The 2019 Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show - Part 2 

Came across this and was taken back to the late 70's and most of my old motors thanks for all the memories

Just discovered the nitrosilvia channel last week and he is very good at what he does. His cars are in worse condition than most people would tackle. Pete C is mad as a brush but works harder than anyone rescuing complete rotboxes. Nice to see you mixing with these lads, you never know when they could be useful for advice or help welding etc... great video as usual Ian.

Thank you for two excellent videos Ian :) Very enjoyable, your warmth, knowledge and enthusiasm made them a joy to watch. No need to be sorry for the length of the videos, love the longer reports, thanks for taking the time to make such high quality content :)Hope you had time to enjoy the show too!!!

Loved seeing the J4 van . My Dad had one for his business , sliding drivers and passenger door version. As a young lad I loved riding in it with the door open. In summer of course. In fact it was in that van my dad let me have my first go at driving on some spare ground near where we lived.

Seeing those old Brit cars took me back to happy days. I bought a Hillman Avenger in '77 in Fern Green metallic, and thought I had entered the "space age". "Fill that gentleman's car up" the salesman said in authoritative tones on my way out, and I felt quite important until I reached home, and realised there was no petrol readout and found myself wandering around scrapyards the next weekend looking for a replacement tank. But I still loved that car...

Love the Rover. I always wanted a Mk 1 Escort. A friend had one. I thought they were gorgeous and I still do. X Great video. Thank you

What a wonderful way it has been to spend the best part of 2 hours seeing so many fabulous cars in these videos. Well worth all that editing say I :)

Pete C is doing a wonderful job of restoring Bramble.

I am glad you found the J4 van. The vehicle that started my driving career when I was 17 in 1964.

Thanks HubNut this and the previous video from the N.E.C. Two hours of fantastic videos Thanks again

Love the older cars . Real cars

Loved every moment of it. Great cars great Vids. Thanks for taking us along Ian.

Loved both parts 1 and 2 of these videos..Really entertaing..Thanks Ian!!

Another great 60mins👍 Thanks. I enjoyed the Bramble interview too .

A cup of tea and Hub Nut - the definition of comfy! Car of the show for me was almost certainly the white Fiat Coupé Turbo, but honourable mention for the green Marina Ital!

Thank You Ian for the interview. Great to meet you. Pete. You need to do a test drive of Teecee the BASE Cortina Estate. We are ready here for you at Cortina City :-)

Loved it,loved it,loved it.Just keep them coming Ian,all of them.Long live HUBNUT !!! :)

I just binge-watched both reports - a nice balance of small bits of info and time spent on cars presented. Well done!

That Rover Vitesse fastback is stunning!

Regarding your dislike of Fords:... When I started my career as a Civil Engineer in NZ, on the Mangatangi Damsite construction, in 1974, the Project Engineer for the ARA, Les, our boss, received a brand new Cortina Mk III, basic spec. After all, we did work for the Auckland Regional Authority, a Public Body, so austerity was in order as demanded by the ratepayers. One of the disadvantages of the basic Cortina MkIII was that the seats did not recline. During our afternoon tea time we had a look and discovered the cause, and the solution, to give Les a car with reclining seats. Les took my Series II Landrover home that night (narrow headlights & speed governed because, after all, I was the most junior engineer on site, and needed to be kept a close eye on!!!) The reason was that the whole reclining mechanism was present and intact, but had been immobilised on the basic model by two bloody great big rivets through the mechanism, to make sure the lower classes, who could afford and bought such a car, could not enjoy the extras. About an hour's work with a hacksaw, after work, and we were able to present Les with a Cortina with reclining seats the next morning. He was very pleased, and for our troubles we were presented with a "dozen beer" (great big bottles of NZ DB draught beer). Happy memories! S

When you were talking to Pete C there was a beautiful blue mk3 behind him with lots of chrome and a black vinyl roof. It reminded me of a family car of my youth and brought back many wonderful memories.

Just brilliant. So much to see. The BMW 700 is, without doubt, one of my favourite cars. Most people don't know what they are. There was a right hand drive saloon at a recent car show in Melbourne. Thank you for showing us around this fab event.

Passed my driving test in an Avenger it was brand new from the showroom 1968/69 fantastic car. Tom.

Cheers for the tour,really enjoyable and some great memories of cars i grew up with.Thanks again.

A chap in some flats over the road from me about ten years ago had one of those Rover 200s with the orange grill and until now thought he must have been to a scrap yard for the grill as it didn't match the green, shows you learn something every day.

So knowledgeable Ian along with your attitude makes for great viewing "well done "

Excellent reporting and thoroughly enjoyable to watch - thank you

Brilliant stuff Mr H, I really enjoyed your extensive coverage of the show. Many thanks!

Thanks for this video, this is always my favourite show at the NEC.

Gotta love a Rover 820e. Brilliant couple of videos HubNut! 👍

Brilliant reports, was good to see the show for a second time in more detail, I love how I see some cars there and I have no clue about them, then you come through with the quirky facts and findings. Was great to see you again on the Saturday! Keep up the great work mate.

Very good video, I will watch both parts again on my days off work.👍👏

Very enjoyable tour. I felt as though I was actually there!

Thanks for 2 great vids, even better insight than actually being there!

Great vids Ian. You made me feel like I was there ! Some wonderful cars. I do like how you always manage to avoid looking at the obvious overpriced stuff and seek out the unusual instead 👍

Art lady gave you very nice smile. ...Mrs Hubnut MK 2 (Vandenplas spec) maybe? Fully specced ....'efi and electronic ignition. Zero problems.😀

Watching this video was as good as being there in person, thank you Mr. Hub Nut :-)

I'm not the biggest Rover fan but they were certainly resourceful. That 800 Vitesse fastback is a sleek looking car and the coupe looks superb!

Excellent video, many thanks. Loads of cool cars and interesting and humorous comments.

Thanks for a great video. I have been enjoying Project Bramble. So many cars of this era were my day to day transport. And thanks for sharing the finale. It was excellent.

Drinking tea whilst watching hubnut!... match made in heaven that 👌🏻

Well done Ian, that was bloody brilliant! Fantastic seeing all those cars,bought back lots of memories of cars that I've owned or were owned by relatives. And Bex can come and paint my MX5 any time she likes 😀😀

Excellent series of videos from the show. Good camerawork and sound, knowledgable and witty. Keep up the great work!

A friend of mines father had an Avenger Estate. Over the years rust started to get a hold of it. Never the less he continued to use it. Once he left it parked, where there was a lot of daffodils on the verge nearby. Kids picked the dafs and put them in all the rust holes on the wings and the doors. The old boy was not happy. He sold it the very next week.

Excellent videos from the show, many thanks!

I had a rover 825 sterling on a d plate Back in 92 The Honda engine was a gem Had everything even electric reclining seats in the rear Keep thinking about getting another one

My teacher had a Bradford van in 1956. A distinctive flat twin sound

I really enjoyed your commentary and presentation.

Great couple of videos, really enjoyed being shown round 👍

Really enjoyed the two episodes, thanks.

I love that J4 😊 The one I'd take home. I do love the old Mk1 and 2 fiesta.

Great content, Massive rover fan, Loved me metros rover 100s 25s had a 600 and an 800 British racing green vitesse (hatch) wish we still made cars this awesome mate, cheers.

Hi Ian,another epic vlog video part 2&3 at the N.E.C.Restoration Show,there was so many cars on show,it was like being here.that painting was awesome with the MX5 and the MG.

My dad too had a Hillman Hunter for donkeys years, an absolute cracking car. Loved that mini based truck. I had a Freelander and my first car was an Ital. Most unreliable pig of a car I've ever owned but the Ital was faultless, fun and as you mentioned very comfortable.

Fantastic two videos Ian so enjoyable and as always you put them across brilliantly thank you.

I've been to the NEC many times, good memories.

Thanks Iain. I really must try to get over to the UK for the 2020 edition. Great to see you hanging out with Pete C. I'm not a die hard Cortina fan though one of my uncles had a GXL like Bramble, but I really like his style and watch Cortina City almost as much as I do Hubnut. I'm off to check out his video of the show 😉. You really need an MX5 Iain!

Good work. Excellent commentary about some cars I've never heard of, let alone seen!

Thoroughly enjoyed these two videos of this excellent event. I didn't want them to end. . . Love the format- informative informality! Keep up the good work Hubnut.

Great video! many thanks.

I managed to get a hold of a Rover 200 BRM red leather interior and put in my 2 dr Morris Minor . Fitted really well. Seat heaven !

Throughly enjoyed this Ian, thank you!

What a fantastic second part that was, had me engrossed for the last hour. Time for a brew now. Great vid Ian.

Honestly i never get tired of seeing Art by Bex since Bex is super cute!!! She makes chillin at the Lancaster Insurance stand all soo worth it! Lol. Thank you Hubnut for taking the time to give the Rover 800 a close and personal look see since they are one of my all time favorites from my childhood here in the United States. The "NOT two grand" car i would have hugged and licked all day! Nicest car at the show for me. Here they were called Sterling 825's and 827's depending on year and engine size but to me they have the most elegant classy lines of any Rover. I hope you keep your word and get one in your fleet soon! BTW, i could't resist saying that i HATE MIKE BREWER!!!!

Awesome coverage. Thanks Ian!

A classic ending to a wonderful show NEC :- Never -Ending -Classics

Brilliant -really enjoyed this

Good video. Thanks Ian. Looks like one of the best shows. Might have to go next year

great to see folk being so fired up about old cars, i would love to come to that, maybe next year if i can find an ldv 400 camper :)

2 hours of real-world classic cars is about right, I'd say! I'm glad you didn't edit it down. Maybe I'll get my XR4x4 along one day!

My love for mk2 Fiesta's will never die. Ford actually did offer a 5 speed box on the 1.1's in 1986. It's nice to see a standard one because most of them have disappeared or been re engined

Absolutely brilliant stuff -I spent over 6hrs there on Sunday & you still showed me loads stuff I missed -think my favourite car was the mk2 jag with flared arches it looked awesome but the yellow Toyota Celica gt was not far behind it -my mate who I went with is a huge tr6 fan so loved the one on the stage getting rebuilt

Great video thanks Ian ... it was like being there! :-)

Really enjoy your videos. Big shout out from Norway 👍👍

Avenger!!! I had a metallic turquoise K reg Hilman Avenger GT 1500 back around 1981-84. It had twin round head lights, twin carbs and a black vinyl roof.fond memories/frustrations of replacing several starter motors before discovering a chunk missing from the ring gear

Excellent really enjoyed that

The Humber Sceptre Estate having the handbrake to the right of the drivers seat reminds me of my 1966 Hillman Minx (JYT13D) that had the same. Made for interesting hill starts on steep roads at times !

Fantastic ian.Enjoyed those Episodes. Cheers

Thanks for the great video, I couldn't go, but i'm pretty sure you showed me the bits I wanted to see.

your knowledge frankly astonishes me! I like cars but a Riley-two-point-si (x dropped off) spotted from 30 yards is impressive. Glad to see your enthusiasm is undiminished ............................ right the Fox engine malarkey is next.

Many thanks Ian for giving an ex-pat Englishperson a guided tour of what seems to be a celebration of the mundane (but old), "the individual" and the barking mad. The Grocott Mk7 I'd heard of but never seen and it's one of those things that can't be unseen - I bet it's an "interesting" drive. I've always had a soft spot for Series 2 Discos and a couple of years ago I drove a friend's one in anger on some pretty testing bush tracks here in Oz - odd pedal / steering weighting and a peculiar seating position notwithstanding, I still liked it very much, mostly because of the Td5 engine. Wartburgs I remember very well, they were fairly popular in Britain when lots of Eastern-Bloc cars turned up the early-mid 70s, but they were probably the best-built of all of them (I think I'm right on that but I'm open to criticism). My old man had a Hunter estate (in a dark metallic brown) which he got shot of pretty quickly (terminal rot)and p/ex'd it for (wait for it...) a Sherpa van with a 4-speed/ B-series "powertrain". I knew that blue thing was a Mini Marcos... ... I could go on ... oh, I already have. I'll shut up now. Excellent entertainment and thanks again.

Blooming great show 👍

I clocked up over a quarter of a million miles in a Rover 825 saloon with the VM diesel.. Terrific car.

Utterly amazing, matey. I should visit some sort of show again. It's been many years since i last visited one. And now i realize that i do miss it. Something like that show would be fantastic to go to. I haven't had any particularly flashy cars, mostly the odd ones no one really wanted. I geuss i'm a bit hubnut too in a way. Thanks again for taking us around, it was very enjoyable! Oh, one thing. I for one don't blame you for liking the E39 BMW. They are really good, if not the best BMW has ever made.

That j4 van brought back memories when i worked at the co op many years ago we had a new one, two days after we got it one of the guys reversed out of a customer's drive with the door open, it hit a tree and nearly pulled it off , happy days, we didn't laugh! 😁👍

Excellent absolutely excellent....as always.

Great job . That sd1 build is epic looks concours compared to 2months ago it will be a great Hub Nut video. Awesome blogs as always Ian 😉

Loved the J4 van we had one when I was kid.

Brilliant thank you Ian

another big THANK you..

Love that, I supply express steel panels (esp) with welding supplies and abrasives. 😀

Great video, thx Ian...

I've been following NitroSilvia's SD1 restoration since quite near the beginning. Seeing a joint video between you both would be fantastic.

Interesting watch. Thanks

The Grocott is Gorgeous!

Aha - now we're onto the Allegros, that's my stuff! I must agree that the Gay Classic Club has a wonderful variety of different vehicles, as they did last year - I remember an absolutely gorgeous Princess... Day 3 - TR6 best of the TRs I think - probably worth a bob or two now as well. I never even knew there was any such thing as a Rover SD1 diesel, but I'm glad someone's restoring one before they disappear altogether. Yes I have heard of the BMW 600 - it's a sort of four-wheeled elongated Isetta, a sort of "family" Bubble Car! Yes, the Morris MO 6 was just like the "Big Minor" except for the bonnet and grille - same for the Wolseley variants. And yes I do love a splitty - VW type 2 T1. Well what can I say? Fantastic show, loved the ending - it had a real atmosphere.

With the Jag, the coach builders did not know how to use the English wheel to form the aluminum body like the Men who made the E-type. That was so interesting to have this bit of infor on display to add depth to the Jaguar motorcar history. Mystery... we can look at cars and they tell a story that is far different to what we believe we already know

Nice job Boss.. Great video ..

this was a brilliant and most entertaining vid! thank you!

How on God's Earth can 9 people dislike this? It's brilliant.