Back in the 60s and 70s they were very popular Joseph I would think someone in the Riley's owner club would be interested in restoring this small treasure thanks for getting this I always thought it was a shame BL dropped the brand best regards Andy Allen
Yes, the 1100s and 1300s were incredibly popular back in the day. I imagine that this would be one of the more common Rileys in the club, most of them are quite rare now.
Thank you sir for your careful introduction to this lovely little car! Alex's Riley is a sweat-natured pensioner, with only a few small 'character' traits that should be overlooked as merely indicative of a slightly grumpy old man! 10 mins with some T cut and a couple of sharp taps on the dials and this car will be 90% of the way there - although 'there' is perhaps 2% of the total journey, one must remember that a journey begins with a single step and that a wise car purchaser should always ignore trivial 'issues' such as soft sills, loop-sided suspension, rough engine running and barely functioning electrics ...
Yes, there may be one or two "trivial" issues with the car. The rust on the ADO16s was quite bad back in the day, and I don't think that has necessarily changed. Mr Child has put an awful lot of work into this already, but sadly, I think that it's going to need a lot more than he first imagined. We are definitely fond of the "character traits' at times, though.
Yes, I have actually been offered the Vanden Plas version to drive at some point, although it won't be for a while yet. I was asked not to touch the picnic tables again...
I can remember these having the 65 BHP version of A series like the Wolseley i had.The dash is original, the door caps werent standard and surely came from a VDP as well as the seats.Great cars to drive with awesome cornering and lovely ride, but my word they rotted for England.Hah
Yes, the slightly later ones came with the 65 bhp engine. You are right about the seats and door caps, definitely from a Vanden Plas Princess. There is a spare dashboard for this somewhere too, I gather.
Unfortunately this car has been butchered, so many things on it that are not standard. This Riley Kestrel 13000 would have started life with the twin carburettor 1275cc, 65 BHP engine, the interior would have had different seats, the Riley 1300 Mk2 steering wouldn't have been fitted, the engine is an A+ Metro engine. The interior has been upgraded to a VDP interior, the dash is original. Obviously the person upgrading the VDP interior also decided to fit Austin/VDP boot handle, all Nuffield ADO 16's were fitted with the ribbed boot handle, so all in all a bit of a mongrel!! All BMC cars fitted with SU's the staring procedure is, choke, foot of the accelerator, as soon as it fires lift foot of the throttle, then let the choke in to run at a fast idle whilst warming up and move off asap, gradually letting the choke in. The colour is Fawn Brown. The problem BMC had, was that upon the merger between Austin and Nuffield, Nuffield bought a lot of baggage in 4 different marques and they all had separate dealerships, hence 5 different Farina versions and 6 different 1100/1300 and 4 different Mini's. So if you wanted an Austin you went to an Austin dealer, if you wanted a Riley you went to a Riley dealer. There were some Nuffield dealers who did sell Morris, MG, Wolseley and Riley cars, but they were few and far between in the 50's & 60's. If Lenard Lord had been more ruthless, he should have amalgamated the Nuffield dealerships so they sold 4 marques and cut out the individual dealers it would have been much more efficient. Then BL came along and started ditching the lesser marques.
It most certainly has led quite a life, hasn't it? Yes, it has now been moved onto a new home with another friend who runs the Beards and Bangers channel. Not sure what he will be intending to do with it, at the moment, but I think he is going to try and get it to run a bit better.
Back in the 60s and 70s they were very popular Joseph I would think someone in the Riley's owner club would be interested in restoring this small treasure thanks for getting this I always thought it was a shame BL dropped the brand best regards Andy Allen
Yes, the 1100s and 1300s were incredibly popular back in the day. I imagine that this would be one of the more common Rileys in the club, most of them are quite rare now.
@@lloydvehicleconsulting You are probably right Joseph I do hope someone buys it and restores it Andy Allen
Mr Child is definitely looking for a new buyer, sir...
Thank you sir for your careful introduction to this lovely little car!
Alex's Riley is a sweat-natured pensioner, with only a few small 'character' traits that should be overlooked as merely indicative of a slightly grumpy old man!
10 mins with some T cut and a couple of sharp taps on the dials and this car will be 90% of the way there - although 'there' is perhaps 2% of the total journey, one must remember that a journey begins with a single step and that a wise car purchaser should always ignore trivial 'issues' such as soft sills, loop-sided suspension, rough engine running and barely functioning electrics ...
Yes, there may be one or two "trivial" issues with the car. The rust on the ADO16s was quite bad back in the day, and I don't think that has necessarily changed. Mr Child has put an awful lot of work into this already, but sadly, I think that it's going to need a lot more than he first imagined. We are definitely fond of the "character traits' at times, though.
A charming little car, hope it can be saved and be back on the road again.
Yes, Mr Child is currently looking for a buyer for it. Thank you again for watching, Mr Watters!
Hope it can be fixed and returned to the road in the near future. The front grille gives this Riley a cheesy grin.
Yes, the Riley version does look quite distinctive, doesn't it? Thank you for watching, sir!
Beautiful even in this state! rear tables are great! My vanden plas has the rear tables, how posh back in day.
Yes, I have actually been offered the Vanden Plas version to drive at some point, although it won't be for a while yet. I was asked not to touch the picnic tables again...
@@lloydvehicleconsulting Yes I offered mine if ever fix it. But due to time etc I'm slowly and reluctantly considering selling my rare project :(
Never mind, sir! Thank you for the offer nevertheless.
I can remember these having the 65 BHP version of A series like the Wolseley i had.The dash is original, the door caps werent standard and surely came from a VDP as well as the seats.Great cars to drive with awesome cornering and lovely ride, but my word they rotted for England.Hah
Yes, the slightly later ones came with the 65 bhp engine. You are right about the seats and door caps, definitely from a Vanden Plas Princess. There is a spare dashboard for this somewhere too, I gather.
Sir, I can certainly see you driving around in one of these! I really love these cars. What does Mr. Coleman think of these?
I don't think that he would be very impressed if I were to buy one, sir, sadly...
Every Riley Kestrel has a rev counter - these were the only ADO16s where this applied.
Sir, for once I was actually right about something!
What about the 1300GT?
@@benspears5073 I know not all the MGs did. The 1300GTs were Morris and Austin.
Yes, you are right about the 1300 GT. I should know as I actually drove one last year, but I must have forgotten.
Its still for sale. Please someone make me an offer lol ;)
Sir, sorry to that it didn't work out! Let us believe someone will want to give it a good home soon.
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Thank you very much indeed, sir!
I think it should have been left to slumber in the barn.
Well, sir, luckily for this car, Mr Child is going to ensure that it goes to a new home.
Unfortunately this car has been butchered, so many things on it that are not standard. This Riley Kestrel 13000 would have started life with the twin carburettor 1275cc, 65 BHP engine, the interior would have had different seats, the Riley 1300 Mk2 steering wouldn't have been fitted, the engine is an A+ Metro engine. The interior has been upgraded to a VDP interior, the dash is original. Obviously the person upgrading the VDP interior also decided to fit Austin/VDP boot handle, all Nuffield ADO 16's were fitted with the ribbed boot handle, so all in all a bit of a mongrel!! All BMC cars fitted with SU's the staring procedure is, choke, foot of the accelerator, as soon as it fires lift foot of the throttle, then let the choke in to run at a fast idle whilst warming up and move off asap, gradually letting the choke in. The colour is Fawn Brown.
The problem BMC had, was that upon the merger between Austin and Nuffield, Nuffield bought a lot of baggage in 4 different marques and they all had separate dealerships, hence 5 different Farina versions and 6 different 1100/1300 and 4 different Mini's. So if you wanted an Austin you went to an Austin dealer, if you wanted a Riley you went to a Riley dealer. There were some Nuffield dealers who did sell Morris, MG, Wolseley and Riley cars, but they were few and far between in the 50's & 60's. If Lenard Lord had been more ruthless, he should have amalgamated the Nuffield dealerships so they sold 4 marques and cut out the individual dealers it would have been much more efficient. Then BL came along and started ditching the lesser marques.
It most certainly has led quite a life, hasn't it? Yes, it has now been moved onto a new home with another friend who runs the Beards and Bangers channel. Not sure what he will be intending to do with it, at the moment, but I think he is going to try and get it to run a bit better.