Austin 1300 GT - 1973. The Jewel in the Crown. 

lovely film, so glad this 1300 GT found such a good owner

Massively underrated little car! Huge fun!

Had an 1100, your GT is the one I really wanted. 40 years ago!

Delightful. The photography, the editing and of course the guy's endearing enthusiasm for the car make this a beautifully put-together film. Thank you.

I had two of these , one orange , one red….. I loved them… great cars…. Wish I had that one !

I had a Riley Kestrel in the 70s .......twin SU carbs ...a great car to drive . Took one from the UK down to the Pyrenees. No trouble at all there and back . The bodywork let it down at the end ......fond memories. DAVE H.

When I was 18 I had a new 1973 Austin 1300 GT in green mallard....the things we did together....

Very nice, back in the 70’s l had the yellow 1300 GT, SEE 123H, family got bigger so traded for a Maxi, another great car l loved, 50 years later l treated myself to a Austin 1300 Vanden Plas, WEE 212K.

Had four of them and loved them all. Very underrated car and beat the Mini hands down. Wife passed her test in it and the kids loved them. Just a real fun car.

My mates mum had one of these in that dung green colour. She was very proud of the fact that the 1300 GT shared the same engine and transmission as the 1275 Mini Cooper of the same year.

Looks truly beautiful today. One of the best looking classics. We had a mk3 which we adored.

The 1100/1300 range was a wonderful design with amazing use of space. Great roadholding, especially the 1300GT, comfortable hydrolastic suspension - so much smoother than modern small cars with their unsettled 'crashing' ride quality - and an interior filled with light due to the amount of glass all around offering perfect visibility.

Lovely little car and a delightful video from start to finish.

Remember in the early 70s a teacher at my school had a brand new GT,black color used to see her driving in the school gates,nice car

Absolutely brilliant video and great to see our club member and friend Geoff enjoying his lovely GT :-)

My first car was a Morris 1100, eleven years old and getting tired when I bought it, but still a lovely car to drive on twisty roads. This was a much-underrated design, so cleverly packaged.

Gorgeous little example!

Had one of these for 13 years the best small car I've ever owned broke my heart to sell it but went to a great BMC enthusiast and is still on the road in pristine condition

A lovely car, I remember them well, usually always bright orange.

Thanks for this excellent presentation. We had a 1300 as a family car, but I didn't know that this version existed.

My dad had an Austin 1300GT in sick colour when I was 4 years old. I would love one of these.

Such a beautiful looking car. 👍

A very smart car. We had the Austin 1100 and the 1300GT.

The Austin 1300 was my first car when I starded driving in 1979. I bought it for 600._ Swiss Francs and loved it for years

If you think this is a cut above the standard models then you’d absolutely drool all over the Riley version! I do have a soft spot for the BMC 11/1300, lovely video.

My second car after having a 100 as my first. great fun with a great A series sound

Nice video on a Beautiful car. Great drive. Cheers

Love that car!

Remember a similar Austin 1300 who i was traveling in as a kid from northern Europe down to France and the year was around 1968. Those were the days. Like a world who dont exist anymore.

I learned to drive in the MG 1300 in snowberry white, I added 1300 GT wheel trims, looked great with red interior and walnut dash. Unfortunately it only had the single carb engine, so not as quick as the 1300GT.

Thank you for the video. It brings back a lot of memories. I had a 1969 Austin America while I was in college and made 13 trips from Lakeland to Charlotte North Carolina. Love that little car

They say (and they may be wrong) that there was some sort of plan to "Cooperise" the ADO16. Just as the Cooper morphed into the 1275GT, so the never-made 1300 Cooper became the 1300GT. It may be bullshit, but I like the story. This was a quick little car in the day. And this is a lovely example. The whole ADO16 range (or ranges) were wonderful cars. How lovely to see one still being enjoyed. Excellent video, thank you.

Beautiful car. When I was a kid my Dad one of these.

A nice example, they're as rare as hen's teeth in the UK too and fetching silly money now. I have to say it's very rare to see a clip on here with a few hundred likes and no downvotes!

My grandfather loved his Austin 1100. :)

Mine was a 1970 h reg I got from a dealer in 73.drove like a mini with pep.went everywhere in it til 76 when it was stolen in birmingham.white with vinyl roof.one of my best cars I have ever owned.🤗

I had one of these from new in 1972, same colour body and interior, probably the best car I have ever bought, you summed it up beautifully about the charms of this little car, I hope you keep it for a long time and love it to bits 💜

Fallen in love with this car thanks to your video mate. Never saw one, actually, never heard off it before at all. But, sometimes in life, as luck would have it, cars find you, even though I wasn't sure I was ready for it... My wife's grandfather owned 1976. 1300 non gt, was a project car for him, I guess, that he didn't live to see through. After he passed away, car was abandoned in his friends garage, and nobody of the family members new anything about it. 30 or some years later, finally, this magnificent vehicle saw the light of the day again- the house, and the garage it was parked in was recently sold and it's previous owner, just before selling the house, contacted my wife's mother asking if she would like to get the car back! Ofc, confused and surprised, my mother in law instantly called me asking for a favor of going there and picking it up. Long story short, was love on first sight. I'm 39years old and this is my first ever car project, completely lacking experience and know-how, not to mention lack of funds and hard to get by parts, bits and pieces, but I'm loving it and enjoying every single moment. Not going to give up, because I know, thanks to your video, how epic this car truly is, once sorted out. It deserves to be on the road again.

I bought one of these new back in 1972 same colour and interior, fantastic little car and as you say the spec was very high for that time ! loved it to bits, was mad to get rid of it after just two years and 12,000 miles only 🤦‍♀️❤

I was 12 when this was made, and it just looked way more zoot/sporty than the std versions; and I thought those wheel covers looked the bling back in the day !!

Awesome video you have made, I still drive my 71 1300 most days too :)

I enjoyed the tone of your narrative as well as seeing the car again.

Beautiful countryside - thanks for sharing and greetings from the South Coast of England 🇬🇧

Superb! Love and enjoy! 👍💕

My father had an orange one but with 2 doors. I am 43 years old. So many memories..he was crying when gave it after 30 years. He kept the engine key to remember it..

So lovely particular car. I've lot of memories on my uncle's Innocenti Im3, that was produced in Italy with some modifies, in the front and at the dashboard particularly. My father had a Giulia Ti, the other uncles Flavia Coupé, 124 Sport, anyway I loved so much that small low sports family car

Enjoyed that. Once a very common site on UK roads.

Great vid , thankyou.

Had one in glacier white loved it 1970 wished I had kept it 🙂

ADO16. Start the engine. Pull away in first gear. Hear the whine. Feel the floating suspension. Massive smile on my face!

Brilliant video. Remember these fondly as a child as my uncle had one . Late 80s lots used in banger racing 😬 Bought one in nz while traveling (not gt) wish I brought it home 👍

I loved the hydrolastic Mini; the 1500 Nomad (though I would prefer the 1300 Auto version); and the 1800 Landcrab; but from that lineup of gems, I really think this 1100/1300 somehow settled upon an enchanting sweetspot of plucky elegance, economy, and functionality.

My dear old dad had an Austin 1100 he drilled the sills and put oil in them then drove it backwards and forwards on a ramp to stop the subframe rotting

I knew someone who had one and I thought it was the bees knees, better than my Mini.

Super lovely car I wish to have this car now👌

What an absolute gem.

My dad had one of these when I was in my early 20's. Here in the UK even then they were rare- ish but he let me borrow it many times. I always loved driving it too, great fun. His was the same colour as yours too. Teal blue I believe the colour is?

The "Jewel in the crown" was the VDP, and I suspect that the Kestrel and the MG were also ahead in the pecking order as was the Wolseley... Although that is rather lovely.

Good on ya mate! -From northern California :)

Nice one mate , l had the 1100 version and it was a joy, but always wished it had that bit extra power the 1300 GT had that as you say very much like the cooper- s which made all the difference . steve . u.k

Id love one, my cousin had one in the early 90s

Great to see as it would have undoubtedly rotted away had it stayed in the UK. Nice to see it with age appropriate UK reg plates too.

I had the same one 33 years ago. I regret that I sold it. Sigh 😕

My father had one. 1300 GT, white with black vinyl roof. I think he purchaised it 1970 - and kept it till he died in 1992. I have seen it a few times since. It is still in good hands 😁 During the same periode, 1968 to 1976 I owned an Austin Cooper S MKll from 1968. I regret, I didn't keep both of them 🤥🤥 Would've been great fun today - and not an bad investment 😉😉

Bloody good cars, better than a mini. I used to buy them in the late 70's early 80's for next to nothing, they were very quiet & reliable but the heelboard used to rot out and take the rear subframe with it.

Yes they were lovely cars,and this one has a lovely owner.

Minter. Good darts👍🏻

Austin1100/ 1300 best car ever built fantastic nothing ever close to this masterpiece and never will be

WOW thanks for showing us your car, I love your car mate, fabulous! It's similar to my Dad's what he bought new in 1972, Morris 1300 standard single SU carburettor, not the GT model, but I loved that car. Would love to buy one like yours, but how on Earth do you acquire a new windscreen if it breaks, or even e.g. break pads / shoes / filters? Been driving my Audi A3 I bought from new in 2006 though, it'll be 16 years in June. Thinking of keeping it going like you keep yours going, as it still drives virtually like new, performs as good as most others on the road, and spares and maintenance items are still easy to get at the mo. Can't really afford a new car, just retired a couple of years ago.

These were popular in Malaysia , 1300 GT. Driven them in the 70s. Wearne Brothers sold them.

Lovely car just produced before the Allegro. When Austin's. Were still good.

Nice video of a nice car Geoff. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting. (have a look out for my two videos of my GT !)

I wish I could find one of these in the USA for sale. 👍

The number of these that were cannibalised by Mini owners for the engine/gearbox.......including me.

Bewtiful mate

Loved the 1100 range…

Owned Austin 1100 and then 1300 . Nice comfortable ride but rust and water leaks were a problem.

Than you

Very nice car in a colour I don’t recall seeing often. Most of the GTs I remember were orange or white. If it went straight to Australia from new, it seems odd that they registered it in the UK first, if that’s the original plates under yours. I’ve been on the look out for the Austin America version here in Canada but no luck finding anything other than a couple of rusted remains, sadly.

My first car ever before I was legal to drive good fun Past test drove my brothers 1100 not quite the same

I want to see the maxi in the shed!

Yep I had one these 1300 GT’s, a 1971 model, same colour Teal Blue. The earlier models were in my opinion better than series 2 version, the series 1 had an oil pressure gauge which the series 2 didn’t which is all important especially as the engine was very similar to the Cooper S and didn’t have fresh air vents which quite honestly were a waste of time as more fresh came into the car by opening the quarter lights. Great little car, far better than the equivalent Escort 1300GT. It’s a shame there are so few survivors in the UK.

Jealous much😋 A great little car, nice to have it's back story too. And a rust free example, try finding one that nice in rainy Britain.

Great filming , totally enjoyed the video. Northern Beaches ??

Tidy car a head of its time front wheel drive hatchback with great road holding and exciting performance what more coûld you want back then or even today!?

Had a standard 1300 model, but saw only as padding, the differences between the 2. Always thought the GT was mostly about looks

Bought a Austin 1300 in 86 for 200 quid. Wished I had kept it. Wasnt a GT but a great car. K reg.

I think that these cars are better than the Mini ! Very confusing range though. In addition to the 1300 GT, there was the sporting MG 1300. Luxury models were the Riley Kestrel and Wolseley 1300 with the Vanden Plas Princess above those two.

This was a car from my childhood, my Uncle had a white one, little beaut!

Just amazing how time alters perceptions. I remember these GT‘s new; the last gasp of the long-running 1100/1300 range. I drove one (in snowberry white - the least embarrassing colour of the three available) as a company car and used it to deliver decimal currency training. Plenty of room to store my huge cardboard New Pence coins in the boot. At twenty something, was rather ashamed to be seen in it. Looks great now and I would love one.

My first proper car that wasn’t a wreck on wheels was an 1100. Owned it for a couple of years, but rust had started to eat through under the headlamps. British weather and poorly applied paint I guess. Exchanged it for a new mini clubman, which had even more rust issues from new, the floor carpet was saturated in water every time it rained. The dealer washed their hands of it and got no help at all from British Leyland. Then the front wheel bearings collapsed. Gave up with British cars then, only Japanese and German vehicles seemed to be built properly, shame.

They were good cars in their time, I had a 63 model that was yellow and literally broke in two, but it was OK for about 2 months 😂😂

Beautiful car it's in a period when the UK could actually make good exciting car's. I had the Allegro which replaced this and it was utterly awful

Had a MG 1300 1971. A broken driveshaft made a big gap in the gearbox. Found a wrecked 1300 GT at a salvage yard and swapped the complete power package. Drove like a rocket after that. Sadly the MG rotted out from under me..

This car haffs!

Wonderful example, half your luck!

My first car when I was 17 in 1974 was a Mk1 1968 1100. Very much an old blokes car but that was all I could afford at the time - reliable but very underwhelming just like most of the bottom of the range small cars at the time. The small engined Ford Escorts were equally bad with no performance to speak of in terms of 0-60. They all rusted away in a few years given the salt corrosion from winter driving. The 1300 GT is lovely and the one to have gone for back in the day from the range - nice to see it surviving in a much kinder climate.

would've liked a shot of the instrument panel.

My kind of life style 😁

Dad had one in green