Private Car Cave tour - features The Beast and every classic you can think of!
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- Private Car Cave tour - features The Beast and every classic you can think of! This episode of The Late Brake Show is a car collex
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:02 Breaking the internet
2:50 Martin's car story
3:38 METRO 6R4 Rally car
5:04 ROVER SD1 TOURING CAR
6:20 Sponsored by Incogni
7:33 PORSCHE 911 997 GT2
8:00 'My first Porsche was a 962'
9:27 1970 RANGE ROVER
10:55 ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN V12 on a trailer
11:40 CITROEN SM
12:38 FIAT PANDA 4x4 SISLEY
13:26 1965 PORSCHE 912
14:54 THE BEAST!
18:38 BEAST COLD START UP
19:58 ASTON MARTIN DB5
22:27 1987 ARROWS BMW TURBO F1
24:26 1977 HESKETH PENTHOUSE COSWORTH F1
25:50 Mk1 VW GOLF GTI
27:02 MG MAESTRO TURBO
28:05 'People are quick to judge'
28:20 STEAM TRACTION ENGINE
28:37 MERCEDES 280SE
29:32 TRIUMPH 2500 PI
30:28 ASTON MARTIN DBS VANTAGE
31:06 PEUGEOT 205 GTi 1.9
31:41 TRIUMPH DOLOMITE SPRINT TOURING CAR
32:08 1965 MINI COOPER S
33:05 Mk2 LOTUS CORTINA
32:57 Mk1 FORD ESCORT RS1600
35:02 1971 HONDA N600
36:25 PORSCHE 997 TURBO
36:54 LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO SE
38:22 20V AUDI QUATTRO TURBO
39:22 ASTON MARTIN DB9 VOLANTE MANUAL
40:05 1968 ONE OWNER TRIUMPH VITESSE
41:34 CITROEN 2CV
42:33 1978 ALFA ROMEO SUD Ti
44:10 The oldest car in the collection
45:02 MG MONTEGO TURBO
46:00 CITROEN DS23 PALLAS
46:55 LOTUS CARLTON
48:09 MESSERSCHMITT BUBBLE CAR
48:45 DUCATI 996 SPS
49:11 BMW ISETTA BUBBLE CAR
50:02 DAD'S OLD CAR
51:10 Jet engined Austin A30
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Watching all your barn find / car cave content Jonny, they all seem to get better and better as your channel has evolved. This collection of Martin's has raised the bar yet again! What a lovely chat and tour around his awesome collection! I love the random nature of the reasons for owning each, and it is a fascinating time capsule of eclectic motoring history!
Lovely to see The Beast in it's new guise - and still being driven as it should!
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This chap has literally every car I've ever lusted after. A man with superb taste. Fantastic to see
Totally agree with you. Love all of them .
I also agree, really likeable. And has a touch of the Partridge about him.
I saw what you did there 🤣
Came here to say Just the Same.
One of if not the best car caves
I agree and very knowledgeable, love the collection
Best car collection I’ve ever seen. So much better than a collection of hypercars that are never driven.
It’s called taste👍
if it's your taste cool but you don't speak for everybody .
@@alexandertsanga I didn’t … I said “I’ve ever seen”
@tonyhilliarduk sorry, i was a lil harsh
We should go back to landlines and forget about internet!@@alexandertsanga
You have no choice but to respect a man who tows a trailer carrying a 962 with a Super blower Bentley across Europe,what a chap with a great taste in cars,top stuff👍
Yes i'm sure we would all be great chaps towing cars that cost more than a family home with another car that cost more than a private estate given the wealth and privilege that some have we would all be top chaps what tally ho !!!.......Btw wealth and greed and money doesn't command respect.
It was something to see, but as someone who tows heavy loads regularly, rare and special cars should never be treated like that.
I have the honour and pleasure to know Martiin, and given this is a very extensive, eclectic and clearly valuable collection, he remains a grounded and very approachable person. An honour to know a real petrolhead who shares his passion with anyone taking an interest. 👏😎
Me too, and quite agree 😊
What does this chap do for a living?
@@BenAdlard Builder. On a larger commercial scale
That Aston DB5, mentioned being owned by the costume designer for the Bond films was a man called Tiny Nicholls. My dad tailored for Tiny in the late 60's - early/mid 70's and made clothing for many of those Bond films, also Star Wars and The Elephant Man and Aliens.....Blew me away seeing this car in this collection! If Dad was still with us, he'd have been chuffed to see that! Amazing!
Very cool!
Did your dad get an Aston DB5 too?
@@missingremote4388 Far from it!
What a lovely memory of your Dad.
@@davidvivian596 yeah, thank you
Martin is obviously worth a good few quid by my oh my what a down to earth and humble man. The amount of times that he said he was privileged, lucky or fortunate enough to be able to be in a position to buy those cars. My faves are the Quattro and the Montego. Great episode Jonny and Martin.
what a collection 😍😍
I love that someone at YT has taste 😂
For someone who has everything anyone could dream of, this car collector comes across as a very nice down to earth and genuine guy and it's a great video to watch. Thankyou for posting.
Man!! This guy is my hero, absolute legendary collection. Everything he has and why is faultless.
Just what I was going to say. Absolutely awesome and such a humble man. Just WOW.
A couple of my closest friends went to Angouleme and the first thing they talked about was a guy towing a Porsche 962 with a Bentley Blower...so here I was shouting at the screen...it's him, it's him!! What a guy and what a totally off the scale, amazing collection of cars. He has nearly all of my bucket list cars...and better than that he uses them. The best Car Cave you've done Jonny and would love for you to drive every vehicle in there and do a separate episode for each one.
Mind. Blown.
He’s another Harry Metcalfe but with his own personal brand of auto linguistics and excellent jargon that I will repeat among friends, such as the very early vintage that ‘chats’ to you while driving. Favourites are the red Porsche, the burgundy Aston DB5, Lotus Carlton and the Mercedes out in the snow. What I love about You Tube is coming across a very special vid like this which is a story of one man’s great passion. Remarkable collector.
Carlton , drove one years ago from Edinburgh to London, I was bricking it for weeks waiting for the speeding tickets to arrive, they never did, but I’ll always remember that journey. I’d like to take this opportunity to apologise to all the police officers who never caught up on that run. As Burt Reynolds once said “ bye bye nice officer “
I drove one too in my twenties and at the time thought my Escort RS turbo was fast but my god the Carlton was insane.
An hour wasn't long enough, felt like 5 mins. What a show that was Jonny. Thanks for showing it off Martin.
Epic episode.
That Man spoke so well and eloquently about his cars, considering how many times he’s doubtlessly had to do that, showed me that he really respects your interest Johnnie. Plus he didn’t mention “Ford Escorts” or the word “Cosworth” once! ha ha! (Very refreshing!)..
I bought a Messerschmitt three wheeler 44 years ago age just 16 for the princely sum of £15.
i think we managed to get 3 of my mates and me squashed into it one night and drive it.
To go into reverse you started the engine backwards,so it could go as fast backwards as it could forwards,we had great fun on the old disused bit of stoughton aerodrome in Leicestershire.
Incidentally I do remember flooring it going downhill on the way to Melton Mowbray and passing a surprised Capri owner at nearly 75 mph.
You had to be careful opening the lid as I found out one night when I opened it against a lamppost and cracking it.
It went for spares eventually after I ran it into a kerb at a T junction one foggy night
A lot of fun for a 16 year old and my mates
Great show Jonny and ,Martin what an interesting chap and a well deserved collection.
Actually my mistake it was 54 years ago,old age hey.
You are luck Kev, I bought a BMW Isetta for £15 when I was 16, My dad told me I couldn't drive it, as it was too dangerous, So I bought a 250cc Suzuki Hustler instead, much safer ! 🤣🤣
lucky the Messerschmitt didn't go back to it's aeroplane origins when you hit 75, yeeh haw !
Sounds like it has he Dynastart system to allow the engine to run backwards. Some Bond Minicars (not to be mixed up with Bond Bugs) had the same system to run their Villiers two stroke engines backwards. A school friend had one. Another friend at school back in 1972-73 has a BMW Isetta. There were all sorts of crazy motorbikes and microcars available very cheaply at the time as people were upgrading to "proper" cars.
I had a Garelli Monza 50, which started and went backwards once, I don't think it did it again. Have you seen the crazy prices some of those micro cars command now ? Crazy ! @@TheEulerID
Absolutely brilliant episode. The Maestro, Montego and Lotus Carlton were my faves ❤
Mine too!!!
I would add the SD1 on to that as well. Plus the 6R4!
used to get ferried up and down the M4 in the late 80s early 90s in these car to various job sites, loved all 3.
Fantastic collection, and episode Jonny. Holy moly. The level of knowledge and admiration between the pair of you is unbelievable. Thank you for letting us in, Martin, and thank you for such great coverage TLBS!
BEST CAR CAVE IN THE WORLD. Well done Jonny - you've summitted Everest. Surely there cannot be such a diverse and interesting collection of cars (with such a grounded and decent owner) anywhere else in the world. You simply have to go back and drive a few - I'm sure Martin won't mind. Thanks for another great film.
Jonny, I've recently become a Dad for the 2nd time and I'm up a lot in the night as you can well imagine. Loved watching your videos in the wee hours. Especially the car caves and barn finds. Keep up the amazing work! 🙂
Brilliant. I think it would be a fun night in the pub with that guy... I also love the fact that he drives, enjoys and uses his cars as they were intended, and plainly doesn't give two hoots about their monetary value. Top work, one of your best ever Jonny.
2:13 most brilliant tow photo I have ever seen . 2 icons
Johnny, the MG Maestro Turbo
Was advertised as quicker than a Ferrari, over so many yards.
The police wanted the Lotus Carlton banned because it was faster than the forces helicopter.
Our company rep had one, lost his license in 6 months.
It was like the MK2 Jag of its time.
Criminals loved it.
What an absolute amazing guy, his taste is impeccable and so very true about snooty exotic owners. Most have never experienced some of the weird little quirky benign vehicles but often times those bring the most smiles!
So glad he bought the Beast and did it justice
@DavidBrown-bs7gg
I was interested to hear the story about how John Dodd was teasing Rolls Royce and that being the reason Rolls was on his case. The story I heard was the German Police called up RR and asked them to stop testing their new model on the Autobahn as it was fucking up their radar traps. John Dodd tweaking RR sounds much more likely.
Nice to see it with a decent paint job and with the Rolls-Royce grille and Silver Lady, Spirit of Extacy...😎
Extacy...exsactly right. Must have Great schools in Great Britain, or at least Great students.
Way back in 1973, as my first proper job after leaving university, I became a management trainee with the Dove Group, the British Leyland dealer for Croydon & Wimbledon. For 3 months in mid 1974 I looked after the PDI workshop and the preparation of and fitting accessories to the cars for the customers. I got to drive pretty much all the Rovers, Triumphs and Morrises of that era. Range Rover, Stag, TR6, GT6, Spitfire, T 2000, T 2500PI, Rover 2000/3500, Midget (once, being 6'4", I couldn't get in properly!), MGB, Land Rover, Dolomite, T 1300/1500 and one Land Rover (which had free wheeling hubs fitted as an accessory!). The most fun I had was in the Dolomite Sprint, the Rover 3500S. the Triumph 2500PI (all expected!) and bizarrely, one solitary Marina 1.8.TC. That was very quick and agile because it was so light, and had great suspension. 50 years of memories!
I've enjoyed every episode of Late Brake but I think this one is my favourite. Love the rapport between yourself and Martin; two easy-going, down to earth car guys whose passion and attention to detail shines through. I hope you get an opportunity to drive the Carlton! Thanks Jonny and all the best! 👍
That is a car lovers collection. Love all of them. From 205 to 6R4 to turbo F1 and turbo maestro lol. Awesome
What a collection and what an incredible mix! It was great to see an MG Maestro and Montego among such an amazing collection. Of all the cars, I think the Lotus Carlton would be my choice
The Beast’s refurb/repaint was so desperately needed! The new color really changes the whole presence of it from fairground curiosity to something you’d bring to an offbeat concourse.
Finally some one with a proper car collection . This is what motoring is about . This is by far one of the best private car collections I have seen in a while .The history and the story !! Thanks for sharing !!
I think seeing some of the cars having mould inside them will make a few enthusiasts feel a bit better about their own cars that they have in a collection, but don’t use often. I certainly do! 😄
This was one of your best one's yet Jonny. Have a soft spot for the maestro and montego turbo as used to own both the 1.6 and 2l asic ones, could never afford the turbo. You made almost an hour show dissappear like it was 5 minutes, thanks mate. Brilliant stuff
Simply love, love, love Martin's attitude to the cars and collecting. All driven by his quiet passion for the car and directed by sentiment not by marque or particularly period. To top it all on the DB5 . Its a car so drive it. Completely refreshing. Thank you both.
Awesome - Martin legitimately has options for every road, route or scenario with every one providing a different experience. True driving enthusiast.
Wonderful collection! The Alfasud!! Beautiful!!! WOW!!!
Nice to see a proper car guy - not mearly a collector. Buys what he likes because he likes it. Huge respect and a great episode Jonny!
Jonny what a collection, just amazing. Martin enthusiasm is intoxicating. How many cars has he saved. Well done guys
So glad to find out who the new owner of the Beast is, and I feel it's in good hands ,having known the previous owner John Dodd here in Spain for a number of years and had it in our bodyshop for the repaint many years ago I have an attachment with it.
Hopefully the new owner will take it to the NEC again in November as I somehow managed to miss one hall last year which had the Beast in it.
The colours chosen are way better than the prosthetic limb colour.
An incredible collection and what a cool fella. I have narrowed my uberlust down to 2 cars-the Quattro and the Triumph Vitesse-I bought a 1967 Vitesse in the late 80's as a rolling restoration (having never done anything approaching vehicle maintenance) and drove a 1.8 Audi coupe as a young car salesman, but always wanted a Quattro. Amazing memories. Thanks Jonny
Much respect to the amount of time, money and effort it takes to get and keep such a magnificent collection. I'm surprised the convertible Karmann Ghia was overlooked but I suppose it isn't that rare, just sort of my preference but with so many outstanding makes and models, we are spoiled. Thanks Perv.
Halfway watching....already best car cave ever. Very very nice to see a guy who actually drives his cars. Keep em coming,..really enjoy your show!!
I'm good friends with Martins son. Over the last few years I have had the privilege of joining Martin at a few events including Spa GP 2022, Silverstone GP 2023. Both events he was out on track taking part in the historic hot laps between races over the weekend, pushing those cars to their limits amongst other F1 cars from varying decades.
Hats off to you Martin!
What line of business is Martin in?
I’m absolutely in heaven, the GT 2, the mk1 golf, the 205. I think I’ve dirtied myself. Then he mentions British Leyland
Im sat here watching this from Leyland, my hometown born and bred.
Just WOW! What a collection and what a video! Possibly the best Car Cave so far. Extra points given due to the chap actually using all of these amazing things. Brilliant. Extra extra points for the Mk 1 Golf GTI - my favourite hot hatch and one I've owned two of 😊
Great video. I absolutely love the yellow Triumph 2.5 PI as it was a car I always admired as a boy. The smooth lines on that car are so perfect. What a superb collection of dream cars to own. Wow.
Thank you for sharing this. An absolute privilege to get to see this amazing collection and get to hear the stories behind each of these wonderful cars. Truly special.
Really, really enjoyed this video, fabulous collection!
Well done Jonny, all the best from Greece
If carlsberg made car collections... such an eclectic mix of utter classics and curios with so much history, outstanding 👍🏻
Probably my favourite episode ever. A joy to listen to you both and a car collection I would replicate tomorrow. Thank you both real cars real people.
One of your best videos to date, absolutely fabulous. Loved every minute looking at this outstanding car collection. Thank you. More please!
My mouth was stuck open the whole episode , what a collection!
What a collection and what a likeable knowledgeable humble gent.Hats off to you sir.
Fantastic collection, nice to see someone with taste and simply buys what he likes and not what is regarded as collectible.
Im 36 years old and my dream car is a Ford Escort RS1600. The front end is beautiful and the way the back end dances seems alot of fun. I'd love a passenger ride in one, as sadly i don't think I'll ever own one. Keep up the great content ✌️
Another fantastic car cave Jonny. Also loving Smith and Sniff... a podcast in which two friends talk about cars and many other things! Highly recommended to one and all. Keep up the good work fellas
Thanks for supporting with your eyes and ears.
What a collection. Loved the start up of the Beast, no electric hum and glide away there. A fountain of knowledge and happy to share it with JS. One the best car caves to date.
Love the guys you visit Jonny, they are are all so humble and down to earth, brill video, many thanks to Martin. Just got to be the montego!
Fantastic show Jonny, what an amazing collection Martin has and the fact that you can hear in his voice the enthusiasm he has just made it for me 👍🏼
Wonderful collection. Martins passion reminded me of the guy with the mini Mercedes museum. Proper petrolheads. Great episode.
Loved this, what a great job on the Beast, looks really lovely with the changes and new paint. My Dad had a Citroen DS23 Pallas in white when i was a kid in the 80s and also a Mercedes W108 in gold which he had restored and resprayed black from the original gold and also an automatic, lovely cars 👍😊
Your dad had great taste👍
Thank you @@jimmyh6601
Great episode! As always. So calm but unbelievably stunning. I'd love to see you two at FOS this year in the Triumph Vitesse Cabrio up the hill. What a barn. A true enthusiast, which made me smile a lot in the last hour!
This has to be my favourite, amazing collection, I had a black and tan Alfasub 1.5 Ti,loved it
Lotus Carlton for me. I drove one many times and it never failed to put a big smile on my face. Ask your mate Shakey who he knew years ago that owned one and was mad enough to let his employees loose in it🤣
Fantastic, I had an SD1, although not the monster one. I had a Carlton, but it was the 2litre auto, but wow, I loved that car, and so did my son. I had a 2litre Montego, two 1.6 maestros, and one 2.0 litre MG EFI that was fun. Then straight to a 1.3 maestro. Great fun car. Loved them all. What a great video.
My dad had a new 2.0 Carlton CD in 1994 - we were amazed at how good it was compared to the Mercs and BMW’s (and Rovers) he’d had. However it was his ‘85 Senator that I had a particular soft spot for
Absolutely phenomenal. What a guy Martin is. Nothing but unbelievable amounts of respect. Thank you for sharing Martin, enjoyed every story. Great video ❤
Thank you Johnnie this must be the best late brake video thus far, and a huge thanks to the owner of these cars for allowing the filming of his fantastic collection, good to hear he's a real enthusiast who clearly knows his stuff too, (l could listen to him all day) and that he still drives some of them.
Also it's great to see the Rolls grill back on the beast where it belongs.
What an incredibly diverse collection, absolutely love it
What a collection and so much history. Defo take out lotus Carlton and I have always dreamed of a gt2
That is one of the best collection of cars I've ever seen. I'm 67 yrs old I had the Lotus Cortina and the Mexico, my favourite car of the 70's was the Cortina 1600E I just have so many fond memories of that car it makes me smile when I think about it. That is definatley a collection to be proud of, thank you for showing. :)
Fascinating collection and a fascinating guy. It is good that there are people out there who can save these great vehicles. Well done that man.
Best car cave ever! Please go back when his other cars have been finished and drive some of his cars!
Lotus Carlton for me ….. beautiful. But then the 6R4, GT2 and Quattro …. Magic. Great vid BTW 👍
Thank you for letting us into this wonderful garage collection.
Such an interesting car cave, great knowledge of all his cars & great that they get driven. Thanks Jonny really enjoyed this 👍
Wow, every car is a gem, the best collection of cars I have ever seen under one roof. Martin is a man of impeccable taste. Given the chance I would take the 1.9 205GTi
That's by far my favourite man cave yet!! For me, it's the carloton to drive!! But i would do unimaginably thing!! To own that RS1600 in Sunrise Yellow as well Absolutely my dream car!
That garage encapsulates my 1960's childhood, and onwards, my dad bought, repaired and sold car. I have been in a lot of those cheaper cars as a passenger and as a driver. Particularly remember, Vitesse, Fuel guzzling 2.5 PI, Mk 1 1.6 GTI and very quick (for the period) 205 1.9 GTI, seeing a SM near Ilchester in the 70's. What a great video and very decent of Martin to allow you access to his collection. 👍👌
Great collection and nice to see each car actually meaning something, not just there as it’s a favourite with the cool kids.
Amazing that he owns Hotel de France in La Chartre. For anyone that doesn’t know it was a huge favourite with the teams and drivers for the Le Mans 24hr races, especially in the 60/70’s. The walls are lined with signed memorabilia from anyone who is anyone.
We used to go to Lemans every year and would pop out to visit Hotel de France. Iconic place. 😎
I don't have any words to discribe my feelings about Martins car cave, Oh my what a glorious eclectic collection of cars, I mean from a bubble car to a lotus carlton to a 997 Gt2 to a 6r4 to the beast, That was the best hour of my Sunday, Thank you both gents. I bet I know if you do go back the car that is on your list to drive, Would it be the Carlton??
Another great video, watching it just before setting off to a 12 hour night shift so puts me in a good mood before going in, and must say the Beast looks way better in it's new paint scheme, hearing aid beige always seemed an odd choice
Glad to hear it boosts you up for the late Subday shift. Thanks for watching.
@@TheLateBrakeShow much appreciated you have no idea how boring my job is so getting my car fix definitely helps, all the best for the year ahead have a good one 🤟
Love this, somebody who has come up from a normal background and actually enjoys his cars. Thanks so much for sharing, amazing collection amd great to see such a mix of real world relatable cars and also aome.out of this world machines!
Fantastic collection, love this chaps passion for classic cars he loves. Great episode 👏
Absolutely beautiful car cave. Such an interesting and eclectic collection. Really loved hearing all the stories. Very generous of the owner to share them with us.
My favourite car of this bunch is the Lotus Carlton. I had an unhealthy obsession with these when they were new.
No one else does amazing videos like this. Well done Jonny!
I would have any of those cars. A fantastic collection. You have to drive the 2500Pi and the Lotus Carlton Jonny.
Hi Jonny, I owned an alfasud identical to the one featured in the video 1979 v plate. It was so good to see it again in its glory BUT! I have to say I think my favourites within the collection have to be the Peugeot 205 GTI, MGMontego & MG Maestro. Thank you for what you do its so nice seeing the classics flirting in the fresh air after being hidden away for years on end look forward to the next video.
What a fabulous - and eclectic, for all the right reasons - collection. His comments when looking at the Maestro are so true, which is why i love this channel, and all your other enterprises
Wonderful car cave!
Not the obvious choices at all.
Not at all, hence why we had to come and film here.
Now that is a car collection. It's got to be the most eclectic one you've featured on the channel. I think I'd have the Carlton and the completely mint Mk1 GTi.
Quite possibly the best thing I've ever watched on you tube.. Amazing video,amazing car collection and knowledge from such a passionate car guy..
One of the coolest caves yet, incredible collection from a real enthusiast who knows what he likes, and unapologetically so.
Not mentioned is his apparently mint Ducati Paso - another model that typically gets overlooked for the more popular SS and racier SPO models of the same era (or closely thereafter). And while the Paso is easily overlooked because it isn’t as fast or wasn’t as big of a hit (along with predictable Cagiva era build issues), the unique style and packaging of this bike is so neat. The full faring, the onboard mirrors and turn signals. The wonderful throatiness of the desmoduo two valves per cyl motor. These bikes are underloved… like a lot of this collection.
Just a cool guy with a building full of treats, especially for us gen x types. Thanks for sharing all of this!
It must be cold and damp in there. Noticed nearly every steering wheel had a mouldy substance on it.....except for the open top ones.
Magnificent collection though. Fantastic episode Jonny ❤
indeed, the mouldy steering wheels made me want to clean them.. he needs a dehumidifier or 3...
What a guy😊 I’ve actually owned a montego turbo and a Alpha sud 1.5 ti, and I’m a binman from Cheshire, Love it
Nothin' wrong with being a bin man - but from Cheshire? 🤣
Well Johnnie,
That is the car collection of a true motoring hero!
Martin obviously has taste, a very broad taste if we are honest. Set out in a car park, you would have to say the collection is a great event by itself. Fantastic to see the range of cars he has and the attention to detail on each one. The Aston DB5 and Range Rover need to stay as they are and be used.
If he needs people to keep them being used on the roads, I would selflessly volunteer.
What a man, great to see his passion and love for all his cars.
It's great to see someone with such a passion for the quirky and obscure. Purchasing and restoring them for future generations to appreciate. Not buying vehicles for their current or future value but because he has memory or attachment to them.
His knowledge of every vehicle in the collection was astounding, what a great episode. Cheers.
What an amazing passion car cave. These private garage videos are always my favourite on this channel and this was one of the best so far.
I'd love to drive the RS1600, but I think it'd be the Lotus Carlton I'd want to take home - the ultimate sleeper.
Has this become the official channel of the MG Maestro/Montego fanbois?! Great episode, fantastic collection. Thanks.
Inadvertently, yes. This was NOT planned.
He just needs a Metro Turbo to Finish the Set :)
Just catching up on my backlog. Loved this! What an eclectic collection and some real underdogs in there. Great stuff.
Thanks guys, that was simply the best motoring RUclips video I have ever watched. The collection is unique and some very strange bed fellows but all the better for it. Whilst I love the Aston's and Porsches, it was amazing to see such a good conditioned Maestro and Montego. They are all part of the journey.