.........

[@bingola45]

Perhaps you should stick with the bus.

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

The going was easy, it was the stopping that formed your character.

[@glenncook9063]

Drum brakes, no power assist, pulling to one side, and that was on a good day.

[@JBinthesticks]

I want one of those 150 mph Bedfords.

[@SampleTracks2224]

This actually starts at Berrygrove - the old Berrygrove roundabout and temporary terminus of the M1, rather than the Berrygrove interchange of today. The roundabout is partially buried under the new interchange, never to be seen again - rather like forward-thinking Britain of the 1960s, sunk without trace.

[@Reverend-ek6kt]

back when media and corporate made informative adverts for adults instead of dumbing everything down to make all adverts sound like childrens

[@jtballnuts]

It’s a shame there’s more and more housing developments appearing around the M1, especially from to london to MK

[@savedbygodsgrace.9058]

M1 Birmingham?

[@dingopisscreek]

Clear roads. 4s.8p? And that's a GALLON!! That is 12 (old) pennies a litre. Which works out I think to around 5 pence in the toy town money we have now.

[@edwardfalcus7013]

How many bitcoins was that imean threepennybit coins?

[@christophertucker8031]

No Austen would do 300mph

[@xboxcontroller4811]

Christopher Tucker that car would be shaking at 65 MPH

[@simonramsay6080]

*it's Austin (not Austen)! I think that model would have had a top speed of 80mph. It looks an A50/55. Obviously the film was sped up.

[@SillyGoose778]

@@simonramsay6080 That's what they said in the video iirc

[@grahamstanton6500]

Christopher Tucker Austin did 192.62mph in 1954 in bonneville

[@andrewallen9993]

The Lancaster bombers Austin made would go faster than 300mph :) And in the 1940's too!

[@landhopper4296]

300mph in the Austin. Sweet. This is why we love old cars.

[@scoapproductions]

Pristine quality

[@metrez4537]

The good old days when the roads didnt have traffic :D

[@mcleodclan]

If he were driving an electric car this video would last 2 hours showing it charging even speeded up.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

The M1 was only 75 miles so i think he'd be okay

[@toainsully]

Commentator: How fast can you go on the new motorway? Driver: Yes

[@nickz4993]

60 years before Bugatti 💪

[@Themadtaxi]

kachow! Bugatti existed since the early 30s at least

[@MadKingJorge]

Try opening a book some time.

[@Hollows1997]

Goes to show just how unsuited London is to cars... and that’s 1961!!!

[@madzangels]

These were the days, I remember my Grandad in his Ferrari when the Police would flash him and he'd just put his foot down and laugh.... Nothing happened the following day Good times

[@michaelhawthorne8696]

Probably before ANPR

[@hugodeckers3880]

Your granddad's sirname was Gordon ?!? ;)

[@Nbomber]

Love the sound effects, clearly a guy making those noises into a mic

[@TysyTube]

🤣🤣🤣

[@loveplane737]

lol

[@iwatchhentaieverydaywithsenpai]

🤣😂😂?!11111

[@marklittler784]

Bonnet mascot adds to a cars character 😊

[@andy199121]

You wanna see the M1 today, you’d do well to do 30mph. It’s got more in common with a car park

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World's first Car Dashcam