@@dragonslayer9671 in 2017, Holden shut down Australian manufacturing, and those cars were the cars that were still being built on that day. The Holden brand shut down in 2020.
That mystery electric nugget at 7:00 was the Sinclair C5. Yes, the Sinclair computing company made what was effectively a recumbent bike with an electric motor. They flopped hard, were super dangerous to use, and your mouth and nose were at the optimum height to breathe in everyone else's exhaust fumes. Britain have made some great cars, some terrible cars, and we also made that.
@@tristanraineyeah, Lotus was the bomb. Everything else is either “ya tried,” “if you actually invested it would’ve been perfectly crumulant” and “why? Just, why?”
Those 2 red Indian motorcycles at 6:41 were from my grandpa's collection!!! He passed away in 2019 and the vast majority of his collection of over 220 motorcycles were bought and sent to Australia! I have pictures of me sitting on that 1927 Scout. There is also a Douglas in the background of the shot that looks like it was from my grandpa's collection too!
I remember chatting with the people at the museum, and the Veyron is owned by some super rich guy who bought it as an investment, but couldn’t be fully bothered looking after it so is keeping it at the Motor Museum because that way people can enjoy it and because the museum will take care of it
Most of the cars there are privately owned and they're doing the same thing. Before the Veyron they had a Delorean there. I was a little upset the Delorean was replaced, but being a Veyron it was a good consolation.
I was devastated when our car manufacturing ended. A huge part of our national identity taken away from us. We always had at least one Aussie car in the fleet.
I love your unbridled excitement. Don't understand any of it, but seeing someone sharing something they're passionate about it just wonderful. Everyone everywhere deserves to be able to share their raw joy and enthusiasm for their favorite things.
The Magna at 5:50 my dad and his engineering department developed the seating for at Tonsley in the early 90's. Developed it here in SA and allowed the Japanese designers to take the full credit otherwise they'd have never approved it. It was awesome bringing him to the museum and having him relive all that He then went on to work in accounting at Aston Martin and Holden in the 2000's before leaving the car industry
I study in Wolfsburg, and there's a huge automuseum located near the VW factory that I visited. All kinds of cars are there: the early Beetle prototype and the last "old" Beetle ever built standing next to each other, classic American sedans and muscle cars, various European sports/supercars, a replica of Bugatti 57 Atlantic (considering there were only 4 of these built and only 3 exist currently costing gazillion dollars each, it is understandable why the museum piece is a replica), a Trabant (an East German nugget that has a bit of a cult following here), a VW Golf concept with a mid-mounted Bentley W12 engine (it appeared in one Top Gear episode if I remember correctly), full-chrome (!) Bugatti Veyron with the W16 quad-turbo engine in a glass casing next to it and so on and so forth. One of the best experiences I've ever had. If you lads happen to be near Wolfsburg I highly recommend visiting it
Staying in Germany, I can also recommend the PS.Speicher in Einbeck. The main exhibits are mostly motorbikes, but they have all kinds of stuff in depots around town.
@@MrCharlieBros God we do not talk about how weird the Mexican car market is, like you can be car shopping there and you can either get a Dodge Ramcharger which was a regular Ram with a minivan taped to it's bed, or VW Beetle a car that is from the 1930s being sold as a new car in 2003.
This makes me simultaneously so happy and so sad to be an Aussie. It's amazing to see all these Aussie motorsport icons, and for a car girl like me it's like Aussie vehicle heaven. Then when you look up to see the last ever production Holdens' that never got to see the road, even the one covered in signatures.. just.. wow. It seems so silly to many, but it genuinely makes me shed a tear because in my eyes Holden is a true icon in our Aussie history, and for it to just go like that.. it's such a shame. Whether you were team Ford or team Holden, I think it's safe to say we all shed a tear when they announced their closure.. miss you Holden, it's not the same without you.. you really were one of the last true Aussie vehicle icons. As a more positive side note, 5:30 I have one of those! She's my daily driver, and she's actually a Grand Tourer model with the white body, gold pinstriping and mags! She may not have an AC other than the wound down windows, but she's a lovely little car and it makes me proud to own an (albeit minor) Aussie icon.
@@TVCHLORDBold of you to automatically assume I'm trans without any information proving so and congratulations for liking your own comment. Also, science disagrees with you.
@@TVCHLORDSo what you're saying is you're misogynistic and therefor can't understand that women can appreciate things men typically do? Gotcha. Again, gotta love how you like your own comments, only posted 25 seconds ago and one like? You ain't fooling no one lmao
My biggest wish is that Holden will become one of those "phoenix companies", several of which we saw being brought back brom the dead. Hummer, Fisker, Polaroid managed to come back better than ever. Why not Holden? I think the rest of the world could also use some of that Australian spirit!
Hey man, if I win Lotto my first purchase will be Holden's old Lang Lang Proving Grounds. (I only need like 35 Million) Then I gotta hire a bunch of engineers and shit but I definitely know step one 😂
Because I think GM just had a personal vendetta against Holden. Like any time they'd bring a design over it'd be through gritted teeth and pained sighing. Never forget they decided to bring the Commadore over, in a single trim. And the name of the whole shebang was the SS. They absolutely DID NOT WANT IT HERE. And later on they only sold the last run of the Commadore as a Cop Car. I'd have loved to have owned a Caprice.
@@NEEDbacon Yeah of course. This is just what happens when our government lets foreign companies (or any company really) walk all over them. We should have demanded GM import a number of cars that would actually be an economic advantage for Australia, and if they refused, just take the company off their hands. If they don't want it, we'll take it.
7:01 That's a Sinclair C5. Made by the same company that made the ZX Spectrum. I encountered one at a computer museum in the Netherlands. It's mental that Clive Sinclair thought this would work.
@@shraka We needed some Falcon content in here. The 60's and early 70's especially are interesting to me as an American since they resemble the cars we had here but are different enough that it feels like they came from a parallel universe.
Hey man not sure if your going to see this or if anyone will. My step grandfather's dad and his best mate did restore the old ford hills hoist truck that is in there and its cool seeing a bit of family history in there. I am unsure when it was sold by my step grandfather's dad. from what I remember the truck was found in Coober Pedy. I will post an update when I find a little bit more about the truck if anyone is interested.
The electric nugget thing at 07:00 is the Sinclair C5, essentially an electrically boosted trike. Envisioned by Sir Clive Sinclair, a pioneer of the home computing industry (notable for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and its lineage), but ended more of a curiosity than a useful thing.
As a Canadian I haven’t experienced any first hand accounts of aussie nuggets. I knew that you guys had your own cars and everything but I didn’t realize that it ran this deep and the surprising variety of automobiles that you have. Very very cool!!!
@@nickrustyson8124 Let's not hold Cadillac's Chris Gains album against the australians. Though god I wish they sold the Caprice Normally, instead of only to cops.
@@NEEDbacon But it's also the most successful Australian car in this country, they sold well, and are still being made as the CTS/CT5. CTS stands for Catera Touring Sedan by the way
Your love for Australian cars is in line with my love for American motorcycles. Recently the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa Iowa closed and it was a serious blow to publicly accessible historical bikes in America.
The Hurricane is the most beautiful car I have ever seen in my life. It's this slick, perfect wedge with big jazzy headlights on huuuuge fenders.... And that COLOR!! I love it so much
As an American it really threw me for a loop seeing the caprice ppv on the half built on the assembly line especially since i have one siting in my driveway. Its such a shame that holden is no more..
Wow rear camera and a freaking CRT for it in 1969, that actually blew my mind, that was so ahead of its time, maybe other had that too but it's the first time i see that
learning Aussie culture while listening to Wade tear up in a nostalgia trip. You really are growing old when you see cars you've seen everyday years ago on a museum display
I love the quirky Australian cars so much and quirky nuggets like these are amazing 😍 Also seeing the unfinished holdens especially the Caprice is sad we loved it here in Saudi Arabia shame on you GM
I really really appreciate the effort and enthusiasm you put into the voice over. I'm actually not even sure if you were recording on the go because the audio quality is amazing but it made me feel like I was touring the museum with you. Keep it going!
Respect for the excitement in the voice over as if it is the first time you are seeing these vehicle even though it was obviously recorded in post. I don't think I could get that excited for after the fact; I would likely to do it vlog style where I am just telling the story of the trip. I really like your style; makes it feel like we are there right next to you when you experience these things for the first time.
The first car with a backup camera was the Buick Centurion concept. And yes, the CRT is as small you would think. You can see it at the Sloan Museum in Flint. If you are so inclined.
I am just so fascinated how different so many of the cars you show look like to the ones I am used to in Germany. The minis are the first ones I really recognize, but maybe it's just me not knowing a lot of cars 😅
Would of loved it if this video was like an hour long or a series, I love hearing about car history from you. From the scrapheap videos to this one. Please make more
I'm glad you guys kept a good amount of your concept cars. The auto companies in the states usually crush prototypes and concepts. And I'm surprised a GM ev made it over there
The university I went to actually had an EV1, it was hanging out in the basement of the electrical engineering building when I was there. The original drivetrain had been taken out before the school got it, but some of the EE students put a new one in as their senior design project. It’s a shame it’s not in a better spot, most people never knew it was there.
@@the48thronin97 And a trade school I went to had a EV S10, it was in a worse spot than that EV1 and basically it's impossible to fix, not only because there is like 12 of them existing, but also because New York Rust unsurprisingly will eat up anything
6:59 Great to see the NMM still has one of their Sinclair C5s kicking around (I'm pretty sure they had two for a while there). I'd love to import one of those from the UK one day, as they're almost impossible to find over here.
Weird how I spent the first 8 years of my life in Adelaide but haven't been (from memory at least). Planned to go whenever I went back, but this has just increased my want. A big draw is still Andy Caldecott's (RIP) bikes and the tribute, which admittedly could be emotional.
My grandmother had a Zeta. It had no rear door. The only way into the boot space was via the passenger door on the sides. It had removable seats to aid access to the boot space
As an owner of a vehicle with one, they had actually figured out how to smooth the 3800's by the time they came out with the 3800 series II which, if I'm not mistaken, is the one that really has a cult following. And yes it's been very reliable and served me very well. And yes the vehicle is a complete "The car" car
The GM EV1 was also in development for over a decade as the BBC did a segment on a fully functional EV1 concept car in the year 1990 in their show Tomorrow’s World! :)
Always a massive fan of the motor museum, even tho it doesn’t change much love to visit every couple of years :) Glad I found your channel! Love seeing a large following channel for cars from little old SA
I love big american vans!!! I swear they’re made for gigs, smaller bands do coast tours out of a single van all the time! and they get awesome graphics with unicorns and things
Funny thing is, big classic American vans are tiny when compared to modern Euro vans, like if you ever see a old Dodge Ram Van next to a Merc Sprint, it makes the Dodge look like a compact
That’s why hubby and I own one! (Dodge caravan) I work the Renfaire scene as a vendor (so, huge popup tent, many boxes and bins of stuff, folding chairs, tables and etc. to fit in), and he’s a musician who plays cello and bass, and we also do medieval re-enactment which means you need a car long enough for your tent poles and medieval weaponry and occasionally weirder things like floor looms and thrones. It’s actually a running joke in my re-enactor group that you’ll know you’ve arrived when you see the entire parking area full of Dodge Caravans. 😂 It has fold-away seats that go right into compartments on the floor to let all but the front two seats stow away for storage, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. We can even car-camp in it!
In my home village in Belgium, we have a Motorbike museum called "Forgotten Times museum." (Yes it's in English!) It's in Zandvliet and I LOVED that place. Went there with my mechanic dad one time and it was amazing.
If you ever make it out to Southern California, you'll have to hit up the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA, the Marconi Automotive museum in Orange County (Tustin), and the San Diego Automotive Museum.
that Holden Efigy looks super close to a Hot Wheels car I had back in the mid 00s (looking it up - seems to be the 2005 McDonald's Crooze Ooze Coupe), I've never seen another car that looks like that, just something cool that sprung to mind
You say you lived in the middle of nowhere and then show a drive under an hour to the CBD. Thems rookie numbers mate! As a Sydneysider, that's how long it takes me to drive to my friends' place for dinner on a weekday night 😂
I’m actually currently looking for inspiration for a car in this post-apocalyptic solar punk type thing I’m writing and then you come and release a video that’s basically “look at all these weird cars”. Thank you I’ll be stealing all of this
I was there on the weekend, what an amazing place. Dragged the family along, everyone enjoyed it. For me the Benz at the start was incredibly interesting, great back story. I am no into motorcycles but the motorcycle hall was impressive. I got the feels seeing the first and last Holden (the red VF 2:23) and the cars partly through production. The The fact that they had a copy of my first car was the icing on the cake!
Not only that, they are showing they are more reliable than same year Toyotas, here in the states and in Arizona so I can't say Rust is eating up all of the Toyotas (Like literally unless it's a Tundra used Toyotas do not exist in Upstate New York)
There's 2 of the funky electric trikes at 7:00 in my local museum (Waterfront Museum, Swansea). Both of which you can climb into and turn the handlebars (at least as of the last time I went). The concept of a recumbent electric motorcycle is fantastic and I can imagine a whole lotta fun to ride in! Not such a fan of the trike design as they're less stable in turns than bikes. But I reckon there's a market for something like this nowadays, with climate concerns, better battery & motor tech, and congestion issues. I certainly want one!
As someone who lives like half a kilometer away from the Harley-Davidson headquarters, I do kinda echo other people groaning but I do enjoy that you're a fellow motorcycle enthusiast!
being me and knowing nothing about cars this is so entertaining. your passion for cars and Australian nationalism is so admirable. It's just so much fun listening and watching you gush about cars, and especially aussie cars. keep up the work man I've been watching forever love you
God I'll never forget seeing the Torana concept at the 04 Sydney Motor show, that metallic pink and stark white interior were so eye-catching. Think I still have the Wheels with the "breaking" VE renders based off of it somewhere too.
The little electric car is a Sinclair C5 and I'm amazed you've never heard of it. British, weird, ahead of its time but mega dangerous on the road. In the eighties the guy who ran the Sinclair computer company was getting pasted comercially after the Spectrum had run its course, so he decided to pivot. To electric cars. It did not go well for him. In the nineties and early 2000s all of our robot wars competitors used the batteries or motors from them.
Really is a shame about some of those Holden concepts, those are SO cool!! And the unfinished cars from the closure... man. At least nice to see them in a museum where they can still be appreciated in some way.
Couple facts i find fascinating about the efijy and hurricane, the efijy literally cant turn full lock without hammering the wheel into the wheel well. And when i got a chance to sit in the hurricane it comes with a warning as the roof and steering collumn drop down, that warnings a quite simple "watch ya nuts" 😂😂 the pedals are also wild on the hurricane, theyre ages away and they look just like 3 big mostly flat panels that cover the entire height of the floor. They where too far away for me to reach so i couldnt even work out if theyre top hinged or bottom
Randomly got this video in my recommended, so many cool Holdens I didn't know about! And I'm honestly envious of Aussies and the cars y'all had, here in Norway we got the Commodore, but the Opel version, so at most it had a V6. I only ever remember having seen an actual Holden once in my life, and it was the most unexpected place, Rallycross, a baby blue VK with pink Viper stripes and exhaust coming through the welded shut rear doors, I was a teenager and was immediately drawn to it as soon as it started going down the track, as what at first looked like an Opel Commodore C to me was a bit louder... and that was definitely not the sound of a 4cyl or V6... Headed to the pit after the race to look at it and saw the car was RHD, and it had Holden badges, and it all made sense suddenly. :P This was late 90s early 2000s, and I've not actually seen another Holden in Norway, which is weird with how much weird cars show up here... I mean, I've owned a Mustang II, I've worked on C1 Corvettes, there are about 3 BMW E28 Touring that I've seen here (a model BMW never made) There's TommyKairas here, all sorts of Skylines, Supras, RX7s, I've seen Jensen Interceptors, I've sold parts to a guy fixing up a Sunbeam Tiger, there's even a Lancia Thema 8.32, VW Golf MK2 Country has shown up, even MK2 Golf Rallye, for some weird reason people imported their Saturn S-series to Norway, basically anything from Europe and Asia, and America shows up here, I've worked in a shop specialized in US cars and have worked on a lot of various US stuff, and owned a couple US cars. But Holden? I don't see a thing... which is a shame as they've had so many interesting and strange models! along with the other brands as well with Aussie specific models. Like that Mitsubishi Magna? isn't that a Galant? sure looks like one?
I'd love to see you do a series on the history of individual cars. Weird ones, awesome ones, perfectly cromulent but controversial ones (cough, Prius, cough.) It'd be great!
Well, we had home Renault 4 from the late 70s with a starting crank. If I remember properly, at that time it was a safety remnant of the old times ,if your R4 doesn't start in "modern" way, you can always use the starting crank to do it manually 😅😂
Seeing an aussie drool over Australian engineering just puts a smile on my fafe. Tbh I really like the cars that Australia got. They look so unique and cool
Wow I grew up in visiting my grandparents in Adelaide all the time and had no idea this place existed. Definitely will need to check it out when I next go down to visit them
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The unfinished Holdens actually make me so sad. Poor guys never got to see the light of day, and their wheels never got to roll on the ground
Imnot14andthisisdeep.
When did holden go out of business?
@@dragonslayer9671 in 2017, Holden shut down Australian manufacturing, and those cars were the cars that were still being built on that day. The Holden brand shut down in 2020.
@@skylovescars69420 that sucks
I hate gm for that, and for pontiac.
Holden: "Look at these cool concepts we have, do you want them?"
Aussies: "YEES MATE!"
Holden: "Well, fuck you, here are some rebadged Opels!"
Basically Saab, down to the rebading of Opels (and occasionally Alfa Romeos)
Greedy pricks…
ZB Commodore moment (Opel Insignia can suck me)
@@JeanMarceaux Opel to Alfa Romeo is quite the jump in prestige
It was more...Look at these cool concepts...Only $160k....For a Holden??.....PASS
That mystery electric nugget at 7:00 was the Sinclair C5. Yes, the Sinclair computing company made what was effectively a recumbent bike with an electric motor. They flopped hard, were super dangerous to use, and your mouth and nose were at the optimum height to breathe in everyone else's exhaust fumes.
Britain have made some great cars, some terrible cars, and we also made that.
Exhaust fumes that would have contained _lead_, I should add. It was the 80s, after all.
If there's one thing I've learnt from top gear, it's that british cars are... often questionable
@@DEADMEM3we peaked with Lotus tbh
Ironically Lotus Engineering were involved in the C5…
@@tristanraineyeah, Lotus was the bomb. Everything else is either “ya tried,” “if you actually invested it would’ve been perfectly crumulant” and “why? Just, why?”
Those 2 red Indian motorcycles at 6:41 were from my grandpa's collection!!! He passed away in 2019 and the vast majority of his collection of over 220 motorcycles were bought and sent to Australia! I have pictures of me sitting on that 1927 Scout. There is also a Douglas in the background of the shot that looks like it was from my grandpa's collection too!
Your grandpa would be honored that his beautiful bikes are in a museum
The cycle has been complete.
That's really cool man. He'd be happy that millions can see his collection.
I remember chatting with the people at the museum, and the Veyron is owned by some super rich guy who bought it as an investment, but couldn’t be fully bothered looking after it so is keeping it at the Motor Museum because that way people can enjoy it and because the museum will take care of it
Most of the cars there are privately owned and they're doing the same thing. Before the Veyron they had a Delorean there. I was a little upset the Delorean was replaced, but being a Veyron it was a good consolation.
Seems like that Veyron is an NA spec based on the orange side markers and LHD
@@matthewl5434yep, they’re called retroreflectors, and are required on all US spec cars since 1968.
Last time I went there was a Murcielago SV next to the Veyron, guess the owner actually wanted to drive it!
Thats funny cause when I went there yeeears ago there was a Diablo SV in the same spot lmao@@carnivorebear6582
I was devastated when our car manufacturing ended. A huge part of our national identity taken away from us. We always had at least one Aussie car in the fleet.
Yes
I'm an _American_ and yet I think GM killing off Holden was such a disgusting move.
It’s because they were rubbish. And built for themselves not for the market. It’s called capitalism
I love your unbridled excitement.
Don't understand any of it, but seeing someone sharing something they're passionate about it just wonderful. Everyone everywhere deserves to be able to share their raw joy and enthusiasm for their favorite things.
Same
The Magna at 5:50 my dad and his engineering department developed the seating for at Tonsley in the early 90's. Developed it here in SA and allowed the Japanese designers to take the full credit otherwise they'd have never approved it. It was awesome bringing him to the museum and having him relive all that
He then went on to work in accounting at Aston Martin and Holden in the 2000's before leaving the car industry
This may or may not be one of the saddest but proudest videos I've ever watched. Rest in peace you bloody bastard Holden.
OH MY GOD. So you're saying I've ran into you by chance??? I can see myself in the background HAHAHAHA. This is hilarious, i love this so much.
I study in Wolfsburg, and there's a huge automuseum located near the VW factory that I visited. All kinds of cars are there: the early Beetle prototype and the last "old" Beetle ever built standing next to each other, classic American sedans and muscle cars, various European sports/supercars, a replica of Bugatti 57 Atlantic (considering there were only 4 of these built and only 3 exist currently costing gazillion dollars each, it is understandable why the museum piece is a replica), a Trabant (an East German nugget that has a bit of a cult following here), a VW Golf concept with a mid-mounted Bentley W12 engine (it appeared in one Top Gear episode if I remember correctly), full-chrome (!) Bugatti Veyron with the W16 quad-turbo engine in a glass casing next to it and so on and so forth. One of the best experiences I've ever had. If you lads happen to be near Wolfsburg I highly recommend visiting it
Staying in Germany, I can also recommend the PS.Speicher in Einbeck. The main exhibits are mostly motorbikes, but they have all kinds of stuff in depots around town.
The last Beetle ever built? MEXICO MENTIONED 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
@@MrCharlieBros God we do not talk about how weird the Mexican car market is, like you can be car shopping there and you can either get a Dodge Ramcharger which was a regular Ram with a minivan taped to it's bed, or VW Beetle a car that is from the 1930s being sold as a new car in 2003.
@@nickrustyson8124 hey that beetle was never used so it’s “new”
This makes me simultaneously so happy and so sad to be an Aussie.
It's amazing to see all these Aussie motorsport icons, and for a car girl like me it's like Aussie vehicle heaven.
Then when you look up to see the last ever production Holdens' that never got to see the road, even the one covered in signatures.. just.. wow.
It seems so silly to many, but it genuinely makes me shed a tear because in my eyes Holden is a true icon in our Aussie history, and for it to just go like that.. it's such a shame.
Whether you were team Ford or team Holden, I think it's safe to say we all shed a tear when they announced their closure.. miss you Holden, it's not the same without you.. you really were one of the last true Aussie vehicle icons.
As a more positive side note, 5:30 I have one of those!
She's my daily driver, and she's actually a Grand Tourer model with the white body, gold pinstriping and mags!
She may not have an AC other than the wound down windows, but she's a lovely little car and it makes me proud to own an (albeit minor) Aussie icon.
Trans girls aren’t real
@@TVCHLORDBold of you to automatically assume I'm trans without any information proving so and congratulations for liking your own comment.
Also, science disagrees with you.
@@clockwork3494 I can tell by the “as a car girl” and anime pfp
@@TVCHLORDSo what you're saying is you're misogynistic and therefor can't understand that women can appreciate things men typically do?
Gotcha.
Again, gotta love how you like your own comments, only posted 25 seconds ago and one like?
You ain't fooling no one lmao
@@TVCHLORD that's what the kids would call an "L take"
My biggest wish is that Holden will become one of those "phoenix companies", several of which we saw being brought back brom the dead. Hummer, Fisker, Polaroid managed to come back better than ever. Why not Holden? I think the rest of the world could also use some of that Australian spirit!
Hey man, if I win Lotto my first purchase will be Holden's old Lang Lang Proving Grounds. (I only need like 35 Million)
Then I gotta hire a bunch of engineers and shit but I definitely know step one 😂
Government could step in and resurrect it no worries. Well it could have, when the plant was closing down. Dunno about now.
Because I think GM just had a personal vendetta against Holden. Like any time they'd bring a design over it'd be through gritted teeth and pained sighing. Never forget they decided to bring the Commadore over, in a single trim. And the name of the whole shebang was the SS. They absolutely DID NOT WANT IT HERE. And later on they only sold the last run of the Commadore as a Cop Car. I'd have loved to have owned a Caprice.
@@NEEDbacon Yeah of course. This is just what happens when our government lets foreign companies (or any company really) walk all over them. We should have demanded GM import a number of cars that would actually be an economic advantage for Australia, and if they refused, just take the company off their hands. If they don't want it, we'll take it.
Polaroid was revived by its fans, the rest are junk, revivals rarely go well unfortunately.
Hey wayde, been watching for many years now and I got married recently, got the wife into your content and we love watching it together!
7:01 That's a Sinclair C5. Made by the same company that made the ZX Spectrum. I encountered one at a computer museum in the Netherlands. It's mental that Clive Sinclair thought this would work.
Who dare you do the Sincalir C5 dirty like that, 'what ever this electric nugget this is.' pish posh hurrumph
Honestly never knew Australia had such cool and interesting cars, thanks for showing us piece's of history.
We've had a few more than this - especially in the concept stage.
@@shraka We needed some Falcon content in here. The 60's and early 70's especially are interesting to me as an American since they resemble the cars we had here but are different enough that it feels like they came from a parallel universe.
Hey man not sure if your going to see this or if anyone will. My step grandfather's dad and his best mate did restore the old ford hills hoist truck that is in there and its cool seeing a bit of family history in there. I am unsure when it was sold by my step grandfather's dad. from what I remember the truck was found in Coober Pedy. I will post an update when I find a little bit more about the truck if anyone is interested.
The electric nugget thing at 07:00 is the Sinclair C5, essentially an electrically boosted trike. Envisioned by Sir Clive Sinclair, a pioneer of the home computing industry (notable for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and its lineage), but ended more of a curiosity than a useful thing.
As a Canadian I haven’t experienced any first hand accounts of aussie nuggets. I knew that you guys had your own cars and everything but I didn’t realize that it ran this deep and the surprising variety of automobiles that you have. Very very cool!!!
Well kinda, the Cadillac Catera is just a old Holden, same goes to the GTO, G8, and Caprice
@@nickrustyson8124 Let's not hold Cadillac's Chris Gains album against the australians. Though god I wish they sold the Caprice Normally, instead of only to cops.
@@nickrustyson8124 true
@@NEEDbacon But it's also the most successful Australian car in this country, they sold well, and are still being made as the CTS/CT5. CTS stands for Catera Touring Sedan by the way
the voiceover is clearly recorded after the fact, but the reactions still feel so genuine, i love it
YWN.
@@Chumpal UwU
that lego camry looks good to eat
Your love for Australian cars is in line with my love for American motorcycles. Recently the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa Iowa closed and it was a serious blow to publicly accessible historical bikes in America.
I know nothing about cars or Australian auto history but watching you geek out at all of this put a huge smile on my face, glad you had fun Wade! :)
The Hurricane is the most beautiful car I have ever seen in my life. It's this slick, perfect wedge with big jazzy headlights on huuuuge fenders.... And that COLOR!! I love it so much
This video was pure joy. I’m not even a car person (I’m an aviation person) and you made me feel like a car person with how passionate you were
As an American it really threw me for a loop seeing the caprice ppv on the half built on the assembly line especially since i have one siting in my driveway. Its such a shame that holden is no more..
0:25 "freedoms per hour" 🤣
Wow rear camera and a freaking CRT for it in 1969, that actually blew my mind, that was so ahead of its time, maybe other had that too but it's the first time i see that
learning Aussie culture while listening to Wade tear up in a nostalgia trip.
You really are growing old when you see cars you've seen everyday years ago on a museum display
I love the quirky Australian cars so much and quirky nuggets like these are amazing 😍
Also seeing the unfinished holdens especially the Caprice is sad we loved it here in Saudi Arabia shame on you GM
I really really appreciate the effort and enthusiasm you put into the voice over. I'm actually not even sure if you were recording on the go because the audio quality is amazing but it made me feel like I was touring the museum with you. Keep it going!
8:00 Something about that "Vroomvroom" was phonetically interesting in a similar way to "nano"
Respect for the excitement in the voice over as if it is the first time you are seeing these vehicle even though it was obviously recorded in post. I don't think I could get that excited for after the fact; I would likely to do it vlog style where I am just telling the story of the trip. I really like your style; makes it feel like we are there right next to you when you experience these things for the first time.
The first car with a backup camera was the Buick Centurion concept. And yes, the CRT is as small you would think. You can see it at the Sloan Museum in Flint. If you are so inclined.
These are the videos I enjoy, just 8 minutes of joy
I am just so fascinated how different so many of the cars you show look like to the ones I am used to in Germany. The minis are the first ones I really recognize, but maybe it's just me not knowing a lot of cars 😅
Would of loved it if this video was like an hour long or a series, I love hearing about car history from you.
From the scrapheap videos to this one. Please make more
I'm glad you guys kept a good amount of your concept cars. The auto companies in the states usually crush prototypes and concepts. And I'm surprised a GM ev made it over there
The university I went to actually had an EV1, it was hanging out in the basement of the electrical engineering building when I was there. The original drivetrain had been taken out before the school got it, but some of the EE students put a new one in as their senior design project. It’s a shame it’s not in a better spot, most people never knew it was there.
@@the48thronin97 And a trade school I went to had a EV S10, it was in a worse spot than that EV1 and basically it's impossible to fix, not only because there is like 12 of them existing, but also because New York Rust unsurprisingly will eat up anything
Oh man, the Efijy, one lf my favorite concept cars ever, such a gorgeous car!
6:59 Great to see the NMM still has one of their Sinclair C5s kicking around (I'm pretty sure they had two for a while there). I'd love to import one of those from the UK one day, as they're almost impossible to find over here.
The 8bit Guy tried to import one to Texas. It came in bits courtesy of UPS.
@@Metal_Maxine Dave Jones managed to get a C5 over here in one piece, so there's some hope!
Weird how I spent the first 8 years of my life in Adelaide but haven't been (from memory at least). Planned to go whenever I went back, but this has just increased my want. A big draw is still Andy Caldecott's (RIP) bikes and the tribute, which admittedly could be emotional.
So that Benz Velocipede was made in 1989 according to 0:50. Man they've come a long way in 34 years!
My grandmother had a Zeta. It had no rear door. The only way into the boot space was via the passenger door on the sides. It had removable seats to aid access to the boot space
Made by a washing machine company and to go up steep hills they had to be driven backwards.
As an owner of a vehicle with one, they had actually figured out how to smooth the 3800's by the time they came out with the 3800 series II which, if I'm not mistaken, is the one that really has a cult following. And yes it's been very reliable and served me very well. And yes the vehicle is a complete "The car" car
that would be the Ecotec v6 , Introduced with the VS Commodore. BRILLIANT engine
The Series II and especially the Series III (Post 2003)
The GM EV1 was also in development for over a decade as the BBC did a segment on a fully functional EV1 concept car in the year 1990 in their show Tomorrow’s World! :)
First ever production car was 1989? Damn, Henry Ford took his sweet time
Always a massive fan of the motor museum, even tho it doesn’t change much love to visit every couple of years :)
Glad I found your channel! Love seeing a large following channel for cars from little old SA
I love big american vans!!! I swear they’re made for gigs, smaller bands do coast tours out of a single van all the time! and they get awesome graphics with unicorns and things
Funny thing is, big classic American vans are tiny when compared to modern Euro vans, like if you ever see a old Dodge Ram Van next to a Merc Sprint, it makes the Dodge look like a compact
That’s why hubby and I own one! (Dodge caravan)
I work the Renfaire scene as a vendor (so, huge popup tent, many boxes and bins of stuff, folding chairs, tables and etc. to fit in), and he’s a musician who plays cello and bass, and we also do medieval re-enactment which means you need a car long enough for your tent poles and medieval weaponry and occasionally weirder things like floor looms and thrones. It’s actually a running joke in my re-enactor group that you’ll know you’ve arrived when you see the entire parking area full of Dodge Caravans. 😂
It has fold-away seats that go right into compartments on the floor to let all but the front two seats stow away for storage, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. We can even car-camp in it!
Made to solve misteries , like scooby doo and the a team did
In my home village in Belgium, we have a Motorbike museum called "Forgotten Times museum." (Yes it's in English!) It's in Zandvliet and I LOVED that place. Went there with my mechanic dad one time and it was amazing.
If this video was 3 hours long id be here the whole way. The sheer joy is contagious
If you ever make it out to Southern California, you'll have to hit up the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA, the Marconi Automotive museum in Orange County (Tustin), and the San Diego Automotive Museum.
1:22 please everyone leave, I'm about to cry
0:50 ah yes, 1989, the year cars first got into production
I wondered where Efijy was these days. Best looking car Australia ever made.
that Holden Efigy looks super close to a Hot Wheels car I had back in the mid 00s (looking it up - seems to be the 2005 McDonald's Crooze Ooze Coupe), I've never seen another car that looks like that, just something cool that sprung to mind
You say you lived in the middle of nowhere and then show a drive under an hour to the CBD. Thems rookie numbers mate! As a Sydneysider, that's how long it takes me to drive to my friends' place for dinner on a weekday night 😂
Lived. _past tense_
aw man seeing that line of unfinished holdens got me more than i was expecting
GM's proud tradition of making a great concept, and then not making it (but bringing other concepts that no one asked for to production)
Never seen that Marilyn concept before but as a Saab guy I think it looks suspiciously similar to the convertible 9-3 and post-GM buyout 900
I just like to imagine Wade running around the National Motor Museum SCREAMING into a camera about Commodores
I’m actually currently looking for inspiration for a car in this post-apocalyptic solar punk type thing I’m writing and then you come and release a video that’s basically “look at all these weird cars”. Thank you I’ll be stealing all of this
Holden gone but never forgotten...
I was there on the weekend, what an amazing place. Dragged the family along, everyone enjoyed it. For me the Benz at the start was incredibly interesting, great back story. I am no into motorcycles but the motorcycle hall was impressive. I got the feels seeing the first and last Holden (the red VF 2:23) and the cars partly through production. The The fact that they had a copy of my first car was the icing on the cake!
Us Mopar Maniacs love seeing stuff like the Super ROO!! 😎👍
0:50
Remember seeing this exact car on Display in Federation Square in Melbourne Australia a few years ago during a car exhibition there! :)
The 3800 (Holden/buick 3.8) is like the peak for GM longevity in passenger vehicles. The bodies would rust away WAY before the engines failed
Mang it up!
Not only that, they are showing they are more reliable than same year Toyotas, here in the states and in Arizona so I can't say Rust is eating up all of the Toyotas (Like literally unless it's a Tundra used Toyotas do not exist in Upstate New York)
Nothing makes me more happy than hearing that an Australian man loves the motorcycle brand that started in my hometown.
not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting to see so many interesting cars there. If I ever visit Australia I'm absolutely gonna plan to visit there
There's 2 of the funky electric trikes at 7:00 in my local museum (Waterfront Museum, Swansea). Both of which you can climb into and turn the handlebars (at least as of the last time I went).
The concept of a recumbent electric motorcycle is fantastic and I can imagine a whole lotta fun to ride in! Not such a fan of the trike design as they're less stable in turns than bikes. But I reckon there's a market for something like this nowadays, with climate concerns, better battery & motor tech, and congestion issues. I certainly want one!
0:51 You Aussies got that in 1989, they really waited to start importing huh?
I hope he doesn’t fix it lol
As someone who lives like half a kilometer away from the Harley-Davidson headquarters, I do kinda echo other people groaning but I do enjoy that you're a fellow motorcycle enthusiast!
The Super Roo 😂 I love it
This is like a compilation of every time you sat in the passenger seat with your dad and drove past a cool car
7:52 that's a really weird looking trabant
Believe it's a Riley Elf
It's a riley elf. Basically a more luxury mini
That 98 Holden coupe concept was the Vauxhall Monaco in the uk and it looks the same
*Monaro and that's because they just imported Holden Monaros and put Vauxhall badges on them
@@Johnny362000Just like the early toranas.
@@kooringagnd the original Torana is the opposite (and the more common way around for Holdens). It's a Vauxhall with Holden badges
“1989” and “first production car” sure do go hand-in-hand, eh?
being me and knowing nothing about cars this is so entertaining. your passion for cars and Australian nationalism is so admirable. It's just so much fun listening and watching you gush about cars, and especially aussie cars. keep up the work man I've been watching forever love you
preeeetty carr
God I'll never forget seeing the Torana concept at the 04 Sydney Motor show, that metallic pink and stark white interior were so eye-catching. Think I still have the Wheels with the "breaking" VE renders based off of it somewhere too.
The little electric car is a Sinclair C5 and I'm amazed you've never heard of it. British, weird, ahead of its time but mega dangerous on the road.
In the eighties the guy who ran the Sinclair computer company was getting pasted comercially after the Spectrum had run its course, so he decided to pivot. To electric cars. It did not go well for him.
In the nineties and early 2000s all of our robot wars competitors used the batteries or motors from them.
Is a dedicated crazed car nut I have to say us damn Yanks missed out yall got some epic wicked Holdens👍
HOLDEN Failed because NO ONE Wanted a large family sedan anymore...simple as that...Commodore and Falcon had this wierd war to going BROKE
Really is a shame about some of those Holden concepts, those are SO cool!! And the unfinished cars from the closure... man. At least nice to see them in a museum where they can still be appreciated in some way.
5:02 You gotta remember, Donut's cast consists mainly of giants. Like they're all 6'3
Can tell he's excited when the 'mate quotient starts at the ceiling lol. Love to see it!
7:00 Because every single stinkin' motor museum HAS TO HAVE A SINCLAIR C5!
Also RIP to the unfinished Holdens... 😢
The "Orange Peel" surface might actually have reduced drag due to a turbulent boundary layer, much the way dimples on a golf ball reduce overall drag.
Couple facts i find fascinating about the efijy and hurricane, the efijy literally cant turn full lock without hammering the wheel into the wheel well.
And when i got a chance to sit in the hurricane it comes with a warning as the roof and steering collumn drop down, that warnings a quite simple "watch ya nuts" 😂😂 the pedals are also wild on the hurricane, theyre ages away and they look just like 3 big mostly flat panels that cover the entire height of the floor. They where too far away for me to reach so i couldnt even work out if theyre top hinged or bottom
I'm having an excellent time imagining that the voiceover here was actually recorded live in the museum.
Randomly got this video in my recommended, so many cool Holdens I didn't know about! And I'm honestly envious of Aussies and the cars y'all had, here in Norway we got the Commodore, but the Opel version, so at most it had a V6.
I only ever remember having seen an actual Holden once in my life, and it was the most unexpected place, Rallycross, a baby blue VK with pink Viper stripes and exhaust coming through the welded shut rear doors, I was a teenager and was immediately drawn to it as soon as it started going down the track, as what at first looked like an Opel Commodore C to me was a bit louder... and that was definitely not the sound of a 4cyl or V6...
Headed to the pit after the race to look at it and saw the car was RHD, and it had Holden badges, and it all made sense suddenly. :P
This was late 90s early 2000s, and I've not actually seen another Holden in Norway, which is weird with how much weird cars show up here... I mean, I've owned a Mustang II, I've worked on C1 Corvettes, there are about 3 BMW E28 Touring that I've seen here (a model BMW never made) There's TommyKairas here, all sorts of Skylines, Supras, RX7s, I've seen Jensen Interceptors, I've sold parts to a guy fixing up a Sunbeam Tiger, there's even a Lancia Thema 8.32, VW Golf MK2 Country has shown up, even MK2 Golf Rallye, for some weird reason people imported their Saturn S-series to Norway, basically anything from Europe and Asia, and America shows up here, I've worked in a shop specialized in US cars and have worked on a lot of various US stuff, and owned a couple US cars.
But Holden? I don't see a thing... which is a shame as they've had so many interesting and strange models! along with the other brands as well with Aussie specific models.
Like that Mitsubishi Magna? isn't that a Galant? sure looks like one?
2:44 the mother of all nugget novelty phones
I'd love to see you do a series on the history of individual cars. Weird ones, awesome ones, perfectly cromulent but controversial ones (cough, Prius, cough.) It'd be great!
Well, we had home Renault 4 from the late 70s with a starting crank. If I remember properly, at that time it was a safety remnant of the old times ,if your R4 doesn't start in "modern" way, you can always use the starting crank to do it manually 😅😂
Why am I not surprised a Renault still had a crank in the 1970s?
4:02 That Monaro convertible looks absolutely fantastic. I always wondered if there was ever a convertible Monaro, and there was, just as a concept.
i love car museums so much, especially when they have such "normal" looking cars that never got preserved
I love the passion in your voice. Normally I look at cars I don't get to drive with disappointment lol
Seeing an aussie drool over Australian engineering just puts a smile on my fafe. Tbh I really like the cars that Australia got. They look so unique and cool
You're spoiling me wade! Geeky car vudeo right as im about to go to sleep in Sydney.
My god the Holden Hurricane is gorgeous
Wow I grew up in visiting my grandparents in Adelaide all the time and had no idea this place existed. Definitely will need to check it out when I next go down to visit them