I worked with a guy years ago who would buy any & all British vehicles located in Southern Ontario & Quebec, and part them out. He was brilliant at it, put the car in a rented garage, removed what he wanted/needed, and advertised the car for remove your own part", and made enough doing that, that it paid for his own Triumph rebuild, the rent on the garage, and put money in his pocket. Coincidently, he was British, lol!
@@1oldskoolluvr people are crazy about British cars. Near me in WV USA theres a guy with 2 tr6's & at least 2 more that are parts cars. All summer hes ripping about in that lil hotrod. Its a soft top I think I havent seen it ina couple months lol
Hey John, thanks for compliment about my towing skills man. Really appreciate that. Sad to hear you ended up selling the Series 2 Landy. Best of luck for your future endeavors and adventures man. Stay safe man.
My dad was a semi driver and like you said, watching him move that truck and trailer so elegantly and effortlessly was wild. Im so glad he taught me to drive a truck and trailer lmao
After a week like this, the only thing better than a John Ficarra car story is a John Ficarra car story and a fifth of your favorite libation. For medicinal use, of course.
Another great tale, Mr. Ficarra. Reminds me of the time I picked up a 1977 Jaguar XJS off of eBay for a couple of thousand Australian Dollars, had a blast driving it 100 miles home, spent some spare Sunday afternoons cleaning it and making somewhat of an oil painting out of it and flipping it for five figures.
My dad had one of those Series 2 when I was a kid . Happy days, I remember the yellow, and red gear range knobs. You just opened the two cents under the screen for free air-con in the summer !. See them all over, here in the UK. Great stories !.
The Johns (John Ficarra & John Temerian) seem like such awesome guys. You've heard "the type of guy you just want to sit down and have a beer with" but these are guys you'd be willing to spend the weekend helping them move.
@@danielroe845 prices have shot up recently. Three years ago I saw a 1948 with factory aluminium bulkhead (and paperwork to prove it) asking £11,500. If I could daily a vehicle that does 42mph flat out and is deafening I’d have bought it on the spot.
I can tell you why the paint did that, lacquer paint, no gloss coat, what you polish is actually the paint itself, and they made it super thick back then to make up for it, kinda like exfoliating a skin almost, as I saw this guy in england who does cars, guys called the perfectonalist valet the guy took this D type that was faded matt, and with a simple polish made it look like a mirror, and its all down to the way they did paint back then.
Tow truck guys that know what they are doing are amazing to watch. We had a guy that did tows for the shop I worked at... On my way to work one morning I lost a ball joint on my 88 grand marquis, folded the wheel way up in the fender. The tow guy got her lifted with the back of the rollback and the tire down, then eased it right on up the roll back with this dance of back and forth that kept the wheel out of the fender all the way. Working in that shop I saw pretty much every other car with a similar issue dragged off the truck folding the fender in half on the way.
His knowledge of the transfer case reminds me of my own dealings. If you ever go to buy a "dead" full size arcade game from the 1980's or 1990's (Pac Man etc.) there is a service switch by the rear cabinet door that oftentimes is disconnected, missing, or otherwise not working. I've picked up a few non working arcade games for next to nothing and within 5 minutes had a fully operational game that I could flip for a lot more than I paid.
Nice profit margin there, here's one for you, $5000au for a series 1 Range Rover, $15000au spent making it perfect, another $10g au to send it to England in a box, 70,000 pounds at auction, did it twice, that's a profit margin, love your stories big guy, Rj in Oz
That is an aj6 4 litre straight six from a Jaguar XJ40 in the picture, not the right engine for the XJ series 3 you talk about. Later in the story you talk about an XJ40 and show a picture of a X300. Seems like you did not get the pictures right. Nice story anyway!
I bought a chepa XJ6 Vanden Plas. one owner all receipts for every oil change and tires plus some. Think was a battleship with fancy airplane trays that folded down in the back couch. Loved it
On the one hand getting 500 off the price like that was a dirty move. On the other hand, especially with autoshops, in the cosmic balance of dirty moves it just seems like a minor balancing of the scales. Car guy karma started when the first used Model T was sold, the guy who bought it got home and found out he'd been cheated something bad, and it's just been snowballing out from there ever since.
My dad has a series 1 86” Land Rover mid restoration, a Triumph TR5, TR6 and a Frogeye Sprite, classic cars over here in the UK have been an unbelievable investment over the years.
20 years ago, pre-internet you could do that a lot, especially when you could do the detailing and the paint job yourself. Buy a filthy car for under a 1000 bucks, clean and polish it and sell it for 3-4000. The last 2 years I only made two, an old Borgward Isabella and a Massey Fergusson tractor. Both someone started the restauration and both I picked up in a 1000 parts.
I build my business this year with the advice of vinwiki. We export cars for the UK (German and British). This year we’ve done 11. Best being the only 1994 Audi S2 in the USA we think! Soon to be sending some awesome Land Rovers and classics. Thank you vinwiki for all the help and inspiration!
The XJ40 is a car that will be collector item in the future. Only ran from 86-94 and was the last jaguar designed before the ford sale. Also at the time it was the most tested car jaguar had ever put out.
There's a guy living around me in the uk that's built a big v8 silvery green xj6 with boom tubes, stockcar style wheels and tyres slammed on its ass... Looks and sounds absolutely beautiful
Should've told them it needed new Lucas Smoke too, a staple of my country's Motor Vehicles (and probably why we don't generally make much of them anymore too)
I bought a 90 RRC for $500 15 years ago. Still driving it. Probably only worth $1500 because of the rust. Everywhere it's steel, it's rusting. Everywhere the aluminum meets steel, it's corroding.
Glad that Land Rover got a good home, felt very sad that someone who drove it across South America could then just abandon it. Every photo of that Jaguar showed it with front end damage, was waiting to hear the story on that...
He's not wrong about rust and east coast cars lol. I'm from NH, and the frame on my old 2007 f150 was so rough, I had to replace a grand total of about 6 feet of frame
Wait what? Those old Land Rovers are worth money? :D I worked on a tiny farm and the farmer had like 3 of those that we just used basically as tractors and to fetch the cows back from the fields...
It’s crazy the price difference for them in the USA compared to here in Oz, bought my IIA 109 for a little over $1500 and in the states I could double that figure. But hey, I’m not going to sell mine. Just too useful on the farm for all the odd jobs!
Vinwiki videos have pretty much run out of gas. Any story worth telling has been told as have a bunch not worth sharing. However, I will gladly listen to this guy tell any story.
If you are any type of equipment Operator, you know that having someone in your field call you a "driver" is an insult. I'm not a tow driver, but I can make a pallet dance with a forklift.
I knew this day would come eventually, I have been sitting on hoards of "British junk" for many years, and in the mean time learning how to be a shrewd negotiator of course.
This sounds like a Hooptie Rescue Mission but unlike Hoovie, Ficarra makes money on the hoopties.
If you’re going to drive a tow truck in NYC, you need that level of talent just to get through the day
“I put myself through college working on British cars” ...... Thats like a full ride to any prestigious school
Especially if you specialize in Range Rovers
Nah
I worked with a guy years ago who would buy any & all British vehicles located in Southern Ontario & Quebec, and part them out. He was brilliant at it, put the car in a rented garage, removed what he wanted/needed, and advertised the car for remove your own part", and made enough doing that, that it paid for his own Triumph rebuild, the rent on the garage, and put money in his pocket. Coincidently, he was British, lol!
@@1oldskoolluvr people are crazy about British cars. Near me in WV USA theres a guy with 2 tr6's & at least 2 more that are parts cars. All summer hes ripping about in that lil hotrod. Its a soft top I think I havent seen it ina couple months lol
I have the same jag but mine is a v12
Some guy in Jamaica Queens is just kicking himself.
Getting sneaky with the sponsor slip-ins, Ed.
Better than actual breaks.
You must get tricked a lot
@@RoivonPC I agree
I see what Ed did there.....
Very sneaky sir
John is my favorite story teller. The delivery, the mannerisms, the humor - just awesome. Keep coming back my dude!
I agree.
John Ficarra makes me inexplicably happy
Gift for telling stories
As a brit i would like to dislike this vid....mainly because i sold my land rover two years ago for £2000, its now worth £5000 and climbing. Dam!
Tbh if land rover still made a proper defender like they used too. The old ones would not have taken off in price like they have.
😂
@@japopo5533 shame EU laws prevented them
@@japopo5533 shame EU laws prevented them
@@NickBrown-hw2yj they could have stuck with the body on frame and solid axles but redesign the rest of the thing
Hey John, thanks for compliment about my towing skills man. Really appreciate that. Sad to hear you ended up selling the Series 2 Landy. Best of luck for your future endeavors and adventures man. Stay safe man.
My dad was a semi driver and like you said, watching him move that truck and trailer so elegantly and effortlessly was wild. Im so glad he taught me to drive a truck and trailer lmao
The man who bought my defender for £3000 with a completely rusted chassis and no brakes sold it in florida for $ 37000 without touching it.
Was it left hand drive?
That's insane
Shipped out to the states?
Blimey.
To be fair, Floridian cars don't need brakes.
After a week like this, the only thing better than a John Ficarra car story is a John Ficarra car story and a fifth of your favorite libation. For medicinal use, of course.
Another great tale, Mr. Ficarra. Reminds me of the time I picked up a 1977 Jaguar XJS off of eBay for a couple of thousand Australian Dollars, had a blast driving it 100 miles home, spent some spare Sunday afternoons cleaning it and making somewhat of an oil painting out of it and flipping it for five figures.
John Ficara's story and Ed slip in ads worked out pretty well. Nice job Vinwiki 👍🏻
Queen Elizabeth worked on Rovers when she was younger. Season 4 of The Crown on Netflix is good too. Good actors in every season.
Ficarra, #1 story teller.
My dad had one of those Series 2 when I was a kid . Happy days, I remember the yellow, and red gear range knobs. You just opened the two cents under the screen for free air-con in the summer !. See them all over, here in the UK. Great stories !.
Man, I'll bet John is fun to hang out with...
Driving a tow truck in NYC is an art 😂 wait a second... driving anything in NYC is an art
The Johns (John Ficarra & John Temerian) seem like such awesome guys. You've heard "the type of guy you just want to sit down and have a beer with" but these are guys you'd be willing to spend the weekend helping them move.
John is truly in the elite top level of VINwiki storytellers.
I’m so friggin jealous of a $500 Series IIA
Especially one with a solid chassis. 500 wouldn’t even buy a decent bulkhead now.
I'm jealous, and I'm in the UK where there plentiful.
@@danielroe845 prices have shot up recently. Three years ago I saw a 1948 with factory aluminium bulkhead (and paperwork to prove it) asking £11,500. If I could daily a vehicle that does 42mph flat out and is deafening I’d have bought it on the spot.
Now those are some profit margins!
how is this 15 hours ago
Yes they are!!
@@Mark-to3vi that’s what I’m saying 🙂
Ed is a hacker 15 hours ago
Have you thought about getting do it with Dan on here? Surprised he’s not made an appearance as he’s in Georgia
John, you really made me miss my family Landy. I always do, you just reminded me. Thank you. I should get one again.
These videos make my day almost always give me a good laugh
Love these Ficarra stories more and more, and I especially enjoy the old school racing stories, keep it up!
😂😂😂my dad told me the whole hammer and screwdriver check. I thought he was joking
I can tell you why the paint did that, lacquer paint, no gloss coat, what you polish is actually the paint itself, and they made it super thick back then to make up for it, kinda like exfoliating a skin almost, as I saw this guy in england who does cars, guys called the perfectonalist valet
the guy took this D type that was faded matt, and with a simple polish made it look like a mirror, and its all down to the way they did paint back then.
Good story, Vinwiki. Thanks, Ed. This dude has some engaging stories.
Tow truck guys that know what they are doing are amazing to watch. We had a guy that did tows for the shop I worked at... On my way to work one morning I lost a ball joint on my 88 grand marquis, folded the wheel way up in the fender. The tow guy got her lifted with the back of the rollback and the tire down, then eased it right on up the roll back with this dance of back and forth that kept the wheel out of the fender all the way. Working in that shop I saw pretty much every other car with a similar issue dragged off the truck folding the fender in half on the way.
His knowledge of the transfer case reminds me of my own dealings. If you ever go to buy a "dead" full size arcade game from the 1980's or 1990's (Pac Man etc.) there is a service switch by the rear cabinet door that oftentimes is disconnected, missing, or otherwise not working. I've picked up a few non working arcade games for next to nothing and within 5 minutes had a fully operational game that I could flip for a lot more than I paid.
I was about to do school work. This is more important.
What's your major gender studies?
@@mdogzino no. I’m in high school
mdogzino your major should have been grammar
I do know that feeling.
@@mdogzino shit joke you should feel bad about yourself
LOVE your stories!!...my favorite story teller!!
I'm happy to say that I've watched this video several times. I may watch it several more. Any time Ficarra is on I'm here for it.
“This could be red” shirt is literally the perfect inside joke ever😂
Can you please bring back the "this can be red" t-shirts! I need one so bad haha
Nice profit margin there, here's one for you, $5000au for a series 1 Range Rover, $15000au spent making it perfect, another $10g au to send it to England in a box, 70,000 pounds at auction, did it twice, that's a profit margin, love your stories big guy, Rj in Oz
I see a John VINwiki story, I click it . Best stories and knows his stuff!!!
That is an aj6 4 litre straight six from a Jaguar XJ40 in the picture, not the right engine for the XJ series 3 you talk about. Later in the story you talk about an XJ40 and show a picture of a X300. Seems like you did not get the pictures right. Nice story anyway!
I have worked with a couple of tow truck drivers with this level of skill and I agree. Nuff respect ✊
Last time I was this early, the kid was still screaming...but fortunately he still had the ability to do so.
I bought a chepa XJ6 Vanden Plas. one owner all receipts for every oil change and tires plus some. Think was a battleship with fancy airplane trays that folded down in the back couch. Loved it
Lotus Carlton registration plate 40RA. Interesting British history 👌🏻
Lol they never did find it 😂😂
On the one hand getting 500 off the price like that was a dirty move. On the other hand, especially with autoshops, in the cosmic balance of dirty moves it just seems like a minor balancing of the scales.
Car guy karma started when the first used Model T was sold, the guy who bought it got home and found out he'd been cheated something bad, and it's just been snowballing out from there ever since.
My dad has a series 1 86” Land Rover mid restoration, a Triumph TR5, TR6 and a Frogeye Sprite, classic cars over here in the UK have been an unbelievable investment over the years.
Great story! I had an SWB diesel Series III Landy - the only vehicle I ever had that went UP in value over time!
Last time I was this early, RUclips could be red
Actually a good joke. Wow.
Ok, I'll admit, I'm impressed.
This is like a triple pun/meme/reference combo!
@@TheZProtocol they're the best kind
Redtube?
You shouldn't have told that land rover story. That guy is gonna find you and take $500 out of your ass. 🤣
Cheers from Kentucky
$1000 dollars for an old landy like that. here in the UK you're talking 3 grand for one in thats rough and rusty.
20 years ago, pre-internet you could do that a lot, especially when you could do the detailing and the paint job yourself. Buy a filthy car for under a 1000 bucks, clean and polish it and sell it for 3-4000. The last 2 years I only made two, an old Borgward Isabella and a Massey Fergusson tractor. Both someone started the restauration and both I picked up in a 1000 parts.
This was a fantastic one
These are the kind of stories a car guy lives for
Casey and John are my Favorite story tellers on here
Great stories! I loved them both. The Jag and the Land Rover 🥰
Scotty Kilmer disapproves.
That shirt is GOLD!
Ultimate story man....congrats
John F is the second guy I could listen to all day. Him and Christopher M.
I build my business this year with the advice of vinwiki. We export cars for the UK (German and British). This year we’ve done 11. Best being the only 1994 Audi S2 in the USA we think! Soon to be sending some awesome Land Rovers and classics. Thank you vinwiki for all the help and inspiration!
Any Ficarra story is a perfect ending to my Friday night at 5am.
Ha, I'm in Oz & the same way I feel about Ficarra stories mate, Rj in Oz
This was a great video!
That landie would literally be 5-10k in the UK, it seems our cars are worth nothing in the US. that jag would sell for 15k at least
They have a bad reputation. I bought a rust free Range Rover classic for 1k and now they’re going up in price interestingly.
Having worked with some truckers who worked in Amsterdam almost everyday, the things thar they can do with big vehicles is insane.
What a bargain that landy was! Great patina.
Yes ! Something to watch on my lunch break !
The XJ40 is a car that will be collector item in the future. Only ran from 86-94 and was the last jaguar designed before the ford sale. Also at the time it was the most tested car jaguar had ever put out.
There's a guy living around me in the uk that's built a big v8 silvery green xj6 with boom tubes, stockcar style wheels and tyres slammed on its ass... Looks and sounds absolutely beautiful
Glad to see *"This can be Red"* made it into a t-shirt.
When John Shows up, it's first hit the like button and then listen to the story.
Great video! Thank you
This guy giving rabbit a run for his money! Great storyteller
A John Ficarra video LFG
Fleeced that shop owner lol.
Should've told them it needed new Lucas Smoke too, a staple of my country's Motor Vehicles (and probably why we don't generally make much of them anymore too)
As a tow truck driver in WA state, that was an awesome story.
I bought a 90 RRC for $500 15 years ago. Still driving it. Probably only worth $1500 because of the rust. Everywhere it's steel, it's rusting. Everywhere the aluminum meets steel, it's corroding.
Last time I was this early, I had some witty reference to Kimmie or Rabbit!
Ok
My first car is a ‘71 Rolls. I’m not thousands in debt and it doesn’t start anymore.
They go for mega money now in the uk
Ficarra is a hero.
Literally found myself on the edge of my seat, gleaming with anime eyes, listening about an angelic tow truck driver!!😂😂😂😂
I just saw the - 'This can be red' t-shirt 😂
Glad that Land Rover got a good home, felt very sad that someone who drove it across South America could then just abandon it.
Every photo of that Jaguar showed it with front end damage, was waiting to hear the story on that...
He's not wrong about rust and east coast cars lol. I'm from NH, and the frame on my old 2007 f150 was so rough, I had to replace a grand total of about 6 feet of frame
6:03 oh yeah go underneath there mate bang the hell out of it.😂😂😂
Love the shirt! He's so rite, car culture in NYC is near non-existent
Oh it exists, in garages, very fancy garages that cost more then my apartment to rent and have full time staff. You wouldn't believe what's out there.
That landrover is in Manhattan with md plates parked off park ave n 70 st 😂 it may not be that one cause it’s not as rough
Wait what? Those old Land Rovers are worth money? :D
I worked on a tiny farm and the farmer had like 3 of those that we just used basically as tractors and to fetch the cows back from the fields...
Great score with the Landy!
It’s crazy the price difference for them in the USA compared to here in Oz, bought my IIA 109 for a little over $1500 and in the states I could double that figure. But hey, I’m not going to sell mine. Just too useful on the farm for all the odd jobs!
Vinwiki videos have pretty much run out of gas. Any story worth telling has been told as have a bunch not worth sharing. However, I will gladly listen to this guy tell any story.
That land rover was an awesome find, quite honestly if it was me, I would have got it running and kept to drive around here in Michigan
we have some mental good prices in the UK on old german and british cars
If you are any type of equipment Operator, you know that having someone in your field call you a "driver" is an insult.
I'm not a tow driver, but I can make a pallet dance with a forklift.
from Mr John Ficarra previous story on Porche for a photo shoot
"this can be red" made a shirt for it 😂 aaaawwwsome
Love this guy
With the state of New Yorks streets I'd have thought that a "proper" old school Land Rover would be the *perfect* vehicle
I knew this day would come eventually, I have been sitting on hoards of "British junk" for many years, and in the mean time learning how to be a shrewd negotiator of course.
Think you can sell my broken Rolls? It’s a beautiful Silver Shadow 1 the only problem is it doesn’t proceed.
Do an LS swap so it's reliable and easy to fix and parts won't be expensive.
@@XVRickXV trying to raise money for it but I need to find a shop who wants to partner with me.
My dad has a series 2a with a rover v8 and it’s been sitting for 7 years
Don't let John near your dad...
@@richardwintle1020 it’s a pile of shit he can have it £500 😂
@@richardwintle1020 it wouldn’t pass the hammer test 😂