I remember seeing that car around Swindon when I was a lad. Probably came from the same garage as my old 65 Riley Elf came from. Glad it's still going.

As a kid I loved the Wolseley brand. The 6/110 was the first Police car used by the MET which could do 100mph. The 1100 series were ahead of their time. As was the Austin A40 Farina, possibly the first hatchback. Good show Steph. Love it. x

My Grandad had the 1300 in navy blue. I remember as a child it was like a mini Rolls Royce. The badge light was a personal favourite of mine. So good to see nostalgia brought to us at such a bad time. Thanks Steph.

An illuminated Austin Rover sign in your garage, thats Hardcore !

What i loved about Wolseleys was the illuminated badge on the grill, added a touch of class.

@williamtaylor874

4 жыл бұрын

Me to I had an 1885 loved the light cooool

@daghammar4385

4 жыл бұрын

Just as a matter of interest, did Riley also illuminate their badge ?

@neiltaylor5588

4 жыл бұрын

@@daghammar4385 That's a point i'm not sure? a little research is in order i think.

@neiltaylor5588

4 жыл бұрын

@@daghammar4385 Just checked and no Rileys just had the blue enamel badges but still quite stylish.

The car so popular, that its silhouette is used in road signs to indicate "car".

@Roger.Coleman1949

4 жыл бұрын

You're right, I always thought that and the design is so iconic, it was never considered worth ' updating '.Can you imagine a silhouette of a modern car head on instead ?-the closest it would resemble is ' uneven road ' or ' falling rocks ' !.

@jsnowdendavies

4 жыл бұрын

I always thought the UK Highway Code symbol for a car was a Hillman Imp? Still a classic of course!

Yes, I actually originate from Swindon, and YES, I do remember this very car, and an elderly (at the time) couple who used to drive around in it. This car is known to me personally ;-) Happy that it has gone to another very careful owner ;-)

Another wonderful review. Beautiful car, full of character. Love the colour. My grandfather had one in red and white, with red seats. He died in April 1974 . He would come and pick me up with my other grandfather each morning . Thanks for bringing back some memories of early childhood . I look forward to seeing what you’re going to review next . The reality is, cars produced today won’t last anywhere near as long, or be treasured by future generations. I hope you’re managing to have a good Easter and are keeping safe and well. Thanks again Steph , love your channel and enthusiasm.

Nice review, Steph. The larger engine 1300 (1275) was offered from 1967 onward. My favourites are the Wolseley and the MG. I have a 1972 MKIII Austin 1300 Super Deluxe with a typical 70's looking dash, similar to the Maxi whislt the exterior looks typical 60's. Great fun to drive and get lots of comments from people who have fond memories of the ADo16 as their first car, their parent's or grandparent's car.

Absolutely love this video, please, please can you video in future the acceleration through the gears especially when there is such a glorious engine/gearbox noise rather than just jump straight to cruising speed. Otherwise keep up the excellent work and informative videos. Best wishes Stu

A lovely review of a lovely car, thanks Steph. It makes me all nostalgic for the Morris 1100 I owned in about 1983 - a 1967 Australian Morris 1100 which coincidentally also had just over 40,000 miles on it when I got it - and we thought it was low miles back then! They really are a sweet little car. The Aussie ones had bench front seats.I gather that in the UK these are considered very rust prone... The Aussie built ones were fully submerged in rustproofing before being painted, a process called Rotodip, a BMC Australia exclusive. I owned a string of second hand BMC front drive cars through the 1980s and none ever had a speck of rust. (Though they did have other ways of conspiring against me...)

This car seems really advanced for 1960s.

The A-series is such a sweet little engine- simple and peppy, my gran had an A-reg 1.3L and I adored the whine in first gear. It used to start on the button, sounded like a sewing machine ticking over. Love the styling of the Wolseley and the colour is really nice. Great video as always Steph!

So envious. I'm glad the owner can weld. He will get lots of practice. That car will reward him though.

Lovely car. My older brother had many Morris versions over the years. Gave him many miles of trouble free motoring.

Had a 1972 1300 one of these about 15 yrs ago as a daily driver, brilliant little car.

@robertp.wainman4094

4 жыл бұрын

Agree! Great roadholding, wonderful suspension and loads of room inside. So easy to drive.

My mum bought a 1970 Wolseley 1300 MK2 in 1972. White with black interior. We scrapped it around 1982 when the subframes disintegrated with rust. The body was like new. Only had 38000 miles. The steering wheel still lives on my '69 minor and I still have the handbook!

@Martindyna

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you wish you had replaced the subframes now if you had somewhere to keep her for occasional drives.

@alexm2499

3 жыл бұрын

@@Martindyna In those days it was going to cost more than the car was worth.

First car I ever drove, my Dad's when I was fourteen! John Cleese has a bit of an affiliation with the ADO16. Don't forget Clockwise, where he got mud soaked pushing one in a field. Very enjoyable video. Thanks.

@alanhunter2051

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you i could see the car in the field STOP IT YOU'LL BRAKE THE ENGINE.. I just couldn't mind the name of the film.

@TheHorsebox2

4 жыл бұрын

@@alanhunter2051 You're welcome indeed.

@solidstate0

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, going right back to the Monty Python days - the animation "Killer Cars" depicts (I think) various colour Morris Minor's and Morris 1100's hiding behind trees and buildings waiting to pounce on people - only to be defeated by the giant Cat - which ended up eating the city anyway.

Oh that colour is amazing, just wonderful. Something about that car that so suits you.

Trouble was that Ford bought one of the 1100/1300 BMC cars and took it completely apart. They came to the conclusion that BMC lost about 50 pounds on each vehicle made!! So, apart from making an absolute nightmares of car production due to never ending strikes, at the end the government stopped bankrolling the industry and the rest is now history. Same happened here in Australia!

I had a new Morris 1300GT (WAE 292H) which was the “go faster” version. It had plenty of problems with a big rain water leak on the first night I had it. Then came high oil consumption, split valve stem seals and the regular replacement of the 3 into 2 into 1 exhaust manifold then the notorious drive shaft couplings which keep eating in their original rubber design BUT it was a delight when sorted out and I wish I had it today! The Wolseley does need a lot of work and the owner may have an unpleasant surprise around the rear subframe and on the front bulkhead but well done for saving a very important car that was well ahead of many others at the time. Enjoy it..use it...keep it!! 😀😀😀😀 .....and yes, it was vastly better than the Minor of course but nobody wants to remember that!😀😀

Colour and style that's lacking in the modern day anonymous car.

@stepheng8779

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rick-S-6063 went from black to white here but was soon overtaken by grey. I mean talk about summing up a nation, grey!

@kjeldlarsen912

4 жыл бұрын

Back then you could tell what car came towards you .....nowadays ehmm

love these cars! especially the wolseleys with their illuminated grille badge! :)

Yesterday I found an unrestored 1966 maroon and cream Wolseley 1100 parked round the corner from my flat and now you are reviewing one!

@julienbee3467

4 жыл бұрын

Is it for sale ?

@stephenwhite9786

4 жыл бұрын

It’s just parked in the street but I didn’t see anything to indicate it is for sale. If you Google ‘1966 Wolseley 1100 for sale’ and scroll down the images you will find an old advert on Gumtree for it from 2 years ago in West Yorkshire. It’s now parked in North East London.

@julienbee3467

4 жыл бұрын

This car reminds me of The Avengers

Happy memories, my dad had the bog standard Austin version. Used to have a crazy transmission whine, but we had fun times in it

@Martindyna

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought that the Morris version was the bog standard one since it had to my eyes anyway a very plastic unattractive dashboard with a standard needle speedo. The Austin dash had a touch of class.

My dad had an Austin 1100 as a company car in the 60s. I love how there are no labels on the warning lights! We were in Battersea then, in Sydney, Australia since 1968.

As a 17 year old in 1981, I bought a teal blue K reg Austin 1300 as my first car for £250 and paid around £90 for third party fire and theft insurance for the year. I retrofitted an electronic windscreen washer and also added a Sharp cassette player. It was great fun to drive and I drove it from South Yorkshire to Great Yarmouth without any mishaps. It was superb in snow and was never stuck on winter. On the down side, the rear wheel arches were shot and if you were engine breaking in 2nd then it had a tendency to jump out of gear when you least expected it. It's funny how you remember such minor details about your first car!

My next door neighbour had one of these, it was a beaut. Unbelievably roomy too, managed to fit about 11 of us in it once (four adults, seven kids)

Excellent review as always. Throughly enjoyable. I passed my test in an 1100 as it was such a perfect vehicle for beginners. (as you rightly say) I also owned a morris 1300 in the 1970s, which was comfortable, incredibly reliable and gave me over 150,000 miles of trouble free motoring. The ride was excellent and the engine provided bags of power and acceleration. Very happy days at the wheel of this particular car.

Great video I'm new to your lovely channel which was recommended by HubNut so I will be looking through your back catalogue with interest and enjoyment while I am self isolating

Beautiful car, the owner is so lucky to have such a great car. Keep safe Steph

Haven't seen one of these for years. As a previous Wolseley owner, this is my favourite of the marques. This one is absolutely lovely! What a find being only 1 owner. Super video Steph, really enjoyed this!

I love it. Beautiful colour combination with matching interior. I hope ur keeping well steph in this time of uncertainty. X

@julienbee3467

4 жыл бұрын

The colour of the interior is gorgeous

What a lovely video Steff, amazing colour scheme on that Wolseley 1100. It’s amazing there are any left they used to rot so badly. The Wolseley has such a lovely interior .

A great looking motor for its age glad to see it has not been molested that much the suspension looks fairly soft. Speaking of basil fawlty john Cleese could not drive a car before he wrote fawlty towers (each week the sign post for the hotel had anagrams of the hotel my favourite is farty towels) prunella scales (sybil fawlty) had a maxi in the series and finally hope you manage to avoid the bat flu ( epic rant over!)

Yeah! 🤗a new video popping up. Great motivation boost for the day. Stay safe

Love all the nostalgia that come with classics ,great vid again Steph 👍

Great review Steph . What a little gem of a car . I can so remember them being everywhere when I grew up in the 70s

My father had the MG version! It was basically the same and nothing but trouble. Terrible gear change. Problematic carbs. Mixture probs. Drive couplings constantly giving out. Ate oil! Whining engineering. Lots of stuff. Btw it finished being a best seller coz of 1. Ford Escort.....then Fiesta a little later. 2. The cheaper more reliable Datsun 1200......which became a fave of driving schools! (I challenge you to find one of those btw! ) Greetings from warm/hot sunny Odessa Black Sea. Zashibis'

Thanks so much for keeping me entertained during this 'lockdown' Working my way through your back catalogue!

Awesome as always - your enthusiasm is truly infectious! lol

Just found your channel via the CX video - love it and this one! I still love my cars but was a real nut as a kid in the 80's and I remember plenty of these being on the road back then. The appeal of cars for me as a kid was always the variety and how so many cars were different-but-the-same. There were the Moggies and the Auggies but it was always a treat to see the rarer Wolseleys and Rileys and Vanden Plas versions too. Hillmans and Singers, Vauxhalls and Opels...love old wheels! I had a Citroen C1 for ages and loved that you could get a Peugeot and a Toyota version too. Great vids!

A sweet review Steph...Always prefered the Wolseley versions (Hornet etc) of the smaller cars..but would not use them if the badge at the front did not light up LOL

Another fascinating review of a unique original classic. Interesting two-tone colour combo. So look forward to your videos especially during this time, their so positive and an enjoyable escape from the current state of isolation. Thanks Steph!

Wow that glove box is a real treasure trove. Another great video Steph.

Lovely video! Thanks Steph, you always nail it!

Oh yes, looking forward to this! Cheers from this massive BL fan from Belgium. I so much appreciate your introductions on the car as a model and its life from conception to its end when it was sicceeded by its successor. Thanks Steph! And thank you for all the encouraging words at the end of the video. It is nice to hear you are thinking of us. Be safe out there ;)

This is a true survivor and have such a lovely patina. A big "Thank You" to the owner for showing us the car and keeping it alive.

What a pretty little car, love the dashboard too. Always wanted to try a hydrolastic car to see how smoothly they ride.

Love it! Thankyou for sharing this amazing car which is quite unknown in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Great MINI sound too! 😁😁😁😁😁😁👍🏻

You can immediately recognize an old british car by its dashboard: always covered with wood to make it look chic.

@emjayay

4 жыл бұрын

And switches from Radio Shack (not sure you had them in the UK). But that glove box door is a plank.

I had a 1965 Riley 1300 twin carb version in green and white lovely car I came in to a bit of money and decided to go for a newer car got a Citron 2cv and regretted it before I even reached home the 2cv was nothing but trouble.

Great video Steph, really enjoy the detail and your positivity and information in your videos.

Steph your just brilliant . Your presenting and knowledge base is brilliant … As for the 1100 I’m in love a beautiful little treasure and the originality is just a charm … keep up the good job of keeping these wonderful treasures alive .. many thanks

Just to say thanks so much for a great channel Steph :) Just subscribed. Recently discovered your channel by watching Ian Seabrooks interview with you. I've been a subscriber of HubNut since ClassicHub years ago. Your channel is really great too and I've been binge watching it whist working from home during lockdown. Really enjoy your friendly, inclusive style, great show reports and car reviews :) Really enjoy that you interview the cars owners too! Best of luck with the channel, you're doing an amazing job and deserve many more subscribers!

New subscriber here. Fantastic Channel. Being from across the pond I find it interesting to learn about cars we do not see over here so much in the States. Love all the history you give. I had no idea this was a Sir Alec Issignonis designed car. I was only aware of the Mini being attributed to him. I am a little embarrassed to admit that my knowledge of the existence of the 1100's (MG) stems from my childhood collection of Matchbox cars. I had a green one in my fleet. I tracked down the episode you did on Jill, as you spoke so lovingly about your own personal car in different episode I was hoping to find a review that you did on her. Loved it. Look forward to new episodes. Meanwhile while I am honoring our shelter in place order I am binge watching the episodes I have not seen yet. Cheers.

Love your videos! And love these little cars as well. Good work Steph. 👍

I love these cars. All versions of them. I almost owned the Riley Kestrel when I was young.

I drove, worked on, serviced and MOT'd just about every variant of this range. All the models from Morris to Vanden Plas. Decent enough in their day. Shame about the rust they suffered from. Great to see your videos. Only came across them today. Well done.

Cracking video steph, great content with great facts and knowledge from the owner. You and HubNut make it possible for me to know how cars (that I missed out on) really feel to drive. Excellent job steph, thanks.

Fantastic timewarp condition! Great video, cheers :)

Beautiful car, and thank you for sharing your great video ,it's much appreciated 👍 Tam.

Sold my Vanden Plas 1300 a few years ago, big mistake!

Another superb classic! Characteristically like a Mini but without the cramped driving position that I suffered with on two occasions. Re Fawlty Towers: Basil beating the 1100 with a branch was a funny scene but I corpsed with laughter in a previous scene when it stalled, failed to restart and he says "START you vicious b*****d!" 😅

Great presentation. Great memories of a true classic. Thanks.

My Dad had a 1967 Morris 1100. I loved that car.

I have always been fascinated by British vehicles and enjoy all of your car reviews. Thanks Steph.☺ 🇬🇧🇺🇸

All hail the Driver's Handbook! - It's Steph's genuine enthusiasm that makes these videos so good and so great to see.

Nice old car. My grandad bought a Morris 1100 as his retirement car. When I passed my test, I would drive it occasionally - fond memories and a surprisingly good ride.

Looks to be in good shape! Great vid as always!

Passed my Driving Test in an Austin 1100 in 1968. Also owned a Wolseley 1300 and an Austin 1300 in 1970s. All delightful to drive

Thanks Steph, great video..... “ghost train!” That all I can hear now from the lovely noise from the transmission! Stay safe and take care.

lovely little car perfect for lockdown going to the shops lovely little classicx

@robertp.wainman4094

4 жыл бұрын

Agree! Such a good design, cute yet with loads of space.

Another great car and review. When it comes to classics,I have 3 personal conclusions:1: You don't know what you have until its gone.2: Something has gone dreadfully wrong in modern car design.3:The only thing in a modern car that makes my experience more pleasant at all is air conditioning.

I love that color! Beautiful car and such a happy looking front design.

Great video. In answer to your request we have a 67 Wolseley 1100 in Glen Green OGN989E. 37k miles from new and matching numbers etc.

@TheHorsebox2

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds a lovely car.

The back end bears a resemblance to an MGB GT. Nice! Had to laugh about Steph's amazement at the floor-mounted dimmer switch. Those were standard fare in the 70's. This was a good location except the switch was susceptible water and salt damage from wet winter shoes. And the badge-engineering - American car companies have been doing that forever.

I learnt to drive in an Austin 1100 in 1972. A really comfy car and easy to drive. My friends Mum had the MG version - LGU 636D. Another GREAT video Steph - thank you - keep safe :-)

Great little car never new what ADO stud for we live we learn cheers for the great content 👍👌

Ian has got himself a beaut there. Very nice Wolseley in a great colour combination. Many thanks Steph. Really enjoyed your chat with HubNut by the way.

Great job as always Steph. What a nice color combination on this car. Stay safe and healthy!

Wow, amazing car! Hope to see one of these at the rescheduled restoration show in August!

very nice Steph. good car, very informative. love the glovebox papers, excellent when you find stuff like that. great one all around hun! you should have presented on Thames TV way back when. as a person from that time, may i say that you really get it!

My Dads friend had a new Woleseley 1100 back in the day, he bought it after a stroke, as a light car to drive .

What a lovely car. The dash is perfect! Fantastic research and storytelling!!

Another great review lovely car thank you steph

Love that wolseley 1100 steph, sounds great 👍 and thankyou for another enjoyable watch during lockdown 😁

Really enjoyed this used to see these all over the place at one time and there is always one to be seen on old photos of city streets , this looks great so sad there are so few left

My first car was a 1965 Morris 1100 in Avon Green. So ahead of its time, a brilliant little car. Oh, and you forgot to mention that both John Cleese and another 1100 also featured in the classic movie Clockwise, where Cleese stars as a typical character for him, a manic headmaster, who commandeers the 1100 driven by one of his students because he is running late for an appointment. Unfortunately, the poor car gets badly damaged thanks to Cleese's back seat driving. There are a few clips on KZread if you search for "John Cleese Clockwise car".

@paultowler1446

4 жыл бұрын

They're still good cars, and you're right about John Cleese

Reminds me of the 1300 my family was given by a old lady my mum looked after. It was supposed to be for my mum and sister to learn to drive in but my dad and myself had lots of fun with it! I was wasting lots of money making minis go fast at the time so turned my attention to the 1300. Went like stink in the end proper sleeper! But terminally rusty we managed one MOT and sold it to some one who was going to restore it never ever saw it again.

What a nice car. Wish they made cars of that design today. Perfect size car for me. Thanks for spotlighting this gem.

Great video. Always loved these cars. When I was a kid, my mum had a white Austin 1100 followed by a limeflower Morris 1300; before that, our family car was a red MG 1300 but we didn’t keep that for long. If only I had a time machine....

I remember that highways code booklet and memorising the stopping distances printed on the back. Great video by the way

I had a 1969 Austin 1300 countryman automatic in the 70s. It ws a great little ar. Replaced it in 1978 with a five year old Wolseley Six. Lovely car,.

What a beautiful car. So original. I would conserve rather than restore and lose the patina. As an old car mechanic I can remember working on these cars. Yes they could rust, we all know that by now, all the more reason to take care of those left. Where I worked had a 1300 for a pool car; I loved bumbling along the road with it. Totally reliable too. Also good in the snow with narrow tyres and front wheel drive. Fond memories...

I've always fancied one of these, or the Austin/Morris 1100\1300 variant.

Great vid Steph and what a gorgeous looking car.

Another amazing British car that I love to own. ❤

Great video thank you, I learnt to drive in my dads morris 1100 back in the 80’s

Beautiful looking car. I've heard of the Wolseley. But because I don't live in the UK, I've never seen one in person. I hope you're doing well.

@kennyscott1089

4 жыл бұрын

Jason Carpp I live in Australia. We only got the Morris version. And it was made here.