Well done. It's great to see these old cars being resurrected from the grave. Mind it's a sobering thought when I remember them first coming out back in the sixties bringing back great memories. Thank you.
Lovely motor! Great work and it's so nice to see people like yourselves keeping these parts of motoring history alive and well 😊 Definitely keep the original engine though and maybe carry out a few cheeky mods, valve and head work, crank regrind and mains and big ends, slight overbore and fresh pistons etc... a few period tuning ideas from the book of David Vizard maybe! Main points the A series can leak from: Tappet chest covers at the rear of the block, gear selector housing gasket, rocker cover gasket( usually due to the metal being deformed from over tightening, you can try gently tapping the area where the bolts fit through with something like an old socket and use some gasket goo on the cork seal, helps keep it in place when fitting as well!) And also known them to leak around the timing chain cover, oil filter housing and crank seal. Sounds bad but all relatively easy and cheap to remedy. Also make sure the oil trap/separators aren't blocked as this will force the oil out! Not sure now how many on the older A series but there's at least one on the timing chain cover and maybe the clutch side of the gearbox at the top. Also make sure the breather pipes aren't blocked or loose fitting. You should be able to blow through the pipes and breathers relatively easily, if you can't then that's a sign of a build up of carbon. Remove, fill with warm water and caustic soda for a few hours then clamp a piece of hose pipe on and use mains water pressure to flush, should work a treat 😊
Well done on that headlining Mum! I never understood why more manufacturers didn't opt to glue the headlining to the roof, it gained so much headroom at no cost. I used to love my 1967 Connaught Green 1100, whining non-synchro first gear and all.
Love what you've done. To me this is what a practical classic is all about - restoring a loved car on a budget. Not everyone can afford tens of thousands on a full, professional restoration, and it's good to see a loved car get back on the roads. You should be rightly proud.
Great stuff ! Way back in about 1971/2 the clutch failed on my mini van . It was pretty normal for the crankshaft seal to fail and let oil onto the clutch. Anyway being a fit "pig headed" so and so l stripped off all the easy to get at bits, wrapped a rope around the engine / gearbox , stood on the bonnet slam panel and proceeded to lift the assembly out of the van ! What a twit ! 5ft 8" , 10 stone & 18year old ! Needless to say that doesn't happen any more ! Thanks for sharing !
I love my Fords (I am restoring a 1974 Cortina Mk.3, I have owned 45 years!) on my channel, but I "Loved" seeing your videos on Maggie, as I remember these lovely old cars, brand new, on the road when I was young, and so nice to see someone your age into classics, well done, she is a lovely little car, nice to see her being loved, and that your doing the work you can on her, that builds a bond between you and the car, which in my case has lasted 45 years!, and I hope you and Maggie last as long, I like all classic cars, and little Maggie and your efforts certainly deserve to be admired,
Watched both videos & it's amazing what can be done on a tight budget. I bought a 2003 Holden VY S Series I Ute back in mid 2014 for AUD$1800. Mechanically it was spot on but the body was tired. A friend bet me that I couldn't restore it for AUD$10,000 & that included the cost of the ute. Everything in it was replaced with NOS, prepped & painted the body. In the end I went just over $100 over the $10K. I still won the bet & it looks as though it came off the showroom floor. Sadly now that Holden has no NOS around so I was lucky. You did some great work at getting the old girl looking like new & I'm sure you'll be hunting around for bits & bobs. keep the old engine in case you get a better budget to do a full rebuild.
Fantastic what can be achieved on a budget and she looks amazing. A second hand engine can be a real time saver but is itself old, so don't go giving away the engine that came out. A set of new bearings, gaskets and carefully gapped oversize rings, will likely see that fit for many more miles to come, done at your leisure without the pressure of the car being off the road.
Very well done to all! Great video and shows what can be done, I well recall seeing my first "transverse" engine in the 1960s and what a shock! Great restoration, now start a business restoring classic cars, you are great team with all the know how. Thanks for this.
Wow ! Amazing to watch this. I had two Wolseleys. A 1969 Snowberry white which was sadly scrapped and a '73 Harvest Gold auromatic i sold 5 or 6 years ago.
Excellent work Emily! Don't be too quick to trash the original engine though as it could be a fairly straight forward repair. Look for worn valve stem seals, stuck piston rings, worn timing gears. Ovaloid cylinders could be lined. Also check to make sure the correct oil is being used as per the manual - inferior quality oils can cause many problems.
Totally awsome restoration love it x lovely 👍😁👍I found a unique rare bottle car and have a small video u may like ! Thanks for showing us your awsome car Maggie 😁
My Mini 1000 was always leaking oil. I'd change a gasket, and then the next one would go. Same with oil seals. Oh, the joys of old cars. Maggie is gorgeous ❤
Just watched this and it brought back memories. My parents had one when I was growing up. It was a lovely car apart from summer when it was hot and mum always made us wear shorts and the leather seats always burnt your legs and bum. Brilliant video.
And I think only two main fuses in the engine bay! Modern (even relatively modern, simple) cars are terrifyingly complex by comparison. If something electronic fails out on the road the only way home is usually via a flatbed!
Great video reminds me of my 1968 mg 1300 in snowberry white with red interior and austin 1300 GT wheel trims looked great .very similar to your wolseley .it was my first car .
That takes me back to when I was about 12 when my dad bought a new Morris 1100 he also had a MG1100 and MG1300 I also had a Austin 1300 and a Austin 1100 in the 1980s
Funny how certain cars have a pull on memories. I learned to drive in my Dad's red 1100 in 1964 aged 17. Same strip speedo as Maggie! He worked at Morris Garages in Oxford at the time and I was apprenticed at Shrivenham so he would let me drive to my work early Monday mornings and still be in to his work at 9. He always picked me up at Oxford Station Friday evenings. Sadly he passed away 4 years later but I always remember that red 1100 and the time he put in when he was not 100% to help me. Someone is peeling onions here! Currently restoring a '78 Mini 1000......
Fantastic. Congratulations and well done. Enjoyed both videos. Enjoy ‘Maggie’ after all that work..Enjoyed sharing this journey with you through your videos.
Great videos. I am somewhat surprised thst you did not open up the engine and try to identify the culprit and repair and replace parts as you went along...after all you took half the engine apart to repair the damaged valve previously.
Brilliant video, loved it. Stupidly, I gave away my 1300 Vanden Plas Princess a few years ago. Did you use the old engines cylinder head on the new engine? It would likely be a 12G295 head, somewhat better than the 12G202 fitted to the standard Austin / Morris 1100s?
In my view (and when they were released I was completely anti,!) the MG Riley and Wolseley variants have a really pleasing frontal appearance and since I wa a kid and Old Bill had Wolseley Squad cars I’ve always had a weakness for the illuminated rad badge!
My pet hate was working on them back in the day rot boxes , owners who wouldn't replace wings when trumpets were rotten , I did a Bentley s1 in the 90's interior was wrecked so the owner grafted in a Vanden plas princess 1300 looked stupid chocked up with 4x4 fence posts , was used as wedding car .
my first car was a 1969 Austin 1300 GPX 688H how id love a 1300GT my grandad had a brand new Riley Kestrel but didnt like it and got a new Tiumph 1300 followed by a brand new Triumph Dolomite 1850 UBK 844K beautiful car
I had to sell my 1967 Morris minor "molly" and 1976 MGB last year because the storage was closed due to "you know what, from you know where". I was practically robbed over the price because no one could travel to pick them up.....
Great job, had one of these when I was 17, overhauled the engine myself, I was a mechanic. Don't throw the old engine away!!
Well done. It's great to see these old cars being resurrected from the grave. Mind it's a sobering thought when I remember them first coming out back in the sixties bringing back great memories. Thank you.
Lovely motor! Great work and it's so nice to see people like yourselves keeping these parts of motoring history alive and well 😊
Definitely keep the original engine though and maybe carry out a few cheeky mods, valve and head work, crank regrind and mains and big ends, slight overbore and fresh pistons etc... a few period tuning ideas from the book of David Vizard maybe!
Main points the A series can leak from: Tappet chest covers at the rear of the block, gear selector housing gasket, rocker cover gasket( usually due to the metal being deformed from over tightening, you can try gently tapping the area where the bolts fit through with something like an old socket and use some gasket goo on the cork seal, helps keep it in place when fitting as well!) And also known them to leak around the timing chain cover, oil filter housing and crank seal. Sounds bad but all relatively easy and cheap to remedy. Also make sure the oil trap/separators aren't blocked as this will force the oil out! Not sure now how many on the older A series but there's at least one on the timing chain cover and maybe the clutch side of the gearbox at the top. Also make sure the breather pipes aren't blocked or loose fitting. You should be able to blow through the pipes and breathers relatively easily, if you can't then that's a sign of a build up of carbon. Remove, fill with warm water and caustic soda for a few hours then clamp a piece of hose pipe on and use mains water pressure to flush, should work a treat 😊
Well done on that headlining Mum! I never understood why more manufacturers didn't opt to glue the headlining to the roof, it gained so much headroom at no cost. I used to love my 1967 Connaught Green 1100, whining non-synchro first gear and all.
Love what you've done. To me this is what a practical classic is all about - restoring a loved car on a budget. Not everyone can afford tens of thousands on a full, professional restoration, and it's good to see a loved car get back on the roads. You should be rightly proud.
Great stuff ! Way back in about 1971/2 the clutch failed on my mini van . It was pretty normal for the crankshaft seal to fail and let oil onto the clutch. Anyway being a fit "pig headed" so and so l stripped off all the easy to get at bits, wrapped a rope around the engine / gearbox , stood on the bonnet slam panel and proceeded to lift the assembly out of the van ! What a twit ! 5ft 8" , 10 stone & 18year old ! Needless to say that doesn't happen any more ! Thanks for sharing !
I love my Fords (I am restoring a 1974 Cortina Mk.3, I have owned 45 years!) on my channel, but I "Loved" seeing your videos on Maggie, as I remember these lovely old cars, brand new, on the road when I was young, and so nice to see someone your age into classics, well done, she is a lovely little car, nice to see her being loved, and that your doing the work you can on her, that builds a bond between you and the car, which in my case has lasted 45 years!, and I hope you and Maggie last as long, I like all classic cars, and little Maggie and your efforts certainly deserve to be admired,
Watched both videos & it's amazing what can be done on a tight budget.
I bought a 2003 Holden VY S Series I Ute back in mid 2014 for AUD$1800. Mechanically it was spot on but the body was tired. A friend bet me that I couldn't restore it for AUD$10,000 & that included the cost of the ute. Everything in it was replaced with NOS, prepped & painted the body. In the end I went just over $100 over the $10K. I still won the bet & it looks as though it came off the showroom floor. Sadly now that Holden has no NOS around so I was lucky.
You did some great work at getting the old girl looking like new & I'm sure you'll be hunting around for bits & bobs. keep the old engine in case you get a better budget to do a full rebuild.
Fantastic what can be achieved on a budget and she looks amazing.
A second hand engine can be a real time saver but is itself old, so don't go giving away the engine that came out.
A set of new bearings, gaskets and carefully gapped oversize rings, will likely see that fit for many more miles to come, done at your leisure without the pressure of the car being off the road.
You've done an amazing work with that car. Love the dedication and passion for these lovely cars. Keep going and all the best!
Congratulations on a great job, takes me back to when I was rebuilding cars like these in the late seventies when I was a teenager. Again well done!
Very well done to all!
Great video and shows what can be done, I well recall seeing my first "transverse" engine in the 1960s and what a shock!
Great restoration, now start a business restoring classic cars, you are great team with all the know how. Thanks for this.
Well done for getting in the top 8! Lovely restoration. Classic cars are so much more fun and having something different on the road.
I passed my driving test in an Austin 1300 two door car. Fond memories. You have done some excellent work, well done
Wow ! Amazing to watch this. I had two Wolseleys. A 1969 Snowberry white which was sadly scrapped and a '73 Harvest Gold auromatic i sold 5 or 6 years ago.
What a fantastic job of restoration...you ought to be incredibly proud of yourself...trouble is, it's a bit like painting the Forth Bridge!
Nice job, lovely little car.👍
Nice little dog too btw.
Excellent work Emily! Don't be too quick to trash the original engine though as it could be a fairly straight forward repair. Look for worn valve stem seals, stuck piston rings, worn timing gears. Ovaloid cylinders could be lined. Also check to make sure the correct oil is being used as per the manual - inferior quality oils can cause many problems.
She sounds like a proper car. Sounds of my childhood.
Oh my word, what an amazing job you've all done. Thank you for giving an old car another chance.
Thank you 😊
Totally awsome restoration love it x lovely 👍😁👍I found a unique rare bottle car and have a small video u may like ! Thanks for showing us your awsome car Maggie 😁
My Mini 1000 was always leaking oil. I'd change a gasket, and then the next one would go. Same with oil seals. Oh, the joys of old cars.
Maggie is gorgeous ❤
Hi again, great stuff Emily and your friends. Good to say all done on your budget. From Nr Liverpool.
Just watched this and it brought back memories. My parents had one when I was growing up. It was a lovely car apart from summer when it was hot and mum always made us wear shorts and the leather seats always burnt your legs and bum. Brilliant video.
Could you imagine owning a car now without all those electronics that want to fail - Simplicity is great
And I think only two main fuses in the engine bay!
Modern (even relatively modern, simple) cars are terrifyingly complex by comparison. If something electronic fails out on the road the only way home is usually via a flatbed!
Great video reminds me of my 1968 mg 1300 in snowberry white with red interior and austin 1300 GT wheel trims looked great .very similar to your wolseley .it was my first car .
That takes me back to when I was about 12 when my dad bought a new Morris 1100 he also had a MG1100 and MG1300
I also had a Austin 1300 and a Austin 1100 in the 1980s
Funny how certain cars have a pull on memories. I learned to drive in my Dad's red 1100 in 1964 aged 17. Same strip speedo as Maggie! He worked at Morris Garages in Oxford at the time and I was apprenticed at Shrivenham so he would let me drive to my work early Monday mornings and still be in to his work at 9. He always picked me up at Oxford Station Friday evenings.
Sadly he passed away 4 years later but I always remember that red 1100 and the time he put in when he was not 100% to help me. Someone is peeling onions here!
Currently restoring a '78 Mini 1000......
You should be proud of all your hard work Emily, an excellent job!
Fantastic. Congratulations and well done. Enjoyed both videos. Enjoy ‘Maggie’ after all that work..Enjoyed sharing this journey with you through your videos.
Thank you! 😊
Great videos. I am somewhat surprised thst you did not open up the engine and try to identify the culprit and repair and replace parts as you went along...after all you took half the engine apart to repair the damaged valve previously.
It's a British car and it is a British tradition as with British motor bikes to leak oil. I think we ended up owning with a Wolseley 16/60
Brilliant video, loved it. Stupidly, I gave away my 1300 Vanden Plas Princess a few years ago. Did you use the old engines cylinder head on the new engine? It would likely be a 12G295 head, somewhat better than the 12G202 fitted to the standard Austin / Morris 1100s?
Nice job - great paint finish too!
In my view (and when they were released I was completely anti,!) the MG Riley and Wolseley variants have a really pleasing frontal appearance and since I wa a kid and Old Bill had Wolseley Squad cars I’ve always had a weakness for the illuminated rad badge!
Great little car, well done, made me smile😁
Excellent work and a great result - a special piece of the UKs motoring history
Thank you! 😊
My pet hate was working on them back in the day rot boxes , owners who wouldn't replace wings when trumpets were rotten , I did a Bentley s1 in the 90's interior was wrecked so the owner grafted in a Vanden plas princess 1300 looked stupid chocked up with 4x4 fence posts , was used as wedding car .
The convertible looks nice.
Lovely little motor, great job!
Superbly done! 👌🏻
Nice work there Emily , she s looking good.
Thank you 😊
My mother used to make the insidies at the factory in NZ
my first car was a 1969 Austin 1300 GPX 688H how id love a 1300GT my grandad had a brand new Riley Kestrel but didnt like it and got a new Tiumph 1300 followed by a brand new Triumph Dolomite 1850 UBK 844K beautiful car
Great work she’s beautiful.
My bro had the MG1100 version, which had a mini cooper engine! It sounded great but never made it back on the road due to terminal rot
Very good thank you really interesting...definitely worth saving 👍
Thank you 😊
nice work
Well done, shes looking well
Cracking Job. Well Done...
Impressive job Emily, if you’re not planning on trying to sell on you could strip the engine to see if you can resolve the leak
Good job good commentary
What a lovely old girl, hats off to you.
Thank you 😊
Hi you have done a good job
You should talk. To steph from I drive a classic I can't wait to see what project u have next keep up with the good work
Beautiful car
The engine looks better with the original rocker cover.
Get from behind the camera, and get your hands in the oil more you will love it even more when it's done 👍 but love your car its a lovely car 😁
Well done all of you. She's a peach.
Thank you 😊
Hi do you plan to fix maggie old motor up
My first Car age 17 in 1982
Maggie ia beautiful
Thank you!
Driving with no MOT tut tut
Perfectly legal, she's MOT exempt 😊
@@CarArtbyEmily Of course she is haha. I was very interested so had to check out its history a bit. Amazing little thing you have.
looks like the suspension needs pumping up?
Yep, I'm waiting for lockdown to lift before we get it looked at 😊 She still drives really well for now though!
Rebuild the original engine
I had to sell my 1967 Morris minor "molly" and 1976 MGB last year because the storage was closed due to "you know what, from you know where". I was practically robbed over the price because no one could travel to pick them up.....
Big mistake you should of fixed the problem
Sorry? What problem are you referring to?
Dont like the colour
Theres always one...
@@philsutton5314 Oh at least !