Very old Top Gear - Very young Jeremy Clarkson and Tiff Needell

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  • @AntGeezer
    @AntGeezer 4 года назад +747

    I love the fact that Jeremy Clarkson has been 58 years of age since he was 19...

    • @zarrow50
      @zarrow50 2 года назад +8

      People forget, Noel Edmonds presented and Angela Rippon, they just remember Jeremy

    • @MinutemanOutdoors
      @MinutemanOutdoors 2 года назад +21

      See...jeremy was born at 60, it was his voice that aged from 1-60

    • @davidsalamon2783
      @davidsalamon2783 7 месяцев назад +7

      "1-60 in 45years"

    • @TarlachOakleaf
      @TarlachOakleaf 4 месяца назад +9

      In reality he's been 14 for 50 years.

    • @williamwilliam5066
      @williamwilliam5066 3 месяца назад

      Or vice versa.

  • @miloosborne-young4713
    @miloosborne-young4713 8 лет назад +1807

    "Now onto less controversial matters, Jeremy Clarkson" how times have changed

    • @jamesbowden4871
      @jamesbowden4871 8 лет назад +70

      Ha! Indeed. I was shocked to see a measured and balanced Jeremy Clarkson.

    • @yakacm
      @yakacm 8 лет назад +68

      And very very posh compared to Jezza the lad who goes round punching ppl these days.

    • @SnickersTS
      @SnickersTS 7 лет назад +56

      Now he has a reputation to live up to, but back then if he acted like he does now, he would be fired for being unprofessional. also times have changed.

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 6 лет назад

      Still got more than a million stashed away, in some faraway tax haven than you Mr Minder

    • @gamestation9542
      @gamestation9542 6 лет назад

      MINDER BINDER haha i thought exactly that

  • @ReganInfamous
    @ReganInfamous 5 лет назад +410

    He actually reminds me of how James May speaks and acts now.
    Pretty strange.

    • @MrBigheads08
      @MrBigheads08 4 года назад +37

      he is a good middle class boy who went to public school..he ought to speak well

    • @josephgooding9863
      @josephgooding9863 4 года назад +11

      Does sound posher ere

    • @ministryofanti-feminism1493
      @ministryofanti-feminism1493 2 года назад +18

      @@MrBigheads08 Just like Tony Blair, in the late 90s he fashionably 'dumbed' himself down for public consumption.

    • @playlist9980
      @playlist9980 11 месяцев назад +14

      @@ministryofanti-feminism1493 Blair never lost his posh accent though. He just pretended he liked football and played guitar.

    • @scottyscotty4558
      @scottyscotty4558 4 месяца назад

      Doncaster he's from. His accent is false

  • @lovejetfuel4071
    @lovejetfuel4071 5 лет назад +128

    His attitude on this video is way ahead of its time. Most presenters in the 80s were stone faced and serious

  • @ABPhotography1
    @ABPhotography1 2 года назад +33

    Hearing Murray Walker's voice took me back in time...😢 RIP Murray.

  • @dontasciime
    @dontasciime 8 лет назад +2753

    Still better than Top Gear with Chris Evans.

  • @rupert93r
    @rupert93r 13 лет назад +80

    As we can see here, Clarkson's love for the great Morris Marina goes back a long, long way.

  • @doktorspock8910
    @doktorspock8910 8 лет назад +625

    Every time i see his hair I expect a sitcom laugh in the background.

    • @ravjayakodi2746
      @ravjayakodi2746 6 лет назад

      Doktor Spock

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 6 лет назад +1

      The cool 'In Style' the 'Mutton' in those days, I had a Che Guevara beard and Sunglasses to match (even on cloudy days) !

    • @andythesoupdragon
      @andythesoupdragon 6 лет назад +4

      Aye,no sooner is JC in front of the camera,he's slating the Marina. Better watch out for the grand piano.

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 6 лет назад

      Canned laughter?

    • @GRIDKEEPER
      @GRIDKEEPER 6 лет назад

      Yes!

  • @gtp_vexd3507
    @gtp_vexd3507 7 лет назад +18

    This is absolute gold. Tiffs Sierra workout is awesome. Thanks for the upload!

  • @AaronLowe1
    @AaronLowe1 5 лет назад +15

    this is pure gold! I love these folk on the auto jumble - could spend hour chatting to all of them!

  • @ListersHatsune
    @ListersHatsune 10 лет назад +778

    Wow his accent is different. He doesn't have that power in his voice that he has now. He sounds almost calm.

    • @FELiPES101
      @FELiPES101 10 лет назад +241

      less cigarettes

    • @MindNumbingInc
      @MindNumbingInc 10 лет назад +38

      FELiPES101 More patience back then too, compared to now. Like that moment in the North Pole, Jeremy had snapped and crashed the car about a minute after trying the blow through snow and ice.

    • @natetheguitarkid
      @natetheguitarkid 10 лет назад +34

      FELiPES101 cigarettes give your voice more powerful? wutt? its not the cigarettes, they may have changed his voice, but they couldnt of changed his accent. that was a conscious decision by him most likely.

    • @robertgary3561
      @robertgary3561 7 лет назад +4

      aListers later he developed his very high accent probably because it sounds funny while playing with cars.

    • @DystopianOverture
      @DystopianOverture 7 лет назад +95

      I think he mentioned in interviews a few times that he had to fake the BBC regional accent, and then as the years went past during his time on Top Gear he gave up and talked like himself again.

  • @WelshWidgetMan2O1O
    @WelshWidgetMan2O1O 10 лет назад +109

    Ahhh, to be young again.... We were healthy and full of life and most of us had no idea just where we were going. Those were the days and I sure do miss them. It's funny to see how we all looked in our younger days.

    • @spandel100
      @spandel100 Год назад +9

      I see this comment 8 years later.We have aged even more.Hope you are well.

    • @playlist9980
      @playlist9980 11 месяцев назад +8

      I still don't know where I'm going

  • @tonystinytrains1705
    @tonystinytrains1705 5 лет назад +65

    For many, many years I was convinced that bloke's name was Tiffney Dell!!!!!

  • @DAVIDE-bk8by
    @DAVIDE-bk8by 8 лет назад +901

    At 0:31 you can see Richard Hammond being carried through the gates

    • @Avetho
      @Avetho 7 лет назад +68

      That. Was. Precious. I had a lol moment seeing that, blond, short, bright white teeth, who knew he'd be one of the Three Blokes?
      It probably isn't him, the age gap isn't big enough. In this episode, Jeremy is in his late 20s. So Richard would have been graduating from high school with very white teeth at this time driving a Dolly Sprint with alloy wheels.

    • @sirbyronthetall9335
      @sirbyronthetall9335 6 лет назад +5

      Lol! :D

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 6 лет назад +4

      In A 'Maclaren' Buggy no less, closely followed by Mr Slow in a very fashionable at the time 'Pushchair' (with extras)

    • @k7k8k6
      @k7k8k6 6 лет назад +2

      HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHA

    • @itftcomputers
      @itftcomputers 5 лет назад +4

      Brilliant.

  • @johndyble3604
    @johndyble3604 4 месяца назад +14

    The trio of Wilson , Needel and Clarkson was pure motoring gold

  • @HuskyGamersUNITE
    @HuskyGamersUNITE 9 лет назад +675

    1:47 "In a couple of years they may be more saught after.."
    Or in 20 more years have a piano dropped on the roof by the very same man asking about it.

    • @jeromegodfrey2238
      @jeromegodfrey2238 9 лет назад +2

      hahahaha very funny!

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass 8 лет назад

      Its the comic joke a piano falling from the sky.

    • @mark-1rc502
      @mark-1rc502 7 лет назад +6

      HuskyGamersUNITE
      Lol yeah I thought the same , I died when he said get the same performance of an MGB and have fun?
      I thought shit this guy needs to find a new hobby

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass 7 лет назад

      His taste in cars is poor. Im glad Top Gear decided to drop piano's on them.

    • @ChrisM-kf4rp
      @ChrisM-kf4rp 7 лет назад +11

      You could clearly see he was not too bright .The only thing a Marina was good for was land fill.

  • @rpiereck74
    @rpiereck74 11 лет назад +60

    I always enjoy Tiff Needell. The guy always seems to be holding back a laugh as he speaks, even when at speed!

    • @zx81uk
      @zx81uk 7 месяцев назад +4

      I have not seen this before, Tiff showing Touring car driving dynamics in the best way I have ever seen, they were glory days. Tiff is always a favorite of mine, wherever he turns up.

    • @garethm3242
      @garethm3242 7 месяцев назад +4

      My dad transported cars between Britain and here (N Ireland) professionally in the '90s, for many years; says he once encountered Tiff, after Tiff had test-driven a car belonging to the auction. Says he was incredibly rude and dismissive of the staff, and chucked the car keys over the counter without even acknowledging them afterwards.

  • @chrisdooley6468
    @chrisdooley6468 8 лет назад +36

    Went to one of these 25yrs ago in Nottingham while staying a couple months in Britain and I gotta say I had an absolutely wonderful time. We've got good ones at Carlisle and the like here in Pennsylvania but the atmosphere and the kindness of the people at that one was amazing. Good fun that was and an unlikely highlight to my trip :)

    • @robtaylor9902
      @robtaylor9902 6 лет назад +1

      He's still wearing that jacket...!!

  • @GenaF
    @GenaF 3 месяца назад +1

    I was born in 1970 and as a very young girl I would snuggle up with my Dad on a Thursday evening to watch Top Gear from where I remember William Woollard (in this episode) Noel Edmonds, Chris Goffey, Tony Mason, Sue Baker, Jerk Clarkson, Quentin Willson (posh boy), Steve Berry (Burnley Biker), Julia Bradbury, Vicky BH, Kate Humble (spring Watch) and Clarkson.
    and Tomorrow 's World with Judith Hann and Kieran Prendiville.

  • @General.Longstreet
    @General.Longstreet 6 лет назад +13

    God he looks young. These old Top Gear clips make me feel old

  • @ZeroStriker426
    @ZeroStriker426 9 лет назад +6

    Damn, that race-prepped Sierra Cosworth looks like a lot of fun to drive. I mean c'mon, 500hp on a stripped-down road car, semi-vague steering, short gear ratios, not-so-aerodynamic bodywork and all that engine noise... yeah, I'd love to drive that car.

    • @chadgrov
      @chadgrov 9 лет назад +1

      Same here. it's so ugly it's pretty. A shoebox with big hairy balls. Love old boxy cars. E30 m3 and the mk4 jetta 24v vr6 or less potent 1.8T that I own are just beautiful cars and really do drive great if you tune them even a little.

  • @RPKGameVids
    @RPKGameVids 9 лет назад +351

    It looks as though he accidently left the coat hanger in his jacket.

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 6 лет назад +3

      That sure was the in Style then - ever see Joan Collins in Dynasty !

  • @bungle7054
    @bungle7054 9 лет назад +10

    I love the fact that the young Jezza Clarkson sounds like an accountant is doing the commentary,love the shoulderpads too......

  • @indiosse
    @indiosse 6 лет назад +94

    this place they're selling parts for cars, its where all the guys need to bring all their wives for dragging them round clothes shops

  • @user-qz5qy3xq5p
    @user-qz5qy3xq5p 3 года назад +11

    Jeremy Clarkson turned into Jezza when he met Hamster and Captain Slow.

  • @fredrik999z
    @fredrik999z 5 лет назад +14

    Some says that Tiff is The Stig, all we know is that he is an awesome racing driver.

  • @Vykandar
    @Vykandar 4 месяца назад +3

    I could watch this for hours!

  • @thetruthisoutthere415
    @thetruthisoutthere415 5 лет назад +272

    I wish England was still like this !

    • @SandyPaper494
      @SandyPaper494 5 лет назад +17

      So do I. And I'm a sweaty sock ! 👍😆

    • @geeandme7760
      @geeandme7760 4 года назад +26

      100%. The old money too. So nostalgic.

    • @TTPDrums
      @TTPDrums 4 года назад +14

      Yep. 100%

    • @richardhowle8591
      @richardhowle8591 4 года назад +4

      @arnie shanks You can blame that on the wars.

    • @michaelhawkins7389
      @michaelhawkins7389 4 года назад +5

      I dont technology was not as good as it was and VHS was horrible to use

  • @rickym5474
    @rickym5474 3 года назад +9

    Even old mate Murray made a short and high energy appearance.

  • @hunkydory419
    @hunkydory419 4 месяца назад

    I really enjoyed watching Top Gear and Fifth Gear. Really great shows with the right amount of information and entertainment.

  • @craigpennington1251
    @craigpennington1251 7 лет назад +3

    Oh my! I never noticed until now that young Jeremy and my good late friend Franny , nickname for Frank Christowski,could pass for identical twins. And the hair too. Keep up the good work Jeremy, love Top Gear. Much better than that American version.

  • @jacksylvester4763
    @jacksylvester4763 4 года назад +5

    I am watching this in 2021 oh how i miss crowds.

  • @MAGNUM05
    @MAGNUM05 3 года назад +18

    Yes, Jeremy Clarkson was born in 1960. He is 61 years old as of 2021 and was 28 years old in 1988. Clarkson always looked much older than he is and I'd say at least 15-20 years older.

  • @hovermotion
    @hovermotion 5 лет назад +1

    These old top gears were the best...great upload..

  • @TS-1267
    @TS-1267 Год назад +8

    .... " ... LESS CONTROVERSIAL MATTERS... " and 'Clarkeson' in the Same Sentence.... EXCELLENT STUFF INDEED 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🖖🤠

  • @teehee1604
    @teehee1604 12 лет назад +11

    It's amazing this version of Top Gear lasted as long as it did!

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 Год назад +1

      Why? I can't stand the new version of it.

    • @soilentgreen7
      @soilentgreen7 Год назад +1

      it was better then, actually about cars

    • @Gary-o8v
      @Gary-o8v 7 месяцев назад +1

      It was a great show. Much better than the Hilux destroying crap that came later.

  • @DamianBrown
    @DamianBrown 9 лет назад +7

    Absolutely classic british dialogue and editing! Love it :D

  • @Harvester236
    @Harvester236 10 лет назад +147

    Hilarious how quickly peoples' accents change. If this was audio only, I'd of never known it was Jeremy Clarkson.

    • @andy86i
      @andy86i 9 лет назад +25

      ***** BBC presenters still spoke with a BBC accent as lat as the early 90s..

    • @davekent6023
      @davekent6023 9 лет назад +2

      ***** I searched for this to see if I could hear his Doncaster accent... which I don't.

    • @jamesoren7238
      @jamesoren7238 7 лет назад +3

      Irony is by the time the BBC would have let him use his Yorkie accent, it was long gone

    • @MikeCOYS
      @MikeCOYS 7 лет назад +3

      Don’t forget all the smoking has made his voice hoarse yet iconic.

    • @mattylamb4156
      @mattylamb4156 6 лет назад

      Yet Tiff needell spoke with an accent - southern accent admittedly, but even so.

  • @tonyjedioftheforest1364
    @tonyjedioftheforest1364 4 месяца назад

    Brilliant bit of video. Top Gear back then was a proper motoring show and much better for it!

  • @V6Greg
    @V6Greg 5 лет назад +95

    2:26 Jeremy's first meeting with James May and Richard Hammond!

  • @drdre2442
    @drdre2442 10 лет назад +12

    1:37 "What on earth is this ? Its a Marina; Explain !" Killed it.

  • @plester1000
    @plester1000 7 месяцев назад +4

    Nice to hear Murray Walker's voice, brings back memories

  • @Krikstar123
    @Krikstar123 8 лет назад +9

    2:32 For a short moment I thought that it was Guy Martin - but then I realized, that I could understand everything he was saying... ;-)

  • @andyhodgson7692
    @andyhodgson7692 7 месяцев назад +1

    That Marina is nostalgic to me because my grandad (no longer with us) had one when I was a little kid. He took us on fishing trips in it. Happy memories.

    • @nicknelson9450
      @nicknelson9450 5 месяцев назад +1

      I have similar grandad car memories. When you think about it, sobering also that a large proportion of the people filmed here are alas no longer with us either. Peace.

  • @mrsose1872
    @mrsose1872 3 месяца назад +1

    All gone now, the people, the presenters, the events, the country they all lived in.

  • @geeandme7760
    @geeandme7760 4 года назад +25

    Who's here because of quarantine over Corona?
    A trip down memory lane through rose-tinted glasses. Nice. How I long to return to these days.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 4 года назад +1

      I guess you are still here then.

  • @RIPCakebomb
    @RIPCakebomb Год назад +3

    1:38
    “What on earth is this?!”
    - Jezza Clarkson

  • @stevebuchan6642
    @stevebuchan6642 6 лет назад +52

    I watched this to laugh at clarkson but stayed for Tiff ragging an rs500. brilliant.

  • @stevec6760
    @stevec6760 5 лет назад +2

    I worked with the guy selling the Marina. Priceless....

  • @GrrMeister
    @GrrMeister 6 лет назад +1

    (6:15) And that's just how I remember you 'Tiff' when meeting you soon after at Mercedes Leicester !
    Still watch you on Quest HD 5th Gear, well done.

  • @Jkas512
    @Jkas512 7 месяцев назад +36

    How we miss you England… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @pervenchemusic
      @pervenchemusic 4 месяца назад +4

      why? this looks fucking miserable

    • @jamesleyda365
      @jamesleyda365 4 месяца назад

      ​@@pervenchemusic lol🤪 like he said, How we miss you England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @MrPoupard
    @MrPoupard 7 лет назад +12

    Always really enjoyed the version of Top Gear in the arly 90s when it was Clarkson, Tiff Needell, Quentin Wilson and s'times Steve Berry also. They worked really well together.

    • @davidhealy4534
      @davidhealy4534 2 года назад

      And Vicky butler Henderson, I'd like to shag that

  • @2000mk1
    @2000mk1 8 лет назад +7

    Of the 2 road going black Sierra's shown, the one shown on the right, its MOT just ran out this year, so is definitely still going. In contrast, the one on the left only lasted about 3 years, so was probably written off.

  • @crazycar4015
    @crazycar4015 4 месяца назад +1

    The funny thing is stuff like this probably isn't even the oldest recording of Clarkson the BBC has. Apparently when he was about 11 or 12 around 1971-72 JC played a boy in a play for the BBC that they likely recorded. Somewhere in their archives, you can still hear 12 year old Jeremy Clarkson.

  • @OGSilverfox8
    @OGSilverfox8 3 года назад +5

    Nothing but British folk good times. Can remember the smell well.

    • @ralphaaa80
      @ralphaaa80 7 месяцев назад

      Didn't see the interview with the German then?

  • @djizzah
    @djizzah 8 лет назад +173

    no gut or baldspot yet

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 7 лет назад +10

      baldspot hidden by curls ,)

    • @Cyba_IT_NZ
      @Cyba_IT_NZ 7 лет назад +4

      And massive shoulder pads

    • @Martindyna
      @Martindyna 6 лет назад +2

      And sounds a bit posher.....

    • @jennysbloke
      @jennysbloke 5 лет назад +1

      He's wearing the same jeans and jacket he would wear for the next 30 years though. Hmmmm, ....the jeans stayed the same size but his gut overflowed that op later 😄

    • @aredub1847
      @aredub1847 4 года назад +1

      @Mark Richardson he is. all his friends are torries.

  • @thomashilliard8588
    @thomashilliard8588 8 лет назад +82

    They should totally bring back Tiff for the new "not Top Gear"

    • @purplesteve2
      @purplesteve2 8 лет назад +25

      Tiff is awesome

    • @cobrar5161
      @cobrar5161 6 лет назад +3

      yeah you can easily understand what tiff is saying unlike clarkson who's heavy accent like a truck diesel engine makes it difficult to understand him.

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 6 лет назад +3

      `They should totally bring back Tiff for the new "not Top Gear" `...as opposed to partially?

    • @Kryojenix
      @Kryojenix 5 лет назад +2

      Doesn't Tiff host Fifth Gear on Channel 5?

    • @spenser9908
      @spenser9908 5 лет назад +1

      @@rattusnorvegicus4380 They referenced him in an episode of TGT

  • @entwistlefromthewho
    @entwistlefromthewho 4 месяца назад +5

    Happier, simpler times. The Internet has ruined this kind of thing.

    • @danw1374
      @danw1374 4 месяца назад

      It's human nature and it's need to know about everything. That air of mystery was the fun part. Its been killed off.

  • @steveclark..
    @steveclark.. 4 месяца назад +2

    This is what a real motoring program should be like and best of all, not one bloody EV shown

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 4 месяца назад

    Tiff was one of the best hosts ever, he deserved better...
    Great to hear Murray Walker again 👍

  • @martijnvv8031
    @martijnvv8031 5 лет назад +7

    2019 and watching a video posted in 2011 about a tv show from 1988 ..... The RUclips algorithm.....one of life's great mysteries....

  • @jarnotrulli849
    @jarnotrulli849 3 года назад +6

    Murray Walker (R.I.P) moment 5:32

  • @fedorawhale9834
    @fedorawhale9834 10 лет назад +138

    Ha, the hate for the marina is already here

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 6 лет назад +5

      My mother in Law had one and it was a wonderful car, however the demon 'rust' in spite of all known inhibitors (Zi-Bart included) took it away in the early 90's (the car I mean) The MIL continued rust free until 2011 !

    • @paulbaker6378
      @paulbaker6378 6 лет назад +1

      They were JUNK .

    •  6 лет назад +3

      @@paulbaker6378
      No Paul, your comment is junk.

    • @markevans2280
      @markevans2280 6 лет назад +1

      I agree, I have a Morris Marina 1.5 Diesel, 1976, runs well, surprisingly responsive handling too

    • @eismcsquared
      @eismcsquared 6 лет назад +3

      -I had the coupe. Rolled it after losing the back end early one morning on an icy Norfolk country lane. Hahahahahaha. It was horrible

  • @ratboygenius
    @ratboygenius 5 лет назад

    The "man on the street" interview cuts give me a better appreciation for the mock interviews in "A Bit Of Fry and Laurie".

  • @mmestari
    @mmestari 5 лет назад +10

    Not only young Jeremy Clarkson. But more importantly young Swiss Tony at 1:41

    • @1977Futre
      @1977Futre 5 лет назад

      lol, why has no one agreed with this comment more.

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer 10 лет назад +10

    From back when the BBC was attempting to be taken seriously in their efforts to produce a car show. You can just sense the restraint in Jeremy's voice.

    •  6 лет назад

      Attempting?

  • @Keepingitrespectfulmostly.
    @Keepingitrespectfulmostly. 5 лет назад +10

    I can see even back then why J C was going to be so popular. Hard to explain or put your finger on but he presents with a style all his own.

  • @gerrydepp8164
    @gerrydepp8164 5 месяцев назад +12

    English TV had so much quality back then we didnt know how lucky we were...back when Britain was GREAT

    • @kitsandham7001
      @kitsandham7001 4 месяца назад +3

      This top gear era was crap. Just like the cars, computers, clothes, music and houses.
      Britain was shite in the 80’s.
      The modern world is a dream by comparison.
      Top Gear got a lot better (Then worse obvs) as did the rest of tv.
      3 channels vs Prime + Netflix? George and Mildred vs Gus Freng and Stringer Bell?
      Seriously man, don’t long for a past that wasn’t there, wake up and smell the Zondas.

    • @stevejones799
      @stevejones799 4 месяца назад +3

      Truly, back before you were invaded.

    • @keithnixon1948
      @keithnixon1948 4 месяца назад

      @@stevejones799 who are you?

    • @stevejones799
      @stevejones799 4 месяца назад

      @@keithnixon1948 A historian.

    • @kitsandham7001
      @kitsandham7001 4 месяца назад +2

      @@stevejones799 back then people like you were complaining about Afro Caribbean people and before that the Irish.
      Mostly I prefer an immigrant to a racist, they tend to be better people.

  • @AdzSONLINE
    @AdzSONLINE 8 лет назад +2

    Clarkson finds a Mk1 Cortina light, just under 30 years later he sticks a couple on the back of a beach buggy

  • @MuscleBandit
    @MuscleBandit 4 месяца назад

    As an 85 baby this was a cool little flashback to my childhood 😎

  • @alejandroramirezmartinez3676
    @alejandroramirezmartinez3676 6 лет назад +34

    Tiff Needell is a steering wheel master!!

  • @alexanderheath6662
    @alexanderheath6662 5 лет назад +4

    That's how Top Gear should be today and get back to it's roots!

  • @chippytwo7920
    @chippytwo7920 3 года назад +3

    what on earth is this, when he approaches the mariner. hahahahaha fuckn funny

  • @shellsbignumber2
    @shellsbignumber2 5 лет назад +10

    No silly camera angles, no camera filtering, no stupid challenges. No scripted bullshit made to look spontaneous.

  • @timesquare5473
    @timesquare5473 4 месяца назад

    Blimey at 2:29 I recognise him although 50 years have passed and the ol' memory can't recall the name; we used to ride around the streets of Andover together 👍

  • @kenjiogyvara757
    @kenjiogyvara757 5 лет назад +40

    how these times seem so different today. No internet, people had all the time in the world. I think people are not constructed for such a speed.

    • @jameslilley3772
      @jameslilley3772 4 года назад +3

      I couldn't agree more. We've overstepped, developmentally.
      Humanity needs to slow the fudge down.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 4 года назад +2

      Internet is not the problem. People's attitudes have changed and not for the better.

    • @Diamonddogs1726
      @Diamonddogs1726 4 месяца назад

      @@bighands69internet is the problem. Mass media in general honestly. It’s poison to society…and I do the the irony of me saying that on RUclips while commenting on a broadcast from the BBC. lol

  • @ElectricRides
    @ElectricRides 7 лет назад +7

    Holy shit this is what people did before the days of craiglist, gumtree, ebay etc. The impact of the internet is truly astronomical. On a sidenote holy shit Jezza hasn't aged well.

    • @another3997
      @another3997 6 лет назад +1

      There are still plenty of car shows with auto jumbles where lots of these stalls set up. People still sell 'classic' cars, spare parts and paraphernalia at places like this. The internet hasn't killed it off completely. Mind you, some of the people running the stalls seem to have travelled forward from 1956! 😁

  • @barrycarr7323
    @barrycarr7323 8 лет назад +82

    Jeremy sounding very posh!

    • @wooders0123
      @wooders0123 8 лет назад +2

      Weird isn't it

    • @jamesoren7238
      @jamesoren7238 7 лет назад +3

      And Northern lol

    • @hitewakeasllielimsolls8443
      @hitewakeasllielimsolls8443 6 лет назад +2

      He's a world away from Doncaster there. Effing BBC commie scumbags.

    • @grange247
      @grange247 5 лет назад +1

      And still a massive tosser !

    • @SB-vb8ch
      @SB-vb8ch 5 лет назад

      Rah, rah, rah a posh person said to me the other day....

  • @N444BYL
    @N444BYL 6 лет назад +1

    You will never see thousands of people in these places again because everything is online now

  • @manfrombritain6816
    @manfrombritain6816 4 месяца назад

    I'm not a car guy and I was a child long after this was aired, but Tiff Needell's voice is very nostalgic for me

  • @myk6694
    @myk6694 8 лет назад +4

    Love this, and that brute of a cossie at Brands Hatch

  • @jordanwilkinson7368
    @jordanwilkinson7368 8 лет назад +69

    And then the Internet happened

  • @Visionery1
    @Visionery1 6 лет назад +42

    Interesting, Tiff matured gracefully over the years, Jeremy still acts like a 16-year-old.

    • @humandroid53
      @humandroid53 5 лет назад

      Really? I was thinking the opposite for Tiff. He's become a bit of a clown. That's Jeremy's gig.

    • @Sam-K
      @Sam-K 5 лет назад +5

      @@humandroid53 Troll much?

    • @humandroid53
      @humandroid53 5 лет назад

      @@Sam-K fuck off. That's what you are doing!

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 4 года назад +3

      Jeremy Clarkson is worth about $60 million. He has done well for himself.

    • @Visionery1
      @Visionery1 4 года назад +3

      @@bighands69 proof that there are rich 16-year-olds. :)

  • @racheladkins6060
    @racheladkins6060 2 месяца назад

    I loved the older Top Gear in the 80s. I don’t remember Clarkson but the guy introducing this.

  • @sergeygankin45
    @sergeygankin45 4 месяца назад +1

    are you sure that's Top Gear? looks to be Jeremy doing some automotive reporting for some other show. He was a motoring journalist before TG. Very nice find, either way!

    • @TechMarkYT
      @TechMarkYT 3 месяца назад +3

      It is Top Gear. The show changed rather dramatically with the reboot.

    • @sergeygankin45
      @sergeygankin45 3 месяца назад

      @@TechMarkYT interesting. just i can't find any episodes from before the trio. still the only true Top Gear, in my eyes, honestly.

  • @1cmman
    @1cmman 7 лет назад +3

    This was the down to earth Topgear I liked in the past before it became a snobbish rich mans show like in the resent years. And I liked Clarkson allot better in this more humble past aswell before fame and wealth destroyed him. I truly miss the more humble 80s and 90s. Many of these nice old folks are probaly gone now.

  • @Martindyna
    @Martindyna 6 лет назад +9

    That drive in the 500 HP Cosworth makes you realise how physically fit and what quick reactions you need to race 8:14

  • @GaryMcx
    @GaryMcx 9 лет назад +53

    Ahhh, this is where people bought and sold junk before ebay.

    • @BuddingBassist93
      @BuddingBassist93 6 лет назад +3

      Och iReview its still going to this day mate

    • @Garf2O
      @Garf2O 6 лет назад +6

      at least with fleamarkets you dont have wonder if you'll ever even get the thing in the mail or not

    • @disobeytoday4685
      @disobeytoday4685 5 лет назад

      Like Pubs used to be where people socialised before Snapchat

    • @oddities-whatnot
      @oddities-whatnot 4 года назад +1

      I fucking hate ebay and amazon etc. I wont ever buy anything off those websites on principle.

  • @FitzElda
    @FitzElda 5 месяцев назад +1

    Back when top gear was an enjoyable watch. As opposed to what it became years later.

  • @bombercountyblues
    @bombercountyblues 6 лет назад +2

    When tiff opened the door on that cossie I was dying to see the ad saying something different in top gear style

    • @JrGoonior
      @JrGoonior 6 лет назад +1

      "Eat English Muff....."😂😂😂

  • @Jimmy-B-
    @Jimmy-B- 5 лет назад +3

    Loved to have seen Hammond. He would have been a spotty teenager 😂😂😂

  • @sp3ktraluk
    @sp3ktraluk 11 лет назад +4

    5:32 good old Murray Walker, the best motor racing commentator there has ever been. Get well soon!

  • @jaygriffiths6793
    @jaygriffiths6793 6 лет назад +4

    The buyer on 3:25 could be Richard Hammond's brother

  • @martinlewis2143
    @martinlewis2143 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic! Thanks! 🚌🚐🚚

  • @deanhawthorn5783
    @deanhawthorn5783 4 месяца назад

    love jezza you cant ever get better than when they became the most famous trio ever

  • @TheNetherlandDwarf
    @TheNetherlandDwarf 8 лет назад +22

    Its like they say back then if you worked in the BBC everyone had to/did speak very posh :D The earlier in Clarkson's career you get the posher he is :P

  • @joanesdale5362
    @joanesdale5362 6 лет назад +3

    Ah the good old days when Top Gear was Top Gear 😊

    • @paulbaker6378
      @paulbaker6378 6 лет назад

      No such thing as the good old days fact.

    •  6 лет назад

      @@paulbaker6378
      Why are you such a bitter little fart? 😂

    • @paulbaker6378
      @paulbaker6378 6 лет назад

      @ Don't get it.

  • @SixTailights
    @SixTailights 8 лет назад +14

    "and now to less controversial matters....Jeremy Clarkson" - my how the times have changed

  • @alanwakeish
    @alanwakeish 4 года назад +2

    This so exciting, that I could hardly keep my eyes open.

  • @chrisegan8638
    @chrisegan8638 5 лет назад

    Always loved Sierra Cosworths.. watching this almost from 30yrs ago I know why I did & still do