The Beast of Turin Talk presented by Duncan Pittaway.

[@paulscountrygarage9180]

That was, without doubt, the best talk I have ever heard. I could listen to Duncan talking all day. Fantastic!!!!!

[@NSG27]

What a great talk. Duncan is a true raconteur and an incredible engineer with a fantastic sense of humour. Always spares me time to chat every year at The Goodwood Festival of Speed. A thoroughly great bloke, cheers Duncan!

[@wetlandweasel]

Duncan Pittaway, the only man I know who wears a shirt and tie while getting his hands greasy when working on The Beast!

[@maxstarbuck4594]

But he does roll his sleeves up properly!

[@wetlandweasel]

@@maxstarbuck4594 😂😂🤣🤣😄😄

[@boldorboy08]

What a treasure this guys is. So humble, and a brain-full of engineering know-how. How luck is the car community to have someone with his passion. Oh, and that car is incredible too! Thank you for sharing 👍

[@eurotoura]

Duncan. You just epitomise what being an eccentric British engineer is, this makes you proud to be British and thank goodness you and those like you exist. “ I could listen to you to you forever (Fred Dibner being a close second) showing how passionate you are and I really doubt the Beast would exist today had you not taken on the challenge. 👍🙈

[@jeremyrigden9200]

So true having seen the Beast several times over the years, thank you, Duncan.

[@PincoPallino-wg5rq]

Thank you mr. Duncan, mi commuove l'amore che Lei mette nel trattare la storis della "Belva di Torino" e la stessa auto che "accudisce"come un figlio.. Mi emoziona e qualche lacrima cade nel vedere le foto d'epoca con quei volti, quelle persone che vi appaiono e mi domando e chiedo dove sono ora? Vorrei vederle, toccare tutte, chiedere loro delle loro emozioni, dei loro pensieri, della loro partecipazione. Vorrei che allora fosse ora che tutto potesse avere un nuovo inizio. Non è possibile. Non si può. Questo nostro mondo ci permette solo di guardare avanti e di sognare indietro. Grazie mr. Duncan, la sua passione, l'entusiamo l''avere ridato nuova vita a quest'auto è già per me vivere quel sogno. Nelle sue uscite, che auguro siano infinite, porti con sé, trovi un po' di posto anche per il mio spirito. La guarderò sempre con profonde emozioni. Sono italiano , la Patria di quei geniacci che resero possibile guardare questo sogno. Grazie

[@davidliepelt6409]

Duncan is my hero! His determination and craftsmanship and driving prowess and outlook on life fascinate me. I too live my life in and working on century old cars. I hope one day I will get to meet him.

[@Rubberduckeee]

What an absolutely engaging, passionate and funny man. What a guy! I genuinely hope he pulls off the 'Ostend job'

[@chrismoller01]

Haha.... Duncan !!!! I was in hysterics from beginning to end... Brilliant, just bloody brilliant, as fun to watch as the wonderful run that you all did together through France. Lots of lovely interesting nuggets, Fiat history etc... the car is extraordinary, well done! .... but it's you who is the gem ! great story and wonderful to finally get a deeper insight into how it all came about.

[@lanmastersassistant659]

absolutely wonderful talk, I've listened to it multiple times now.

[@turboslag]

Very amusing and utterly fascinating, I was spellbound for the whole video! I absolutely love the S76 and fortunately I have seen it once at the Chateau Impney event some years ago, the thing is incredible. Couple of questions, is Duncan going to write a book about the whole thing, if he isn't he should, and have Fiat reacted to this at all?! Don't under estimate your achievement here Duncan, you have delighted many people with this project.

[@michaeledwards427]

Brilliant video, one of the best I've seen on KZbin for a long time. I know the Banbury to Oxford road incredibly well, having grown up and worked in and around Banbury for the last 52 years, after my parents moved there when i was 4. The Oxford road, as its known in Banbury must've been no more than a dirt track when The Beast drove along it. In fact i can imagine The Beast coming into Banbury back in the day and turning left at the cross roads by the 3 Pigeons pub and heading north up the Warwick road. In fact they could have stopped at the 3 Pigeons for a pint. My close shave with the Oxford road is a far bit slower. I was doing about 90 mph in a 60 mph limit in my Ford Sierra i had back then, and i blew past a junction just as a certain red Rover 827i pulled up. Shit coppers!! They followed me all the way home!!!! Very important lesson learnt, as i could have lost my licence, learn by experience as they say!! Now I'd think teararsing bastard!!!

[@djgtuk2012]

Magnificent talk and fantastic to see the car running so well at 81MM last weekend. Didn't do too badly in the type 35 race either!! 😎🙌

[@ОлегГ]

The plan with speeding fines is good. I watched the entire lecture with pleasure and was left with a feeling of unsaidness, because the FIAT S76 car was built for a speed record, which for some reason was never set.

[@petermooney2016]

Superb, thank you for sharing. You could listen to that for hours on end.

[@boballen9836]

Absolutely brilliant! Duncan is a truly great bloke in both deeds and words, and a pretty damn good driver to boot - brave as they come, or just plain mad! FIAT S76 on the road aside, anybody who drives a Bill Thomas Cheetah must be. I just love his infectious enthusiasm and his sense of humour, and that he always wears a tie even when he's working in the shop! I just wish I'd been there on the night.

[@thamesmud]

I will forever think of the cars first private owner as Prince Buggeroff.

[@haroldpeperkamp2030]

What a story, I thoroughly enjoyed Duncans telling of it. Lovely how he understatedly, as only the English can, produced that spring and called it a valve spring. I have seen parts like that before but those went into a Deutz diesel engine for a pretty large boat😊

[@francoisdavel6567]

What an amazing talk, he is so knowledgeable on so many subjects.

[@mikeashbaugh7773]

Absolutely brilliant!!!!!! Thank you so much for the history

[@richardfalconer1959]

Brilliant! Wonderful delivery. Makes all other car pundits look like amateurs.

[@bevanwilson5642]

What a great story, I enjoyed it very much

[@jamesdeath3477]

That was outstanding. What a great guy.

[@Series3V8]

Brilliant talk Duncan. If you want to do a for Vmax why not take it to Bonneville for Speed Week? They would love it, proper hot rodding

[@asciimation]

That was great, thank you for sharing it to a wider audience. I totally get the obsessing over details and playing 'spot the difference' when trying to see what's original and what isn't. And I did the same trick overlaying pictures of other cars over mine when trying to get the body shape just right for my replica Brooklands car. It's close, but not perfect. What I have learned is no two originals are the same and a lot of the originals are no longer what came from the factory. Finding out what they were like in period is very tricky as there are very few period pictures showing the details you need. I have never seen a clear, period picture of the instrument panel for example. I can appreciate the effort it took to get The Beast as correct as possible.

[@boataxe4605]

You’ll notice that it has two seats, one is for the driver and the other is for the original Fix It again Tony.

[@eddyd8745]

Fantastic talk, thanks very much.

[@thebracketfactory]

Fantastic video!

[@nickjonckheere9951]

Enjoyed this a lot, excellent namedropping ! Brilliant !

[@user-ju3jt4pe3s]

What a great story and restoration. Is the delay between you turning the crank and it firing because of the length of the stroke?

[@2639263926392639]

I think the delay is the product of switching the ignition on after achieving compression, and nothing to do with stroke.

[@malcolmmoy]

What an absolute delight.

[@johnlandamore387]

A superb piece.

[@anthonydexter262]

Loving this video, absolutely fabulous 👍

[@gchampi2]

Duncan Pittaway - certified crazy, but in the best possible way...

[@Trevorpartington-yc6ri]

Great presentation by Duncan, you live the liffe I would have picked for myself if I had the choice and money :D God bless you for saving tthese cars. I'm actually a bike guy and don't like cars but I love engines, but hats off to you Sir for keeping tthese things running .

[@anthonystevens403]

very beautiful work guys, my first car was a flat, very funny

[@albertoarcudi8431]

Grazie Duncan!

[@jensenhealey907efi]

I am confused as to why he felt he had to apologize for saying such gentile cuss works such as "ass" or "crap". I have watched various british TV shows like QI or Would I Lie To You or Taskmaster and the attitude on those shows seems to be WAY more relaxed about much worse cuss words when compared to the way tv shows in the USA are. Can anyone explain this?

[@eddyd8745]

He's a polite posh guy. Probably cusses as much as anyone off camera but we all make excuses when talking in public, excuse my French etc.

[@originalforgery]

What a fantastic guy - outstanding...... The foundation that English engineers were once built on. A slightly more up to date Fred Dibnah....

[@johnhancock4236]

Excellent !

[@JP-su8bp]

47:44 Initial Engine Start

[@matthewridgeway9250]

Bring it to Australia for a spped trial in the desert!

[@cliveturner4788]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@flatbrokefrank6482]

I always thought Reys speeder was based on the Fiat!

[@paulboyle6857]

Beast is the operative word! Did you all notice Duncan,s hands;wonder if they,re ever clean?!

[@matthewridgeway9250]

You need a tow hitch and a tanker trailer I think.

[@blacksquirrel4008]

What a character!

[@nickmail7604]

Is there any truth that you have put the engine loaned to you by the university of Turin into your car and when you were supposed to return the loaned engine you sent back a non working replica?

[@charlesflouvat1829]

How about getting Guy Martin to drive your car?🎉

[@cedhome7945]

I have the dubious distinction of asking the stupidest question this guy has ever had (not telling you have to ask him ) but I hold no grudge as any rich dude who restores stuff like this gets a pass !

[@MisterZumbi]

I love how he has dirty hands :D...