56. The "Late Brake Show" in Leicestershire, 2021
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Filmed a few weeks ago (11 September 2021) so apologies for the tardiness in editing, here's a quick overview of my day trip in the campervan to Jonny Smith's "Late Brake Show" Live event near Leicester.
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"The yearning remains, for the tank, not the ex-wife". Oh how good that must have felt! Simply wonderful quip. Thanks for another great video.
I've watched you ever since you bought your boat, David, (and others too as they came along,) the views inspired me to do the same, so I began to save, as my motivation was to access fishing and walking the English countryside just by stepping from a boat, I thought this was the life for me on retirement. I also subscribed to your other channel and watched you fit out your van. I had weighed the pro's and con's of life on a boat which is not a luxury life, water, electrics, damp, shopping, all these small problems adding up as large as a continuous cruiser who would be in his late sixties, but as it was an even balance, and I was going for it. Now that rising costs of materials have wiped out my savings over the last 18 months, I've had to re-assess buying a sail-away narrow boat. I'm going to stay at home, with my toilet, water, electrics and other supplies that come at the flick of a switch or the pull of a chain. However, I'm going to get a van and transform it into a overnight/weekend camper. And travel to my 2/3 day country walks and fishing waters throughout the UK instead. The cost will be a 1/4 of the cash I have saved for the boat, so my hard work saving up will still be relevant and of use. I was thinking of a Ford LWB connect van with All-Terrain tyres, fitting it with a fixed single bed, a sink, with fresh and grey water supply and using a Coleman portable gas stove to cook a sausage or two or boil water for tea. So not all is lost from the Covid price hikes. Thank you for your inspiration over the years and I'll let you know how I get on with the van conversion, rewatching all of yours. Good luck for the 2022 season.
Hello Tony. It's incredible how prices of everything have shot up lately and a shame that it's scuppered your plan for a boat. However, a campervan is an excellent alternative - I really enjoy mine - and your plan sounds excellent. Have fun! Cheers, David
@@Vandemonium One door closes another one opens David... Just got to stay flexible but at 68 it's getting daily more difficult HA HA.. I should be up and running in a van by early summer next year.. Good luck and take care!
ALAS, for us old men and our dreams! I find it very cost-effective just to follow these VLOGs!
A few years ago, I bought a secondhand folding caravan and made various modifications rendering suitable for continuous living for two, with built in shower and toilet as well as all the facilities for cooking and sleeping, it even had central heating.
@@jamesellsworth9673 James, I look 88, but I'm really 68, I also don't feel any different than I did when I was 48, at least for 10 hours in the day (and no not when I'm asleep) I'm very very lucky in health, never seen a doctor for 25 years, all is working fine body-wise. However, my weakness is mental health, Bipolar and BPD. So I need the quiet walking exercise and the excitement of fishing in the countryside of our great UK, and writing my poems too, to keep my mind active. Though I do just like you, watch these vids, as I get motivation from them and ideas.
The tank is a Scorpion (CVR/T). I used to drive them in my army days. (Pull up a sandbag...)
I remember the early Civics! They reminded me of a go-cart with a roof. I still get tickled when I see the far larger current models.
Just taking a sip of wine when you made the craic about the tank and wife, wine went up nose..... another good video
Haha sorry!
I moved from the UK to the USA in 1999. I had been to a few cars shows in the UK and they were ok. So I paid $12 to see a car show at the Houston Astro Dome. Two hours later I thought well that was a great show, much bigger than anything in the UK. I was about to leave when I realized I had just been walking around the entrance foyer! It took two full days to see the actual show in the main halls. They even had customized cigarette speed boats, on customized trailers, with customized tow trucks. Later I found there were custom car shows / gatherings almost every weekend all around the US.
I expect Lorna would let you have a tank.
Great day out. What a variety of transport. Round orange car cute. Thank you.
David what an exciting video. Seeing all the cars that are driven over there and a car that is American was such a delight. Too bad the trip was cut short, better luck next time.
"Yearning for the tank that is, not the ex-wife" That made me laugh! Thanks! 😁👍
3:55 And thus we discover the origin story behind David's Divorce.
Moral of the story: Find yourself a partner who'll support and encourage you to buy the armoured vehicle of your dreams. Otherwise, stay single.
Yeah, "Tanks for nuthin," that's what I'd say!
And now, for something completely different!😊
Here in the US we used to have what were called Cruise Nights where people would bring there old or odd cars to a diner or drive-in. I think they went out of fashion in the early 90's. It was a good opportunity to just talk to interesting people about cars.
Thank you David 👍
RE: the Dodge Charger at a British car show,- Several years back I was with a British friend at a car show in Van Nuys, California USA and there was a London double deck bus. The route placard was a line he had ridden regularly. Coincidences abound, even in the colonies.
ahh the colonies... 🤣
Ah yes, we colonials who so many times saved the Crown from complete disaster. No colonies here. Yet, I know ‘‘twas just a quip of humor to sooth the moment. Health be to you all… and our as well.
great to see the fusion of current e-drives with vintage cars! Thanks! I am not a car enthusiast by nature - but this show seems to have something for everyone, even for me.
While they are far from the most efficient type of EV, it's a good way to make a classic more reliable!
I just love the design of the old rectangular-shape VOLVOs. I don't know why.
Great report on a varied car subject. I thoroughly enjoyed this and thanks...comical about the wife...
That camper roof you said you would like, I just saw a recent Wheeler Dealer episode where they restored a camper van just like the one you saw. The company that does that roof is still going strong and doing roof conversions. I don't think it's very cheap though.
Thank you, I suspect you're right, the pop-tops never seem to be low cost, unfortunately.
Oh the tank is outstanding! I've always wanted a tank too. I'd love to see the reaction of people when I pop out of the hatch; a cute, petite, middle-aged brunette driving a Sherman tank. 😅 I must admit that the Orange-mobile is pretty fun too. 🤭
That would be sweet !..
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Austin Allegro was my first car, back in 1985. My enduring memory of it involves bussing around auto shops and scrap yards of a weekend, looking for parts, then getting underneath and to work. I sometimes feel as if the rust is still somewhere in my eyes!
If you like Allegros, you should visit The Late Brake Shows channel and watch the short series of vlogs about his sleeper Allegro.
So glad you managed to make it to this. I really wanted to go as it looked brilliant. Late Brake Show is one of my fave channels (apart from Vandemonium / Cruising The Cut of course! :)
Jonny's "Smith & Sniff" podcast with Richard Porter is well worth listening to.
I really like the little yellow Honda at 5:17. Me and a friend traveled 1100 miles in an old rusty worn out one just like it. We were bound for our spring break destination in Fort Lauderdale Florida. It took us 18 hours at full throttle to get there but the little Honda did it, and it got us back home as well.
Catching up here… JUST found Late Brake’s review of the Tesla 3… and then you popped up!
A very eclectic collection, and yes Back to the Future is still the best of the 3 films.
really enjoyed this video thanks for taking us with you
Great vlog entry. I too want a tank for my grocery getter, my wife says "no", everytime I bring up the idea of buying a tank. I did however almost get run over by a WWII Russian tank at one show, boy I never felt as alive as I did that day rolling my wheelchair out of the way of that tank. Keep up the good work. Your channels still beats our local prime time tv shows.
Thanks for sharing David. Very interesting cars at that show. ❤
I do hope there will be a series on converting a tank to a camper coming up!
Hahaha!....the wife and tank joke made me laugh. I definitely vote that you get a tank David, looking forward to that channel!
Hi, it was fun seeing the unique cars. Thanks for taking us along for a peek. As to the sound..... I do systems for hard of hearing persons and really understand the problem of people thinking they just grab a couple speakers and a mic and Allakazam!!!! they are a sound person. Hopefully enough people told them how frustrating it was to walk away from the show not able to hear. Sigh!!!!! Joy be with ye!! (and health too)
Great vlog. Thanks for putting in all the time and effort for your fans. Can't wait for more.
I love Jonnys content along with Richard and hope to get to one of his shows soon 👍
Great content David.
Love your sense of humor!! The ex wife comment needs to be on a shirt!!
Great video brought back lots of memories 😊
About 30 years ago there was a car dealership near Lichfield (maybe Nissan) which had a few Japanese Police tanks on their lot. I couldn't figure out how to get one on the plane when I came back to Australia. They were still there about 5 years later.
I love how you know so much about "Back to the Future".
Wonderful fun!
Nice, I've attended some classic car shows here in Indiana. Very interesting and enjoyable way to spend an afternoon. Thanks for sharing, always happy to see a new vlog from you.
Great content David, very enjoyable and interesting.
The Citroen anni😢 is so cute
the vw bus caravan is an awesome idea
Loved the patina Split, and the Bay behind it, and the Beetle apparently belongs to Jonny. I don't know if I mentioned David, but I'm writing one or two things for a couple of VW magazines. I've covered an old 1955 VW camper (one of the last to be built in Wolfsburg because production moved to Hannover in 1956), a 1966 SO42 Camper and a 1973 Blue Bay Window.
Nice to see my favourite Volvos instead of the modern 'wedge of cheese' shape. Instead of the tank, I would have gone for a DUKW.
The age of the wedges has passed. The orange is a good example of the latest style, bloated retro.
Hey, you and Jonny are my two favorite British RUclips people! Well, I also like Greg Virgoe, but sadly he wasn't there. Thanks for the video!
Very interesting loved the old campers
Ah, the Outspan Orange! I remember seeing it at Beaulieu for the first time as a car-mad seven-year-old, and falling head over heels in love with it. Technically speaking, I believe it's a Mini, but aesthetically, it has always been, and only ever will be, a giant orange. 🙂
Wow, wish I’d been there!
This was super interesting, with lots of variety.
I feel hopeful seeing the trend toward motor vehicle electrification.
Good Vibrations
Keep them coming
Cheers. I’ve got one more to edit, which was the weekend after this one was filmed!
I was at the same event (I think I saw you when you were filming the Outspan orange), and the sound didn't improve all afternoon ! But there were some great cars there. Very good show. Thanks for sharing your 1/2 day out David. Take care.
I'm weirdly pleased to know it didn't improve else I'd have kicked myself for leaving!
4:10 Ah Cruising with the Tanks channel?! 👍😁
Loved the delorean and a few others. Being a car /transport fan absolutely loved this event video
Lovely stuff. I too always wanted a tank. I also want a Narrow Boat. Thinking, Thinking…. A turret on a narrow boat, hmm, no waiting in line for a lock? :)
I always wanted a tank too, when I was a kid I got to ride in one at Ft. Hood (a Huge Texas Military base)
That Lada looks cool! Wish they had them in the US!
Too bad they had sound problems, it looked like it would have been interesting to hear what they had to say. Interesting mix of vehicles!
The Kenworth surprised me more than the tank. Although the tank commentary was perfect😂
The orangemobile for the win! Next time, maybe they could get a megaphone for the talks. Thank you for an interesting video!
Always a nice surprise when two of my channels collide unexpectedly
All this needs is a cameo from Greg Virgoe and it'd be perfect!😊
you really dont want one of those Bedford Dormobile fabric folding roof... they leaked back in the 70's, when i was small enough to fit in the pipe berths in the roof, so cant imagine them staying in one peice !! they would also wick any rain through the fabric if anything touched the roof.. like one's arms!
I have no idea how we managed to drive around Europe in one of them.. underpowered and uncomfortable.. but great fun!
Hey, I think I saw the restoration of that VW camper with the pop up roof on George Clark's Amazing spaces show!
2:38 Best car at the show, at least of what we saw.
Back To The Future 👍👍👍
that was a nice jcb fastrac that you showed one of the newer kind of fastracs from jcb :)
Well done David, you made a video about cars that didn't put me to sleep.
Oh my goodness, the thought of you driving a tank to the market!! I bet you’d get good service though 😃👍
I don't know if I now want to ride around town in a tank or an orange car that is an orange.....LOL
Those pop tops for vans would destroy any heat measures you’ve taken.
Good point!
I almost accidentally skipped an ad today! That would have ruined my entire weekend! Cheerio!
Disaster!!
Thx for showing, cheerio!
:-D
two of my favourite youtubers, you should get him out on the boat.
We do not have a barn, but we do have an old Wolsey Hornet in our garage that we bought from one of my uncles when we first married. I think he’d had it from new, possibly bought in 1967 (if my memory is right). Not been driven since about 1991 though. My husband and son keep talking about getting it back on the road. All talk, no action.
You married your uncle ?
Nice video David.
Ed China did not create the car you mentioned.
It is the Outspan Orange promotional vehicle that did used to live at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. It may still do! Lol.
Mea culpa, I misunderstood.
I saw it there when I was a kid. Fun times, even though it was stationary; I've wanted it ever since. Or rather, I say "it," but apparently there was something like 6 of them made, so it's probably another one... and I might have a chance of getting one! ;)
Looks like you had a good day out.
Nice video David, I do like the way your videos are produced, I attended an event years ago, the sound system was awful, "P",so we're like bombs going off, the amplification was mismatched to the speakers, I'm sure the XLR plugs faulty, I'm convinced there was a ground loop feedback problem, it really does spoil a great event.
Thanks for your time and effort David.
Yeah, apart from the volume, it sounded as if Jonny's mic was out of phase with itself, all thin and reedy
Well shot and well narrated video. May I suggest powering the sound equipment with a Toyota next time?
That lowered merc was probably on air suspension David. Once running, they’ll raise the ride height
Ha! Yes, that would make sense. You can tell I'm a car-watcher not customiser!
That does make sense. I commented hydraulics because I'm old and haven't kept up with the scene, but air suspension wasn't really a thing in my day.
Orange, you glad he didn’t turn up in a lemon?
I bet you someone said that on the day…lol
I must admit that probably would have been funnier if he had turned up in a car decked out as a lemon.
Ben from Australia 🇦🇺
They needed the Oscar Meyer WeinerMobile to make an appearance.
Very fun video I just wish there was more volume to the audio.
Generally, you want to keep the mic behind the speakers not in front of them to avoid feedback. Also, cutting higher frequences a bit usually helps.
Yes, they had the speakers on stage level with the mic instead of out the front
You are indeed a man of mystery David. What will be next?
The next video is of a (huge) campervan show!
Wuhuuuu - another vid by David ;)
Greetings from my new apartment (still got stuff at the old place, mostly furniture because I need to rent a van to transport most of that, which will happen the week after the next, because my dad got holidays coming up (he´s a teacher) and I need a pair of strong arms, too)...finally got internet here and damn is 250K DSL fast, compared to the speeds in the quaint and dinky village (in Germany) that I am used to :)
Now that was a neat collection of rolling stock for sure. And yes the ex comment was well timed... lol. Thanks for sharing 👍
Love this video thank you
Great video again 👍🏻✌🏻🇨🇦
I love the vans. Shagadellic ✌️
Those yellow Citroens tho👀💖
I do love a nice car show, it's interesting to see such a great variety of things that people have put on wheels. Let's face it, if everyone knew how to set up a live sound reinforcement system properly, what would they need people like us for?
Big tank? That's not a big tank - It's a Scorpion armoured reconnaissance vehicle (I think). Now if you want a BIG tank you should go for something like a Chieftain or a Challenger. The Scorpion weighs in at a mere 8 tons (or so), The Chieftain or Challenger are 60 ton plus main battle tanks
Haha fair point but parking one of those at the supermarket would be tricky
Indeed it would !!
@@Vandemonium Not really...look up the Tank-Scene from Mr. Bean or the James Bond Tank-Chase :D (Parked cars aren´t a actually a hurdle, you can simply park on them ;) )
@@Vandemonium time for a trip to Bovington.
@@Vandemonium No problem at all to park a chieftain, the people you park on top of might disagree.
Not a big auto enthusiast primarily because their operation is a thing of great mystery to me. I have enough friend/family members who do know cars so that does not have to be a stumbling block to me. What I find interesting is the different types of vehicle built/sold in the UK by the same manufactures in the US. I guess the emission standards and specifications would be different.
I love seeing hat European car designers are up to. Compact cars in the American market tend to be boring, though Kia and Hyundai have stepped up their game in recent years. Too bad the speaker sessions didn't work out for you.
Nice video. A shame about the sound quality curtailing your day. Maybe next time??
Classic May reference at 2:15 😂
Anyone ID that engine? Some sort V6? Is that a Vulcan?
Wives are curious creatures, aren't they?
cool cars Dave!!
Edd’s outspan orange isn’t actually one of his creations. A load were made to promote oranges in the 70s, and he tracked one down, bought it, and restored it.
He’s also a youtuber now having dived out of TV land.
I misunderstood, thanks for the clarification!
good vid dave keep up the vids stay safe lee
Cars! \o/ They had me rivetted just by being there. Well, not the Allegros; they weren't the estate model.
It's been many years since I last wanted to drive a tank around town. I've been too busy with other socially rebellious things. :3
Looks like the Lada Niva's bodywork hasn't changed in over 30 years. Nothing wrong with that, I always thought it was rather cute.
When will the Mr. Fusion get here? *sigh* I don't know! It's almost as badly delayed as food replicators. We do rather need one before the other if the replicators are going to be widely available though.
That "lead sled" Merc may have hydraulics to lift it to a more normal height when necessary.
Strange to think hot Mk1 Fiestas and Mk3 Escorts are classics now, but they have been for quite a long time already.
The Nissan Figaro is dead charming. Also: I agree with your assesment of the EV's - so many angels that just look silly and will age poorly, and all that high tech interior just begs to break down and inopportune moments, I like the analogue stuff.
Charming is the word indeed!
You are extremely funny, does that statement about your ex wife constitute as a joke, it's your tone of voice that made me chuckle thanks Nicola 😀
Yes, my little joke :-)
@@Vandemonium You need Gruber's Little Tank!
Knew that the day was a bust with the reveal of no Flux Capacitors...oh well.