Sheerline Express
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- This song is about Colin Cummings fantastic restoration of a 1953 Austin Sheerline motor car and his charity trip to Norway of a 2226 mile journey there and back again. Colin told me about his trip and I was inspired to write him this little song.
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Great to find this :) My Dad had one in the early 60's. The thing I ALWAYS loved doing was pressing the button under the driver's seat and seeing the whole car raise with the four hydraulic jacks letting you easily change a wheel :)
Thanks, I had one. Nice restoration job
What a beauty !
Utterly fantastic
My father worked as a toolmaker at the vanden Plas firm in Kingsbury north west London for over 40 years
Fantastic car, video and song. What an interesting story. Couldn't help thinking of the m.p.g on your 2000 thousand mile Norwegian trip.
Well THIS Nyge, (with a "Y" ) has always thought thought the SHEERLINE was Britain's finest hour!
I have an A125 sheerline. But not in this pristine condition. It needs alot of work. Love your song and clip.
I remember these when they were brand new. They still look good.
I wish that I myself had seen them when they were new!
Beautiful A125 Sheerline with a very rare ' 2 letter ' Great Yarmouth late registration that started way before the war and lasted well into the 50s, so few cars were registered there !.Great song and video !.
Thanks Roger . I was very lucky to keep my Great Yarmouth number as my car was off the road for 26 years and I really like it when someone notices where she is from . I have only ever seen one other EX ..
Good luck with the car Colin , she is beautiful and so rare and much more elegant than the later Princess models, I think they share very much the same ' razor- edged ' look as the contemporary MkV1 Bentley.Love also the ' Art-Deco ' dash, with the gold square instruments.I have seen a 1938 Austin Ruby with an ' EX ' mark, but a long time ago.The A95 Atlantic is another model I would love in drop-head form ! - all the best and many more happy miles.
@@colincummings6304 I wish you'd kept it all black like my Dad's car...I always thought as soon as I saw the two-tone, it was a wedding car :( Really nice restoration though Colin!
My Great Aunt had a Silver One.. KAD 200. Reg.... When her chauffeur collected me I gave all my Urchin Mates the V Sign.. Through the back window... Happy Days.....
It took me back to my childhood. There's a photo of 3yo me in front of Dad's old Sheerline. Actually, the old girl is still there, sans paint and upholstery, seeing out her days in a central NSW paddock. Shame, really.
My Dad had one of these when I was 5 circa 1967! the rear seat was huge!
gorgeous !! KUDOS FOR A 1ST CLASS RESTORATION.
I'm here in the USA and had to convert my '51 to a Corvette powerplant for a tv show back in the late 70's early 80'S called Wonderworld shot and televised here in Baltimore. The car would do burn outs and travel back in time. The car is gone now stolen and never recovered ( how the heck can anyone miss that going down the road). I still have its twin here in Baltimore waiting for someone to restore her. I thoroughly enjoyed the music and the ride down memory lane.
Thank You Alexander Karas - Baltimore Maryland
+Alexander Karas that's awful having it stolen after so much work, love and care. I'm certainly glad to have revived a few memories for you. I did the easier bit of writing the song and putting the video together from Colin's pictures. I enjoyed every minute of it even though it did take a while. I may have another song about his restoration bubbling under. I shall let Colin know you've commented so I would think he'll post too.
Many thanks
Nige.
Colin has a website too. austinsheerline.net
To Alexander Make you fit a tracking device to your present car so you can locate if THAT one is ever stolen
Beautiful in every way...filming, music, restoration
+Alexander Karas ... Thanks Alexander ,, Sorry to here you had yours stolen that's really awful , what condition is the other sheerline you have ?
Great job on all counts, been there myself, 100% fact in those lyrics!😊👍❤
I didn't do the work but wrote the song and it's nice to know the words work for people, cheers David
I did a google search for Austin Sheerline and the image at 1:50 of the polished veneer dash/instrument area was one of the results. Gorgeous car. The limousine version of it is a show-stopper, too.
Hi guys, was the Express part of the Sheerline name? I used to drive wedding VDP type Sheerlines, square speedo and instruments. The owner had glass divisions on his fleet too, with the occasional folding seats. Column gear change that was so vague 😎 it was pot luck which gear you got 😯 Of course the driver door had a lever that dropped the window in one swift movement rather than a window crank. I eventually was trusted to drive the Daimler DS420 cars with auto box Blissss. Great fun for a Saturday job, do a good job and get a healthy tip as well as the wage. Usually bridesmaid and mother in one car then bride and father in next car. Cheers DougT
Hi Doug thanks for your comment. I'm afraid I put the express in to Sheerline express it is called poetic licence. It helped make the words scan better and it was only afterwards we noticed the EX on the number plate. That does sound like a good Saturday job to me. I don't see so much of Colin but I drop in a message. Thanks for message- Nige
Did you know there is an old film (perhaps an Ealing comedy) with Wilfrid Hyde White - called School For Scoundrels - if I've got the right film. Anyway, it's about a society set up by ex - cons, with a helpline for people to contact if they ever feel the desire to commit another crime. Trouble is when somebody rings saying they want to do a robbery , instead of trying to talk them out of it, the staff themselves get tempted, and join in! As a getaway car they use a beautiful white Sheerline!
Gee, its not really suitable for a getaway car. It's designed for minor dignitaries like load mayors to be chauffer driven to offical functions in. Hence the heavy body, to give a smooth ride, and the large amount of space in the back so the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress can sit in comfort. The engine, 4 litres, had a power output of only 93 kW. Since the car weighed 2 tonnes, that's comparable to a typical private car of the era having 47 kW. You're not going to outrun the cops.
SHEERLINE EXPRESS, was that actually a version of this? The SHEERLINE is my favourite limousine - and the fact it is called Nigel pleases me too, as that's MY name!
Hi thanks for your comment. It's not called Nigel that's my name. Colin who did the restoration was a work mate and was telling me about the project and I was a bit of singer/songwriter and the song started forming and I talked to him about his project and if I could write a song about his journey. The Shearline Express was a bit of poetic license as they say. But it is a beautiful car, so much style. Many thanks,
@@ournigethechronic mystery solved then!
great restoration colin and great song nigel.
Great cars. Very near to Rolls-Royce without having to pay such a price.
To Brent Fairlie except that in the film I just mentioned, where robbers do a "job" , they escape in a beautiful white SHEERLINE- but when the door slams it gives away the fact it's NOT a Rolls - Royce, and the door slams with an unfortunate hollow sounding "clang"!