The guy with the blue EK Holden at 16;40 was mistaken, the metric system came to Australia in July 1974. Decimal currency came to Australia in February 1966. Firebird and Mad Scally, your dedication is really appreciated, keep it coming please and thank you.
Hello Birdo Gang! We are back in Australia! We had a wonderful four weeks in the USA! Next video will be Auto Italia! After that will be two USA videos we’re very excited to show you!
'nostalgia' also has greek roots - 'νόστος' (nostos) means return and 'άλγος' (algos) means pain; so it's the the emotional pain because you want to return (to a place or time)
Enjoyed your opening speech and that age and style of the Kurri Kurri Hotel are all over the Hunter Valley also that Sunbesm Rapier my brother owned one back in the 1970s and l agree with you the 20th century was a pretty good century l was born in it actually 1954 and l grew up seeing all the changes and became interested in cars in the 1960s and am still interested in cars and l have seen many car brands come and go and many car brands come and stay
10:12 Even though the 20th century was a GREAT century and do yarn it back even if I only had just under 15 years of it, but with the improvements of conditions it brings a population growth and with population growth also inflation and wages need to keep up with that so that then makes shortage of houses and materials and also high cost of labor... I hope I live to see factories being built here again that are fully automated that only require few people to run them and that has local recycling etc...
Probably true about AMC in Australia at 18:10. Although nearly always called and badged them as Ramblers . That was becaused they were assembled by AMI in Australia. AMC too confusing against the long established AMI here with AMI taking quite a while to get the Rambler name established. Soon all changed when Toyota liked how they assembled Toyotas so much that they bought the company to just assemble Toyotas. Another company assembled Studebaker cars and I heard it said that if Studebaker had the Australian levels of market share in the US then Studebaker would have been in the car business a lot longer. Even though Studebaker was s niche brand here it was a better niche than US sixties niche.
3:33 It is worth stopping those maps and looking at the distances in the map... Wow! However wasn't that improvement in the 1800s even then in 50 years travel was reduced drastically... Having said that though, a lot of people came to Australia by ship and that took a month in 50's and now days it can be done in 20 hours (from Europe), I wish the Concorde was still here so to have 10 hours to Europe, but Australians didn't want it due to the noise... Sigh...
8:10 I'd say it is possible to feel nostalgic for a time that one has never lived in... I was born in 1985 but feel "nostalgic" about the 60's for some reason... It is most likely because I heard a lot about those times, but part of me like to think it was due to possibly a past life... Also I do see a lot of younger people embracing 50's culture and the "pin up girl" type style so yes it is possible lol
Oh yeah, if I were offered the opportunity to have been born just a couple decades earlier, my current answer would be "yes, please." I've never said that until recently. But the past couple of decades have been boring and/or stupid in many ways.
Life was fine not having to cary a brick around in your pocket to answer a phone call. Nearly ran over a girl today so zoned out walking her dog glued to her phone.
I'm glad you like my AMC Wagon so much, it's getting to be a regular on here
The guy with the blue EK Holden at 16;40 was mistaken, the metric system came to Australia in July 1974. Decimal currency came to Australia in February 1966.
Firebird and Mad Scally, your dedication is really appreciated, keep it coming please and thank you.
Hello Birdo Gang!
We are back in Australia! We had a wonderful four weeks in the USA!
Next video will be Auto Italia! After that will be two USA videos we’re very excited to show you!
11:13 I think youtube channel attract a very niche crowd and many times it takes about 10 years to reach 100,000 subs... Glad I found this earlier!
'nostalgia' also has greek roots - 'νόστος' (nostos) means return and 'άλγος' (algos) means pain; so it's the the emotional pain because you want to return (to a place or time)
Thanks for creating value! :)
Been waiting for this to come out, was nice to meet you there! (Sincerely the giant dude in a Mooneyes hat)
It took forever since we were traveling in the USA. Nice meeting you too!
Ahh Industrial Revolution?? Began about 1760
I guess I'm referring to what Wikipedia calls "The Second Industrial Revolution."
Enjoyed your opening speech and that age and style of the Kurri Kurri Hotel are all over the Hunter Valley also that Sunbesm Rapier my brother owned one back in the 1970s and l agree with you the 20th century was a pretty good century l was born in it actually 1954 and l grew up seeing all the changes and became interested in cars in the 1960s and am still interested in cars and l have seen many car brands come and go and many car brands come and stay
That was a good time to be born!
@@WastelandFirebird l was around in the 1960s saw and heard about everything that was happening one thing is cars have got a lot better
You gotta come to red centre nats this year
I was hoping to, but there's a wedding we are going to that weekend. So, next year hopefully!
10:12 Even though the 20th century was a GREAT century and do yarn it back even if I only had just under 15 years of it, but with the improvements of conditions it brings a population growth and with population growth also inflation and wages need to keep up with that so that then makes shortage of houses and materials and also high cost of labor...
I hope I live to see factories being built here again that are fully automated that only require few people to run them and that has local recycling etc...
Probably true about AMC in Australia at 18:10. Although nearly always called and badged them as Ramblers . That was becaused they were assembled by AMI in Australia. AMC too confusing against the long established AMI here with AMI taking quite a while to get the Rambler name established. Soon all changed when Toyota liked how they assembled Toyotas so much that they bought the company to just assemble Toyotas.
Another company assembled Studebaker cars and I heard it said that if Studebaker had the Australian levels of market share in the US then Studebaker would have been in the car business a lot longer. Even though Studebaker was s niche brand here it was a better niche than US sixties niche.
Yes I've said the same thing about Studebaker! I see more of them here.
3:33 It is worth stopping those maps and looking at the distances in the map... Wow!
However wasn't that improvement in the 1800s even then in 50 years travel was reduced drastically... Having said that though, a lot of people came to Australia by ship and that took a month in 50's and now days it can be done in 20 hours (from Europe), I wish the Concorde was still here so to have 10 hours to Europe, but Australians didn't want it due to the noise... Sigh...
Some of the changes I mention happened in the 1800s, but it took time for them to have their effects on the larger society.
@@WastelandFirebird Very true :)
8:10 I'd say it is possible to feel nostalgic for a time that one has never lived in... I was born in 1985 but feel "nostalgic" about the 60's for some reason... It is most likely because I heard a lot about those times, but part of me like to think it was due to possibly a past life...
Also I do see a lot of younger people embracing 50's culture and the "pin up girl" type style so yes it is possible lol
Oh yeah, if I were offered the opportunity to have been born just a couple decades earlier, my current answer would be "yes, please." I've never said that until recently. But the past couple of decades have been boring and/or stupid in many ways.
@@WastelandFirebird Sadly I totally agree...
Life was fine not having to cary a brick around in your pocket to answer a phone call. Nearly ran over a girl today so zoned out walking her dog glued to her phone.