Youtube moments

[Marina door handles]

A Cummins 6 cylinder into a Diamler limo? why not! A very daft project....

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

That will handle like a frightened cat on wet lino.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

That will handle like a frightened cat on wet lino.

Is the 6BT that much heavier than a 4.2 XK?  The Jag six isn't notably svelte!

[sheffcortinacentre]

The Cummins is all cast iron & was told over 400 kg

[ETCHY]

I know it's not a car but I found this interesting. I've never seen or heard of these before

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

[email protected] has a brand new engine for one of those.

[Remspoor]

We Spent £2000 on a Dodgy Campervan.

  One of @eddyramrod is watching this for tips

 

[eddyramrod]

35 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

One of @eddyramrod is watching this for tips

One of me?  How many are there????  I suppose if I'm keeping a whole bunch of me alive it would explain why I never have any money.

I watched that, with the sound off as is my custom, for a little over 90 seconds.  That was long enough for me to judge that what they consider humour falls a long way short of what I would laugh at; also, they appear to have spent HFM on a van that leaks essential fluids with gay abandon, a factor that would have me lumbering back to the vehicle I arrived in and getting the flock out of there at a rate of nits.

 

*NB "lumbering" is about as elegant and determined as I can manage these days.

[morrisoxide]

 Meadway Spares in Birmingham in November 1969.

[St.Jude]

1 hour ago, morrisoxide said:

 Meadway Spares in Birmingham in November 1969.

I remember going there with my Dad for various things. One of the last times was for a front wing for his blue Rover 820E that had rotted through.

Good memories. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

What the , are they recycling the metal!?!?!

Don't they know cars are evil & should be rid from the earth.

[lesapandre]

Austin - 1950's promotional film.

[ProgRocker]

1989 Rover 800 brochure. @Lord Sterling

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

 

[catsinthewelder]

 

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

 

[poached.egg]

To think this is now almost 30 years old! Clarkson Unleashed On Cars (1996)

 

Slightly more up to date; Clarkson No Limits (2002)

...and Clarkson Shootout (2003)

Used to watch these, along with Clarkson Apocalypse, Clarkson Top 100 Cars, Clarkson Hot Metal and Clarkson Most Outragous all the time when I was little on a bunch of dodgy DVDs my dad burned for me

Also on the James May side of things: his most recent automotive purchase...

Which took about 3 days to be turned into a YTP meme (YouTube Poop for those not familiar with the term)

[Dyslexic Viking]

On 12/05/2025 at 12:53, Leyland Worldmaster said:

 

If I remember correctly, @St.Jude dad worked on the building of this.

And was possibly a little drunk while doing it.

[St.Jude]

4 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

If I remember correctly, @St.Jude dad worked on the building of this.

And was possibly a little drunk while doing it.

Possibly a little drunk, but definitely very drunk!

Its further transpired that my wife’s godfather’s dad worked on it too but was in the law side. Was apparently on the TV. Might be in this, I’ve not watched it yet

[jmsguzzi]

On 12/05/2025 at 23:34, poached.egg said:

To think this is now almost 30 years old! Clarkson Unleashed On Cars (1996)

 

Slightly more up to date; Clarkson No Limits (2002)

...and Clarkson Shootout (2003)

Used to watch these, along with Clarkson Apocalypse, Clarkson Top 100 Cars, Clarkson Hot Metal and Clarkson Most Outragous all the time when I was little on a bunch of dodgy DVDs my dad burned for me

Also on the James May side of things: his most recent automotive purchase...

Which took about 3 days to be turned into a YTP meme (YouTube Poop for those not familiar with the term)

Can hear the Clarkson theme song in my head before I'd even clicked on the vids, probably engrained on the brain of every car mad little boy who grew up in the early noughties.

[ProgRocker]

Planned obsolescence. Food for thought. 

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

2 hours ago, ProgRocker said:

Planned obsolescence. Food for thought. 

 

This is a good example of how corrupt politicians are, if they cared about the environment they would have done something about this.

[Dyslexic Viking]

In contrast to above 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Jennings motorsports stuff is amazing & a perfect example of how to make a video no fake jeopardy bullshit. Etc

[trigger]

This mainly for the background shite, man in a Reliant Robin T Shirt and just pure 90s nostalgia!

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Classic Woolarding from Woolard himself.

https://youtu.be/AlfMxNccYys?si=_yMEfFBCTeZqr4eg&t=1253

[davocano]

 

[St.Jude]

Interesting history of pedestrian crossings.

 

[Remspoor]

Slow And Stinky - 1959 Plymouth Diesel Taxi Engine

 

[ProgRocker]

Wartburg and Trabant factory footage:

Also watched this thinking it was going to be about Mercedes 123 production but it was actually about the W116. Also some very clear black and white footage from the BMW factory in the late 1960s towards the end. Wunderbar!