Festival Of The Unexceptional 2024 Concours De L’Ordinaire Finalists & Dad's Best In Show?
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Dad Reacts To The Festival Of The Unexceptional Concours De L’Ordinaire Finalists - His Best In Show? #FOTU
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Legends, Saturday the 27th of July 2024 saw the 10th Hagerty UK Festival Of The Unexceptional held at Grimsthorpe Castle and boy oh boy what a show it was - in this video - Dad and i have a wander around the Concours De L’Ordinaire Finalists discussing them as we go AND he reveals his Best In Show?
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Thank you for the thumbs up for my Rover 418 GSD. Had a great day at FOTU
Well deserved :) - Glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching
The Cortina is mine. Registered on 1st August 1978.
Bought on 11th August 1979 at 11,267 miles by my Mum and Dad when I was 10 years old. A few dsys later we went on holidays to Paignton in Devon hence why the 1879 Beano Summer Special ( yes my original) and a copy of a Daily Express from 15th August 1979 was in the Cortina.
I learned to drive in it and became mine on 29th July 1988 for my last year in University.
It came off the road in December 1990 at 110,000 miles as more and more welding was required for every MoT. In fact it required the first pair of sills in Feb 1983 - it was not even five years old.. The weather where I live in South Wales along with road salting is very harsh. The Cortina was always very well looked after but we just couldn't stop the rot. You'd be lucky to get a Cortina to last more than 10 years in my area.
The Cortina returned to the road in June 2014 and all panels sourced were genuine new old stock Ford. Every nut bolt and screw was removed and replated and the shell blasted. I even managed to source a new old stock vinyl roof - the original did actually survive a tour of the Monkey enclosure at Longleat Safari Park!
The Cortina lived its first life and is now living its second, and built a great deal better in South Wales than it was in Dagenham in June 1978!
It has now covered 113,000 miles and covered the 400 mile tound trip from South Wales to Lincolnshire on Saturday. 4 hours each way.
It holds so many memories of nicer times.
If I hadn't had done what I did to my Cortina it would not be here now.
The very next day the Cortina attended a fantastic local show Brynmawr.
The Cortina will be in the family for many many years to come and will be passed down the next generation.
What a great story and what a great thing to still have in the family. An absolute credit ☺️👍
Thanks for the kind words about my Punto
Well deserved
The 1998 Clio is mine 🫶🏼 and yes, apparently my grandad bonded them on the wipers 😂 no idea why
Not saying i had a tear in my eye when the story was read out on stage ...
@@JonCoupland Thankyou, that’s such a nice thing to hear 🫶🏼
That Nova saloon has had some work done - Vauxhall Flame Red becomes Vauxhall Dusky Pink after about 3 years in my experience
I expect you are right!
Loved the video, some great old cars 😊Not sure the Hilux should have won though.
Thanks for watching ☺️
Wow some lovely cars there guys can see why Pete liked the charade I personally like the Datsun laurel and the primara and the bluebirds and was great to see an nova hatch early a plate like my dad had new which has not been mutilated
The Lanos as well what a story!
A great video both and must try to get up to it one year! Victoria would lose me all day 😂😂
How did the Datsun prairie get on not seen one about
The hilux was a great winner was like new!
Thanks for watching ☺️👍
I used to remove wheels ever Sunday and polish the paired areas I did win two seconds and third in concourse I admire anyone who keeps their car pristine
Great going :)
I was lucky enough to be a concours finalist in 2022 with my Mk5 Escort
Congratulations 👏
Thank you. But I think it's something you can only get once because each year they have a completely different set of cars.
I have applied in each of the 2 years since and got nowhere.
@@paulph12002 They don't normally let the same cars in twice however the Red Bluebird was in in 2021 with me and this year so keep trying :)
I loved that German Primera, lovely brown interior and still very useable despite being already 34 years old ❤
Couldn't agree more!
i loved the entirior on that fiesta lol. for me the fiesta would probably be 1st then the bluebird 2nd and then i cant really decide third theres alot of cars i like lol. but i think i'd put the reliant robin in 4th. im gonna go with the datsun 280c in third i think
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@@JonCoupland im a massive nissan head. if there were more nissans my whole list would be them. especially a micra lol. its not too long until i start taking driving tests and for my first car i'm looking to get a manual pre facelift micra 1.3
Bonus sausage dog right at the end.
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The name of the show is abit wrong, someone turning up in a better than mint car can't really be called unexceptional. I agree with Pete 😊
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didn't the Reliant Robin have headlamps and indicators from a mk2 Fiesta?
Ooh I have no idea
Yes the mk2 robin uses mk2 fiesta headlamps and indicators
The reliant Rialto uses headlamps from the facelift Austin Metro and indicators from a TVR....all partsbin stuff
Yugo's were great they just suffered from cheap car syndrome where people abused them and threw them away. Mechanical parts are not an issue - its mostly FIAT 127/128/Punto stuff
I agree!
well what a turn up for the books
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Sorry, but that Visa shouldn't have been there - rust spots all over it for a start.
Ah but that was the point of the show? As found ☺️👍