Classic Banger Racing 1970's

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Classic Banger Racing 1970's

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Classic Banger Racing early 70's Ipswich.
Camera crew follow a Ford Pop on its journey to a banger race. This was when these cars were 10 a penny! The previous lady owner gets interviewed about the cars history, unaware of its fate. I taped this off the television back in the early 90's. I havnt got a clue what it's called or any information about it so if you do please let me know.

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@Lardybloke1 4 ай бұрын

The beginning was like watching Car S.O.S in reverse

@BillyBigTop 4 ай бұрын

It was as well 😂👍🏻

@mikeyates6752 6 жыл бұрын

I had this on VHS too, recorded from TV in the early 90’s. Watched it CONSTANTLY as a kid. Cheers for the upload, crazy nostalgia from it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@BillyBigTop 6 жыл бұрын

Is right Mike!.... no way! i thought i was the only one who had this on tape or remembered it! I used to watch this religiously as a kid! Would love to know if the woman whos car it was there family know she is on tele. Im presuming if she is alive shes well into her 90s now possibly not with us anymore either

@NJPurling 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the rules were like back then. I didn't see any 'A' frames, roll cages or steam tanks in use. No deliberate wrecking or follow-ins either. It was a genuine race.

@nigelcharlton-wright1747 6 жыл бұрын

I am not letting that man near my classic car! Smashing windows, yanking the headlights off with a crowbar.

@lenholloway4390 4 жыл бұрын

This is not typical of a banger in the seventies. Any regular driver would not race an old side valve 100E, Too slow. Cambridges by the hundreds were the favored steeds. Fast enough and mighty strong. A car would normally last one meeting, it was a real bonus to get two meetings out of it. Most bangers cost a tenner but sometimes for free but worth nothing at the end unless your really lucky and got a couple of quid for it. The rules were basic `try not to hit the drivers door` And any mechanic worth his salt NEVER broke any windows. Its so much simpler if they are in tact. We would prepare and race up to three cars a week, Wednesday at Arlington, Thursday at Aldershot (old track) and Saturday at Wimbldon. Also raced Cross in Hand, Ringwood. Lydon Hill and Billingshurst. BTW I raced for 18 years with Spedeworth. 1969 to 1987

@kiddlesk 6 жыл бұрын

I noticed in the credits that the cameraman was Hugh Miles. He went on to be a successful wildlife film maker and with a particular interest in fishing. His Passion for Angling series is one of the best of its kind - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Miles_(filmmaker)

@silkyfan 7 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time that this was on in the early '70s. I think that it was on BBC 'Nationwide'. For some reason it stuck in my mind.

@BillyBigTop 7 жыл бұрын

Ahhh at last somebody who can shed some light on this video! :) Id love to know who the woman is in the video maybe her family would love to see this clip....

@roberttucker805 4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing it at the time. It was around 74/75. At the time it looked fun but now it's like watching people throwing wads of cash on a bonfire! That PA Vauxhall in the guys yard would be worth at least ten grand today! I somehow don't think we'll be getting nostalgic over a Nissan almira in forty years time.

@jasondowd1575 4 жыл бұрын

Would have loved 2 take one of my old pure stock cars over there 73 chevy Laguna's "chevelle" i would have ate up them lil tin cans! Go murica! Lol. Love the history of videos like this

@azhurelpigeon 2 жыл бұрын

Think those giant Jags would squish an American land yacht, but would be cool to see

@timjohnson6802 7 жыл бұрын

I remember the 1970s banger racing at Harringay with Tiger Bill Smith, Ronnie Martin and John Plummer. Austin Cambridges, Wolsey 1550s, Ford Consul mark 2's, and Zephyr mark 3's were most popular. Ford Pops, Morris Minors, Wolesey 1500s were too small and didn't last many races. I'll never forget a driver called Jim Eaves - I'm sure he entered a race in a Jag 420! - it was 1977.

@kiddlesk 6 жыл бұрын

I went there a few times around 1977. Just passed my test at 17 and anything car related was an attraction, even the auctions. As you say, mostly Cambridges and similar sized Fords.

@noonoo6075 3 жыл бұрын

I remember Tiger Bill - I think about the 1978 world final meet at Haringey - he won a race on 3 wheels

@christianmiles1654 3 жыл бұрын

You must remember my dad then two time world champion at harringay peter miles 327

@SE16Proud 2 ай бұрын

@@christianmiles1654if no one knew Peter Miles n John Dill they must.ve lived in a cave..I used to visit Peter in a garage in Camden & a scrap yard in South London run by Terry Oldham who also raced with Peter n John Terry raced at crayford with the team F-Troop mental times filled with excitement every week👍🫡

@rushy0157 6 жыл бұрын

Such a shame to destroy such classics, I wonder how cheap they were by the 70’s for them to be used as stock banger racers??

@nickrobertson4448 5 жыл бұрын

About a tenner usually a Mot fail and a fiver back for scrap after

@stevenc5227 4 жыл бұрын

Not a shame they were rusty heaps of unreliable junk not worth a penny. back in the day people who made starter motors and batteries made a fortune, all i would see in the cold mornings would be people towing or pushing their cars to try and start them. Good riddens thats what i think.

@roberttucker805 4 жыл бұрын

I remember many of these cars in the seventies but most were pretty rotten after 8/9 years. Having said that they could usually be fixed with a 1/2 inch spanner and a screwdriver! Try doing that with the computerized plastic crap today. Imo the best decade for reliability was the nineties. After that cars just became ridiculously complicated and not particularly driver friendly.

@BenDover-qu9jn 3 жыл бұрын

@@roberttucker805 I completely agree with you.