Ooh.....the empty roads.......what a lovely era this must have been !! My Ruby is used almost every day, and attracts attention in town, stopping at lights is almost a photocall...
The humble rubber lip oil seal is a relatively new invention. Even my 1947 Austin 10 only has oil throwers and felt or leather seals to keep the oil in. These were still early days after all. The modern engine is coupled to the induction train and the crankcase is consequently permanently running a slight vacuum to make leaking near impossible.
Love the drip trays under the cars. Sealing technology was not what it is now with CNC, I remember them in car showrooms as late as the 1970’s and you would often see drips of oil under them! :) still, for all the maintainance needed on this old cars if I owned a car again it would be an old one which I could service myself with a small set of tools, worth the hassle.
I have to say that the driver seemed to spend most of the time either in the middle or on the right of the road; I cringed when he crested hills on the crown of the road with no idea what was on-coming.
1933 very little traffic then perhaps the odd horse and cart, I think that was the year the driving test was introduced and it shows doesn't it, the look on the road workers face when they tested the brakes aaaagh,
wonderful film, wasn't England a wonderful golden place then, my own 'seven' sits in the garage a tangible reminder of that great factory and of a great Britain that's gone forever.
Few working class people could afford cars in those "golden" days. My father had to wait until the fifties before he could buy a used clapped-out Austin seven van, and he had two jobs. No wonder the roads were empty.
@@petelamb1493 agreed, films like this are basically lifstyles of the rich, which would be super nice to be now, cept it would be yachts and exotic countries and exotic cars,, where the poor are the slaves and the rich live the lifestyle, mirroring the UK of old.
@@jusb1066 everything when 1st invented is for the rich.colour tv computers .ect.the price of things goes down as they sell more.thats how capitalism works.the more you sell the less it costs.
I'm old enough to remember Service Stations selling oil by the pint and quart re-fillable bottles. I'd think nothing of topping up the engine oil regularly. Now I barely bother to check the oil between scheduled servicing appointments at the dealers. What luxury - driving English roads with just a few other cars for company every 3 or 4 minutes.
Buy a new Subaru 2.5 and it will take you back to the golden days of checking your oil weekly. But don't worry if you cant buy oil at the Service Station any more, cause your likely to be buying it in larger quantity.
I can remember a mechanic I knew 35 years ago who told me had a an old lady as a customer and his main job was draining oil out of the sump. She would say: "My husband always told me a car needs a pint of oil every week." I suppose that was back in the early 30s- and she had listened to his advice and acted upon it long after he had departed this world.
Most real garages even in the 1960s would top up using a measuring can from a tank dispenser . Cars burnt oil much more then , or leaked it. Only newish cars were OK.
Very fine motorcars of the day. Must have been a huge company as thousands of units were exported all around the globe while still maintaining supply and demand in the Uk. I remember the price of a new Austin Devon A40 in New Zealand around 1950 £745 nz That car was still in daily use up until the early 2000's on its original engine. It was really no different to drive from any modern manual gear change car. Just didn't corner and hug the road as well as a modern car. No burnouts either, because the spline shaft in the rear axles used to snap, quite easily. No seat belts those days either, which come to think of it was wonderful! Not much traffic on the roads those days, chances of a head on crash slim. More roll over crashes but some pretty severe injuries just the same.
With the Harley's they didn't use just drip pans. There was a drip pan and sorb-all or kitty litter to catch what the pan couldn't hold.......Indians were much the same.
Beautiful and terrifying in equal measure. They seemed to drive in the middle of the road and only moved over at the last second if confronted by an oncoming vehicle. 😮
In 1953 many of us were allowed to view the coronation on a "wealthy" mans 9" black and white tv.There were street parties every where but no cars around to get in the way.I aquired a 1936 Ford Y type Popular for £35 and " enjoyed 6 volts,hand cranking,no heater or radio and loved it!
Happy in our collective poverty. I remember queueing with my mam for rationed goods in the early 50's and going to the public baths, and the public laundry, the washhouse. Even in my formative years I recognised the smell of poverty. I can smell it now if I cast my minds eye (nose) back....
@@lawrencelewis8105 Yes, you're right Lawrence. There are many iterations of the 4 Yorkshiremen. My preference is for an all Python cast, not the earlier ones with Marty Feldman. If you want a similar laugh, try "Capstick comes Home." Tony Capstick working down pit with his dad doing a 72 hour shift and walking home 43 miles through snow in us bare feet. Nice piece of music. For the peasants it's the Hovis advert, but for Borstal-educated highbrows like me, tha' knows, it's Dvorak's Symphony from the New World...
"The freedom of the road." Fine as that may be, I'd just as soon be pulled by the Mallard and relaxing with a nice pint in my hand and watching the world go by.
@@rinunculartoo3006 Yes, and also Winchester outside the Guildhall, then also driving through Hursley village and up towards Chandler's Ford. Much of it is surprisingly unchanged in 87 years.
The commentary and the film both really do show up how it was "the age of illusion". The future was bright and nothing could possibly go wrong - then 7 years along, came World War II and all the dreams were shattered. People were oblivious to the dangers of vehicle transport and the figures for deaths on the road in the 1930s are truly shocking even by today's standards.
@goinghomesomeday1 Well yes according to UK figures and statistics dating back to the 1920s there were 7305 road deaths in 1930. 9000 during ww2 ie 1940 - 1945 war time By 1966 numbers had climbed to a dreadful 7,985 Then numbers went down to lowest rate 2013 just 1792 deaths on British roads. Of course in the first 30 years of motorcar use the British roads were not built for cars - only horses carts and carriages but you can't just blame the roads - the drivers were blasé about their own safety and that of others. The novelty went to their heads.
I had a big ol' Maxi, with an element oil filter and S.U. carb. I loved that thing dearly but the hydrolastic suspension was a nightmare....bursed a few drums on bad roads.
Yes, and funnily enough there are a few dreadful phrases that sum up the emptiness of modernity. 'Four bedroom executive homes' and 'marketing suite' irritate me a lot. 'Proactive' is horribly pretentious. People serving in pubs wearing ties and name badges that say Ryan, soft drinks asst. manager' or some codswallop. People who say that with the convenience of their laptop computer they can get an hours work done before they even reach 'the office'!! What is wrong with you!!!!? Don't you want to look out of the train window or talk to someone? Read a book, do a crossword, but for fuck's sake don't start work until you are actually sat in your cell! Four people, all sat at one restaurant table and all staring at their phones. Why did you bother to meet up? Anti-anxiety pills and antidepressants that make you worse. And the piece de resistance: WEARING A FUCKING SUIT!!! What the hell is the point in one of those things? It is a 21st century version of slave manacles, and serves no earthly purpose but to tell everyone you are either an office wage slave, or that you are under the impression it makes you seem more credible or important, when it is the number one attire choice of confidence tricksters worldwide. Flags: look, it's a bit of coloured cloth which simply means you've been conned into thinking you're in a particular gang. Forget the silly fucking thing, it will do you no good whatsoever. It seems to me that these are all signs of our manipulation by dark forces or 'deep government' - possibly Jewish or Freemason big wigs who use you as a tool. We are all so dissatisfied with their scam of modernity, yet unable to do anything about it. Why does a mortgage mean you pay three and a half times over for your home? Who is getting all that money? How come UA-cam so frequently suggests videos on a topic which I have only verbally mentioned in passing to somebody? How is it the Rothschild family control just about every national bank in the world, and profit by funding both sides of just about every war that is fought? Who had Princess Diana, Dr David Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein murdered (amongst so many others), and why? Who decided that I'm not allowed to criticise certain religions? Who had Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson removed from all 'social media platforms', and why? Why has the world not been startled by the Phoenix Lights incident, the Nimitz encounters, Roswell, Rendlesham, the Sirius Disclosure Project interviews and thousands of other incredible and inexplicable events? How is it that we know there is a large region of lush greenery in the middle of the antarctic, yet information is suppressed? How is it that there are pyramids in antarctica, intelligent construction on the far side of the moon, on Mars and on Venus, yet nobody discusses this? Who decided David Icke should be ridiculed, despite every damn thing he says proving to be true? Where on earth is all our tax revenue going? There is something massive, horrifically weird but carefully orchestrated going on, and we will need to refuse en masse to be manipulated any further before we have any chance of freeing ourselves.
@@Tampo-tiger so well said. You have hit on many points I question myself. We are suppressed, herded to think and believe what is fed, without question otherwise subject to ridicule. Be "outside of the box" (an irritating phrase but it clarifies a point) and encourage free thought, opinion and above all, questioning of what is encouraged to be accepted.
Yes but maybe the public then thought the same thing. Maybe they pined for the Edwardian era...and so forth... seems to be the case that the society of the time always found something to complain about.. just saying!
A gallon of oil every 1000 miles! Jeez - how engines have improved - now an engine will do 10,000 miles between services with no noticeable drop in oil level. They must have pumped out a lot of burnt oil back in the day...mind you the drip trays suggest most of it leaked out..lol
No rubber lip oil seals yet and the crankcase wasn’t connected to the partial vacuum of the inlet manifold. Just felt and leather oil seals. It was not so very long since total loss lubrication systems after all.
I rather think that was a slip up. Considering tolerances in manufacture, and materials used, a certain amount of oil burning would be inevitable. I believe a PINT for every 1,000 miles would be, not only accurate, but seriously very good! Also the oil in those days wasn't multi viscosity nor was it engineered with loads of additives.
In those days oil was a consumable. Even a new car burned a bit of oil as it ran. and with a low pressure cooling system you also had to check the water when you filled up with gas. And every month or so you had to grease all of the points of the suspension and steering linkage, or pay someone to do it. It was called "a lube job".
@@oldgysgt I'm old enough to remember those days. My first car was a Ford Prefect I paid 3 quid for. I moved up in society with my next banger, a Morris Series E for 17 pound 10 shillings. And so it went on, banger after banger. Trouble is, I wish I could have one now...
Not much has changed in 87 years. Folks are still trying to survive day to day and not get run over. I found one of these in a big chicken coop and bought it for $25 in the mid 60's from an old eccentric but my Mom wouldn't let me keep it. I new it was a great deal but is what it was.
You are not the first to notice that, I think driving in the middle or on the right was the done thing on country lanes in those days, lets face it you where unlikely to meet oncoming traffic...perhaps a horse and cart , the look of horror on the road workers face as the driver shows how effective the brakes are cracks me up.
Might be an idyllic time, but in the early 30's very few working men could afford a car, even a cheapie like a Ruby. Those folks in the showroom were the wealthier middle class types. Bank managers, civil servants and the like. Joe Blow had a pushbike, a flat cap and a packet of Woodbines. Only by the 50's would they be wealthy enough to own a motorcycle/sidecar. Cars for everyone and hire purchase didn't arrive till a few decades later. There were exceptions of course....
granskare goes back to Napoleonic influence. They (the French) go on the right, the Brits on the left. America kicked the Brits out (the French) sold large tracts of land to the newly independent US.
Average wage then was £3 per week unless management about £5 ,you could buy a nice new 3 bedroom semi for £600 in outer london , which makes the top of the range Austin 20 look ridiculously expensive, although If you owned one of those you would probably of had a chauffeur.
@@paulbroderick8438 I believe it's what's known as "received pronunciation" or "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England" Not arrogance as such but it certainly emphasised the divide between the haves and have nots. Probably deliberately. It would be many years before the Northern accent made its way into journalism. Just the way life was then, the great unwashed were very much second class citizens whose opinions were irrelevant. Not unlike today really....
Ooh.....the empty roads.......what a lovely era this must have been !! My Ruby is used almost every day, and attracts attention in town, stopping at lights is almost a photocall...
Drip trays under the cars in the showroom always a sign of a quality build
The humble rubber lip oil seal is a relatively new invention. Even my 1947 Austin 10 only has oil throwers and felt or leather seals to keep the oil in. These were still early days after all. The modern engine is coupled to the induction train and the crankcase is consequently permanently running a slight vacuum to make leaking near impossible.
It's hard to imagine that these cars were ever brand new vehicles , it seems as if they've always been very old . This is a charming film .
Love the drip trays under the cars. Sealing technology was not what it is now with CNC, I remember them in car showrooms as late as the 1970’s and you would often see drips of oil under them! :) still, for all the maintainance needed on this old cars if I owned a car again it would be an old one which I could service myself with a small set of tools, worth the hassle.
In those days you drove on the left of the road. Now we drive on what's left of the road
Ha!Ha!
I have to say that the driver seemed to spend most of the time either in the middle or on the right of the road; I cringed when he crested hills on the crown of the road with no idea what was on-coming.
1933 very little traffic then perhaps the odd horse and cart, I think that was the year the driving test was introduced and it shows doesn't it, the look on the road workers face when they tested the brakes aaaagh,
Very clever!😂
wonderful film, wasn't England a wonderful golden place then, my own 'seven' sits in the garage a tangible reminder of that great factory and of a great Britain that's gone forever.
+gregsimons48 : Do you take your Austin Seven out for a regular "airing"? Is it a sedan or tourer?
Yers! It was wonderful and quite,quite golden and most of the rest of the world jollywell knew its place!
Few working class people could afford cars in those "golden" days. My father had to wait until the fifties before he could buy a used clapped-out Austin seven van, and he had two jobs. No wonder the roads were empty.
@@petelamb1493 agreed, films like this are basically lifstyles of the rich, which would be super nice to be now, cept it would be yachts and exotic countries and exotic cars,, where the poor are the slaves and the rich live the lifestyle, mirroring the UK of old.
@@jusb1066 everything when 1st invented is for the rich.colour tv computers .ect.the price of things goes down as they sell more.thats how capitalism works.the more you sell the less it costs.
I am impressed by the elegance of the customers ... and also that of the sellers. Good old days when only the rich could afford an automobile ...
I'm old enough to remember Service Stations selling oil by the pint and quart re-fillable bottles. I'd think nothing of topping up the engine oil regularly. Now I barely bother to check the oil between scheduled servicing appointments at the dealers. What luxury - driving English roads with just a few other cars for company every 3 or 4 minutes.
How times change, now you can't even get service from a 'service station' hence why they are called 'gas stations'.
Buy a new Subaru 2.5 and it will take you back to the golden days of checking your oil weekly. But don't worry if you cant buy oil at the Service Station any more, cause your likely to be buying it in larger quantity.
I can remember a mechanic I knew 35 years ago who told me had a an old lady as a customer and his main job was draining oil out of the sump. She would say: "My husband always told me a car needs a pint of oil every week." I suppose that was back in the early 30s- and she had listened to his advice and acted upon it long after he had departed this world.
Most real garages even in the 1960s would top up using a measuring can from a tank dispenser . Cars burnt oil much more then , or leaked it. Only newish cars were OK.
And a couple of shots of redx
Very fine motorcars of the day.
Must have been a huge company as thousands of units were exported all around the globe while still maintaining supply and demand in the Uk.
I remember the price of a new Austin Devon A40 in New Zealand around 1950 £745 nz
That car was still in daily use up until the early 2000's on its original engine. It was really no different to drive from any modern manual gear change car. Just didn't corner and hug the road as well as a modern car. No burnouts either, because the spline shaft in the rear axles used to snap, quite easily. No seat belts those days either, which come to think of it was wonderful! Not much traffic on the roads those days, chances of a head on crash slim. More roll over crashes but some pretty severe injuries just the same.
reminds me of bike shops back in the 60's and 70's every British bike had a drip tray under it, Triumphs had an extra big one.
With the Harley's they didn't use just drip pans. There was a drip pan and sorb-all or kitty litter to catch what the pan couldn't hold.......Indians were much the same.
My Hilman Hunter had the biggest drip tray ever. That's why the Japanese beat the British at car manufacturing.
LOL!
@@oh8wingman What do dogs and Harley-Davidsons have in common? they both like to ride in the back of pickup trucks.
And don’t mention Land Rovers they had drip pans throughout the bottom of the car .
Beautiful and terrifying in equal measure. They seemed to drive in the middle of the road and only moved over at the last second if confronted by an oncoming vehicle. 😮
The view of Winchester was no different from today still full of cars and the village of Hursley is very recognisable.
In 1953 many of us were allowed to view the coronation on a "wealthy" mans 9" black and white tv.There were street parties every where but no cars around to get in the way.I aquired a 1936 Ford Y type Popular for £35 and " enjoyed 6 volts,hand cranking,no heater or radio and loved it!
Happy in our collective poverty. I remember queueing with my mam for rationed goods in the early 50's and going to the public baths, and the public laundry, the washhouse. Even in my formative years I recognised the smell of poverty. I can smell it now if I cast my minds eye (nose) back....
@@logotrikes Both of you jokers should look at "The Four Yorkshiremen" on YT. You both sound like them, sort of.
@@lawrencelewis8105 Yes, you're right Lawrence. There are many iterations of the 4 Yorkshiremen. My preference is for an all Python cast, not the earlier ones with Marty Feldman.
If you want a similar laugh, try "Capstick comes Home." Tony Capstick working down pit with his dad doing a 72 hour shift and walking home 43 miles through snow in us bare feet. Nice piece of music. For the peasants it's the Hovis advert, but for Borstal-educated highbrows like me, tha' knows, it's Dvorak's Symphony from the New World...
@@logotrikes Thanks- I will check those out.
Wonderfully.some 20 years before my time...
Yes, you could drive anywhere park for free uncongested roads, it must of been a great time to be a driver
R.I.P Longbridge 😥
Chawton village, Hampshire shown from the rear window of a car travelling south from 7.41 to 8.09.
"The freedom of the road." Fine as that may be, I'd just as soon be pulled by the Mallard and relaxing with a nice pint in my hand and watching the world go by.
Yes, back in the days when you could rely on the Mallard to turn up, and on time too.
Mallard was a work of art wasn't it👍
Unless I’m mistaken that looks like bournemouth to boscombe beach when they visit the beach?
Yes I thought so too.
@@rinunculartoo3006 Yes, and also Winchester outside the Guildhall, then also driving through Hursley village and up towards Chandler's Ford. Much of it is surprisingly unchanged in 87 years.
The commentary and the film both really do show up how it was "the age of illusion". The future was bright and nothing could possibly go wrong - then 7 years along, came World War II and all the dreams were shattered. People were oblivious to the dangers of vehicle transport and the figures for deaths on the road in the 1930s are truly shocking even by today's standards.
That film was taken from a VHS tape, and a copy at that
@goinghomesomeday1 for the UK 7300 aprox dead, 23000 injured half were pedestrians
@goinghomesomeday1 Well yes according to UK figures and statistics dating back to the 1920s there were 7305 road deaths in 1930. 9000 during ww2 ie 1940 - 1945 war time
By 1966 numbers had climbed to a dreadful 7,985 Then numbers went down to lowest rate 2013 just 1792 deaths on British roads. Of course in the first 30 years of motorcar use the British roads were not built for cars - only horses carts and carriages but you can't just blame the roads - the drivers were blasé about their own safety and that of others. The novelty went to their heads.
I had a big ol' Maxi, with an element oil filter and S.U. carb. I loved that thing dearly but the hydrolastic suspension was a nightmare....bursed a few drums on bad roads.
This is excellent 👌
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it, that's one of my earliest uploads and it's still popular
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Thank you John , welcome aboard 😃
Beautiful.
Anyone else sick to death of modernity, it's so souless
Yes, much convenience now but little value.
Yes, and funnily enough there are a few dreadful phrases that sum up the emptiness of modernity. 'Four bedroom executive homes' and 'marketing suite' irritate me a lot. 'Proactive' is horribly pretentious. People serving in pubs wearing ties and name badges that say Ryan, soft drinks asst. manager' or some codswallop. People who say that with the convenience of their laptop computer they can get an hours work done before they even reach 'the office'!! What is wrong with you!!!!? Don't you want to look out of the train window or talk to someone? Read a book, do a crossword, but for fuck's sake don't start work until you are actually sat in your cell! Four people, all sat at one restaurant table and all staring at their phones. Why did you bother to meet up? Anti-anxiety pills and antidepressants that make you worse. And the piece de resistance: WEARING A FUCKING SUIT!!! What the hell is the point in one of those things? It is a 21st century version of slave manacles, and serves no earthly purpose but to tell everyone you are either an office wage slave, or that you are under the impression it makes you seem more credible or important, when it is the number one attire choice of confidence tricksters worldwide. Flags: look, it's a bit of coloured cloth which simply means you've been conned into thinking you're in a particular gang. Forget the silly fucking thing, it will do you no good whatsoever.
It seems to me that these are all signs of our manipulation by dark forces or 'deep government' - possibly Jewish or Freemason big wigs who use you as a tool. We are all so dissatisfied with their scam of modernity, yet unable to do anything about it.
Why does a mortgage mean you pay three and a half times over for your home? Who is getting all that money? How come UA-cam so frequently suggests videos on a topic which I have only verbally mentioned in passing to somebody? How is it the Rothschild family control just about every national bank in the world, and profit by funding both sides of just about every war that is fought? Who had Princess Diana, Dr David Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein murdered (amongst so many others), and why? Who decided that I'm not allowed to criticise certain religions? Who had Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson removed from all 'social media platforms', and why? Why has the world not been startled by the Phoenix Lights incident, the Nimitz encounters, Roswell, Rendlesham, the Sirius Disclosure Project interviews and thousands of other incredible and inexplicable events? How is it that we know there is a large region of lush greenery in the middle of the antarctic, yet information is suppressed? How is it that there are pyramids in antarctica, intelligent construction on the far side of the moon, on Mars and on Venus, yet nobody discusses this? Who decided David Icke should be ridiculed, despite every damn thing he says proving to be true? Where on earth is all our tax revenue going?
There is something massive, horrifically weird but carefully orchestrated going on, and we will need to refuse en masse to be manipulated any further before we have any chance of freeing ourselves.
@@Tampo-tiger so well said. You have hit on many points I question myself. We are suppressed, herded to think and believe what is fed, without question otherwise subject to ridicule. Be "outside of the box" (an irritating phrase but it clarifies a point) and encourage free thought, opinion and above all, questioning of what is encouraged to be accepted.
Yes but maybe the public then thought the same thing. Maybe they pined for the Edwardian era...and so forth... seems to be the case that the society of the time always found something to complain about.. just saying!
There are sure some great petroliana items in this video.
A gallon of oil every 1000 miles! Jeez - how engines have improved - now an engine will do 10,000 miles between services with no noticeable drop in oil level. They must have pumped out a lot of burnt oil back in the day...mind you the drip trays suggest most of it leaked out..lol
yes i think most oil was lost though leakage in those days, gaskets and seals have improved somewhat
@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 i have a 1937 austin 7.my only car.it dosnt leak any oil.
"Controlled Seepage" as Jaguar used to say in the 1970s.
No rubber lip oil seals yet and the crankcase wasn’t connected to the partial vacuum of the inlet manifold. Just felt and leather oil seals. It was not so very long since total loss lubrication systems after all.
Wonderful period piece. I love the voice over - not in the least bit stilted!
Reminds me of the Enfield/Whitehouse 'When life was simple' films.
nice shot of Shelsley Walsh
No white lines but the road surface looks smoother than now.
There was no traffic to wear it out...........
After purchase from new be sure to weatherproof the underside.... and don't forget to give it a long running in period
Did he say a gallon of oil for every thousand miles ??
125 miles per pint....I had a 15 year old Mini once, some 20 years ago, that didn't do much better than that!
I rather think that was a slip up. Considering tolerances in manufacture, and materials used, a certain amount of oil burning would be inevitable. I believe a PINT for every 1,000 miles would be, not only accurate, but seriously very good! Also the oil in those days wasn't multi viscosity nor was it engineered with loads of additives.
At 1:50, is that Shelsley Walsh?
Yes I believe it is
Don't all dealerships wish they had this amount of traffic!
I liked the Sprite.
"Oil? A gallon at the most for the next thousand miles" You're kidding me....
In those days oil was a consumable. Even a new car burned a bit of oil as it ran. and with a low pressure cooling system you also had to check the water when you filled up with gas. And every month or so you had to grease all of the points of the suspension and steering linkage, or pay someone to do it. It was called "a lube job".
@@oldgysgt I'm old enough to remember those days. My first car was a Ford Prefect I paid 3 quid for. I moved up in society with my next banger, a Morris Series E for 17 pound 10 shillings. And so it went on, banger after banger. Trouble is, I wish I could have one now...
Filme muito giro. O Ford A que eu tive era desta época (193).
great film footage is that an Austin 12/4 Harley second car leaving the factory at the start of the film?
Not much has changed in 87 years. Folks are still trying to survive day to day and not get run over. I found one of these in a big chicken coop and bought it for $25 in the mid 60's from an old eccentric but my Mom wouldn't let me keep it. I new it was a great deal but is what it was.
Oil on tarmac helps preserve the road.I know.
I felt uneasy whilst watching as the car seems to be on the wrong side of the road - or at least on the centre line.
You are not the first to notice that, I think driving in the middle or on the right was the done thing on country lanes in those days, lets face it you where unlikely to meet oncoming traffic...perhaps a horse and cart , the look of horror on the road workers face as the driver shows how effective the brakes are cracks me up.
Do you have any more info on the This Is Progress Film?
only that it was made around 1932, i am sure that it is still available on dvd, if i find a supplier i will post a link
www.motorfilms.com/heritage-motoring-films-dvds
HMFDVD5003 looks like a collection of Austin films from the 30,s
great footage is that a Austin 12/4 Harley leaving the factory?
My father had a Austin eight saloon colour black and later he sold it for a good figure ,
Might be an idyllic time, but in the early 30's very few working men could afford a car, even a cheapie like a Ruby. Those folks in the showroom were the wealthier middle class types. Bank managers, civil servants and the like. Joe Blow had a pushbike, a flat cap and a packet of Woodbines. Only by the 50's would they be wealthy enough to own a motorcycle/sidecar. Cars for everyone and hire purchase didn't arrive till a few decades later. There were exceptions of course....
Martoon a very expensive and in most cases totally unnecessary luxury: addiction to motor transport has cost us dear and looks like destroying us too!
@@johnlawrence2757 You could be right John. The motor car liberated the masses but enslaved them at the same time. There's a paradox to ponder...
Is that a drip tray under the new cars?
Obviously it is, just saw it too
Martin Wooder That's obviously where a lot of the "gallon of oil per thousand miles" went!
you need a drip tray under an Austin seven
I've never seen a drip tray under a Toyota.,.lol
@@andrewsmall6279 no you dont.
Oil consumption 1gal per 1000 miles. "WHAT" OIL change every 1000m.
Yes that's about right for the time though a lot of oil was lost though leaks
Everybody are in black dress and vehicles are also black.I am a blac from India.Anyway vedieo is great.
I often wonder why USA and Canada drive on the other side of the road, and why the UK and their friends drive on the wrong side of the road. :)
granskare goes back to Napoleonic influence. They (the French) go on the right, the Brits on the left. America kicked the Brits out (the French) sold large tracts of land to the newly independent US.
i goes way back long before motor cars, it leaves the sword hand free in case of trouble, is it true....who knows
Er wrong. We drive on the correct side they drive on the wrong side
@@nuthutch1 Driving on the right hand side of road feels more natural to me. Also, makes all your right hand turns much safer too.
Right hand drive cars allow you to use your strong hand to provide accurate steering inputs leaving the left hand to change gears.
Typical British car, new car showroom, brand new cars, drip tray under the engine!!
Yes oil seals have improved since the 1930s
A car, Not for the simple worker, with a income from 3 pounds the month! !!!
Average wage then was £3 per week unless management about £5 ,you could buy a nice new 3 bedroom semi for £600 in outer london , which makes the top of the range Austin 20 look ridiculously expensive, although If you owned one of those you would probably of had a chauffeur.
The narrator speak,s with a strange accent almost condescending tone I must say. They don,t make em like that to any more.
Condescending, or, in other words pure arrogance!
@@paulbroderick8438 I believe it's what's known as "received pronunciation" or "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England" Not arrogance as such but it certainly emphasised the divide between the haves and have nots. Probably deliberately. It would be many years before the Northern accent made its way into journalism. Just the way life was then, the great unwashed were very much second class citizens whose opinions were irrelevant. Not unlike today really....
What h,,f wit compos ed the music
All crashed driving on wrong side of the road.
And all steel and metals were gathered from asia by imperialism..