Great British Car Journey Museum: Walkaround!

[@terence2678]

As a 60 year old I remember lots of these cars being common place on our roads but I really like your enthusiasm and great knowledge of them. I'm glad there is a place for the millennials to go and see these. They were all individually very interesting designs back then.

[@unanonymousperson2555]

My uncle Giles owned Gilbern. He has passed away now. He went to making boats then electric boxes out of fiberglass .

[@givenuponthisone]

I was there the weekend before you filmed this, and can confirm it was an actually a most splendid of splendid days. Even the non interested in cars Missus found it fascinating! All topped off by a lovely bacon batch in the caf', and then a magnificent drive in the Austin 1300GT, identical to the one I owned back in 1975/6. Absolutely gorgeous. Wish I'd never sold mine now. All in all, a highly recommended and most worthy visit.

[@kamrankhan-lj1ng]

Would love goin there.

[@jb3222]

I had a drive in that beautiful 1300GT back in September, and think they must have mended the clutch since my go!

[@SIG636]

It is quite interesting to see so many, various british cars. In Slovakia you can see just a few old MGs or Triumphs on classic car meetings.

[@murrieteacher]

Wow! as a 76 year old, I drove some of these cars that made it to Australia. Brings back memories of great drives with low traffic and stunning women sitting beside me.

[@jimsimpson1006]

A wonderful collection of cars. But boy, does it make me feel old to see many of them in a museum.

[@martinneumann7783]

Oh, that was wonderful! Thanks for taking us to this motor museum. British cars… exotic stuff for continentals! 🇬🇧🥰🇩🇪

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

Very nice, the only thing missing is an old typewriter. I found a couple at the Geraldine Vintage Car and Machinery Club Museum on the weekend and thought of you Lol.

[@increiblepelotudo]

My family had a Dodge 1500 (Avenger) in Buenos Aires in the 80s. (We are Argie-Americans) and I LOVED it sooooo much. Wish I had it now in NYC. Lovely little RWD treat. It sold here under Dodge as well. Saw one in Long Island, same yellow color as our old one.

[@caw25sha]

It was also sold as the Plymouth Cricket (because Americans are such big cricket fans 😄). I know this because my dad was in insurance and he had a claim for one which had been brought to the UK by its American owner. Would the Dodge have been more upmarket and higher spec than the Plymouth?

[@robinvanags912]

Aka 'Plymouth Cricket' (USA), & even sold as 'Volkswagen 1500' in Argentina!

[@increiblepelotudo]

@@caw25sha upmarket, that is straight Lols. I mean give it a Vanden Plas interior and that's a lot wonderful head scratching for the American buyer. I would love to have had one with a burl walnut dash and Connolly leather. Now, take one and engine swap it with a Tesla Model 3 motor and you have a seriously fast car.

[@Zeem4]

@@caw25sha It was only sold as the Plymouth Cricket in the USA, not as a Dodge. Maybe some got imported into the USA from South America though?

[@ianstewartorr8455]

What a wonderful exhibition it would need to be a holiday from Scotland to see all those car’s 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@MrButtonpresser]

My wife and I used Vanden Plas Princesses as our our wedding cars. Lovely for photos and to travel inside. Black one for the church and a white one for the evening! Posh

[@peterriggall8409]

What a vision the man who established this collection has. Thank goodness for people such as this. What a wonderful legacy to leave for future generations. I will now wipe up the drooling on the keyboard..... Thanks Mr. Hubnut for bringing it to us.

[@paultaylor9652]

Enjoyed that very much, a big thank you Mr HubNut and to the museum.

[@davidwilson4468]

We went last week and spent a very happy couple of hours there. The surprising thing was just how many of the cars on show I have driven or owned! I went home feeling quite old....

[@alistairvenning7329]

Oh my god this place brings back memories,my dad had loads of these cars when I was growing up including a Hillman avenger,morris traveller,an allegro,mk2 astra,a Austin Atlantic,a mini clubman,cortina mk3 nd a a40 among others,i my self have owned a mk1 Mondeo,,a Vauxhall chevrette and a mk2 astra,we owned ,loads of classic cars between us,don't see any of them on the road these days,cant remember the last time I saw Sierra or a cavalier,let alone an avenger,those were the days

[@johnd8892]

At 0:48 the Arriol-Johnston make had an unusual claim to fame that I just became aware of yesterday. The make was the first car used on the continent of Antarctica. It was not very successfully used by the 1907 Shackleton expedition. It was recorded in 1909 as being shipped from New Zealand to "the English Museum". Much earlier than the more successful 1963 Australian made VW Beetle that got the number plate Antarctica 1 . Both the VW and the Arriol-Johnston had the advantage of air cooled engines to try to cope with Antarctic cold. Both of these significant cars seem to have disappeared.

[@jkk244]

Great tour! Hey, I caught your subtle REM reference when you described the Ford Grenada! Nice!

[@Velocipedium]

That wonderful barn found Austin reminds me of Arthur, the family transport of 'Worthy', which was knocking around Newcastle Emlyn long before "oily rag" became a thing.

[@jamiemx5]

Fascinating, thanks for the guided tour. Too far to get to, so really appreciated. Lots of great knowledge shared too 👍

[@johnwaga3702]

What a fantastic place, thank you for the tour! It brings back memories of the cars around when I was a kid. I loved the yellow GT6.

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

That was very interesting and beautiful. Thanks for the tour.

[@Hairnicks]

Drove Avengers as police cars in the 80's, amazing cars, loved them so much I bought myself an Avenger Estate.

[@robc5955]

Don’t know how you remember all the details you do, but I’m very happy you do as I am old enough to remember most of the cars but not the detail. An excellent tour, thanks as ever.

[@pauldavies6037]

What a great museam there seems to be more than ever in the UK now Ian really knows his stuff on just about every car in there

[@ChrisNF]

A magnificent feast for our eyes 👀 Fantastic Ian 👍

[@alc6276]

Great video thanks. Really enjoyed my visit there in May and drive of the Austin 1300 GT. Wonderful place.

[@Kai-Peter.Schellhase]

Excellent video. Cool to see so many cars we never got in Norway. Thanks ever so much, Ian!👍

[@nigelbond4056]

OMG! 12:10, that Daimler Double-Six Vanden Plas Series 1 is my old car! I wondered where it went 😀😀😀

[@northstar1950]

Love that Jensen and the later CV8, a ale of mine, the late John Baker was the service manager there at some point he restored his Gordon Keeble there! Now they are rare cars.

[@rydermike33]

An excellent walk around, thank you. What a wonderful collection. From the Ruby to the Rolls, definitely in my 'dream garage'.

[@andrewentwistle515]

What a great tour of the museum's collection of great cars. The were certainly a few that evoked happy memories of my childhood.

[@Zeem4]

My wife had a Maestro City X when I first met her. I seem to remember that it had a ditigal clock with a vacuum fluorescent display, where the base model City just had a blanking plate. All the luxury! It didn't have seatbelts in the back either, it was originally sold a couple of months before they became a legal requirement.

[@tafman73]

I did a museum tour back in September - Coventry Transport, Brooklands, Gaydon and GBCJ. I have to say that my favourite was the last one. It is brilliantly curated and the cars were a joy to see and learn about. Thanks for introducing me to it at your first visit.

[@stepheng8779]

The TR7 and that MK1 Granada, lovely 👍 And the colours, not just shades of grey or white.

[@graemeburr6463]

Thanks for this Hubnut. The coverage was professional and in depth as always. I watched two others on the the same museum and was frustrated by one because he ignored the older stuff, and the other "clown" didn't know his makes despite the signs and all we saw was his face. Happy New Year from NZ.

[@TheStobb50]

Good trip down memory lane for me, my dad‘s first car Ford prefect my first car Vauxhall Victor 101, most of the cars in this video I’ve been in and even drove ,thank you

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Thanks for the walkround, I am hoping to get down to the museum in April next year and hopefully drive a car my dad had. Nice to the see the museum finished as well.

[@willswheels283]

Very interesting Tour Ian, thanks, it’s somewhere I’d like to visit for sure, so many cars there from the 70’s/80’s and even 90’s that I remember being driven around, parked in public car parks etc, and am sure many our age and older would remember too. I’d love a drive in a Maxi or a Leyland Princess, 2 cars I’ve never even sat in!

[@alansmith1770]

Some lovely cars Ian. Loved the Maxi I had a 77 model in the same colour. Also the Landcrab always loved them.

[@video99couk]

13:26 Avenger, a better car than a Marina. Here, here! Absolutely.

[@FleetAdmiral215]

Wonderful experience & definitely recommend !!!

[@gregorylenton8200]

Yes great tour and info...many thanks

[@harpsi8]

A true relaxing Delight IAN. I enjoyed your narration and Encyclopedic knowledge of the wonderful British Cars. Well Done Sir. Many Car fanciers Only one Mr. HubNut, IAN. Rich&2 carnivorous kitties 🥩🥓🐈‍⬛🐈🇺🇲

[@eclectarama]

You're right on the Tundra Green MGB GT, Ian. I had a rubber-bumper model in the same colour.

[@leejohnson3209]

Oooohhhh, how about that Jensen. Very nice. Edit: and the mk1 Granada. 😍

[@trevdean540]

What a great collection of cars.Gilbern invader was my favourite.Wanted one after i read specialist sports cars by Peter J Filby.

[@millomweb]

Hillman Imp - stalks sprouting out of the dashboard. In 1969 - 1976 at the back of the house we lived in was a garage with an Imp permanently parked in there and I'd forgotten those stalks that it had !

[@davidmarshall6538]

Arroll-Johnson built the very first, dedicated, car factory in the UK at Heathfield, near Dumfries. The one you showed in the video was probably built there, Ian.

[@niklaswejedal463]

another museum I must visit some day!

[@richardhalliday6469]

Another excellent trip down memory lane Ian, a quick wizz around appetiser crying out for more in depth content. Brilliant.

[@MattBrownbill]

Ticked off the cars I have owned, as you went round. Maxi, Mini Clubman, Astra Mk1, Capri, and Escort. My only Chrysler is my Jeep. Good tour round!

[@darrenwilson8042]

Avengers are great - my first car was a 71 1250 in green Got to admire the confidence of a firm that is so confident in its training of staff and working practises it decides buying an ambulance and a couple of medics is a better bet than H&S training and revised working practises lol

[@yellowbird8690]

The plague of the alternator has finally reached Scotty this weekend. Fortunately I anticipated this, and took off Whiskey ‘s one. This was a replacement one, has date stamp of 2017, so could last for sometime.

[@leeallen7585]

I went on it's second day....was very impressed and need to go back in 2022.....At the time i owned an SD3 but took my R8 there and it got a lot of attention

[@micheltebraake7915]

A nice tour Ian, if traveling can be normal again, this is definitely a museum to visit on a trip from the Netherlands.

[@2W3X4YZ5]

Good day sir. That was a walk through a time machine. I saw many of my Matchbox toy cars well represented in real life. I did find that my favorite 60’s car (P5B Coupe) seemed to be missing 😕 Thanks for the fascinating tour. Cheers.

[@tonysplodge44]

Snap. Exactly the same... my eye went to the P4 and thought 'They must have a P5B Coupe'... a minor disappointment in an otherwise typically brilliant Hubnut review.

[@2W3X4YZ5]

@@tonysplodge44 It’s an old video, but I never tire of watching it. Cheers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKPFZmWPbtKKhc0

[@hectorshouse7348]

Had a spitfire 1.3 o/drive in 1981…much better than I expected, good fun 😃

[@stephenshippam9374]

Hi Ian great video,and thanks for the tour,a lot of car's I remember from when I was a child, look forward to your next video best wishes to you.

[@chrisdowns1987]

Thanks Ian, nice to get your commentary going round the museum. I had to keep our eldest (she's 4) occupied when we went so I didn't get to have my usual dawdle about or use the audio tour. I can't wait to go back, thing I like the most is most cars have actually seen use not just been museum pieces (although the box fresh mini gives an interesting comparison). I wish they were closer, as a mechanic slightly bored with modern stuff I'd jump at the chance to learn classics!

[@grayfool]

Nice place and wonderful collection. I really hope they do well. Thanks Ian

[@fhwolthuis]

Wow, amazing collection. Very nice cars in good condition as it seems. They could do with another hall because the cars are a bit close together. But definitely something I want to visit.

[@stephenholland5930]

Yes, they are rather packed in.

[@daniellee9015]

Brilliant video Ian 👍 lovely cars there paradise

[@Tom.Jackson.]

Hours drive from me so will take a look next year and remenis or how ever you spell it, some beautiful cars in there and many of them I had, well not them directly but same models, thanks for showing 👍

[@stefencooke]

I will get around to visiting this place at some point next year

[@pdsnpsnldlqnop3330]

Love it how Ian goes crazy for the McLaren to say nothing about the old Chrysler next to it.

[@tolrem]

I had one of those lowlight Morris Minor convertibles when I was at secondary school in 1971.[We could get our licence at 15 in those days in NZ].Great fun.Same colour too.My dad bought it for probably about $100.Had a 1950 Ford Prefect before that.I think it cost $60.The battery was old so had to use the crank handle to start it.

[@WWarped1]

What a great collection, and so many memories as well. My car mad Granddad owned way too many of these vehicles. But did I miss a Jowett? I thought they had one, then again I thought they had a Bristol Brigand (An amazing vehicle, that spare wheel storage) but haven't seen that. Must be my mind playing tricks with me in old age. Great video Ian, and well done on not mentioning the infamous line when introducing the Scimitar.

[@keithbradfield7825]

Looks like a marvellous place

[@brianbale9511]

Thanks for a great editorial thats top draw...looking forward to it...dads drive mk1 ford fiesta 950cc if possible..old man had it reppossed by lombards tricity finance 1980s ...but yea id luv to

[@andrewmoorhouse687]

Visited a couple of months ago off the back of your earlier video Ian. Lots to see and the layout of the hall is really well done with the period posters and everything. Many of the cars have an interesting history, be it one owner from new or kept in the same family for 40 years, that type of thing. Chatting to the guys, it seems they’ve aimed to give it a look of the motor shows from the time. Certainly reminds me of the ones I visited, such as the NEC, in the seventies. They’ve big plans for expansion, the exhibits are a little cramped already in places and those plans include a motorcycle museum section in addition to the cars. Highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in cars or who wishes to take a trip down memory lane, either with cars you’ve owned yourself or those of your parents. I’m giving it a deserved ‘plug’ as I think it’s important we get behind initiatives like this, especially when they’re done so well. Intend to revisit and drive some of the cars next year and look into membership.

[@michailokeefeMooMoo]

The triple wiper blade car . Can you imagine the triangle of doom on that screen

[@TheFlyingdeuces]

What an amazing place, definitely on my to do list.

[@briantitchener4829]

Enjoyed that "look around" Ian. Thought I saw an E-type lurking in the background somewhere. Pity there's not enough room for a few more classics; Consuls, Zephyrs, Zodiacs, Westminsters, Jag Mk10s, Ventoras, Sterlings and the like. Great showing though, nonetheless.

[@rickydub6950]

Looks a cracking place, great walkaroud vid 😁👍

[@hannahmillington5781]

Wonderful collection, but also a bit sad. The British managed to kill off their entire industry in just a few years having had such a magnificent history

[@kevinw8258]

We managed to string it out over a few decades but a combination of government, trade unions and mismanagement eventually killed it completely. Very sad.

[@BibtheBoulder]

I suspect this museum is very quickly going to become a default 'go to' meet for classic car groups, as well as a regular 'drive-to' destination. Great video, and really whets the appetite to visit in person.

[@kbradley1994]

They've really done a wonderful job with this museum. Also, never spotted the AE86 Esprit lights before!

[@Captain_Scarlet_SIG]

Nice tour Ian thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@garrymartin6474]

An additional benefit of living quite near the museum is that you get to see a lot more classic cars than usual, due to people visiting in their own vehicles 👍🏻

[@pizzalover3]

Encyclopaediac knowledge as always, looks a great place to visit!

[@peterryan7827]

Loved this so much many thanks for doing this video,I cannot believe how many of those older cars I have personally been involved with over the years,i even gave a mate drive lessons in his first car, which was an Austin seven,i cannot remember if he took his test in it but someone gave him the car, back then, But the first car i ever went in, was the 1936 hillman, that my dad hand-painted, i think a grey colour.,thanks again .

[@mpersad]

What a terrific collection - great review!

[@robinvanags912]

I do like the extensive use of large graphics, logos & photographs surrounding the vehicles here (I try & do something similar with my 1/43 scale models!).

[@jfv65]

I'd say the Austin 7 is the British model T. The true first car for the masses. Only 1 car i have owned (Jag XJ) . I didn't spot a Range Rover Classic, a must-have car for a museum like that.

[@crashbox7130]

I very much love the Austin Seven but I would argue that the first mass-produced car in the UK was the Morris 'Bullnose' Oxford and Cowley models built between 1913-1926. William Morris introduced the 'Ford System' of assembly to the UK. Damn shame they don't have either in the museum.

[@TheAllyMor]

Terrific walkaround.

[@the.internet]

Gonna have to ask for a pass for Xmas me thinks. Great walk around!

[@captaccordion]

Great collection! I'll just comment on a couple. The Vanguard is a Phase 1A, with the earlier beetle back body and the later Phase 2 grille. The Wolseley/Riley 1500/1.5 was intended to replace the Minor but didn't. I've heard them described as the world's only 4 door 2 seater. In Australia they gained fins and some length, and became the Austin Lancer or Morris Major, and finally the Morris Major Elite with 1.6 litres. It's a shame one didn't put itself your way when you were over here. Cheers.

[@HubNut]

I think I did find a Major Elite in Parramatta, though sadly not to drive. That show was incredible.

[@MuntiionCars]

Just a place where I wanna be!! Nice video mate…

[@TonyLing]

19:10 Red seat belts which made it easy for those 80s rozzers to see if you had your seat belts on

[@uwewelz4908]

The Gilbern was entirely new to me. Nearly every car deserves its own story, so can't point out one. For me as a German many Fords and Vauxhalls are well known, mostly with other names, but I can also remember the Chrysler Avenger as a Simca, later Talbot.

[@petergibbs]

Lovely to see the first car I drove age 8. My fathers battleship grey Vauxhall Viva HA ( it was s/h, why would anyone buy NEW a grey coloured car?) and my first car a metallic sky blue Maestro. Will have to go this summer. Wonder if I can drive them. Would love to drive the Viva HA again.

[@jimmyquinn9639]

Lovely cars and video

[@h60memo]

Steve over at This Week With Cars explained that a Frogeye is a right hand drive and a Bugeye is a left hand drive. I think that is a fantastic way to describe the Sprites common differences.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

NAH we always called them bugeyes in Australia when i was growing up (except for any UK residents that had emigrated to here.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

what a fantastic collection which brings back such magical / miserable memories!!! magical in terms of some of the cars I dreamed my father would buy, and miserable at being actually ferried about in a Wartburg (but I'd love one now!!!). great to see the Cavalier too. I had a silver and black SR (not Sri) saloon (MCY 636X I think) and am I alone in thinking the Allegro estate was / is quite an attractive car???

[@manxman8008]

Good tour thanks :)

[@royfellows5468]

I believe that the Jensen 541 had the 4 litre OHV engine of the Sheerline, but with multiple carbs. I always loved cars, 77 as I write this and have owned an ISO Rivolta, XK 150, Mk 2 Jags, and Silver Shadow.

[@HubNut]

Yes, my error on the engine.

[@cornishhh]

Maxi gearchanges were fine after the first couple of years when they changed from a cable to rod system.

[@dorsetoctaviaman]

When the Mk II with the redesigned change was new, yes. Maybe my dad was just unlucky with his 1750 that he bought in 1971 but fifteen months later in summer 1972, suddenly one day the gearlever just lost all firm slots in the double-H pattern - you could move it across 1-3-5 in the forward half and 2-4-R(everse) in the rear half; no gears actually engaged, and there was no feel of neutral between the halves. The culprit was a new casting that BL had made below the new, slicker, gearlever - it had just sheared in two. That episode, and a mount coming adrift at one end of the steering rack (very luckily at low speed...) was the end. He part exchanged the Maxi for his first SAAB 99.

[@2BugsandaBack]

I was there on Friday! Really enjoyed it :)

[@simonprodhan5050]

great video, must get down there it looks fantastic, some really brilliant cars and i too love the period ads, i wonder if they'll get a mk 4 zephyr/zodiac or a PC cresta? two of my all time favourite classics that don't seem to appear that often in museums(i know there are few survivors especially the crestas) thanks

[@smoothmicra]

Good day out to drive a vintage car or two and then walk around the museum. If only they would let you drive all the cars in the museum! Like all these events you find yourself just itching to jump in the driver's seat and take them round the block.