You did very well to restore this delightful old girl. I learned to drive in a 1300 and still remember how good they are. Sadly far too many were scrapped because of rust. Yes, they did rot, but I think many were scrapped on reputation, rather than rot. From the registration GTV, it is a Nottinghamshire car originally. Well done for saving a fine old classic. I,d love to drive again but are now blind.
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The woman after my own heart..... ;) I've just finished a Morris 1300 project that I also bought in 2018, and have just last month finished and got street legal again with a new WOF(MOT for all the UK readers) A chum of mine came out every Sunday for two years, to fix various things, one of which, was a rusted-out RF wing! Amazing. Lovely car. You have inspired me to make a similar video of my project!
Well , this popped up from nowhere ! Brilliant ! You are very lucky to have Tom to "help" . My goodness he's saved you a fortune ! It's wonderful that so many people have found some rare and vital parts. I think "Willamenia" would suit better than "Maggie" 😂😂 . I can remember a friend bought a cheap 1100 , he pulled away and the front bottom from the doors forward started pulling away ! I Could see his feet through the gap ! He put the car on a ramp , got some lengths of dexion ( angled metal with holes for making shelves ) and bolted them from the front subframe to the rear to stop the car breaking in half ! They really were awful cars for rust. And we were in the garage trade !! Thanks for sharing . Now where's part 2?
What a brilliantly produced video. And I'm not very passionate about cars, but I enjoy people who love their work and are good at it. Well done! You deserve more views for this.
I had a VP 1100 mk 1 1966 in peat brown with cream leather LYX 228D had it from 74-79 really loved that car was the best I ever had traded for a maxi 1750 worst decision of my life lol oh how I wish to have my VP back again
I had a VP 1300 same Peat Brown colour with the same cream leather interior, loved it to bits but rust killed it eventually 😭. Ive been racking my brain trying to remember its registration number, and it popped in to my mind yesterday 💡 MUD 144E , it perfectly suited the colour 😊👍🏽.
My first car. Dad gave me one in the late 70s after I turned 17. Told me if I could get her through an MOT she'd be mine. I spent 8 months on and off going over the entire car including a respray in Trafalgar Blue. It passed its MOT before I passed my driving test so my Mum used it as a commuter until she ran into the back of a tipper truck and I never saw the car again :-(
I can remember my best friend's dad in primary school owning one, and it wasn't a common car to see even then. It was a magnificent burgundy colour. As if to go even more left field, he replaced it with a Wartburg. She is a little beauty, and I'm sure you'll do a great job of getting her just so.
It's great to see women in on classics and the more leftfield classics besides. What's the spec of your metro? My mate had a first edition mk1 mini-metro and it was a brilliant little motor, 3 wayward brothers all learned and passed their tests in it and even though it got an absolute thrashing from birth it took it with no problem!
@@skylined5534 Hi, I have a mk1 998cc dark blue Mini Metro from 1982. I keep it in a garage so not exposed to the elements but will still need some work to get it road worthy. Yes quite a number of girls are into old cars.
@@andreaabout I realised I sounded like a sexist git but it really is nice to know some girls are into cars, particularly the less usual stuff! Cool that you also have the early mini-metro model, they're pretty rare now! I always I always fancied a 1.3S model particularly in that mossy green colour with multi hues of green decorating the centre panels of the seats. Very scarce now I'd imagine. I keep glancing over Ebay now and then for something preferably BL, I'd love a 1.7 Ital SLX estate but I don't think there's any left! A Metro would be cool too but it'd have to have the 'flat' mk1 front lights and grill as per the model you have.
Hi, many thanks for the video and history. I learnt to drive in an 1100 loved it and your story has given me ideas,,hahaha. Again many thanks and well done on all the work.
I owned one of these cars it was a nice little car but I had to scrap it because of rust which was a common problem , we never had the expertise them days to restore body work like we have today , well done 👍, unfortunately I've owned all sorts of cars from a Moggy 1000 , to Hillman husky , Victor 101 , Mk1 Cortina , MK 5 Cortina , 3 Minis , a three littre Worley six cylinder, Escort estate , A Lada , A 35 van , a Ford Corsair , Fiesta , a Skoda , vw Passat, Ford Granada , a Ford Transit Mk 1 camper Van , an Almera , a new K A , and a Volvo Estate , I'm sure I've missed a few out , imagine if I'd have kept them , I'd have had my own little scrap yard 🤣😂😅😘 oh and I've also had nearly as many Motorbikes .
great to see. i'm hoping to pull the gearbox out of Wallace (1955 Wolseley 6/90), this coming week, he's been languishing in the shed for 4 years following a full mechanical restoration, if adjusted as per the manual i had gears one to four but it wasn't going into reverse properly (had the issue for years). i have cross-shafts & bronze shifter forks from one gearbox and a serviceable layshaft from a 2nd, so should be able to get ALL gears on the overdrive gearbox in the series one when i rebuild that gearbox (again).
Decent paint jobs are possible with rattle cans as long as no corners are cut during preparation. Maggie looks an absolute treat! Rare too, especially in mk1 form.
£250 is abargain in any one language, As a BMC mechanic back in the 60, 70,s I loved these all the way up to the 1800cc variants and the 2200cc princess range I know they get slated, but like you say VP seats etc made a long drive effortless
I have two ado16, so I'm watching with great interest. I wish it was easier to do interior upgrades "over here". I don't think the U.S. ever got the fancier Wolseley or Vanden Plas. Maggie is looking fab!
Have you been introduced to Fertan? Spray on rust chemical converter. Have a look on line. I use it to form a stable base to paint on my 45’ steel motor cruiser.
U have done a grate job apart from usin under seal it’s the worst stuf u can u u should ston chip it all under neath as u derseal let’s water u derneath n rots the metal but looks ok iv restored n build so many cars in my life I learnt this I had 3 them cars at 1 time they r a lovely car along with quite a few othere classic cars I would love to get a classic again but there quite expencif now day keep up the grate work 👍👍👍
Little tip, don’t buy the proper sound deadening stuff, you can get the exact same stuff from builders merchants it’s used to repair gutters, at quarter of the price❤️👍🏼😃
I have an Austin 1100 Mk2 in my garage,it needs a wee bit of fettling but otherwise its solid.Its in Black Tulip with a Geranium interior.Interestingly it has trim etc from Wolseys and Morris,i guess they were using what was left on the Store shelves.
An 1100 is a brave restoration , inner and outer sills used to rust when they were quite new. You did check the rear subframe for structural strength ?. They were very poor for corrosion on 1100s. Having said that the Wolseley MG and Riley versions were built to a better standard .
As long as the metal is and remains bone dry beneath the sealant, it will last years, most of these classics are not used in the Winter the way they used to be.
@@lyndonwatkins1 , I've done a fair amount of rust repair on older cars and have found that, as long as the surface is well painted it will last years, I agree that underseal alone is not sufficient.
The headlights falling out seem to be a typical problem with BL cars from that era. My dad had an 18/85, a lovely car, great to drive, the front seats were like sitting in an arm chair. Unfortunately the headlight fell out and it cost more to repair it than the car was worth so it ended up in the scrap yard.
i have Winston a 1948 Wolseley Ten (Winston Churchill apparently had one) Winifred a 1936 Australian bodied Wolseley 12 coupe (originally named Fanny due to the big bum aka dickie seat) Wallace a 1955 Wolseley 6/90 susie may a 1977 Mazda 818 Wagon, grasshopper a green 1977 Mazda 818 Wagon the Wolseley's were named by my in-laws (we inherited them), susie was named by an older brother, but i named grasshopper. . men generally chose female names, i suspect so as not to appear gay when they rub their hands all over their car while talking to them. i've seen guys pay more attention and touch their cars all over while they ignore their women, which explains why some women really hate the blokes cars (JEALOUSY).
I know you swapped the seats and other stuff, but those seats could be upholstered again by someone with a bigger budget. We're those chrome front bits really that bad? I thought someone could repair them. I think all the bits you didn't use are useful to someone possibly.
The seats were advertised free to a good home for some time, but I never had any interest unfortunately 😔 and the chrome indicator surrounds were completely rotten with holes (although I do still have them in my garage somewhere)
