Festival of the Unexceptional Pt2 - even more! Plus Concours de l'Ordinaire and winner!

[@dolomite_73]

This is why I love the HubNut channel. Interesting yet attainable/relatable cars. Thanks, Ian!

[@mattinx]

That Triton Green SD1 at 14:41 is Dotty, which Nitrosilvia has an extensive series on videos on, covering the somewhat incredible process of getting her from a very sad and neglected state (with rather a lot of rust), back to what you see today

[@twocvbloke]

I still love the fact Hamster kept Oliver, of all the cars we saw on TG and TGT that they fannied about with, Oliver is certainly the best of the bunch, so glad he restored & kept it!!! As for the rest fo the show, yeah, so many cars that used to be common, now fading away and becoming valable collectables, even the seemingly common Volvo breezeblocks... :P

[@farmergeddon7527]

Volvo 340 also had a Renault 1.7 as well. I know as I got a very late 9 year old one when I was 21 (as such a cool guy...) and it let me down in anything other than sunshine. Valentine's Day 2000 it cut out again in light drizzle and I went the full Basil Fawlty on it in rush hour traffic and police coming in the opposite direction asked me if I could calm down. "But it always lets me down and I've had enough". Had it for three miserable years - one of the cars I was really pleased to see the back of.

[@keithfletcher6123]

Funny to think the roads were literally awash with vanilla cars like most on show … but now they are (for the most part) awesomely cool / retro. I want one …

[@TheLuisg92]

Both the Pony and the Lantra reminded of my late grandfather. He had several Hyundais back when I was a kid: 2 first gen Excel (a light blue 3 door, which survived 2 roll overs and a brown 5 door that was later painted beige), a light metallic pink Accent sedan, a silver 2nd gen Excel sedan and a silver 1st gen Elantra. Both of the silver cars had black vinyl seats, power everything; including the antenna, tachometer, 5 speed transmission and A/C, very well equipped cars for the price. Despite what many may say about early Hyundas, I can’t remember a single complaint regarding quality or reliability, they always started and never broke despite all the torture they had to endure from the old man who always was a terrible driver and just got even worse as he aged. I miss those simpler times when he and the cars were around.

[@plym1969]

Ian doing what Ian does best. A masterclass! Magnificent!

[@Thoomaasso]

Now thinking of traveling from the Netherlands next year with my Punto MK1 :)

[@groeacht8525]

Puntos have all but disappeared from UK roads, not just MK1, but mk2s are fast disappearing, seemingly just driven until the cambelt snaps and weighed in for scrap.

[@Thoomaasso]

@@groeacht8525 So does that mean I have no choice but to take it next year? Don’t know when it is actually haha

[@martinneumann7783]

Absolutely awesome report! My favourites: the two French divas with the PRV 6 cylinder - Peugeot 604 and Renault 30. And the Tercels of course, because I had one (hatchback model). And I did see some other cars that I owned in my life. Thanks, Ian and Carly and everyone. This was great. See ya!

[@MrFlyingguy]

mate, you are an artist of the ordinary. thank you for the very sweet coverage

[@CRB1971]

That 604 and R30 combo took me straight back to the early 80's.

[@graemew7001]

Unnecassrily long video? I think not, that was a magnificent pair of videos, very gratefully received and far better than the crap on tv.

[@niklaswejedal463]

So many Espaces, Bx-es and XMs! - You almost never see them any more, here in Sweden. And so many other familiar faces, long gone... I had a few nice car-spottings driving home from work this week that would suit this even perfectly: a nice Peugeot 405 (can't remember last time I saw one), a 90s Mazda 626 (the one with built-in spoiler in the hatchbak-lid) a 2CV Dolly (cream and dark red) a Saab 90 and a bay-window VW bus in that typical pea-green.

[@paultaylor9652]

An exceptional part 2 coverage Mr HubNut, done in the only way Mr HubNut can.

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Well deserved winner was Sam's Astra, have seen this in the metal and know Sam loves this car, another great show report, the amount of cars from my childhood especially mark 5 Escorts makes me want to go and get one to bring along to next year's FOTU.

[@jmurray01]

Perhaps I will make it down there in the 75 next year, never know! Either way, I know I'll see what's what vicariously through HubNut. Shame there were no 405s, since they used to be everywhere when I was young. Perhaps next time one will make it as I know there are still some knocking around.

[@HubNut]

Yes, the lack of 405s was noted. Yet loads of BXs!

[@Karl_Burton]

I don't think there will ever be an EV equivalent of this event

[@eggy1962]

Loved seeing some of the cars i have owned, the Skoda Estelle and the Princess in concourse was impressed with the red suzuki too

[@GuyChapman]

I want to E-swap a 340. I had three of them, great motors. 340 was available in 1.4 (Renault OHV) or 1.7 (PSA OHC). The 360 had the red block Volvo and a torque tube to make the front engine / rear transaxle arrangement work better. Also available with K-Jetronic injection. Loved mine.

[@daviemaclean61]

Despite all appearances you must be pretty fit to dart about such an event while spouting interesting facts and identifications of every car that hoves into view! Well done sir.

[@HubNut]

Over 11,000 steps that day!

[@MrOvershoot]

@@HubNut I would take exception to the "Despite all appearances" You seem to be pretty trim Ian and scrabbling under cars is a good workout too. I remember doing over 19,000 steps at the Classic Car NEC show last November, and I’m not trim at all 🥵

[@cornishhh]

Those Datsun pickups were made well into the 21st century in South Africa. IIRC the last were 2008. Love seeing all these cars.

[@bentullett6068]

When i visited Malta there were loads of Toyota, Nissan and Isuzu small pickup trucks. The rarest truck I saw though was a MK1 Toyota Hilux.

[@helge.]

I love unnecessarily long videos!

[@rstvproductions8334]

Ledbury is in the beautiful county of Herefordshire...

[@mcmcolm]

02:40 The Yaris would have been the ultra basic version (called the E model in Ireland, not sure about the uk) which didn’t have power steering, electric windows, passenger airbag etc, they were very rare here in Ireland, and I’d imagine equally so in the UK.

[@julianowens4071]

Ian -Probably your best work yet, you really know your beans

[@philpaxton2078]

Hi Ian. If you wish to arrange a drive of the ForFour, that would be excellent.

[@HubNut]

Cheers. [e-mail] with location and details please.

[@allanfoster6965]

Superlatives abound, deservedly so. Thanks Ian and Carly

[@ManxAndy]

Awesome…..a great Friday evening’s viewing….cheers Ian….👍🇮🇲💪

[@scalecrawlnl]

Great celebration, perfectly reported! Really an avalanche of automotive goodness, thanks👍

[@TheGhiaDriver]

What a brilliant day full of some delightful automobiles, excellent coverage! Always nice to know my car has the Hub Nut seal of approval!

[@stuartmcdonald5772]

Ah man, its like a walk in the past. Every one of the cars mentioned made me smile. Some I've had some I wanted others I stayed far away from. Thanks for a great video.

[@jaimelane6999]

Ahhhhh PT cruiser! That’s my car, great show, and great channel keep up the good work!

[@davidbillberg2203]

Thanks again! It's like a movie!

[@timwright7395]

Magnum P.I. helicopter livery on the VW van (the orange, yellow & brown one) many years ago a friend of mines mother had her 2CV painted the same way too. Very fetching it was too !

[@craigmclean8260]

Thanks for this exceptional video on the Unexceptional! That's what drew me to your channel in the first place, your celebration of the "humble classics"; well done!

[@Bucharestguidedtours]

Excellent show report, some nice motors there. As I get older I appreciate the 'normal' classics a lot more. Great stuff, best wishes.

[@johnlladron735]

Supreme gathering of epic motoring steeds. Thank you for bringing this to us, Ian.

[@michaelstaunton1632]

A brilliant part 2 video well done on bringing us great content from the show 👌👌

[@fhwolthuis]

Great report! 13:00 that VW bus was in the same colours as the one from TV series Magnum PI! It was the Island Hoppers bus from TC the helicopter pilot! Wow 🏝️😀👍🏻

[@fhwolthuis]

Sorry to read that the actor who played TC, Roger E. Mosley, has passed away last Sunday after having had a car accident 😔

[@anthonystevens8683]

A cracking video Ian, I love the coverage of these events as I get to see once again those cars that I grew up seeing. They were everywhere once but are now so rare, It's great to see some of them not only survived but are still in use. The loss of so many of the old 'regular' cars during the day brings a tear to my eye but shows like this make me smile seeing those that are still with us along with that era of simpler times when I was young.

[@briankay4713]

OMG the Sapparos are so beautiful 😍 🤩

[@arfer]

I can imagine the modern supercar/hyper-car fans shaking their head at this show thinking, 'why on Earth do people like these old, ordinary cars??'.......

[@micheltebraake7915]

A trip back in time, all decades of cars are on display, and then HubNut only shows a small part. Nice to see that there are also participants from outside the UK.

[@francisgaliegue6645]

2:23 For the nerds out there who would be interested in what all the abbreviations mean on this sticker: * PV is Poids à Vide (Empty Weight). What I'm not sure about is whether that includes all necessary fluids to operate the vehicle. In kilograms. * PTC has then evolved into PTAC: Poits Total Avec Charge (Total Weight With Load). Newer stickers only added the A for Avec. In kilograms. * PTR means Poids Total Roulant (Total Rolling Weight), it has since evolved into PTRA, Poids Total Roulant Autorisé (Total Allowed Rolling Weight). In kilograms. * L x L is Longeur x Largeur (Length x Width), although in later stickers, the second L has become an l (not capitalised). Both units in meters. * S, Surface, is the surface on the ground (basically, product of length by width). In square meters.

[@nigelroberts8103]

That Triton green SD1 is the business

[@ldsau9385]

Great catchup of a fab event! Many thanks for your efforts.

[@RetroRich2000]

13:03 Looks like T.C.'s Island Hopper bus from Magnum PI

[@firsteerr]

my make had an MG maestro , it would NOT stop telling him his oil pressure was low and the seat belt wasn't in when it was !!

[@rjft7003]

You're proud of being a HubNut sub when Ian pans away from modern cars and, yes, like myself and my youngest son we say exactly the same thing when a PT Cruiser crosses our way! 😄

[@firsteerr]

i had a Suzuki fj410 as a van m, got it for thirty quid off a bloke over the high flats had it for a year it wasn't swift at ALL but it got from a to b with me stuff in the back AND did makros for my mum which meant it was filled to bursting !!

[@Kuessemir]

Fantastic! Really an unparalleled collection of charismatic and charming vehicles. Thank you for the valiant reporting!

[@chrisdowns1987]

Unnecessarily long? Pah, it's all necessary! Great pair of videos 👍 I'm slightly worried that I've been spotting all the different steelie designs with great interest, developed a strong fancy for a brown Landcrab (or 2CV) and regret selling (most of) my old cars! 😂 How old do cars have to be to be on show? I see concours is open to up to year 2000, what was the newest thing lurking about?

[@HubNut]

Mid-2000s seem to creep in, but that includes a City Rover so can't be a bad thing.

[@ianhelyar9553]

22:38. That's the identical model and colour of my first car...I terrified my Holden driving friends with it.

[@brownstar69]

The Skoda Octavia Estate Mk1 was so unexceptional you missed it.

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

I'm a bit dizzy now after all that. Marvelous! What a great show. Nice to see a Talbot Alpine, my first car was a 1982 1.5 GL with a AM radio. Fun times 😁 Thanks for another great walkabout 👍

[@andrewentwistle515]

Wow what a great pair of videos of the Festival of the Unexceptional. Seeing the Talbot Alpine reminded me of the Orange one that we had in our family, when it was replaced by a Brand New Vauxhall Cavalier in 1986. Plus it was great to see the Vauxhall Nova's as well as we had a 1990 (G50 UEC) 1.2 Vauxhall Nova Diamond Edition.

[@Banglish123]

Not sure if that was deliberate between 0:22 and 0:25 but it was highly amusing.

[@HubNut]

Oops...

[@giulianomarco]

9:45 A mk2 Fiesta 1.4S, surely? (My Dad had one.) The 1.6S was the mk3.

[@HubNut]

Yes, my error having seen a MK3 1.6S at a previous show. This one is indeed a 1.4.

[@adamclark6756]

So many cars from my past. Really enjoyed both parts of this, thank you.

[@BelfastMurf]

That 104 is just like my first car. An 83 GR. Same colour too!

[@WouterB76]

Volvo 340 was also available with a 1.7 liter Renault engine, somewhrre from 1986. All 300 series where build in the Netherlands from 1976 untill 1991.

[@nigelhole4939]

Mk1 CRV for me.... superb! Great coverage! 👏👏

[@AndreiTupolev]

6:20That was nearly a Freudian slip there, it came out as sounding like "motor ship", perhaps fortunately

[@giuliopedrali4794]

In italy a similar meeting should be impossible. English are the most connoisseur of cars in the world

[@daniellee9015]

Absolutely brilliant video Ian 👍the finallay of the field of dreams wish I'd been there

[@martijnvandervelde2166]

19:42 - Locking your car. Always a good idea.

[@ftw1540]

I had an L-reg AX forte.... Was the face-lift fuel injected AX gt. So the M regger must be a face-lift I reckon. The orange indicator colour probably compliments the small ferrous spots on the clean white bodywork 👍

[@chriswyatt9433]

I am the AX indicator offender, this is the first time I’ve been rumbled and I can confirm that it is indeed a facelift! The original lights disintegrated in typical AX fashion and I lost a lens at speed, so I went with some orange ones as they really compliment the rust. I wasn’t too concerned about the originality aspect as it has already had the 1.1 ditched in favour of Saxo VTS running gear so it’s not quite how it left the factory.

[@ftw1540]

@@chriswyatt9433 nice work sir. In no way was I disrespecting your AX, I had a gt, then a forte and loved them both. The gt was an awesome estate car as it had carburettors. By that, I mean its responsiveness was ideal for zooming round housing estates. It got written off by a posh chap in his mums corsa, the boot bent around the mdf subwoofer box. Seems the mdf was stronger than the car💪💪

[@chriswyatt9433]

Oh no not at all, I didn’t think that for a second! They are very fun cars and the charm is in the crudeness, I do enjoy when people underestimate it. I’m glad to hear you survived a crash in one that gives me some comfort, the papier-mâché structure isn’t the sturdiest, especially the self imploding boot!

[@theopauw2830]

The last Nissan 1400 (Datsun) pick-up was made in here in South Africa in 2008! Loving these videos.

[@paulbennell3313]

I saw one or two cars there that were bordering on the exceptional but no matter, still the best show I've seen for ages.

[@Toby_the_Glen]

0:22 looks like you get away with that Ian😁

[@lloydbrock2711]

What a fantastic pair of videos! Well done Ian, your knowledge of........well, all of the cars is absolutely extraordinary. I passed my test in my mum's bread van - Polo C Formel E (reg OYN148Y would love to buy it back now), First car Mk1 polo, second car Volvo 360 GLS. Loved seeing the cars at FOTUS but for me the low low low spec of the original jelly mould Sierra is the winner. Anyone that puts a bumper on a car that doesn't budget for paint is top draw!

[@timm.e.n.]

All of the cars I adored, growing up in the very late 90’s and early 00’s in a provincial town in Denmark, this video was not unnecessarily long, NO it was in fact a part short! Guess I’ll have to take my 940 estate there one day, and see the spectacle with my own eyes, thanks for enlightening me to this exhibition of unexceptional and consider me subscribed (Btw it’s a 940 GL Classic, 601 Classic Red with heated velour seats, no AC, and headlight wipers on the go... 415k kilometers but it doesn’t mind, would fit right in’ere!)

[@lesklower7281]

You are such a great presenter as l have said before your knowledge of these cars is exeptional thanks for a better look at that South African Ford ute and the Suzuki Carry ute have not seen any in Australia but there were plenty of vans about also the Datsun Sunny pick up in Australia they were known as the Datto 1200 ute they are now fetching very good money as most 1960s and 1970s Japanese vehicles

[@MrSportster12]

Two great videos that surpass your usual excellent standard. Thanks.

[@warren6815]

Gutted I couldn't make it this year. Thanks for the videos Ian!

[@clivet3252]

Yes I believe our P100s got the rear lights from the Cortina estate mounted higher up...

[@charliemansonUK]

2:25 when I worked at a multi franchise garage back in the 80's VW, Audi, Peugeot, Talbot, Citroen, Simca, Seat. My daily driver was a brand new 305 van, an awesome vehicle but when it was getting serviced etc....out came the back up van...a bright orange 1100cc Simca! It was great fun to drive at high speed around the Lake District especially if you love that constant near death experience in your life mixed with a pudding stirrer gearbox🤣🤣🤣 It was a nightmare, but I loved it then and still live them now, they did thankfully eventually replace the worn out gear linkage which helped massively. Peace Charlie 🇬🇧

[@giulianomarco]

13:00 TC's Island Hoppers VW T3 Vanagon in livery from Magnum P.I. 😁

[@Jeroen74]

Unfortunately headlamp wipers went away in 2005 on the Volvo V70/S60 when they switched to plastic lenses. The V70 got ugly stuck-on nozzles but the S60 was blessed with fancy pop-out nozzles. Until my current 2009 S60 all of my cars had headlamp wipers, but the pop outs ones are the next best thing 😎

[@jimjam8149]

For me it’s gotta be that fiat panda italia 90! Absolutely awesome 👏🏻

[@aslandama]

Would love to do this show, thanks for covering it and sharing.

[@terryatkinson899]

The met green sd1 was done by nitrosilvia of KZbin fame, he is rover mad and magic with electrics and welding.

[@johnmiller4973]

The Mark I Polo was based off the Audi 50. The bread van was the Mark II

[@lesterlesabre4326]

Thank you for both parts, Ian!

[@jasbo7288]

Great video as usual..I bought one of those Chrysler neons brandnew in white 99 S reg from East Ayton near Scarborough garage..2 ltr 3 speed auto it use to fly..Traded in a 1984 Pontiac Trans am for it.. 😁

[@BlackSwan0303]

Oh the green sd1 takes me back to my childhood. My favourite of my dad's cars a v8 3500 auto. Whilst admiring the architecture of a church in Germany we neglected to see the steps ahead and got it stranded with the front wheels of the ground. Later in the holiday we ran out of brakes in the German Italian alps whilst towing a caravan and it had to be towed on to the campsite. Sadly the beginning of the end for the car😪

[@glenrea]

That 104 & Simca 1501 are wonderful.

[@peterriggall8409]

Top job Mr. Hubnut. Loved it all.

[@RWBHere]

Thanks Ian. It's time someone took a Peel P50 to that show.

[@neilforbes416]

6:29 Daihatu Applause - the "clap-mobile"! I had one as my second car, and first with power steering. Sadly they're an "orphan" brand and model in Australia with no spare parts availability for over ten years now. Shame, really. They're a good little car and easy to drive.

[@GoldenCroc]

What an unusual/cool color on that Simca 1501. Beige/light brown metallic? Not sure I have ever seen anything quite like that.

[@stepheng8779]

Loved this, I mean there's loads of beautiful cars there but it's the unexpected, as well as the unexceptional that always gets me. Didn't expect to have a lump in my throat over that little, pale, insignificant Corolla but there you go. Back in the day my parents decided to give it go & buy Japanese and that's what they got. Took me right back, it's a beauty 👍 Great video(s) 👋👋👋👋

[@AndreiTupolev]

If that is a 90s Mini trying to look a bit older at17:03, they went to a lot of trouble, even fitting an old style speedo in place of the oval binnacle

[@colblimp]

All the good times. 👍

[@R-Tap]

Love those Alfa 75's, was that a Cloverleaf? Superb wheels. 100 Avant, Monza, Alfa 164, Oliver

[@AL-PAKA]

The white Fiesta for sale was a 1.4s the 1.6s was the MK3

[@tomoreilly9932]

Another great video,a worthy winner, although I did like the Skoda Estelle,great show.

[@frglee]

Certainly a very worthy runner-up. The backstory to that 1986 Skoda Estelle Two 120L restoration is really interesting, as shown on an excellent 'Live to Drive' vid last September. The amount of work done was quite considerable - a lockdown project done in a barn.

[@barerust5140]

@@frglee thank you so much for your fantastic and kind comments. I found the Estelle on a drive way when buying another car yes that also was a skoda 😂 i wanted to save it and bring her back to life to enjoy and share with others and preserve the car as it would have been with period correct mods . I was amazed and still am to have come runner up and i certainly would have never dreamt of it restoring the skoda. I just wanted to save it, and enjoy it and did it so other people could too ... But many thanks again.. Matt

[@itsmephil2255]

Safe to say....Ian is in petrolhead heaven ⛽️

[@neilforbes416]

1:22 Nissan Sunny *UTE!* Australia invented the "Ute"(Utility) body configuration, we get to name it for the *WORLD!*

[@usuallyfixingtinkering]

Great video again! What a wonderful show. I'm amazed you called a Mk1 Focus a Mk2 ha. TBH I least prefer the term mk1.5, it's either a pre-facelift or face-lift. Mk1.5 makes it sound like they are very different cars when there's very few differences.