My father got a brand new one in 1959, in cherry red.. It was delivered with no water in the radiator and had to go straight back for a new head gasket. Also, in the very early ones, they fitted to front floor wrongly so it leaked water into the footwells.
And they're German!! Churchill will be turning in his grave. What would he be thinking? What was it all for, the "fighting them on the beaches, on the sea and in the air". They got in after all , no fight, no bombing - we gave it all away! Cowley, Oxfordshire. COWLEY!! (where the new German MINI is made) Completely rebuilt by BMW, all the history demolished, and now full of German cars! You couldn't make it up. And at the end of WW2, we the victors of German war-mongering, helped the vanquished to rebuild their flattened car factories to restart their dead economy. Wasn't that the British thing to do?? WTF.
Probably the least of your worries in a accident. Yes it would probably hit you after the carnage of all the family going through the windscreen due to no seatbelts !
Morris was always the Morris Mini Minor, Austin it was Austin 7 until 1962 when it became the Austin Mini. Safety is fine, you cant go fast enough to hit anything hard enough.
They certainly were death traps. That said, I remember seeing cars designed in the 1980s being little better (I remember seeing Peugeot 205s completely crushed from a rear-end shunt from the rear bumper to the back of the driver's seat). I guess in those days we compensated for the lack of crumple zones by being a bit more cautious.
@@horsenuts1831 sadly true, there is almost no reason to get either in an accident or hurt in todays cars if driven with the same care. people just drive so much faster now.
The mini was a big success story they sold like hot cakes all over the world .British car making died due to Bolshevik union shop stewards & nationalisation of British Leyland .
Interesting. So that's why they kept selling so well and even outlived their intended replacement? The Mini didn't cause the downfall of British car making, it was the gradual effects of mismanagement and workforce strikes decades later. The Mini was a winning design that outsold many of the other small economy cars on the market, won in Motorsport, and is still desirable today by collectors.
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BIG MINI a small car that changed the world of cars. Gorgeous video that represents an era...
My father got a brand new one in 1959, in cherry red.. It was delivered with no water in the radiator and had to go straight back for a new head gasket. Also, in the very early ones, they fitted to front floor wrongly so it leaked water into the footwells.
Jam packed London! The heaviest of traffic! Haha, he'd be surprised today then.
My Grandfather head of promoting the Mini at 2:44 with the sunglasses.
The family was left waiting so long for the bus, that they changed into much more casual attire.
It's nice to have found this, as portions of it were used in "The secret life of Machines", particularly the family that just couldn't get away... :)
Thank you
I enjoy watchin' this channel...thanks for sharing.
My dad had two, you didn't get IN them you PUT them on! LOL
Great stuff , how times have changed see how nice the customs officer was , like i say how times have changed. Mini the age of awesome Austin..
I'm still waiting for that 'bus.
4:17 The Minnie. (1961)
A proper mini not like the crap fake not so mini ones they are knocking out today .!
And they're German!! Churchill will be turning in his grave. What would he be thinking? What was it all for, the "fighting them on the beaches, on the sea and in the air". They got in after all , no fight, no bombing - we gave it all away! Cowley, Oxfordshire. COWLEY!! (where the new German MINI is made) Completely rebuilt by BMW, all the history demolished, and now full of German cars! You couldn't make it up. And at the end of WW2, we the victors of German war-mongering, helped the vanquished to rebuild their flattened car factories to restart their dead economy. Wasn't that the British thing to do?? WTF.
Wow, kids reading books....and cars without safety belts.
hilarious, looks like a bean tin production line
spin the wheels up and crash the gears ,
Mr beans car xD
Except there is no padlock on the driver’s door!
i brought 2 brand new and a few second hand great fun to drive, as you say
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" best car made" to empty your wallet on repairs come mot time.
Mr bean's car was actually a faster model (The mini 1000 to be more specific)
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Put the brakes on hard and you get a transition radio in the back of your head
Not with one I had no chance lucky to stop at a roundabout after braking for a hundred yards before hand with 4 people in the car
Probably the least of your worries in a accident. Yes it would probably hit you after the carnage of all the family going through the windscreen due to no seatbelts !
Is that transition radio , a transistor radio that wants to be a tape deck ? 🤔
When did they adopt the 'Mini' name? They looked absolute death traps which I'm sure they were.
Morris was always the Morris Mini Minor, Austin it was Austin 7 until 1962 when it became the Austin Mini. Safety is fine, you cant go fast enough to hit anything hard enough.
They certainly were death traps. That said, I remember seeing cars designed in the 1980s being little better (I remember seeing Peugeot 205s completely crushed from a rear-end shunt from the rear bumper to the back of the driver's seat). I guess in those days we compensated for the lack of crumple zones by being a bit more cautious.
@@horsenuts1831 sadly true, there is almost no reason to get either in an accident or hurt in todays cars if driven with the same care. people just drive so much faster now.
They were as safe as the next car of a similar size = not very. At least they handled well.
They were death traps but so was everything else, there was a guy on a motorbike without a helmet in the video
hahaha LOL no wonder british car making died
The mini was a big success story they sold like hot cakes all over the world .British car making died due to Bolshevik union shop stewards & nationalisation of British Leyland .
Interesting. So that's why they kept selling so well and even outlived their intended replacement?
The Mini didn't cause the downfall of British car making, it was the gradual effects of mismanagement and workforce strikes decades later. The Mini was a winning design that outsold many of the other small economy cars on the market, won in Motorsport, and is still desirable today by collectors.
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