Barry, Snap! My first car was identical to this. I had problems with the starter motor so had to start it with the crank handle, inserted through the hole in the front bumper! Also the boot handle was missing so I had to keep a large screwdriver under the drivers seat, to use to release the boot handle mechanism! Some scumbag nicked it from the carpark one night, while I was in the cinema and I never saw it again, grrrhh! I replaced it with a Rover P5B Coupe.
@@carpnstuff I bought mine off my uncle for £45 and in 1972 that was a lot !! , cracking car , I did loads of miles in it , speedo never worked the !! different times !!
My first car. Drove it from Melbourne to Darwin where I had to sell it due to lack of work and money. It needed to cool down before it would start again on a hot day if I stopped for petrol. Otherwise it was pretty reliable and easy to drive.
My first car £50 in 1968. I was diddled! It was riddled with rust! Front shocks came through bonnet when I drove it up a curb. Learnt a lesson from that.
Any car with a hole in the front bumper for a hand crank device made me extremely suspicious at an eight year old in 1971. These little English cars looked so ancient in Australia in the early 70s, but only later did i appreciate the great build and paint quality, nice design features etc., English industry fell off a cliff in the late 60s and spiraled into oblivion and so when I saw Marinas and Leylands etc., I just thought I knew why. Twenty years later, all the Japanese cars of that era and later (throughout 70s and even 80s) were rusted out although their engines seemed strong. Now i love all these 60s English cars.
@@bradleyjamesclassics : I nearly bought one today at the EAST ANGLIA CAR AUCTION, lovely light green colour just a few superficial rust here and there but very original condition, the reason I didn't is I haven't got the space to keep it. It went for £2700. Now I regret it I just fell in love with that car
This body style was originally intended to replace the Morris Minor 1000, but as the Minor was still selling in good numbers this was shelved, ironically the Minor went on to outlast this model by a good few years.
I remember my dads black 1500 back in the early 60s but it had yellow/orange indicator lights that popped out when turning left or right. I've got photos of our car but I've never seen another one with the lights installed between the doors. And yes it was this model. Any one know was it an early model etc.
@_H_2023 as far as I remember, the car in the video never did have the indicators that pop out on old cars. (Semaphore indicators, they call them) But another slightly more rounded model they used in the 50's as police cars DID have You could have fun looking on the internet for 50's Wolseleys! Today's cars are all made to look the same, to pinch each other's customers!
@@nygelmiller5293 opinions vary :-)…….the gent who brought the car loved the wheels as they were and I thought they looked very smart ‘as is’…….but I think dark grey might look great too.
@bradleyjamesclassics thanks for replying! (About the colour of the wheels on the Wolseley!) I also think people should , to an extent, update their Morris Minors, by painting THEIR wheels ordinary silver. After all, that DOES go well with the CHROME! I noticed during a "I drive a classic" video of a Morris Minor meeting, that on the subject of COLOUR some people have done what I myself would do. And that is deal with the nasty, dated cream, this time on the grille bars! THOSE , in my opinion would look nice in silver, with silver wheels! Updated, but without losing the character! But, I meant that owners in the video HADN'T made the grille bars actually SILVER as such - most opted to have the same colour as the bodywork! SUBTLE! And a few opt for RED grille bars (looks good on a black car!) And how about chroming the bars?
how much did she go for ? I remember dad bought his for a few hundred pounds, but that was a lot of money second hand...OMG I can so remember my dad and us as a family driving around in that car
I had one for 2 years in London .Paid 100 pounds sterling around 1974 for a 12 year old one .Was my first car so its dear to me .Same color as the one here .
