Dude the Blue Renault from France was an R8 Gordini, quite a rare beast. Gordini was a aftermarket engine builder. The R8 gordini was special build for Rallying. the original 1000cc engine was replaced with a high spec 4 cylinder 1400 cc with crossflow hemi head, duel side throat webers, extractors, upgraded Suspension, wheels and brakes. the extra driving lights to the front were also added. Racing seats and extra gauges in the dash. I served as a Renault Mechanic in Australia on a couple of these little beasts.
@Marcus Baca try not to attribute to malice, that which could easily be explained by ignorance. Chad really doesn't mean bad. He just didn't grow up in Europe.
You never fail with new and fresh content. Thanks Chad for taking a gamble on making a video some might not be interested in but I know most of your subs probably really enjoyed this video and the new content lately. Coming from a automotive Technician that was raised building HotRods and Harleys. It never ceases to amaze me where so many of these cool old cars will be found. Derek, VA 🇺🇸
Hi Chad, the Mitsubishi 4x4 (NIKON) was a rally car built in Sonata France, they raced them in the Paris - Dakar and Winns Safari Australia I was fortunate enough to be a driver for the Mitsubishi media team in Australia for about 4 years. The car was a complete Kevlar body and full race specs. Mitsubishi dominated these 2 events for about 5 years.
Dude, that Mitsubishi Pajero at the show is a Paris-Dakar race truck. The hardest long distance rally in the world. 2 weeks, thousands of miles. A SUPER special truck, built by Sonata. Amazing to see something like that in Thailand! Greetings from Atlanta!
The Mitsubishi Parejo you saw is very rare and it used for desert rally. The fact the vehicle survived is a miracle, often times the desert claims vehicles.
My dad used to be a big VW person in the van that you were talking about it is called a 21 window and they are very rare. My favorite is the Karmin Ghia and the sirocco.
The ol' Sirocco. I learned to drive in a manual Sirocco back in the late 80's in the west Texas desert. Not to many people even know what those are and I havn't seen one in 30 years I bet. Cool car!!!!
I remember when the closest thing to speed shops in America (1960's) was The Pep Boys (I can still remember the smell of tires when you entered the stores), or mail order from J.C. Whitney. And it wasn't unusual to order by mail, cams and headers and floor shifters for whatever you were racing at your local "Saturday night" speedway (mine was Saugus Speedway or Ascot).
I'm from San Diego California we used to have a place called Super Shops and it was like heaven! there is nothing like being able to touch feel and smell all of the aftermarket racing parts in one shop. it was like putting on a hoodie out of the dryer on a cold wet day...
Nice work Chad, i love how you find these places. I always find it crazy how much stock Thai shops of any sort carry. Computerized multinational parts stores would have a fit.
That was a fun video. I've owned a 1959 MGA (1st car) and did a lot of hands on restoration. I've also owned a yellow Toyota Celica identical to the one in the video (bought it new in 1973). I am now retired, but still keep a 2004 Porsche Boxster S just for the fun. It feels like driving a go-cart on the street.
My parents had a yellow Toyota Corolla , before I was born. I only know it from old blurry pictures , cool to see one in that good shape. My grandfather had a Toyota Crown in the '80 s , it was a solid and classy looking car.
If you r wondering about the price of the licenses plates number 7777 Bangkok, it costs at least 100k US dollars. And the meaning of that number is Prosperity in life and success. You might take one Chad..👍👍
Renault, it's just one of the biggest car manufacturer companies in the world. It's just hilarious how you don't know them. Keep going with the good work. I really enjoy your videos.
I remember a Super Autobacs in Orange County some time back. Beautiful store. It unfortunately opened at a time when import tuning was on its downward trend and closed some time later.
Those corollas are the KE10 and KE15 variants. The latter having the fastback rear window(KE15), also has the same body as the sprinter variant in some markets of the same year.
I actually owned a 23 Window Samba back in the mid to late 70's. It was a little rough but it was running and driving when I sold it. I regret selling it to this day, but back then they were just another VW Van.
There is a mom and pop race store in Independence Louisiana. It’s called Clausens Racing. You can literally walk in with a pile of cash and walk out with everything you need to have a race car built from nothing.
Chad Renault had an F1 team, I'm amazed you didn't who they were , loved this video we need more like this one for the true car guys 👌 and how cool is that café
Definite NOPI vibes in there. I recall the NOPI shop in Atlanta, but it was nearly closed the last time I went. Just APC junk everywhere and really pared down from the old days. And in case no one mentioned it, it's [Reh-NO], not [RAY-NAulT]. We Americans aren't privledged enough to get the pronunciations of the French cars nailed down back home. And I wanna see more of that detail shop! Some seriously sweet rides there!
Just to say, the isetta is not the smallest car, the peel p50 is, I only know because it was on Top Gear and Clarkson drove it. The COE are such nice trucks
We have an old-school auto parts store in my town. I go at least once a week to go buy something, or just hang out and talk to the owners. I remember they used to be all over the place. We used to hang out in the parking lots after school and show off our cars.
I think so, they were installing a set of taillights outside when I was there so I’m sure they can help. The girl that works there speaks great English too.
Coolest thing about Blue Moon is everything in the restaurant is real memorabilia - not knock offs. Insane high quality stuff. Of course the billions of baht in cars in the warehouse behind the joint is 🤪😱😱😱😱🤩
I missing to go to these tuner part stores, we have those cheap stuff stores left, but not a propper tuner shop, It's one of four type of stores types I missing 1. Tuner/serious car part store 2. Video store/Video rent shop 3: Record store 4: Gamer store
Hay Chad Was just thinking 💭 thought bubble here You showed how well the shop can refurbish old steering wheels on other occasions you have showed other parts etc How about if you get some old genuine brand parts together and show us what these guys can do Perhaps a special CB media part or series of parts to buy from you ? Or as prizes on your promotions etc Cheers
Bro - your video starts out at Asok - my company regional office is in the Interchange building. Going to check out that Bluemoon Restaurant for sure - thanks for the tip 🙏🏻
Dude this what i have been wanting to do. I’m retiring in Bangkok and I have a early VW BUS I want to have in a restaurant. That sterling wheel shop is crazy. I live in Arizona now. I want to retire in 6 years.
hate picking favorite cities, each has thier own pros and cons, bangkok is cool but once you travel to many cities around the world its hard to pick a favorite. i dont understand how people can pick favorites if they travelled to like 1% of place in the world , pretty sad.
@Wayne Anthony Holmes i mean , america has 100s of cities but i think he meant around the world , not in 1 country lol, also "100s" of cities is about 1% of cities in the world lol, so imagine how much more you missed , the biggest city in the western hemisphere is sao paulo in brazil (metro population , bigger than any city in USA) , pretty underrated city and most people dont think about it. also ho chi mihn is more authentic than BKK , too americanzied
Chad, Renault is a huge French car manufacturer. Rally cars. v 12 engines for F1. F1 racing team with Fernando Alonso and Alpine (Renault Powered). Back in early 2000's went to Moscow and rescued Lada. Turned the company around, built new plants, hired 1000s of people, worth billions, and last month, sold the Russian operation for 1 Ruble. Lost a billion dollars and will never do business in Russia again. But this video, WOW so much car heritage. That Lincoln Town Car looks prestine. All the cars are in amazing condition. Was that a LEO beer?
Man i haven't seen a small business centered around car performance parts here in Texas besides in the flea markets or the speaker selling businesses. Although Summit racing has become popular here immediately. A local business just opened up that sells special cleaning products tho. I cant wait to see Cream Pai!
There’s a serious amount of money in that concourse the blue Renault looks to be a Renault 8 which is a French car from the 70s but the Mitsubishi from the Dakar rally is my favourite
Noo! I’m in Thailand right now and was trying to figure out if I should bring a steering wheel that needs to be redone. Left it back home since I didn’t know where to go… 🤦♂️
I wish we had those shops here in Kuala lumpur we have many on Australia where I come from but not here. I just got a BMW E36 325i and it's so hard to get any good modified parts and 30 bucks for a Sparco wheel sure it's a cheap rip off from overseas.
That Lamborghini farm tractor is badass!! I would've asked if they would fire it up. COOL piece of history! Chad : "I have no idea what this is". As he walks by what looks to be a vintage Bugatti [ the Blue/Black car ] ? Lol! 👍
@@CBMedia404 I'm not 100% certain, Chad, yet by all appearances it looks to be. I thought you were pulling a fast one on us when you walked by the Lamborghini farm tractor and didn't say anything. Thought maybe you're checking to see if we're paying attention? 🤣 LOVE your content, Brother!! 👍💪😎
That VW Bus is a 21 window and yeah they go for lots of $$. I am a little surprised you didn't know that. Not that I know a lot cuz I don't. I think 21 windows are cool to look at.
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One of 3 smallest cars in the world, had the nickname of bubble cars, that black/blue car look like a 1940s Riley they ended up being made by Roots.
I'm confused you spent $20k on taxiis then?
You're 6ft 4? You'll probably hit 40 mpg on a bicycle lol
Dude the Blue Renault from France was an R8 Gordini, quite a rare beast. Gordini was a aftermarket engine builder. The R8 gordini was special build for Rallying. the original 1000cc engine was replaced with a high spec 4 cylinder 1400 cc with crossflow hemi head, duel side throat webers, extractors, upgraded Suspension, wheels and brakes. the extra driving lights to the front were also added. Racing seats and extra gauges in the dash. I served as a Renault Mechanic in Australia on a couple of these little beasts.
I was just going to write this. The valves in these are bigger than a Holden V8.
this need to be pinned
Cool
RIP Australia 🇦🇺
I've been looking for an R17 engine to replace my Europa's old R16... otherwise, I'm doing the 4AGE swap.
@Marcus Baca try not to attribute to malice, that which could easily be explained by ignorance.
Chad really doesn't mean bad. He just didn't grow up in Europe.
You never fail with new and fresh content. Thanks Chad for taking a gamble on making a video some might not be interested in but I know most of your subs probably really enjoyed this video and the new content lately. Coming from a automotive Technician that was raised building HotRods and Harleys. It never ceases to amaze me where so many of these cool old cars will be found. Derek, VA 🇺🇸
Hello fellow Syclone
Hi Chad, the Mitsubishi 4x4 (NIKON) was a rally car built in Sonata France, they raced them in the Paris - Dakar and Winns Safari Australia I was fortunate enough to be a driver for the Mitsubishi media team in Australia for about 4 years. The car was a complete Kevlar body and full race specs. Mitsubishi dominated these 2 events for about 5 years.
I like the bloke. To not have any idea of this being Dakar related is being very American.
Dude, that Mitsubishi Pajero at the show is a Paris-Dakar race truck. The hardest long distance rally in the world. 2 weeks, thousands of miles. A SUPER special truck, built by Sonata. Amazing to see something like that in Thailand! Greetings from Atlanta!
Thai rally driver Siriwattanakun Ponsawan T2 - 1 CLASS WINNER at the wheel of a long wheelbase PAJERO/MONTERO powered by a V6 engine. Dakar Rally 1993
The Mitsubishi Parejo you saw is very rare and it used for desert rally. The fact the vehicle survived is a miracle, often times the desert claims vehicles.
Thai rally driver Siriwattanakun Ponsawan T2 - 1 CLASS WINNER at the wheel of a long wheelbase PAJERO/MONTERO powered by a V6 engine. Dakar Rally 1993
Thailand is so cool! Love the cars. Thanks for showing us around town.
My dad used to be a big VW person in the van that you were talking about it is called a 21 window and they are very rare. My favorite is the Karmin Ghia and the sirocco.
The ol' Sirocco. I learned to drive in a manual Sirocco back in the late 80's in the west Texas desert. Not to many people even know what those are and I havn't seen one in 30 years I bet. Cool car!!!!
Love the tone and format of this video. Brings me back to your older flogging days, which were much more enjoyable in my opinion.
I remember when the closest thing to speed shops in America (1960's) was The Pep Boys (I can still remember the smell of tires when you entered the stores), or mail order from J.C. Whitney. And it wasn't unusual to order by mail, cams and headers and floor shifters for whatever you were racing at your local "Saturday night" speedway (mine was Saugus Speedway or Ascot).
Thanks Chad, some of us here are old enough to remember parts stores like that. And miss them...
I'm from San Diego California we used to have a place called Super Shops and it was like heaven! there is nothing like being able to touch feel and smell all of the aftermarket racing parts in one shop. it was like putting on a hoodie out of the dryer on a cold wet day...
Yup....Crager and Centerline rims there ! 😎
@@philbalon6992 man if I could have had a pair of centerline's they always just looks so damn cool on the display wall
i am from thailand I'm glad you came to review my country.
Nice work Chad, i love how you find these places. I always find it crazy how much stock Thai shops of any sort carry. Computerized multinational parts stores would have a fit.
That was a fun video. I've owned a 1959 MGA (1st car) and did a lot of hands on restoration. I've also owned a yellow Toyota Celica identical to the one in the video (bought it new in 1973). I am now retired, but still keep a 2004 Porsche Boxster S just for the fun. It feels like driving a go-cart on the street.
My parents had a yellow Toyota Corolla , before I was born. I only know it from old blurry pictures , cool to see one in that good shape. My grandfather had a Toyota Crown in the '80 s , it was a solid and classy looking car.
I always smile at the way you treat all the pups you meet... it speaks to your energy and spirit.
If you r wondering about the price of the licenses plates number 7777 Bangkok, it costs at least 100k US dollars. And the meaning of that number is Prosperity in life and success. You might take one Chad..👍👍
"No knock offs on my car"...besides the car itself. Still a gem tho : )
Renault, it's just one of the biggest car manufacturer companies in the world. It's just hilarious how you don't know them. Keep going with the good work. I really enjoy your videos.
Love Thailand car culture
so much different things
This was great content
I remember a Super Autobacs in Orange County some time back. Beautiful store. It unfortunately opened at a time when import tuning was on its downward trend and closed some time later.
Those corollas are the KE10 and KE15 variants. The latter having the fastback rear window(KE15), also has the same body as the sprinter variant in some markets of the same year.
Found your channel today, and by far , your channel is my favorite RUclips channel as of today ❤
The dog at 3:55 is so goshdarn cute and he,s 12?! look young for 12, omg
Colorado plate on the R/T Challenger was from the movie "Vanishing Point".
I don't know anything about old cars, but man oh man those are beauties. Someone has spent countless hours restoring those pieces of history. Amazing
I actually owned a 23 Window Samba back in the mid to late 70's. It was a little rough but it was running and driving when I sold it. I regret selling it to this day, but back then they were just another VW Van.
Chad if you think an Issetta is small look up a British Company called Peel who made a tiny car called the P50 on the Isle of man in the 1960's
The Peel P50, that was the car I sat in! I went back to find the photo and realized I totally messed that up lol
The Peel is so small you have to get out of it to change your mind, I drove once...not comfortable and I'm only 5'11"
Rick B
@@CBMedia404 I'm only 5'9" and the Peel was small on me how you got in one is a mystery! Would love to see them photos lol
LOL I sat in the P50 but there was no way I would have been able to drive it at 6’4” LOL
@@CBMedia404 Clarkson was able to drive one he looks bigger than you 😉
Love how the parts shop was playing CB Media channel while you shopped there. Meta AF!
There is a mom and pop race store in Independence Louisiana. It’s called Clausens Racing. You can literally walk in with a pile of cash and walk out with everything you need to have a race car built from nothing.
I saw you today by the elevator. Thanks for the selfie pictures! Stay awesome brotha! You’re bad@55
Thanks for saying hello
i think you do more for the thai tourist industry than any of the advertising they do!
I miss NOPI stores. I’m with you Chad. That’s a great looking store. Wish we had these in the US
Old oriental proverb. Man who walk through airport door sideways, is most likely going to Bangkok.
WOW even Mall Car Shows in Thailand can reveal automotive GEMS!! 🤙😎
Chad Renault had an F1 team, I'm amazed you didn't who they were , loved this video we need more like this one for the true car guys 👌 and how cool is that café
I'de love to come to Thialand and experience it firsthand, thanks to you!
Wow! I hope to visit Thailand someday. Seems like a great place
love it when cb media uploads! some of the best content on youtube
I would like to recommend Bangkok Motorbike Festival - the biggest motorcycle festival in South East Asia held at CentralWorld, Bangkok. May 27-29.
Definite NOPI vibes in there. I recall the NOPI shop in Atlanta, but it was nearly closed the last time I went. Just APC junk everywhere and really pared down from the old days.
And in case no one mentioned it, it's [Reh-NO], not [RAY-NAulT]. We Americans aren't privledged enough to get the pronunciations of the French cars nailed down back home.
And I wanna see more of that detail shop! Some seriously sweet rides there!
Awesome video, I cant believe that dog was 12 years old! He looked like a pup.
He did not walk well. That is a sign of an old Pomeranian dog who has joints problem.
Cool, i went there a couple of years ago. My suitcase was very heavy on the flight home
Tennessee speed and sport had an amazing store back in 2000-2002. Nashville had some decent car culture.
Just to say, the isetta is not the smallest car, the peel p50 is, I only know because it was on Top Gear and Clarkson drove it. The COE are such nice trucks
We have an old-school auto parts store in my town. I go at least once a week to go buy something, or just hang out and talk to the owners. I remember they used to be all over the place. We used to hang out in the parking lots after school and show off our cars.
Just had to say I've liked the video before watching because the content is always awesome, you never disapoint.
Thanks dude I appreciate the support
@@CBMedia404 your welcome 👍
You've been gaining subs like crazy! Good stuff brother
Love the the Bkk vids, that’s a nice new wheel you got😊👍 I might go check it out myself. Can they install them there buddy?
I think so, they were installing a set of taillights outside when I was there so I’m sure they can help. The girl that works there speaks great English too.
@@CBMedia404 cheers mate 🍻
Coolest thing about Blue Moon is everything in the restaurant is real memorabilia - not knock offs. Insane high quality stuff. Of course the billions of baht in cars in the warehouse behind the joint is 🤪😱😱😱😱🤩
Renault...as in the French manufacturer. Their works F1 team is now called Alpine
Awesome vid Chad!! Love the OG cars. ✌️
God damn I miss living in Bangkok. Also my favourite city in the world.
I missing to go to these tuner part stores, we have those cheap stuff stores left, but not a propper tuner shop,
It's one of four type of stores types I missing
1. Tuner/serious car part store
2. Video store/Video rent shop
3: Record store
4: Gamer store
Cool store and awesome to see those old collector cars in a place like Thailand!
Reminds me of the original cb media videos, the style, the vlog the train… love it
Hay Chad
Was just thinking 💭 thought bubble here
You showed how well the shop can refurbish old steering wheels on other occasions you have showed other parts etc
How about if you get some old genuine brand parts together and show us what these guys can do
Perhaps a special CB media part or series of parts to buy from you ? Or as prizes on your promotions etc
Cheers
Bro - your video starts out at Asok - my company regional office is in the Interchange building. Going to check out that Bluemoon Restaurant for sure - thanks for the tip 🙏🏻
Actually, the classic car event was a joy to watch. Could have had more B-roll of that.
Dude this what i have been wanting to do. I’m retiring in Bangkok and I have a early VW BUS I want to have in a restaurant. That sterling wheel shop is crazy. I live in Arizona now. I want to retire in 6 years.
Good vlog again CB, some of those rides are top shelf collectors items
If we had one of those stores in L.A. it would no doubt get looted every day ! 😳
Sad but true.
It's a "Mostly peaceful protest," not looting.
@@beachguyla yeah protesting the notion that they have to use money to shop.
Chad - fantastic contents you've created and well done. Blue Moon - damm... it's a must do when i get there.
Those 23 window VW Buses are crazy rare these days. sourcing those windows if one breaks is next to near impossible.
los angeles in my racing days we had options in the late 99s early 2000s for shops
3 days left until reunion with my favorite city in the world too bkk we’re back baby after 3 years 🫶🏼
hate picking favorite cities, each has thier own pros and cons, bangkok is cool but once you travel to many cities around the world its hard to pick a favorite. i dont understand how people can pick favorites if they travelled to like 1% of place in the world , pretty sad.
@Wayne Anthony Holmes bkk over rated , ho chi mihn is better , and you missed his point when you pick a fav u limit urself lol,
@@rmd7713 This.
@Wayne Anthony Holmes i mean , america has 100s of cities but i think he meant around the world , not in 1 country lol, also "100s" of cities is about 1% of cities in the world lol, so imagine how much more you missed , the biggest city in the western hemisphere is sao paulo in brazil (metro population , bigger than any city in USA) , pretty underrated city and most people dont think about it. also ho chi mihn is more authentic than BKK , too americanzied
@Wayne Anthony Holmes if BKK is ur fav out of 100s then you must be abit sad
Chad, Renault is a huge French car manufacturer. Rally cars. v 12 engines for F1. F1 racing team with Fernando Alonso and Alpine (Renault Powered). Back in early 2000's went to Moscow and rescued Lada. Turned the company around, built new plants, hired 1000s of people, worth billions, and last month, sold the Russian operation for 1 Ruble. Lost a billion dollars and will never do business in Russia again. But this video, WOW so much car heritage. That Lincoln Town Car looks prestine. All the cars are in amazing condition. Was that a LEO beer?
I'm pretty sure it was a joke...
Hard to believe the "Blue Moon" restaurant isn't associated with the beer of the same name. The sign and the label is almost identical
Really enjoyed this 1 A lot !
Thank you take care
Man i haven't seen a small business centered around car performance parts here in Texas besides in the flea markets or the speaker selling businesses. Although Summit racing has become popular here immediately. A local business just opened up that sells special cleaning products tho. I cant wait to see Cream Pai!
If I remember correctly, I'm not a VW guy either, the busses that had the upper windows were Safari busses.
Your car style is definitely my car style. The rally car and the Blue Bird/510 look awesome.
Chad the isetta isnt the worlds smallest car. Check out the peel p50. Made on the isle of man in the uk. Makes that isetta look like an estate car!!
your videos make me want to travel to Thailand
Chad you rock! Love the channel and content! I'm here for the algorithm! Peace
Great video Chad thanks for share stay safe best greetings from korat.👍
Nice bumping into you, Friday night , briefly (hotel)
Jaguar called it British racing green! 👍
We have summit racing so it is gigantic. You just can't get certain tuner specific stuff
How cool to see all those classic's like brand new (or even better)
There’s a serious amount of money in that concourse the blue Renault looks to be a Renault 8 which is a French car from the 70s but the Mitsubishi from the Dakar rally is my favourite
Noo! I’m in Thailand right now and was trying to figure out if I should bring a steering wheel that needs to be redone. Left it back home since I didn’t know where to go… 🤦♂️
Hey Chad, the VW bus is a 23 windows, also called Samba
As you would say, Those are some pimp ass 'rollas... 1966 was 1st year. Had a 71 with a 1600 2T-C
7:23 - the "bubble car" is a nice notice, but you missed the Lamborghini tractor sitting next it. Someone is a very acute collector.....
5:48 the shop TV is playing your videos 😄
Blue Moon is a beer with the same logo. Similar to Corona, instead of lime, you drink Blue Moon with orange.
I wish we had those shops here in Kuala lumpur we have many on Australia where I come from but not here. I just got a BMW E36 325i and it's so hard to get any good modified parts and 30 bucks for a Sparco wheel sure it's a cheap rip off from overseas.
The Town Car was one of the dopest on there lol, almost fully loaded too, such a 80s land yacht
Yeah I was shocked and excited to see that beast lol so random lol
That Lamborghini farm tractor is badass!! I would've asked if they would fire it up. COOL piece of history!
Chad : "I have no idea what this is". As he walks by what looks to be a vintage Bugatti [ the Blue/Black car ] ?
Lol! 👍
No way, was that really a Bugatti?!??
@@CBMedia404 I'm not 100% certain, Chad, yet by all appearances it looks to be.
I thought you were pulling a fast one on us when you walked by the Lamborghini farm tractor and didn't say anything. Thought maybe you're checking to see if we're paying attention? 🤣
LOVE your content, Brother!! 👍💪😎
@@scottmccutcheon9828 I think it is too
7:35 Omg - NSX 🔥🔥
That thing is sick 🤕🤢🤙
All these years I still want one..
Wowzerz Sadly speed shops like that are almost gone in America
Car scene is insane over there. Love your contents
Love how they used the Blue Moon beer logo for the name of their restaurant
4:00 - No fake parts. Definitely no Soi Dogs. 👍👍🤣🤣
Lol
Cool restaurant... love that they have completely knocked off the Blue Moon logo for the restaurant.
That VW Bus is a 21 window and yeah they go for lots of $$. I am a little surprised you didn't know that. Not that I know a lot cuz I don't. I think 21 windows are cool to look at.
NOPI? Legit you win. OMG NOPI shows here back in the day.
Glad you are back in Thailand