Going for a drive in a Purvis Eureka around Knightsbridge - London!

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • New description: I guess the owner who talked to me about this car was either lying to me, or he was scammed himself about the car he'd bought. He talked to me for like an hour about this car being Steve McQueen's racecar, which he supposedly had used during a Le Mans race. He was talking about all these documents that he still had, that belonged to the car and all sorts of other things. At the time, I had no idea what I was looking at, and given the Gulf race livery, I didn't have many reasons to doubt the man. But thanks to you guys, I know better now! I hope you enjoy the footage eitherway, as it was an odd experience nonetheless.

Комментарии • 25

  • @Hakucho64
    @Hakucho64 9 месяцев назад +2

    I owned (didn't build) one of these in the late 80's, it was great fun to drive. It was a little claustrophobic, so I took an angle grinder to the roof and made it into a Targa top, best decision ever. I also converted the hydraulic roof lift to use electric motors instead. Sadly sold it for quite a loss because I moved overseas.

  • @jjj5647
    @jjj5647 8 лет назад +13

    It looks like a Nova kit car and sounds like it has a VW Beetle engine !!!

    • @johnussss
      @johnussss 4 года назад +2

      Is a kit car made for and built on VW chasis

    • @EconomicsMate1
      @EconomicsMate1 2 года назад +3

      @@johnussss yep on a type 1 VW chassis and with a 1400 or 1600cc aircooled VW engine

  • @moriwaki1105
    @moriwaki1105 3 года назад +4

    Nova kit car.....my mate had one....also used in the Film with Michael Crawford called Condor Man.

  • @liamgell
    @liamgell 8 лет назад +2

    Incredible! Not something you see every day, let alone have a ride in! Owner seems like a nice guy

    • @VanDorpEA
      @VanDorpEA  8 лет назад +1

      He was indeed a very nice chap!

  • @jamesgudgeon4868
    @jamesgudgeon4868 3 года назад +2

    They were called Novas and sterlings depending on where they were sold

  • @nitty4340
    @nitty4340 Год назад

    Yo G i saw u today i was the kid shouting OOOOOOOOOOHHHH MYYYYYYYYY AYYY REV IT REV IT in the puma hoodie

  • @shades360
    @shades360 Год назад

    The ultimate reincarnation for a dak dak

  • @marcosmata8233
    @marcosmata8233 Год назад

    Back to the Future
    What if a Purvis Eureka would look like as a Time Machine?

  • @mike-s8n8y
    @mike-s8n8y Месяц назад

    Nice one brother ,innit

  • @cschnauz
    @cschnauz 7 лет назад +2

    How is that a 917k?

  • @jcxf3000
    @jcxf3000 10 месяцев назад

    Que Bonito !!!!

  • @refro1943
    @refro1943 11 месяцев назад

    😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @s4nj442
    @s4nj442 6 лет назад +2

    That's not a 917k

    • @VanDorpEA
      @VanDorpEA  6 лет назад +1

      I know it's not a 917k, I never said it was.

    • @s4nj442
      @s4nj442 6 лет назад

      Van Dorp Exclusive Automobiles True, I missunderstood the title. Because I watched Le Mans, the movie of Steve McQueen and I didn't knew that he raced with that car in Le Mans. Sorry if that comment disturbed you

    • @VanDorpEA
      @VanDorpEA  6 лет назад +1

      No problem at all mate. And when looking at the comments after uploading the vid, I was in doubt about the actual origins of this car myself...or what it even is. The owner was talking to me for like an hour, saying the exact same thing as I wrote in the description. However, the Nova kit car theory looks plausible. Either the owner was deceived with a nice story and lost loads of money on a car that is basically a kit car, or he just likes to show off with a partly true/partly false story.

  • @hartoz
    @hartoz 4 года назад +1

    A little know Australian Kit Car, many had VW Bettle engines (like the one in this video), though some got V8s, or Rotaries from Mazdas.
    The reason they are rare, is they are not very good.

    • @trumpetandsaxophone
      @trumpetandsaxophone 3 года назад

      I don’t agree, I had an original Nova with a Ford x flow, it was brilliant

  • @mesaquelourenco9697
    @mesaquelourenco9697 3 года назад

    Amo esse carro

  • @drowzeeinsomnio5765
    @drowzeeinsomnio5765 8 лет назад

    Wow....

  • @mesaquelourenco9697
    @mesaquelourenco9697 3 года назад

    Quero um quem pôde dá um Pra mim

  • @justinfurlong5320
    @justinfurlong5320 7 лет назад

    U