those XJ220s have engine parts on them that I welded together as a very young 17 year old YTS trainee. I worked in the foundry where the prototype and production engine blocks, plenums and manifolds were cast. I learnt to weld there and that was my job to weld up the caps on the manifolds and a sand hole in the water jackets on the blocks and then dress out the weld to hide it, very scary when they were capable of 200...
@@MrKeyboardCommando Zeus Aluminium Products was the company and was virtually opposite the Merry Hill Centre in Dudley, I was lucky to get a job there, they paid good money back then and after my YTS finished I was on £13 a hour, mind you it was hard graft...#
@@DecalCentralUK I remember that place opposite Merry Hill, I also did a YTS and learned to weld at Rover Longbridge. Funny thing after your two years YTS they just threw you on the track bolting the same car parts on all day 40 cars a hour. That’s exactly why when BMW pulled out I took my voluntary Redundancy, walked out with 10k at 22 & went back packing round Australia for a year. Looking back it was the best decision I ever made, because a few years later the Rover went into liquidation and most got nothing. I remember the oldies saying “your stupid, you’ll never get another job like this” no thanks mate, don’t fancy being stuck on the track for 40 years and ending up like you. Came back from Oz put myself through 2 years of college and became a refrigeration engineer. Decent money and get to work at some great places. Yep leaving Rover was definitely a good choice!
@@matty6848 when you think about it the YTS was a very good stepping stone but you also felt that you were being used. I spent another 6 years at Zeus and we made some of the best castings in the world, makes me think of all of the manufacturing companies that have been lost over the years, an absolute travesty...
@@DecalCentralUK it’s is and I remember my dad who’s from Quarry Bank telling about the parts your place made. I grew up in Halesowen but moved out to Worcester way now. When Rover was alive that place was so busy thousands of workers changing shifts 3 time a day although I did two weeks nights they were killer at 8pm till 6am 10 hour shifts, but between nights you’d finish at 6am Friday morning and not be back in work until 8pm Monday night so it was like having 4 days off. Then two weeks days 8am to 4pm. But they just used us as cheap labour as you said, and didn’t want to be stuck on the track for the rest of my life, had I landed a proper mechanical apprenticeship I would of stayed there, but my fate had it differently and it was a better turnout for me. Are you still in the same industry now, or changed jobs? Also have you been through Longbridge lately? It’s one big shopping and housing complex now. Cab 1&2 buildings are still there, but I heard there used as pure storage now, or some kind of minor production? But it’s a shadow of its former self. Longbridge will never be the same again sadly.
Sadly, Jaguar just didn't have the resources to put it into production at the time. When you look at how popular the BMW Tourings and the later X-Type and XF estates were then it was clear it was very much a missed opportunity. It was the popularity of things like the Lynx Eventer and the Avon XJ6 estate that sent them in this direction, and one of the development cars was run by the then boss as his every day car for a very long time...
@@torresalex I admire British technology especially in aviation and in the car industry. Massive respect ! I do like French cars too, especially the old ones, the mad ones... Thank you! Warm regards to Great Britain from France :)
Ian that for me was truly amazing! I am severely disabled and as a result I am housebound for the rest of my life (and I'm only 45) and without amazing youtubers like yourself I would never of gotten to see such a wonderful collection of beautiful cars, so with that said I thank you very much for sharing that with me 🙂
And he needs and undoubtedly appreciates thoroughly decent and grateful viewers such as your good self , to keep him going ! Big respect to you! Cracking video for me too !!👍
That was quite the treat amazing how much you managed to cover in 12 minutes. Having seen several of your vids from here I really must make a trip up there some day. Your unbridled enthusiasm makes these museum tours so enjoyable, many thanks Mr. H.
@@davidfoster1762 not to much concept cars either but existing models but in different body styles or with different engine setups. The supercharged estate x type would have sold I’d have thought, especially if it was awd which I think it was. the current craze of suvs not widthstanding, German marques still make powerful estates of various sizes and do quite well with them
I had the pleasure of visiting this excellent Museum during my visit to the UK last August, and I'm pleased to say, I wore my TWC t-shirt for the occasion.
That was a nice trick you pulled off Ian. You made a 12 minute video feel like half an hour, but at the same time it didn’t feel rushed. That’s quite remarkable. Some great images and comments there, I enjoyed it. Thank you.
There was a time in Swanage, where 3 of us, were each on a pump, at Triangle Garage (hence the name , 3 pumps), when coincidencely we were all filling our cars up. On pump 1 was an XK, on pump 2 an E Type, and myself on pump 3, with a V12 XJS. The other 2 owners were a bit standoffish......I later learned the XK Owner was a journalist for What Car Magazine ( he lived here, but never wanted to acknowledge me. I guess being only 21 at the time, may have put his nose out. But l still thought it was quite a cool moment.
Great stuff, Ian! I remember buying Autocar magazine which had a poster of the XJ220 in it, it hung on my wall for a couple of years. I was so disappointed when they downgraded the specs for the production model...
Nice review Ian thanks. Brings back memories of riding in my Grandfathers MK 7 as a child. That distinctive Jaguar smell of the leather seats and walnut dashboard i can still recall today .
An absolutely brilliant museum. I haven't been since 2012 so I really must get back for another update. I bet their archive is the sort of place you could easily get lost in too
Yep I remember the xj220 in Birmingham too, drooled over that as a teenager. The jaguar collection doesn't get enough coverage there is some amazing stuff there.
Fantastic, hopefully, you will do a tour of the cars upstairs from the Jaguar collection. Last time I was at the museum I only discovered the annex just before closing time. I will visit again soon...
3:55 This essentially became the DB7. Even engineers at Jaguar at the time thought it was right to can the XJ41/42 as it had got too heavy and too expensive. I _think_ that it was due to have a turbo AJ6/16 engine in it and 4WD, so it was very heavy on fuel as well.
I absolutely LOVE the BMM. I arranged a national 300zx meet there last summer and visited it for the first time. My favourite bit was not the main museum, but the second building upstairs with all the funny BL prototypes and last-of-line stuff. Wonderful museum and probably my favourite in the UK purely because of all the concepts and test mules. Just fascinating. XJ220 was my 'poster car' as a kid. Athena had a wonderful one and that was on my wall at my parents' house for about a decade!
Awesome video - XJ220 is my all time fav car, and I saw the concept at the British Motor Show 2006 (or maybe 08), but prefer the final production look. I believe that at least one of the 5 CX-75 prototypes was sold to the public (think it was ~£1.3m). I saw the original concept at Goodwood, such a shame they didn't make it (have turbines generating the electricity was pretty radical!), given the market for exclusive over-priced hypercars they must've been able to make it profitable. As a teenager I saw the Corsica on the back of truck on the M6, but couldn't find any reference to a Jag XJ convertible online, and by chance stumbled upon it in one of my books and was then able to learn about it. I am glad you kinda covered who Daimler were - because the whole Daimler-Benz and the UK Daimler thing never made sense to me, and thought it was a bit too much of a coincidence that 2 unrelated car companies would have the same name in the early days of motoring. Is the Jaguar Heritage Collection bit also open to the public? I have never been to Gaydon but have always wanted to, having seen your taster I will have to make more effort!
Ahh the nostalgia of old jags and Daimler (when we had a 4.2 in the 70s loved it).... Went round the jag factory in the late 90s and saw the original 220 then, a very sexy car that should have been made, but as with all the other prototypes (some good, some bad)... Wish they made them... Xj40 shooting brake (itd be rude to call it an estate), the xj6 coupe (which I drew a version of as a kid to give to my uncle who worked there - does make me wonder lol) And you can't beat the smell of the wood and leather in a classic jag.... Awesome video Ian....
Lovely video, enjoyed your visit to the Jaguar Daimler exhibition at the British Motor Museum. I regularly drive a 1969 Daimler v8 250 and a Daimler DS420, videos on my channel. 😎👍
Great video...the museum is fantastic with some quality exhibits. The annex where vehicles that don’t fit in the main hall/stored/workshop is brilliant...worth hunting out the Metro Breadvan and Metro Saloon!
What an amazing place to go see all that beautiful jaguar gold fancy seeing the xj220 prototype on release I could spend all day there 😍😍😍😍👍👍 Thank you for sharing as I don’t think I will ever get back to England in these crazy days
There are some stunning cars in the collection that unfortunately they never released, the XJ40 Coupe, the Estate and the Dart replacement are gorgeous.
It’s been a little while since I’ve been to Gaydon. Looks like there’s more to see than ever. That Daimler XJS particularly caught my eye. Lovely taster of what the museum has on display. Definitely whetted my appetite for another visit. Thanks HubNut. Pantograph wipers... ooooouuuu.... 😂 Perchoooo 😊
You're really spoiling us Ian. I'm really missing shows and autojumblies in the strange time we're living through. This video made me think hypothetically, if someone said 'You can can have one car out of this collection.' I think my brain would explode. I'd love to have a drive in the Daimler V8 250. My grandad, the lovable rogue of the family had one in the late 60's I think. He took me out in it and said 'When I pop my clogs you can have this car.' He also promised me a ride in a helicopter too. I don't have a Daimler 250 and have never been in a helicopter ~sigh~ Still love a little drive in one though 😊
Ohhhh..i want to go there so bad,its not even funny.So...thank you very much for a great tour around this amazing place.:) Greetings from Norway,Stefan
A couple years ago when I was in the UK, I had a look round the museum, and after that the JDHT. I was relatively young at the time so perhaps didn't quite appreciate it as much as I should've , but nevertheless everyone seemed very friendly and welcoming. If I ever find myself in the UK again, I will make a point of revisiting the JDHT. Of all the cars there the S1 XJ6 would be my personal pick. I wonder how many floors I would have to clean before they let me have a seat in PHP 42G, ha!
Thank you Ian for your tour of JDHtrust collection, your knowledge is outstanding,i still think that there is a lot of old car styles by all manufactures that could be built today but with modern brakes engines,suspension and steering etc, the ford capri is one and the e type jag is another,just my thoughts ...take care
What a wonderful place. It is definitely a Bucket List visit. Thank you for showing us these beautiful things. Isn't it a shame Jaguar decided to scrap the Daimler V8 engine? I'm sure there is quite a story there. Cheers
I had a customer in the 1980s who told me she really liked Jags ever since she'd had an SS100 in the 30s. Since then she'd only driven Jags, buying a new one every two or three years (except during the war). She still drove but didn't like reversing, so a man used to come out to her house from the dealership (Caffyns) to reverse her XJ40 out of the garage for her.
I like gaydon too. Some realy interesting car's there. I like the metro saloon and 6 cylinder metro(looks like a mg turbo). Quite like the mgf running gear test car too
Excellent report there... very noticeable how odd the leaning-forward front of the Mk X looks next to the XJ6 that replaced it... the 420 fronttreatment was an improvement that bridged the gap...
Visited today, what a great place. Too much to see. Upstairs from the Jaguar collection must be 100+ cars of various vintage from the last of production cars such as the final Allegro through to bizarre cars like the Morris Ital estate (for some reason?). Nostalgia overload. You need hours and hours (or days) to do this place justice.
thank you for posting this really interesting video you must be really proud of driving those vehicles - I wish I had the chance to do so. what memories :-)
Definitely one of the places I need to visit sometime. Think my dad went in the mid 2000s for a BMW M car event being held there but being from Scotland it's a bit of a travel. Covid-19 doesn't help getting a chance to visit anytime soon
I actually gasped when I saw the prototype XJ220 with the gullwing/butterfly doors. Even if the V12 in the back is a fake, it still did funny things to me, reminded me of how exciting cars used to be when I was a teenager. I hope that one day someone will put an XJR-15 V12 in an XJ220. But that would mean cannibalising a 220, so maybe not. That Dart is in the most delicious colour! We need more cars with that sort of paintwork. The XJ40 estate (shooting brake really) has been mentioned lots already by others, but I reckon that would have sold massively well, especially in a dark metallic green. The hunting, shooting, fishing set would have adored it. Needed different rear lights though. I bet the supercharged X-Type sounds fantastic. The Duratec derived V6s are fond of a drink already though, so I can understand them not making production.
A lovely video. Somehow, although from the early 60s it was an exercise in badge engineering, I slightly miss the Daimler name. A Daimler X Type would have made me chuckle... In 1992 I had no garage or off-road storage and passed up an offer to buy for £1000 my wife's uncles 1972 Daimler Sovereign 2.8 manual. A run-out S1 car, it was "economy spec" for a Daimler... manual windows, no head rests, small engine, manual box.... But he'd had it from new and it had 46,000 miles on it. It was our wedding car he next year. Immaculate, garaged from new... But I had nowhere to park it or store it. I sigh whenever I see a BRG S1 car now.... That 2.8 motor was better than its reputation and a 2.8 with a.manual box was perfectly fast enough. The Daimler grille just made it slightly funky. Or I thought so. I still regret not taking up the offer, but I have the wedding pics to ease the pain. BRG, with tan (biscuit?) leather. Mmm...
Jaguar means a powerhouse in a silk glove. Classy collection. Highly appreciated that you show it us Ian. Can you visit the Bugantics trust? (Prescott Hill Gotherington Cheltenham Gloucestershire)
Interesting visit which draws a couple of comments. First, good idea identifying the different segments of the video. Second, knowing you're not a bike person it's significant that you pronounced Brough Superior properly. Kudos.
Wonderful video, must go back and re visit this place. Alarming to see how much time, energy and money Jaguar Daimler were putting into designing and making cars that never went into production... it's a wonder they had time left to do anything else.
those XJ220s have engine parts on them that I welded together as a very young 17 year old YTS trainee. I worked in the foundry where the prototype and production engine blocks, plenums and manifolds were cast. I learnt to weld there and that was my job to weld up the caps on the manifolds and a sand hole in the water jackets on the blocks and then dress out the weld to hide it, very scary when they were capable of 200...
A 17 years young YTS trainee involved in the manufacture of the XJ220⁉️ Things are starting to become clearer. 😉😉😉
@@MrKeyboardCommando Zeus Aluminium Products was the company and was virtually opposite the Merry Hill Centre in Dudley, I was lucky to get a job there, they paid good money back then and after my YTS finished I was on £13 a hour, mind you it was hard graft...#
@@DecalCentralUK I remember that place opposite Merry Hill, I also did a YTS and learned to weld at Rover Longbridge. Funny thing after your two years YTS they just threw you on the track bolting the same car parts on all day 40 cars a hour. That’s exactly why when BMW pulled out I took my voluntary Redundancy, walked out with 10k at 22 & went back packing round Australia for a year. Looking back it was the best decision I ever made, because a few years later the Rover went into liquidation and most got nothing. I remember the oldies saying “your stupid, you’ll never get another job like this” no thanks mate, don’t fancy being stuck on the track for 40 years and ending up like you. Came back from Oz put myself through 2 years of college and became a refrigeration engineer. Decent money and get to work at some great places. Yep leaving Rover was definitely a good choice!
@@matty6848 when you think about it the YTS was a very good stepping stone but you also felt that you were being used.
I spent another 6 years at Zeus and we made some of the best castings in the world, makes me think of all of the manufacturing companies that have been lost over the years, an absolute travesty...
@@DecalCentralUK it’s is and I remember my dad who’s from Quarry Bank telling about the parts your place made. I grew up in Halesowen but moved out to Worcester way now. When Rover was alive that place was so busy thousands of workers changing shifts 3 time a day although I did two weeks nights they were killer at 8pm till 6am 10 hour shifts, but between nights you’d finish at 6am Friday morning and not be back in work until 8pm Monday night so it was like having 4 days off. Then two weeks days 8am to 4pm. But they just used us as cheap labour as you said, and didn’t want to be stuck on the track for the rest of my life, had I landed a proper mechanical apprenticeship I would of stayed there, but my fate had it differently and it was a better turnout for me. Are you still in the same industry now, or changed jobs? Also have you been through Longbridge lately? It’s one big shopping and housing complex now. Cab 1&2 buildings are still there, but I heard there used as pure storage now, or some kind of minor production? But it’s a shadow of its former self. Longbridge will never be the same again sadly.
Love that XJ40 estate!
Yes there’s something grossly OTT that beautiful about it. So utterly 80s and in your face beauty!
It's very pretty
Holy crap, that XJ40 estate would have been amazing!!!! Especially with a V12. Wish they'd built it...
Sadly, Jaguar just didn't have the resources to put it into production at the time. When you look at how popular the BMW Tourings and the later X-Type and XF estates were then it was clear it was very much a missed opportunity. It was the popularity of things like the Lynx Eventer and the Avon XJ6 estate that sent them in this direction, and one of the development cars was run by the then boss as his every day car for a very long time...
A sea of absolute greatness this...
Only the British can put this amount of class and performance into a motor vehicle. Liked! As always Ian
The French aren't bad at all either.
@@torresalex I admire British technology especially in aviation and in the car industry. Massive respect !
I do like French cars too, especially the old ones, the mad ones...
Thank you! Warm regards to Great Britain from France :)
@@guillaumeromain6694 my regards too! All the best!!
Ian doing what he does best - displaying his compendious knowledge of British motorcars . Excellent.
Ian that for me was truly amazing! I am severely disabled and as a result I am housebound for the rest of my life (and I'm only 45) and without amazing youtubers like yourself I would never of gotten to see such a wonderful collection of beautiful cars, so with that said I thank you very much for sharing that with me 🙂
And he needs and undoubtedly appreciates thoroughly decent and grateful viewers such as your good self , to keep him going ! Big respect to you! Cracking video for me too !!👍
@@williammorris1384 👍
Oh my god that XJ40 estate is perfection.
That was quite the treat amazing how much you managed to cover in 12 minutes. Having seen several of your vids from here I really must make a trip up there some day. Your unbridled enthusiasm makes these museum tours so enjoyable, many thanks Mr. H.
No one better suited to take me on a tour of the museum, thanks for the video Ian.
Fantastic....in particular the XJ40 estate...really good upload thank you 👍
I spent the entire video going "Why didn't they make this, I wish they'd made that, ooh those would've sold like hot cakes." etc...
I would have had the XJ40 estate - No problems !
@@LifeInChrono That was the one that got me!
Totally agree.
Why waste money on concept cars if they don’t reach production ?
@@LifeInChrono
Agreed.
Coupe too!
@@davidfoster1762 not to much concept cars either but existing models but in different body styles or with different engine setups. The supercharged estate x type would have sold I’d have thought, especially if it was awd which I think it was. the current craze of suvs not widthstanding, German marques still make powerful estates of various sizes and do quite well with them
I had the pleasure of visiting this excellent Museum during my visit to the UK last August, and I'm pleased to say, I wore my TWC t-shirt for the occasion.
Xj40 estate my favourite of the bunch
I visited a lot of car museums all over Europe, this is without any doubt one of the best. Great video Ian, tx for making it!
I visited there last year it was sheer heaven and even my wife loved it as she was reminiscing about some of the 60’s and 70’s cars on display.
Loved the colour on that Daimler Dart. Beautiful
WOW! What a place, so many could have been and should have been designs there. Great little tour around this fantastic place Ian.
That was a nice trick you pulled off Ian.
You made a 12 minute video feel like half an hour, but at the same time it didn’t feel rushed. That’s quite remarkable.
Some great images and comments there, I enjoyed it. Thank you.
I love this place because of all the prototypes.
There was a time in Swanage, where 3 of us, were each on a pump, at Triangle Garage (hence the name , 3 pumps), when coincidencely we were all filling our cars up.
On pump 1 was an XK, on pump 2 an E Type, and myself on pump 3, with a V12 XJS. The other 2 owners were a bit standoffish......I later learned the XK Owner was a journalist for What Car Magazine ( he lived here, but never wanted to acknowledge me.
I guess being only 21 at the time, may have put his nose out.
But l still thought it was quite a cool moment.
Great stuff, Ian! I remember buying Autocar magazine which had a poster of the XJ220 in it, it hung on my wall for a couple of years. I was so disappointed when they downgraded the specs for the production model...
Excellent video, thanks. Worth mentioning that buying a ticket to this wonderful museum gives you unlimited access for a year afterwards.
Nice review Ian thanks. Brings back memories of riding in my Grandfathers MK 7 as a child. That distinctive Jaguar smell of the leather seats and walnut dashboard i can still recall today .
I didn't see a single typewriter, what kind of a car museum is this?
Brilliant video I'd like to see this musuem my self
Absolutely wonderful video tour of this historic museum, full of beautiful vehicles. And I loved the knowledge you shared with us.
An absolutely brilliant museum. I haven't been since 2012 so I really must get back for another update. I bet their archive is the sort of place you could easily get lost in too
10:38 The lovely Leyland plughole of doom in the background ;)
Amazing displays, you did a great job!
Yep I remember the xj220 in Birmingham too, drooled over that as a teenager. The jaguar collection doesn't get enough coverage there is some amazing stuff there.
Fantastic, hopefully, you will do a tour of the cars upstairs from the Jaguar collection. Last time I was at the museum I only discovered the annex just before closing time. I will visit again soon...
3:55
This essentially became the DB7.
Even engineers at Jaguar at the time thought it was right to can the XJ41/42 as it had got too heavy and too expensive. I _think_ that it was due to have a turbo AJ6/16 engine in it and 4WD, so it was very heavy on fuel as well.
I absolutely LOVE the BMM. I arranged a national 300zx meet there last summer and visited it for the first time. My favourite bit was not the main museum, but the second building upstairs with all the funny BL prototypes and last-of-line stuff. Wonderful museum and probably my favourite in the UK purely because of all the concepts and test mules. Just fascinating.
XJ220 was my 'poster car' as a kid. Athena had a wonderful one and that was on my wall at my parents' house for about a decade!
What a lovely place, I'll have to visit there at some point.
Thanks for the look around Ian, much appreciated matey. 👍🙂
You be great running your own museum 😉
Awesome video - XJ220 is my all time fav car, and I saw the concept at the British Motor Show 2006 (or maybe 08), but prefer the final production look. I believe that at least one of the 5 CX-75 prototypes was sold to the public (think it was ~£1.3m). I saw the original concept at Goodwood, such a shame they didn't make it (have turbines generating the electricity was pretty radical!), given the market for exclusive over-priced hypercars they must've been able to make it profitable.
As a teenager I saw the Corsica on the back of truck on the M6, but couldn't find any reference to a Jag XJ convertible online, and by chance stumbled upon it in one of my books and was then able to learn about it. I am glad you kinda covered who Daimler were - because the whole Daimler-Benz and the UK Daimler thing never made sense to me, and thought it was a bit too much of a coincidence that 2 unrelated car companies would have the same name in the early days of motoring.
Is the Jaguar Heritage Collection bit also open to the public? I have never been to Gaydon but have always wanted to, having seen your taster I will have to make more effort!
Excellent video. We went there in 2016, fantastic museum, hope to go back some day.
Ahh the nostalgia of old jags and Daimler (when we had a 4.2 in the 70s loved it).... Went round the jag factory in the late 90s and saw the original 220 then, a very sexy car that should have been made, but as with all the other prototypes (some good, some bad)... Wish they made them...
Xj40 shooting brake (itd be rude to call it an estate), the xj6 coupe (which I drew a version of as a kid to give to my uncle who worked there - does make me wonder lol)
And you can't beat the smell of the wood and leather in a classic jag.... Awesome video Ian....
Lovely video, enjoyed your visit to the Jaguar Daimler exhibition at the British Motor Museum.
I regularly drive a 1969 Daimler v8 250 and a Daimler DS420, videos on my channel. 😎👍
Great video...the museum is fantastic with some quality exhibits. The annex where vehicles that don’t fit in the main hall/stored/workshop is brilliant...worth hunting out the Metro Breadvan and Metro Saloon!
OMG! The BCM is my favorite place in the world!!
So cool! Thanks for this, Ian.
Remember seeing a couple of the prototype XJ220’s at Millbrook testing centre, just before the model was launched, awesome looking cars.
What an amazing place to go see all that beautiful jaguar gold fancy seeing the xj220 prototype on release
I could spend all day there 😍😍😍😍👍👍
Thank you for sharing as I don’t think I will ever get back to England in these crazy days
There are some stunning cars in the collection that unfortunately they never released, the XJ40 Coupe, the Estate and the Dart replacement are gorgeous.
I had loads of Jaguar Daimler sales brochures as a kid, wish I still had those.
Mr Toad would have loved that 1897 Daimler, parp parp! Wouldn't mind a go myself.
What a collection. Beautiful cars all of them. A few "If onlys" in there too..
Great item thanks Ian
I do worry about your windscreen wiper fetish but love your enthusiasm for the golden ages of motoring. Much more please!
Now that should have been an hour 'Special' video. But hey ho! Bit of a flash back to New Zealand. Keep up the good work Ian.
Marvellous - all great stuff...keep it up.
I'm not a greedy man, just the XJ40 estate and coupe will do me thanks. I'm sad that neither made it to production.
Ian. You're brilliant. Great video as always.
Great video. Must make the effort to take a trip up the M40 and visit Gaydon. That Lyons Dart prototype looked amazing and the colour, wow!
Really nice Video !
Would like to see more on that XJ40 Coupe...
It’s been a little while since I’ve been to Gaydon. Looks like there’s more to see than ever. That Daimler XJS particularly caught my eye. Lovely taster of what the museum has on display. Definitely whetted my appetite for another visit. Thanks HubNut. Pantograph wipers... ooooouuuu.... 😂 Perchoooo 😊
Had a bit of a move round since August..The Daimler Exhibit in the museum was Land rover in August
Wonderfull
Many a Daimler V8 hemi found its way in to a drag racing car back in the day,with Russ Carpenter fully exploiting its potential.
I just wish the replacement to the xjs had been an e-type skin with modern underpinnings
Lovely Jubbly, very informative Mr HubNut.
All that fabulous exotica, and the thing that had my tongue hanging out was the XJ40 estate.
I visited last year. The whole site is amazing. Hopefully her back next year. Unfortunately no cars were available to have a peak in.
excellent video. loved every minute. My favorite still is the XJs 220... with Rover's 200 series lights at the back
Yes, me too. XJ220 looks like a serious race car whereas Ferrari F-40 and F-50 look like big. TONKA TOYS. !!!!!
The exterior door handles on that Daimler DS420 look very much like the ones fitted to my dad's old Austin 1300.
What a great museum, thank you
That Lyons Dart though..... baby Aston with a fantastic engine. Sigh.
That XJ40 Estate is stunning.....I think they missed a trick there !
You're really spoiling us Ian. I'm really missing shows and autojumblies in the strange time we're living through.
This video made me think hypothetically, if someone said 'You can can have one car out of this collection.' I think my brain would explode. I'd love to have a drive in the Daimler V8 250. My grandad, the lovable rogue of the family had one in the late 60's I think. He took me out in it and said 'When I pop my clogs you can have this car.' He also promised me a ride in a helicopter too. I don't have a Daimler 250 and have never been in a helicopter ~sigh~ Still love a little drive in one though 😊
Ohhhh..i want to go there so bad,its not even funny.So...thank you very much for a great tour around this amazing place.:) Greetings from Norway,Stefan
A couple years ago when I was in the UK, I had a look round the museum, and after that the JDHT. I was relatively young at the time so perhaps didn't quite appreciate it as much as I should've , but nevertheless everyone seemed very friendly and welcoming. If I ever find myself in the UK again, I will make a point of revisiting the JDHT. Of all the cars there the S1 XJ6 would be my personal pick. I wonder how many floors I would have to clean before they let me have a seat in PHP 42G, ha!
Thank you Ian for your tour of JDHtrust collection, your knowledge is outstanding,i still think that there is a lot of old car styles by all manufactures that could be built today but with modern brakes engines,suspension and steering etc, the ford capri is one and the e type jag is another,just my thoughts ...take care
What a wonderful place. It is definitely a Bucket List visit. Thank you for showing us these beautiful things. Isn't it a shame Jaguar decided to scrap the Daimler V8 engine? I'm sure there is quite a story there. Cheers
Dart had an MGB front grafted on to it, and it certainly improved it. However, I would have been driving home in that Corsica. Beautiful.
I can't remember jaguar ever making a bad car.
Great video.
Enjoyable and very interesting video, Ian. Thank you. Are there any Daimler buses on show there?
Wonderful stuff Ian, going to have to visit this place!
I had a customer in the 1980s who told me she really liked Jags ever since she'd had an SS100 in the 30s. Since then she'd only driven Jags, buying a new one every two or three years (except during the war). She still drove but didn't like reversing, so a man used to come out to her house from the dealership (Caffyns) to reverse her XJ40 out of the garage for her.
I like gaydon too. Some realy interesting car's there. I like the metro saloon and 6 cylinder metro(looks like a mg turbo). Quite like the mgf running gear test car too
Excellent report there... very noticeable how odd the leaning-forward front of the Mk X looks next to the XJ6 that replaced it... the 420 fronttreatment was an improvement that bridged the gap...
Visited today, what a great place. Too much to see. Upstairs from the Jaguar collection must be 100+ cars of various vintage from the last of production cars such as the final Allegro through to bizarre cars like the Morris Ital estate (for some reason?). Nostalgia overload. You need hours and hours (or days) to do this place justice.
thank you for posting this really interesting video
you must be really proud of driving those vehicles - I wish I had the chance to do so. what memories :-)
Well done. All the knowledge and entertaining.
Some rare metal there, excellent vid. Best wishes.
I use to take care of the grounds of Neil Jenkins who was one of the key engineers on the XJ220 also went on to tackle the amphibious cars
Definitely one of the places I need to visit sometime. Think my dad went in the mid 2000s for a BMW M car event being held there but being from Scotland it's a bit of a travel. Covid-19 doesn't help getting a chance to visit anytime soon
I actually gasped when I saw the prototype XJ220 with the gullwing/butterfly doors. Even if the V12 in the back is a fake, it still did funny things to me, reminded me of how exciting cars used to be when I was a teenager. I hope that one day someone will put an XJR-15 V12 in an XJ220. But that would mean cannibalising a 220, so maybe not.
That Dart is in the most delicious colour! We need more cars with that sort of paintwork. The XJ40 estate (shooting brake really) has been mentioned lots already by others, but I reckon that would have sold massively well, especially in a dark metallic green. The hunting, shooting, fishing set would have adored it. Needed different rear lights though.
I bet the supercharged X-Type sounds fantastic. The Duratec derived V6s are fond of a drink already though, so I can understand them not making production.
Fantastic video, thank you. Please take us around the Rovers. M.
A lovely video.
Somehow, although from the early 60s it was an exercise in badge engineering, I slightly miss the Daimler name.
A Daimler X Type would have made me chuckle...
In 1992 I had no garage or off-road storage and passed up an offer to buy for £1000 my wife's uncles 1972 Daimler Sovereign 2.8 manual.
A run-out S1 car, it was "economy spec" for a Daimler... manual windows, no head rests, small engine, manual box.... But he'd had it from new and it had 46,000 miles on it. It was our wedding car he next year. Immaculate, garaged from new... But I had nowhere to park it or store it. I sigh whenever I see a BRG S1 car now....
That 2.8 motor was better than its reputation and a 2.8 with a.manual box was perfectly fast enough. The Daimler grille just made it slightly funky. Or I thought so. I still regret not taking up the offer, but I have the wedding pics to ease the pain. BRG, with tan (biscuit?) leather. Mmm...
The XJ40 Estate was such a missed opportunity, utterly beautiful car.
OMG Thank you so much for the info also Ian
Remember going to a local Jag dealer to see the XJ220 just before it's release....My first thought was 'it's huge!!'😲
I think I went to that museum more than 20 years ago.
Jaguar means a powerhouse in a silk glove. Classy collection.
Highly appreciated that you show it us Ian.
Can you visit the Bugantics trust? (Prescott Hill Gotherington
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire)
I noticed the magnificent 420G @5:50. I know it's not a Mk10 as it had chrome side strips.
Interesting visit which draws a couple of comments. First, good idea identifying the different segments of the video. Second, knowing you're not a bike person it's significant that you pronounced Brough Superior properly. Kudos.
Wonderful video, must go back and re visit this place. Alarming to see how much time, energy and money Jaguar Daimler were putting into designing and making cars that never went into production... it's a wonder they had time left to do anything else.
Great video content cheers
What a wonderful place, deffo have to get back to Gaydon at some point.
I was at the 1988 motor show too, I’ve got some photos of said Jaguar xj220 prototype at the beginning of your video all be it poor one’s !