Cut and Shut | Car Repairs | Insurance Write offs | Wheels | 1981 

That tie's certainly a cut and shut!

QUENTIN CRISP

Swiss Toni ?

Vomit he talks jeeez !

Swiss Toni; all the while I was waiting for him to mention fine wines and Belgian chocolates!

Many of them probably are still around today as the guy did say that they could be legally repaired.

The Merc had 167,000 on the clock when it was MOT'd last month.

Darwinion bloody hell

The online MOT test check will tell you how many miles were displayed on the odometer during it's last MOT.

So I'm not the only one looking up the number plate on these cars then!

You will find the jag from inspector morse is still going too.

Nice White Cortina estate in the background

Yes my childhood as well. Funny how we have a fondness for the cars music tv shows films of our childhoods no matter your age. My teenage kids talk fondly of the early noughties and parents talk of the 1950s.

And Rover P5B

They look like shit

@@jatdaman really? then i suggest you go see a gastric doctor right away!

Whether ur right or wrong?

@@scotty87able they dont protect me... I'm loving the bus instead.

Your funny int you... Not!

Why would anyone go to a Robbie Williams concert?

And a lot of love and affection?

Major C Cunliffe dam , that Thames theme tune took me back to my childhood

Took me back to

Enquiring minds still want to know, "whatever happened to Thames Beat?"

Same has mate

Flat cap and HP sauce.

and his voice sounds like Harry Enfield

Insuring a car is like making love to a beautiful woman, you know you're gonna get fucked.

Repairing a car is like making love to a beautiful woman...

Making a fraudulent insurance claim is very much like making love to a beautiful woman... Ensure the system is fully lubricated before you set off, and don't over-rev her too early - get her run in before nailing things hard. When the time is right, try to set up the rear end smash, but don't be surprised if the other party swerves the incident.

​@@dickterpene8697Tory boy

Unlike the rolling stock shown on the footage, the video material didn't change hands too much - probably Thames TV itself digitized the original broadcast master tape using proper studio equipment. So it looks better now than back then on your Colour CRT tube.

That's because it was tape, not film.

100 % correct

all insurance companies are leeches, no surprise there

Yes, insurance payouts on previously written off cars were based on the trade value of a vehicle 1yr older (a substantially lower payout due to the cars history) So in short they basically recouped their loss by selling the salvage then when the vehicle was put back on the road & insured, the premium was for that of a NON write off, but then if a claim was made by the new owner they would suffer a lower payout. Insurance companies spent years trying to avoid losing that nice little earner.

It’s hard to tell. I take it this was recorded before the days of HPI. The clues are in the sorts of cars shown herein. Ford Escorts and other cars that today are regarded as classics. Also he acknowledges the DVLA as the DVLC, the latter is no longer used. I’m 29 and I’ve never heard of the DVLC. Anyway, it’s easier to verify over the phone or online before purchasing a car nowadays. I didn’t want to say this at the outset, but the insurance company doesn’t care either way. All they want is money when you as the proud owner of a fine new or secondhand chariot undertake the annual chore of taking out insurance. Insurance company gives you coverage, insurance company takes your money. Any insurance broker will tell you that the condition of your car and its history are sadly none of their business. They want money and, like any other big company, they’re prepared to do some rotten things to get it.

If you were around back then you probably would have driven or sat in a cut and shut car or two and you probably would’ve been none the wiser.

@@MrSupercar55 yes, I was and you’re probably right!

Andy clohessy especially when half the cars on the road are VW group junk

yeah, utter crap

Dudes, get with it, it's because most cars are all made by the same people,the whole car industry, they share bodyshells,engines suspension, blah blah blah, all to save them money and cost us!

You can tell a £5995 dacia sandero though haha!

Grow some eyes

They won't raise an eyebrow, until you want to claim

He spoke like a pompous Horse's Hoof...

blah ha ha !

Glpi lpi Yes Tony was a very slick presenter.

He was bloody good wasnt he

Stevie Wonder I don't think anyone comes close to him for verbal clarity and enthusiasm .

Glpi lpi He also presented corporate training videos. There's a bus driving 'best practice' video on youtube with Tony explaining what not to do with semi auto bus transmissions. He was brilliant presenter.

Glpi lpi Sadly no longer with us. Died in 2007.

- Ey!! Watch it Mate, I’m Ford Owner .💪🧐

The Marina is actually missing something ---- Something like a Piano on the roof perhaps🤣

It was written off because a headlight bulb needed replacement and it was determined that it would have cost more to repair than to replace the bulb.

BloomingOnion Ouch That’s What you call Depreciation

F ix O r R epair D aily

sirkastic wog central now 😔

@@e36racer44 shut up you twat

@@LondonWalkability Muhammad was a warlord, murderous pedophile. Why would any sane person consider him the 'perfect being'? You're not wanted here.

Had to laugh at that comment! Jeez.

Interesting

Yeah, to make something compulsory and hand the whole thing over to the private sector for 'competition'. Especially over the last fifteen years, they're a nightmare. I had one company who charged me £350 a year for my van for two years, then £500, then £850. I was getting divorced at the time and took my eye off the ball. I. shouldn't have needed it on the ball if they'd been trustworthy. Something else to watch for, I got a great quote from Admiral and went ahead, and auto renewed, when, after a few years it was due in January! Well, when I started with them it was due in July. Rang them up to be told I'd been put on ten months insurance to get my no claims up!!! I joined them with 72%. so it was purely to get the price acceptable so I'd go for it, what good is ten months cover? Twisters, the lot of them.

Bellerophon challen yes, never auto renew, lesson learned, I’ve just been quoted £6,600 to insure a transit size recovery truck, with a separate quote for the cars being transported. So bang goes my part time business plan. I live in an area that has the highest rates of uninsured drivers, so someone’s got to pay for those that won’t☹️

@@AJustmenow Absolutely, I now ask; Is that for twelve months? Have you pressed auto renew? Then press no auto renew please. Have you protected my no claims? and, no thanks, I don't want legal protection or any add ons, thank you. Just the legal requirement to get me on the road. It was bad enough getting divorced without them ripping me off too. Mate, that is a serious amount of money for a recovery truck, plus the load extra. They've really started to hit commercial vehicle insurance lately. If only they stopped hawking for new business at the expense of people who are loyal, they would be much better off. I'm the sort of person who doesn't want the hassle of hunting around, if you treat me good, you'll get it all, car, van, home, tools, workshop every year. I remember the days when you had an insurance man came round and did business in the house. Injury insurance, the lot. He got all my parents business back in the sixties and seventies. Had a nice house and car off the round he had too, so it paid well. You're probably like me, if that quote had been reasonable and fair, you'd have stuck with them and over the years you'd have proved yourself a good insurance risk. You'd have a good business and so would they. Crazy.

I love mine.

She’s a beauty alright!

That must have been Tony's, we've seen how he drives, must have given him the idea for doing this piece.

Yep, saw a BMW almost a third its original length from a massive frontal, rebuilt recently. Proper job, drove better than new.

ivor biggun; Thanks. Its good to see folk are waking up to it all. Today's youth think its cool to be dirty lazy, arrogant and stupid - because the truth is, it hides their embarrassment at being losers. They attack any of their contemporary's who study and try improve their lot in life, and with a backdrop like that, is it any wonder kids just give up and drop out? I think its high time that we drop the "equality" rubbish and award kids who do well with real education in order to improve their abilities and bring pride back to our nation.

I'd like a fresh crumple zone in a crash though.

We are currently going through a renaissance with salvage repair channels on RU-vid. Buy a car off Copart, video the repairs and then sell it on (not as a trader obviously). Because it's 'fun' and "just a hobby" anyone can do it. You don't need to be qualified or professional, which means too many guys are getting involved in serious traits that should never be allowed anywhere near a spanner!

Not really, best place for them I'd say.

Frazzle Face , I didn’t know, sad that he is no longer with us.

Or something that rhymes with it

AHAAAAA!

Crash bang wallop what a video!

Was your dad Arfur

Nor was it ever their problem the bigger issue of using the details of write-offs purchased at at auctions for rebirthing stolen vehicles!

@@MrWombatty Thoughout the 90ies, when on the continent cars car theft was endemic with a long caravane of vehicles going East of the border, I was amazed to learn that in the UK it was even worse of a problem despite the fact that right hand drives are harder to sell with fewer countries to export them to. Did nobody asked for the Vehicle Identification Numbers which are hard to fake - when registering a car in the UK?

We didn’t. Cutting and welding the chassis weakens it, reducing the protection offered if you have the misfortune of crashing. Of course that’s not to say that you can hit a modern car head on in a busted old Ford Cortina and live to tell the tale. Newer cars are always safer than older ones. Fifth Gear have demonstrated this time and time again in their crash tests.

I was fearing the gold SD1 was the lemon I regrettably briefly owned in 1984.

@@philhealey449 I would like to own one

@@charleswoodrow Wear waterproof clothing and take plenty of spanners.

@@philhealey449 Haha

@@charleswoodrow I could go on. My dream car was a six month nightmare. Take care !

The rear of your car was it the front or rear of the reliant robbin just trying to picture it in my mind??

I recognised it too. Used to get bits and pieces for my old bangers: gen 1 honda civic, ford P100, Bedford Astravan

*COOKPASS BABTRIDGE*

MichaelKingsfordGray You have to be kidding.

They would be worth millions now. Just get Tracey Emin or Damien Hurst to use them in any of their art exhibitions or have Banksy paint on them!

When cars were made of real metal! I restore classic cars for a living and would love to get my hands on any of these...

If I was sent back in time to the seventies, i'd buy up as many 1st gen Escorts as I could. Incredible how something that was considered undesirable junk back then is like gold dust now.

@@sanchoodell6789 Tracy Emin period some sick fuck like her would buy it.

Payam yazdi you can borrow my tardis.

I suspect that my first car, a 4-year old second-hand VW Wolfsburg Edition Mk 1 Cabriolet was as you term it, another "cut and shut". With the help of my parents, we purchased it from a local, long-established VW dealership in the Pacific Northwestern region of the US, and took them at their word that it was in proper working order. There was no mention from the dealership that it had been rebuilt. I did a Carfax search on the VIN at one point (back when Carfax was still a relatively new service available to consumers), which didn't reveal much other than it had been in a non-specified accident; there was no description as to whether it was ever declared a total loss or not. Everything appeared to be cared for, or otherwise acceptable in the course of a surface-level inspection. A number of years later whilst I was in the process of performing some DIY refurbishments/replacement of components, I discovered that the RH quarter panel appeared to have been replaced, along with evidence of some other body work, including some sub-structural damage.