Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW!
 

Remember the Crusty Flatty? remember how sketchy it was? If not check the videos. Well The VHRA run the GOW! event at Prescott hill climb track every year and I entered the 33 coupe. Watch, listen and follow along as the Crusty Flatty takes on the venerable hill at Prescott, home of the Bugatti owner's club.
Caution this video contains scenes of a flathead enduring considerable distress.
Back to the regular programme next time.
Mart.

https://youtu.be/ifmDzYR7ZC4

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Great, Mart!


I was the 7th viewer to watch the video on YT. 7 is my lucky number….

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Good driving Mat, she's a winner.
Gramps

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Great video Mart! Amazing how well the old flattie performs considering it's crusty beginnings. How long is that course that it took you 1:10 to cover? Mostly in second gear and sounded like you left some tire rubber on the curves.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

X2 what RalphG said. Enjoyed the runs and all the great cars at the event.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Thanks Fellas.

1187 yards according to this map.

You can now identify the bends in the video.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...7&d=1599232236

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Mart, that looks like a whole lot of fun! Thanks for sharing it.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Interesting day, Mart. Thanks.
Al Hook

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Excellent Mart!

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Look's like you and ole crusty had a lot of fun. Great video. Buy the way you left her running. LOL Al

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Ha ha yeah, thanks Al.

I have a pic from another forum (with permission). This is on the first long sweeping left hander.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1599243370

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Good job of creating the video, and good job of driving the winding coarse.
You had the old '33 working pretty hard there.:):)




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Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

That was a great video Mart! Looks like a helluva lot of fun! The crusty flatty sounded pretty good to me!
Rob

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Thanks for the replies fellas. This video nearly never happened. I was transferring the files from the sd card to the computer and something went wrong during the transfer. All the files got corrupted. Then in an attempt to recover them by running scripts picked up off the internet they disappeared completely. I downloaded some recovery software and tried it on one file, that was all you could do for free. It didn't work. I then found one that had good reviews and paid for it. That one worked and recovered all the files on the card, even those that were there before but had been "deleted".
I then started having problems with the editing software where the files were supposed to be, like, 14 minutes long, and were showing as 22 hours long with the rest being blank. The length of the files slowed everything to a standstill.
This took ages to sort out by various workarounds and updating softwares etc.

But it was all worth it in the end. The views on this one have been much higher than normal, over 1000 views in 24 hours. Personally it's one of my favourites. Something must have clicked with YouTube's algorithms, most of the views have been from browsing rather than links from forums.

Again, thanks for the support. It's not easy putting these videos together and sometimes it's a lot more difficult than normal, so a little thumbs up or words of encouragement go a long way.

Mart.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Outstanding video Mart!! Thanks for taking us along!

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Loved the video Mart, made me feel like I was there. Beautiful venue too.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Yes, one of your best yet I'd say. And I know how frustrating it is doing a lot of video editing only to lose it or files become unusable. Glad you were able to save this one.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Good save on your files!

What a stellar Billet-Proof event! Best and biggest(?) group of
traditional cars I've seen! A welcome change for these old
eyes.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Mart, that was very entertaining and well done. You drove that coupe like a madman and then twice more! Any doubts as to the soundness of the lower end should be at least lessened,HA!

Very good driving job...bit of Jeckyll/Hyde there,sir. Well done. :)


Terry

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Mart, A great video and thanks for the ride really enjoyed it and your presentation gave a very good overview of the event.
Thats the best part out driving them. Fixing and tinkering good but the driving really does it for me.
Phil NZ

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Great job Mart!!...always a pleasure seeing what you’re up to but this time is your best yet!!....the ol’ crusty flatty performed right up there with the best of them!......wish we had an event like that in Maine!!!........Mark

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

I watch all of your videos Mart. I usually comment and hope you start getting more views. Love your dry British humor! Get cracking on that 32!

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Great job Mart! And a great run, I hope you let Jeremy, running the 350, know you beat his time with a crusty flathead!

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Wow Mart, that's near 80 miles from Solihull to Prescott....pretty good little drive, eh? The wife and I just watched your video again. She spent a year in London and Great Yarmouth when she was a teenager. Coming back from N. Ireland, I rode a train from Liverpool to London, and then on to Southampton to catch the Queen Mary when I was a snotty 8-year-old. Lovely country...funny train! I remember it like it was last week. DD

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Thanks for all the comments.

Jeremy wasn't driving on the run I filmed. He gave me a ride later and let me tell you, it was WAY quicker than any of my runs.

Mart.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Thanks for all the work putting up your Videos Mart, i enjoy them!

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

That looks like to much fun for any one man to have, thanks for sharing with the rest of us.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Hi Mart,


What are you using for a camera, a GoPro? Love all your instructive videos and the fun ones like this!


Glenn

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Once again, thanks for the comments.

I use a GoPro clone. Akaso brand. These action cameras have no provision for external mic. so I record the audio on my phone and splice everything together after the event while editing. If you watch my videos sometimes I lose the audio and have to rely on the camera internal mic. and the sound quality is poor and the volume low.

I've slowly and painfully learnt what works and what does not work.

Mart.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

"I've slowly and painfully learnt what works and what does not work."


Spoken like a true mechanic! :D


Terry

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Coopman, I just looked on google maps and it's 42.3 miles. About an hour's drive.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Thanks Mart.


I have an older GoPro but the sound is difficult as you mention. I bought to use on a motorcycle. The video has great but wind noise especially, not.


Thanks!

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

What a lot of fun! Good stuff Mart.. Reminds me of how I drive to work everyday:D:D:D

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Mart, not only are you a very good mechanic/machinist, you're also a great "curb side announcer" and reporter. So, given you don't believe anything that's not reported on the BBC, (the Queen's conversion of her country estate into an outdoor movie theater), might your future include a BBC Special Interest Reporter.....might provide $$ for parts etc??:D


Really enjoyed the video and especially the way you covered it. Very sorry about the technical glitches, but you overcame!!:)

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Mart, that is a really great video! Lots to look at so I'm sure I will re-watch soon. Thanks for posting it up.

Re: Crusty Flatty Flat Out at Prescott Hill Climb. OMG will she blow? 33 coupe at GOW
 

Thanks Mart, fun ride and as always a pleasure to spend time with you.