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Great memories as a car trade driver in the early 80s shunting many of these around the North west from garage to garage..thanks again for compiling this video

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for supporting the channel

I think the 1970's cars had great styling. Much better than todays family cars, which all look the same.

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

There seemed to be a lot more variety back then, when designers rather than computers came up with the shapes

My two favourite cars from the 70s were the Morris Marina and Austin Allegro. They had something that cars nowadays don’t have….character!

Personally, I think that the Seventies (the first half particularly) saw the release some of the most stylish affordable cars ever designed. It is present day car design that lacks style and imagination - all cars (with a few exceptions), especially SUVs, look the same! Great video, thank you.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments

@Patmofar

Жыл бұрын

The reason that modern cars all look more of less the same is because the computers doing the wind tunnel tests to achieve the least drag and the best fuel efficiency all come up with the same basic body shape.

@stephenswain2847

Жыл бұрын

My dad had a Triumph 1300 in blue . Was beautiful inside , all leather seats and wood dash , which you could smell every time we got in it Sadly , somebody stole it from his works car park and they found it set on fire . My dad was heartbroken .

@AlexEssex8

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, led by the wonderfully proportioned Ford Cortina Mk3!

@pluaninoxc

Жыл бұрын

@@AlexEssex8 Oh yes, one of my all time favourite cars. I was lucky enough to once have a 2.0E model; it was so cool. The metallic purple 1.6 GL estate I also had was pretty funky too.

Fantastic memories, two of my all time favourite cars that I have never owned in that collection are the Renault 16 Peugeot 504 Appreciate your work to compile these collection of photos, and your time it takes to compile , edit and upload.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allan, yes it takes a while but it's fun to gather the photos together

A super collection of pictures, commentary, and relaxing music. This video must have taken a long time to put-together. Well done OCC :)

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks FB, please take a look around the rest of the channel's content if you haven't already :)

Cant believe some of these cars still in pristine condition, ones I owned were scrap through rot in less than 10 yrs. my Lancia was like paper. The engine a 1.8 twin cam was gorgeous. Had a renault 16 with webasto sunroof, best riding comfortable car i ever owned. Smooth as butter and very good looking imo

Throughout that video I was ooh-ing and ahh-ing like I was at a firework display!

Thanks for this, brings back memories. I still have a 1974 VX490 but don't drive it every day. Used to pull a tourer with it until 2006.

Class! The Morris Marina never got the credit it deserved and was actually quite a good day to day car.Thanks Rick.

@martinburke362

2 жыл бұрын

You need psychiatric assistance!!

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@stanbest3743

2 жыл бұрын

I used to get them as company cars. Did everything you needed good fuel.ecomomy plenty of room and simple uncomplicated and easy to work on . Didn't weigh much so nice to drive. Being RWD you could balance their tendency to understeer.

@martinburke362

2 жыл бұрын

@@stanbest3743 i used to work on them, constantly replacing worn out trunions on that pigs ear of a front suspension, the 1800s with their heavier weight and performance the understeer was atrocious, salesmen where told to avoid putting the cars in reverse when out on a test drive because of all the play in the driveline the gear stick use to jump about alarmingly, the always drove better with a 56lb bag of cement in the boot because of the light back end, take it from me i know these cars inside out somebody should have been had up for designing them!!

@stanbest3743

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinburke362 I used to get the 1.8. policy was to sell them at 50k miles. There was always a queue waiting to buy them at trade price. The only unscheduled maintenance I had over 4 years was a rusted exhaust. It was do simple I swapped it out on the drive. Morris garages used to send them back from service running like a fog and with greasy fingerprints all over them. Once they damaged a door by putting a hoist up when it was opened. Great cars, useless fitters

Remember my dad used to have a Ford Cortina GXL back in the early 80s when I was a kid and yes like many families in the 70s and 80s me, my brother and sister all had us photographed sitting on the front bonnet of his Cortina, whilst on holiday in Great Yarmouth parked up next too the obligatory static caravan😂

@sambrooks7862

Жыл бұрын

Vauxhall holiday park?

Great video! It's so nostalgic to see these cars go by...

Plenty stylish vehicles in the 1970s. Mk3 Cortina, RS 2000 Mk2 Escort, Granada Ghia, Volvo 164, Scimitar, Jensen Interceptor, Jaguar XJS, Triumph TR 7, Dolmite Sprint.......need I continue?

Another great selection of photographs, many thanks. The FD Victors/Ventoras and 'Coke Bottle' Cortinas were so stylish for the time. Great cars.

It's great that someone has given the time to put a great nostalgic look back at 70's cars . Really enjoyable watch .

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting the channel Mark :)

Thanks bud, great montage...I remember a lot of these cars from my early days... Austin Princess especially, nice music and amazing knowledge of these cars! 💯😎✌🏼

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Allan!

I think I may have driven most of these working at the auctions back in the day. Some real dogs but there were some it was always good to get your hands on, the reliable Avenger, the s..t of a shovel FE Ventora, an Austin 1100 was always good fun, really!!!! For sheer beauty Citroen CX estate, BMW 635Csi and the Ro80 is still a looker in my mind. Thanks for a great complication and for the memories👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Mouth watering selection there thanks Rick. Your Dads 1300 VDP would have to be one of my favourites in this selection.

I had a blue Marina for years. No pianos ever fell on it.

As a lad in the 70s all these as you say in your description were part of our lives my uncles and family had many of these through the 70s and 80s.

I have in the 70s 80s a Austin 1100 / Innocenti I4 in Italy and an Alfasud, two masterpiece, also car full of rust, but what masterpieces!

Thanks for a great upload and very enjoyable commentary,best wishes.

Ah the memories! Great video - I had a few of the cars mentioned - Avenger, Dolomite (same colour and K reg) , Chevette, Chrysler Alpine ( the most comfortable car I've ever owned when they fitted cars with soft,comfortable seats) and a Princess. I think a visit to a motor museum is in order to see if I can locate all the cars I 've owned.

I had a Marina as a youngster. Now, I am not saying it was the best car ever made - but my 1300 (after very simple tuning) would just touch 100mph, returned decent mpg, had a big boot, a soft ride (arguably a little too soft), very easy to work on, very reliable, cheap parts, spacious interior, kept under the old bill's radar - it absolutely did me proud that car.

@sambrooks7862

Жыл бұрын

Well said. I had 2 marinas, a 1800tc which could easily see of an XR3 and a 1300 super which, as you rightly say, would do a ton. Now, whether it was a genuine 100 mph I don't know but I was 17 when I owned it and most of my mates had 1300 escorts or triumph toledos and my marina was a hell of a lot faster than any of them and neither of them ever let me down. On a negative note some years later I bought an Ital as a work motor thinking that it would be just like a marina and boy was I wrong, probably the worst car I've ever owned!

@neilbedford5082

Жыл бұрын

@@sambrooks7862 We must be a similar vintage Sam - I had my Marina aged about 22. When I look back over 4 decades of motoring and perhaps 50 cars owned - simply in terms of vfm - then my old blue Marina (or possibly one of several Metros) would come out on top - certainly thrashing my current BMW.

@sambrooks7862

Жыл бұрын

@@neilbedford5082 I reckon so Neil, born 65? And yeah, I don't ever recall either of my marinas ever going into limp mode!

@neilbedford5082

Жыл бұрын

@@sambrooks7862 Spot-on Sam - I'm another 1965 model - on the outside at least - still 18 in my head!

@sambrooks7862

Жыл бұрын

@@neilbedford5082 lol, you know what Neil? I would hate to be 18 in today's world. My daughters are 13 and 15 and it scares me to death that they're growing up in the society that we've allowed to be created.

Fond memories of dad’s cars, I thank you for the tip for differentiating the mk1 v mk2 Daimler sovereign 😁👌👍

well done another great video your knowledge of classics is amazing keep it going

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the feedback!

Thanks for the memories, took me back a few years. My driving instructor had a Mk1 Escort in yellow. I think the Fiat next to the Violet is an Argenta, going by the fuel filler cap location.

I have owned a lot of cars in my life and I was amazed at how many of them were shown in this video.

As a 17 year old I worked at a British Leyland dealer de-waxing new cars. My first big car was a Morris Marina 1300 Coupe white on an L plate. I must have been deluded after seeing how some arrived straight from the factory. At the time seat belts weren't compulsory but road holding was so bad to stay seated on bends, you really had to wear them. And the gearbox ...

When cars had really individual STYLE. We never knew at the time how much we would miss them now.

@oldclassiccarUK

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, I've another 70s-related vid in the works so please keep an eye out for that too

We liked our Maxi 1978-81. Great holiday car for packing stuff in. Vinyl seats not so great in summer when wearing shorts. You looked like you'd lost an argument with an octopus when you pealed yourself out the car! 😁

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

I remember the vinyl seats in dad's Volvo 121 being equally sticky in summer

@wiganfan3373

2 жыл бұрын

Thank god for fury seat covers

Marina looked well in that blue 👍

Great video. I owned a 1979 Datsun 140J (GYD 510T) in white from 1982 to 1986. I purchased it for £2400 and when I sold it my kids had christened it 'The Rust Bucket' as it was more orange than white. As a family though we loved it. It still shows up on the Government sites for tax and MOT but I would be surprised if it was still on the road in the 90s.

The castings for the Rover V8 were made in Smethwick in the West Midlands by The Birmingham Aluminum Castings Co Ltd. It was the founder to the massive Birmid Industries Group that had numerous Iron foundries all suppling castings for the motor industry. The group later merged with Qualcast who also supplied castings to the motor industry. All gone now but one foundry still survives making S.G. Crankshafts with new owners. Apologies for going off topic.

My pick was the Saab 95 estate...at the end of the vid. These cars did pretty well here in the US. I can still remember how they sounded- always knew when one was passing by! Good stuff as usual, thanks!

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I like the 95s too, thanks for watching

I was in Singapore in the 70"s-many of the taxis were Morris Marinas with wheezy diesel motors.

What a great video. Took me back to being a kid again. For a while. 👍👍👍

I actually think and thought at the time that the styling of the Marina was good, you need to view it in its day not 50 years later.The Allegro was designed by Harris Man and was nothing like the car that would go into production but a last minute demand to fit the E range engine meant cobbling together the car we see today

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

That's true although even at the time, as a youngster, I was fairly underwhelmed with most cars around at the time. Thanks for watching!

Perfect timing for breakfast and another first rate collection. I owned a 197 3 L reg BMW E3 with a 3.0 lt engine in a beige colour with a brown vinyl roof and a dark brown velour interior. It was badged 3.0Csi and it was magnificent. I also owned a bright orange BMW 2002Ti another superb machine. A friend of mine has a Citroen GS amongst many other cars and on a recent classic car run, I joined a classic car group, both his and my SLK indicators stopped functioning. T o get to his will entail removing the underneath dashboard cover which is riveted on. I have always loved the VP 1300 a gorgeous little classy car. I learned to drive in a powder blue Hillman Imp, remember it well. I have at some time or other owned or had company cars of many of these cars, and driven many more. I should try and list the ones I have owned perhaps for my own benefit. I so much enjoy these photos.

Nice selection , it should be noted that the higher spec. vehicles were not usually sold to private owners . The majority were company fleet cars changed every three years. Many jobs came with a company vehicle then.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, but I remember many high spec versions selling privately, I'd have though the fleet cars would usually be the cheaper end of the range?

I enjoyed that. Thank you. However very disappointed my beautiful Lancia 1600 HPE was not there. I loved that car.

Fantastic video… thanks

Great video. It still amazes me how similar the English and European GM products from the 70's and 80's are to their Australian cousins. The early Holden Commodore, and the Vauxhall Royale could have come out of the same factory.

Great photos. The 1970s cars are stylish. Box shaped with curves in the right places. The Austin Allegro was the beginning of how car design was starting to change, with a more rounded look. I live in New Zealand and we have Australian cars on our roads. The Vauxhall Royale is similar to the Holden Commodore. Both under the General Motors banner.

Second car was a fe 2300. Never saw that colour and I worked for a gm dealer. Nearest I remember was a 2300S in metallic green with black cloth interior which was beautiful and a great leg over car.

I had a 74/5 Humber Sceptre the early 80s - lovely car.

4:37 Regarding the Princess, the headlamps varied according to marque on the early ones. It was never called the Austin Princess in the UK (only in Oz & NZ) - Morris: Twin round lamps. - Austin & Wolseley: Trapezoidal lamps. Princess range (when Austin, Morris & Wolseley names were dropped (according to AR Online) - 1800cc versions: Twin round headlamps (tungsten). - 2200cc versions: Trapezoidal headlamps (quartz halogen). Not sure about later range when the 2000 also appeared. According to my 1979 Observer's book: - 2000 HL: Twin round headlamps. - 1700 HLS: Trapezoidal headlamps

Another fab vid, the Oyster Gold Granada Ghia was the dead spit of my dads one, even had the tobacco Brown interior and roof. One of no less than 4 MK2’s he owned including an early mega rare 2.8i GL manual which was the one he wished he’d kept. Loving the channel !

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ratty!

Absolutely fantastic, im sitting here being transported back to my childhood and enjoying the love the Citroen's are getting (i grew up in the 70s with my father owning many Citroen's) and low and behold at 21.13 you have my 3 Citroen Ami's in one shot, My 1970 Ami 8 saloon, my very rare (1 of 8 known survivors) right hand drive Ami super estate and the other side of that my 1964 Ami 6 saloon.🙂

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was of interest!!!! I've always liked the look of the Ami 6s in particular, crazy looking cars

A lot of cars there some rare ones, Toyota Crown was a good car. A MK1 escort estate was quite common then but not so now. A freind bought one in the 80's I think minus the engine! He towed it to our house with an engine in the back, 'can you put this in for me?' 'Yes. do you want me to strip it down?' 'No just put it in.' He used it for quite a while then fell asleep on the Motorway and slid it down the central barrier, destroyed! He was fine BTW. Always like the BMW 2002, one of BMW best of the era. As always a great collection there Rick thank you once again. 👍👍

a bit of a correction, the vauxhall FD series cars (victor etc) were in production from 67 to 72. but great to see a few of them included here! and the MK1 granada estate is a fantastic looking car. also always had a soft spot for the bmw E3, but unfortunately never owned either. :-(

Yippee! I was waiting for a Vauxhall Viva to show up and a beautiful blue one appeared. Mine, my first car, was a bronze=coloured rust bucket with the registration UTT 710J. I've had many vehicles since but forget the registration numbers except for the first one. A great, nostalgic video but let's be frank: rust took most of these off the road and that has made the survivors rare and valuable - just like steam engines after British Rail scrapped thousands of them. Scarcity value!

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

True, most of them rotted away at an alarming rate

I really enjoyed this video.

The vast majority of all the cars I have owned were BMC (BL), over the years I've had dozens and dozens of them in all shapes and sizes. That started off with a '66 Austin Cooper S (which funnily enough was the only Mini I every owned), after that, amongst others, came countless A55/A60 Farinas, half a dozen 1100/1300s, two Austin Allegros, three 1800s, five Dolomite Sprints. I could probably go on and on but I doubt I'd remember them all accurately. Ill also add that I'm never buying into the rubbish hype about Allegros being 'the worlds worst car', somehow they were singled out and ridiculed to the point where everyone just believes they were rubbish, they were not. The two I had were both great cars, very practical, very comfortable and both mine were very reliable. I had a lot less trouble with those than many of the other cars I've owned.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

For the record I always thought that the Allegro (esp in estate form) wasn't too bad really, certainly better than the Marina which didn't have a great reputation.

@peterhewitt2252

Жыл бұрын

Did have an austin riley 1500...nice car

@sambrooks7862

Жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK I never understood why the marina had a bad reputation? I had 2 of them and they were fast, comfortable, roomy, easy to maintain and super reliable. In fact I know lots of people who owned marinas back in the day and I don't recall ever hearing anything bad about any of them. People need to remember that the marina first saw the light of day in 1971 (i think) and unlike the competition didn't need welding before they were 5 years old!

The NSU @ 6:04 is an NSU 1000 not a Prinz. The Prinz had single round headlights and a shorter body, the 1000 has oval ones and the TT had twin round headlights. The TTS was the dream. 80+ bhp and came with a set of alternate gearsets for your racing pleasure.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks Richard

Memories a lot of cars featured we got in Australia and they were made here also featured a couple of Vauxhalls which were similar to the first holden comodores infact there was a Vauxhall Senator may have been an opel very much like the holden comodore l owned at the time also there was a Ford Sierra driving around this was in the 1980s good to see a couple Rootes Group cars featured they were also built in Australia

That was great, it's amazing I can name all the cars but I can't name any modern ecoboxes now, haha. Nice one cheers happy motoring.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, back then I could identify most cars at night just by the shape of their headlamps or tail lamps, not sure I could now :-)

Love all of these and owned a few of them in my time too. Always liked the look of a lot of the Japanese cars of the 70s for some reason, but my all time favourite looking car of the 70s was the Cortina Mk III GXL. Anyhow, I'd be happy to own any of them now. They all look good to my eye, and at least not one of them looks like a Toyota Yaris Cross SUV unlike everything on the road these days!

19:57: A 1972 Volvo 144, code W. These already had the recessed door handles but still had the radiator grille introduced for the 1971 model year. By the way, model year 1972 means built between August 1971 and July 1972. 26:01: The TL hatchback version of the VW 1600 had a nasty nickname in Germany. It was just called "Sad Solution".

That vauxhall royal was designed in Australia and was a holden commodore xle- I'm pretty sure

Da kann ich mich nicht satt sehen. Wahre Schätze! 👍😊❤️

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

Danke!

Scimitar all the way for me, I'd love another one. Some great memories there thank you. I really hate that background music though.....

First vehicle I ever drove was a Simca 1100 van.

I reckon the Fiat beside the Datsun Violet at 2.30 is an Argenta, not a 132. Uber-rare even when new. Thanks for a nice video.

Lol had most of these motors though die give anything to have my Granada GHIA I back great vid 😎

had the choice of new metro or mk1 fieasta in 1983 chose the metro,oh well,on the other hand i owned a 18/22 series wolseley and loved it to bits

One 1970s family car you were spared in the UK is the British Leyland, Leyland P76 in 6-cylinder and V8 versions which had an unfortunate and short-lived existence. Manufactured in Australia and also assembled in New Zealand from knocked-down components shipped from Australia. Built to take on the Holden and Ford larger-sized family saloons.

@chrisweeks6973

2 жыл бұрын

I'll bet you've never had one. They were actually a far better car than urban myth, the popular press and Ford/GMH/Chrysler would have you believe. Of course they weren't perfect, but given that the P76 was the first time that Leyland Australia had tried to build a large car for the Australian market, it was a pretty good effort. Yes, there were some minor design details that needed retifying and initial build quality was patchy, but the same was true of the entire industry at that time. It was a pity that neither the Force 7 hardtop nor the station wagon version were released at the same time as the sedan, as sales of those would likely have offset the sedan and allowed time for a minor restyle of the tail-end. Sadly, that didn't happen, as British Leyland UK were already deep in the mire and had run out of money; any real interest that they may have had in the small Australasian market had long-since evaporated. Leyland UK was itself fighting for survival and the Australian operation was thrown to the wolves. Having worked for Triumph, Rover and Rootes/Chrysler in the UK, plus Ford, GMH, and AMI (Toyota, American Motors Rambler and Triumph) as well as Nissan-Datsun in Australia, it's fair to say that I have a reasonable background in the motor industry. In terms of engineering, the P76 was well ahead of the opposition, eg rack-and pinion steering as against recirculating ball, discs as standard compared to drums, not to mention superior interior space and a lightweight V8 that was every bit as fast, yet more economical than the opposition and gave the car better handling. I will happily conceed that the 6-cylinder was underpowered but, with the V8 engine, it was a great touring and tow car.

@marinedrive5484

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisweeks6973 Hi Chris, I actually agree with what you have written. As I mentioned, the P76 had an 'unfortunate' launch - the timing was not good. And given the state of BL at the time, problems were bound to arise. You are quite right in that I have never owned one, but I did have a rather unfortunate experience with one. My boss at the time gave me the use of his P76 to drive to the airport to catch a flight to an important conference. I was halfway through my journey when it died on me and I was stranded; missing my flight. Needless to say 'the boss' was not a happy man; apparently - according to him - I had "cooked the engine." He probably thought I was driving too fast - I wasn't - however, I should have kept an eye on the temperature gauge. It's fair to say that this episode has coloured my thinking about the P76. Regards, David. P.S. I'm aware the P76 has its defenders; probably deservedly so.

@chrisweeks6973

2 жыл бұрын

@@marinedrive5484 Hi David, thanks for that. The cause of it dying was probably a sticking needle-valve on the float chamber. This was supplied by Bendix Corp and was a known issue, particularly on early-build cars. If the valve stuck in the closed position, the engine died from fuel starvation. Conversely, if it stuck in the open position, the carby would flood; this is why many P76's had a fuel-stained inlet manifold. I'm told it's called character...

@marinedrive5484

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisweeks6973 Hi Chris, that's interesting. It's funny how my experience with the boss's P79 is still quite vivid for me - probably because of his 'ballistic' reaction. Mechanical knowledge was not his forte. Cheers, David.

@stevie-ray2020

Жыл бұрын

Ideally they should've begun the P76 project by employing the same designer who styled the Force-7 coupe, which was based on the P76, (but unfortunately they only built about seven before Leyland Australia collapsed financially)!

I never knew there was any such thing as a Chrysler Avenger, but of course they were General motors vehicles, so why not. Really loved this video with good representations of old BL cars of the time which I love to see as my dad always bought them up to the early 80s. Thanks, learning from these things all the time

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@chrisweeks6973

2 жыл бұрын

The Chrysler Avenger (September 1976-79) was of course preceeded by the Hillman Avenger (1970-79). Neither vehicle was a General Motors product.

@Tealcol

Жыл бұрын

You didn't learn much, did you? The Hillman/Chrysler/Talbot Avengers were NOT General Motors vehicles. This term was applied mainly to Vauxhall and Opel cars. The Avengers, Imps, Hunters etc. were all Rootes cars.

@ic08jy700

Жыл бұрын

@@Tealcol Rootes were General motors too.

Being very nitpicky here, but the top of the range Princess was the HLS, not HLE. And it was never called an Austin in this country, It was recorded at the DVLA as either a Leyland Princess or later an Austin Morris Princess, but it was always badged only as a Princess, the idea being to be a marque in its own right as the Mini became.

Thank you for a great selection of motor cars. What a colourful decade the 70s was & the interior of the cars was just as colourful. Not like today’s bloated euro boxes which seem to be all either black, white, silver, or dark grey with the same dark interiors, awful. Thanks again for brightening up my day.

My VW square back was called a VW Variant. Good car for family, kids on back seat, dogs in the very back and room for luggage in the front !

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that the BL brown colour was called Russet brown. Didn't look out of place back then, or that horrible beige colour, harvest gold.

15=mins. My dad had a blue tappety alpine that I could hear arriving after his night out. ( sometimes I got it confused for a taxi) may she rust in peace) He owned a Vauxhall fd red estate a few years prior.

Nice to see several Avengers. My daily driver is a 1972 Hillman Avenger 1500 Super.

@rumcove07

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! This ex-pat is restoring a 72 Plymouth Cricket. Only 15 known survivors stateside!

Mark 1 escort and volvo both good cars.

I wonder if the NSU rotary still has its original engine? I think most were scrapped because they couldn't overcome the problems. If so, it would be an extremely rare survivor.

Michael Edwardes did not know how to prioritize production or marketing. The US market was completely overlooked as a potential place to sell these Maxis at a time when the demand was growing due to the energy crises of 1973 and 1979. Volkswagen and Datsun, as well as Toyotas grew their market share and developed loyal followings right here in North America. Leyland's managers were not trying to sell their products to the most important market in the world. Instead, they were following the blueprint of rationalization laid down by Leonard Lord decades earlier. They were not trying to meet US emissions regulations or developing the automatic transmissions preferred by North American drivers. They were chasing long established but fickle Commonwealth markets. They had a unique opportunity but wasted it making mediocre cars like the Marina and only chasing after the sports car market in the US which was subject to the laws of diminishing returns, since Japanese competition from Datsun Motors were taking a huge bite into that portion of the market. British Leyland had too many divisions and not enough marketing flexibility or vision to compete successfully in the global marketplace. The same fate would befall General Motors in 2008, necessitating a government bail out.

Riley Elf not mentioned but stopped production in '69 , many 70's drivers like my self were still driving them though. Triumph Herald not given a shout but one of the most popular cars of the 70's. Talbot Horizon's.....super comfy very economical diesels and owned by so many but again no mention ? I'm a 70's guy and worked in the motor trade so owned or drove most of these and had more fun than today's generation. You also mentioned an Equipe but sadly pronounced it very wrong . It wasn't a spruced up Allegro but a 1750 twin carb seriously quick motor for its time....I owned one. Wedding car was a Daytona yellow MK5 Cortina and family car Granada Estate.

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

As you note it's mainly cars built/designed in the 70s that are in this one. Not every car available in the 1970s is in the video as I mentioned, hence the Horizon not making it in.

@geebee6737

Жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK ...it's a great little vid for those who don't know anything about the 70's but leaving out Herald's and Horizon's a BIG mistake considering they were super popular cars back in that era 👍

Cars rolled off UK production lines in the 70s already looking about 20 years old, not that many would see past 10.

@oldclassiccarUK

4 ай бұрын

In some cases the designs were pretty old by the 1970s (see Spitfire, Midget, MGB ...), thanks for looking in

8min 6/Next to Rover sd1 is a Sunbeam rapier fastback possibly H120.

what a brilliant video! car porn! i grew up in the 70's and remember so many of these lovely cars, a few of my dad's old models appeared, mk1 4 door escort, peugeot 504, cavalier mk 1 and hillman hunter, would have been perfect if there'd been a mk4 zephyr/zodiac shown, one of my favourite cars, 60's is my favourite car decade but 70's and 50's very close behind, i notice you pronounce alloys as ' allys' interesting that! thanks for a great channel

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was of interest, I hadn't realised how I (mis)pronounce "alloys", I'll remember that

Just a single Lancia Beta featured, the 'Berlina' saloon, accompanied by a typically period reference to rust problems, something that pretty much every vehicle featured was equally prone to. Where are the HPE, Coupe or Spider versions of this excellent car? They had class, style and performance in abundance, but seem to have been airbrushed from memory.

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

In fairness I often say in these vids that rust wasn't just the preserve of, say, Italian cars, or BL cars, that it was rife with most cars around at the time.

PCF265R Tax due 1st Nov 2009, No MOT details

And the Alfasud: The Car of the Seventies...

Cars were all dreadful back then, rusting for fun, easy to over-choke, often needing a bump start in winter, freezing water jets, four forward gears only so noisy on those new fangled motorways, regular tyre blow-outs, wind up windows, dodgy electrics, easy to break into, etc.. When I switched from a 1970s Pug 104 to a 205GTI in 1984 it was like going from the horse & cart era to the steam age. Suddenly no more rusting, no choke, fuel injection, and still the best ever front wheel drive car I've ever experienced by far.

Had an orange type 3 fastback. ( with the flat suitcase engine unlike the beetle) The new owner wrapped it around a tree.. drum brakes….🥲

Very nice Marinas in the vide. The last one shown was really sharp. Is the Escort Estate sown at 23:37 the type used in the film 'Mad Max' ? It's not the MFP cop car. My dad owned the Austin Devon D40 in the fifties. When he sold it on he kept the factory tool roll. I have it now. Everything is there including the King Dick monkey wrench. All the tools stamped 'Austin' is fancy flowing script. Do you have any idea what that might be worth? I never seen another here in San Francisco. Thanks for the video on seventies cars, been waiting for it.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what a toolkit would be worth, individual spanners are a few £ each typically but a full set would be worth more to a keen A40 Devon fan, I think there are a few in the US and also in Canada

@johnd8892

2 жыл бұрын

Doubt the Escort Estate was even sold in Australia. Closest we got was the Mk 1 and 2 Escort Panel Vans. We only got a few UK small station wagons like the Mk 3 on Cortinas and Hillman Hunter. Even the Escort panel Van type was the only UK one from the era that I can recall. I don't recall one like that with those tail lights in Mad Max or in any reviews of the cars in the films on KZread. Many more variations of Japanese vans and wagons. For the film they were always looking for old cheap cars and not a rare looked after special import

@evanswinford7165

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK I checked EBay, a very similar set is going for $399.99.

@sambrooks7862

Жыл бұрын

An original tool kit like that is as rare as hens teeth. I would say that it's worth whatever someone who wants it is prepared to pay for it, very possibly a member of the owners club.

They had more style than today’s cars

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Mmmm maybe, what I would say is that they don't have all the fussy and usually unnecessary ornamentation found on so many moderns

Quite a lovely presentation for this old american.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thank-you!

Some great memories, the Princess will be an HLS not HLE

Car makes and models looked different and had a personality.

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

True, it was easy to tell different makes and models apart back then

The princess would have been a 2200HLS, there was no HLE ;)

@oldclassiccarUK

Жыл бұрын

:) it's been a long time since I looked at a brochure!

You sound like Dougal the tyre guy off car sos 😁

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

First time my voice has been compared to him! Thanks for watching :)

love the mk3 cortina gxl class looking car dont make em like that no more

@chrisweeks6973

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. In Australia, they came with a choice of 2.0 lt 4-cyl, or 3.3 lt or 4.1 lt straight-sixes. The sixes gave great power, but the extra weight up front gave the car terminal understeer. Front suspension was a bit underdone, so they tended to be rather floaty at speed.

@escapetheratracenow9883

Жыл бұрын

My Dad had a 2 litre GXL as his first company car in August 1971, then he got a 2000E three years later. It was ace having the coolest car in the street for 6 years!

The Allegro aaaagh and the Austin Maxi weighed a ton.

No mention of the good old Morris minor

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Wellll it's more of a 50s and 60s car in the main, a small number of Minors were built at the beginning of the 1970s but I think of them being older really. Thanks for watching.

7:44 That's APT behind the SD1 ! Another great British design dogged by reliability

I guess British families in the 70's were rather small; I don't know how you'd fit more than 4 people into the typical British-built 4 door saloon.

@oldclassiccarUK

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps today's cars are just too big? Or perhaps on average their occupants cast more of a shadow today* than was typically the case in the 1970s, who knows!? Thanks for watching. (*I know I do!!!)

@chucky2316

Жыл бұрын

Easy you stop at child number 2 or I fyou want a larger family stop and get help at number 3

Brilliant stuff, I had a beautiful Vauxhall Viva, immaculate bodywork, but the engine was a pig.