hi Jack Flash and good morning thank you I injoyed this film and reading the comments left and you're answers i like reading all of your memories and comments all of you you and you're wife have very good day :-)
Very enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing it. Some beautiful scenery and a charming car. It is very green there, in contrast to the scenery where I live in Southern California- Brown!
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 That's true. The average yearly rainfall in San Diego, where I live, is 12 inches (30 cm). We lived in Yuma, Arizona for 8 years, and its average annual rainfall is 4 inches (10 cm). All that you see there is sand and cactus. After a very quick search of UA-cam, this is about the best video of the rural area of eastern San Diego county. Unfortunately, it has ads for a Kendal book, but it shows an overview of the desert to the East, then the mountainous area of the county which is a similar video to the one you shared. I hope that you enjoy it. ua-cam.com/video/fcF8NzYV6BA/v-deo.html
By the way, one problem is that we will have a rainy year, and the scrub brush will grow, then dry out, leaving the area prime for wild fires. This is made worse when dry and hot winds from the East not only dry out the brush, but fan any flames into a huge fire.
the registration of this Austin 8 'EOV' was issued in Birmingham between Feb 1939-Mar 1939, during the war these were built for military use & even a pick up was built for them the Austin 8 Tilly
Superb film, l've seen another version that states 'over 25000 ft in 12 1/2 hrs driven by Thomas H. Wisdom (daily Herald) J F Bramley (Austin Magazine) 24 March 1939, though l always thought in looks more like mid summer than early spring!.
Must be the same film, I can't see Austins laying out twice that year, funny though they don't mention who was driving nor the time of year, so I guessed at summer
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 l wonder if the original 'challenge, wasn't filmed at the time but then rerun again in the summer for the 'promo film?, interesting to see what appeared in the Austin mag at the time.
first chassis less car by Austin the brainchild of Leonard Lord, this late 30's style was commonly known as the Alligator front because of the high lift bonnet www.austincounties.org.uk/?page_id=39
To get some idea of the elevation, "Annapurna III" is 24, 787 feet high, and the Austin 8 achieved better than that in one day. images.app.goo.gl/AvfCkvXMWQH7oZdv5 A pretty good effort over rough stony tracks in 1939. I bet there was a whole team of camera operators scattered over the 200 odd miles of track to record that effort.
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 yes Jack Flash you're armed forces used a lot of Austin 8 and a lot of American Jeeps and B17s to in WW2 i made a funny Jack LOL :-D
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 Yes, as I was watching the film, that was my thought too! The Army chaps must have seen this film and were impressed. Certainly it was an eye opener to see how well the sedan managed all those rough tracks and steep inclines. Pretty good choice by the Army purchasing department, considering what was available at the time, and cheaper than the Rolls Royce cars used in WW1 🙄
Ah but those little cars where used by the officers not for driving across rough terrain dodging shells, Love the jeep, the first 4x4 , prices are out of my league,
The speed and jumps over rugged roads was spectacular! Poor guys inside!
My late father's first car. This makes me smile at the thought of him and his mates tearing up the countryside in his Austin. Thank you.
Thank you glad you enjoyed it
hi Jack Flash and good morning thank you I injoyed this film and reading the comments left and you're answers i like reading all of your memories and comments all of you you and you're wife have very good day :-)
Great film, nice scenery and a lovely car. i envy the open roads but not all those hairpins with no power assistance on the steering.
Drivers in those days had muscles like road diggers.......even the women
Very enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing it. Some beautiful scenery and a charming car. It is very green there, in contrast to the scenery where I live in Southern California- Brown!
Yes it never rains in southern California, as the song goes, glad you enjoyed the video.
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 That's true. The average yearly rainfall in San Diego, where I live, is 12 inches (30 cm). We lived in Yuma, Arizona for 8 years, and its average annual rainfall is 4 inches (10 cm). All that you see there is sand and cactus. After a very quick search of UA-cam, this is about the best video of the rural area of eastern San Diego county. Unfortunately, it has ads for a Kendal book, but it shows an overview of the desert to the East, then the mountainous area of the county which is a similar video to the one you shared. I hope that you enjoy it. ua-cam.com/video/fcF8NzYV6BA/v-deo.html
By the way, one problem is that we will have a rainy year, and the scrub brush will grow, then dry out, leaving the area prime for wild fires. This is made worse when dry and hot winds from the East not only dry out the brush, but fan any flames into a huge fire.
if we made it again the World would beat a path to our Door.
I had the Austin 10.
My first car. 1947 Austin 8 KDH 729. Lovely film.
Thank you, glad you liked it
the registration of this Austin 8 'EOV' was issued in Birmingham between Feb 1939-Mar 1939, during the war these were built for military use & even a pick up was built for them the Austin 8 Tilly
Bet that number is on another car now....correction, just checked it's not on the register .
Superb film, l've seen another version that states 'over 25000 ft in 12 1/2 hrs driven by Thomas H. Wisdom (daily Herald) J F Bramley (Austin Magazine) 24 March 1939, though l always thought in looks more like mid summer than early spring!.
Must be the same film, I can't see Austins laying out twice that year, funny though they don't mention who was driving nor the time of year, so I guessed at summer
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 l wonder if the original 'challenge, wasn't filmed at the time but then rerun again in the summer for the 'promo film?, interesting to see what appeared in the Austin mag at the time.
Super video
Thank you, that film marked the end of an era, WW2 broke out soon after , and I don't know of any films of that type being made post WW2
first chassis less car by Austin the brainchild of Leonard Lord, this late 30's style was commonly known as the Alligator front because of the high lift bonnet www.austincounties.org.uk/?page_id=39
To get some idea of the elevation, "Annapurna III" is 24, 787 feet high, and the Austin 8 achieved better than that in one day.
images.app.goo.gl/AvfCkvXMWQH7oZdv5
A pretty good effort over rough stony tracks in 1939. I bet there was a whole team of camera operators scattered over the 200 odd miles of track to record that effort.
No expense spared , I wonder if this film was the reason our armed forces used the Austin 8
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 yes Jack Flash you're armed forces used a lot of Austin 8 and a lot of American Jeeps and B17s to in WW2 i made a funny Jack LOL :-D
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 Yes, as I was watching the film, that was my thought too! The Army chaps must have seen this film and were impressed.
Certainly it was an eye opener to see how well the sedan managed all those rough tracks and steep inclines. Pretty good choice by the Army purchasing department, considering what was available at the time, and cheaper than the Rolls Royce cars used in WW1 🙄
Ah but those little cars where used by the officers not for driving across rough terrain dodging shells, Love the jeep, the first 4x4 , prices are out of my league,
Lovely empty countryside then. Not any more.
Why did they have snotty commentators as did the BBC
I don't know, perhaps just a class thing, regional accents where not considered quite right, posh meant authority I think.