This brought back some great memories, since I learned to drive in my father's Smoke Green Singer Gazelle IIIC in London almost sixty years ago. That car was taken off the road in the late 70s and is still stored in one of our outbuildings, hopefully to enjoy a full restoration in the next few years!
Beautiful Roots Group Cars. I really like the Singer Gazelle Series. There so nice. I even have a Gazelle manual which i loaned to my friend when he was restoring his series three convertible about fifteen years ago. And last year i got yet another book on the Roots Group Cars from ebay. Thanks for the nice video. Cheers TC
God bless you all for preserve this National and Global automotive heritage. May the Independence bring back the British Automotive Manufacture & its precious dormant Marques revive the golden days.
My first English car, back in 78, mine was grey with a red stripe running along the sides and red interior . Many,many,times I banged my head on that grill,!
I had a 1958 series 3A in Burgundy and a Calvary Beige stripe and boot, I loved it had a overdrive on 3rd / 4th gears. I remember reaching 100 mph down Stag Hill from Potters Bar to Cockfosters ( according to the speedo.) £15-00 road tax for a year and £17-00 full comprehensive insurance also for a year and lastly less than 25p a gallon of petrol those were the days😊
When I was very young (I was born in 1965j my father had an early Sixties Singer Gazelle in dark green with a light grey side flash. He replaced it with a Humber Sceptre.
I had a maroon Singer Gazelle in 1983. Leather bench seat and handbrake by the driver's seat. "Eyelash " headlight covers and huge steering wheel. Registration 9433 KC. Comfortable and a real head turner. My soon to be ex- husband took it from our garage during divorce procedures and I never saw it again. A huge loss.
Still amazes me how anyone could afford a car back then. £900 would be the price of a decent house in most parts of the country,. I would settle for this model, after Hillman Minx or Austin A30 and in any colour too. thanks for upload.
I went into my local Rootes showroom when these cars were new. They had one of the last audax singer gazelle, with the 1725 engine, and one of the first arrow singer gazelle, with just a 1498 engine. If I had had enough money I would have prefered the audax without hesitation! Obviously to me the better car!
I had two Hillman Gazelles and a Singer Gazelle...all Series 5 cars. The Singer was stolen from me. It was a white car with red flashing down the sides. It had the 1725cc engine in it with the very boxy alloy rocker cover. Lovely car. From those I moved to Jaguars and Daimlers. Still miss that little Singer. Quite a rarity in Australia. Be interesting to know where that car is now.
I learned to drive in a Series IIIB Hillman Minx, my mum's car. Later I owned a Series VI Minx with the very good 1725cc motor and this was an excellent machine with good performance. My first car was a Morris 1100 which I loved, but the build quality wasn't on par with the Rootes cars, which were very well made and were built to last. Here in Australia the Minx was the most commonly seen Rootes machine, although Singers, Sunbeams, Commers and Humbers were sold here as well with the Humber Super Snipe being highly regarded.
had one of these with the Smiths easy drive gearbox it was a form of automatic but electrically operated with an electrical clutch,they were a bit of a nightmare to keep running it was later converted to manual because of lack of transmission spare.One regular occurance with these was you forgot that the grill hung down from the bonnet when open until you were reminded when you hit your head on it
The rear suspension looks a bit tired.is this just a feature of the model and / how cod it be remedied? Beautiful car though really lovely colour combo.
The OHC engine could have been a 1950s version of the Cosworth engine, if it had a twin cam 16v head, over square bore to stroke ratio, high compression pistons (or a Shorrock blower) and side draft Webers. Aluminium block too. 😊
To Rootes Group car club, a good friend of mine has many many parts from mostly Singer Gazelle,s , please contact me asap if you are interested in acquiring these parts, otherwise they will end up being thrown out.
nice car, chrysler stopped production of the diesel two stroke engine that was used in the rootes group commer trucks and coaches called the ts3 a wonderful engine only to replace it with the useless cummins yale engines.
Agreed. This makes s him look ill- prepared and very lacking in knowledge. He should be able to present this without written help if he is such an expert.
David, as registrar for the Singer Owner's Club you really should rehearse know you facts far more intimately and stop looking at you clipboard like you know nothing about the cars. Really embarrassing to watch. You can do better.
This brought back some great memories, since I learned to drive in my father's Smoke Green Singer Gazelle IIIC in London almost sixty years ago. That car was taken off the road in the late 70s and is still stored in one of our outbuildings, hopefully to enjoy a full restoration in the next few years!
Beautiful Roots Group Cars. I really like the Singer Gazelle Series. There so nice. I even have a Gazelle manual which i loaned to my friend when he was restoring his series three convertible about fifteen years ago. And last year i got yet another book on the Roots Group Cars from ebay. Thanks for the nice video. Cheers TC
Saw one this morning,eye-catching,at antique car show,used as everyday transport.
My dad had a Gazelle. His was a 1600. I loved it. He always had a lucky Bull on the dashboard.
God bless you all for preserve this National and Global automotive heritage. May the Independence bring back the British Automotive Manufacture & its precious dormant Marques revive the golden days.
My first English car, back in 78, mine was grey with a red stripe running along the sides and red interior .
Many,many,times I banged my head on that grill,!
I had a 1958 series 3A in Burgundy and a Calvary Beige stripe and boot, I loved it had a overdrive on 3rd / 4th gears. I remember reaching 100 mph down Stag Hill from Potters Bar to Cockfosters ( according to the speedo.) £15-00 road tax for a year and £17-00 full comprehensive insurance also for a year and lastly less than 25p a gallon of petrol those were the days😊
When I was very young (I was born in 1965j my father had an early Sixties Singer Gazelle in dark green with a light grey side flash. He replaced it with a Humber Sceptre.
I had a maroon Singer Gazelle in 1983. Leather bench seat and handbrake by the driver's seat. "Eyelash " headlight covers and huge steering wheel. Registration 9433 KC. Comfortable and a real head turner. My soon to be ex- husband took it from our garage during divorce procedures and I never saw it again. A huge loss.
This is great, more of the members should do this so lets hope we see more.
All getting very rare now, people here in Cornwall are always wanting a closer look at my Vogue.
My second car was a1962 Singer Gazelle, but with the gear change next to the steering wheel.
The Series VI Gazelle was sold as the Hillman Gazelle in Australia with 1724cc Sunbeam Rapier engine.
Still amazes me how anyone could afford a car back then. £900 would be the price of a decent house in most parts of the country,.
I would settle for this model, after Hillman Minx or Austin A30 and in any colour too. thanks for upload.
I went into my local Rootes showroom when these cars were new. They had one of the last audax singer gazelle, with the 1725 engine, and one of the first arrow singer gazelle, with just a 1498 engine. If I had had enough money I would have prefered the audax without hesitation! Obviously to me the better car!
Lovely British car
I have a series II Singer Gazelle from 1958.
I had two Hillman Gazelles and a Singer Gazelle...all Series 5 cars. The Singer was stolen from me. It was a white car with red flashing down the sides. It had the 1725cc engine in it with the very boxy alloy rocker cover. Lovely car. From those I moved to Jaguars and Daimlers. Still miss that little Singer. Quite a rarity in Australia. Be interesting to know where that car is now.
..hopefully not on a banger racing track
I learned to drive in a Series IIIB Hillman Minx, my mum's car. Later I owned a Series VI Minx with the very good 1725cc motor and this was an excellent machine with good performance. My first car was a Morris 1100 which I loved, but the build quality wasn't on par with the Rootes cars, which were very well made and were built to last. Here in Australia the Minx was the most commonly seen Rootes machine, although Singers, Sunbeams, Commers and Humbers were sold here as well with the Humber Super Snipe being highly regarded.
What a Beautiful Car & Memory , I always thought if you look at a Singer , Then you must have s good eye for a Classy Cars.
had one of these with the Smiths easy drive gearbox it was a form of automatic but electrically operated with an electrical clutch,they were a bit of a nightmare to keep running it was later converted to manual because of lack of transmission spare.One regular occurance with these was you forgot that the grill hung down from the bonnet when open until you were reminded when you hit your head on it
Beautiful Car
The rear suspension looks a bit tired.is this just a feature of the model and / how cod it be remedied?
Beautiful car though really lovely colour combo.
In my opinion at the time (as a ten-year old petrol head) the face lift which came to the Audax range in 1965, should have come in 1959.
The OHC engine could have been a 1950s version of the Cosworth engine, if it had a twin cam 16v head, over square bore to stroke ratio, high compression pistons (or a Shorrock blower) and side draft Webers. Aluminium block too.
😊
To Rootes Group car club, a good friend of mine has many many parts from mostly Singer Gazelle,s , please contact me asap if you are interested in acquiring these parts, otherwise they will end up being thrown out.
Lovely
the grille looks like a Jaguar MK-2 or S type grille.
Did he say "overhead cam"? I don't think so.
Yes The Singer OHC was superior to the MG OHC .
Filmed at the lovely newlands corner
Singer Gazelle - upmarket Hillman Minx.
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nice car, chrysler stopped production of the diesel two stroke engine that was used in the rootes group commer trucks and coaches called the ts3 a wonderful engine only to replace it with the useless cummins yale engines.
TS-3 engine was powerful and compact and sounded like nothing else!
Very tidy example!
sounds like a singer too
If he knows these cars and he runs the owners club, he should not be referring or reading off notes off a clipboard
Agreed. This makes s him look ill- prepared and very lacking in knowledge. He should be able to present this without written help if he is such an expert.
The commentator should have been off camera
Hi is a proud owner, I recognize the pride of his presentation
Show him how to park within the lines
David, as registrar for the Singer Owner's Club you really should rehearse know you facts far more intimately and stop looking at you clipboard like you know nothing about the cars. Really embarrassing to watch. You can do better.