Bicester Heritage FLYWHEEL 2023 walkaround
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- The two-day Bicester Heritage FLYWHEEL 2023 show returned in June after a break of five years. A two-day show combining static and active displays of classic cars, racing cars, motorcycles and historic aircraft, it was an event we really didn't want to miss and we were fortunate enough to attend on day one.
Having attended a couple of Bicester Scrambles, it was interesting to compare FLYWHEEL at Bicester Heritage with them and note the differences. The former is a large, mainly static, gathering of classic and vintage cars held on a single day at a time in the grounds of Bicester Heritage, while the scope of vehicles in attendance at FLYWHEEL over the two days was much broader, with the added benefit of seeing many of them actively demonstrated, in the case of competition cars, motorcycles and karts, on a figure-of-eight demonstration track. The attendance of many fantastic old aircraft, including a return of the sole flying example of Bristol Blenheim to this former WW2 RAF airfield which was once home to Blenheims, was a real treat. As at the Scrambles, many of the classic car related businesses based at Bicester Heritage threw open their doors for FLYWHEEL 2023, inviting members of the public to have a close look at what they do. All in all, a grand day out.
In this video I spent the day walking all around the Bicester site, trying to see as much as possible, both parked up, out on the track, and zooming around in the skies above. As the Old Classic Car channel is primarily about old cars and vehicles, these are the main focus although I have included some of the more modern vehicle displays to try and give an overall flavour of FLYWHEEL as a whole. Let me know in the comments if you attended Bicester Heritage FLYWHEEL and what you thought of it, especially if you attended on day two - were there any differences in the display vehicles between day one and two?
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A wonderful video and knowledgable commentary. A joy to watch, thank you.
Thanks!
Thankypu so much for the video, it's been a long time since I've enjoyed a video as much, fantastic knowledge , much appreciated, keep it up cheers !!
So pleased that you liked it, if you haven't done so already please take a look in the channel's back catalogue as there are stacks of similar videos on here now.
1:17:16, thats' a Riley Adelphi .I had one in my early teens in very nice condition,a 15/6. I had one problem,the gearbox had no reverse and I couldn't find anyone who could help me fix it,so I swapped it for a mini.... So when I started my apprenticeship,one of the first main jobs i had to tackle and learn about was...preselector gearboxes.
Very entertaining and interesting show watched all vid then tea. I’ve been a few years ago some of the buildings have not been renovated yet but a very good heritage vehicle centre to restore and help keep them running also vintage aircraft as well
I liked that early viewed Alvis for sale the best!
JIM🎉
It was certainly a handsome machine
Good upload
At last a Jowett Jupiter. Yes stuck in the back of a dealers. But You ticked it off for me. I did enjoy the wonderful cars on show. They were quite something. Was there one I would like to take home. Sorry I have not the space to look after a nice old car. If I did then there was a maroon Austin long wheelbase saloon which popped up a few times & that would do me. I am guessing it to be a 6-cylinder car with generous room in the rear seating arrangements.
Yes that Austin was a neat old survivor and sounded excellent, thanks for watching
Fantastic video with a great selection. Keep em coming 🏴🏴
I'll do my best although I can't get to everything!! Thanks for watching
Enjoyable video, a little bit of everything to keep one's interest alive. 👍
I really enjoyed tis mix of some beautiful classic cars and 'planes. And the sound of a full house harry flatters BDA was used by one driver to utilise the power and truly drift in order to stitch together the apexes! The wonderful memories flooded back! The mix was brilliant, so congrats to you both!
Rob
Thanks Rob, yep it was a good day out, thanks for watching
loved your comment i could live here
Favourites: #1 45:08 Alvis 1935 (star of the show), #2 43:31 3:10 Gordon Keebles and #3 51:25 Datsun 240Z. 😁👍
Excellent video and commentary
Thankyou I have to get there .
Thanks Keith, yes we like these events where various types of transport gather in one place
Growing up in the 70-80s, I used to love watching old Harold Lloyd films on the TV - I can still hear the theme tune in my head!
Some excellent cars, btw. The old 30s Vauxhall being a favourite!
I well remember Harold Lloyd being on TV every Saturday morning, great stuff
Yes, the less said about the electric e-types, the better...
It does feel a bit like fitting UPVC windows in St Paul's Cathedral if I'm honest, thanks for watching
Buenísimo, brillante , este mensaje llega todos, contiene la verdadera situación, vivaaaa la libertad carajoooooo
Beautiful little car. Man, does that steering wheel look enormous in that little car!
A great event at Bicester , will be at the next one myself. thanks for a lovely video. Cheers Bob
Glad you enjoyed it
Thankyou Richard &Co ! What a great venue ! Would love to have been there . Thanks
Thanks John!
Long video, but very enjoyable. Thank you.
58:00 If it is a Hispano aeroplane engine maybe it served before in a S.E.5 fighter plane or Spad..?
The Opel Kadett was assembled in the UK in Southampton in the late 1930s. About 40 % cheaper tahn in Germany, they were subsidized by the German government. Aiming to damage the British motor industry. Ofcourse they woul dhave known that was going to play an important role in aircraft production and with general war work. Not a great success, the car in the video is for sure a British assembled one on account of the RHD. All in all in 1936-39 they sold about 75,000 cars outside of Germany, all cheaply weakeling local brands.
Interesting info, thanks for posting
Great stuff - I like this channel a lot. You didn’t mention Allen Millyard going past on his aero engined ‘Flying Millyard’. Check out his channel if you like real engineering, cakes and hedgehogs.
Yes I saw him riding by, quite the engineer
"Flywheel"was produced by the members of the Mulberg Motor Club Stalag IV b 1944-45
Ah yes, I've a book of the articles that were published during WW2
Great vid, was chuffed to see my Marcos Featured! thank you. :)
Cool, glad you liked it
Good to see the mrk 1 -2s escorts racing
At 1;28:27 -
One of my all time favorite cars:
ISO Grifo ‼️
[ the white on in the background.]
- and I’m glad you made your way to it.
🚗📻🙂
I’ll settle for the MK2 Cortina convertible.😁
Great video ‼️
So many different things , including the aircrafts, and the little road course, Memorabilia, works in progress, and the motorcycles. Wow.
Yep the Iso was certainly an eye-catching car, thanks for watching
At last a car I actually desire, a Gordon Keeble!
I think there were 3 or maybe 4 at one Bicester trip we did, possibly earlier this year?
Great film and you got my Series 1 on it! It's a 56, 86 inch, which has been rebuilt but left as original as possible. It is also used everyday, not wrapped in cotton wool which I reckon makes it much more reliable!
It looked great, thanks for watching
Cool video, nice mix of vehicles for sure
Glad you liked it!
Tremendous . One of your very best videos ,Thank you very much
Thanks Robin, having really interesting stuff for me to drool over certainly helps
Another good one Rick. You were talking about that Opel Cadet. I have a 1937 Earls Court Motor Show edition of The Autocar and there is one in there, so I dug it out. Specs are 11.1hp ( 9 Pound tax), 1074cc list price135 Pound. So they must have been trying to sell them in the UK. That car just looks like the picture in the magazine.
Thanks for looking that up!
A late friend of mine, John Baker, restored his Gordon Keeble at the Jensen factory where he worked as service manager. Unfortunately I never saw it. I was recently given his membership card to the owners club as a souvenir. Oddly enough my wife recently asked 'If money was no object what classic car would I like' ? Have a guess what my answer was! Those ventilated wheels and spinners just look so right.
at this former RAF airfield I often tipped military clothing from thr socks up ! This was manufactured in 'Flanders Fields' and tipping wasn't always a nice experience....dating to 2002
The Flying Millyard , 5 litre V twin , made out of two cylinders from a nine cylinder Pratt & Whitney radial aero engine and , IT IS KICK START ONLY !!!
Another great video. You have so many awesome car shows. I love the sound of a screaming BDA engine. The more things change, the more they stay the same as the AC shows with the switchs on the steering wheel. No modern car is without them. I loved the Lancia Stratos.
Good reaction.
I did feel, however, that you could have said _Gordon Keeble_ a tad more frequently. (3:10)
One Big name Driver missing from Boo 8, Shelby A C. Mr A presley! Yes really....
Regarding the little blue RHD Opel. A lot of European and Scandinavian cars were rhd before the war. Sweden only changed to LHD in the 1950s. Might this little Opel be one of those?
Sweden changed to driving on the right, on 3rd September 1967...............Many high class French cars were built as right hand drive until the mid 1950's...............
Very nice collection,,love to see when the one videotaping is knowledgeable of them cars. Pedal cars are always an attraction,,I'd never had one,,but rode a few. Schwinn bicycles are the act me,though
Glad you enjoyed it!
Only two complaints; firstly the video was far too long - I had intended to dip in for a few minutes and found I had been watching for over an hour, and secondly this video was too short so you only spent a few seconds on the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346 and no time at all on some of the wonderful early aircraft when I wanted to see far more of them. Keep up the good work.
p.S. I have just found brief footage of the same 346 in another of your videos and as it has been converted into a bar it now has far less interest for me.
Thanks for giving the Bicester videos a watch!
Perfect way to spend a Sunday evening! My favourites: Alvis Speed 20, yellow Dolly Sprint, Lagonda Rapier. So much automobilia (and cars) for sale - does Mrs OCC confiscate your credit card when you attend these events?!!
I just have an iron resolve not to buy anything else unless it really floats my boat, or is cheap :)
So that Speed 20 turned my gears also. Do you know what the price was? That would look very nice in your garage, eh? Thanks for covering this event. It's about the only way I get my classic British car fix other than watching the old Quatermass series DVD.
I didn't see a price but I'm confident that it would have been above my budget :)
Watching your video layed in the sun !thanks for your hardwork
Thunder & lightning here this pm, thanks for watching
BUY IT THATS ONE NICE ALVIS