Classic British saloon cars of the 1950s & 1960s Pt3 - Daimler, Vauxhall, Wolseley, Hillman etc

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Pt3 of Classic British saloon cars of the 1950s & 1960s contains 150 more photos of post-war classic cars from Britain, mainly featuring vehicles from these two decades with just a few interlopers from just before, or just after, this period but still very much of 50s and 60s design.
As with the other videos in this series, I've tried to feature both regular cars and also a number of really rare cars that were an unusual sight on Britain's roads even at the time.
The list of British saloons featured include one or more of the following:
Triumph Vitesse, Herald, 2000 Mk1, 1300 FWD, Renown
Jaguar Mk2, 3.4 saloon (Mk1), Mk5, Mk9, 420, 420G, S-Type
Daimler "Docker" Daimler by Hooper, Consort, Majestic & Majestic Major, V8 250
Vauxhall Victor F-Type, Victor FB, Velox / Cresta (E Series & PA), Wyvern, Viva Brabham GT, Viva HA
Standard Vanguard Sportsman, Vanguard Phase 1, Phase 3, 8, Super 8, 10
Wolseley 15/50, Hornet, 4/44, 18-85
Bentley Mk6 (Standard Steel Saloon), Continental S3
Invicta Black Prince saloon
Austin A50 Cambridge, A35, A30 (inc AS3), Mini Cooper S, Maxi, A55 Cambridge Mk1 & Mk2 (Farina), A70 Hereford, A40 Farina Mk1 & Mk2, A90 Atlantic, A60 Cambridge, A95 Westminster, A40 Devon, A40 Somerset, 1300
Alvis TD21 Series 2
Hillman Minx saloons, Imp, Super Minx
Humber Super Snipe, Sceptre, Hawk
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346
Ford Popular 103E, 100E Prefect / Anglia / Popular, Anglia 105E, Corsair, V8 Pilot, Consul Mk2, Zephyr Mk2, Zephyr Zodiac Mk2, Consul Classic (2- and 4-door), Cortina Mk1, Cortina Mk2 Savage V6, Cortina Mk2 1600E, Anglia E494A, Zodiac Mk3, Zephyr Mk3, Prefect E93A, Prefect 107E, Zephyr Zodiac Mk1
Riley One-Point-Five, RM 1.5 Litre, Kestrel (ADO16), 4/72
Morris Minor 1000, Minor MM lowlight, Oxford MO, Six, Isis, Oxford (Farina)
Vanden Plas 1300
Bond Equipe (different years/models)
MG Magnette (Farina), 1100
Rover P4, P5B saloons
Singer Gazelle, Vogue (inc Arrow)
Sunbeam Rapier
Bristol 403
Lanchester LD10
I hope that there was something in the above list to satisfy most interests, please let me know what you think about the cars featured. Do you own one now? Have you owned one (or more) in the past? Would you own one again? Comments welcomed as always.
I am uploading several photo videos featuring classic British cars from the 1950s and 1960s so please take a look around the rest of this channel, and keep an eye on it going forwards as new car videos are being uploaded regularly:
/ @oldclassiccaruk
Thanks for watching.
#classiccar #classiccars #britishcars

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@jamestilby2223 3 года назад

THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD THE GREATEST CARS EVER !!!!!!

@alankirkby465 2 года назад

I'm from that generation, when youngster. Love your site. I recall all these Cars, from my youth. Anyway, Peace to all.

@bs7157 2 года назад

what a lovely collection of cars. thank you for showing us these.

@oldclassiccarUK 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@xaraxen 3 года назад

British classics are often overlooked. Kudos to the narrator for naming all in the video.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for watching, please keep an eye on the channel for future uploads 👍

@anandaperera8687 3 года назад

Roaring fifty ies

@Brian1Graves Год назад

Thanks for this. What a trip down memory lane! I was living in Ottawa when I turned 16. My dad took me and my savings to see a fellow at the nearby airbase. For 50$ I bought a 1950 Austin A-40 Devon. Quite the car. Had a sunroof, a heater under the front seat which, on the coldest Ottawa day, would produce enough heat to drive one out of the vehicle. I managed to get the wig-wag signals functioning and had great fun with the car. It had one idiosyncrasy...brass lug nuts which constantly worked loose and thus one kept one's wrench and a quantity of loctite, near to hand. The family later acquired a 1952 A-40, column shift, which I didn't like as much. Later I acquired an old Triumph Herald...with the square roof-line and when I wore that one out, found a coupe. I discovered this had the happy ability to have the roof removed with the removal of about 6 7/16 nuts. Great in summer! Next I bought a new Herald convertible in Navy blue about 1967. The warranty was quite short, though I have long since forgotten how short. Once it was up, I put a 4 to 1 exhaust manifold paired with a stebro exhaust and twin Spit SU's. It was quite the runner and I won a few small events with it as a member of BARC when in Toronto. Ottawa, probably because it was the political center it was, enjoyed a lot of Brit Cars in the day. Crestas and Velox, Morris galore, Austins of course, Riley-I owned one briefly, Hillmans and many others represented in your video. There were also lots of european cars like Citroen and those little Italian cars where the front door was the front of the car and even some of the Messerschmidt among many others I have forgotten. Cheers.

@oldclassiccarUK Год назад

Hi Brian interesting to read your car history, I well remember the brass wheel/lug nuts on my A40 Somerset and how they removed themselves one day, with predictable results ...! thanks for watching the vid

@Brian1Graves Год назад

@@oldclassiccarUK You are welcome. As I continue to rub cobwebs and rust off the memory wheels I recall we also enjoyed Rovers among the many of what we considered "exotic" cars. Cheers.

@Vince_uk 3 года назад

The Corsair I always though was a cool car. My father had a Ford Pilot Station wagon when I as a kid in the 50"s, 7 seats if I recall correctly. The Consul Classic I had one, I believe it had a 5 bearing crankshaft and a good engone but they rotted like hell especially around the sidelights housings. My first car was a MG 1100, lovely car. I know I am getting old because I can remember many of these cars when they first hit the roads.😱 I always thought that the Zodiac MK3 was a fabulous car, I sent for the brochures so I could lust after it when I was around 13 years old

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for watching, the Pilot wagon sounds like a fine old car

@KeyserTheRedBeard 3 года назад

incredible content Old Classic Car. I smashed the thumbs up on your video. Always keep up the excellent work.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for supporting the channel Red Beard! :)

@virajyatawara3362 3 года назад

Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@larrykaufmann2065 3 года назад

I love this series, it confirms the reputation I had as a 1950s child in South Africa that I could name every car on the road before I could say mama or dada :)

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

So pleased to hear that you're finding it worth a watch, thanks for supporting the channel

@exessex3522 3 года назад

11:42 Very nostalgic looking at these. I took my first ever driving lesson in a Triumph Vitesse. (Later on, in 1976, I ended up taking lessons and my test in a very nondescript Datsun something-or-other.) My scoutmaster had an Austin A35 but my uncle Clifford had an Austin A40, which looked very futuristic in comparison. A schoolmate's family owned a record shop and were relatively well off. They had a Ford Zodiac. In 1971, Christine and I went on holiday in Devon with Ron and what's-her-name in his Ford Corsair. My first experience driving abroad was to Sweden in 1977 in my brother's Hillman Hunter. Haven't seen one of those yet on this video but it looked like the car at 12:07.

@THEJR-of5tf 2 года назад

My lasting memory of the Hillman Minx MK1 was seeing them at the side of the road with the engine on the floor. Having said that a friend had a modified one for Hillclimbs, they had good results from that.

@keithwelton 3 года назад

I must be old as I remember seeing all those on the road in daily use.

@frednutz1604 3 года назад

I'm old too. I can remember owning at least 6 of those models.

@steveaustin6467 3 года назад

its funny how we all remember these classic cars from yesteryear, modern day cars today they all look the same, and change every couple of years, great vid, interesting to know some of your faves on this vid.

@alexmckenna1171 2 года назад

Fascinating stuff! Loved those old Ford Pilots. And all the 50s Vauxhalls of course. I can never watch Talking Pictures TV without trying to spot the old cars :-)

@alankirkby465 2 года назад

Alex Mckenna I know what you mean, I'm the same.

@rishadjunggee4318 2 года назад

@@alankirkby465 price

@marian6593 3 года назад

Oh, I want to go back in time. Cars didn't need all the unnecessary electrics they have now. Life, in general, was so much simpler. Especially loved the Ford Corsair and the Consul Classic; as a child I thought they were what I'd like to own. Good too seeing the various Vanguards. 😍

@davidcantwell2489 5 месяцев назад

Most interesting, thank so much for sharing.

@nimrod2525 3 года назад

Brilliant videos. Thank you for posting.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for your support

@nigelparker5886 3 года назад

I had a Ford Pubic...made from a load of old Corsairs! Great video, and oh for my Mk 2’s back!

@Radio478 2 года назад

Great memories

@raywest3834 3 года назад

Born in 1954, in England, and car mad, I only missed a handful of these. Many thanks for posting your pictures.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks Ray

@brunobandiera2062 3 года назад

Canadian fan here, nice to see all these old bangers, particularly the ones we never had in the colonies... I learned to drive on my Mom's [Mum's ?] '59 Morris Minor 1000. Really miss my rusted-out MK. VII Jag, my TR-6 and my Mini-Cooper 1275S, not so much the dreadful Vauxhall Viva I had to endure for a year... Neighbour's Mum had a Triumph Herald Coupe, we unbolted the roof and transformed it into a roadster, she freaked ! Hark, the Herald axles swing.... Another friend's dad had a MK. II Jag, on a winter day at school, my chum popped the clutch on an ice patch and ran it up through the gears to an indicated 100 MPH, [stationary] then a bunch of us did the C*****e fire drill in and out of it. Very foolhardy lads then....

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Ha great stuff, would have loved to see the Mk2 being exercised like that!! thanks for watching

@brunobandiera2062 3 года назад

@@oldclassiccarUK Another time we took it on a high speed motorway run to Toronto and back, my mate felt some knocking and looseness through the steering. Got back, into the garage, jacked it up and... CLUNK ! left front suspension assembly dropped down on the floor. Front inner fender had rusted out around the spring spacer and shock absorber mounting. Welded up a patch on the spot.

@elistickband 3 года назад

Hooray! V8 Pilot! I wonder how many of us are still driving these lovely old things.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Yes I remembered someone was looking out for a Pilot or two :-)

@robinreeves6916 3 года назад

Keep 'em coming sir!!!

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Plenty more vids in the pipeline!

@robharding4028 3 года назад

We certainly new how to build cars with stylish curves and contours.Me personally, I loved the mk 2 jaguar, The E-type.& the ford classic consul.But there were so many nice looking motors back in the 60's.

@carlarthur4442 3 года назад

Had a Cosair 2000cc v 4 , sold it for £150 to my mate , who then used too travel from the Wirral to Trent , before that he had the Ford E with a three speed box he used to go as far as Scotland , I have owned many of these cars and sold them for next to nothing , one car I owned was a three litre Wolsey six cylinder with over drive , very luxurious but thirsty on petrol did about 15 m p g that's after a tune up , wish I'd kept every car I owned I'd be rich now , great video brings back many happy memories and some not so happy 😁, I had the Oxford as well remember the steering was a bit vague. 😂

@mickokeeffe105 2 года назад

Wonderful and interesting series. Well done!

@oldclassiccarUK 2 года назад

Thanks Mick, plenty more in the pipeline

@chooiseah1377 3 года назад

Nostalgic memories of cars in Singapore during my dad's RAF days. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Pleased that you found it interesting, please subscribe as more videos will be added soon

@jamescampbell7780 3 года назад

Brilliant presentation. Well done!

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for giving it a watch 👍

@manuelstarr3602 3 года назад

Oh the cars I've had and the ones I've wanted. I sat down and tried to pick my favorite, but I'm still confused. If these cars were women I'd be in the history books as the worlds greatest lover. Thank you, I love all your videos. Cheers 🥂

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for supporting the channel!

@paulbennell3313 3 года назад

The green Humber Sceptre is the same colour as the one I had. Oh, the memories...

@charlielynes 3 года назад

My dad had a Bond Equipe GT4s. My brother later had a Bond 2lt soft top, which I believe was pretty rare, maybe in the 250 only bracket. Great video, the knowledge of the subject shows in the narration.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Hi Charlie, thanks for giving it a watch, please keep an eye out for future uploads :-)

@jasenwright1178 3 года назад

I hung on till the end for the old Wolseley 680--alas!

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

I'm sure one or two 6/80s appear in one or more of the four videos in this set, thanks for watching

@geraldwalsh6489 3 года назад

The Austin a30/a35 were called Baby Austins here in Ireland....very popular

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Indeed, my wife ran an A30 as her daily driver in the mid-1990s.

@johnnymercer9074 3 года назад

your a man of you word thanks for the ford v8 pilot

@malcolmsellers9199 3 года назад

Great video brings back memories lets have more

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Glad you liked it, there are four parts to this series so please see the others if you haven't already 👍

@brucelangridge6302 2 года назад

What I like about this video one could look at cars and tell what make and model they were. Today all the cars look the same to me,I learned to drive in a 1948 ford Prefect with the headlights on the wings. those were the good old days. sadly the British motor industry is mainly owned by everyone but us. That is with the exception of a few cars such as Morgan sports cars

@MichaelScottYorkie 3 года назад

In 1966 I brought my first car, a second hand Austin A30 paid £30 for it sold it 18 months later for £40 Good buy!

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Definitely!

@johngilmour8945 3 года назад

I loved the London Police Cars!

@paulbroderick8438 3 года назад

Great collection. Thank you. I would image that some of the luxury models displayed will be eventually turned into electric vehicles to meet eventual 'requirements' of the road!

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Let's hope not!!!! thanks for supporting the channel

@raybob49 3 года назад

@@oldclassiccarUK I'll drink to that!

@paulhutcheson2947 2 года назад

Just watched your video about classic lorries. Disappointed that you didn't show a Commer Pickup. I owned one '58 to '65. Great little truck, although very few of them here in Western Canada. I owned a few Hillmans and my father had a lovingly restored '66 Humber Super Snipe (this was in the 80s). He was one of the few mechanics trained in the servicing of the ill-conceived electric automatic transmission that was featured for a year or so in the Super Minx collection. Very few British cars here now, Land Rover and Jaguar and little else.

@oldclassiccarUK 2 года назад

Thanks for watching, it all comes down to what turns up at shows I go to, there's a separate vid all about Commers so maybe there's one in there?

@morganpillay6461 3 года назад

Good video,,I love watching old cars,,, keep the good work going

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks, I'll try

@stephen579 3 года назад

I still love the Ford classic capri

@johnd8892 3 года назад

In Australia some are very familiar but others so foreign. Makers needing to make decisions about which models justify extending support to. The HB Viva at 9:40 became badge engineered as the HB Holden Torana in Australia. Main Change was a round headlight treatment and grille variation. Looked nicer to me as a mini Camaro. Largely forgotten in the wake of the next model LC Torana with six cylinder options. The range topping race special Torana GTR xu1 sell for huge money in LC and LJ versions. See Bathurst 1972 race to see the 3.3 litre version beat the 5.7 litre V8 Ford Falcon GT HO phase 3.

@routmaster38 3 года назад

In 1960 me and my shipmate on HMS Girdleness in Malta had a pre war Morris 8 tourer that we paid £8 for and tidied up.and on that large ship we were one of only three to have such luxury.I often wonder if Johnny M and our old Morris are still around?

@jabopy9966 3 года назад

The reg on the Car at 18.41 UWF 311 I had UWF 450 on my second car a Zodiac. My third car was a Marauder made by Wilkes and Mackie don’t see many of those around (only 13 made) Your voice over reminds me of intro and outro by Bonzo dog doh dah band, he he.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for watching, my memory of Bonzo band is a little hazy so perhaps I better leave it that way ...

@biddlelove2135 2 года назад

The cortina wasn't a lotus as it was a four door, they were only ever two, great video.👍

@oldclassiccarUK 2 года назад

Very true! thanks for watching

@Tawny6702 3 года назад

My dad had a Ford Popular and a Ford Prefect, but his best car from that time was his Singer Vogue, far better than the Cortina Mk 2 he bought afterwards.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@PreClassicCarsMotorcycles 3 года назад

Nice!! We have many British saloons on our channel

@bazcar22 3 года назад

I had a Cortina Savage, the only one in Australia. Wish I had it now.

@richardpartridge2610 3 года назад

I had a mk 2cortina savage ex police car 3 ltr Essex engine great car

@michaelscales5996 3 года назад

All from the days when we in GB had a wonderful industrial base manufacturing cars,lorries,motor bikes,aeroplanes,ships - nothing was imported. Now we drive cars made in Korea and we make hardly anything.

@drcandor 3 года назад

So glad no-one heard me say wow one hundred and forty nine times _ and i will view this again _ i would play it backwards if i could. . . :>/

@michaeltreadwell777 3 года назад

WOW, what a line up ! I really love cars of this era, when you could tell what it was just by looking at it - now, everything is some chunky 4+4, with no 'personality' at all, and the only way of telling what it is, is by looking at the badge ! All those 'British' makes gone now, how sad :-(

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Hi, thanks for watching, please see Parts 1 and 2 for more of the same (well, similar!)

@michaeltreadwell777 3 года назад

@@oldclassiccarUK Hi - already seen them - BRILLIANT, waiting for number 4 now ! :-)

@greerbox 3 года назад

Oh Rick, What a wonderful walk down memory lane. Few comments if I may? Behinds your Dads VP Princess, what was the pick-up and the big van, was that your commer? Next, the V8 Pilot, that one had a brown (Bakelite?) steering wheel, am I imagining things or, did they have a cream wheel? Loved the A40 Devon, my first ever car in 1967 🤗

@greerbox 3 года назад

On your P5, what was the bonnet emblem? Yes it was a Renault Dauphine And now, the big reveal, 🎺🎺🎺 What out of that lot would I like to own now? Well, obviously some of the more exotic, but can’t afford it so, for me, it has to be the Standard Vanguard Phase 1 bettleback. Strong as a tank, Massey Fergie derived engine comfortable gorgeous car and, my Dad sat me on his knee to steer his around

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Hi, the blue pickup is a c1946/7 Dodge 1/2 ton, with my 3-ton Dodge alongside. I'm not sure about the Pilot steering wheels sorry! Thanks for watching

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

I think the bonnet emblem on my old P5B was off a Mk4 Zephyr/Zodiac?? I think, I didn't fit it!!!!! Thanks for watching! (yes the Vanguards are neat old motors)

@neilforbes416 3 года назад

9:41 This Vauxhall body shape manifested in Australia as the two-door(*Henry VIII* LOL Two-door, Tudor! Get it?) Holden Monaro sports coupe around 1968 to 1972 or so.

@johnd8892 3 года назад

Nope. It was rebadged with round headlights as the first HB Holden Torana. Amazed how how much you get wrong. HB Viva and HB Torana. PS, jokes are supposed to be funny.

@brucemaclennan9879 3 года назад

Was hoping to see a Sunbeam Rapier fastback - one of the favourite cars I have owned - alas.....sigh......

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

Hi, there never seem to be any at the shows I go to ... there may be a photo of a tired example in one of the three barn finds/restoration projects/scrapyard finds photo collections, I have a recollection of a photo showing a fastback but whether it made it into these collections either I don't recall offhand. The 1st volume is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rX97i0qIbEQ.html

@brucemaclennan9879 3 года назад

@@oldclassiccarUK Many thanks for your response - and the link.

@Kysushanz 3 года назад

The Ford Consul 315 is the same colour scheme as mine! How about that!

@davidpeters6536 3 года назад

Was it a Singer Vogue or a Sunbeam Vogue (12.07), the Sunbeam was mostly sold in Europe and the Singer in the UK.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

I'd have to have another look, I seem to remember seeing two Vogues locally, one badged Sunbeam the other Singer

@peterfoster1944 3 года назад

At 13.57 you stated that the picture showed a 1959 Humber Super Snipe, it may have had a 'Super Snipe badge at the rear, but it is a Humber Hawk. Hawks had two single headlights, whereas the Super Snipe had two twin headlights . I'm happy if you can prove me wrong, but I had a Humber Super Snipe with twin headlights.

@oldclassiccarUK 3 года назад

I'll double check, thanks for watching