1967 Earls Court London Motor Show

[MRSPIKE001]

So have i got this right. We only let women drive so their husbands can get pissed up? lol.

[blade0954]

fuel injection in the triumph tr5,wonder how that worked out?thanks for posting

[tramtrackharry]

Send this to Harriet Harman; she'll have a fit.

[SEAWEEDER1]

ah the good old days when the man was king and the woman was just a cheap servant.

[okrabay]

love the tiny electric ford

[9407113678]

Great comic voice over. Cars had so much more style back then, even if it was bad style. What have we got now? They all look like boxes or are identical plastic rubbish.

[JohnBarnesHelper]

Love the blue MGC.

[Muinaismuisto]

They even showed my Victor! Well, not the car actually owned by me, but the same model, anyway.

[GRAHAMAUS]

Nostalgic - thank goodness we aren't so sexist now. I expect the Marzal could do 210 km/h - probably in those days the Brits just assumed any manufacturer's figure was given in imperial units!

[BaddaBigBoom]

*Sigh* we had a Sunbeam Rapier -my Dad got it because it looked like the Jensen Interceptor but was affordable.

[cliveinfrance]

@BaddaBigBoom My husband has just bought me a 1966a Sunbeam Rapier, because I fell in love with it. He is now reworking the electrics etc and we should be on the road soon! Yippee!

[azloraine]

Thanks for posting this video. I lived in England in the late 60's and loved our family's Sunbean Rapier. One great feature was overdive in 3rd & 4th.

[lambophil7]

Lamborghini Marzal?! there exists footage of it? Nice. It would NEVER do 210 though thats rubbish. 140/50 tops if that..

[azloraine]

It's kph, not mph.

[cuddlyable3]

@lambophil7, the official top speed of the Lamborghini Marzal is 225 kph (140 mph). It probably oversteers badly and might break in half on hitting a bump. It sits in a museum now.

[SpeedingStudent]

I guess drinking and driving was normal back then!

All this talk of drinking while driving...lol

[bmxdaveuk]

Triumph and Citroen were massively ahead of their time in those days. Triumph for example had fully independant suspension front and rear, fuel injection, they tested the rotary throttle body, and Citroen had Hydropneumatic suspension and those turning lights.

The only way weve come on since then is safety such as air bags and crumple zones.

[Gchoob]

! The Citroen had crumple zones even back then!

[audible77]

"He'll drink, she'll drive. That's the way!"

[kazimann]

Proper order!

[laceup1967]

"...there's only two pedals. Go and stop. Couldn't be easier for the wife." OMG! LOL!

[rexroyale]

that Victor still looks gorgeous as does the Karmann Ghia - pity about the TR5's short life. Reckon the Rapier at the beginning was in response to the Barracuda? Drunk driving must have been funny in 67

[phlegmbenderdick]

We haven't come very far in 40 years.... on this video there is fuel injection, electric cars, moving headlamps (just rediscovered by Honda) alleged 210mph. The modern motor industry needs to kick itself up the ar-e!!