Thanks for showing us all the great and somewhat affordable cars on offer at CCA. TBH - I could have filled my garage 10 times over and then had to live in it due to the wife taking the house....Oh, the temptation. Have a great week Jonny
@@TheLateBrakeShow If you could get Mr Porter involved with the auction walk arounds that would be ace! Your features at Goodwood are my fav part of the weekend.
Your absolutely right Johnny, the Fiat AC 124 sport is an absolute beauty. They are a delight to drive. I bought my ‘69 Fiat AC 124 Sport back in 1980, and I still have it. The price on that car looks almost too cheap. I have mine insured now for $33k Aussie. At 17,000m from new that’s an awesome find. My AC has 105,000m from new and is restored with a full tan Connolly leather interior, plus some other enhancements. They are way rarer these days then the Alfa 105 coupe or even Lancia Fulvia, both competitors to the Fiat back in the day.
An incredible selection of attainable cars. Johnny everything you put out is absolutely brilliant, even a simple walkaround such as this. Your wording and presenting is perfect.👍🏻
Top notch presentation. Concise descriptions, clever phrasing, great photography, animated, authentic narration. This is such a wonderful video. Thank you, thank you!!!! And well done lads.
Thanks Johnny, I just can't get over how many cars are out there being found in all shapes & sizes, in all states of repair, good & bad(ish) It's great! Thanks for this really enjoyed your overview.
My heart jumped and memories came flooding back when I saw that Golf GTi Mk II in red, exactly like my old one... then I was amazed to see that Fiat 124 Coupe - I worked at Frank Cannetero Motors (Fiat, Alfa,Peugot) and I really wanted one, as we had gotten in a Red one that sat in the showroom for months. I was saving up, hoping to be able to place a down payment on it and then, it was sold to an ordinary customer. I was driving a Fiat 128 2 door at the time. I can't call that little box a coupe...which I unfortunately rolled while playing rally driver on icy roads. Then came a 124 Spider... and an X1/9...and a Peugot 504 Estate diesel that was a particularly nice car to drive, but so slow...eventually I left there driving an Alfa 2000 Spider. Lots of great memories of my first decade in the automobile business have come back, thanks to seeing these fine cars.
I always thought he was a bit boring in his 5th gear days….and his interest in “normal” or “boring” cars never fitted in with my own love of fast cars. But now he’s got his own channel here doing his own thing I really appreciate even though our tastes differ, his obviously genuine passion makes him very easy and enjoyable to watch. One of my favourite channels on RU-vid. Keep up the great work. 👍🏻
One of the most tempting classic auction lots I've seen in a long time! It's a case of - 'yep, I'd like that, that, that AND that', and that's not even including the cars that didn't feature in the walk around! Top notch vid as always Jonny 👍
Hi Jonny. Just to let you know I purchased the Audi coupe from the auction. Since then its having a complete full restoration. If your interested in seeing the car once finished let me know.
Great variety of cars , in varied conditions. Love the 2 Fiats , both the 124 coupe, and the 105 TC , which stood for twin cam rather than twin carb although it featured them , both great cars to drive .
Hi Jonny. Some very nice stock . Is this your first coverage with this company ? And my goodness ! That 911 T sportomatic brought back some "unpleasant " memories . I restored a 1970 in around 1978 ish and it was very nearly as bad . You couldn't get parts back then so l handmade everything , bare metalled it , changed it from chocolate to silver and it was the first time l used Glasurit 54 line , to me still the best paint system ever. So the "albino" owner came to take the car and brought his loaded 12 bore shotgun in gratitude ! When a blind man with pink eyes looks you in the eyes with a loaded shotgun , you give him the keys ! Fortunately l only worked there so l still got paid ! And l repainted an exact copy of that Fiat 124 coupe in the early 1970 's . Thanks Jonny ......oh P.S ! I was threatened with a12 bore a few years later after repairing 2 identical Subaru estate cars for a couple of likely lads. I looked the one straight in the eyes and said " Go on then ! but l'm not leaving ' til you pay me ! " He started chuckling and said "You're one cool man and calmly took the cash out of his pocket , paid me and said what a great job l'd done and they both became long term customers ! Well neither of them were albino's with pink eyes so l knew l was safe !
I want the Galaxie or the Capri. . . that would be a great birthday present from The Late Brake Show :) You have until the 2nd ...I kid but still love them.
I had a AX gti in red as my second car when I was 18!! Insurance wasn't that bad then... Loved the car I remember when my dad and I went to buy it and the guy selling it took us for a test drive.. He was the same age as my dad but clearly liked to drive fast... I came out with a massive smile on my face my dad on the other hand was white as a sheet😂 it was stolen from outside my flat in Llandudno and found in Liverpool a few weeks later totally stripped.. I was gutted.. I got my insurance money and bought a 405 mi16 then went back to saxo's with a vtr then 2x vts... Great little cars
I had one as my second car too & it was red also. Crashed it not too badly & stripped it to modify it but never got round to it, sold for scrap probably 20 years ago. Had a Saxo VTS too! Really want this AX though….
Man, this took me right back to my youth, when I was waiting to reach my prime... I'm still waiting, but these cars, oh man. Brought tears to my eyes...
I remember a manager of a Maxmeyer paints in Essex took us for a pub lunch in 1992 in his Granada Cosworth in white it looked awesome great sound to it i remember 💪, great car🙂
Love it Johnny 80s early 90s cars .. the visual shape of the vehicles are so pleasing to the eye .. I like modern car design just think there lacking in soul.. keep up the great work . Always great to watch.. superb content…. For me the granny cossy or the T25 ..
Johnny, you still need to do a video in that guys Abarth Strada, i'm pretty sure he'd be happy to throw you the keys.. I'd be well happy seeing it put through it's paces, as you said it's one the best hot hatches of it's generation and there's so little footage of them !!
Johnny your video of that pre auction line up was fantastic. I also once had a 1982 Audi GT coupe. Such a wonderful car in it's day. Keep these videos coming they are brilliant.
Yet another great enjoyable video from you Jonny, presented in your usual relaxed & informed style. Thank you for focussing in on some of the more 'leftfield' choices of cars on offer - not that i'd expect anything different fom you. Looking at some of the completed listings from the auction it would appear that a lot of the cars did not meet the values that I think was being expected - many cars seem to sell for quite reasonable - more affordable prices. Choice cars for me would be the low mileage Saxo Vts (Despite being the phase 3 facelift with the weird 15" wheels with no centrecaps), the low mileage Puma 1.7, The MK2 barnfind Jag (I would love to keep it with the unrestored look, update/recommision the mechanicals) - but as a previous owner of a T3 Whitestar Multivan - the standout 'car' for me is that gorgeous Caravelle 😍
Well I just watched a selection of cars that I would love to have in a collection! Really well presented and you sold me on cars that I wouldn't have even looked at before like the AX! Nice to see a mint Saxo as I wanted one when I was younger so I could give it that Max Power look
Thank you Jonny. I live far away from my homeland, but I'm still partial to the odd British auction review (there's another bloke called Harry who does this sort of thing too, you may have heard of him). My Dad owned several VWs and although that bronze Karmann convertible wouldn't have been his thing, he (and later I) knew what Karmann meant.
So many stunning cars I’d love to buy, always had a soft spot for the Granada Cosworth, especially the ones in dark Green. Not sure why, but I love the Rolls Royce with over 200,000 miles on it, just think what those miles cost in fuel!
I absolutely agree with the view on the saxo. Prices of Novas rocketed. but it does make me feel old . I find it hard to comprehend anything with a two letter, two number reg plate being a classic!
Really enjoyed that video so good to see cars like the ax gti and strada and I always loved the unloved Granada scorpio,maybe I’m weird but I love the unusual and forgotten like the Citroen mehari etc
Infectious @jonnysmith I want to buy at least 3 of those cars, especially the 1990 Audi. My boss had one, I'd just started working abs I drooled after it. Such a cool car.
Great vid. I was an early EV driver in 2011. Renault did about 7km/kwH. Now on an L322 4.4TDV8 (35mpg easily, 1000km range). Loved both for the very reasons you mention: silent EV (though the L322 is EV like), always full EV in the morning, cheap EV runs locally. L322 for the space, range and total lack of need for planning trips. Hardly ever experienced EV range anxiety: either make it easily, or do not start the trip (this was 2011: no fast charging and limited stations)
Classic cars have such uniqueness that modern cars can only dream of having. I can also imagine almost no cars new now will be in anywhere near the same condition as some of these. Things these days just arent built to last.
I'm normally much against locking cars away in storage, but that two-mile Beetle deserves to have nothing more than a deep clean and then be put up in a museum somewhere. How many two-mile Beetles can there be?! But that Fiat 124 Coupé is an absolute stunner. I'd find that hard to look away from if I was there with money...
Loving the Granada Scorpio. Back in the early 90’s I worked with a guy with the non Cosworth Scorpio and it was a delight to drive. Such a comfy, lounge feel from the interior and it wafted down the road beautifully. Just a shame the auto box is horrendous. 😊 you’ve got me hankering for an old shape mini….. time to fire up Autotrader! I’m going to dig out some old Max Power mags and see if I can find any of your features, honestly can’t remember all the guys who were involved in that but, at the time, it was an epic scene! Love the channel, Jonny, keep up the great content. Bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I had a Saxo VTR from new in 1999, with the 2 years free insurance from Direct Line. Cracking little car, and very timely as I’d just written off my Cavalier…
Nice fiat 124 coupe….i have not seen one of those in donkeys years! That Porsche is toast…for every meter of rust you can measure there are 100 meters of hidden rot….sad but true.
14:07 - is that like the insane shallow V4 engines that they fitted in Lancia Fulvia HF's that they successfully rallied? Insane V4, 1 cylinder head, engine machine shops scratching their own heads.
My cousin restored a 356 Porsche in the early 1980's, after he bought it as a barn find on a Gower farm in West Wales. It now resides parked up in a rusting garage in Dover, after he met his wife from there, barn find again.
1968 was the time a 911 won the Monte Carlo Rally, quickly followed by BMC Mini Cooper S', in that January. Porsche won due it was dry snowless Monte, otherwise would have been Cooper S' again.
13:00 - I remember watching a documentary on that Yorkshire guy that invented and patented cat's eyes on roads. He had a Rolls like that to go to his local pub.
00:03:20 - short wheelbase 911, before they extended them a few inches, to stop them spinning when crossing exposed bridges in strong side cross winds, when fuel tank near empty?
I would love that Ford Scorpio/Granada, I've had 2 of them in my life and they are such beautiful cars to drive and be ferried around in, sooooo comfortable, I'd pay 25k for that, if I had it ;)
that Ax Gti is an absolute peach, I would be surprised if it makes that much though, less desirable than the Gt models, i picked them up for couple of hundred pounds back in the day. Mine is slightly newer than that but definitely not as nice any more, a lot quicker mind you when it actually runs
It makes me cry seeing all my childhood cars going for so much £££ I remember when Sapphire Cossie's were £3k in Autotrader...!!! I payed £8k for my 99 Scooby Turbo that's probably worth 6 times that now... 205Gti, Escort Turbo... All outta reach now... Sad face... Really nice to see then all in such good nick tho... Especially the Saxo & AX.. They 'should' be rust piles by now... Impressive
