Ford Transit: Is this the most important vehicle in Britain’s history? | Top Gear RETROspective

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  • @luisgerard6874
    @luisgerard6874 3 года назад +171

    Sabine 👑

    • @Mike.C.
      @Mike.C. 3 года назад +5

      rip

    • @jacobhanley7839
      @jacobhanley7839 3 года назад +1

      RIP

    • @mry82
      @mry82 3 года назад +2

      That was one of my favorite Top Gear bits ever.

    • @sanaaaboulhosn
      @sanaaaboulhosn 3 года назад

      Who?

    • @mry82
      @mry82 3 года назад +2

      @@sanaaaboulhosn Is that a joke?

  • @workingguy-OU812
    @workingguy-OU812 3 года назад +65

    I appreciate that you showed Sabine. I'm hit, yet again, that the world has lost her, and that's tough to deal with. But it made for a highlight in this history of the van and the show.

  • @Carsaddiction
    @Carsaddiction 3 года назад +163

    The XJ220 Transit for me is the most epic conversion ever!

    • @josephcostello9620
      @josephcostello9620 3 года назад +16

      Only the real ones know

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 3 года назад +9

      And don't forget it was driven by Richard Hammond.

    • @EpicThe112
      @EpicThe112 3 года назад

      That's Remembered in the show as the winner against an ute

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад +2

      it was more of a test bed than a conversion. when developing the XJ220, TWR (who helped or did most of the development for Jaguar) didnt want people seeing the new flagship supercar being seen, broken down, during development so TWR transplanted the running gear into a Transit, which nobody would think twice about seeing broken down. so whilst technically its a conversion, its a conversion that allowed the car it was converted from, to actually exist.

    • @drone_tours
      @drone_tours 3 года назад +1

      ill proove to you that it is an van
      IT IS SLIGHTLY TURBO CHARGED

  • @pearce9853
    @pearce9853 3 года назад +22

    I have a 2019 transit custom m sport. I absolutely love the thing, surprisingly I get people coming up to me saying ncie things about my van. It’s kind of a honour to be driving such a thing

    • @TonySoprano-p6i
      @TonySoprano-p6i 3 года назад +1

      They do their job well my dad has a MK7 2012 Transit Crew Cab Tipper and it’s been through a lot of crap and is still going somehow.
      Mind you he’s on his second engine already lol

    • @nervousnerys4215
      @nervousnerys4215 3 года назад +1

      Keep it safe.

    • @youwot2430
      @youwot2430 3 года назад

      i've got a '97 smiley LOL

  • @mixeddrinks8100
    @mixeddrinks8100 3 года назад +12

    Ford really has some iconic popular cars. The F150 in the US, the Focus worldwide, the Transit in UK. Etc. The man eating Mustang worldwide but my favorite is still the glove wearing man's favorite car, the Bronco.

    • @obelic71
      @obelic71 3 года назад +1

      the Transit is all over Europe its one of the most used vans.
      The VW crafter, Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Transit all use the same shell and are build in several factories in Europe to keep up the huge demand.

    • @EpicThe112
      @EpicThe112 3 года назад

      @@obelic71 I can tell you how it's done in the United States Mercedes-Benz Sprinter South Carolina Ford Transit Missouri or Michigan

    • @tjallaballa
      @tjallaballa 3 года назад +2

      Focus is a Ford of europe product as well

    • @Ihateironyanddumbusernames
      @Ihateironyanddumbusernames 2 года назад

      yeah plus its easy to forget they made the model T for god's sake, model A with it's flathead V8, and about half the jeeps in WW2. Its almost impossible to scoff at their pedigree.

  • @chrism3562
    @chrism3562 3 года назад +137

    Let's please have more like this!

  • @TomBroughtonPhotography
    @TomBroughtonPhotography 3 года назад +37

    Really enjoying the influx of extra video content recently, all really good quality stuff as well. Keep it up!

  • @hasaanshaikh4063
    @hasaanshaikh4063 3 года назад +323

    Sabine Schmitz will be missed

  • @roscoe9507
    @roscoe9507 3 года назад +7

    I’m pleased that you said traffic moved more gently, because you can not compare a 65 transit to modern vehicles, at the time, it was cutting edge, so what’s basic by today’s standard, was just the ticket and what was needed in 65, worlds best selling van, enough said

  • @BR14Nx
    @BR14Nx 3 года назад +30

    This format is quite nice. It's always good to learn something from the past. Especially these days, when many people forget about it 🤷‍♂️

    • @Robbert_nl
      @Robbert_nl 3 года назад +3

      Because back in the day nobody forgot anything?

    • @bmstylee
      @bmstylee 3 года назад +2

      @@Robbert_nl no because snowflakes don't like history because it offends them because a lot of the times it's not nice.

  • @aneeshkashyap3553
    @aneeshkashyap3553 3 года назад +105

    They skillfully cut out any "Jeremy" or "Hammond" from that clip. Wow.

    • @lawdbanterbury
      @lawdbanterbury 3 года назад +2

      I thought the same thing

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell 3 года назад +15

      Meh, that episode was all about Sabine anyway.

    • @MondySpartan
      @MondySpartan 3 года назад +13

      You still can hear a brief voice of Jeremy at 5:44

    • @joempoem478
      @joempoem478 3 года назад

      I was just about to say...
      Bastards

    • @farishanafiah8461
      @farishanafiah8461 4 месяца назад

      ​@@JoshuaTootellExactly. It's still about Sabine anyway.

  • @davidpeters6536
    @davidpeters6536 3 года назад +2

    Drove a few in the 70's for thousands of miles in all weathers. A fantastic machine to drive and work with. RIP Sabine.

  • @infinityplus1489
    @infinityplus1489 3 года назад +1

    I've grown up in the middle seat of a MK5 transit. I remember playing with the clock on the dash with my toes because I was so small. Some really great memories of going to car shows and work in the same van.

  • @pauliewalnuts240
    @pauliewalnuts240 3 года назад +20

    Wow i didnt realize sabine schmitz died. I remember first seeing her in the nurburgring episode. her energy was something special i imagine she was a huge inspiration to aspiring female racers. Rip sabine.

    • @kenbee1957
      @kenbee1957 3 года назад +2

      I've only just learned of this right now too
      I'm gutted

  • @Hondeer
    @Hondeer 3 года назад

    Greetings from West Coast USA where the Transit Van and VanLife have been crusing hwy 101 for the last 8 years.
    Love my '15 130MR! Got a lift kit under it, some big knobby tires for the sand, board racks for windsurf and surfing.

  • @cliffardgerald6269
    @cliffardgerald6269 3 года назад +14

    This film can never beat Sabine and Hammonds tribute to the transit

  • @MoJo-2977
    @MoJo-2977 3 года назад +11

    Is it me or is this better than the actual Top Gear Show ? Except Chris Harris of course...

  • @rishabhramesh668
    @rishabhramesh668 3 года назад +42

    And well done adding the oldest episode of transit in top gear

  • @ianhamer4494
    @ianhamer4494 3 года назад +5

    What a brilliant tribute to the Transit and Sabine 👍🏻❤️

  • @Ahmed4th
    @Ahmed4th 3 года назад +6

    When he said "the LATE great Sabine Schmitz" I was like, "Hold up, What?!" I had to google that to know that she had passed away in mid-March 2021.
    R.I.P. Sabine.

  • @LouisSubearth
    @LouisSubearth 3 года назад +2

    All those iterations of Supervans to make an actual production model of it, but only in North America. The Transit there can be optioned with the 3.5 liter Ecoboost V6 making 310 horsepower. It may not have the driving characteristics of a race car, but it's no slouch on the road

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад

      problem is, with UK fuel prices, its too expensive to run a V6 van. theyre pretty much all Diesel here.

  • @Digitall3
    @Digitall3 3 года назад +5

    Video quality is incredible.

  • @sharingstoke
    @sharingstoke 3 года назад

    Just got a 2019 Ford Transit xlt 150 - stoked! It's got a 130" wheel base and is a passenger model. Thanks so much for this history as it stokes me out as a recent owner! Thank you!

  • @SteveStringerSites
    @SteveStringerSites 3 года назад +2

    I had no idea Sabine passed. Dang. What a loss.
    TG needs to do a tribute in the next series.

  • @kev_pe3848
    @kev_pe3848 3 года назад +3

    Good to see Supervan 3 is still alive!

  • @dr.leftfield9566
    @dr.leftfield9566 3 года назад

    Many fond memories of the mk1 spent many years doing antique furniture removals in
    one in the late seventies it was light blue with sliding doors. reliable and easy to fix.

  • @Tuberuser187
    @Tuberuser187 2 года назад

    I love the Sabine tributes, remembering her but its bitter sweet to see too.

  • @oni1ecram123
    @oni1ecram123 3 года назад

    I hope this series has much more to come. WONDERFUL Story!!!

  • @purwantiallan5089
    @purwantiallan5089 3 года назад +8

    Everyone never forget u SABINE.

  • @pnep
    @pnep 3 года назад +2

    Pakistan is still using 1965 model FORD TRANSIT in rural areas their power is so good

  • @mcmiloy3322
    @mcmiloy3322 3 года назад +24

    I loved the video, great narrrating!

  • @effervescence5664
    @effervescence5664 3 года назад +5

    The old ones were brilliant, it's just a shame since they moved production to Turkey that within a month of launching a new model or update all the security flaws are across the net. Almost as if they don't have an anti virus suite or pay the staff over there enough.

  • @NapalmBond
    @NapalmBond Год назад

    Loved this. Drove a Mk2 when I lived in London. Took a thrashing, wound it off the clock! Found out 2 days later that the steering rack was about to collapse!

  • @fpupesh
    @fpupesh 3 года назад +8

    called it the backbone of britain, closed the southampton factory and moved all production to turkey. that's how ford says thank you to britain on spending billions on their vans.

    • @stevejewiss532
      @stevejewiss532 3 года назад +1

      That's like all Ford cars now ,people blindly still buy them thinking they're british. All this Ford fanboy crap , Ford have crapped over this country for the past 20 years .
      And yet the uninformed still bang on about them including Top Gear and Clarkson on the Grand Tour .

    • @Flying_GC
      @Flying_GC 3 года назад +2

      @@stevejewiss532 perhaps have a think why Ford has left the UK, along with everyone else. After working for a British company based in New Zealand, our output was 50% higher than the UK staff. Maybe stop taking tea breaks and do some work, and just then it might be viable to keep stuff there. Until then fella you made your bed unfortunately.

    • @stevejewiss532
      @stevejewiss532 3 года назад +2

      @@Flying_GC to be honest mate , we produce a lot lot more of anything than you do . What has your country contributed to the world ?? Errrrm , dunno . Ford exited Britain because they didn't want to build cars here because it was cheaper in eastern Europe and Germany gave them incentives to build them there . I think you need to actually do some research . Nissan , BMW , and Toyota do pretty well here , and are often praised for their workforce . It's not our fault Ford of Europe shat allover the UK . So stick that in your pipe and smoke it .

    • @Pmjs
      @Pmjs 3 года назад

      BMWs X3,X4,X5,X6&X7 are all manufactured in the 🇺🇸.

    • @fpupesh
      @fpupesh 3 года назад

      @@Pmjs he referred to mini, which is still made in oxford.

  • @joshacollins84
    @joshacollins84 3 года назад +3

    Coolest commercial that I have seen in a while, 😁. Seriously though, great video!

  • @russellbluewolf6427
    @russellbluewolf6427 3 года назад +1

    being in the states we didnt get the transit, but i remember ford vans being EVERYWHERE as a kid..i even had one for a brief time in high school..

    • @charlesshreeve319
      @charlesshreeve319 3 года назад

      Ford and Dodge vans, with side pipes and Cragars, Radial TA's, and rainbow tape everywhere!
      Headed to the motocross races on weekends!

  • @sahirdiesh6386
    @sahirdiesh6386 3 года назад +2

    Great episode this one

  • @gb9727
    @gb9727 10 дней назад +1

    I'm waiting for one of these to grace Japan

  • @Pmjs
    @Pmjs 3 года назад +3

    I always liked the Facelifted mk1 LWB& Quad Wheels.

  • @JoshuaTootell
    @JoshuaTootell 3 года назад +1

    So weird that on this side of the pond we had the Econoline. Probably the same level of icon.
    Matter in fact, I drive a 1995 E350 based former ambulance converted for rv use.

  • @Barbrutto
    @Barbrutto 3 года назад +10

    I have a very used ford transit mark 1 ....should I restore it?

  • @99gentsia
    @99gentsia 3 года назад +2

    Excellent video, loved the narration…. Love this new format…. I hope more such videos would be produced and released in RUclips.

  • @eddymoon4138
    @eddymoon4138 3 года назад +1

    After the clarkson this is the first video i am watching of top gear

  • @markorollo.
    @markorollo. 3 года назад +1

    Sliding doors are the best vehicle invention, I don't know why every van, car, everything doesn't have them, great for those situations when someone doesn't know what the lines on a parking spot are for, and good for people like me, a wheelchair user. Easier than opening doors.

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад

      and the fact that the lines now are too narrow to park a car in and be able to get out of the car!

  • @sydclark5581
    @sydclark5581 3 года назад +3

    I think so, Top Gear paid homage to it and it's history 😉

  • @buildindian8169
    @buildindian8169 3 года назад

    I remember driving to boarding school on the first day in a transit with windows, it could hardly make it up the hill to the town where the school was located, we broke down several times and the poor driver kept poking his head about as if begging the van to go faster...I was late for my first day but it was fun and my mother had a lot of explaining to do...

  • @TheJohn4231
    @TheJohn4231 3 года назад +2

    Wow i did not know about Sabine Schmitzs passing, so sad.

  • @5thgen418
    @5thgen418 2 года назад

    Yess we still have few old ones here.
    And I love them
    And I love the shape of 1982-85 model

  • @Mashmarriner69
    @Mashmarriner69 3 года назад +4

    You could buy a brand new van for an equivalent £10k back then. And you have my Grandma telling me I have it easy.

    • @thefishbiscuit14
      @thefishbiscuit14 3 года назад +1

      You can buy a used van for 5k today that will be more reliable, faster, more comfortable and have a higher payload than that brand new transit. Not sure we really have an argument against grandma there 😂

    • @Mashmarriner69
      @Mashmarriner69 3 года назад

      @@thefishbiscuit14 that wasn't my argument. 🤣

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад

      @@thefishbiscuit14 i doubt that very much. very little with a higher payload that doesnt require a tachograph. Sprinters arent as reliable as people think.

  • @michaelcarney6280
    @michaelcarney6280 3 года назад +1

    Iearned to drive in a1993 flat bed Transit. So now I have a weird obssesion with liking vans more than cars!

  • @vladimirkrysenko
    @vladimirkrysenko 3 года назад +2

    Сто лет это в интернете искал!
    Top Gear - You're the best!!!

  • @Digitalstar3
    @Digitalstar3 3 года назад +1

    Really cool series, can't wait for the next episode

  • @FFM0594
    @FFM0594 3 года назад +1

    I will always love Mk1 Transits (With sliding doors).

  • @hoomanAdnan
    @hoomanAdnan 3 года назад +7

    Beautiful car 😍🔥

  • @NomaddUK
    @NomaddUK 2 года назад

    Was loving the video until I was shocked to hear Sabine had died. Why was it not huge news? She a proper crazy, gorgeous and VERY talented driver. I absolutely adored her and her Schumacher style grin. Thank you Sabine for your time with us. xx

    • @lorddarlo6194
      @lorddarlo6194 Год назад

      Top Gear did a tribute to her and got the old Trio back of course they worked with her Jeremy with the Jag and often Joked he wanted her to host to replace Hammond or May and she of course drove the Transit and featured in the German Special Episode not sure if she lost to 'James' driving the Porsche vs the Aston Martin DB9RR

  • @emrekulekci1308
    @emrekulekci1308 3 года назад +2

    why you hiding clarkson 5:44

  • @HM1-d4d
    @HM1-d4d 3 года назад +8

    @ Top Gear Production Manager:
    How to properly convert your van in a living space.

  • @AKSHAY-bu4ox
    @AKSHAY-bu4ox 3 года назад +14

    Hammond did it

    • @Badbhoys
      @Badbhoys 3 года назад +2

      Yup

    • @kammara.sharath
      @kammara.sharath 3 года назад +1

      Man with a van challenge.

    • @Badbhoys
      @Badbhoys 3 года назад +1

      @@kammara.sharath yep

    • @kammara.sharath
      @kammara.sharath 3 года назад +3

      @@Badbhoys one of the most entertaining challenges from old top gear.

  • @The_Foulmouthed_Cypriot
    @The_Foulmouthed_Cypriot 3 года назад +7

    RIP 👸 Queen Sabine.

  • @drakefallentine8351
    @drakefallentine8351 3 года назад

    In the title vs. opening statement, there is a big difference between "the most" and "one of the most" important vehicles in British motoring history. I'd say the Mini had a greater impact.

  • @Levenstone132
    @Levenstone132 3 года назад +1

    Mk2 came out in 78. Mk3 was the wedge plus the later 'smiley' version. Had a V4 mk1 on a firm,shot back axle,you needed cotton wool in your ears on a London trip!

  • @roshansrinivas8729
    @roshansrinivas8729 3 года назад +1

    More of this please!

  • @venom5809
    @venom5809 3 года назад +3

    R.I.P. Sabine. 🙏

  • @jonnyfennessy9812
    @jonnyfennessy9812 3 года назад +1

    Cortina,the Transit and the mini...I think of England of the 60's &70's

  • @robsayer8028
    @robsayer8028 3 года назад +1

    If the Supervan didn't work, you could have asked Guy Martin if you could borrow his... Full sized Transit Custom with a 3.5L EcoBoost Radical engine that has puts out approx 700 bhp....

  • @felixmarsh6026
    @felixmarsh6026 2 года назад

    Got a 2008 model. Bloody love it 😍!

  • @PenzancePete
    @PenzancePete 3 года назад +1

    That bare dash. All you need is a Speedo, a fuel gauge and an oil pressure warning light. Any and everything else is superfluous.

  • @jonathantang6414
    @jonathantang6414 3 года назад +4

    9:10 Funny they thought 300hp was enough for a van. Here in Canada, the Transit has a 3.5l ecoboost v6 that makes 310hp and 400lb-ft.
    You could never have enough power, eh?

    • @wharris302
      @wharris302 3 года назад

      I think they got that power figure wrong, I read it was 600hp. And it was powered Guernsly V8 or whatever that was

  • @AaronCable-tf9tt
    @AaronCable-tf9tt 9 месяцев назад

    I have a soft spot for vans been with my dad in a few when he was at centrebus using them as ferry vans and when his mondeo got written off had a berlingo van which i felt more appropriate in then a 2012 bmw 3 series touring at school that week. But an even bigger soft spot for the mk6 transit i was in some alot when my dad was a minibus and coach driver taking people to work in leamington and it even got parked on the driveway at home it was great. Went in one recently on work experience i loved that it felt alot more crammped now eleven years later but still great. And decently quick that was a mk6 transit too.

  • @twallace541
    @twallace541 3 года назад

    Excellent video. Well done.

  • @EpicThe112
    @EpicThe112 3 года назад

    Between here in the United States since 2015 onwards have used one of these to move from a house into a town house. If rented through penske the 2015 Ford Transit model is replaced by a 2018 model followed 2021 model

  • @joebi-dome1839
    @joebi-dome1839 3 года назад +6

    how much would one of those ford transits cost guvnah

  • @lorddarlo6194
    @lorddarlo6194 Год назад

    Let's not forget Jermery Clarkson made an unofficial Transit Supervan for the race vs the Australian's it looked like a normal Transit MKII apart from having Alloy Wheels but had the Supercharged V6 out of a Jaguar XJ220 in the back that powered it I don't know if the actual Engine was in the Van. I think it was based on Hammond's reaction to starting it before he pressed the accelerator and the V6 powered it past the Aussies

  • @richrobinson7797
    @richrobinson7797 3 года назад

    That nice of him to stop and talk to us while making deliverys

  • @CricketEngland
    @CricketEngland 3 года назад +2

    The Ford Transit ran Britain during the 80’s

  • @eliudmaina865
    @eliudmaina865 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic film

  • @zilspeed
    @zilspeed 3 года назад +1

    '86 brought the MK3, surely ?
    Yes, I know a MK2 was just a facelifted MK1, but still...

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад

      i think its like the mk5 Cortina, mk3 Capri, mk4 escort etc, all are classed as new models, but ford claim they never existed, that theyre just facelifted models of the older one. even the mk2 mondeo (the one with the big oval grille from about1996/7-2000) is, strictly speaking, a mk1 facelift

  • @ٴ-ق1ت
    @ٴ-ق1ت 3 года назад +1

    I like the old ford transit

  • @ArnoldvandeWorp
    @ArnoldvandeWorp 3 года назад

    The transit was a better van than the vw transporters that were rear engined. Both are iconic but the transit looks better suited for heavier loads

  • @kiamasharu
    @kiamasharu 3 года назад +2

    I miss old top gear

  • @buxvan
    @buxvan 3 года назад

    I'm lucky. I've got one of the last mk2's. November 1985. Doesn't even come with headrest for the seats.

  • @daansteenbeek5252
    @daansteenbeek5252 3 года назад +1

    Nice video! Nice car

  • @MichaelOKeefe2009
    @MichaelOKeefe2009 3 года назад

    It's the van that helped shape the backbone of the Galar Region.

  • @GuigasPvP
    @GuigasPvP 3 года назад

    GREAT VÍDEO GUYS!!!!

  • @ashkay780
    @ashkay780 3 года назад

    I did not even know u Sabine had passed away 😔 she was just amazing

  • @abdulmuqsit3858
    @abdulmuqsit3858 3 года назад +5

    These old transits are still used as public transport vehicles in Peshawar, Pakistan.

    • @shazash1
      @shazash1 2 года назад

      so are donkeys, which are more reliable than mk1 transits.

  • @Re-InCarNation
    @Re-InCarNation 3 года назад +2

    Somebody should make a super van 4 with the current Ford GT engine.

    • @Sheridantank
      @Sheridantank 3 года назад

      Ken Block

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад

      its not that easy. certainly with supervan 3, it wasnt ACTUALLY a transit. the body is scaled down (they havent lowered it by enugh to see over the roof, its impossible) to about 3/4 size. it might be the case for supervan1 and 2 also, but its certainly the case with 3. we got newsletters in the dealerships back in the day when supervan 3 was launched, giving us inside information

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      @petermoses2057 3 года назад

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  • @kenbee1957
    @kenbee1957 3 года назад +2

    The late Sabine Schmitz?
    Sabine is dead.....?

  • @Ankur3108
    @Ankur3108 3 года назад

    yeah.....great topic top gear......more stuff like this please

  • @abrisamutomo8129
    @abrisamutomo8129 3 года назад +2

    still mis the old top gear

  • @stabb
    @stabb 3 года назад

    No matter how much this channel tries, it will never be as good as og top gear

    • @_0_restart_0_
      @_0_restart_0_ 3 года назад

      It certainly won't if they continue reviewing vans

    • @gsw8734
      @gsw8734 3 года назад

      @@_0_restart_0_ Nothing wrong with reviewing vans, they are a great form of transport.

  • @AN2Felllla
    @AN2Felllla 3 года назад

    You need to make this guy a host!

  • @AdilKhan-gd2sc
    @AdilKhan-gd2sc 3 года назад

    A brief description of what was the van market like when this Ford was launched would have been useful...

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад +1

      there were lots of vans around but they were all terrible. they say in the video that the mk1 transit is slow BUT when you compare it to the cars of the same era (they would barely GET to motorway speeds let alone sit at that speed all day if needed) they were pretty quick for a commercial vehicle. most previous vans would do 40-45mph and not much more!

  • @Letsgo-fi3fe
    @Letsgo-fi3fe 3 года назад

    Every store owner back then: Oh No HeRe CoMeS a BlOcK wItH a FoRd TrAnSiT

  • @KDSmith77
    @KDSmith77 5 месяцев назад

    I think you totally missed it. The greatest British engine was and is a Ford tractor. Then Ferguson then land-rover. They built your nation and colonies. The van took the produce to market. Ford and Ferguson made the producer.

  • @stefanmisch5272
    @stefanmisch5272 3 года назад

    8:45 "acres and acres of room"?
    It's as if a million physics and math teachers around the world start crying at once.

  • @j.b.w.
    @j.b.w. 3 года назад

    If you've got a van it's like you've got an MBA, but you've also got a van.

  • @richards4456
    @richards4456 3 года назад

    Each transit contributes £200,000 to the economy. Some of which will be in welding wire, grinding discs, paint, metal for replacement sills, chassis legs and floors etc....

    • @petelattimer6808
      @petelattimer6808 3 года назад

      exactly the same as every Mercedes, Vauxhall/renault, VW, iveco, fiat etc. van.

    • @richards4456
      @richards4456 3 года назад

      @@petelattimer6808 Definately not the renault vans...

  • @kayfelix5054
    @kayfelix5054 3 года назад +3

    R.I.P Sabine, the most charmfully person at the Nürburgring I ever did meet