The CRAZY economics of old British cars
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This sounds like a Hooptie Rescue Mission but unlike Hoovie, Ficarra makes money on the hoopties.
If you’re going to drive a tow truck in NYC, you need that level of talent just to get through the day
“I put myself through college working on British cars” ...... Thats like a full ride to any prestigious school
Especially if you specialize in Range Rovers
Nah
I worked with a guy years ago who would buy any & all British vehicles located in Southern Ontario & Quebec, and part them out. He was brilliant at it, put the car in a rented garage, removed what he wanted/needed, and advertised the car for remove your own part", and made enough doing that, that it paid for his own Triumph rebuild, the rent on the garage, and put money in his pocket. Coincidently, he was British, lol!
@@1oldskoolluvr people are crazy about British cars. Near me in WV USA theres a guy with 2 tr6's & at least 2 more that are parts cars. All summer hes ripping about in that lil hotrod. Its a soft top I think I havent seen it ina couple months lol
I have the same jag but mine is a v12
Getting sneaky with the sponsor slip-ins, Ed.
Better than actual breaks.
You must get tricked a lot
@@RoivonPC I agree
I see what Ed did there.....
Very sneaky sir
Some guy in Jamaica Queens is just kicking himself.
John is my favorite story teller. The delivery, the mannerisms, the humor - just awesome. Keep coming back my dude!
I agree.
John Ficarra makes me inexplicably happy
Gift for telling stories
My dad was a semi driver and like you said, watching him move that truck and trailer so elegantly and effortlessly was wild. Im so glad he taught me to drive a truck and trailer lmao
Hey John, thanks for compliment about my towing skills man. Really appreciate that. Sad to hear you ended up selling the Series 2 Landy. Best of luck for your future endeavors and adventures man. Stay safe man.
After a week like this, the only thing better than a John Ficarra car story is a John Ficarra car story and a fifth of your favorite libation. For medicinal use, of course.
The man who bought my defender for £3000 with a completely rusted chassis and no brakes sold it in florida for $ 37000 without touching it.
Was it left hand drive?
That's insane
Shipped out to the states?
Blimey.
To be fair, Floridian cars don't need brakes.
John Ficara's story and Ed slip in ads worked out pretty well. Nice job Vinwiki 👍🏻
Another great tale, Mr. Ficarra. Reminds me of the time I picked up a 1977 Jaguar XJS off of eBay for a couple of thousand Australian Dollars, had a blast driving it 100 miles home, spent some spare Sunday afternoons cleaning it and making somewhat of an oil painting out of it and flipping it for five figures.
Man, I'll bet John is fun to hang out with...
As a brit i would like to dislike this vid....mainly because i sold my land rover two years ago for £2000, its now worth £5000 and climbing. Dam!
Tbh if land rover still made a proper defender like they used too. The old ones would not have taken off in price like they have.
😂
@@japopo5533 shame EU laws prevented them
@@japopo5533 shame EU laws prevented them
@@NickBrown-hw2yj they could have stuck with the body on frame and solid axles but redesign the rest of the thing
Now those are some profit margins!
how is this 15 hours ago
Yes they are!!
@@Mark-to3vi that’s what I’m saying 🙂
Ed is a hacker 15 hours ago
Have you thought about getting do it with Dan on here? Surprised he’s not made an appearance as he’s in Georgia
Driving a tow truck in NYC is an art 😂 wait a second... driving anything in NYC is an art
Queen Elizabeth worked on Rovers when she was younger. Season 4 of The Crown on Netflix is good too. Good actors in every season.
😂😂😂my dad told me the whole hammer and screwdriver check. I thought he was joking
I’m so friggin jealous of a $500 Series IIA
Especially one with a solid chassis. 500 wouldn’t even buy a decent bulkhead now.
I'm jealous, and I'm in the UK where there plentiful.
@@danielroe845 prices have shot up recently. Three years ago I saw a 1948 with factory aluminium bulkhead (and paperwork to prove it) asking £11,500. If I could daily a vehicle that does 42mph flat out and is deafening I’d have bought it on the spot.
Ficarra, #1 story teller.
John is truly in the elite top level of VINwiki storytellers.
My dad had one of those Series 2 when I was a kid . Happy days, I remember the yellow, and red gear range knobs. You just opened the two cents under the screen for free air-con in the summer !. See them all over, here in the UK. Great stories !.
The Johns (John Ficarra & John Temerian) seem like such awesome guys. You've heard "the type of guy you just want to sit down and have a beer with" but these are guys you'd be willing to spend the weekend helping them move.
I was about to do school work. This is more important.
What's your major gender studies?
@@mdogzino no. I’m in high school
mdogzino your major should have been grammar
I do know that feeling.
@@mdogzino shit joke you should feel bad about yourself
Love these Ficarra stories more and more, and I especially enjoy the old school racing stories, keep it up!
These videos make my day almost always give me a good laugh
John, you really made me miss my family Landy. I always do, you just reminded me. Thank you. I should get one again.
Can you please bring back the "this can be red" t-shirts! I need one so bad haha
Good story, Vinwiki. Thanks, Ed. This dude has some engaging stories.
That is an aj6 4 litre straight six from a Jaguar XJ40 in the picture, not the right engine for the XJ series 3 you talk about. Later in the story you talk about an XJ40 and show a picture of a X300. Seems like you did not get the pictures right. Nice story anyway!
Lotus Carlton registration plate 40RA. Interesting British history 👌🏻
Lol they never did find it 😂😂
You shouldn't have told that land rover story. That guy is gonna find you and take $500 out of your ass. 🤣
Cheers from Kentucky
“This could be red” shirt is literally the perfect inside joke ever😂
His knowledge of the transfer case reminds me of my own dealings. If you ever go to buy a "dead" full size arcade game from the 1980's or 1990's (Pac Man etc.) there is a service switch by the rear cabinet door that oftentimes is disconnected, missing, or otherwise not working. I've picked up a few non working arcade games for next to nothing and within 5 minutes had a fully operational game that I could flip for a lot more than I paid.
LOVE your stories!!...my favorite story teller!!
I see a John VINwiki story, I click it . Best stories and knows his stuff!!!
Last time I was this early, the kid was still screaming...but fortunately he still had the ability to do so.
Last time I was this early, UA-cam could be red
Actually a good joke. Wow.
Ok, I'll admit, I'm impressed.
This is like a triple pun/meme/reference combo!
@@TheZProtocol they're the best kind
Redtube?
Scotty Kilmer disapproves.
Tow truck guys that know what they are doing are amazing to watch. We had a guy that did tows for the shop I worked at... On my way to work one morning I lost a ball joint on my 88 grand marquis, folded the wheel way up in the fender. The tow guy got her lifted with the back of the rollback and the tire down, then eased it right on up the roll back with this dance of back and forth that kept the wheel out of the fender all the way. Working in that shop I saw pretty much every other car with a similar issue dragged off the truck folding the fender in half on the way.
$1000 dollars for an old landy like that. here in the UK you're talking 3 grand for one in thats rough and rusty.
Any Ficarra story is a perfect ending to my Friday night at 5am.
Ha, I'm in Oz & the same way I feel about Ficarra stories mate, Rj in Oz
I'm happy to say that I've watched this video several times. I may watch it several more. Any time Ficarra is on I'm here for it.
Fleeced that shop owner lol.
These are the kind of stories a car guy lives for
Last time I was this early, I had some witty reference to Kimmie or Rabbit!
Ok
When John Shows up, it's first hit the like button and then listen to the story.
Great story! I had an SWB diesel Series III Landy - the only vehicle I ever had that went UP in value over time!
Great stories! I loved them both. The Jag and the Land Rover 🥰
I can tell you why the paint did that, lacquer paint, no gloss coat, what you polish is actually the paint itself, and they made it super thick back then to make up for it, kinda like exfoliating a skin almost, as I saw this guy in england who does cars, guys called the perfectonalist valet
the guy took this D type that was faded matt, and with a simple polish made it look like a mirror, and its all down to the way they did paint back then.
I have worked with a couple of tow truck drivers with this level of skill and I agree. Nuff respect ✊
This was a fantastic one
That landie would literally be 5-10k in the UK, it seems our cars are worth nothing in the US. that jag would sell for 15k at least
They have a bad reputation. I bought a rust free Range Rover classic for 1k and now they’re going up in price interestingly.
Glad to see *"This can be Red"* made it into a t-shirt.
I bought a chepa XJ6 Vanden Plas. one owner all receipts for every oil change and tires plus some. Think was a battleship with fancy airplane trays that folded down in the back couch. Loved it
John F is the second guy I could listen to all day. Him and Christopher M.
Nice profit margin there, here's one for you, $5000au for a series 1 Range Rover, $15000au spent making it perfect, another $10g au to send it to England in a box, 70,000 pounds at auction, did it twice, that's a profit margin, love your stories big guy, Rj in Oz
My dad has a series 1 86” Land Rover mid restoration, a Triumph TR5, TR6 and a Frogeye Sprite, classic cars over here in the UK have been an unbelievable investment over the years.
On the one hand getting 500 off the price like that was a dirty move. On the other hand, especially with autoshops, in the cosmic balance of dirty moves it just seems like a minor balancing of the scales.
Car guy karma started when the first used Model T was sold, the guy who bought it got home and found out he'd been cheated something bad, and it's just been snowballing out from there ever since.
Casey and John are my Favorite story tellers on here
This was a great video!
I just saw the - 'This can be red' t-shirt 😂
That shirt is GOLD!
Think you can sell my broken Rolls? It’s a beautiful Silver Shadow 1 the only problem is it doesn’t proceed.
Do an LS swap so it's reliable and easy to fix and parts won't be expensive.
@@XVRickXV trying to raise money for it but I need to find a shop who wants to partner with me.
Ultimate story man....congrats
A John Ficarra video LFG
Should've told them it needed new Lucas Smoke too, a staple of my country's Motor Vehicles (and probably why we don't generally make much of them anymore too)
Having worked with some truckers who worked in Amsterdam almost everyday, the things thar they can do with big vehicles is insane.
What a bargain that landy was! Great patina.
Great video! Thank you
There's a guy living around me in the uk that's built a big v8 silvery green xj6 with boom tubes, stockcar style wheels and tyres slammed on its ass... Looks and sounds absolutely beautiful
Yes ! Something to watch on my lunch break !
This guy giving rabbit a run for his money! Great storyteller
They go for mega money now in the uk
Shout out to that tow truck driver frfr
I build my business this year with the advice of vinwiki. We export cars for the UK (German and British). This year we’ve done 11. Best being the only 1994 Audi S2 in the USA we think! Soon to be sending some awesome Land Rovers and classics. Thank you vinwiki for all the help and inspiration!
That landrover is in Manhattan with md plates parked off park ave n 70 st 😂 it may not be that one cause it’s not as rough
That land rover was an awesome find, quite honestly if it was me, I would have got it running and kept to drive around here in Michigan
Wait what? Those old Land Rovers are worth money? :D
I worked on a tiny farm and the farmer had like 3 of those that we just used basically as tractors and to fetch the cows back from the fields...
As a tow truck driver in WA state, that was an awesome story.
The XJ40 is a car that will be collector item in the future. Only ran from 86-94 and was the last jaguar designed before the ford sale. Also at the time it was the most tested car jaguar had ever put out.
6:03 oh yeah go underneath there mate bang the hell out of it.😂😂😂
from Mr John Ficarra previous story on Porche for a photo shoot
"this can be red" made a shirt for it 😂 aaaawwwsome
Love this guy
My first car is a ‘71 Rolls. I’m not thousands in debt and it doesn’t start anymore.
Literally found myself on the edge of my seat, gleaming with anime eyes, listening about an angelic tow truck driver!!😂😂😂😂
omg i just came from the "this can be red" video to see you wearing that shirt lmao
i really want one but its sold out :(
I just saw a Zion y Lennox Ft. J. Balvin music video shot in NYC with his Land Rover
Love the shirt! He's so rite, car culture in NYC is near non-existent
Oh it exists, in garages, very fancy garages that cost more then my apartment to rent and have full time staff. You wouldn't believe what's out there.
Ficarra is a hero.
That moment when I click on the video, hoping that it'll be John Ficarra and it is!
Great score with the Landy!
I’m from Ireland and when I was 11 I bought a 1968 series 2A Land Rover as well for €600 and my neighbor was trying to sell her house and people would come up to view the house and ask to buy the Land Rover instead and one day I came up with my mother and gave her €600 for it and I’m 17 now still rebuilding it and I’m so happy I have my dream car that I always wanted since I was 8 and with appreciation and the production of the old defender ending in 2015 it’s turned out to be a good investment too.
we have some mental good prices in the UK on old german and british cars
With the state of New Yorks streets I'd have thought that a "proper" old school Land Rover would be the *perfect* vehicle
"What would John Ficarra do?"
From this point forward he will be known as "towtruck jesus".
$500 Series 2 Landy? Shoulda gone LeMons racing with it. XD
Ed should do story’s of his rental car business