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A trip west from London with narration by an IAM bod! Look at the lack of traffic. I would have been a car mad 6 year old then so the old cars bring a tear to my eye. Glad to see people hogged the outside lane then & failed to move!

Great find!

Without incident though? What about the road rage he started??

Interesting find. Would be done for road rage these days though.

brilliant was it narrated by mr chumley warner road rage nothing ever changes little man in triumph herald trying to carve up snob in jag classic,was year about 59/60 looking at lorries and buses around at time of filming,oh and that bus conductor reminded me of reg varney in on the buses!!

That brought back a few memories!

notice the lack of foreign cars on the road ?

Wonderful. I'm also pleased that during the wet weather, Mr. Cholmondley-Warner clearly didn't mix cross-ply and radial on the same axle.

I don't know if I am just an old fart, but I think I wouldn't mind having this chap teaching my teenage boys how to drive! With the exception of the double de-clutching and the hooting when you want to overtake (!!), it was sensible advice for young drivers: let the stupid idiot pass you, 'read' the road and the pavements constantly, keep your distance, drive according to the weather etc. As we get more experience we tend to do these things automatically, but for young drivers...

And the 1957-58 mark I (I think) jag is a beautiful car!

NOwt wrong with doubledeclutching I still do it! The better IAM guys still drive like this,some of the others I've experienced have been dire!
But yes generally good advice for youngsters, not that they listen though

road hog in a herald, modern equivalent would be something like a corsa or clio ?

whats the point of doubledeclutching in your 944 or jag? nothing to be gained!

In the Jag it would be impossible as it is auto as all properJags are

I do it in the Pork as A. I was taught to do it, together with heel & toe & B. It speeds the down change, after 144K the synchros aren't what they were. C. With the Dansk exhaust it sounds brilliant!
It's an age thing I passed my test in 1975 & most of the stuff that I could afford had no synchro on 1st, I was also driving vans around my Dad's yard around 2-3years before this & the breakdown wagon was a 4 speed with no synchro on any of them!

I know what you mean,I too used to drive the older gearboxes on trucks as well as cars but I ve got out of the habit these days,even the trucks are automatic now. Yes,if the synchro is worn it can help.Just seems like such a long time since I heard the words "double declutching" !!!