7:33 is an Australian Ford Falcon XL model wagon from about 1962 or 1963. A divergenge from American versions and diverged more with each new model. Rare survivor.
The american stuff is mostly what you would expect to find at any carshow here in Sweden too, but the down-undery-stuff is utterly alien to me and therefore very fascinating to see. Very much looking forward to see what your Australian leg of the adventure will bring!
That Escort Estate just made a memory pop up in my head, my dad had one of them in that colour!!! Can't recall if it was two-door like that or four (I was maybe 3 or 4 years old at the time, so around 1988-89), but I do remember that the drivers window often fell off the track as it was being wound up, and needed assistance to guide it up the doorframe... :P
Hi Hubnut. On the Ford 351, it refers to the engine capacity in cubic inches. The usual parlance with American V8's is to say Three Fifty-One, or Two Eighty-Three or Four Twenty-Seven as the case may be. The exception occurs if a zero is in the middle and you then say Three Oh Two or Four Oh Eight as the case may be. And there may still be exceptions, but you'll get into little strife if using this rule. There's less of a rule book with Australian sixes however. At one time Falcons had a One-Seventy and Holdens a One Seven Nine. Hope you're travelling well. Cheers.
Amazingly the Ford 351 is really 352 cubic inches. The reason for the change in labelling is that Ford already had produced from the 50s for a few years a Ford Y block V8 352 with the same 4 inch bore and 3.5 inch stroke as the later 351. Seems Ford did not want any confusion between the two motors. Might be a few other motors like this where a better sounding name was chosen. Ford 427, 428 and 429 may have been some of them.
A veritable fleet of classics, a feast for the eyes. I especially liked the Citroen traction Avant. There's a car dealer in Crewe who owns a very fine example. A real road test? now that wouldn't go amiss. The Cambridge A50, reminding me of the A40 Somerset and the delightful, (to me) Lincoln Continental. minus the rear porthole style windows. Well I couldn't be happier. Very enjoyable.
Noticing the Ferrari there reminded me of an article I read last week about a Kiwi who found a damaged Ferrari with a broken V12 in a field. Rather than fixing the V12 he did the rather obvious thing and swapped it for the Mazda Rotary Engine. He has since received a Cease and Desist order from Maranello. He has said he just wants to be friends. 🤣
If he fitted one of the Pulse Performance quad rotary engines (pulseperformance.co.nz/) (Whanganui, NZ) then it would be faster than the original Ferrari motor. Why do you think that rotary's are so popular here ? :-) "A Wanganui mechanic has achieved a world first by building an engine that Mazda New Zealand didn't think was possible. Warren Overton, along with colleagues Gareth Lewis, Vaughn Campbell and Ben Simkin, took five months to build the first 2000hp, six rotor engine for a friend's car." www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10823787
Lovely to see the Mazda RX3. My dad had one here in the uk around about 1973, it was pretty fast for its day. He then traded it in for a Mazda RX4 which was another really good looking car in my opinion. I have very fond memories of them both. I remember the engines being so smooth and so quiet on tickover.
I remember doing a tune up on a J4 for some hippies in the 80s, they toured all around France, spain, and back to London, it was a non starter, but with new plugs, leads, distributer cap, rotor arm condenser dwell angle set, timing set, mixture set, 100% reliable over many thousands of miles, nice to get good feedback.
Very cool to watch this - I was there on that beautiful sunny day in Jan 2020. Flew back to Canada in March 2020 and by the looks of it may never be allowed into NZ again😥
1.26, the 'much smaller Ford' is a Ford 7Y Eight. The spare wheel lives on the rear panel, access to the boot is from the inside by lifting the seat back up from the bottom.
@@HubNut As i was a young buck in those days, I saw many a panel van had the obligatory mattress but you only got to skite about it,if you had a collection of panties hung around the roof rail.
"Strictly speaking" the Sandman was a trim option on HJ panel vans in 74-75 during the "if it's rockin' don't bother knockin'" van craze of the mid 70's. If you search YTube the ABC has a short video of Van clubs in Sydney circa 1976 which is worth a look. Australia looked like a different planet back then.
My dad had a couple of Austin J-4 vans with sliding doors. His were the diesel version so 50mph max! I always thought one of these would make a perfect basis for a replica of the Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo. The shape is ideal. Good little vans.
...for fun, check out the Cleetus McFarland channel; they purchased a Cushman (different make than the U.S. scooter-trucks and golf carts), and swapped the 1061cc Mitsu engine for a turbo'ed rotary engine...300HP (with "more room to grow), and what a noise!! It was painted up like the famous "Mystery Machine" as well...
Oooh love the Ford Falcon Wagon 😍 County Sedan is a lovely shape too, not quite liking the styling but hey 😍 caravans too 😍 cool van to drive. Great video
Great video as always! The Big old Cadillac was probably a 1960, since it didn't have lights up on the fins, but I know sometimes export cars can be different and your knowledge of US cars isn't too shabby at all!
Just restocked my bonus points only to be giving them away again due to more excellent rotary content, the Rx-3 and the rotary ute (or REPU to give it's correct designation) Rotary Engine Pick Up). US only issue and produced 1974 thru 1977. B series ute with 13b rotary power. Mazda was heavily invested in rotary engines during this period. There was a small bus (13b powered Parkway) and a deal with GM got Holden Premier bodies shipped from Oz to Japan and endowed with 13b rotary power. (1976-77). Both JDM only.
Those aren't just motorbikes, those appear to be Chinese CJ to BMW conversions! The nicest thing one can do for one of those... Quick and dirty primer on CJ, made with worn out Ural tooling that was given to USSR by Germany in the late 30's as part of a non-aggression pact, that obviously failed, and used by them to make the M72 from WW2 until 1957 then sold to the PRC and used in China until the '90's. CJ also came up with their own overhead valve engine that was almost as primitive.
Round here the J4s were called 'amputator vans' back in the day. Pity, as they are just the right size and old enough to enjoy an exemption from the Low Emission Zone here in London.
The Holden HQ Monaro GTS (likely debadged) types at 0:40 have become very desirable over the past decades. Just a few days ago a very original good condition 202 six cylinder version sold for $67,000. Original 253, 308 and 350 V8 versions would go for even more money.
I remember the Post Office having lots of them Austin vans. We had a big telephone exchange at the end of our road and there were always lots of them parked in the yard. Been a long long time since i last saw one though.
Did they not assemble J4's with sliding driver and mate doors in NZ? It was mainly the chassis cabs that had hinged doors in UK, it was a lot easier to get in and out with sliding doors when in a narrow alley or loading bay.
Really like the styling of those VL Commodore and Calais models, much more interesting looking than Omegas and Senators in here Europe (like also those Opels). It's always nice to see some of those big Opels also, because most of those are rotted away... ☹️
Hi Ian, another awesome video,what a show,so many cars to look at and muscle cars,was that the Austin 3.0 towards the end I wonder?,some nice metal on display.
Well done Ian. I feel as if I have been to New Zealand. I hope Australia is just as exciting. I’m looking forward to it. Will you be obtaining a car in Oz ?
Yeah you're right. How did this NT car end up in New Zealand. (For viewers not from Australia,NT is Northern Territory, a hot tropical state in Northern Australia )
My Dad had a couple of J4 works vans separated by a VW Type 2 in between. He always reckoned the J4 to be better than the fabled Vee Dub - and he really enjoyed a series of Sherpa's they gave him.
@1:56 - I'm pretty sure that Caddy is a '60, not a '59. I know because there are no double-bullet lights on the tail fin - they toned it down a little bit - NOT what we want! 😭😭😭
MGBetts1 - I was thinking the same until I read Wayne The Boat Guy’s comment above coupled with Hubnut’s earlier revelations about Mexican plants ‘raiding the parts bin’...
7:09 those motomobikes appear to be a pair of Chinese-built Chang Jiang 750s re-engined with genuine BMW boxer twins in place of the original Chinese-built, Russian-designed, copies of BMW flat twins.
I was impressed how the Brock VL GroupA at 5:00 was identified as a Walkinshaw while the Walkinshaw at 14:30 was identified as a Brock! So much to learn! 🤣
@@HubNut You know a lot more than I do about cars.. I will admit VL SS GroupA and VL GroupA SS are a particular specialist subject of mine. I owned one of the rarest "Walkinshaw's" for 10 years. Bought it off my parents friend who bought it new in 1988. Sold it 2 years ago. musclecarstables.com.au/listings/calais-walkinshaw-build-643/
@@HubNut You are dealing with extreme esoterica there Ian, both models were extremely small production runs, each car individually serial numbered as being from a specific build, 1 of 500 sort of thing. Both desirable to own.
I had an Austin J4 van in 1978 to 1980 Got it with the floor rotted out at the back and welded it up using some angle iron from an old bed frame, they passed it on the MOT, I replaced it with an Austin EA van which was a bit like a bigger version with a 2.2 diesel and twin wheels at the rear.
If it wasn't for the steering wheel on the right side or the occasional kiwi accent, you could have said you were in any city or town in the states, and no one would be the wiser. I want that black van.
The Ford at 1:19 is a Falcon GT four door. This is the XB version produced from 1973 to 1976. All XB GTs had the 351 V8 and there was a two door hardtop pillar less coupe version, that for the next XC model formed the basis of the Max Max movie car. Not being a highly developed race special like the 1971 Falcon XY GT HO phase 3, these later GTs are much more affordable but still get big money.
The 1622 in the J4 reminds me... if you get a chance have a drive in Morris Major Elite - the final evolution of the Minor with 95% Australian content.
I have one! But I'm in Adelaide. They are basically a tank on 14 inch wheels, I had a lad on a trail motorbike crash into the side of me years back, bugger scratched the paint a tiny bit.
@@HubNut Glad to hear that; I learnt to drive in my Aunt's Nomad driving around her house paddock (about 100 acres) and then along the boundary road around the farm. I was 13 at the time
The Transit van at 11:36 is likely to be the Australian production version with the extended nose to accommodate the Falcon 250 cubic inch (or 4.1 litre) . More accepted by commercial users seeking more torque and less maintenance that the stressed fours and V4s that the Transit used when introduced here. Six and nose was later introduced. Did Europe do the extended nose or was it Australia and NZ only?
At 3:32 you came across what you called a Ford GT. Really a 1971 XY model Ford Falcon GT or the GT HO Phase 3. More likely GT or lesser model cloned up to be the Falcon GT HO Phase 3. If it was genuine HO Phase 3 and in good condition it could be around $1 million from recent auction results. Even a bad one would get $250,000 or so. Australia's 145 mph Bathurst special. All based on the XY Falcon in Fairmont or better trim level with a Ford 351 V8 ,usually a Cleveland version, of 352 cubic inches as a Bathurst special. But not a lot of people know the 352 story. A very significant car in Australia. Probably the most iconic apart from cars made in handful numbers.
Our U.S cars so far are between 1920 -2000 as I can see the 48 being the older Ford truck the 6.5L diesel body built between 93-98 at least for that engine
Just a slight correction: the top of the line Holden was actually the Caprice not the Statesman, at least between 1990 and 2017. Between 1971 and 1984 the Statesman WAS the top of the line long wheelbase Holden, but it ceased production between 1984 and 1990, when Holden finally got around to building a LWB luxury version of the Commodore. Both Statesman and Caprice were built between 1990 and 2010, but the Statesman was a lower spec model during those years. Interestingly, the Caprice name came from Chevrolet. My dad actually owned a 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate which was quite a rare car in NZ in the 1980's but sadly it lay unrestored in the back yard for years and was finally sold off cheap to a guy who walked in off the street. It was a full 9 seater wagon with a 3rd row of seats. I always wonder what happened to that car, if it ever got the restoration it deserved. I was hoping to spot it in this video, as the car ended up in the northern suburbs of Auckland, from what I remember. I saw it once in the Albany wreckers yard, not that far from Kumeu. I'm also sure I saw it again, back on the road in Milford, "running and driving", covered with primer, so that gave me hope that somebody had put some work into it.
@@ayrproductions I never saw heard of a Holden Caprice in NZ until the 90s, and the information I quoted above about the Caprice starting in 1990 was from Wikipedia. I am also aware of a Brougham model in the late 60s and early 70s but that was replaced by the Statesman in 73 to my knowledge.
@@ayrproductions My mistake yes it was 1971, the same year that the HQ entered production. It seems the Caprice name was used for the South African versions of this car but those were badged as Chevrolets. Not to be confused with the Chevrolet Caprice sold in America which was a luxury version of the Impala, a completely different and bigger car than the Australian designed Caprice.
Reaction to the Beemer was worth the price of admission alone!
Agree. Hilarious.
Re-watching this remarkable car show!
7:33 is an Australian Ford Falcon XL model wagon from about 1962 or 1963. A divergenge from American versions and diverged more with each new model. Rare survivor.
If you have space you can hold a large car show with many large cars. Again great Ian.
Further proof that I am thoroughly HubNuttified, is that I found the J4 van to be the most exciting vehicle on view. I'll get my coat!
You mean your anorak...
Of which, I seem to own a rather embarrassing number. LOL!
The american stuff is mostly what you would expect to find at any carshow here in Sweden too, but the down-undery-stuff is utterly alien to me and therefore very fascinating to see. Very much looking forward to see what your Australian leg of the adventure will bring!
LOVE the Studebaker - EXACTLY the same colour as a Tigger.....
The all orange ones without the black stripes.....obviously!!
That looks like the place to be. So many nice classic vehicles mixed with nice weather go well together.
"...a phrase I've always wanted to use: ...Twin Holley XP Double Pumpers!" Excellent.
You should change your name to “wiper nut”
Bill Burnhope: Top comment, so very true.
Excellent show. The highlight...it's got to be the J4 Van. (Changed a clutch in mine, many years ago, lying underneath in the snow!)
That Escort Estate just made a memory pop up in my head, my dad had one of them in that colour!!! Can't recall if it was two-door like that or four (I was maybe 3 or 4 years old at the time, so around 1988-89), but I do remember that the drivers window often fell off the track as it was being wound up, and needed assistance to guide it up the doorframe... :P
Hi Hubnut. On the Ford 351, it refers to the engine capacity in cubic inches. The usual parlance with American V8's is to say Three Fifty-One, or Two Eighty-Three or Four Twenty-Seven as the case may be. The exception occurs if a zero is in the middle and you then say Three Oh Two or Four Oh Eight as the case may be. And there may still be exceptions, but you'll get into little strife if using this rule. There's less of a rule book with Australian sixes however. At one time Falcons had a One-Seventy and Holdens a One Seven Nine. Hope you're travelling well. Cheers.
Amazingly the Ford 351 is really 352 cubic inches. The reason for the change in labelling is that Ford already had produced from the 50s for a few years a Ford Y block V8 352 with the same 4 inch bore and 3.5 inch stroke as the later 351. Seems Ford did not want any confusion between the two motors. Might be a few other motors like this where a better sounding name was chosen. Ford 427, 428 and 429 may have been some of them.
A veritable fleet of classics, a feast for the eyes. I especially liked the Citroen traction Avant. There's a car dealer in Crewe who owns a very fine example. A real road test? now that wouldn't go amiss. The Cambridge A50, reminding me of the A40 Somerset and the delightful, (to me) Lincoln Continental. minus the rear porthole style windows. Well I couldn't be happier. Very enjoyable.
That J4 van is very much a HubNut vehicle. I could smell the slightly over rich exhaust fumes coming through my laptop. Great walkabout Ian.
Why "J4" ? Who was J and what happened to 1-3 ?
Interesting mix of cars. Nice to see the old BMC / BL cars are still on the road.
Noticing the Ferrari there reminded me of an article I read last week about a Kiwi who found a damaged Ferrari with a broken V12 in a field.
Rather than fixing the V12 he did the rather obvious thing and swapped it for the Mazda Rotary Engine.
He has since received a Cease and Desist order from Maranello.
He has said he just wants to be friends. 🤣
Saw that!
If he put in a triple rotor it would sound like Ferrari anyway!
If he fitted one of the Pulse Performance quad rotary engines (pulseperformance.co.nz/) (Whanganui, NZ) then it would be faster than the original Ferrari motor.
Why do you think that rotary's are so popular here ? :-)
"A Wanganui mechanic has achieved a world first by building an engine that Mazda New Zealand didn't think was possible.
Warren Overton, along with colleagues Gareth Lewis, Vaughn Campbell and Ben Simkin, took five months to build the first 2000hp, six rotor engine for a friend's car."
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10823787
Fantastic line up of cars. So bloody sad that Holden like Saab will be no more. Thank you very much for sharing your great video Sir 👍 Tam.
Lovely to see the Mazda RX3. My dad had one here in the uk around about 1973, it was pretty fast for its day. He then traded it in for a Mazda RX4 which was another really good looking car in my opinion. I have very fond memories of them both. I remember the engines being so smooth and so quiet on tickover.
Sees BMW and says , in the HubNut style "Errr .. OK " and dismisses it totally !! …. Pissin mesel Ian !!!!
I had an Austin J2 Chassis with a coachbuilt caravanette on it a long time ago. Fun times!
Awesome show use to go all the time when back in nz westies lol that red Holden Ute is what you call a one tonner👍
The lone dislike is from the owner of the flashy Merc. :)
Or the BMW owner.
Or somebody hoping for two-stroke fumes and fewer superfluous cylinders?
Yes. Completely ignored and treated the BMW with disdain 😂
I remember doing a tune up on a J4 for some hippies in the 80s, they toured all around France, spain,
and back to London, it was a non starter, but with new plugs, leads, distributer cap, rotor arm condenser
dwell angle set, timing set, mixture set, 100% reliable over many thousands of miles, nice to get good feedback.
Very cool to watch this - I was there on that beautiful sunny day in Jan 2020. Flew back to Canada in March 2020 and by the looks of it may never be allowed into NZ again😥
Love the J4, almost straight off the cover of the Abbey road LP
They definitely know how to do a car show, loved the J4 van, that has a lot of potential to be something special, a nice change from the splitties.
The annual whangamata beach hop is another huge classic car and hotrod event is a definite go to
@@gruntabro1 That sounds like my idea of heaven, can't really have that kind of thing in the UK, can't rely on the weather.
@@graemew7001 google whangamata beach hop
1.26, the 'much smaller Ford' is a Ford 7Y Eight. The spare wheel lives on the rear panel, access to the boot is from the inside by lifting the seat back up from the bottom.
What a wonderful collection of cars. Those claphand wipers must give rise to epic Corners Of Misery lol
Great video.
Such iconic and great looking cars,the likes unfortunately we will never see again....nice video ian,cheers.
Gets to a boring beemer ...
“Err ... Ok ... “
Classic Nut
The poor ol Beemer got the Hubnut cold shoulder 🤣
You can't beat the sound of a good American V8 rumble - I swear you can hear unburnt fuel burbling out of the exhaust!
I shall look forward to the future J4 Van vid, great work bud.
The Holden Ute thing type affair as you called it was a "Sandman"..Every Girls Parents night mare back in the day if her Boyfriend had one..lol
Ironically, I now own a Sandman T-shirt, given to me in Sydney! Saw loads at a Holden show on Sunday. Many with mattress...
@@HubNut As i was a young buck in those days, I saw many a panel van had the obligatory mattress but you only got to skite about it,if you had a collection of panties hung around the roof rail.
The good old shaggin' wagon. Drive-in movie must-have, back it in and open the tail gate, lie in the bed to watch the film* * optional
@@HubNut Yes you do! I knew it would come in handy. Just wait till you turn up for tea in Wales wearing it.
"Strictly speaking" the Sandman was a trim option on HJ panel vans in 74-75 during the "if it's rockin' don't bother knockin'" van craze of the mid 70's. If you search YTube the ABC has a short video of Van clubs in Sydney circa 1976 which is worth a look. Australia looked like a different planet back then.
During the course of my employment, I had cause to drive a J4 and its predecessor, the J2. Simple, honest vehicles
My dad had a couple of Austin J-4 vans with sliding doors. His were the diesel version so 50mph max!
I always thought one of these would make a perfect basis for a replica of the Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo. The shape is ideal. Good little vans.
...for fun, check out the Cleetus McFarland channel; they purchased a Cushman (different make than the U.S. scooter-trucks and golf carts), and swapped the 1061cc Mitsu engine for a turbo'ed rotary engine...300HP (with "more room to grow), and what a noise!! It was painted up like the famous "Mystery Machine" as well...
@@craigmclean8260 Oh, I'll get that checked out for sure, sounds just my kind of caper!
Oooh love the Ford Falcon Wagon 😍 County Sedan is a lovely shape too, not quite liking the styling but hey 😍 caravans too 😍 cool van to drive. Great video
Testarossa! Or, as they were known at my school "the Miami Vice squad car". I had a Testarossa wall clock in my bedroom for many years.
Great video as always! The Big old Cadillac was probably a 1960, since it didn't have lights up on the fins, but I know sometimes export cars can be different and your knowledge of US cars isn't too shabby at all!
Wayne The Boat Guy - I was thinking exactly the same on all counts...
The Land Rover is a Perentie - I believe they are specially produced for the military.
Nice collection. Lovely way to spend a day.
"Ok, I see your bmw and raise you a j4"
You win again, HubNut.
Just restocked my bonus points only to be giving them away again due to more excellent rotary content, the Rx-3 and the rotary ute (or REPU to give it's correct designation) Rotary Engine Pick Up). US only issue and produced 1974 thru 1977. B series ute with 13b rotary power. Mazda was heavily invested in rotary engines during this period. There was a small bus (13b powered Parkway) and a deal with GM got Holden Premier bodies shipped from Oz to Japan and endowed with 13b rotary power. (1976-77). Both JDM only.
Ahhh ... the visceral delights of blub blub blubs.
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton: I bet Ian was blub blub blubbing a bit when he left New Zealand.
andy g 😂 I thought he was going to crack when he said goodbye to the BX!
The Austin J4 van is super!
Nice to see that you went out on a high, with a great show and great weather. Hopefully the Oz uploads will be along tout sweet.
Love the J4 van.
Enjoyed your kiwi road trip. God speed.
Hence all the UK floods.
Were Holden under the impression that Calais was somewhere in the South of France, so it would convey an image of Mediterranean sophistication?
Those aren't just motorbikes, those appear to be Chinese CJ to BMW conversions! The nicest thing one can do for one of those...
Quick and dirty primer on CJ, made with worn out Ural tooling that was given to USSR by Germany in the late 30's as part of a non-aggression pact, that obviously failed, and used by them to make the M72 from WW2 until 1957 then sold to the PRC and used in China until the '90's. CJ also came up with their own overhead valve engine that was almost as primitive.
Round here the J4s were called 'amputator vans' back in the day. Pity, as they are just the right size and old enough to enjoy an exemption from the Low Emission Zone here in London.
Great show. Regarding the V8 Cortina I am sure that the South African market had V8 option Cortina as they also had V8 powered Ford Capri.
They did have V8 Capris. Granadas too.
Great and I love the comment on the BMW made me chuckle
I loove that J4 Morris. Austin
The Holden HQ Monaro GTS (likely debadged) types at 0:40 have become very desirable over the past decades. Just a few days ago a very original good condition 202 six cylinder version sold for $67,000. Original 253, 308 and 350 V8 versions would go for even more money.
Like the variety you keep finding
I remember the Post Office having lots of them Austin vans. We had a big telephone exchange at the end of our road and there were always lots of them parked in the yard. Been a long long time since i last saw one though.
So no surprised they went on to Sherpas and then Freight Rovers ?!
Did they not assemble J4's with sliding driver and mate doors in NZ? It was mainly the chassis cabs that had hinged doors in UK, it was a lot easier to get in and out with sliding doors when in a narrow alley or loading bay.
Really like the styling of those VL Commodore and Calais models, much more interesting looking than Omegas and Senators in here Europe (like also those Opels).
It's always nice to see some of those big Opels also, because most of those are rotted away... ☹️
Description says Morris J4 but video says Austin J4 - make your mind up :)
I've got 2 of those roofs rotting in my garden atop dead Sherpas.
7:55 a rarity,even in the USA, a 1956 Chev Cameo pickup ,not as rare as the GMC suburban pickup but just as nice.
Yesh
We had J4 Caravanette way back in early 90s.
If the Torana had been sold in North America, I guarantee that there would have been classifieds offering a Holden "Toronto."
Hi Ian, another awesome video,what a show,so many cars to look at and muscle cars,was that the Austin 3.0 towards the end I wonder?,some nice metal on display.
That was his other 3-Litre - the one I did the engine shots of.
Well done Ian. I feel as if I have been to New Zealand. I hope Australia is just as exciting. I’m looking forward to it. Will you be obtaining a car in Oz ?
7:00 Why are they called "Hummers"? Because they've forgotten the words to the songs! LOL
I love those Traction Avant's! Do you think you could do a test drive of one further down the line? So cool :D
13:45 A burgundy Holden with an NT number plate! Did someone forget to turn right at Brisbane?
Yeah you're right. How did this NT car end up in New Zealand. (For viewers not from Australia,NT is Northern Territory, a hot tropical state in Northern Australia )
@@titanus49 Thanks for the info. There is a similar system in the UK.
@@titanus49 that is only partly true. Alice Springs isn't tropical. NT doesn't get tropical until after the tropic of Capricorn.
Unique and interesting cars.etc
My Dad had a couple of J4 works vans separated by a VW Type 2 in between. He always reckoned the J4 to be better than the fabled Vee Dub - and he really enjoyed a series of Sherpa's they gave him.
worked in the late 80's just up the road in Silverdale
Last day in NZ, aye?
You missed the Brit Euro show in Auckland 1 March.
1200 vehicles registered for this.
Next chance March 2021
Yes, I went to a Brit Euro show in Melbourne instead.
Surprised to see all of Detroits finest. Must've been an expensive feed!
@1:56 - I'm pretty sure that Caddy is a '60, not a '59. I know because there are no double-bullet lights on the tail fin - they toned it down a little bit - NOT what we want! 😭😭😭
MGBetts1 - I was thinking the same until I read Wayne The Boat Guy’s comment above coupled with Hubnut’s earlier revelations about Mexican plants ‘raiding the parts bin’...
The Holden wagons at 15:15 have a decidedly honda accord look about them.
7:09 those motomobikes appear to be a pair of Chinese-built Chang Jiang 750s re-engined with genuine BMW boxer twins in place of the original Chinese-built, Russian-designed, copies of BMW flat twins.
The VL SS GroupA was Peter Brock HDT, pre Walkinshaw involvement in late 1987 early 1988.
I was impressed how the Brock VL GroupA at 5:00 was identified as a Walkinshaw while the Walkinshaw at 14:30 was identified as a Brock! So much to learn! 🤣
I still have a lot to learn!
@@HubNut You know a lot more than I do about cars.. I will admit VL SS GroupA and VL GroupA SS are a particular specialist subject of mine. I owned one of the rarest "Walkinshaw's" for 10 years. Bought it off my parents friend who bought it new in 1988. Sold it 2 years ago. musclecarstables.com.au/listings/calais-walkinshaw-build-643/
@@HubNut You are dealing with extreme esoterica there Ian, both models were extremely small production runs, each car individually serial numbered as being from a specific build, 1 of 500 sort of thing. Both desirable to own.
Brilliant video Ian
I had an Austin J4 van in 1978 to 1980 Got it with the floor rotted out at the back and welded it up using some angle iron from an old bed frame, they passed it on the MOT, I replaced it with an Austin EA van which was a bit like a bigger version with a 2.2 diesel and twin wheels at the rear.
Is it always;
"Nice to meet you Ian"
"Thanks, can I drive your car/van?"
J4 van without the slidey front doors ? Not proper. Spent far too many hours in one of these !
I always thought the hinged doors were for the chassis-cab only! :-O
If it wasn't for the steering wheel on the right side or the occasional kiwi accent, you could have said you were in any city or town in the states, and no one would be the wiser. I want that black van.
The Ford at 1:19 is a Falcon GT four door. This is the XB version produced from 1973 to 1976. All XB GTs had the 351 V8 and there was a two door hardtop pillar less coupe version, that for the next XC model formed the basis of the Max Max movie car. Not being a highly developed race special like the 1971 Falcon XY GT HO phase 3, these later GTs are much more affordable but still get big money.
Minor correction: the Max Max movie car wasn't an XC, it was an XB GT with custom lights. It's still around too, in a museum in Florida.
very nice walk around not much there but still nice
Holden didn't have to disguise their Opel origins, we didn't get Opel's then. I thought peter Brock styling mods included shrubbery?
Loving the JRA 6x6!
The 1622 in the J4 reminds me... if you get a chance have a drive in Morris Major Elite - the final evolution of the Minor with 95% Australian content.
My first car was the predecessor, the Morris Major of 1959. similar to the Elite ,except for the rear end.
Sadly it hasn't happened, but I did manage a Nomad.
I have one! But I'm in Adelaide. They are basically a tank on 14 inch wheels, I had a lad on a trail motorbike crash into the side of me years back, bugger scratched the paint a tiny bit.
@@HubNut Glad to hear that; I learnt to drive in my Aunt's Nomad driving around her house paddock (about 100 acres) and then along the boundary road around the farm.
I was 13 at the time
The Transit van at 11:36 is likely to be the Australian production version with the extended nose to accommodate the Falcon 250 cubic inch (or 4.1 litre) . More accepted by commercial users seeking more torque and less maintenance that the stressed fours and V4s that the Transit used when introduced here. Six and nose was later introduced. Did Europe do the extended nose or was it Australia and NZ only?
GM also built a version of the Bedford van with Holden 6 cyl motors in OZ and NZ.
was that Prime Minister Arden in the blue Thunderbird?
At 3:32 you came across what you called a Ford GT. Really a 1971 XY model Ford Falcon GT or the GT HO Phase 3. More likely GT or lesser model cloned up to be the Falcon GT HO Phase 3. If it was genuine HO Phase 3 and in good condition it could be around $1 million from recent auction results. Even a bad one would get $250,000 or so. Australia's 145 mph Bathurst special. All based on the XY Falcon in Fairmont or better trim level with a Ford 351 V8 ,usually a Cleveland version, of 352 cubic inches as a Bathurst special. But not a lot of people know the 352 story.
A very significant car in Australia. Probably the most iconic apart from cars made in handful numbers.
Our U.S cars so far are between 1920 -2000 as I can see the 48 being the older Ford truck the 6.5L diesel body built between 93-98 at least for that engine
Interesting mix to say the least.
Ian Clearly you don't attend the hotrod shows I attend in England which sound the same as this show😁
Yep
Just a slight correction: the top of the line Holden was actually the Caprice not the Statesman, at least between 1990 and 2017. Between 1971 and 1984 the Statesman WAS the top of the line long wheelbase Holden, but it ceased production between 1984 and 1990, when Holden finally got around to building a LWB luxury version of the Commodore. Both Statesman and Caprice were built between 1990 and 2010, but the Statesman was a lower spec model during those years.
Interestingly, the Caprice name came from Chevrolet. My dad actually owned a 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate which was quite a rare car in NZ in the 1980's but sadly it lay unrestored in the back yard for years and was finally sold off cheap to a guy who walked in off the street. It was a full 9 seater wagon with a 3rd row of seats. I always wonder what happened to that car, if it ever got the restoration it deserved. I was hoping to spot it in this video, as the car ended up in the northern suburbs of Auckland, from what I remember. I saw it once in the Albany wreckers yard, not that far from Kumeu. I'm also sure I saw it again, back on the road in Milford, "running and driving", covered with primer, so that gave me hope that somebody had put some work into it.
@@waynepantry7023 The Grange is an HSV model. Technically not part of the Holden range, although it is based on the Caprice I suppose.
Actually, the Statesman wasn't the top of the line from the late HQ in 1973, as that was when they introduced the Caprice.
@@ayrproductions I never saw heard of a Holden Caprice in NZ until the 90s, and the information I quoted above about the Caprice starting in 1990 was from Wikipedia. I am also aware of a Brougham model in the late 60s and early 70s but that was replaced by the Statesman in 73 to my knowledge.
aftonline was actually replaced by the Statesman in 1971
@@ayrproductions My mistake yes it was 1971, the same year that the HQ entered production. It seems the Caprice name was used for the South African versions of this car but those were badged as Chevrolets. Not to be confused with the Chevrolet Caprice sold in America which was a luxury version of the Impala, a completely different and bigger car than the Australian designed Caprice.
Views loads of US performance stuff....highlight though is the Austin J4 van Mmmmmm.
Austin j4 had a starring role in a john wayne film. With sliding doors though.
3 views. 10 likes. Well done, Ian. :)
0:45 That looks like the original purple
iatsd chateau mauve I believe
As the blue MK 1 escort says don't don't pat it's ASS on the note on the windscreen.
Ooh, what's that white estate at 20:28?