I remember seeing that car around Swindon when I was a lad. Probably came from the same garage as my old 65 Riley Elf came from. Glad it's still going.
As a kid I loved the Wolseley brand. The 6/110 was the first Police car used by the MET which could do 100mph. The 1100 series were ahead of their time. As was the Austin A40 Farina, possibly the first hatchback. Good show Steph. Love it. x
Trouble was that Ford bought one of the 1100/1300 BMC cars and took it completely apart. They came to the conclusion that BMC lost about 50 pounds on each vehicle made!! So, apart from making an absolute nightmares of car production due to never ending strikes, at the end the government stopped bankrolling the industry and the rest is now history. Same happened here in Australia!
Another wonderful review. Beautiful car, full of character. Love the colour. My grandfather had one in red and white, with red seats. He died in April 1974 . He would come and pick me up with my other grandfather each morning . Thanks for bringing back some memories of early childhood . I look forward to seeing what you’re going to review next . The reality is, cars produced today won’t last anywhere near as long, or be treasured by future generations. I hope you’re managing to have a good Easter and are keeping safe and well. Thanks again Steph , love your channel and enthusiasm.
My Grandad had the 1300 in navy blue. I remember as a child it was like a mini Rolls Royce. The badge light was a personal favourite of mine. So good to see nostalgia brought to us at such a bad time. Thanks Steph.
Nice review, Steph. The larger engine 1300 (1275) was offered from 1967 onward. My favourites are the Wolseley and the MG. I have a 1972 MKIII Austin 1300 Super Deluxe with a typical 70's looking dash, similar to the Maxi whislt the exterior looks typical 60's. Great fun to drive and get lots of comments from people who have fond memories of the ADo16 as their first car, their parent's or grandparent's car.
Absolutely love this video, please, please can you video in future the acceleration through the gears especially when there is such a glorious engine/gearbox noise rather than just jump straight to cruising speed. Otherwise keep up the excellent work and informative videos. Best wishes Stu
Yes, I actually originate from Swindon, and YES, I do remember this very car, and an elderly (at the time) couple who used to drive around in it. This car is known to me personally ;-) Happy that it has gone to another very careful owner ;-)
The A-series is such a sweet little engine- simple and peppy, my gran had an A-reg 1.3L and I adored the whine in first gear. It used to start on the button, sounded like a sewing machine ticking over. Love the styling of the Wolseley and the colour is really nice. Great video as always Steph!
You're right, I always thought that and the design is so iconic, it was never considered worth ' updating '.Can you imagine a silhouette of a modern car head on instead ?-the closest it would resemble is ' uneven road ' or ' falling rocks ' !.
A lovely review of a lovely car, thanks Steph. It makes me all nostalgic for the Morris 1100 I owned in about 1983 - a 1967 Australian Morris 1100 which coincidentally also had just over 40,000 miles on it when I got it - and we thought it was low miles back then! They really are a sweet little car. The Aussie ones had bench front seats.I gather that in the UK these are considered very rust prone... The Aussie built ones were fully submerged in rustproofing before being painted, a process called Rotodip, a BMC Australia exclusive. I owned a string of second hand BMC front drive cars through the 1980s and none ever had a speck of rust. (Though they did have other ways of conspiring against me...)
As a 17 year old in 1981, I bought a teal blue K reg Austin 1300 as my first car for £250 and paid around £90 for third party fire and theft insurance for the year. I retrofitted an electronic windscreen washer and also added a Sharp cassette player. It was great fun to drive and I drove it from South Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth without any mishaps. It was superb in snow and was never stuck on winter. On the down side, the rear wheel arches were shot and if you were engine breaking in 2nd then it had a tendency to jump out of gear when you least expected it. It's funny how you remember such minor details about your first car!
Excellent review as always. Throughly enjoyable. I passed my test in an 1100 as it was such a perfect vehicle for beginners. (as you rightly say) I also owned a morris 1300 in the 1970s, which was comfortable, incredibly reliable and gave me over 150,000 miles of trouble free motoring. The ride was excellent and the engine provided bags of power and acceleration. Very happy days at the wheel of this particular car.
First car I ever drove, my Dad's when I was fourteen! John Cleese has a bit of an affiliation with the ADO16. Don't forget Clockwise, where he got mud soaked pushing one in a field. Very enjoyable video. Thanks.
Actually, going right back to the Monty Python days - the animation "Killer Cars" depicts (I think) various colour Morris Minor's and Morris 1100's hiding behind trees and buildings waiting to pounce on people - only to be defeated by the giant Cat - which ended up eating the city anyway.
I had a new Morris 1300GT (WAE 292H) which was the “go faster” version. It had plenty of problems with a big rain water leak on the first night I had it. Then came high oil consumption, split valve stem seals and the regular replacement of the 3 into 2 into 1 exhaust manifold then the notorious drive shaft couplings which keep eating in their original rubber design BUT it was a delight when sorted out and I wish I had it today! The Wolseley does need a lot of work and the owner may have an unpleasant surprise around the rear subframe and on the front bulkhead but well done for saving a very important car that was well ahead of many others at the time. Enjoy it..use it...keep it!! 😀😀😀😀 .....and yes, it was vastly better than the Minor of course but nobody wants to remember that!😀😀
My dad had an Austin 1100 as a company car in the 60s. I love how there are no labels on the warning lights! We were in Battersea then, in Sydney, Australia since 1968.
Great video I'm new to your lovely channel which was recommended by HubNut so I will be looking through your back catalogue with interest and enjoyment while I am self isolating
My mum bought a 1970 Wolseley 1300 MK2 in 1972. White with black interior. We scrapped it around 1982 when the subframes disintegrated with rust. The body was like new. Only had 38000 miles. The steering wheel still lives on my '69 minor and I still have the handbook!
Haven't seen one of these for years. As a previous Wolseley owner, this is my favourite of the marques. This one is absolutely lovely! What a find being only 1 owner. Super video Steph, really enjoyed this!
Steph your just brilliant . Your presenting and knowledge base is brilliant … As for the 1100 I’m in love a beautiful little treasure and the originality is just a charm … keep up the good job of keeping these wonderful treasures alive .. many thanks
I always thought that the Morris version was the bog standard one since it had to my eyes anyway a very plastic unattractive dashboard with a standard needle speedo. The Austin dash had a touch of class.
Oh yes, looking forward to this! Cheers from this massive BL fan from Belgium. I so much appreciate your introductions on the car as a model and its life from conception to its end when it was sicceeded by its successor. Thanks Steph! And thank you for all the encouraging words at the end of the video. It is nice to hear you are thinking of us. Be safe out there ;)
It’s just parked in the street but I didn’t see anything to indicate it is for sale. If you Google ‘1966 Wolseley 1100 for sale’ and scroll down the images you will find an old advert on Gumtree for it from 2 years ago in West Yorkshire. It’s now parked in North East London.
A great looking motor for its age glad to see it has not been molested that much the suspension looks fairly soft. Speaking of basil fawlty john Cleese could not drive a car before he wrote fawlty towers (each week the sign post for the hotel had anagrams of the hotel my favourite is farty towels) prunella scales (sybil fawlty) had a maxi in the series and finally hope you manage to avoid the bat flu ( epic rant over!)
What a lovely video Steff, amazing colour scheme on that Wolseley 1100. It’s amazing there are any left they used to rot so badly. The Wolseley has such a lovely interior .
A sweet review Steph...Always prefered the Wolseley versions (Hornet etc) of the smaller cars..but would not use them if the badge at the front did not light up LOL
Just to say thanks so much for a great channel Steph :) Just subscribed. Recently discovered your channel by watching Ian Seabrooks interview with you. I've been a subscriber of HubNut since ClassicHub years ago. Your channel is really great too and I've been binge watching it whist working from home during lockdown. Really enjoy your friendly, inclusive style, great show reports and car reviews :) Really enjoy that you interview the cars owners too! Best of luck with the channel, you're doing an amazing job and deserve many more subscribers!
Another fascinating review of a unique original classic. Interesting two-tone colour combo. So look forward to your videos especially during this time, their so positive and an enjoyable escape from the current state of isolation. Thanks Steph!
I drove, worked on, serviced and MOT'd just about every variant of this range. All the models from Morris to Vanden Plas. Decent enough in their day. Shame about the rust they suffered from. Great to see your videos. Only came across them today. Well done.
Cracking video steph, great content with great facts and knowledge from the owner. You and HubNut make it possible for me to know how cars (that I missed out on) really feel to drive. Excellent job steph, thanks.
Another great car and review. When it comes to classics,I have 3 personal conclusions:1: You don't know what you have until its gone.2: Something has gone dreadfully wrong in modern car design.3:The only thing in a modern car that makes my experience more pleasant at all is air conditioning.
I had a 1965 Riley 1300 twin carb version in green and white lovely car I came in to a bit of money and decided to go for a newer car got a Citron 2cv and regretted it before I even reached home the 2cv was nothing but trouble.
Nice old car. My grandad bought a Morris 1100 as his retirement car. When I passed my test, I would drive it occasionally - fond memories and a surprisingly good ride.
Ian has got himself a beaut there. Very nice Wolseley in a great colour combination. Many thanks Steph. Really enjoyed your chat with HubNut by the way.
Just found your channel via the CX video - love it and this one! I still love my cars but was a real nut as a kid in the 80's and I remember plenty of these being on the road back then. The appeal of cars for me as a kid was always the variety and how so many cars were different-but-the-same. There were the Moggies and the Auggies but it was always a treat to see the rarer Wolseleys and Rileys and Vanden Plas versions too. Hillmans and Singers, Vauxhalls and Opels...love old wheels! I had a Citroen C1 for ages and loved that you could get a Peugeot and a Toyota version too. Great vids!
very nice Steph. good car, very informative. love the glovebox papers, excellent when you find stuff like that. great one all around hun! you should have presented on Thames TV way back when. as a person from that time, may i say that you really get it!
Very nice example. My mum drove the later, Austin-badged, version through the Seventies and early Eighties. It was in Aquamarine, with an Olive interior, and a round speedometer, registration KYV 942K. Fond memories of a very reliable car.
I think this is my favourite video so far! :-D I own a Rover 214 which belonged to my best friend, when he passed away, I took on the ownership of the Rover, however, he also had a Wolseley 1100 in Green and White. This went up for sale as I couldn't take on the ownership of another car! One of my regrets sadly, as I would love to have owned it.
I learnt to drive in an Austin 1100 in 1972. A really comfy car and easy to drive. My friends Mum had the MG version - LGU 636D. Another GREAT video Steph - thank you - keep safe :-)
Reminds me of the 1300 my family was given by a old lady my mum looked after. It was supposed to be for my mum and sister to learn to drive in but my dad and myself had lots of fun with it! I was wasting lots of money making minis go fast at the time so turned my attention to the 1300. Went like stink in the end proper sleeper! But terminally rusty we managed one MOT and sold it to some one who was going to restore it never ever saw it again.
New subscriber here. Fantastic Channel. Being from across the pond I find it interesting to learn about cars we do not see over here so much in the States. Love all the history you give. I had no idea this was a Sir Alec Issignonis designed car. I was only aware of the Mini being attributed to him. I am a little embarrassed to admit that my knowledge of the existence of the 1100's (MG) stems from my childhood collection of Matchbox cars. I had a green one in my fleet. I tracked down the episode you did on Jill, as you spoke so lovingly about your own personal car in different episode I was hoping to find a review that you did on her. Loved it. Look forward to new episodes. Meanwhile while I am honoring our shelter in place order I am binge watching the episodes I have not seen yet. Cheers.
Great video. Always loved these cars. When I was a kid, my mum had a white Austin 1100 followed by a limeflower Morris 1300; before that, our family car was a red MG 1300 but we didn’t keep that for long. If only I had a time machine....
Badge engineering wasn't so bizarre - it saved you having to choose between an L, S, SL, SLX, SE, GLX, Ghia, GT etc. etc. etc. (phew!). You knew from the marque what you were going to get.
And badge engineering is still around. I have a Skoda Citigo. Only slightly different to the VW Up and the Seat Mii. Then there is the Toyota Aygo/Peugeot 107/Citroen C1. Essentially the same car with slight differences to justify the different badges. Some things don't change.
The back end bears a resemblance to an MGB GT. Nice! Had to laugh about Steph's amazement at the floor-mounted dimmer switch. Those were standard fare in the 70's. This was a good location except the switch was susceptible water and salt damage from wet winter shoes. And the badge-engineering - American car companies have been doing that forever.
Great video, my first car was a 1964 Riley Elf, maroon with a cream roof, I bought it in 1974 just after passing my test in an Vauxhall Viva HA, ( driving lessons £1.25 per hour ) that Riley was my pride and joy for many years, I even put in an 8 track stereo player😀👍
My father had the MG version! It was basically the same and nothing but trouble. Terrible gear change. Problematic carbs. Mixture probs. Drive couplings constantly giving out. Ate oil! Whining engineering. Lots of stuff. Btw it finished being a best seller coz of 1. Ford Escort.....then Fiesta a little later. 2. The cheaper more reliable Datsun 1200......which became a fave of driving schools! (I challenge you to find one of those btw! ) Greetings from warm/hot sunny Odessa Black Sea. Zashibis'
My Dad had an 1964 Morris1100. I can remember the strip speedometer. The hydrolastic suspension never worked properly on them and people had them modified somehow. Can't remember him hitting it with a tree branch but he certainly kicked it a few times!
I remember seeing that car around Swindon when I was a lad. Probably came from the same garage as my old 65 Riley Elf came from. Glad it's still going.
This is a true survivor and have such a lovely patina.
A big "Thank You" to the owner for showing us the car and keeping it alive.
As a kid I loved the Wolseley brand. The 6/110 was the first Police car used by the MET which could do 100mph. The 1100 series were ahead of their time. As was the Austin A40 Farina, possibly the first hatchback. Good show Steph. Love it. x
Trouble was that Ford bought one of the 1100/1300 BMC cars and took it completely apart. They came to the conclusion that BMC lost about 50 pounds on each vehicle made!! So, apart from making an absolute nightmares of car production due to never ending strikes, at the end the government stopped bankrolling the industry and the rest is now history. Same happened here in Australia!
Another wonderful review. Beautiful car, full of character. Love the colour. My grandfather had one in red and white, with red seats. He died in April 1974 . He would come and pick me up with my other grandfather each morning . Thanks for bringing back some memories of early childhood . I look forward to seeing what you’re going to review next . The reality is, cars produced today won’t last anywhere near as long, or be treasured by future generations. I hope you’re managing to have a good Easter and are keeping safe and well. Thanks again Steph , love your channel and enthusiasm.
My Grandad had the 1300 in navy blue. I remember as a child it was like a mini Rolls Royce. The badge light was a personal favourite of mine. So good to see nostalgia brought to us at such a bad time. Thanks Steph.
Nice review, Steph. The larger engine 1300 (1275) was offered from 1967 onward. My favourites are the Wolseley and the MG. I have a 1972 MKIII Austin 1300 Super Deluxe with a typical 70's looking dash, similar to the Maxi whislt the exterior looks typical 60's. Great fun to drive and get lots of comments from people who have fond memories of the ADo16 as their first car, their parent's or grandparent's car.
What i loved about Wolseleys was the illuminated badge on the grill, added a touch of class.
Me to I had an 1885 loved the light cooool
Just as a matter of interest, did Riley also illuminate their badge ?
@@daghammar4385 That's a point i'm not sure? a little research is in order i think.
@@daghammar4385 Just checked and no Rileys just had the blue enamel badges but still quite stylish.
Absolutely love this video, please, please can you video in future the acceleration through the gears especially when there is such a glorious engine/gearbox noise rather than just jump straight to cruising speed. Otherwise keep up the excellent work and informative videos. Best wishes Stu
Yes, I actually originate from Swindon, and YES, I do remember this very car, and an elderly (at the time) couple who used to drive around in it. This car is known to me personally ;-) Happy that it has gone to another very careful owner ;-)
The A-series is such a sweet little engine- simple and peppy, my gran had an A-reg 1.3L and I adored the whine in first gear. It used to start on the button, sounded like a sewing machine ticking over. Love the styling of the Wolseley and the colour is really nice. Great video as always Steph!
The car so popular, that its silhouette is used in road signs to indicate "car".
You're right, I always thought that and the design is so iconic, it was never considered worth ' updating '.Can you imagine a silhouette of a modern car head on instead ?-the closest it would resemble is ' uneven road ' or ' falling rocks ' !.
I always thought the UK Highway Code symbol for a car was a Hillman Imp? Still a classic of course!
A lovely review of a lovely car, thanks Steph. It makes me all nostalgic for the Morris 1100 I owned in about 1983 - a 1967 Australian Morris 1100 which coincidentally also had just over 40,000 miles on it when I got it - and we thought it was low miles back then! They really are a sweet little car. The Aussie ones had bench front seats.I gather that in the UK these are considered very rust prone... The Aussie built ones were fully submerged in rustproofing before being painted, a process called Rotodip, a BMC Australia exclusive. I owned a string of second hand BMC front drive cars through the 1980s and none ever had a speck of rust. (Though they did have other ways of conspiring against me...)
An illuminated Austin Rover sign in your garage, thats Hardcore !
My Dad had a 1967 Morris 1100. I loved that car.
This car seems really advanced for 1960s.
Had a 1972 1300 one of these about 15 yrs ago as a daily driver, brilliant little car.
Agree! Great roadholding, wonderful suspension and loads of room inside. So easy to drive.
Oh that colour is amazing, just wonderful. Something about that car that so suits you.
So envious. I'm glad the owner can weld. He will get lots of practice. That car will reward him though.
Lovely car. My older brother had many Morris versions over the years. Gave him many miles of trouble free motoring.
As a 17 year old in 1981, I bought a teal blue K reg Austin 1300 as my first car for £250 and paid around £90 for third party fire and theft insurance for the year. I retrofitted an electronic windscreen washer and also added a Sharp cassette player. It was great fun to drive and I drove it from South Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth without any mishaps. It was superb in snow and was never stuck on winter. On the down side, the rear wheel arches were shot and if you were engine breaking in 2nd then it had a tendency to jump out of gear when you least expected it. It's funny how you remember such minor details about your first car!
Excellent review as always. Throughly enjoyable. I passed my test in an 1100 as it was such a perfect vehicle for beginners. (as you rightly say)
I also owned a morris 1300 in the 1970s, which was comfortable, incredibly reliable and gave me over 150,000 miles of trouble free motoring. The ride was excellent and the engine provided bags of power and acceleration. Very happy days at the wheel of this particular car.
First car I ever drove, my Dad's when I was fourteen!
John Cleese has a bit of an affiliation with the ADO16. Don't forget Clockwise, where he got mud soaked pushing one in a field.
Very enjoyable video. Thanks.
Thank you i could see the car in the field STOP IT YOU'LL BRAKE THE ENGINE.. I just couldn't mind the name of the film.
@@alanhunter2051 You're welcome indeed.
Actually, going right back to the Monty Python days - the animation "Killer Cars" depicts (I think) various colour Morris Minor's and Morris 1100's hiding behind trees and buildings waiting to pounce on people - only to be defeated by the giant Cat - which ended up eating the city anyway.
I had a new Morris 1300GT (WAE 292H) which was the “go faster” version. It had plenty of problems with a big rain water leak on the first night I had it. Then came high oil consumption, split valve stem seals and the regular replacement of the 3 into 2 into 1 exhaust manifold then the notorious drive shaft couplings which keep eating in their original rubber design BUT it was a delight when sorted out and I wish I had it today! The Wolseley does need a lot of work and the owner may have an unpleasant surprise around the rear subframe and on the front bulkhead but well done for saving a very important car that was well ahead of many others at the time. Enjoy it..use it...keep it!! 😀😀😀😀 .....and yes, it was vastly better than the Minor of course but nobody wants to remember that!😀😀
My dad had an Austin 1100 as a company car in the 60s. I love how there are no labels on the warning lights! We were in Battersea then, in Sydney, Australia since 1968.
Great video I'm new to your lovely channel which was recommended by HubNut so I will be looking through your back catalogue with interest and enjoyment while I am self isolating
My mum bought a 1970 Wolseley 1300 MK2 in 1972. White with black interior. We scrapped it around 1982 when the subframes disintegrated with rust. The body was like new. Only had 38000 miles.
The steering wheel still lives on my '69 minor and I still have the handbook!
I wonder if you wish you had replaced the subframes now if you had somewhere to keep her for occasional drives.
@@Martindyna In those days it was going to cost more than the car was worth.
Haven't seen one of these for years. As a previous Wolseley owner, this is my favourite of the marques. This one is absolutely lovely! What a find being only 1 owner.
Super video Steph, really enjoyed this!
love these cars! especially the wolseleys with their illuminated grille badge! :)
Steph your just brilliant . Your presenting and knowledge base is brilliant …
As for the 1100 I’m in love a beautiful little treasure and the originality is just a charm … keep up the good job of keeping these wonderful treasures alive .. many thanks
Happy memories, my dad had the bog standard Austin version. Used to have a crazy transmission whine, but we had fun times in it
I always thought that the Morris version was the bog standard one since it had to my eyes anyway a very plastic unattractive dashboard with a standard needle speedo.
The Austin dash had a touch of class.
Colour and style that's lacking in the modern day anonymous car.
@@Rick-S-6063 went from black to white here but was soon overtaken by grey.
I mean talk about summing up a nation, grey!
Back then you could tell what car came towards you .....nowadays ehmm
Beautiful car, the owner is so lucky to have such a great car. Keep safe Steph
Oh yes, looking forward to this! Cheers from this massive BL fan from Belgium.
I so much appreciate your introductions on the car as a model and its life from conception to its end when it was sicceeded by its successor.
Thanks Steph!
And thank you for all the encouraging words at the end of the video. It is nice to hear you are thinking of us. Be safe out there ;)
Yesterday I found an unrestored 1966 maroon and cream Wolseley 1100 parked round the corner from my flat and now you are reviewing one!
Is it for sale ?
It’s just parked in the street but I didn’t see anything to indicate it is for sale. If you Google ‘1966 Wolseley 1100 for sale’ and scroll down the images you will find an old advert on Gumtree for it from 2 years ago in West Yorkshire. It’s now parked in North East London.
This car reminds me of The Avengers
A great looking motor for its age glad to see it has not been molested that much the suspension looks fairly soft. Speaking of basil fawlty john Cleese could not drive a car before he wrote fawlty towers (each week the sign post for the hotel had anagrams of the hotel my favourite is farty towels) prunella scales (sybil fawlty) had a maxi in the series and finally hope you manage to avoid the bat flu ( epic rant over!)
Yeah! 🤗a new video popping up. Great motivation boost for the day. Stay safe
What a pretty little car, love the dashboard too. Always wanted to try a hydrolastic car to see how smoothly they ride.
What a lovely video Steff, amazing colour scheme on that Wolseley 1100. It’s amazing there are any left they used to rot so badly. The Wolseley has such a lovely interior .
Great review Steph . What a little gem of a car . I can so remember them being everywhere when I grew up in the 70s
Lovely video! Thanks Steph, you always nail it!
I have always been fascinated by British vehicles and enjoy all of your car reviews. Thanks Steph.☺ 🇬🇧🇺🇸
My next door neighbour had one of these, it was a beaut.
Unbelievably roomy too, managed to fit about 11 of us in it once (four adults, seven kids)
Great video. In answer to your request we have a 67 Wolseley 1100 in Glen Green OGN989E. 37k miles from new and matching numbers etc.
Sounds a lovely car.
I love it. Beautiful colour combination with matching interior. I hope ur keeping well steph in this time of uncertainty. X
The colour of the interior is gorgeous
A sweet review Steph...Always prefered the Wolseley versions (Hornet etc) of the smaller cars..but would not use them if the badge at the front did not light up LOL
Just to say thanks so much for a great channel Steph :) Just subscribed. Recently discovered your channel by watching Ian Seabrooks interview with you. I've been a subscriber of HubNut since ClassicHub years ago. Your channel is really great too and I've been binge watching it whist working from home during lockdown. Really enjoy your friendly, inclusive style, great show reports and car reviews :) Really enjoy that you interview the cars owners too! Best of luck with the channel, you're doing an amazing job and deserve many more subscribers!
Another fascinating review of a unique original classic. Interesting two-tone colour combo. So look forward to your videos especially during this time, their so positive and an enjoyable escape from the current state of isolation. Thanks Steph!
I drove, worked on, serviced and MOT'd just about every variant of this range. All the models from Morris to Vanden Plas. Decent enough in their day. Shame about the rust they suffered from. Great to see your videos. Only came across them today. Well done.
All hail the Driver's Handbook! - It's Steph's genuine enthusiasm that makes these videos so good and so great to see.
Cracking video steph, great content with great facts and knowledge from the owner. You and HubNut make it possible for me to know how cars (that I missed out on) really feel to drive. Excellent job steph, thanks.
Another great car and review. When it comes to classics,I have 3 personal conclusions:1: You don't know what you have until its gone.2: Something has gone dreadfully wrong in modern car design.3:The only thing in a modern car that makes my experience more pleasant at all is air conditioning.
Thanks so much for keeping me entertained during this 'lockdown' Working my way through your back catalogue!
I had a 1965 Riley 1300 twin carb version in green and white lovely car I came in to a bit of money and decided to go for a newer car got a Citron 2cv and regretted it before I even reached home the 2cv was nothing but trouble.
Love it!
Thankyou for sharing this amazing car which is quite unknown in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Great MINI sound too!
😁😁😁😁😁😁👍🏻
Nice old car. My grandad bought a Morris 1100 as his retirement car. When I passed my test, I would drive it occasionally - fond memories and a surprisingly good ride.
Passed my Driving Test in an Austin 1100 in 1968.
Also owned a Wolseley 1300 and an Austin 1300 in 1970s.
All delightful to drive
Ian has got himself a beaut there. Very nice Wolseley in a great colour combination. Many thanks Steph. Really enjoyed your chat with HubNut by the way.
Beautiful car, and thank you for sharing your great video ,it's much appreciated 👍 Tam.
Great presentation. Great memories of a true classic. Thanks.
Love all the nostalgia that come with classics ,great vid again Steph 👍
Love your videos! And love these little cars as well. Good work Steph. 👍
Just found your channel via the CX video - love it and this one! I still love my cars but was a real nut as a kid in the 80's and I remember plenty of these being on the road back then. The appeal of cars for me as a kid was always the variety and how so many cars were different-but-the-same. There were the Moggies and the Auggies but it was always a treat to see the rarer Wolseleys and Rileys and Vanden Plas versions too. Hillmans and Singers, Vauxhalls and Opels...love old wheels! I had a Citroen C1 for ages and loved that you could get a Peugeot and a Toyota version too. Great vids!
Another amazing British car that I love to own. ❤
very nice Steph. good car, very informative. love the glovebox papers, excellent when you find stuff
like that. great one all around hun! you should have presented on Thames TV way back when. as a
person from that time, may i say that you really get it!
Very nice example. My mum drove the later, Austin-badged, version through the Seventies and early Eighties. It was in Aquamarine, with an Olive interior, and a round speedometer, registration KYV 942K. Fond memories of a very reliable car.
I think this is my favourite video so far! :-D I own a Rover 214 which belonged to my best friend, when he passed away, I took on the ownership of the Rover, however, he also had a Wolseley 1100 in Green and White. This went up for sale as I couldn't take on the ownership of another car! One of my regrets sadly, as I would love to have owned it.
You can immediately recognize an old british car by its dashboard: always covered with wood to make it look chic.
Wow that glove box is a real treasure trove. Another great video Steph.
I learnt to drive in an Austin 1100 in 1972. A really comfy car and easy to drive. My friends Mum had the MG version - LGU 636D. Another GREAT video Steph - thank you - keep safe :-)
The 1100 was also very popular in New Zealand sold by NZMC
What a lovely car. The dash is perfect!
Fantastic research and storytelling!!
Awesome as always - your enthusiasm is truly infectious! lol
I've always fancied one of these, or the Austin/Morris 1100\1300 variant.
I love that color! Beautiful car and such a happy looking front design.
Beautiful looking car. I've heard of the Wolseley. But because I don't live in the UK, I've never seen one in person. I hope you're doing well.
Jason Carpp I live in Australia. We only got the Morris version. And it was made here.
I loved this car and I love your positive bubbly personality. UK
I love these cars. All versions of them. I almost owned the Riley Kestrel when I was young.
Reminds me of the 1300 my family was given by a old lady my mum looked after. It was supposed to be for my mum and sister to learn to drive in but my dad and myself had lots of fun with it! I was wasting lots of money making minis go fast at the time so turned my attention to the 1300. Went like stink in the end proper sleeper! But terminally rusty we managed one MOT and sold it to some one who was going to restore it never ever saw it again.
lovely little car perfect for lockdown going to the shops lovely little classicx
Agree! Such a good design, cute yet with loads of space.
Great video Steph, really enjoy the detail and your positivity and information in your videos.
New subscriber here. Fantastic Channel. Being from across the pond I find it interesting to learn about cars we do not see over here so much in the States. Love all the history you give. I had no idea this was a Sir Alec Issignonis designed car. I was only aware of the Mini being attributed to him. I am a little embarrassed to admit that my knowledge of the existence of the 1100's (MG) stems from my childhood collection of Matchbox cars. I had a green one in my fleet. I tracked down the episode you did on Jill, as you spoke so lovingly about your own personal car in different episode I was hoping to find a review that you did on her. Loved it. Look forward to new episodes. Meanwhile while I am honoring our shelter in place order I am binge watching the episodes I have not seen yet. Cheers.
Great video. Always loved these cars. When I was a kid, my mum had a white Austin 1100 followed by a limeflower Morris 1300; before that, our family car was a red MG 1300 but we didn’t keep that for long. If only I had a time machine....
My Dads friend had a new Woleseley 1100 back in the day, he bought it after a stroke, as a light car to drive .
I remember that highways code booklet and memorising the stopping distances printed on the back. Great video by the way
Fantastic timewarp condition! Great video, cheers :)
Sold my Vanden Plas 1300 a few years ago, big mistake!
What a nice car. Wish they made cars of that design today. Perfect size car for me. Thanks for spotlighting this gem.
Badge engineering wasn't so bizarre - it saved you having to choose between an L, S, SL, SLX, SE, GLX, Ghia, GT etc. etc. etc. (phew!). You knew from the marque what you were going to get.
And badge engineering is still around. I have a Skoda Citigo. Only slightly different to the VW Up and the Seat Mii. Then there is the Toyota Aygo/Peugeot 107/Citroen C1. Essentially the same car with slight differences to justify the different badges. Some things don't change.
@@Nooziterp1 even ferrari are doing it now. California's a rebadged Maserati.
The back end bears a resemblance to an MGB GT. Nice! Had to laugh about Steph's amazement at the floor-mounted dimmer switch. Those were standard fare in the 70's. This was a good location except the switch was susceptible water and salt damage from wet winter shoes. And the badge-engineering - American car companies have been doing that forever.
Another great review lovely car thank you steph
Great video, my first car was a 1964 Riley Elf, maroon with a cream roof, I bought it in 1974 just after passing my test in an Vauxhall Viva HA, ( driving lessons £1.25 per hour ) that Riley was my pride and joy for many years, I even put in an 8 track stereo player😀👍
Wow, amazing car! Hope to see one of these at the rescheduled restoration show in August!
I had a 1969 Austin 1300 countryman automatic in the 70s. It ws a great little ar. Replaced it in 1978 with a five year old Wolseley Six. Lovely car,.
My father had the MG version! It was basically the same and nothing but trouble.
Terrible gear change. Problematic carbs. Mixture probs.
Drive couplings constantly giving out. Ate oil! Whining engineering.
Lots of stuff.
Btw it finished being a best seller coz of
1. Ford Escort.....then Fiesta a little later.
2. The cheaper more reliable Datsun 1200......which became a fave of driving schools! (I challenge you to find one of those btw! )
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My Dad had an 1964 Morris1100. I can remember the strip speedometer. The hydrolastic suspension never worked properly on them and people had them modified somehow. Can't remember him hitting it with a tree branch but he certainly kicked it a few times!
Great little car never new what ADO stud for we live we learn cheers for the great content 👍👌
Great vid Steph and what a gorgeous looking car.
Thanks Steph, great video..... “ghost train!” That all I can hear now from the lovely noise from the transmission! Stay safe and take care.
I'm in the process of buying one here in South Africa, don't know much about them. So this video helps quite a bit