HOW THIS CAR CHANGED MY LIFE - TIFF NEEDELL. Morris 1000 Traveller full story.
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- An emotional story of how one car changed ex Top Gear and Fifth gear presenter, Tiff Needell's life forever!
A huge influence throughout his early life was the Morris 1000 and Morris Traveller and Tiff takes us for a trip down memory lane in this heartfelt story.
From sliding his mothers Morris 1000 around corners, to buying a Morris Traveller as his first car, the story takes a twist to reveal why Tiff Needell ended up being a racing driver and television personality, and not a civil engineer!
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What was your first car? Let us know below.
did that car have a Ford 5 speed gearknob fitted? has it had a 5 speed box fitted?
and gotta say, towing with a Morris 1000 is BRAVE, especially nowadays!
Red 1979 Chevy Van (car?!), 87 Dodge Charger (awful!), 1990 Nissan 240SX, then almost always Miatas after that.. Thanks for the beautiful video!
1983 BMW 320i
I had a 4 door MK2 Escort 1300L
MK3 Escort 1.1 in yellow.
One of the best films I’ve seen on UA-cam in ages. Well done guys and what a brilliant story.👍
Cheers Blair! :)
I began watching you on Top Gear in the early 90’s and I’m glad I still get to do that on UA-cam. Keep it up Tiff. One of my favorite videos of you is actually your episode with Harris spanking the 3 hypercars!
@blair henderson agreed 😌👍
Tiff Needell is the "class" when it comes to anything with cars, reviews, stories etc. Just awesome. RESPECT
🙂
The end photo gave me chills.
Thank you!!
@@lovecarsTV did you have to make it end like it was Tiff's obituary?
@@Pionirish Exactly my thought too ! I was waiting for the RIP and 19xx-20xx !
Beautiful episode! Especially when he opened garage door for the Lotus 69F...
Thank you very much. We love this one too.
I’d like your comment but it already has 69 likes.
Amazing how that competition just totally changed Tiffs life direction. Imagine winning a formula car in a competition now. Would be unheard of.
Given çurrent climate this film is an oasis of calm in a world that has gone to hell in a handcart............Nice one 👍
Yes agreed, 'Foxes Afloat' a narrowboat adventure is wonderful too! Also a 'Rogue Mariner on the upper Thames' (&France) is just great.
Living in Colorado I had a right hand drive Moggie. Loved it. I took out the passenger seat so my Great Pyrenees Khoda could sit next to me and look out the windscreen. got great reactions from oncoming drivers.
There's something reassuring about a Morris 1000, I am of a similar age to Tiff, passing my test on November 28th 1968 , my first car was a Morris Oxford Estate, 1962 vintage, with a very powerful 1622cc engine producing an incredible 61 bhp lol, remember racing a Ford Cortina 1.2 for around 25 miles while on holiday, we had our car full of camping gear, so it was so much fun, because going down a hill I would overtake the Cortina, but when we went up the other side the Cortina passed us lol, this went on for about 25 miles along a rare dual carriageway of the time lol, fond memories though, holes in the front footwells big enough to get your foot through ! exhaust held on with a piece of wire, and a brake pedal that went straight to the floor ! had to pump it several times for the brakes to work, drove over 1000 miles on the holiday like that 😅🤦♀️ but I was just 18 and a new driver, plus safety in those days was secondary to mobility !
My first car was a Little Tikes Cozy Coupe (with performance pack)
You could swap the rubber to somethijg grippier treads to increase the off-road traction on those vehicles!
Fabulously heart warming 22 minutes of video.
Yes, I watched this twice
HA! Andrew, thanks very much!!
I read Tiff’s autobiography a while back and this video makes me want to read it again . What a legend, always cheerful, bet a pint with Tiff would be more fun than with most modern Grand Prix drivers .
Drove my first car, a mini 1000 in 1990 and had minis ever since. A Morris Traveller is still on my wish list and it's great to see the story of the best presenter ever driving one around.
I started with a 1930-something Morris 8. Fantastic car. (mind you, having *any* car back then was fantastic).
Oh wow! 🙂
We have lost that simple joy of the freedom of a car, it is seen as such a right now. I remember sitting in the old Singer that my Dad bought for me to learn in, practicing gear changes and in my minds eye picturing the green country lanes that would lead me to places to go hillwalking and the pub afterwards, with a kip in the tent to follow!
Get back to your rc matey.
These memories of good old days, the story of tiff how he became the great & loved driver we see today.... Literally I was smilling the whole time. A great video by the team. There is something we all just about tiff that charisma, a striking personality, he is the guy who had made so many people mad for powerslides. Keep going man you rock.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much!
My father had a Morris Traveller when I was a young boy in the early 1960s and I loved it.
This is the essence of what loving cars is all about. Not pointless drag races. Passion. Tiff is an absolute legend.
We do a drag race every Wednesday and a feature every Sunday 👍
Made me a bit tearful 😅 you can just see the love for cars in this film! 👍 Good job guys
Thank you very much Mike!
This film was absolutely brilliant! The edit, the story, and presented by an iconic individual 👌
So refreshing to see a UA-cam car video where the presenter is not repeatedly trying to make up pointless metaphors and stupid jokes. A wonderful clip, as a driver of several Morris 1000s it was especially heart warming.
A grey Morris 1000 - bought for £5 - when I was 13! To drive on the old aerodrome behind our house. Loved it when it was cold and wet and we could put the heater on 'full blast' - with wipers flapping away. Would often take a picnic too! Austin A55 next - ooh, wheelspin on the gravel in 2nd gear.
Nice story. Decent guy with his feet on the ground.
Thanks very much Martin
I love this insight into Tiff's early years. I would like to know a bit more about his (few) years as a Civil Engineer. Did all the mathematics and Structural design help in his racing career? I recently found out that Colin Chapman himself was also a Civil Engineer. My first car? That was a rear wheel drive Mazda 323 estate.
Thank you very much! Will ask Tiff about the further information!
Or you could buy his fantastic Autobiography. ( dm me Tiff for my bank details 😅)
Tiff you are a legend, you have been a permanent fixture and possibly the main reason I’ve been obsessed with cars since I could speak, 30 years later I’m still obsessed and you are an even bigger legend.
Bless you, very kind words!
If cars or bikes are more to you than just getting from A to B. This video will have some meaning, stir up some memories and emotions. Love it.
Thanks for watching 🙂
Ah wonderful memories of a time when traffic was almost non existent, drivers were polite and traffic cops would let you off with a caution! 🇬🇧
So true!
Fantastic story! What more could you want? Racing and TV legend Tiff telling you his beginnings in modest and heartfelt way. This is why Lovecars is a cut above so many UA-cam car channels. My 1st Car was a 1981 Talbot Sunbeam 1300 LS with a 1600 Ti engine swapped in and lotus stripes & Rostyles, still have a polaroid of it, it rusted almost as fast as it went due to its 1300 diff 😂
Thank you very much!!
Tiff Needell, such an accomplished and likeable presenter, showcasing an accomplished and likable motor car. Yes, I had a 1954 Oz built 2 door in green as my first car. Hope you had a grand day, Tiff!
Thank you 🙏
Very rarely does a film on you tube just make me smile but this one does with joy and sentiment
Absolutely loved watching this. Tiff is such an incredible man and it’s so nice seeing an insight into where his love of cars began
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much!
I am 65 at the moment lol .and my first car after passing my test was a beaten up oldsmobile rocket 88 my parents went mad I paid 25 pounds for it .my dad coverd the insurance. Great video love old tiff puts Clarkson in Second division
Lol my dad's first car they were fast.
@@pyrrhus17 I wish I had that car now lol
Shaun Sizmur Clarkson was never in any but the bottom division, Tiff in the top. Great in a car (any car? Any sort of motorsport event for four wheels), and always willing to learn. Loved this video. Les
A Oldsmobile 88 1957 has been in my son in laws family since 1957👍
But the traveler is my wife’s all time favourite 💪
That was fantastic! It took me back to my first car, a trafalgar blue minor 1000 saloon that my mom gave after passing my test in 1984. The freedom it gave and the hours of fun😅😅
Almost, only almost, a tear in my eye ! Tiff, you are e very lucky man being able to re enact a part of your youth ! Well done Sir !
Thank you
Beautiful video, thanks for sharing your memories with us Tiff ☺️
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much
Wow.. Absolutely brilliant, loved it. Thanks for sharing your story Tiff.
Thank you very much!
Began with a GMC Sierra truck living in Texas. Base model, rwd, and a lot of powerslides on dirt.
Then moved to Rio de Janeiro, got a VW Gol, small Brazilian hatchback with a 1 liter engine, 55hp, and 145mm tires. With this car in hands I discovered Tiff Needell, got a VHS of Burning Rubber, and put all that in practice. Hand brake turns, Scandinavian flick, and even tried out the 360s!!
Been a fan for over 20 years!! Learned a lot from you!
Thanks for watching 🙂
I don’t normally comment on these videos (despite being on UA-cam with a car channel myself!), but this was such an enjoyable, and beautifully presented, and well edited video, I just had to say how much I loved it. Genuinely brilliant, and very poignant. I remember travelling with my uncle in his old van as he competed in motorbike racing at Knockhill in Scotland. Such different times to today’s world of corporate sponsorship and the high cost of racing, even at junior levels. Brilliant Tiff, just brilliant. One of the best things I’ve ever seen you present.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙂
A very heartwarming story. 👍
Ford Escort. And no, not a cool one!
But I do now have a Lotus Esprit.
Thank you Paul. Our own personal favorite!
Right in the feels ❤️
Thank you Jared!
I just found this today. Wonderful, wonderful! Said by a 68 yo civil engineer car lover
I loved this, 8 years later it was my first car to, same colour, same moss and rust, roundabouts and snow pleasures. Only difference was a knackered 1964 MG Midget was what saw off the Moggy...now I'm still dreaming, but have had my 2nd chance with a Traveller and am enjoying my slightly less glamorous memories.
Many thanks Tiff that was a wonderful film👍
Great episode could feel your nostalgia!!
Thank you Gary!
What a wonderful episode! One of my favourite from your channel. Hopefully, we’ll see more diverse content such as this, aside from the usual supercar ones.
Thank you Sam! Our favourite too. Just a shame [insert word here!] drag races, get so many more views and costs much less to produce!
Old school wins everytime for me!
A 2006 Kia picanto was my first car! My mum bought it for me when I was 16 and She had it sitting waiting for me when I came back from a night out with friends! It used to be owned by an old man that was blind in one eye and as a result every single body panel on the thing was battered and bruised, I loved that car dearly.
Delightful. My first car was my mother's 1967 Pontiac Catalina station wagon. Drove it for a few years in a state of gradual degeneration (the car, not me) and kept it for years more after it could no longer be driven. Finally scrapped it when childhood memories of riding along on mom's errands and family road trips had receded far enough into the past and I could prioritize dealing with the present.
Brilliant! Thanks Dan!
Absolutely Class!!
Thank you Tony!
Delightful! My first car was indeed a Moggy Traveller - from Charles Ware - and in green! Happy memories 😀👍
Hello Adam
GRT 86 F....my Traveller, sadly deceased on an icy road near Fressingfield Suffolk in 1977. Thanks for the memory.
Glad you enjoyed the video and it brought back memories. 😁👌
Great video as always! This channel deserves a LOT more attention!
Btw; my first car is a 205 gti 1.9
Thank you and great car!
Thanks for a beautiful story Tiff! I just wonder who are those 7 heartless people that disliked this video :)
Thank you. And UA-cam is a funny old place! 😉
Perhaps the 3 Grand Tour presenters and the 5th Gear Team.....all jealous ;)
Probably not fast enough for them.
My first car too, mine was identical in almond green from 1968. Absolutely loved my old Flanagan! Thanks Tiff 😎
God how I've loved the Traveller since my mid-teens.
Thank you for a most wonderful piece.
What a recreation👌🏻
Thank you!
11:27 That's gold!!!!!
Thank you!!
This should be on the recommended UA-cam page for let's say at least 100 years ..... !!!!! #amazing #oldschool #tiffneedell #lovecars #morris
In our dreams!! Thank you!! :)
Fantastic story, Tiff is still to me one of the very few drivers that can drive properly and actually describe what the car is doing.... Top man!
Couldn't agree more!
4:01 Uncle Tiff telling a story about how he was the original Drift King back in the summer of 1969.
🙂
1969 Morris Minor. I bought it in 2019 and can't drive till December.
You will love it
Like Tiff I learned to drive on Morris 1000s (with Elliscars of Exeter, if anyone remembers them), and passed my test in one in 1962, just short of my 19th birthday. Loved Moggies ever since, though I never owned one.
Sweet story.Tiff is by far the best motoring TV presenter.
My first car was a Ford Escort 1100L😎👍
Glad you enjoyed the video 👌😁
Great story Tiff. My first was a Renault 5 TL.
Thanks Graham. Renault 5 with gears shifter on the dash?
@@lovecarsTV No it had a normal gear stick, the Renault 4 had the dash mounted gear stick.
Graham Sivill ah yes. Thank you
Hello Sivill how are you doing
Tiff can talk about brushing his teeth and it would sound amazing
Hahahahaha! Not sure about that, but thanks!!
Lovecars well either way we love the videos! Cheers from San Francisco! 🥂
I never would have guessed that's how the legend began. And that Lotus, be still my heart. Thanks Tiff
My first love '72 240Z
Good story that makes you appreciate Tiff more. He has kept it real without becoming a clown. The same can't be said for the presenters of some well known motoring shows.
Thanks for watching!
Whos cutting them effin Onions? 😭😭👑
😂😂😂😂😂
Same here
Tiff’s car: *has turn lights*
Tiff: uses his hand
Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!
Cheers guys!
Lovecars cheers!!
Beautiful. Thanks guys.
Thank you for such a beautiful story that pulled at my heart strings. It’s lovely to hear you started and you are like one of us. Thank you.
"... fifty minors on the premises in various states of repair" sounds like the parents went away for the weekend...
British cars made up to and including the 1960s did not receive any rustproofing in the factory, so repairs due to rust were much more common than now.
A Hilman Imp 😂
Nothing wrong with that!!! 👍
This really struck a chord with me as my first car was a black 1958 Morris Traveller, bought third hand in 1965 when I was 19 and, yes, a Civil Engineering student at Glasgow University! It was in great condition -- I even painted a red coach stripe down the sides of the bonnet -- except for one thing. It had been undersealed, which was a good thing, but the twerp that did it also covered up the chassis drain holes with the result that after a number of years the rear spring hangers began to rot out. I sold it before it became a major problem, but it was a wrench to part with it as I really loved that car. It never let me down, always returned 40 mpg (even when running on 2½ cylinders), and could carry things like a Vespa scooter in the back on a 400 mile trip with ease. A truly great all-round performer! 👌😊
Lovely to read so many wonderful memories in the comments. Thank you!
This gave me chills! I'm so happy I subscribed to this channel so long ago. Thanks Tiff!!!
You're the coolest!
Very emotional trip back on time with Tiff... We're all getting older. These memories keeps the child in us alive with a tad bit of nostalgy. Thank you...
This is class. I absolutely love how fast he's driving it now. Reminds me of my dad driving our Rover P4 - basically a 67 year old boy racer with the wrong car.
What an excellent memory Tiff.
Takes me back to the unique sounds smells and buzz of watching motor sport in the early 70s. Thanks for your memory
I have bought a 1957 minor just a few weeks ago. Been inside a farm barn but all there. It has the original leather interior and when I have been walking past it in the recent heat, that wonderful indescribable odour of leather, old car mix comes wafting up sending waves of old memories and nostalgia. I love this car already and can’t wait to get working on her.
Best of luck with it 🙂
One of the best videos I've watched on UA-cam for a very long time, absolutely delightful.
Thank you very much!
What a beautiful love letter to your Morris Traveller Tiff. The story, music and sheer pleasure on your face. The picture of you at the end...perfect.
This was great to watch. You could share his pure enjoyment for the car and see across his face memories flooding back. The world may have moved on but memories of a lost time will live on forever
@Lovecars Tiff is an absolute legend in the motorsport world. A true asset to this channel. New car tests are great, but these segments are even better. Cheers
This was beautiful and almost a little sad! Lovely story and Tiff finally got the dream team in a photograph all these years later!
From the heart Tiff. A very moving video, thank you for sharing such an amazing slice of your life.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much!
That was really emotional, great video! Sometimes the stories behind the cars and our times with them are just as powerful as the cars themselves.
Thank you, glad you think so!
I really enjoyed this video. Nice to hear about Tiff's passed, he definitely grew my love for cars during my early years.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much!
What an amazing and somehow touching story. I've always been a huge fan of Tiff, but never heard this story before. Tiff must have been the coolest 19 year old!
My first car was a 1961 Mini van purchased in 1972. It had a aftermarket one piece fibreglass bonnet which tilted forward Triumph Herald style. The van had after market side windows. It was painted in red -oxide. My father and I then decided to brush paint it in 1970's purple. I am now reliving my youth and run a 1995 Suzuki Cappuccino. The Suzuki is great fun. Thanks Tiff for a great video. The Morris and trailer look fantastic.
Brilliant! And thank you for watching 🙂
I got to know about Tiff’s Race Car when he did an episode on it during the Good Ol’ Fifth Gear Days. Seeing him stand with his car and driving it with the trailer, hooked up to his Morris 1000 was so special for me. It feels so great and inspiring looking at Tiff now because he has unknowingly become the reason behind me being so crazy about cars. Still remember when his show used to stream on Discovery Turbo. He is such an inspiration and has come such a long way. Yes Tiff, we will pay to sit in your car, with the tail swinging outwards and see you having that grin that you had when you were destroying the rear tyres of your Mom’s old Morris 1000. You truly are a legend. #TiffforLife
Thank you very much!
Lots of great moments; I love the trailer reversing lesson, but the best moment is from about 6.45 turning in the trailer centre where Tiff fumbles for the indicator stalk on the left, then remembers it's on the right... I do the same every time in my 68 mini😉
Brilliant!
What a great story. Thank you for sharing.
What a history lesson. What a story. Brilliant. More of this style please. None of this stupid boring drag races that seems to be the UA-cam trend these days
Thank you, and yes we aren’t the biggest fan of drag races but the wider audience appears to be! Hopefully having 1 drag race and 1 feature a week keeps everyone happy 😊
My mum taught me to drive in a Morris 1000 in1987. That served me well because the clutch was stiff and it was quite hard to master. When I got in a new Mazda 3 for my driving test it was a doddle.
Tiff is one of the greatest. And this story was beautiful.
This was really lovely to watch. Tiff's brought me and my family and friends a lot of amazing years watching him on the tele. Especially my Dad and I. So this was really special to watch. Thanks Tiff and Lovecars!
Our pleasure, thank you for your support.
Lovely story and trip down memory lane for Tiff. Thank you for including us in your experience.
Thank you for your support 🙂
That was positively Fantastic! I loved the look back through the eyes of someone that lived it.
The best video Tiff has done. And what a great story too. Superb.
The end photo made me cry. Thank you Tiff, for everything!
Bet this day brought back some memories Tiff. Love watching stuff like this.
Thanks for watching 🙂
Great film, grew up watching Tiff and still love watching him talking about cars now
Tiff, You made me cry . . . Such an emotional story 🧚♂️ I’ve always loved Your passion but this was something special. THANK YOU!
It had a few of us teary eyed!