I've seen this and knew of its association with the death of Collins. Then, a few weeks after that I was in the Vienna military museum looking at the car Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in. My girlfriend said 'any other fatal vehicles you're going to drag me to museums to see?'
Nick, my Grandfather was an Army Officer in the British Army he joined in 1920 and he commanded a squad of these on the North West Frontier of India in the 1920s.. this is so cool. He always said that the engineering from Rolls Royce was a different league to the other vehicles even though these were about to be replaced at the time, the soldiers loved them because they would rarely break down and you REALLY didn't want to break down in the Khyber Pass. A HUGE thank you Nick, the restoration team and the Irish Army for keeping this wonderful machine in such remarkable condition.
Despite being British of Irish descent and knowing the name of Collins, I was not aware of the assassination and thought he was killed by the Brits. The truth of his death at the hands of his own IRA is more fascinating by far. Thanks for this amazing glimpse at Ireland's history.
He was killed for working with the British. He was a negotiator and signatory of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the leader of the pro-treaty military when the Civil War started.
@@inisipisTV I would recommend the episode on The Great War channel about the Anglo Irish war. I learned more specific info on that than when I took a tour of Southern Ireland. [Never did find any almond fingers.]
@@88porpoise He was persuaded to go to the negotiations by de Valera. Collins in the end was backed into a corner and felt that it was the best deal that could be had out of a bad hand. The British also held the promise of Northern Ireland joining "at a later date"! de Valera, always the one to climb to the top of the greasy political pole, could claim that he wouldn't have signed the Treaty but pointed the blame at Collins. In my mind Collins, if he had lived, would have made a much better Irish leader than de Valera ;who was basically Irish with an American passport!
@@marcuswardle3180 You could say Collins atleast got 26 counties and Dev got fuck all, he never really did anything great for our country, not like Collins did, he fought for his people and gave them a country.
INFINITELY better than the Panhard interior!! I haven't seen Nick so reflective since he was sitting in an M1 with Sofelein, reminiscing about his time as a platoon commander in Iraq. It makes this video extra-special.
@@jp18449 was on the original WOT North America website (which has set all its videos to unlisted) but they're still available via playlists there! ruclips.net/video/GzqtoKCk87Q/видео.html&pp=iAQB for the M1A1 Abrams video in that playlist
@@jp18449 I've been trying to find it. The video was shot at the American Heritage Museum. I did find a video where Sofelein mentioned doing a tour with Chieftain for WoT, but I cannot find the video itself, but that's the only clue I could come up with. The museum has an M1A1 that was actually used in Iraq, so is configured pretty much like NIck's tank. I'm sorry I can't find it; hopefully your RUclips-fu is better!
It is a uniquely Irish holy grail and I can't feel the same sense of that vehicle's history as you, a native Irishman who served in The Republic's army. For a British equivalent I'd have to go to HMS Victory, but that is so big I just wouldn't have the same feeling of intimacy.
You didn't point out my favourite lever fitted to these - down beside the clutch there's a metal plate with a lever marked "NOT FOR USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM" - when pressed it disconnects the silencers from the exhaust. A few enthusiastic revs and you get a thunderous noise to frighten the local population, what what!
😂 Judging by the dreadful car exhaust noise levels in my neighbourhood, I think some of the boy racers round my way have these fitted to their modern cars.
Is that what it says? (haven't watched it yet!) 🙂 I wonder who authorised that wording and whether a civil servant or a manger at Rolls? Bcos Rolls are known to be silent... you only know a RR is driving up behind you as you hear the tyres! 🙂 Wouldn't want "The World" knows Rolls use ordinary petrol technology, would we? 😊
@@davydatwood3158I just watched the bloopers to the end now after seeing your comment. Yes, that's what it will be. Perhaps the plate has been removed, or the system otherwise disconnected, so he didn't know what it was. The one at the Tank Museum is still intact.
It's rare to be in a place where you can tangibly feel the weight of history. Thank you and all the people you collaborated with for this series on the Irish cavalry corps.
The Rolls Royce is one of my favourite afvs around. I have watched David Fletcher talking about Bovington’s example more times than I care to mention. So seeing an in depth breakdown of one of the very few others that remain is a real treat. Cheers Chieftain.
My grandfather used these in the 1920s and 1930s while stationed in Egypt with the 12th Lancers. Thank you for showing us this very interesting vehicle.
I’m a former member of the reserve defence forces and would like to thank you for your attention recently to our country’s military history and its role in helping to build the nation. I’m ex signals and appreciate your highlighting our nations service to peace keeping with the United Nations and its role in internal security through the difficult years of the troubles in ulster.
That bit about oil *under* the engine proving that there’s oil *in* the engine has always been my favorite reply to people who mock old Harley Davidson motorcycles. If it was good enough for Rolls, it’s good enough for Harleys. That is one of the most beautiful military vehicles you’ve shown us so far if not the most beautiful. All that brass and copper on and around the engine along with the brightly polished carbide spotlight speak of casual elegance that is sadly absent in modern vehicles. I have no doubt that every soldier who got to drive it did so with great pride. “What did you do in the war, daddy?” “I drove a Rolls Royce.”
@@seanmalloy7249 ... or they are engines with worthy maintenance kept up to date, with good quality spare-parts.😅 If an engine is leaking, it might mean it shouldn't be leaking, after all.
@@Briselance I think it's more for the same reason that the SR-71 leaks fuel until it gets up to speed and the heat expansion seals the joints -- if the engine was made tight enough to seal at room temperature, then at operating temperature the seals and bearings might be too tight to allow the engine to generate full power, so some leakage on the ground is accepted for them tightening up when at operating temperature.
Gods, that engine! 😲 A thing of beauty, indeed! There's something unutterably iconic about the old Rolls Royce armored cars. They define what an armored car ought look like, in my mind.
What a treat for an otherwise dull Saturday evening, where I was resigned to having to watch Olympics - The Chieftain is on, a video only seconds old! Thanks, man, you saved my sorry ass!
Oh come on man! Elite athletes from all around the world are busting their guts and you can't appreciate their efforts? You've had your Chieftain fix now go and watch those wonderful athletes! 😅
@@markfryer9880they, understandably, may not be a big fan of how the IOC and France have handled the Olympics this year and aren't thrilled to watch for that reason
seems at the last seconds, Mr O'Connor was a bit lost in thoughts and memories. Thanks for leaving that in, because I respect that from the bottom of my heart.
Wow...just Wow! I note that Thomas Lawrence ("of Arabia") wrote that they once broke a leaf spring in the desert. They got home by moving a running board to support the wheel. So I guess with Rolls Royce, even running boards are quality parts.
Fun little fact: Rolls Royce keeps record of every single vehicles VIN and/or Chassis Number and Bill of Sale for their vehicles that they have sold since the company's inception, so one could go back to Rolls Royce with Sliabh's Chassis Number and get all the original information for it from the time is was sold. Also, the search light probably also used Acetylene (the captions said "Carbide") but it was common for cars from that era to use acetylene lights rather than electric. This was achieved by mixing water and calcium carbide that would result in acetylene gas being produced that would be pumped under pressure to the lights and lit by the driver to provide light.
Yes, acetyelene gas was produced by the mixing of water with calcium carbide, but the lights were always colloquially known as "Carbide Lamps", the reason being that that is what they were called by the common people who had to go to the chemist's shop, to buy the "carbide" for their bicycle lamps and other lighting applications. Too many syllables in 'acytelene' for the average early-20th Century farm labourer! (No disparagement here, my maternal grandfather was one, according to the 1911 Census😂)
@@kevinmurray7789 I was in the Scouts back in early 80s and we still used them for caving (we were not well funded, and i guess they have certain reliability benefits over cheap 80s electric lamps in the wet), always called em carbide lamps, but we also still had a few paraffin lamps as well, so i guess made more sense to refer to them by fuel type.
In 1922 my late father drove this vehicle around Co. Cork. He'd been imprisoned by the British for his part in blowing up a police station - aged just 17 - in early 1921. He was released at the signing of the Truce and immediately joined the Free State Army. His brother went over to the other side for the civil war that followed. I got to sit in it when I visited the Curragh in 2001. I cried my eyes out.
Wow. Its so great to see the Cheiftan not just happy, but profoundly affected by living history. Truly a video that no one else could have made. Thank you for doing what you do.
My late father trained on a similar vehicle in WW2. He drove around North Antrim,he was a driver of another legendary vehicle, the Churchill tank in the North Irish Horse tank regiment. He was on active service in Tunisia,,Sicily. and Italy.
Since I was a boy in the 1950s, reading British boys papers like "The Rover' and Hotspur' that made their way into my hands here Across the Pond, courtesy of friends whose mothers were English war brides, I have been fascinated by the Rolls armoured cars! Thanks for a real treat, Chieftain!!
Great things come in small packages, I can see why David Fletcher loves it more than all the exotic and incredible tanks of the tank museum in bovington. It's the living history of our states formation.
What a beautiful glorious piece of machinery and history. I cannot express enough gratitude to Ireland for having preserved and restored it. Also thanks to you Chieftain for sharing it with those of us who will never get to see it in person
During the Irish Civil War there were also Lancia armoured cars converted into railcars patrolling some of the railways, in addition to some armoured trains. Wouldn't think any survived long after, but it came to mind for some reason!
I don't use this word for military armored vehicle's, but in this case, for this vehicle, I think it is appropriate. A gorgeous vehicle. Thank you for the video
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What an absolute treat to be educated not only in the history of early armoured combat vehicles, but also in the history of the modern Irish nation. There are so many conflicts hidden in the shadows of the big wars, so much suffering and sacrifice known only to those immediately affected. Thank you so much for bringing this piece of history to the world once again!
Incredible! Just pure joy!!! Your face at the end , Chieftain, said it all. Very emotional. The placing of the vehicle in the History of Ireland was unique and so deeply felt. Thank you. The opening scene!!! The glint of light on the brass wing nuts! It's purring engine! It was also quite frightening too! Knowing the time of its service, the event's in our Nation's past. Just one thing I must mention, the superstition surrounding the number 13, well the Belfast City Corporation thought it a great laugh to number the buses up the Falls Road, Number 13!!!!!!! Thank you again. This was perhaps your best show, just so rare a vehicle.
Thanks for this video, I obtained a series of private photos of Irish armour with the car in it but you have expanded my view of this wonderful vehice. I have always wondered why Michael Collins was not in the vehicle. Thanks from Australia
I'm jealous of Chieftain - he gets to put his hands on fantastic military vehicles and this one is by far the best one yet - I'd Love to have had the privilege of sitting in it and feel the history - WOW
An excellent video, plenty enough for when I finally get hold of a 1/35;scale model kit. The Irish Defence Forces have done not only their country's history but also British history, proud. Such a beautiful restoration. We've seen where The Chieftain's standards sit, they're in a Roller. 👍🇮🇪🇬🇧🇮🇪😊
What a great, knowledgable man to have as a guest! And an absolutely stunning vehicle. :) Good to see such an iconic and significant vehicle in Irish history being so well taken care of. :)
What a beautiful vehicle. With all the shiny brass it wouldn't be out of place in a hot rod show. That spot light at the top looks like it was pulled off a Royal Navy ship. Quite a top show piece.
I love that there are still channels on YT that teach us something and encourage us to think outside the box. Subscribed and looking forward to seeing how this advances.
I was at a Highland games in Colorado a few years ago with my MG Midget, when a visitor from the British Isles stopped to look at it He asked me if I knew why the Brits liked warm beer? And when I professed my ignorance, he replied, "Lucas makes refrigerators !"
@gwtpictgwtpict4214 you are using the British imperlist language in Ireland the islands you call the British Isles, we in Ireland say "these islands " so please don't insult the irish people again.
I like just about every type of vehicle you try to fit into with a wide variety of contortionist moves but, this vehicle is my idea of the “Holy Grail” that you can fit in and it runs! That has to be the sweetest, smoothest and quietest engine that I’ve ever heard running, especially for its age! This was a real treat. Thank you! You are probably back home now but, I would have loved to see you do a guest spot on the Try Channel. Drinking or painting game of course! As always, stay safe and healthy.
Great episode Chieftain! 😊 The thing about this vehicle is that you can clearly see it's lineage from the RR armoured cars of WWI. I like the fact that by 1920 the pedal layout was the modern standard of (from the left to right) clutch, steering shaft, brakes and accelerator. With the way that things are going with automatic transmission and also electric motors, it will soon be down to two pedals and lots of confusion for drivers getting into older vehicles. 😂 Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
As a Canadian with an Irish sister-in-law who's named her eldest daughter Saoirse, I feel the pain of having to explain to people that Irish names are pronounced with absolutely no regard as to the spelling! 😁 EDIT: Boy, that's a gorgeous vehicle!
I'm distantly Irish myself, and I love Irish names, but I still have to admit that they make no sense. I can still see the look on my mom's face when I first said the name "Aoife Duffin", and she still pronounces Saoirse Ronan's name "say-or-see"
@@eoinkenny3188 Irish uses Latin characters in a way that no other European language uses them. Irish pronunciation would probably be better served by Cyrillic, since that alphabet already has many of the sounds that the Irish use so often. Of course, that would mean a massive cultural change to make that happen, so we'll just deal with the weird language
@@filmandfirearms but we will just carry on using the Latin alphabet. I mean, it's a real thing to us, a lived part of our lives with its own highly regular spelling conventions. Indeed, far more regular than English. But, of course, there is no Internet law against being deeply ignorant and minority languages are a frequent target.
I am imagining being a landed lord, bringing my own comforts along, getting involved with a new concept combat vehicle and thinking; "Oh, we could modify my super car, why don't we?". Having a working vehicle, where most parts are from the period of operation: Wow!
Nick, that was very satisfying, looking at the oldest active afv in the world, ThankYou!!! It seemed that you had a pause for thought as you wrapped up the video as it struck you that there is nothing else to see... Not true, but I understand where you were at that moment. I love your sense of humour at awkward moments when you ask the sort of question that the public would ask and the response is silence, then the admission : I don't know. Lovely.
Hey! I'm pretty early. Thanks for the videos Chieftain, always wondered about Irelands armoured forces. I noticed they're one of the few countries that doesn't seem to operate any MBTs.
35:10 The fact a 198cm (around six-and-a-half feet) man can fit in the Rolls Royce armored car shouldn't be entirely surprising because it was based off the touring cars, whose drivers were often chosen SPECIFICALLY for their impressive heights as a matter of prestige. Read some of the old comic magazines like Punch, you will find references to rich people fighting over whose servants were bigger and more impressive-looking. Definitely one of the perks of sourcing your weapons from luxury dealers is they don't follow the rules that define the weapons made for and by plebeians!
A beautiful and regal lady... age sits lightly on her even a shade past a century old. The emotion in your voice, Sir, isn't lost - you're right if there's a Holy Grail of armored vehicles, she's it. She's as close to the beginning as you can get, she's the "aha moment" that pulled all the parts together and brought modern technology to the battlefield as more than just the sum of it's parts. Every tank, every APC, everything can trace back to her.
Holy crap, I'm pretty sure that's an acetylene gas operated lamp. You'd put calcium carbonate in water, and burn the gas (if I remember correctly). It was used on mining helmet lamps of the the time. Super cool!.
Well. Guess you can take The Chieftain out of Ireland, but you can't take Ireland out of The Chieftain. The man felt at home inside the RR. Your musings about Holy Grails were correct. Superb video.
Simply stunning.......not only to we get to witness such a vehicle, but also gain a brilliant insight into it's uses and features. Not to mention, the comment section is absolutely full of extra tidbits. Win/Win indeed.
Went to an event a few years back where James Black gave a talk about his work restoring old Rolls Royces including this and also the 'Moon car' - a yellow Rolls fitted with Lewis guns used by the IRA in the '20s - amazing build quality in these old vehicles & amazing restorations
The thing that is striking to me about these vehicles is that while they seemed so ubiquitous there were only about 200 of them; a tribute to their durability.
That is a seriously attractive vehicle, sir. I don’t remember; was there one in Littlefield’s collection? I have many fond memories of our trips there.
Col. very good video. How fitting that the Irish Cav. would have the oldest still in service being your spot for armor vehicles. Coming from a old 11B who almost got to get spurs and stetson being in a 1-10 Cav.
The engine on this vehicle is a work of art. A vehicle nerds dream. I have little to no knowledge or experience in vehicle mechanics but even I can say this car is a work of art.
This car is living it's best life and is more or less immortal now.
100% Best Life 🙂
I've seen this and knew of its association with the death of Collins. Then, a few weeks after that I was in the Vienna military museum looking at the car Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in. My girlfriend said 'any other fatal vehicles you're going to drag me to museums to see?'
She's not quite a fan of history, eh?😅
Take her to Nevada, show her the Bonnie and Clyde death car.
@@wpl955g9 - Add in the JFK limo in Dearborn, Michigan at the Ford Museum..:)
@@wpl955g9 This!
Nick, my Grandfather was an Army Officer in the British Army he joined in 1920 and he commanded a squad of these on the North West Frontier of India in the 1920s.. this is so cool. He always said that the engineering from Rolls Royce was a different league to the other vehicles even though these were about to be replaced at the time, the soldiers loved them because they would rarely break down and you REALLY didn't want to break down in the Khyber Pass.
A HUGE thank you Nick, the restoration team and the Irish Army for keeping this wonderful machine in such remarkable condition.
Thanks for sharing! 🫠❤️👊
My grandfather joined the Royal Tank Corp in May 1921 and served in India too, he also served in Northern Ireland in Belleek
Despite being British of Irish descent and knowing the name of Collins, I was not aware of the assassination and thought he was killed by the Brits. The truth of his death at the hands of his own IRA is more fascinating by far. Thanks for this amazing glimpse at Ireland's history.
Huh? You should watch the movie starring Liam Neeson then. Excellent film.
He was killed for working with the British. He was a negotiator and signatory of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the leader of the pro-treaty military when the Civil War started.
@@inisipisTV I would recommend the episode on The Great War channel about the Anglo Irish war. I learned more specific info on that than when I took a tour of Southern Ireland. [Never did find any almond fingers.]
@@88porpoise He was persuaded to go to the negotiations by de Valera. Collins in the end was backed into a corner and felt that it was the best deal that could be had out of a bad hand. The British also held the promise of Northern Ireland joining "at a later date"! de Valera, always the one to climb to the top of the greasy political pole, could claim that he wouldn't have signed the Treaty but pointed the blame at Collins. In my mind Collins, if he had lived, would have made a much better Irish leader than de Valera ;who was basically Irish with an American passport!
@@marcuswardle3180 You could say Collins atleast got 26 counties and Dev got fuck all, he never really did anything great for our country, not like Collins did, he fought for his people and gave them a country.
INFINITELY better than the Panhard interior!!
I haven't seen Nick so reflective since he was sitting in an M1 with Sofelein, reminiscing about his time as a platoon commander in Iraq. It makes this video extra-special.
The depth of his feelings is so very evident speaking of the weight of history for this one.
Don't suppose you know the title of that video? Can't find it after searching M1 on the channel.
@@jp18449 was on the original WOT North America website (which has set all its videos to unlisted) but they're still available via playlists there!
ruclips.net/video/GzqtoKCk87Q/видео.html&pp=iAQB for the M1A1 Abrams video in that playlist
@@jp18449 I've been trying to find it. The video was shot at the American Heritage Museum. I did find a video where Sofelein mentioned doing a tour with Chieftain for WoT, but I cannot find the video itself, but that's the only clue I could come up with. The museum has an M1A1 that was actually used in Iraq, so is configured pretty much like NIck's tank.
I'm sorry I can't find it; hopefully your RUclips-fu is better!
Is it not my “Chieftain Chats Abrams” video?
It is a uniquely Irish holy grail and I can't feel the same sense of that vehicle's history as you, a native Irishman who served in The Republic's army.
For a British equivalent I'd have to go to HMS Victory, but that is so big I just wouldn't have the same feeling of intimacy.
It's ours, give it back!
@@gusgone4527 We've got one; don't begrudge!
You didn't point out my favourite lever fitted to these - down beside the clutch there's a metal plate with a lever marked "NOT FOR USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM" - when pressed it disconnects the silencers from the exhaust. A few enthusiastic revs and you get a thunderous noise to frighten the local population, what what!
A LOUDENER LEVER!
Pretty sure that the "I was afraid you'd ask me about that" lever mentioned in the "bloopers." Thanks for explaining what it was!
😂 Judging by the dreadful car exhaust noise levels in my neighbourhood, I think some of the boy racers round my way have these fitted to their modern cars.
Is that what it says? (haven't watched it yet!) 🙂 I wonder who authorised that wording and whether a civil servant or a manger at Rolls? Bcos Rolls are known to be silent... you only know a RR is driving up behind you as you hear the tyres! 🙂 Wouldn't want "The World" knows Rolls use ordinary petrol technology, would we? 😊
@@davydatwood3158I just watched the bloopers to the end now after seeing your comment. Yes, that's what it will be. Perhaps the plate has been removed, or the system otherwise disconnected, so he didn't know what it was. The one at the Tank Museum is still intact.
It's rare to be in a place where you can tangibly feel the weight of history. Thank you and all the people you collaborated with for this series on the Irish cavalry corps.
The Rolls Royce is one of my favourite afvs around. I have watched David Fletcher talking about Bovington’s example more times than I care to mention. So seeing an in depth breakdown of one of the very few others that remain is a real treat. Cheers Chieftain.
I think one of the videos was done to commemorate Elizabeth 2's visit to the musem (this was released a few weeks after she passed away).
My grandfather used these in the 1920s and 1930s while stationed in Egypt with the 12th Lancers. Thank you for showing us this very interesting vehicle.
I’m a former member of the reserve defence forces and would like to thank you for your attention recently to our country’s military history and its role in helping to build the nation. I’m ex signals and appreciate your highlighting our nations service to peace keeping with the United Nations and its role in internal security through the difficult years of the troubles in ulster.
When he looked at the fan belt... Anyone else think "it looks like a track and it needs to be kept tensioned, the Chieftain will be happy" 😛
1:38 - AH! THE MARK OF THE BEAST!
@@hoilst265 As a kid of the 70's and 80's, more the mark of disappointment 😝
That bit about oil *under* the engine proving that there’s oil *in* the engine has always been my favorite reply to people who mock old Harley Davidson motorcycles. If it was good enough for Rolls, it’s good enough for Harleys.
That is one of the most beautiful military vehicles you’ve shown us so far if not the most beautiful. All that brass and copper on and around the engine along with the brightly polished carbide spotlight speak of casual elegance that is sadly absent in modern vehicles. I have no doubt that every soldier who got to drive it did so with great pride.
“What did you do in the war, daddy?” “I drove a Rolls Royce.”
The only engines that don't leak oil have no oil in them. True for any military vehicle, and many civilian ones.
More like "I spent the war polishing a Rolls-Royce."
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... or they are engines with worthy maintenance kept up to date, with good quality spare-parts.😅
If an engine is leaking, it might mean it shouldn't be leaking, after all.
@@Briselance I think it's more for the same reason that the SR-71 leaks fuel until it gets up to speed and the heat expansion seals the joints -- if the engine was made tight enough to seal at room temperature, then at operating temperature the seals and bearings might be too tight to allow the engine to generate full power, so some leakage on the ground is accepted for them tightening up when at operating temperature.
This engine is the same as a big radial engine. It doesn't leak oil, it merely marks its territory.
Gods, that engine! 😲 A thing of beauty, indeed!
There's something unutterably iconic about the old Rolls Royce armored cars. They define what an armored car ought look like, in my mind.
An armoured car of the time, oh yes. Totally.
What a treat for an otherwise dull Saturday evening, where I was resigned to having to watch Olympics - The Chieftain is on, a video only seconds old!
Thanks, man, you saved my sorry ass!
Oh come on man! Elite athletes from all around the world are busting their guts and you can't appreciate their efforts? You've had your Chieftain fix now go and watch those wonderful athletes! 😅
@@markfryer9880they, understandably, may not be a big fan of how the IOC and France have handled the Olympics this year and aren't thrilled to watch for that reason
@@BlackHawkBallistic This guy.
seems at the last seconds, Mr O'Connor was a bit lost in thoughts and memories. Thanks for leaving that in, because I respect that from the bottom of my heart.
Wow...just Wow!
I note that Thomas Lawrence ("of Arabia") wrote that they once broke a leaf spring in the desert.
They got home by moving a running board to support the wheel.
So I guess with Rolls Royce, even running boards are quality parts.
Fun little fact: Rolls Royce keeps record of every single vehicles VIN and/or Chassis Number and Bill of Sale for their vehicles that they have sold since the company's inception, so one could go back to Rolls Royce with Sliabh's Chassis Number and get all the original information for it from the time is was sold.
Also, the search light probably also used Acetylene (the captions said "Carbide") but it was common for cars from that era to use acetylene lights rather than electric. This was achieved by mixing water and calcium carbide that would result in acetylene gas being produced that would be pumped under pressure to the lights and lit by the driver to provide light.
thanks for the info about the light - i recalled Acetylene lamps being fuelled by calcium-something, but not exactly what.
much appreciated
Yes, acetyelene gas was produced by the mixing of water with calcium carbide, but the lights were always colloquially known as "Carbide Lamps", the reason being that that is what they were called by the common people who had to go to the chemist's shop, to buy the "carbide" for their bicycle lamps and other lighting applications. Too many syllables in 'acytelene' for the average early-20th Century farm labourer!
(No disparagement here, my maternal grandfather was one, according to the 1911 Census😂)
@@kevinmurray7789 I was in the Scouts back in early 80s and we still used them for caving (we were not well funded, and i guess they have certain reliability benefits over cheap 80s electric lamps in the wet), always called em carbide lamps, but we also still had a few paraffin lamps as well, so i guess made more sense to refer to them by fuel type.
My late grandfather served in this car and the other Rolls as well and I have sat in it. Got a very eerie feeling being in it.
In 1922 my late father drove this vehicle around Co. Cork. He'd been imprisoned by the British for his part in blowing up a police station - aged just 17 - in early 1921. He was released at the signing of the Truce and immediately joined the Free State Army. His brother went over to the other side for the civil war that followed. I got to sit in it when I visited the Curragh in 2001. I cried my eyes out.
Wow. Its so great to see the Cheiftan not just happy, but profoundly affected by living history. Truly a video that no one else could have made. Thank you for doing what you do.
It's HIS history, too, right?
@@tacfoley4443 Indeed. How could an Irishman not be affected by such an encounter?
Septic plastics identity politics obsession, how cringe...
My late father trained on a similar vehicle in WW2. He drove around North Antrim,he was a driver of another legendary vehicle, the Churchill tank in the North Irish Horse tank regiment. He was on active service in Tunisia,,Sicily. and Italy.
I raise a glass to your Da! Sláinte.
Since I was a boy in the 1950s, reading British boys papers like "The Rover' and Hotspur' that made their way into my hands here Across the Pond, courtesy of friends whose mothers were English war brides, I have been fascinated by the Rolls armoured cars! Thanks for a real treat, Chieftain!!
Great things come in small packages, I can see why David Fletcher loves it more than all the exotic and incredible tanks of the tank museum in bovington. It's the living history of our states formation.
The brass piping on the engine is beautiful by itself..
Chieftain gets properly emotional about a vehicle and it's history. Good on you.
What a beautiful glorious piece of machinery and history.
I cannot express enough gratitude to Ireland for having preserved and restored it.
Also thanks to you Chieftain for sharing it with those of us who will never get to see it in person
It doesn't how much you could sell us on it being beautiful. It will always be more beautiful than we expected. What a work of art.
That is absolutely the most beautiful armored car ever built. It should still be in production!
There are some videos that deserve more then 1 thumbs up. This is one of them
Felt your pathos at the end Nic... It's something when you touch the history of your own background!
During the Irish Civil War there were also Lancia armoured cars converted into railcars patrolling some of the railways, in addition to some armoured trains. Wouldn't think any survived long after, but it came to mind for some reason!
Truly 'Iconic', a word so often misused, but in this case there is no other that is more fitting!
the introduction is just wonderful (the words and the vehicle rolling/coming in), this will be a great watch ... thanks in advance!
Beautiful vehicle steeped in history, one of your best videos to date.
"They designed it for the common man - and I FIT FINE." - priceless!!!
That's because he's six feet five inches - definitely NOT a 'common man' back in the 1920's.
Thanks, Chieftain! I don't know much about Irish history, but I just spent the last hour reading about Michal Collins. Always good to learn more.
Hi Nicholas, Thanks for sharing, I am delighted they let you in to film the Sliabh na mBan. I knew they would.
What a beautiful vehicle! And it is almost like it was made just for you, Nick.
I don't use this word for military armored vehicle's, but in this case, for this vehicle, I think it is appropriate.
A gorgeous vehicle.
Thank you for the video
What an absolute treat to be educated not only in the history of early armoured combat vehicles, but also in the history of the modern Irish nation. There are so many conflicts hidden in the shadows of the big wars, so much suffering and sacrifice known only to those immediately affected. Thank you so much for bringing this piece of history to the world once again!
Chitty Chitty Boom Boom!
Incredible! Just pure joy!!! Your face at the end , Chieftain, said it all. Very emotional. The placing of the vehicle in the History of Ireland was unique and so deeply felt. Thank you. The opening scene!!! The glint of light on the brass wing nuts! It's purring engine! It was also quite frightening too! Knowing the time of its service, the event's in our Nation's past. Just one thing I must mention, the superstition surrounding the number 13, well the Belfast City Corporation thought it a great laugh to number the buses up the Falls Road, Number 13!!!!!!! Thank you again. This was perhaps your best show, just so rare a vehicle.
Thanks for this video, I obtained a series of private photos of Irish armour with the car in it but you have expanded my view of this wonderful vehice. I have always wondered why Michael Collins was not in the vehicle.
Thanks from Australia
You and everyone else who has even the foggiest idea of how the ambush took place.
This video should contain a warning " Contains Engine Porn " , serious hardcore engine porn .
I'm jealous of Chieftain - he gets to put his hands on fantastic military vehicles and this one is by far the best one yet - I'd Love to have had the privilege of sitting in it and feel the history - WOW
An excellent video, plenty enough for when I finally get hold of a 1/35;scale model kit. The Irish Defence Forces have done not only their country's history but also British history, proud. Such a beautiful restoration. We've seen where The Chieftain's standards sit, they're in a Roller. 👍🇮🇪🇬🇧🇮🇪😊
No track tensioning in sight !
What a beauty. A piece of history lovingly restored and kept in superb condition.
What a great, knowledgable man to have as a guest! And an absolutely stunning vehicle. :) Good to see such an iconic and significant vehicle in Irish history being so well taken care of. :)
What a beautiful vehicle. With all the shiny brass it wouldn't be out of place in a hot rod show.
That spot light at the top looks like it was pulled off a Royal Navy ship. Quite a top show piece.
I love that there are still channels on YT that teach us something and encourage us to think outside the box. Subscribed and looking forward to seeing how this advances.
I was at a Highland games in Colorado a few years ago with my MG Midget, when a visitor from the British Isles stopped to look at it
He asked me if I knew why the Brits liked warm beer? And when I professed my ignorance, he replied, "Lucas makes refrigerators !"
😂 when an American colleague asked why i avoided flying Boeing I responded because Lucas emigrated and works for them.
Ireland is not a British Isle 🙄
@@John316OBrian-cm4fj Yes it is. Not politically but geographically. It is one of the Islands that make up the British Isles
@gwtpictgwtpict4214 you are using the British imperlist language in Ireland the islands you call the British Isles, we in Ireland say "these islands " so please don't insult the irish people again.
@@John316OBrian-cm4fj you're not to bright are you, It was British Isle long before Ireland, Scotland , Wales or England where known.
I like just about every type of vehicle you try to fit into with a wide variety of contortionist moves but, this vehicle is my idea of the “Holy Grail” that you can fit in and it runs!
That has to be the sweetest, smoothest and quietest engine that I’ve ever heard running, especially for its age!
This was a real treat. Thank you!
You are probably back home now but, I would have loved to see you do a guest spot on the Try Channel. Drinking or painting game of course!
As always, stay safe and healthy.
Any Rolls Royce Armoured Car would already be a fantastic subject for a video, but this one, with its history... stunning!
Great episode Chieftain! 😊
The thing about this vehicle is that you can clearly see it's lineage from the RR armoured cars of WWI. I like the fact that by 1920 the pedal layout was the modern standard of (from the left to right) clutch, steering shaft, brakes and accelerator.
With the way that things are going with automatic transmission and also electric motors, it will soon be down to two pedals and lots of confusion for drivers getting into older vehicles. 😂
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: it's like Jay Leno's Garage, but for military vehicles.
And therefore better
i never thought i would see such a detailed video of sliabh na mban thank you
As a Canadian with an Irish sister-in-law who's named her eldest daughter Saoirse, I feel the pain of having to explain to people that Irish names are pronounced with absolutely no regard as to the spelling! 😁
EDIT: Boy, that's a gorgeous vehicle!
I'm distantly Irish myself, and I love Irish names, but I still have to admit that they make no sense. I can still see the look on my mom's face when I first said the name "Aoife Duffin", and she still pronounces Saoirse Ronan's name "say-or-see"
They are pronounced exactly how they are spelled... just in a different language that happens to share most of the English alphabet
Different languages have different orthographies. As Irish speakers rest assured it is just as tedious explaining that to monoglot Anglophones.
@@eoinkenny3188 Irish uses Latin characters in a way that no other European language uses them. Irish pronunciation would probably be better served by Cyrillic, since that alphabet already has many of the sounds that the Irish use so often. Of course, that would mean a massive cultural change to make that happen, so we'll just deal with the weird language
@@filmandfirearms but we will just carry on using the Latin alphabet. I mean, it's a real thing to us, a lived part of our lives with its own highly regular spelling conventions. Indeed, far more regular than English. But, of course, there is no Internet law against being deeply ignorant and minority languages are a frequent target.
Yes ! "We'll see you on the next one". As it should be. Love your work sir.
That is a nice Tank trivia question answered right there. Very interesting and informative Video. Thx to the staff there for letting us all see it.
I think I just fell in love with an armored car. Truly fantastic.
I am imagining being a landed lord, bringing my own comforts along, getting involved with a new concept combat vehicle and thinking; "Oh, we could modify my super car, why don't we?".
Having a working vehicle, where most parts are from the period of operation: Wow!
Just listening to your description in the intro I was thinking "This is going to be a Rolls Royce armoured car, isn't it". Wasn't disappointed
It couldn't be anything else, really!
That engine is a work of art.
Beautiful vehicle in and out, and the best looking armoured car in history, so far as I’m concerned.
And so say all of us!
Opening shot would make the greatest thumbnail for "stealthiest tank"
Chieftain, great video. I’m genuinely glad you were able to go to Ireland. Respect for your past service to Ireland and current service to the States.
Nick, that was very satisfying, looking at the oldest active afv in the world, ThankYou!!! It seemed that you had a pause for thought as you wrapped up the video as it struck you that there is nothing else to see... Not true, but I understand where you were at that moment. I love your sense of humour at awkward moments when you ask the sort of question that the public would ask and the response is silence, then the admission : I don't know. Lovely.
Its cool to see you so reverent on a vehicle, what a special thing that is! Very cool
By far the finest Chieftain video I've yet seen. Well done, sir!
I second that emotion!
Hey! I'm pretty early. Thanks for the videos Chieftain, always wondered about Irelands armoured forces. I noticed they're one of the few countries that doesn't seem to operate any MBTs.
Nope. Mowags only. (Currently)
No plans for MBTs. Too little land area to defend and too low national budget.
What a significant and beautiful vehicle, simply amazing. Thank you for making this great video.
35:10 The fact a 198cm (around six-and-a-half feet) man can fit in the Rolls Royce armored car shouldn't be entirely surprising because it was based off the touring cars, whose drivers were often chosen SPECIFICALLY for their impressive heights as a matter of prestige. Read some of the old comic magazines like Punch, you will find references to rich people fighting over whose servants were bigger and more impressive-looking.
Definitely one of the perks of sourcing your weapons from luxury dealers is they don't follow the rules that define the weapons made for and by plebeians!
A beautiful and regal lady... age sits lightly on her even a shade past a century old. The emotion in your voice, Sir, isn't lost - you're right if there's a Holy Grail of armored vehicles, she's it. She's as close to the beginning as you can get, she's the "aha moment" that pulled all the parts together and brought modern technology to the battlefield as more than just the sum of it's parts. Every tank, every APC, everything can trace back to her.
Holy crap, I'm pretty sure that's an acetylene gas operated lamp. You'd put calcium carbonate in water, and burn the gas (if I remember correctly). It was used on mining helmet lamps of the the time. Super cool!.
How cool is that! Outstanding job on that one, and fine video work, narrating, good job lad, spot-on.
🎶”its a long way to tipperary”, a beautiful restoration, priceless👍🏽
dude I didnt' expect the engine to be so quiet! and yet this thing is from the 1910s wtf! amazing engineering.
Yes, Very interesting & informative. Many Thanks to you & the Irish Cavalry Museum.
Fab episode Nick. I have one of these in my to be built modeling stash along with accurate decals for a couple of iterations of this beaut.
Get it built, man! Prevarication is the thief of time.
Well. Guess you can take The Chieftain out of Ireland, but you can't take Ireland out of The Chieftain. The man felt at home inside the RR.
Your musings about Holy Grails were correct.
Superb video.
Simply stunning.......not only to we get to witness such a vehicle, but also gain a brilliant insight into it's uses and features. Not to mention, the comment section is absolutely full of extra tidbits.
Win/Win indeed.
Absolutely beautiful. Thanks.
If the Chieftain got a haircut he might service that carbide lamp.
Seriously. 110+ year battle vehicle. A gem. Thanks fellas!
Went to an event a few years back where James Black gave a talk about his work restoring old Rolls Royces including this and also the 'Moon car' - a yellow Rolls fitted with Lewis guns used by the IRA in the '20s - amazing build quality in these old vehicles & amazing restorations
Great video, and an amazing piece of history, I'm just amazed you didn't try to talk them into letting you 'take it for a spin'.
So is this what happens when you select 'machine gun' while going through the Rolls Royce list of optional extras?
Wow! This was quite the treat, indeed. Thanks!
Most important video you did so far.
The thing that is striking to me about these vehicles is that while they seemed so ubiquitous there were only about 200 of them; a tribute to their durability.
I love the un shielded / non suppressed spark plugs : you definitely know when this beauty is in the area when your telly or radio goes nuts !
Chieftain is happy, surprised and emotional for this high point.
What a beautiful armoured car. That engine is so smooth.
That is a seriously attractive vehicle, sir. I don’t remember; was there one in Littlefield’s collection? I have many fond memories of our trips there.
Oh, hey Mike. No, he did not have one.
As he alluded to, the lore of the namesake is also an interesting story.
Thank you, a living work of art.
what a great and well made video! 👍
After all these years, massive innovations in armor that is still fkn cool.
Thank you for a stroll down Irish history.
Col. very good video. How fitting that the Irish Cav. would have the oldest still in service being your spot for armor vehicles. Coming from a old 11B who almost got to get spurs and stetson being in a 1-10 Cav.
The engine on this vehicle is a work of art. A vehicle nerds dream. I have little to no knowledge or experience in vehicle mechanics but even I can say this car is a work of art.