@@braydensmith-cq1kt Haha it doesn't deserve ANY pronoun right now. Since I wrote that ^ I've had to get a new cam belt and the clutch bar has snapped and is being soldered as I type!
@@LostwaveObsession AHH OH NO! i shoul not laugh bc i get how it ALL seems to fall apart at once! sounds like one angry car! lol. bless ur heart ! LOL im SORRY im laughing at how you said it, not the situation. i saved up 3 years to get a jeep i wanted since i was a teen. i had it less than 3wks. sitting at a redlight and the next thing i know im about to make my own drive thru at a Duncan Donuts! lol
The bust in the intro reminds me of an old guy who used to go in our pub...One-Eyed Pete, we called him...he always used to sit under the dart board...
@@6HauntedDaysking regularly did teacher swaps with London schools in the early to mid 1970s he wrote part time for many years whilst working as an English teacher. So it is quite possible he saw this.
you should watch Roald Dahls Tales from the unexpected. if you havent already. also, an American show from the 60s called One Step Beyond its like Twilight Zone. Only true stories that will blow your mind. if they werent documented accounts, u would NEVER believe them. they are both anthologies. if you watch the first show. Tales of the Unexpected, i would start with the episodes called the land lady and flypaper. after that i shall think you will be well on your way to binge watching the both of them. Both of them are on RUclips and they have plenty of episodes.
Growing up in the 60s & early 70s I always thought cars had faces. Each car model had a different grill, either smiling or a grimace. Headlights the eyes of course. I particularly liked the smell of lorries. Being only the height of the exhaust, petrol was my favourite. As an adult, I now know it was carbon monoxide I was gulping down! I also ate burnt matches, but that's another story...!
That is so true! Some cars looked friendly and some really didn't.. my favourites were the Volkswagen Beetle and the Citroen DS, known as "the pike" in the Netherlands
'Christine' was a 1958 Plymouth Fury produced by the Plymouth div. of the Chrysler corporation, the same company that took over the Rootes group that produced the Hillman Minx featured in the programme,,,,,,,,,
Before the late 80s when suddenly all started looking alike cars definitely had personalities built into them. That's what was so beautiful about classic designers. My dad as a GM tech designer from the 50s until retirement. The 70s muscle cars were fantastic! I cannot stand seeing what's dead in junkyards, remnants of such beautiful designs from every era until they all looked like cookie cutter cars for "efficiency". 😢
Cars were often bangers by 7 years old then. We had one of the these Minx in 1970,a 1965 white one reg number DDB442C and it was well cared for but deffo worth nothing by 7/8 years. I think Dad sold it for £40
Most cars were scrap at 10 years of age all the way up to the mid 80s. By the time our 1974 Volkswagen was 8 years old it had new wings and sills and you could almost climb in the cars through the holes on the doors and back arches. 86000 miles I think it had on when it was scrapped. Vorsprung Durch Advertising for sure.
That Hillman wouldn't have been considered old in 1970, most of them on our street were already about 20 years in vintage, as people had to keep them running and patched them up very frequently. Often a neighbour would pop around and lend a hand. Always oil stains on the pavement, oh how you'd miss seeing all that now.
Great series! Modern television could learn something from this. More expensive production, doesn't equal better entertainment. There's something to be said for the effectiveness that can be achieved with simple efficiency.
I met Terrence Rigby on a film set once. I supplied a Vauxhall PA Cresta for a film called "Mrs Caldecott's cabbage war". Terrence Rigby was shown driving it. He didn't actually drive it - just sat in the driving seat pretending whilst it was towed by a camera truck. I showed him where the windscreen wiper switch was. After the filming was over, i collected the Cresta and was halfway home before I noticed he'd forgotten his coat - he'd left it on the back seat.
I met Terrence Rigby once on a film set. I supplied a Vauxhall PA Cresta for a film called "Mrs Caldecott's cabbage war" which Terrence Rigby was shown driving. Actually, he didn't drive it - it was towed by a camera truck whilst he was sat in the driving seat pretending. I showed him where the windscreen wiper switch was. When I collected the car after filming he had forgotten his coat - he'd left it on the back seat. I was halfway home before I spotted it
@ you know he visited the U.K., right? No need to insult me just because you don’t know that. Also series like this were shown in other countries. It might shock you, but not all the programmes on American tv are made in America.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ yes something’s come to mind 😅 could be a modern day old version 😂Starmer look a like ! If you’re clever with AI ..could be fun re dubbing ❤🎉
My bedroom tempreture is 10centigrade 50 farenheight i turned of my centra heating resulting in getting chilblains on my feet. ↪️Hey wasnt That actor. TERENCE RIGBY in the softly softly Task force series from bbc one. With straford Johns fraank windsor he also stared in NO MANS LAND mans A play Written by Harold pinter AND a tv film about the RUSIAN dictator STALIN STARING BEN KINGSLEY
Nice to see front gardens before everyone flattened them to park cars on. And stained glass in wooden doors before Everest double glazing ruined the entire country.
It could have been called : Home to Roost - with a supernatural twist. Even without registration plates the registration document, would show the engine VIN number, which would trace it back to him. The characters were more irritating than relatable.
Car dumping by the 60s was rife. The DVLA was set up in 1968 to make such things harder by centralising new car registrations (and I don’t think there was ever a compunction to register older cars unless by sale) soBefore that it would have been done by each borough council, so driving the Hillman across the river would have placed it a few councils away. As said in the video the plod would be unlikely to expend much effort tracing its chassis number in paper council archives when a call to the scrappy and £5 got it off the streets.
Anyone else watching these for nostalgic purposes too?
Hi from the F'ckd up States 😢
Reminds me of Rod Sterling's "Night Gallery"
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I just want to say thank you so much for the uploads, all wonderful. Subscribed! I'm going to promise to wash and look after my car in the morning.
If you promise it, best make sure you keep that promise.. just in case LOL
@@braydensmith-cq1kt ... I didn't. Tomorrow I have to go out and drive it in (probably) the fog.
@@LostwaveObsession LOL oh no! maybe take it to the carwash to make it up to him/her!
@@braydensmith-cq1kt Haha it doesn't deserve ANY pronoun right now. Since I wrote that ^ I've had to get a new cam belt and the clutch bar has snapped and is being soldered as I type!
@@LostwaveObsession AHH OH NO! i shoul not laugh bc i get how it ALL seems to fall apart at once! sounds like one angry car! lol. bless ur heart ! LOL im SORRY im laughing at how you said it, not the situation. i saved up 3 years to get a jeep i wanted since i was a teen. i had it less than 3wks. sitting at a redlight and the next thing i know im about to make my own drive thru at a Duncan Donuts! lol
The bust in the intro reminds me of an old guy who used to go in our pub...One-Eyed Pete, we called him...he always used to sit under the dart board...
Jeez, I can remember watching this when I was seven! It put the creeps up me, that's for sure.
Exactly what I was going to say. I've always remembered the episode but not what series it was from.
That was great. Good old show of that era. Maybe this was the inspiration for the 1983 movie "Christine"....
@@6HauntedDaysking regularly did teacher swaps with London schools in the early to mid 1970s he wrote part time for many years whilst working as an English teacher. So it is quite possible he saw this.
This could have also inspired the movies The Car, Crash!, and even Killdozer, which was supposed to be the OG of killer vehicles.
It was a book first.
I wish there were more than seven episodes! Truly good television.
you should watch Roald Dahls Tales from the unexpected. if you havent already. also, an American show from the 60s called One Step Beyond its like Twilight Zone. Only true stories that will blow your mind. if they werent documented accounts, u would NEVER believe them. they are both anthologies. if you watch the first show. Tales of the Unexpected, i would start with the episodes called the land lady and flypaper. after that i shall think you will be well on your way to binge watching the both of them. Both of them are on RUclips and they have plenty of episodes.
I may have to watch some more of these. I wasn’t born till 67 and have never seen repeats of them. 👍🏿
Excellent! Thanks for the upload. the 1970's look really looks like another country now!!
Oh god here we go, not even 24 hrs 😂😂
It's true what Steve said
Yeah it looks bloody awful
They do things differently there.
Takes me back to my childhood. Was born in the early 70s
Never heard of this series but thanks for uploading!
That Hillman turned out to be a right little Minx!
Very funny!
Ha ha, very drole.
I remember when people would just dump cars, mattresses and other furniture, tires etc. It's still done. Thanks again for uploading
Thanks for these treats. Happy New Year.
Growing up in the 60s & early 70s I always thought cars had faces. Each car model had a different grill, either smiling or a grimace. Headlights the eyes of course. I particularly liked the smell of lorries. Being only the height of the exhaust, petrol was my favourite. As an adult, I now know it was carbon monoxide I was gulping down! I also ate burnt matches, but that's another story...!
I, too, know the taste of a burnt match.
That is so true! Some cars looked friendly and some really didn't.. my favourites were the Volkswagen Beetle and the Citroen DS, known as "the pike" in the Netherlands
I only ate burnt toast as a kid. And look at us we're all fiiine.
@@martas9283 In Portugal an old DS was called a ''Toadsmouth''.
@karllux-d6g good one!
I WAS 20 WERE HAVE THOSE DAYS GONE T Y FOR THESE
Maybe this was the inspiration for Stephen King's Christine.
That Hillman Minx does have a sinister look to it.
Thanks for the upload.
'Christine' was a 1958 Plymouth Fury produced by the Plymouth div. of the Chrysler corporation, the same company that took over the Rootes group that produced the Hillman Minx featured in the programme,,,,,,,,,
And maybe that other one. Something about a Buick? That was well spooky too.
@@simonolsen9995 'From A Buick Eight'?
I think it's more similar to Stephen kings "uncle ottos truck".
Glorious! And the moral of the tale is: respect your old cars! 😂
Best one so far. Sir Car Starmer!
More please!
Recorded the day before i was born.
best acting i have ever seen . i haven't slept for 3 nights i scared to drive my hillman now . what ever shall i do
This was a good one. 😮
Before the late 80s when suddenly all started looking alike cars definitely had personalities built into them. That's what was so beautiful about classic designers. My dad as a GM tech designer from the 50s until retirement. The 70s muscle cars were fantastic!
I cannot stand seeing what's dead in junkyards, remnants of such beautiful designs from every era until they all looked like cookie cutter cars for "efficiency". 😢
What was your dad’s name, I often look on Deans Garage for old GM styling info.
Fabulous..thanku❤😊
Wonderful comedy until near the end, when it becomes genuinely scary.
This series of Minx was introduced in 1963 - so this 'old banger' can only have been 7 years old maximum! - like a 2017/2018 year car today!
Cars were often bangers by 7 years old then. We had one of the these Minx in 1970,a 1965 white one reg number DDB442C and it was well cared for but deffo worth nothing by 7/8 years. I think Dad sold it for £40
Most cars were scrap at 10 years of age all the way up to the mid 80s. By the time our 1974 Volkswagen was 8 years old it had new wings and sills and you could almost climb in the cars through the holes on the doors and back arches. 86000 miles I think it had on when it was scrapped. Vorsprung Durch Advertising for sure.
Another goodie
That Hillman wouldn't have been considered old in 1970, most of them on our street were already about 20 years in vintage, as people had to keep them running and patched them up very frequently. Often a neighbour would pop around and lend a hand. Always oil stains on the pavement, oh how you'd miss seeing all that now.
Great series! Modern television could learn something from this. More expensive production, doesn't equal better entertainment.
There's something to be said for the effectiveness that can be achieved with simple efficiency.
It's a 'Homing Minx' 😂😂😂😂
It's goooorn!
I met Terrence Rigby on a film set once. I supplied a Vauxhall PA Cresta for a film called "Mrs Caldecott's cabbage war". Terrence Rigby was shown driving it. He didn't actually drive it - just sat in the driving seat pretending whilst it was towed by a camera truck.
I showed him where the windscreen wiper switch was.
After the filming was over, i collected the Cresta and was halfway home before I noticed he'd forgotten his coat - he'd left it on the back seat.
The titles text are the same used for the comedy
" Keeping up appearances" of the 1990s!
The typeface is called "Windsor". Also used by Woody Allen and The Garbage Pail Kids.
@matthewlawrenson3628 👍
@@matthewlawrenson3628Woody Allen is fond of kids
Good call. Even the streets look similar. Expect hyacinth to yell at Richard to avoid the tree on the other side of the road!
My Dad had a Hillman Hunter, Hillman Minx then a Hillman Imp. Then a Morris Minor, Dove grey, then a black one.
He was punching above his weight with her.
That Minx is jinxed
Christine.......
I wonder if Shephen King had seen this before i wrote Christine.
If only Rigby had demonstrated as much compassion for that car as he did for his police dog...
Softly.....
THAT'S IT! I was trying to work out where I'd seen his face before. Thanks.
I met Terrence Rigby once on a film set. I supplied a Vauxhall PA Cresta for a film called "Mrs Caldecott's cabbage war" which Terrence Rigby was shown driving. Actually, he didn't drive it - it was towed by a camera truck whilst he was sat in the driving seat pretending. I showed him where the windscreen wiper switch was. When I collected the car after filming he had forgotten his coat - he'd left it on the back seat. I was halfway home before I spotted it
the bird starts being in captivity and ends up being free with the demise of its captors
£5 for a car! 😂 sure doesn’t look like that anymore in the UK. Sadly 😢
Dead ringer for Kier Starmer; odd that...
Keith & Rachel... payback for slashing the Pensioner's winter fuel allowance! 👍
We had Socialism back in 1970, no way Starmer would've been involved.
... " Starmer " The Groomer's Best Friend
YES
@@TS-1267no. That would be Prince Charlie
I given up on old bangers. In use, they prone to having heart attack 😏
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang's evil twin.
And Cristines uk cousin.
Did she really have to scream like that when she saw it outside the house 😂
Yet when she sees her husband sitting in the car out of breath, in their actual living room, not even a whimper. 😂
anxiety
2.00 OMG its 🤓Kier Starmer ! No, on second thoughts its not, this guy has some personality !
Quietly Macabre 😊
Hard to believe a 6 or 7 year old car was an "old banger" in 1970 lol. I'd have made it last me a lifetime! Those old hillmans were built like tanks.
Yes, a Series V or VI. Comfy and reliable; with disc brakes.
@BillDunlop-b1u felt modern compared to most other cars at the time.
Zero rust protection and built in mud and water traps. Most blokes garages back then had an entire shelf devoted to Waxoyl.
Can’t beat a Lambretta 🛵.
That was either a Cento or a J125. You never see those small framed models now.
@ Yes , we’ll spotted. I thought it’s not an SX or poss an LI 3. Didn’t think of the J range.
How did they manage to find a car with Alderney number plates? These are incredibly rare on the UK mainland.
Didnt know Hillman Minx your type of car Mr Brittas !
Wow!
This one was actually funny, especially when she screamed! 😂 Moral of the story… Don’t be a litter bug! 😮😂
This anticipated the 1977 horror movie 'The Car' although the car in this one takes it's time and is more subtle.
6:19 Neil McCarthy
Played calibos in clash of the titans..
He was in zulu 😊
No makeup required for monster roles 😂 like Ron Perlman …
Origins of Christine😳
AY 547...worth a fortune now.
A lambretta J series.
That’s Keir Starmer’s Dad, isn’t it? Would have thought he could have made a tool to sort that car out properly
That's what I was thinking, decided to watch some old TV to get away from all the horrible news and the bloke ended up looking like two tier Kier.....
@ ugh 😆
😂
The Pigeon Was Moving The Banger
Now who's gonna feed the pigeon?
A great series. Did Stephen King see this before he wrote Christine, I wonder?
@ you know he visited the U.K., right? No need to insult me just because you don’t know that.
Also series like this were shown in other countries. It might shock you, but not all the programmes on American tv are made in America.
Did you like the movie christine? I think its a great film.@JehanineMelmoth
Took me a moment but then remember this actor plays one of the circus guys in tinker tailor. Wears a mustache, chain smokes, doesn’t talk much.
PC Snow from Softly Softly...the police dog handler.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ yes something’s come to mind 😅 could be a modern day old version 😂Starmer look a like ! If you’re clever with AI ..could be fun re dubbing ❤🎉
Uncool treatment of doggo. 😢
My bedroom tempreture is 10centigrade 50 farenheight i turned of my centra heating resulting in getting chilblains on my feet. ↪️Hey wasnt That actor. TERENCE RIGBY in the softly softly
Task force series from bbc one. With straford Johns fraank windsor he also stared in NO MANS LAND mans A play Written by Harold pinter AND a tv film about the RUSIAN dictator STALIN STARING BEN KINGSLEY
Christine's Granddad
Tales of unease😂. Maybe they should make "tales of slight discomfort" or "tales of mild inconvenience" 😅😂
1967. Before mass third world migration destroyed London.
Those awful brown faces, eh?
I’m glad you’re upset. It makes me all warm and happy.
Wondered how far down I’d have to look before I found this comment from one of the usual suspects. Turned out I didn’t have to look too hard.
Sir Steer Karma.
Nice to see front gardens before everyone flattened them to park cars on. And stained glass in wooden doors before Everest double glazing ruined the entire country.
Sid Fletcha!
what a plonker no wonder the birds don't want to come down.
How about bird seed, then he'd have half a dozen descend on him.
How the heck did they get that car not the front room like that😂
I was thinking the same thing.
PC Snow would have kicked out that glass quick smart.
HILLMAN MINX CHRISTINE
Is that the teacher from Kes?
No that was Colin Welland.
No,that was Colin Welland i think,do look alike though.
He was in the biderbeck affair
He looked like Brittas
You could actually buy a car for a fiver that time and drive it home.
SPOILER ALERT....
silly and sad. i thought the car hated them when it started. then in the middle, i was thinking maybe not. guess i was right. lol
It could have been called : Home to Roost - with a supernatural twist. Even without registration plates the registration document, would show the engine VIN number, which would trace it back to him. The characters were more irritating than relatable.
Home to Rootes you mean!
@@Bicyclehub Rootes?
Rootes Group - the manufacturer of Hillman's.
Car dumping by the 60s was rife. The DVLA was set up in 1968 to make such things harder by centralising new car registrations (and I don’t think there was ever a compunction to register older cars unless by sale) soBefore that it would have been done by each borough council, so driving the Hillman across the river would have placed it a few councils away. As said in the video the plod would be unlikely to expend much effort tracing its chassis number in paper council archives when a call to the scrappy and £5 got it off the streets.
@@Stratoszero I beg to differ, in 1968 it was called DVLC a year later, a purpose built building in Swansea was rebranded to become DVLA in 1969.
These people are evil!
Tales of unease. Lmao! This is one of those neighborhoods you take over for an hour then leave em alone. Dont f*’*up either.
I don't get it.
@@colinpumpernickel2605 complete word salad 🤷♂️
Biggest heap of crap I've seen since 1970.