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F102 ... you did see one earlier than I! I can only remember to have seen the F103 which had the 4-stroke engine and the rectangular headlamps, front indicators in the bumper and depending on the year some updated tail lights (earlier ones had the same as the F102). Oh and I almost forgot ... the F103 was the first Audi for many many years ... Audi 60, Audi 75, Audi 80, Audi Super 90, etc. ... Anyway, very cool find Mike!

Nice car

Nice couple of Frenchies for the start. Then a younger brother of Ede in between the next bunch of French cars. So great to see the great weather of back then. But we still need to wait 3 more months until it will become as green again. But it is definately great to see!

I take it this was at the festival of the exceptional? The Ami 8 you don't see many of them.

Beautiful car 😍

Awesome Classic Toyota Crown 💯😎👍👍

The Ford Escort Cabriolet is looking lovely in white. I always liked it. Lovely Granada and the colour reminds me about the Cortina in "Life on Mars / Life in 1973". Loving the yellow Mercedes SLK. The Vauxhall Chevette rallye car is growling very impressive. Mentioning the digital speedometer of the Vauxhall Astra GTE ... I can remember about that. One of my colleagues had one when I was a 16 y/o trainee. He often drove me back to home and this made me really loving the Opel Kadett GSi (as it was called here). Sadly all my fellows back then were VW guys, haha, so I had to secretly love the Opel, hehe. Back then the people were enemies - so either you was with the VW guys or with the Opel guys. I don't know if it was the same crazy in UK about two certain brands. I like the Sierra P100 - I've only seen one in Germany but on a classic car show. Could be possible it was converted into LHD at a later time because I've never seen them when the Sierra was around and I can remember such small Utes also had their fans especially the VW Caddy. Ah cute behind the NSX is coming one of the Toyota Corollas with the round headlamps. My brother had one like this - also in silver. Also very nice about early cars like the Minis and the Maxi. Loving the black Escort XR3 - these typical wheels with the round holes were also very popular. The little Fiat Topolino Jolly is very cute. I've seen one in Hattersheim in last year, too. Wow 3 Granadas in a row. These are very underrepresentated in my area. I do remember one of my subscribers who did pass away a year ago that at his region there were a lot of Fords on classic car shows in his area. The Polo Harlekin is also a nice find - looking a bit modified but it is alright. The Harlekin was something very special about this generation of the Polo. I guess it was also one of the best Polos because I've seen these Polos on the road for many many years. So my guess is these have been very solid and reliable. So I wouldn't even mind owning a Polo and just using wrapping foil to let it become a Harlekin, too. Lovely Fire Truck - my guess it's a Mercedes-Benz L319 LF8. As a kid I haven't seen these because these were already pretty old. Built from 1955 to 1968. But I like this design a lot. Feuerwehr 112 - very German for sure. Thanks a lot for the shoutout!

Nice collection of cars driving into the show. The Limeflower Maxi looked nice. The Harlequin i wonder what colour the log book says? I quite like to see a mix of modern and old so long as there interesting. Enjoyed watching the traffic.

Once you get one MX5 you always get another! Good video.

No worries Maia! Until I've seen Mike's list of cars he owned I was believing that I did own a lot of cars. But I already changed my mind, haha. The red Rover Metro was for sure a nice little useful car for the start. But of course the Honda Civic must have been a big difference to it. The Mazda MX-5 is of course a dream car especially at that time. A friend of mine did also buy one in the late 90s. The second generation of the MX-5 I heard was a very good car. I always liked it but never drove one. Oh I know what you mean when you need a more practical car. The boot of a roadster and no second seat row to put stuff is just bringing a lot of limits. The Audi A3 was a very nice car back then - I always wanted to own one. A former subscriber of mine did own one with the legendary 1.9 TDI engine which was known for its great reliability and low fuel consumption. He owned it until he surprisingly passed away 11 months ago. He had more than 300,000 km on it (~186,450 miles) and he told me it is the best car he ever bought. I also liked the design of it - it was how I'd imagined the Golf Mk4 should have looked like. I understand when living in the big city you do prefer public transportation. I can't remember to have seen this generation of the Subaru Justy over here - so it was also rare here, too. The Honda Jazz was of course a bit boring as a car. But for sure a really practical car. I can still remember the Honda Jazz from the 80s - that was a very different car that only has the same name. It was smaller than the Justy, hehe. And so back again to another MX-5 - sort of. So the love of the nice roadster is still living to the moment and there's of course no reason to change this. And if so I bet maybe you'd check for an MX-5 Mk2 ;-) Great to see and hear that you also like to get involved in the channel not only by appearing as a guest star or by filming Mike, hehe. The video is really excellent and it was very interesting to hear the story about your cars.

Very interesting to learn about your car history Maia. If you hadn't told us i wouldn't have known this was your first video. You sounded very much at ease when telling the story and its good to see you getting involved with the channel. Excellent video.👍

Please excuse the slight error on the date of the mk2.5 MX5 - viewing it back I think I bought it in the year 2000 not 98 as I said. I was nervous doing this video!!! Hope you still enjoy. Maia

I like the new format! :) Keep at it I enjoy your videos. RUclips is a crazy place, you never really know what will work and what won't. Just keep making videos that YOU like, and the rest will follow. If you try to make what everyone want's to see it'll drive you mad.

You cant be doing much wrong based on your current subscribers Mike and your doing well to get some feedback so your getting people engaged. Most people just hide behind the dislike button and they have probably never made a video themselves or understand what goes into it but its very much a society today of if i don't get what i want I'll throw my toys out of the pram and press the dislike button. Whenever i watch a video i would never do that if i didn't think much of it i would just move on to another video but that's todays adhd generation. They all want instant gratification. I think its interesting to see both moving and static displays. With the moving cars you get to see movement and no people standing in your way. Don't think i am in a position to advise you what's the best format as i have given up trying to work out what people like and have decided people will get what they get, if they get it. Thanks for the shout out and i agree with you about that model of MR2 i have always thought they were the nicest styling of the MR2. Like a baby Ferrari.

Only 42 views ... it seems like RUclips is screwed. But this is happening to my videos in 2024 very often which feels quite frustrating. Wondering if something changed with my content to 2023 that I didn't notice. Or if it is just RUclips that screws up. What a nice Fairlady at the start - loving the decals on it. Cool to get greated by someone at the entrance you already know. Still lots of space when you arrived. But I'd do it the same way. Usually such bigger shows can be very populated shortly before the official start. What a lovely Marina Coupe. The 2nd generation of the MR2 is looking very nice - but also still a modern design which always make me think it's a Mk3. Filming the cars on their move is also very interesting. I like both styles - walking around or also the moving cars. A mix of both is perhabs also interesting. What a cool XJ-S. Oh and the lovely Mondeo was probably a Cossie. The Subaru Impreza wagon is one of the odd designs for a wagon - I prefer the look of the saloon. The "Hawkeye" Impreza must be from 2005 to 2007. Looking like an WRX STi which is a very stunning car - these have a lot of power. So the rear end might look ugly but the car will overtake every 200 hp saloon in full throttle with ease (I experienced it once with my Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 and I was wondering if something on my car is broken but I noticed my car did accelerate as usual but the Subaru WRX STi is a real beast of a car) Great spot at the entrance. So filming them when they arrive and waiting until there are more and then looking back to the rear ends. Lovely Aston Martin. I read that this particular model did use tail lights from the Mazda 323F (the first one with the frog eyes). Great to see your Sunny again. It's in such a good condition and although it may not win the price as beauty but it is such a rarity and as we can see it gets so much into some talks.

I just noticed I haven't watched this video - I didn't notice it in my subscriptions. Interesting to the see history of vehicles your Dad owned. Nice MG Midget - I am still asking myself how such old cars from the pre-50s are driving. These looked so much different to the later cars. The Commer Cob Van is very cool. I guess if a van is overall cheaper then I'd probably also do it this way. These car-derivated vans are very cool - I can remember I always wanted a Ford Escort Express - very best with a mattress in the back, hehe. It sounds like the old cars were even rusting quicker than a Mercedes from the 00s. Hehe so there's the small Mike in 1971 and so his love about cars started. I like the Cortina. The Allegro is looking attractive to me but when hearing what happened to it then I understand why it was nicknamed the Aggro. Chrysler Alpine - these were sold in Germany by the wonderful and easy to remember (NOT!) name of Simca 1307. But I can remember the design - I found them very nice looking back in my childhood. Nowadays I still like to see one but I can't remember when I've actually seen the last one. The whitish bumpers were a bit odd on the car. I can understand when your Dad did paint them black on the white one. Back then the rubber bumpers were usually black for other brands. Interesting to hear the Austin Princess was his favorite car. I never had the chance to sit in or drive one. But I heard once before that these Princesses have been comfortable. Very nice to see all three cars of the family on one picture. Audi 80 is really a good car - I never had too big issues with mine and I own it for 10 years, now (not a daily driver). The Vauxhall Carlton was also a nice looking car back then - had also a very modern design. The Omega is a car the Dad of a fellow owned. Very comfortable car. Really not many cars in 96 years. I also had more than that 😀 Definately a great memory and I must say your Dad got really old. I don't think that I am getting this old. But you never can tell. Still my condolences for the loss.

Good looking chap at the entrance :-)

I do like to see the cars coming in and out of a show because you get to hear the different engine sounds and reminisce about the old days.

Well I have to say the new format's a winner with me, looking really good Mike and it seems this is a show that attracts many interesting and rare cars too 👍

Hard to choose ... so I'd just take them both

It has a BMW K1200 motorbike twin cam cylinder head on an A series engine block

Excellent tribute. Condolences for your loss.

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Beautiful car😊

The Ford Fairmont is really looking great. I can remember to have seen it back in the early 00s when I was once for vacation in Australia. Never seen these Dodge Vans Also I've never seen a Lancia Appia Lovely Ford Taunus GXL. Loving the Sierra as well - this first series is my favorite. Citroen AX is also super rare, now. These have been so popular back in the days - especially the Diesel with the super duper low fuel consumption. The Montego is looking amazing in white with the red highlights I can still remember the Mazda 929 ... wow, haven't seen one for decades. The Ford Granada was also super popular back in the old days. My grand uncle Siegfried had an Opel Ascona in the colour like the Cavalier. Nissan (Cherry) Europe - it's really a rarity. In my youth I've seen it usually as Alfa Romeo Arna. I can't remember to have seen this one as a Nissan although Nissan was quite popular back then. I'm thinking back then Nissan did sell the Sunny instead of the Cherry over here. Or perhabs people did just go for the Sunny instead. I can remember about the time when I was also checking for all old fotos to create a slide show for the channel as content. And nowadays I have so many videos because of recording so much, haha. When my shoulder is better (I can move it a little bit more, now - no more wearing the orthesis during the day since this week (first few days were still awful but it is getting better with every day - but the arm has no strength and outer rotation is also still impossible). So it may still take a while. But when I am better then I can also try to show some diecast model cars during the dark season. Have a great evening Mike & Maia!

Great memories. As this is my first time watching one of your videos, so I don't know if your already aware, but I went on Gov.Uk and checked out your dad's old cars to see if any have survived. The grey then silver Vauxhalls are still about, the grey one is on sorn only while the silver one is still taxed and MOT'd. I wish I could say the same for some of my dads cars!! Both of our father's vehicle histories are fairly similar. My dad was riding motorcycles long before he passed his bike test. My granddad brought a motorbike but having only ever ridden cyclemasters he wasn't entirely confident, but due to "grandfather rights" he could ride a motorbike without needing a test. My dad, who still hadn't passed a test so provisional only, rode pillion behind my granddad to teach him!!!! When my dad had passed his test he had motorbikes in the 50's and early 60"s. He then had a morris minor lowlight then a Ford Consul mk2 before I was born. Then the first of his cars I remember, a green ford cortina mk1 estate, then mk3 Cortina 2000E (I loved that one) then he had the later version of the Alpine that your dad had which was now badged as a Talbot. Then a SD1 Rover (unfortunately it had a fairly gutless 2 litre engine, not the V8!!) Then a Austin montego, a brand new Ford Sierra mk2 XR4x4 2.0 (We both loved that car) followed by another new car a silver Citroën Picasso, a 3 door Fiat which he had for less than a year as he hated it then his last car a new Hyundai i10 which he gave to my son when he stopped driving. We lost him in 2022. RIP to both of our dad's.

All luxury goods, including cars, attracted Purchase Tax from 1947 onnwards. Between 1953 and its abolition (or rather transition into VAT) in 1973, Purchase Tax was levied at 50% but vans were exempt. For this reason, many people, like your father, bought small vans rather than cars (some people then installed side windows in the back and a bench seat, essentially creating a countryman ot traveller car).

Wow! Never seen a split screen Minor as immaculate as that, thanks for sharing

My condolences to you, sir. I think we can see even from this video it was a happy childhood for you and you had great folks growing up. I notice that, Audi aside, your Dad's purchases were mostly patriotic. I like that and the Omega was a fine vehicle to see him out. A life well-lived. God Bless and best from Ireland.

I would have thought he owned quite a few cars actually! I am 40 and so far only owned two cars so far!!

What a lovely tribute to your father. My father was also not a car person and in his 40 your career only had 4 cars. He had the last one for 25 years. Then when he went on pension he got his final car, a W123 Mercedes. Me on the other hand,... I love cars😂

Nice tribute and great memories.

Great video. Brought back some memories! If you're talking shockers, my old man bought a Moskvitch 412 some time in the mid-70's. Viewed it in the dark, paid cash and the following day realised just what he'd done! Oh dear!

Hi mate. Commenting from Australia. First of all, a really nice video for your dad. My heart goes out to you. You will always miss him, though the pain of the loss will ease. Just a side note. That last Opel Omega, Holden in Australia heavily reengineered that platform which became the VT Commodore. Sold here with a 3.8 litre Buick V6. Just Google VT Commodore, and you will see the resemblance, especially around the glass house and doors. The front and rear were completely redesigned. Take care mate!

Great Video!

Which garage supplied the second Mondeo new? KH was a Hull registration

The reason the wheels could fall off the Allegros was mechanics thinking the wheelbearings were the same as the previous 1100/1300 range except they weren't, so they weren't tightened properly

My condolences on your loss

Vans were taxed as goods/farmers which was cheaper than equivalent car.

A life defined in cars is such a beautiful tribute. You don't need an exotic to anchor a devotion for the next generation. Not sure he wasn't a closet petrol head..maybe? Sympathy for your recent loss.

Neither my father nor my mother ever owned a car or any other motor vehicle. They went everywhere by foot, bike or bus. On holidays we took trains or coaches

You need to speak to Steve Waddingham (chief historian at Aston Martin). He is allegro mad.

A lovely tribute to your dad, I thought the cars were interesting, my grandad had a black Audi 80 which was the same generation as your dad's, I've been a fan of classic cars for a couple of years now 🙂

How touching and poignant is this moving tribute to your dad, although you are actually pretty brave to share something so personal with so many swine out in the wild, i for one won't betray your trust, in those of us who still consider ourselves among the decent people of the world.

A lovely tribute and some surprising vehicles! I particularly like his first ever car, wish I could have that now! ❤❤

A very interesting tribute Mike and i was interested to see he was born in 1928. It doesn't matter how old someone is even if they have had a long life it doesn't make the loss of a dear one any easier. He was also lucky in that he was able to go to university and had the foresight to do so to make the best life he could for all around him. ,very few ordinary people were in a position to do that. What did he study? Just curious. You mentioned trips to the South of France, you were very fortunate to have experienced this at such an early age. Foreign travel in the 60's very early 70's wasn't something most brits could afford in those day. It wasn't until about 1974 that Spanish holidays took off in a big way . Don't know if you recall the song Y Viva Espana by Sylvia. It was the mood of that very time. The early Midget what a marvellous thing to have and although i was never really a big fan of the Princess they were terrible rust buckets i see it was a late 2200hls the one to have. I can understand why he would have liked it the hydrolastic suspension gives a good ride and the plush interiors made them really rather nice when new. I may not have been a big fan then but i do find then interesting to see now and quite like them. The allegro looked like a sport version the wheel trims give it away. The Omega as you say were quite a nice car I enjoyed the video Mike and found it very interesting.

Nice video. Came for the Sm, my dream car and truly enjoyed seeing a Cx, too. Stayed for the nice presentation. I do like me a British car as well. Thank you!