Top Gear 30 years ago: WOOLLARD XJ40 ARG MEASTRO. LAST CAPRI

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlfMxNccYys

[320touring]

Nice find:)

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Woollard's jacket!

 

We should find out if it still exists, restore it and take turns wearing it.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Yes, it is a good video this one. I still haven't forgiven Mr Woollard for suggesting the BMW has the edge though!

 

I love the way he lounges on the Jag at the end.

[Guest Breadvan72]

He always did have a GR27 line in leisure wear.

[Felly Magic]

He is the Guv'nor, and the beard wearing loon Chris Goffey's Maestro crash is the stuff of legends

[Guest Lord Sward]

Class

[JeeExEll]

Woollard's jacket!

 

We should find out if it still exists, restore it and take turns wearing it.

I had a brown one like that years ago, jacket long gone but it had an inbuilt waist belt thing which I still have as the strap on an accoustic guitar.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Sue Baker's yellow jumper look was hardly Selina Scott.

[AlabamaShrimp]

An inbuilt waist belt thing, it's the stuff of dreams!!!!

 

Do you have any pictures?

[Parky]

Junkman was wrong. Everything was better in 86, but very slightly better in '87!

[TRW]

"Our car suffered total electrical failure during the test...."

 

Lol.

[Noel Tidybeard]

what  a legend woolarding an tractor even

[alcyonecorporation]

I wish I could Woollard an tractor. 

Sadly, I'd probably cut myself in half with the scars sustained in an accident. I can still bend my legs behind my head, mind. What a useful skill. 

 

[beko1987]

Well that's this evenings viewing sorted then!

[EssDeeWon]

Great episode.

 

Which begs the question...

 

If it was 1987 now and you could buy one brand new car what would it be?

[Guest Lord Sward]

Ford Crapri 2.8 as the Rover SD1 was now out of production.

[alcyonecorporation]

Isuzu Piazza Turbo, obvs. 

[Felly Magic]

MG Maestro 2.0 EFi or Lada Riva 1500 estate

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Great episode.

 

Which begs the question...

 

If it was 1987 now and you could buy one brand new car what would it be?

 

 

 

I'd get a Jag - not this actual one of course, since Mr Woollard has probably scratched it with the belt buckle on his leather blouson.

[daverapid]

Great episode.

 

Which begs the question...

 

If it was 1987 now and you could buy one brand new car what would it be?

Estelle Two 130GL

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Great episode.

 

Which begs the question...

 

If it was 1987 now and you could buy one brand new car what would it be?

Sierra cosworth. Started selling them in '86?

 

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[Guest Hooli]

1987? One of these in BRG with tan interior http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/aston+martin/v8/210533

[tooSavvy]

Estelle 130R... 1st, Last & betwixt

 

TS

[BorniteIdentity]

Sad how much of that chod (ie all of it) is now bean cans.

 

Cracking episode though.  A personal highlight how they don't even retake for mistakes by the presenters, and the old dorris buying a Nissan.

[EssDeeWon]

It looks like such a good programme back then, so far from the shit they put on now, its almost like two completely different programmes.

[Guest Hooli]

It even used to be about cars.

[beko1987]

I'm watching it now, fuck me its amazing! I've never seen old top gear really, so much detail, and so many epic cars back when they weren't chod!

[Felly Magic]

Was my fave show on telly as a kid, and I'm really liking watching old episodes of Motor Week,  they reviewed some real chod on that, and it's still hosted by a very elderly looking John Davis today

[RoadworkUK]

There were still a few SD1s available in '87. There are certainly E-reg ones knocking about.

 

Amusingly one of the 1986 Rover range brochures contains the 800 and the SD1 at the same time.