Wem VEHICLES OF INTEREST inc classic car parade

[@oldclassiccarUK]

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[@jimc4731]

Thanks for what you do!❤ Your videos are better than being there! JIM ❤

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Jim!

[@alanorion1]

Watsonian Squire as Watsonian is now called are very much still in business and are based in Morton in Marsh. Gloucestershire..Keep up the good work Rick. .

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Good to hear that they're still in business

[@Porschedude8]

Awesomeness! 👏😏

[@perrydebell1352]

You are correct about Watsonian, although they have moved from Albion Street in Greet to Unit 72, Northwick Business Centre, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9RF.

[@peterward3965]

My three take home vehicles are 1, that lush maroon Mercedes convertible , what a stunner, 2, the gorgeous Daimler special sport convertible and 3 the silver Standard Phase 1 such character. Perhaps I'll pinch one of the bubble cars as well, just for pottering around my country estate 😊 i wish. Another enjoyable video Richard thank you 👍

[@hondamonkeyboy]

Always look forward to a show walk around. It's such a shame that a threat of a KZbin copyright strike is always there. My wife and I are known to shout at the TV 'what a bobby dazzler that is' at the appropriate time. Keep them coming.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I'll do my best! Thanks for watching :)

[@colinmuddell9672]

The Phase 1 Vanguard, MG YB saloon, Austin Healey 3000 and that gorgeous Riley 9 Monaco were my favourites. Your Standard looked very smart despite you thinking it needed a wash.

[@michaeltreadwell777]

That was fantastic ! Something for everyone there, and such good weather too - perfect day out. My take home would be either the Daimler Consort, or the Standard Vanguard - my favourite era of motoring. Thanks for this Rick - yet another masterpiece, and YES, a video on Registration Numbers would be great. Take care 🙂

[@richardsealey3626]

Yes a video on registration plates would be good. I am still using ones that were issued to my dad in 1927 and 1959...............

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for sticking with these uploads!

[@jeffking4176]

42:42. Bedford truck looks very much like an International from the early 1950’s, just a different front. 📻🙂

[@davidsheppard1362]

My favourite was the Standard Vanguard. I love the shape.

[@hermanhandbrush4402]

The Fiat 126 at 16:00 is adorable.

[@lawrence5117]

My Grandad was transport manager for a company in Manchester and I remember him telling me that the early Consul Classics and Consul Capris were a nightmare because of rusting doors and sagging doors The sagging doors were due to their length putting excess strain on the hinges.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Interesting, I've heard that with some cars but not these before. Thanks for watching.

[@aslandama]

Another great video, thanks for sharing.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you liked it!!

[@paulcuttiford5122]

Yes the Champ was powered by Rolls Royce, I drove one as the sqn sgt maj driver back in the 1960s.

[@giulianomarco]

Favourites: #1 1952 Mercedes 13:55 31:50 58:32 1:05:54, #2 Riley 9 Monaco 1:04:46 and #3 Austin 7 Pearl 21:22 47:50 55:18. (Sound not a probem!) 😁👍

[@dennisrobinson7587]

1957 was the first year for the Wolsey 1500.

[@darrylmcleman6456]

Were those 3 little threewheeled cars there to mow the lawns...cheers from here1

[@johndavey72]

Hello Richard . You certainly get a variation of vehicles in your part of the country that we simply don't have in the "West Country " . And the annoyance of being liable for the music is ridiculous ! Someone needs to challenge this . Thanks Richard

[@oldclassiccarUK]

There's stuff down in the W Country, as today's upload demonstrates, but it can take some determined hunting down :-)

[@barryhallam1628]

Hello OCC. As someone born in 1942, the son of a father who literally had a succession of pre-war bangers necessary for his work - some lasting a whole day before being replaced, I remember what happened in 1948, and again in 1953. Motor cars suddenly started to look different. The Morris Minor and it's bigger sister the Oxford stood out from the crowd yet to catch up. And also, along came the Standard Vanguard, even the name spelled the future. Then came 1953, and those who had stumbled along with slightly updated pre-war models such as Ford and Vauxhall, suddenly brought us Americana. Ford with their Consul, Zephyr, and Zodiac, Vauxhall with their Wyvern, Velox, and Cresta. Were these not the absolute envy of most working class 'banger drivers' to whom a 1938 car was considered nearly new, enter the French in 1955 with the outrageous Citroen DS 19. To the car expert little boy I was, getting the Dinky toy versions of these cars was always my Christmas Day dream. Now, if I might backtrack to the Standard Vanguard, which if I'm correct, could be seen as the most important car of the time. The Vanguard proposal was intended to have an engine with unusually high HP (horse power), on which - at that time, Road Tax was based. The then owner of Standard Cars - Lord Black I believe, lobbied the Government to change the Road Tax from the HP based tariff to a 'flat rate' for all passenger cars. It thus remained so for 50+ years until CO2 emissions became the new rateable value. As a boy, the first time I saw a Standard Vanguard on the road, it wasn't exactly on the road. All four wheels were in mid air as it appeared at speed over the crest of a 'humped back' railway bridge. I'd probably be about seven years of age, and it was an exciting and vey memorable sight. None of my Dad's cars could have gone that fast. Now a pure guess on my part regarding the Vanguard engine, maybe it was the first 'over-square' engine in an ordinary road car. There had to be something different about that engine. I should have recalled that 1948 also gave us the Jaguar XK120.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for sharing your memories of the post-war car years! An interesting read

[@lanceleader8891]

I understand the problem with music and copyright but I prefer the idea of you doing a voice over. Just cars and music could be anyone.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Fair comment, it was only a brief-ish section of this vid that I had to over-dub with non-copyright music which was fortunate. Thanks for watching.

[@carltwidle9046]

Hi 👋 Terrific car display. The old Vanguard is beautiful. I remember in my childhood in the 1960s , our family out on a Sunday afternoon drive, and there would be an old Vanguard driven by an elderly person just putting along slowly. And it was holding up the traffic and people would be overtaking it to get by. And my father would say it's one of those bloody Vanguards. I thought they were funny looking. There weren't too many of them on the roads back then. I remember in the 1970s going to a car demolition derby at a stockcar track and seeing a Vanguard being smashed up. That Volkswzgon van is cool, i like them. Your Standard 8 looks fine. I like the fog lamps on it . The Ford Consul Capris are neat and sporty. I think i mentioned to Harley in his video , about the BMW Isettas and how tiny they are. And how i would be nervous being in one worried that a large truck might run it over. I like the Fiat 126 , here in NZ we only assembled the 127 model which was similar. Do you know about the Ford Pilot cars ? , I thought they were American , but they are British. They were very large cars with big headlights. I don't think you and Harley have come across one there at a show. Morris Minor vans were popular delivery vechiles back in the 1960s here. That old Daimler is stunning. I hate to think that it could be involved in a car accident and be destroyed. Well excellent car show. Thanks.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for watching, I think the occasional Ford Pilot has appeared in our uploads but I don't remember which ones!!

[@richardsealey3626]

@@oldclassiccarUK Yes I have seen the Ford Pilot in your videos.........................

[@Vince_uk]

Good Video RJ and it is a good thing I didn't have any early plans this morning. I know I am getting old when I see a VW Polo "Bread Van" in a classic car event the same as the one I bought NEW for my then partner when they first were launched. It was stolen never to be seen again about 1 year after I bought it and for the life of me as long as I live I will never understand why anyone would want to steal a red VW Polo with red wheel trims. I do like the "Drive In /Drive Out" sections of both yours and HJ's videos it is always nice to see these cars in motion. I love the Trojans and the blue Capri seems to have had the same problem I had years ago when I had a Consul Classic and that is rotting out around the side lights, that one looks as if they have been repaired. A nice Mini Cooper there for sale would make a good first car for a certain Youthful Assistant when the time comes which isn't to far away, just thinking aloud. One has to forward plan😄.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yes I like to catch some of the arrivals and/or departures for variety rather than just seeing them parked up. I'm not sure that a Mini Cooper will be his first car if I'm honest, at least not a proper old one :-)

[@jonathanjohnson2138]

Great video, enjoyed seeing the concul classic 's & the Zephyr Zodiac my dad had these when I was a knipper! 👍🚘

[@hermanhandbrush4402]

Lovely vehicles. I've never seen a Consul Capri before. Looks very fine.

[@patrickdiggines7192]

Great idea, definitely do a video on U.K.car registrations. The history since 1903 My father was a collector of numbers, wrote them into a book when the new ones were issued. I have these books and they are a rare record of number issues across the country form 1903 when it all started Your standard UWD Warwickshire number, I have the month in 57 when it first appeared We had RBW 1 in the family. Oxfordshire reg, got it on a jag the day the original BW 1903 Oxfordshire number wert from OBW to RBW

[@graemeburr6463]

Great to see this one Rick....lots of different cars I haven't seen. The Rego thing is a good idea. I know the suffix /prefix thing from reading Popular classics in the 90's (still got them) but I don't have a clue about pre 1963 plates.

[@bobspeller2225]

Great show, my car of the show was the red Volvo P1800, not sure if it was an 'E' version. cheers Bob

[@johannesburing2417]

can´t they stop the music ? i lilke to hear the comments to the cars

[@oldclassiccarUK]

It's a family-oriented event so the music is for the general public, I just work around it as best I can! Thanks for watching.

[@johannesburing2417]

The sound of the engines is quite entertaining to me ! The look a n d the voice : It´s part of the fun for me @@oldclassiccarUK

[@julianowens4071]

Amazing car but I wonder if they ever made any profit from them

[@oldclassiccarUK]

The Vanguard? They made plenty of them so I assume sales topped up the company's coffers quite well, many were exported too which was a big deal following WW2.