Classic British saloon cars of the 1950s & 1960s - 150 photos Austin, Hillman, Ford & Vauxhall etc
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- 150 photos of classic British saloon cars of the 1940s, 1950s & 1960s make up this slideshow video. Most of the classic cars featured were built and/or designed in the 50s or 60s. A small number of the cars shown were built shortly before or just after this period, but were designed within the 1950s-1960s timeframe of this photo collection.
I've tried to include as many of the popular classics as possible, mixed in with a few eye-catching rare motors that are rarely seen anywhere outside of books.
Makes and models of the post-war British saloons you'll find here include one or more of the following:
Ford Consul Classic 415, Anglia 105E, Consul Mk2, Zephyr/Zodiac, Corsair, Cortina Mk1 & Mk2, 100E Prefect/Popular/Anglia, Cortina Lotus, Prefect E493A, Popular 103E
Vauxhall Victor, PA Cresta, E-Series Cresta & Wyvern, Viva HA & HB
Standard 8 & 10, Vanguard Phase 1/2/3 four-door saloon cars
Bentley R-Type & Mk6
Sunbeam Talbot 90
Morris Oxford saloons (various)
Daimler DB18, V8 250, Majestic & Conquest
Austin A30, A35, A40 Devon & Somerset, 8, 16, Mini, A40 Farina Mk1 & Mk2, A55 & A60 Cambridge, A90 Atlantic, A95 Westminster, A70 Hampshire, Metropolitan, 1100 & 1300 (ADO16), 1800, 3 Litre
Jaguar Mk1, Mk2, Mk5, Mk7, Mk9, Mk10, 420G saloons
Wolseley 6/110, 4/44, 6/80, 1500, Hornet
Riley 1.5, RM, 2.6, Kestrel, Elf, 4/72
Bristol 400
Morris Minor MM & 1000, Oxford, Isis, Mini-Minor, Six saloons
Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn, Corniche FHC
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 236 & 246
Alvis TC21 Grey Lady
Vanden Plas 3 Litre, 1300 & 4 Litre R
Bentley S1 1959, 1957 saloons
Hillman Minx, Super Minx, Imp (plus derivatives)
Singer Vogue saloon cars, Gazelle, Chamois
Sunbeam Stiletto
Humber Super Snipe, Pullman, Sceptre
Rover P4, P5 3 Litre, P6 2000SC & 2200TC, P3 saloons
AC 2 Litre saloon
Jowett Javelin
Triumph Herald, Vitesse, Renown, Mayflower, 1300 (fwd), 2000 Mk1
MG Magnette ZA & ZB, YB saloon
Lagonda 3 Litre
Lanchester LD10
Lea Francis 14 four-door saloon
Inevitably there'll be some cars that should have made it into here but didn't, if I've missed out your favourite please let me know in the comments. Please also see Pt2 featuring a further 150 cars, link at the end of this video.
More videos like this, and looking at the old cars that I'm running, can be found on the Old Classic Car channel's homepage:
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*Hi, thanks for watching this collection of post-war British saloon car photos (mainly 1950s & 1960s). For the full list of old-car videos now on this channel, please visit the homepage: **th-cam.com/channels/KaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg.html** thanks, RJ*
8:00 Twin to my 1958 Riley One Point Five. Surprised a number of my friends with its performance. Had the same twin cam engine in the MG A series.
It's similar to a Morris Major, not Minor. Four cars had the same body and chassis. Really enjoyed the nostalgic trip.
A teacher at my primary school had Jaguar Mk 5 and I once had ride in it but I was unconscious the entire time.
I fainted in the classroom and was taken to hospital. When I found out how I got to the hospital I was really upset.
Wow, such beautiful and great memories. I was born in 1944. First car, a Ford Thames van with windows, followed by a Ford Consul in 1970.. Thanks a million,
I've just relived a good part of my childhood.I took an interest in cars when my father bought an Anglia 100E in Ludlow Green in 1960.I was 8 then and the majority of those cars bring back vivid memories.Thank you.
Glad you liked it Gerry, there's plenty of content from this era now on the channel, if you've not yet seen them, take a look at some of the collections of original b&w photos from the same decades.
This is pure nostalgia, an excellent collection of what were really the 'Golden Years' of British motoring. Many many thanks !
Thank you, RJ,for all the effort that has gone into this TH-cam AV. So many happy memories of cars owned, bought for a song, and written off or left to RIP (rust in peace)!! Very happy that you confined this to old British Marques, and none of the imports that flood the markets today. Best wishes from an old Austin Apprentice
Thanks Robin, if you like to read about old stuff as well as watch it, don't forget the main Old Classic Car site that I've built over the last 20 years: www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/
Wolseley 680 at 10.51 was the double of my fathers car! Great to see it again after so many years! Happy days taking his family out of London to Newhaven beach at weekends!
Wonderfully nostalgic! Thank you.
My father had an Austin Westminster 110, two-tone blue (or blue/grey). A fantastic way to get around!
This is pure nostalgia. A brilliant collection of the 'Golden Years' of British Motoring. Many thanks for this !
Hi, thanks for watching, please also see the related vid that looks at classic estate cars of yesteryear: th-cam.com/video/dhzt6_2Nj_A/w-d-xo.html thanks, RJ.
So many great memories of seeing some of these types on the roads, great to see that so many have survived and looking so very good.
Thanks for these moments of memories. Your knowledge of registration number origins is outstanding!
Thanks for doing this video, what a fantastic display of Classic cars.👍
Once again thank you so much for a great selection of lovely classic cars and your commenters ,all the best
Spot lamp became very popular on Triumph tr sports cars in appx late 1950s but eventually became illegal. Austin Atlantic, I recall seeing one or two about in those days appx 1951. Love your site.
Peace to all.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever 😍.
Only a handful of these got to the USA, so most are unfamiliar to me. There was always a small, elite market for Rolls Royces, Bentleys, and Jaguars. Then for a brief few years (about 1958 to 1962), a number of Americans got sick of the huge, gaudy domestic cars and shifted to imported compact cars. So we had Morris Minors, Hillman Minxes, and Vauxhall Victors, mostly, from Britain. Also Fords and Triumphs. And of course other European cars, of whom the Volkswagen Beetle was by far the most successful. This was also when the first Japanese cars were sold in the US, but those took a few years to get up to speed.
Oh that red Humber Sceptre brings back some memories! I had a green one in the late 80's. No engine, no windows, mostly rust-free apart from the sills. 2 years of work to get it mobile and then sold it before I went any further and it probably wasn't too far from an MOT.
Obviously I regret parting with it now, definitely one of the more stylish cars I've owned.
Veg
My family business held the Armstrong Siddley agency for NZ. A 1956 Sapphire was the first car I ever drove at the age of 9 sitting on my father's knee!!
I’m an old life long garage mechanic, getting towards 80 now. I worked on many, many of these cars in the day, and owned quite a few.
Working in a garage, I used to get the chance to buy them needing work done, do what was needed at home, and sell them on. It helped supplement my wages. How I wish I still had some of them! Especially the Magnette, Pathfinder, Sunbeam Supreme and Velox PA, all of which I kept for quite a while.
when i worked in London in the mid and late 60's i was the proud owner of a Mk 2 Zephyr soft top. It cost me £30 I now have an old mini Cooper.
I've only just found your videos, by happy accident ! What a trip down memory lane - some of these cars I owned - I had one of the Austin A40 Farinas, with that Flying A mascot. Also had an Austin 3 Litre too, but was too young to appreciate it, being only 21, but what a car it was ! Thanks for the 'trip' :-)
Loved seeing the old cars of yesteryear.. My first car was a
B. reg Vauxhall Viva . Then a F. reg 1300 Ford Escort Estate. Triumph 1300 T C .Then the BESTEST CAR I had was a H reg Rover 2000 T C . A beautiful looking car and a beautiful car to drive..Thankyou for putting those cars on TH-cam..
My pleasure, thanks for watching
The Ford Consul 'Classic' was designated 315, not 415 as stated. I had a 1962 Classic in Goodwood Green - bought in 1964. After only a short while, it suffered from an out of balance crankshaft that destroyed the centre main bearings. This was due to the original engine fitted by Ford being a 1340cc three bearing crank which could easily be over-driven. The car was relatively heavy, so the engine was stressed. In 1963, for the 1964 year, Ford replaced the engine with a 1500cc five bearing crank. I did know about the new engine when I bought mine, but the second-hand 1963 car that was available at the time, was £100 too much for me ... I had to settle for second best, but I loved that car. The inward raked rear window idea was taken from the Lincoln Continental, it allowed an enormous boot lid opening. I could write a book about my home mechanic experiences with my Consul Classic.
I had a 63 Ford Classic with the 1340 engine and replaced it with an engine from a Cortina GT. Then a friend put the 1340 in his Anglia. I also had a 55 Ford Pop that I bought in 71 for 20 quid ! AC 8299 My dads first car was an ex GPO Commer Van RDB 633.
AH , when driving used to be a pleasures alas not these days., to many wannbe F1 drivers on the road. Going through this batch of photos I have over the years owned a Ford Consul Classic in maroon and grey, as the photo, a Mini I think it was a 1963 model, Also 2 Rover P6 a 2000 and a V8, 3500 which I loved,, Morris Minor 1000, MK 1 Cortina x 2, and a Humber Super Snipe 1963 a terrific machine. Cars from this list I used to lust after, the Jag Mk10 and 420G, Vanden Plas Princess 4L, PA Cresta such a sexy car back in the day. I have also always wanted a Jag MK9. I do enjoy seeing these photos, I know I will have owned other cars in other videos which I will check out in time. I have had to many cars over the years my first being a 1963 MG1100 in British Racing Green with a red interior.
For me, they could have carried on making the Rover P5 and the 2000 for ever and ever! The P5, a classic conservative design while the 2000 was a 'grab' at things to be! Great trip down memory lane. Thank you.
An excellent variety of classics, all of which I remember from my younger days. I had temporarily forgotten some though, such as the Morris Isis - the Austin Cambridge version was much more common (and still is). A few of my own favourite marque included too!
Love those vauxhalls, those crestas, superb, had a 65 velox 3.3 Ventura gearbox,trident mags ,245 Goodyear eagles all round, air shocks, super reliable cruiser as you pass those annoying zephyrs. Blowing gaskets and frost plugs at 70 mph,ha! True ay!
excellent..... brian d.
Best thing seen for a long time.
Thanks Peter!
Great selection of cars here. Good to see the gorgeous Mk 4 Zephyr; always loved them (lovin' the background music too) 😁
A wonderful video made excellent by the gentle but knowledgeable commentary. Thank you.
Thanks for supporting the channel!
Love British classic cars one of best in world.
Thanks for watching! Part 2 coming soon ....
Hey!!! Awesome job!!!! I really enjoyed your presentation!!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!! Keep up the good work!!!!
Thank you! Will do!
Brilliant, really enjoyed your photos.
Thanks Michael
Thanks for the video. It brought back some very happy memories of my teenage years when I could recognise any car on the road at a glance, and the idea of luxury was to have a heater and windscreen washers. Did I miss a 1952 Jensen?
That brought back a lot of memories. My bro-in-law had a Humber Hawk a beautifully built car but sadly underpowered for mountainous terrain. My mentor in university had an XJ6, a total electrical nightmare, but the only car I've ever driven where I felt like I was part of the car (farfenugen (sp)). Then when I retired I bought myself a Silver Shadow! Did you know that divorcing a car brand is as costly as divorcing a woman? Good video, thanks!
Great, really enjoyed that 😎👍👍
Great video, brings back memories of my own past classics. Love the styling of the mk2 Fords otherwise known as the '3 graces' but I never ended up owning one.
Mum and dad had a '58 Vanguard. I don't know if you had this in England but in Sydney our car's tail-light was different. Our car had a round red brake light and the orange indicator above it on the tailfin. The rest of the car was exactly the same . Anyway I totally enjoyed this video and looking forward to more.
Lovely vid, thanks. It’s like a wander through a museum … some familiar, and then, great to see stuff that’s not so familiar. Might have heard the names, but never seen them. Like the Isis, and the post war rare birds, Lanchester, Lagonda and Armstrong Siddeley. Thanks again! 👍🏻
Thanks for watching, more videos on this channel can be found on the homepage: th-cam.com/channels/KaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg.html :-)
Other than a Heinkel Bubble Car my first car was a 1962 Hillman Minx 111C 1600c in a two tone cream and green. I loved it! It was comfortable, quite, smooth, vibration free and predicable handling. My next was a 1965 Hillman Minx Mk 5 1600cc in Dark Green which had front disc brakes other than that similar to the 111C, but never thought the handling was quite so predictable. It was the only cars I ever owned where on tick over the old Imperial 12 sided three penny piece could be stood up on the top of the rocker box without falling over! Happy days!
The two tone blue, Ford Prefect was a 107E with the 997 ohh engine. I still have one, restored. You can tell by the side chrome strip that at the front, angles down and back. Awesome top speed around 75mph!
Thanks for pointing it out, I should have noticed as I owned a 107E once!
@@oldclassiccarUK I'm looking for a home for two brake drums, I think for Ford E93A or similar, possibly 1939 - 1949, five studs. Also two drums for I'd suggest a 30,s or 40,s Austin? I'd rather not scrap them as I'd imagine they are not easily available these days!
Anyone interested just pay postage or parcel post from S.Ireland.
Oh wow, what a beautiful collection of classic cars, as i watching brought back so many memories i was rather hoping to see a 1957 Morris cowley my old dad's first car and a Austin Westminster A110 his 2nd car..... Thank you for taking me back in time it was most enjoyable
Thanks! please take a look around at the other videos too for more like it
@@oldclassiccarUK will do
Proper nuts and bolts. Heavy bodywork (except the Victor!). Nice collection. Good to hear the years mentioned too.
Thanks for watching, I've just uploaded a Part 2 featuring a further 150 cars of this type & era
I had 2 1958 Hillman minxes after I lusted after an Armstrong Siddley Safire then 2 105e Anglias a mk2 Cortina and Triumph Herald
Brought back memories. Had a 1948 wolseley 8, years ago. (Was lord nuffields personal car)
Wow! This is interesting it brought back so many memories
Very few of them I didn’t recognise
Great details and descriptions
Is there any chance of a similar video for prewar and post war British cars????😊
Hi Jon, glad it was of interest.
There are various photo collections like this uploaded, with more planned soon so please keep an eye on the channel, and have a look around at what's already on.
A British Invasion of sensible small cars (and of course, popular VW of Germany) in late '50s prodded the US 'Big 3' - GM, Ford, Chrysler - to develop the Corvair, sales champ Falcon, and Valiant all for 1960.
Takes me back to my early married years ,lying under one of those old bangers, with my wife asking me how long the latest fix is going to take..Ah ! happy days!
Ha yes, weekends years ago would often see cars up on ramps in people's driveways, being patched back together or persuaded to run! Thanks for watching :)
If there's one thing these photos demonstrate, it's that Vauxhall went way further than other British manufacturers in following American styling in the late 1950s.
Agreed, Austin dabbled with the Atlantic and the (Nash) Metropolitan adventures, but neither did well so it probably put them off trying again
Enlightening for North Americans! Our 🇨🇦 Canadian family first had a Zephyr (Mark II era), and as a kid I noticed Vauxhall Victors and CDN-variant Envoys. With N.Am cars so big, the smaller Brit ones had appeal.
3:49 A friend of mine had one of these Austin models, fully roadworthy, and another friend's father had one stripped down to a shell, as kids we'd play in it, pretending to drive here and there(aaahhh, the imagination of a child!).
Morris. Hamburg Hellman. Austin Vauxhall Angelo. Prefect also holden Opel and opel captain I can't think of any I am 77 yes old but those cars in ADEN ( a British colony ) missed the British. Good people. Thanks for the vid.
Thanks for watching, more videos like this will be uploaded soon
The 2 Tone MG Magnette was in fact a Magnette ZB Varitone, and the Black Magnette was a ZA......cheers
Yes I realised that afterwards :) thanks for watching
A good selection, one minor criticism, the two tone MG Magnette was a ZB Varitone, not a ZA, the black 'ZB' was in fact a ZA, the distinguishing external feature of the ZA was the 'hockey stick' bright trim round the front wheel arch, the ZB had straight trim strips plus a bit more oomph under the bonnet.
This brings back happy memories.
I checked up my dad's Ford consul PCE 50 Black on the Vehicle Smart app and it's still about. I wondered if you have ever come across it. Or could you suggest how I could trace it. Keep up the great work. Mark. 🍻
I'd suggest contacting a relevant owners' club, and/or Facebook group if you ever get on there
The MG at 5:12 is a ZB differed from a ZA being two tone and wide rear window
The early ZB also had the narrow back window
Two sapphires! Yeah
MK1 lotus Cortina and mini cooper s. The ultimate two. Rog. Pacific sunset.
Thanks for watching it Rog
The Consul Classic designation is "315" not 415. I think it was one of only times Ford included a number in a car's badging, The other was the Consul MK2, which ended its days as the Consul 375. Ford knew very well that the public identified heavily with the Consul name so the early Cortinas and the Classics and Corsairs were prefixed 'Consul'.
Great video, I am looking to see if i can find my Triumph Mayflower BJC 954. 1954 i know its out there somewhere
You showed a photo of a Ford Anglia from about 1955, In 1965 my dad bought that same car with the same colour for 300 guilders. She had a nice red leather interior, the bottom was not in a very good condition and the engine appeared to be very bad. In first instance she drove well, I drove the car and eventually one by one a cylinder failed and fortunately I barely could pass a railway crossing on 1 cylinder. With the help of a friendly neighbour my dad bought another engine at the scrapyard and mounted the new engine, and as yet he used the car for several years.
In about 1992 I saw a man that looked and dressed like Sherlock Holmes at the Docks in Melbourne Victoria waiting for ferry to Tasmania, he had an immaculate old Vangaurd Mustard and black he told me because I was so curious he had travelled from the UK in because it was simple and reliable. What route he took I did not inquire. Austin 1800 best handling car ever made. You can throw them around like nothing else.
4:40 Is thata BMC shopping trolley too :)
The red Hillman Minx 1.21 -- were they as early as the 50s? I had the model before Hillman Minx series 3, without the fins at the back, registered new in 1959 as seen at 8.30, although mine was two tone, light blue top, dark blue bottom.
The high-pitched whistle is somewhat annoying - a mic issue ?
The MG Magnette was a ZB, not a ZA. The ZB was distinguished by a wrap around rear windscreen. Sorry to be picky.
I wasn't sure, I know the Varitones have the larger r screen. Thanks for watching
Dunno what you've got till it's gone! Hey, I wish folk wouldn't put reflective reg. plates on old cars.
Agreed, I'm a bit picky when it comes to the correct plates on an old car. The horrid modern repro pressed tin jobs in the wrong typeface especially wind me up :-)
The second hillman super minx was a later one the early super minx had rounded wings at the back the later one had flatter wings at the back I had one off each good cars loved the bench seat at the front good wen courting
The car at 9.12 you briefly called a 'Morris 6'. I beg to differ with you regarding that denomination. I would be around nine years of age when one of these became by Dad's employer's latest cars - in black, as all his earlier big Morris cars had been. All had been used to pull a trailer carrying gravestones. Ironically, from 1942, and my then yet to be father aged 19, was the only ever driver of these cars because his aged employer was afraid of them. The one pictured was the last of the line circa 1952, and the first one I'd ever ridden in a motor car. It was excitement beyond belief as my Dad drove it at 60 mph along our Leeds ring road. As for the car's model denomination, and as it stated on its badge, it was a 'Morris Twenty One'.
Hi, I think the Morris Six was rated (RAC) at 20/21hp so perhaps they were referred to in both ways back then? Thanks for watching
Many nice cars, so confused from usa
zzzz Great Video but I query if the dark blue Hilman Minx was in fact a Hilman Hunter as favoured by the Met Police as a Q Car,
Was the White Mini at 1.28 a Cooper. It had Cooper wheels.
It could be, was it just the "S" that had the polished stainless door window surrounds?
Don't want to appear negative, have subscribed, could you slow the slides down a bit, and try to be on the same page as the picture in the narrative. Having said that most videos are full of fillers, your is full of content. Look forward to watching the rest of your videos!
Hi, thanks for watching, TH-cam allows you to slow down the playing of videos anyway (you might want to turn the sound down though!). If you click on the little cog at the bottom of your viewing window there's an option to change the playback speed. Thanks for the feedback
The blue ford prefect is not a 100e but a 107e as distinguished by the chrome dog leg on the wheel arch.
Thanks, yes I should have mentioned that as I owned a 107E a long time ago!!!!!
0:49 Change the colour to light blue and you can just picture this car flying through the air with Ron Weasley(Rupert Grint) at the wheel and Harry Potter(Daniel Radcliffe) in the front passenger seat!
Didnt see a Triumph Vitesse or Humber Hawk.. otherwise. Great display.
Both of those feature in many other videos across the channel fear not!
At 5 minutes 12sec the MG is A ZB Varitone not ZA not a criticism just being the proud owner of one, wish I'd kept the registration RAY 105
Thanks yes I found that out after uploading it, doh! thanks for watching
Where are Austin Princess, May Flower etc was eager to see them ?
Hi, thanks for watching, I couldn't fit everything in this first video but keep watching for future collections of photos featuring 1950s-1960s cars. 👍 Also, check Part 2 which was recently uploaded for a Triumph Mayflower, they rarely turn up at shows nowadays: th-cam.com/video/Zlrx1jgiq9U/w-d-xo.html
Did I miss mk1 zephyr
Thanks for watching, ah yes I must look out for a Mk1 Zephyr photo in case I put together a second set of images
sorry I missed triumph in your list
Nice video but... frustrated that you didn't mention model years more consistently. Would love to have learned more about British car history, but without years it's not clear which cars were made when.
I do when I can, it takes days to do each video (find the photos from thousands I've taken, organise them, research each car when necessary, build the video, check it all again etc) so sometimes I run out of time to add in more info, but I'll bear your thoughts in mind for future videos
The Minx is a Series III model ('59-61), not "mid-1950s", Jus' sayin' ; )
Thanks - to err is human :)
@@oldclassiccarUK It's too easy to slip into pedantry when dealing with old bits of metal, my fault.
@@borderlands6606 Corrections and extra info much appreciated
No FB victor ?
Offhand I don't remember in this particular collection, but FBs do feature elsewhere - including in the show review this coming Sunday. Thanks for watching.
I like freeze framing and saying what the car is before you do and i am showing my age i got them 99% right
Good idea, there are plenty of vids to have a go at now, thanks for watching
Not a Sunbeam Stiletto,...Sunbeam Imp Sport. The Stiletto was a Coupe....
I just realized they were talking about cars..... Saloons in the US are drinking establishments
Back in the day, cars doubled up as drinking establishments, then came the breathalyser.
Why not say the year of manufacture!? Shocking
My humblest apologies for this appalling oversight on my part
Triumphs?
Please keep an eye on the channel for future videos (did you watch Part 2 in this series? th-cam.com/video/Zlrx1jgiq9U/w-d-xo.html ) 👍
Your slides are way too fast, before you finish your descriptions the photos changed. Good video otherwise.
Thanks for watching, more recent compilations pause longer on each photo
The blue 100e is not 100e it is 107e. Got over head cam engine
Yes I meant to mention that (I had a 107E once), thanks for watching
It is a very good list off vintage cars I have had a lot off them myself to many to mention
The 107E had an over head valve engine, way too early for an over head camshaft engine The 100E was the original ancient side valve engine probably from the early 30's, unsure if the same engine was fitted to the earlier E93A or before.
.....Don't like the Humber Sceptre either.
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They certainly Don't make them like that anymore, now they look all the same and lack Character
So true.
Don't like the Hillman Minx at all.....
Great if it wasnt for your feedback.
Thanks for watching, maybe just turn the volume down would help
What a terrible colour to paint the Bristol!