Vintage Top Gear footage

[-Jc.]

Here's something I found on an old tape without a label in the bottom of a box at the back of the garage. Now brought back to life with the aid of modern digital adding up!

Jeremy Clarkson test driving the Beat on Top Gear:

http://www.skidmarks.co.uk/topgear.htm

Enjoy!

-Jc.

[adrianp]

Excelent...

Ta for putting that up, I'd heard about it but never seen it...

Quite surprised he actually liked it though, His attitude now seems to be a case of...

"If it doesn't go fast then I don't really like it..."

Good music they chose to go with it also.

Adrian.

[Adam]

Its pretty cool. Whos car is it?

[Midship]

Thanks for taking the time to put it up, its excelent!

[Andy V]

Fantastic.

Many thanks for posting it.

[-Jc.]

..what's the gizmo on the bonnet, above the passenger side headlamp?

[adrianp]

I would guess that it's a corner marker...

A lot of Jap cars have them to help them park, due to the limited spaces available they have to park as close as they can...

Adrian.

[Steve_M]

Originally posted by Adam
Whos car is it?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adrian.pryke/Honda_Beat/Page_54.html

From the Evo mag photo shoot, David Conway's car

[jcs]

I must be doing something wrong but I just get garbage when I click the link - any ideas?

John

[Steve_M]

here yo go

[Adam]

The black thing on the bonnet- isin't that the security tag that they put on cars in the auction.

[Paul w]

JCS- can you force windows media player to update? Start media player - help - check for updates

Might help!

PW

[aaron]

anyone know what the red car on the background is. At the start the one he gets out of?

[Paul w]

If the bandwidth police come, I'd be more than happy to host it on this site.

PW

[JGGIB]

Originally posted by aaron
anyone know what the red car on the background is. At the start the one he gets out of?
I have the magazine that clarkson also wrote about the beat and the red car is a Diahatsu Mira XXtr turbo 660 cc.
The yellow beat J18EAT is also featured in the mag.
jgg