British Motor Museum

That would have been a stunning car.

There is a prototype one, I think, at British Motor Museum.

But yes.

And I must just comment, there's been two other videos that have come out since we last recorded.

A few people commented that we were comparing a 1.3 Escort versus an 1100.

And I don't know if we made it clear in the video, but it is actually a 1300 under the bonnet.

Yeah, that particular one from the British Motor Museum was a prototype.

So it was badged 1100, even though it was a 1300.

Chester Road in Woodford in Woodford War Memorial Community Centre in Stockport.

The Great British Model Railway Show at the British Motor Museum on Bambi Road in Upper Lightmoor in Gaydon.

Stratford-on-Avon.

That's all weekend.

So yeah, interesting similarity.

So we've been working with the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire, and when I was chatting to some of the archive team there, they were saying that it is kind of astounding the number of, um...

the number of objects or, uh, they have a lot of, you know, technical designs or just a huge amount of information from different companies, and so much of it has come from somebody being like, "Mm, I'm gonna get that out the bin."

Mm.

Yeah.

And, um, yeah, but it, but then I think that there's something really interesting about that in how an object, how the meaning of an object changes and how its importance also grows and shifts over time.

Because once the film, if a film reel can't be played, how else do you use that? Do you just, do you just store it? Do you turn it into something else? Do you recycle it? Um, we've been working with the British Motor Museum and they have a huge amount of film that is going through their, um, their processes are, like, in prevention for, oh, can't remember what it's called.

Vinegar? Is it vinegar syndrome?

just a Kind of a big blocky bulldog looking thing of a car that, frankly, I'd be terrified to go about 60 miles an hour in this thing, much less 152 miles an hour.

Now, I saw its children at the British Motor Museum when I was over there recently.

But this car is actually at the Science Museum in London.

Oh, OK.

And the cool part was it was kind of like laid in a corner and forgotten.

Oh, sure.

And then a bunch of volunteers at the museum, at the British Motor Museum, restored it in 2017.

It runs.

And, you know, when it's parked out here, we, we...

Here we are in the British Motor Museum-

Mm

... now.

The nights are drawing in, the air is a bit chilly, but we're here, it's sunny, and we've got one last Sunday morning car meet to enjoy.

Today it's the turn of the British Motor Museum near Warwick to host, so time for a cup of hot coffee and some shiny chrome.

This is the Tyre

Kickers

We've had a great summer at these Footman James Coffee and Chrome meets.

And I'm already looking forward to seeing more cars in the sunshine in 2027.

But from here at the British Motor Museum just outside Warwick, it's bye from me.

Bye.