RE-VISITED! The Llandudno Transport Festival 2023 (cars, lorries, vans etc)
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2023
- We'd not been to the Llandudno Transport Festival for nearly 20 years so another visit to North Wales's largest transport festival in 2023 was long overdue.
In about 1990/1991 I entered our Austin A40 to the event when the vehicles were displayed in the centre of Llandudno itself, alongside the Victorian Extravaganza which takes place over the same long weekend. Some years ago the transport element moved out of the town centre to fields just up the road, and is now linked to the town centre's Victorian goings-on by an assortment of classic buses and coaches. This year we just attended for the day as paying visitors, keen to re-acquaint ourselves with this well-known show. In all this amazing event runs for three days over a bank holiday weekend.
In this video of the Llandudno Transport Festival 2023 (apologies for any mispronunciations!), I take a walk around the classic lorries, PSVs (coaches/buses) and of course the many classic cars that were on show. Is your vehicle shown?
Overall highlights this year include the sight of multiple Duple-bodied Bedford OB coaches, a re-commissioned Citroen Rosalie that had been sitting in a local garage since the early 1960s, an Austin K8 van, a VERY oily-rag Bedford QL from WW2, a very useful Hillman Super Minx estate, a low-mileage Austin Metro 310 van, a rare Standard Pennant (replacement for the 10), and a Singer Gazelle convertible.
If you've not been to this large gathering we'd highly recommend it, all being well we'll be back to the Llandudno Transport Festival again soon.
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I used to go to school on one of those Bedford Duple buses.
It was quite old 50 years ago!
What a great show many thanks for the tour Best Wishes
Thanks for watching it Brian
I have worked as a mechanic for 55 years but I always learn from your smashing vidios! Thanks!
I have to look no further having seen the Granada estate 2.8 as my take home car.
So comfortable when cruising, a great load lugger, and can be used as emergency accommodation by folding down the back the size of a double bed.
Mine was 1985, two tone in black and royal Claret,
The metric tyres are extremely expensive, that's if you can find them.
Mine went to a Granada fanatic in Bournemouth after a 10 Yr ownership.
I love all the quirky information about various things you tell us Richard, thank you once again for another enjoyable video. Correction, I'll take home as well the MK 1 Singer Gazelle convertible with the 1500cc O.H.C. engine, same as the Singer Hunter. As I'm on a roll 3rd will have to be the cute yellow and white Metropolitan.
Blimey Rick , what a huge treat, such knowledgeable narration , especially picking out the real rarities.The ' 57 London registered Singer Gazelle convertible , try finding another one that early ? !.Also the incredible Citroen ' 33 Big 12 in such amazing original condition , wonderful style and detailing, the clever bolt-on boot with split tool compartment and spacious luggage area , so French and rare on an equivalent British car .We could learn a lot from enthusiasts in the North West area on how to put on a show of everything !.
Thanks Roger, there are quite a few R-Rs set to appear in a future upload so keep an eye out for that one
Ancestral lands (s), thank you.
Hi i used to drive a Foden S21 artic for W L Valance Heathfield Devon 1966 to 1972 fleet number 110. Then i left to live in the USA i still drove over here then became an owner operator in1978 retired in 2021 80 years old so i enjoy your videos takes me back Thank you, Eddy Smith 40 S of Vegas
Glad you found it of interest, if you've not seen them yet, take a look at videos such as Astle Park and Smallwood on this channel, for more old lorry content
What a great collection of vehicles of all descriptions. It looked a massive show.
That was my red Bedford CF panel van. First show after many many hours of work getting it back on the road, and still a bit more to do. This was an absolutely cracking event in a fantastic location!
Cool I thought I hadn't seen it anywhere before
@@oldclassiccarUK had it MOT'd early April (for my own peace of mind), then a couple of hundred miles shake down and drove it from Leicestershire to Llandudno for the weekend. Had a couple of minor issues, but overall very pleased with it considering it's been off the road for about 20 years. :-)
What a fantastic show, never been to that one, but looks like I should sometime. Great collection of vehicles. Cheers Bob
Thank you sir!
You wait for a bus and then 87 turn up at once! Lovely pair of Vauxhall Cresta E's and Velox, beautiful green Standard 10 and that wonderful, rare old Citroen. Nice to see a Triumph Acclaim again.
At 1:21:39, the Mazda 121: From 1986, the Ford Festiva , was built by KIA. [ was essentially this Mazda 121 ]. In 1993, KIA supplied the next Gen. As the Ford Aspire. [ the running joke - the car that makes you “Aspire “ to upgrade to any other car except this Aspire .]
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Great job Rick, I always love your show video's
Thanks Jim!
And overwhelming and gorgeous display of commercial finery. Thanks for the view. (Wish you'd bought the van.)
Fortunately I think the K8 van would be just a little too big to fit in the garage, thanks for watching.
Well done Rick another great video. Seeing all the AEC’s reminded me I had An AEC Mandator Tractor unit converted to a Recovery truck back in the early 80’s. I had to remove the ballast due to a change in driving licence rules and it destroyed the beautiful driving quality of the truck. However we used it for a few years driving on trade plates for car and light commercial recovery.
Fantastic video ‼️
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Thanks Jeff
That peach coloured avenger with the white roof brought back a memory. My late friend was a huge fan of Wolverhampton Wanderers,so his was peach with a black roof xx
All that Crosville stuff reminds me of my student days in Wrexham in the early 70s. Nostalgia writ large! And the Raliegh Runabout! My dad gave me his when I was 16 and on which I had my first road accident. Happy days!
How nice to see the Albion in Tarmac livery. My apprentiship started there with many characters. Fondest memories and a great grounding for my life. Thank you for that.😊
All that fifties and sixties stuff…..thank you
I remember a 1950s small Guy coach, CCC596 that used to operate around the Great Orme.
The Austin K8 van, the Morris transporter truck and the Austin FG Library van are all restorations by the renowned Walsh Brothers of Manchester. The K8 was a recent restoration built up from 2 vans. There is a You Tube video on the restoration.
Hi. I remember in the late 70s, when I worked for a Ford main dealer in Essex. Our parts were delivered by a Ford Transcontinental. It was so tall it would not fit through the workshop doors!!
I had the daunting task of moving just the tractor once, it felt like it would fall on its face it was so tall!. Not seen one for years.
What an amazing event. There are so many great vehicles. Thank you for all your videos.
Glad you're liking them, more along soon!
40 minutes watching this video an hey in pops the Rubber Ducks Mack truck from the 80’s film Convoy.
Brilliant C,Mon.
That 107 was stunning I agree with you about taking that one home 🏴👍
Nice nostalgia trip.thanks
WOW, the Citroen Big 12 Rosalie ! My dad had one - a 1936 version - EWL 730, and I still have that Brass 'Floating Power' Plaque from the boot - hanging on my wall as I write. I also have a Hub Cap from it too. Many happy trips out in it as a boy, but sadly the 'Ten Year Test' as it was then, put paid to it and it went to that big scrap yard in the sky. What a great show and some brilliant footage from you, as always. Thanks for all your work in compiling this video. I can't believe the Citroen though - I'd love to get to seee it one day. Take care 🙂
Great that you still have a few souvenirs from that old Citroen, I'm sure it's the first one I've come across
The chrome grill in the 1954 Chevy Pickup is extremely rare. Almost all were painted. The chrome was an expensive option. This body style ended halfway into 1955.
Interesting bunch of Trucks ] Lorries were really interesting.
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Your enthusiasm and knowledge has made me a subscriber. Enjoying every minute.👍
Great, thanks Karlos, good to have another enthusiast on board!
Good evening Richard . You have such a amazing selection of shows that we just don't get in my part of the world . That '34 Citroen was knock out ! Thanks
Yes we're lucky that there are so many interesting events within an hour or so of here, there are often clashes of events too so inevitably there are many events that we miss out on
Another excellent video once again MMC 👍👍👍
Great variety, something for everyone in there...
that was a sunbeam stiletto at 1.14.45 great to see my first car was the very same colour as that one wow you made my day thanks guys
Just rewatching this again.
My son is called perry .
After Perry the platypus from a kids cartoon .
I have a picture of me holding him probably in front the very same platypus at the shropshire steam fair a few years back .
Bedford ob's,the most beautiful coaches in the world xx
Can't argue with that!! :)
Just as a heads up.
The Morris 1800 had the horizontal rear lamps and Austin 1800 had the vertical rear lamps.
I prefer the Morris rear lamp look myself.
Hi, the early (Mk1) cars had horizontal rear lamps, the Mk2 onwards - Austin & Morris - had the vertical lamps, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO17
That looks like show definitely worth going to.
Agreed we'll definitely be back again soon, thanks for watching
In India we have Ashok Leyland and back in my school days in 2000s i saw many Leyland Comets on road.. now Ashok Leyland is good truck company after TATA.
Favourites: all the Austin 7s! 1:07:35 1:12:20 1:18:03 1:18:20 1:19:48 1:24:16 1:34:44 😁👍
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You guys across the pond have some of the coolest compact cars and minivan's with 4 cylinder engines. We didn't wise up until the 70's and 80's and In the 60's what we considered compact were 6 cylinder Ford Falcons, Plymouth Valiants,Dodge Lancers(later Dodge Darts,Pontiac Lemans,or Oldsmobile Cutlass, Chevy Nova and rear engine Corvair.Only Pontiac and Chevrolet offered a 4 cylinder. I am really enjoying this video and it's giving me the itch for another sports car, maybe an AH Spriteor MG Midget, I've always wanted one.Love the Freighters and Buses too!! Greetings from the USA!!! You really get some very large turnouts of vehicles and people. There are so many fantastic vehicles at the show, it's impossible for me to choose just one???!!?
I guess cheap petrol and big cross-country distances led to V8s being the norm in the US whereas here in the UK at least, V8s were the preserve of upmarket/luxury/GT cars in the main. Plus in the early 1950s Britain still had a lot of rationing so fuel-efficient cars were very welcome.
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46:27 Usually I am annoyed when people walk in front of a camera clearly pointed at a vehicle, but doing so with a traffic light assembly over your head makes it more entertaining than annoying. I guess I just appreciated the surprise. :)
Ha yes it made me chuckle too, just one of those random things that happens at events like this
The Beadle display unit was another restoration by the Walsh Brothers of Manchester. The body was built by Beadle of Rochester, Kent. Think the mechanics were from a Bedford, Beadle were well known for their semi-chassisles coaches, utilising running gear from former Leyland and AEC buses.😊
Thanks Michael, I'd never hear of them before
As always a lovely video, both style and content. This has brightened up my day. Trucks and buses are my favourite vehicles , always admired since my childhood days in the 50's. Many thanks.
Glad you like this kind of thing!!
Wonderful….all from my time…thank you , thank you….died and gone to heaven….!!
Having driven the first AA relay trucks which were ex army Bedford TK petrol engine. I would love to see one on video They were hard work but fun at the same time The gaffer knew when you were speeding because anything over 60 and the distributor drive pin would sheer 😅
great video
Thanks Robin
Nice to see a Corsair! An all time favorite!
Thanks for this video, Richard. I must say that I've never seen so many vintage heavy trucks in one place. And in such great condition! I don't know why, but I'm amazed that owners have the space and parts resources to work on such behemoths in the land of sheds. I'm assuming many have businesses with the room to work on and store them? Twenty odd years ago I had the pleasure of traveling the UK and European roads for the company I worked for. I was surprised how nice the older trucks looked that were still in use on the highways.
Thanks for watching, more old lorries very soon!
The Bedford VAL featured in The Italian Job had a Harrington Legionnaire body and I have a suspicion it returned to PSV use !
Fantastic video, I've not been to Llandudno event, but after watching this video (actually still watching as writing this comment) both you and your youthful assistant have such a huge knowledge of all sorts of vehicles. Can I enquire what camera you use as the quality is amazing? Thank you both for informative and entertaining videos. Marcus ..
We both use Canon Powershot cameras, with external microphones attached. They work well out and about but aren't always great in low light. Thanks for watching!
Mind blowing display. Thanks.
Watched this great video over the course of 3 days and thoroughly enjoyed it. Just the ticket for a leisurely viewing Bank Holiday weekend.
Pleased that it was of interest!
k8 get it getit get it. yes yes yes
Ha the temptation is strong but for once I need to think with my head rather than heart :) Thanks for watching
I worked at The Chatham Motor Company aVauxhall Bedford dealer, and the manager there was Dennis , however I was out at a customer one day with a chap called Derek.The customer said ' we have a lot of trouble with these Dennis's" Derek replied " I bet you don't have as much trouble as we do with the Dennis we've got "
Great display! Saves me from actually having to go!👍 I think the earlier MK1 Land Crabs had more style!
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Seems there are more car shows in your county than here in the USA..
It does seem like it.
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@@jeffking4176 and your cars are much better
There are plenty on every weekend in the Spring/Summer/Autumn within a radius of 100 miles or so
@@oldclassiccarUK sweet ,, for me, I don't know what town to fly in,, I'll have to do some geography studying
@31:44 : That's a Bristol SC4LK with an Eastern Coach Works coach body. That front grille was used for the coach-bodied versions, as opposed to the three-panel grilles on the bus-bodied ones.
The other way you can tell it's a coach is from the old Crosville fleet number.
Between the early 60s and the mid 80s, Crosville's fleet numbering system was very informative. The three letters each represented an aspect of the vehicle.
The first letter showed whether it was a single-deck coach, or a bus, or a 'dual-purpose' vehicle which could be used for both purposes. 'C' meant 'coach', 'S' meant 'bus, and 'E' meant 'dual-purpose'.
(Double-deckers all had 'D', obviously enough)
The second letter showed which model it was. In this instance, 'S' stood for 'SC4LK'. The later Bristol RE's for instance had 'R', the LHs had 'L', and so on.
The third letter denoted the manufacturer of the engine. Despite the vast majority of Crosville's vehicles at this time being Bristol chassis, the engines in most of them were Gardiner as they were tougher. 'B' stood for 'Bristol', 'G' for ' Gardiner', 'L' for 'Leyland', etc.
So what you see here can be read from the fleet number 'CSG': 'C' = coach, 'S' = SC4LK and 'G' = Gardiner engine. By comparison, if it had been bus-bodied, it would have been 'SSG'
I love watching your vids, especially the collections of photos. They tend to show the cars which were around when I were a lad (early/mid 60s - late 70s), so I can have a good wallow!
Thanks for the info, when I saw it again later the ECW : Eastern Coach Works link did come to mind, but more than that I didn't know so thanks.
I love AEC matadors ive know idea why they just speak to me.
Are you sure rox636y isnt made by metrocamel and weighman MCW.
I could be wrong .
I wouldnt be suprised if thats not an ex westmids travel fleet.
From what I remeber they had gardener diesel engines.
My second car was a consul classic in blue.
A marathon this morning RJ and a lot of very interesting stuff. Do you have any plans to do a OCC car windscreen sticker by any chance?
Hey that is an excellent idea
Yeah I might well do that, I did produce a few normal stickers a while back but they've all gone now
Great video, love a foden truck and great content as always, ive been binge watching 😁 curious to know what camera you use as looking to get a vlog camera for my own channel 🙂
Hi we have a couple of Canon Powershots that we use, with plug-in external microphones, they work ok although aren't great in low light or in the garage I find.
@@oldclassiccarUK that's great thanks mate ☺️ appreciate the reply 🙂
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that ford is from county wicklow in ireland that reg system came out in 1987 where we use the first and last letter of the county ie wicklow ww clare ce main county dublin would be D
cork would be C its a great system
Thanks Michael, I think there was a large contingent of Irish-owned cars over for this event which was neat to see.
Get your f....... hand out of the way!🧐
I like to point at things
Wow thats a big show thanks for the walk round
Thanks Ken, glad you liked it
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