That’s a beautiful described life car experience

That's generally something I love about older cars. Just take it slow, because the cars themselves aren't made to be quick. And because you sit lower down and you hear & feel much more than in a modern car, it isn't boring to drive at a lower speed.

I _love_ these cars, but the era when everyone had one was the era when car accidents were the leading cause of death, ahead of heart attacks and everything else. Roads were different then, but part of the cause must have been people zooming about in cars which were much more poorly equipped to turn and stop. Speed limits have only come down since the 70s.

More driving to actually do in an older car, I like shifting gears etc. why not just cruise along at 45-50 mph and enjoy the scenery with top or windows down. 🐾✌️🇺🇸

@@deborahchesser7375 There is also much more scenery to be enjoyed in old cars, since you can see out of them so much better than newer cars

Probably true that there would be no accidents, for everybody would be in hospital getting the coal lung treated. 😜

there's one in my local scrappies, not sure of its fate; but it's not being stripped. 220D. Complete but with severe tin-worm, everywhere. Found myself thinking it must've been a tough sell back in 1970. Ran an XUD Peugeot for 15years, now moved onto Ford

@@julianlangdon3456 I have had two xud powered peugeots, they are good cars. The Mercedes W115 was the best selling Mercedes prior to the W123. Even with a premium price tag they sold nearly 2 million units 1969-1976. Mercedes stock nearly all the parts even now, the demand for these parts is a testament to their longevity.

In the day they were concidered crude and underpowered. The engine was actually to tall to fit under the bonnet...but they are actually quite underrated. The powerfigures weren't that bad compared a mercedes 200

​@@eelco1982anything was better than than a Benz 200d. Wouldn't pull a soldier off your sister.

MERCEDES BENZ W 115 /8 -w123 🙏🙏❤❤

Except for the rust.

@@19tuureluur86 All cars from this aera had rust issues.

Same here, used to have 3 405 estate diesels, brilliant cars, rare now

Peugeot actually used column shifters from the 60s until the 80s.

Opel Rekord D was the last model with the column shifter, but only in the 1700 petrol and the 2100 diesel. All other models had the traditional gear leaver…

It would! But I doubt you could make it go 1.000.000 km like the Bluebird!

@@DrivingSander1970 Thanks for the info! Maybe I will check old Peugeots for a next project :)

@@Jakob_Leth That's why it surprised me, I have only seen Rekord Ds with the "normal" gear lever. Good to know these two models still had column shifter!

The diesel Rekord's in Ireland in the 80s had the same engine as the 2100D in the video. The only difference was the engine was modified by fitting liners in the bores to downrate to 2000cc so they would be cheaper to tax. Road tax on 2.0 litre was about £240 in 1982 and on 2.1 litre it was over £300. Opel did this mod to the engine to sell the Rekord. Of coarse the mod was a disaster cause you'd be lucky to get 25k miles before the liners wore out. You then had to go to your Opel dealer and get a new engine fitted under warranty every time your engine gave up. I knew people who used to have 2 engines a year as long as they had the car.

UNSAFE? I don't get that one.

@@seamusburke9101 okidoki....

The old ones have their charm, but more recent vehicles are clearly better in almost every way. Having said that, if you lack the knowledge and understanding for diagnosing and maintaining the modern electronics, they can be difficult once they brake down.

@@cbdp bugman!

Opel/Vauxhall always had very good and (for the most part) bulletproof engines during the 70s/80s/90s. In fact, they were the biggest manufacturer of cars in Germany for some short time in the 60s/70s (even before Volkswsgen). But they often had problems with crappy steel and rotting bodies. I drove an Opel Kadett E Caravan (the German Version of the Vauxhall Astra E Estate) for many years as my daily. It was a fantastic car and was really big for a compact estate. However, its body was not the best. The E's were known to have a "K.O-spot" on their front axle, where the axle connects to the body. Most of the scrapped ones probably went because of the rust issues on this spot, which was extremely hard to fix.

I think only the Diesel version had the column shift. There was also an automatic gearbox available but no more column selector.

I do believe its pretty much the same car :)

Quelle auto nascono OPEL !!Non sono Inglesi🖐🖐

All Vauxhall models since the 1970 have been and still are rebranded Opels. They are only sold under the name Vauxhall in the UK.

@@kieferngruen This model shares the same floorpan as the Vauxhall Victor FE (launched in 1972), but they have totally different bodywork on top. The Victor FE was the last Vauxhall made in this way - it was replaced in 1978 by the Vauxhall Carlton, which is almost identical to the Opel Rekord E.

My 2006 Peugeot Expert has a big clock where you'd expect to find a tachometer, and I love it. It's way more useful, especially when driving between customer sites for work.

@Zeem4 2006?! Wow! I thought that clock trend ended in late 80s-early 90s.

Thats my goal!

Me too!

I would like to have it back some day 😄

@@Jakob_Leth lets see..... :P

Yes 504 pickup , more bullet proof than a Russian tank

Some cars used that indicator for both "parking brake activated" and "low brake fluid level"

I worked on the production of the Cavalier MK3 at the former Luton plant, all N/A Diesel cavs were the mighty GM unit putting out a barn storming 57 bhp! and mostly found on the poverty spec models, the only Isuzu powered Cav was the 1.7TD putting out 87bhp, there was also a "low blow" tiny turbo GM unit that went in the Astra mk3 along with the higher powered Isuzu TD. Are you sure it wasn't an Astra estate you had as the MK2 Cavalier was the last of the model with an estate option powered by horrendous GM 1.6d? They definitely never made a mk3 estate.

I actually didn't know that Opel exported to the US during that time. I always thought they only sold one or two rebranded models as Chevys or Vauxhalls over there because GM did not want a German substitute to compete with their own domnestic brands. Where you able to buy those Cars directly at some sort of dealership or did you have to import them from Europe?

@@wbtx2075 All 4 of my Mantas '73-'74's were purchased here in the US at Buick dealers and also the 2 Asconas (badged as 1900) from same. I didn't buy them new. I found them as just 10 year old cars when I was collecting them. Buick dropped them after '75 and I know of a hoarder that bought out several dealership's inventories. He won't sell anything. I have a bunch of US Opel sales brochures and owner's manuals. I need an Opel again.

Me 2 🙂