Cars from extinct British manufacturers

[mrmrmrliamo]

is the commentor drunk?

[nickdecarlo76]

Pontiac was discontinued last year and Chrysler isn't going anywhere...but most American cars after 1980 were junk and after 1990 all cars are junk...cars are no longer built to last, they're just meant to throw away and are made to force us into paying an endless cycle of costly repairs as well as be made impossible to buy a car. Years ago to buy a car you just needed a little money and a signature. Now they want to know your entire family history and everything you do daily. It's really sad.

[mrjimhoward]

We still make great cars. However it is sad that the Americans, Japs, Germans and Indians now own and run our car plants........

[WHELDON74]

The Rover 95 is actually a 110 depicted by its unique hub caps. No other Rover P4 had them.

[cessnaace]

The thing about that last one is that on land it handled like a boat, and on the water like a BAD boat. lol.

STAY AWESOME! :)

[RESTAURIERTdasDKR]

the only today existing British Brands ar under German or Malaysian rule

GERMANY: Mini, Land Rover, Bentley, Rolls Royce

MALAYSIA: Jaguar

okay Lotus still is under british rule and some smaller brands, like caterham

[dcanmore]

@RESTAURIERTdasDKR ... Lotus is owned by Proton of Malaysia, Jaguar and Land Rover are both owned by Tata of India. TVR is Russian owned but haven't made any cars for five years.

[nickdecarlo76]

@RESTAURIERTdasDKR Jaguar is owned by Ford the last I heard

[freethoughtmusic]

We had an old Sunbeam Rapier. It was great.

[twin40worty]

and now look down the street german and jap crap. if they didnt let so many imports in england they would of had to of made better cars instead they let them in. every time they buy german or jap that money is going out of the country. it should of been spent in this country. look at old british film in the 50s and 60s 99.9% british cars we did make lovely cars fare better than anybody else. i say send them back and this get great briton back

[TheReformed1]

Just to throw my two cents in, over here in the states in about 1971, or 72, your Hillman Avenger was being sold as a Plymouth Cricket. Just thought I'd put that out there you blokes, in case your playing Trivia! :)

[localdriver]

@TheReformed1 Thanks! It always seemed a strange choice of name. I wonder what image "cricket" evoked for Americans. Was it a funny insect, like Jiminy Cricket? Or was it our wonderful game of cricket?

[TheReformed1]

@localdriver LOL! ( laugh out loud) It was more of a Jiminy Cricket due to the size of the Hillman compared top our large sedans ( saloons) of that time period. It was considered a sub compact to us at the time. Now it would qualify as a mid-size

[KevinJKtheman]

What would you pay for a v.g.c Humber super snipe, today ?????????

[jeremy1000100]

No, Daimlers and Lanchesters were entirely mechanical. The gear was selected by a lever on the steering column and the gear was then engaged by depressing a pedal on the floor. This clamped a band around the outside of an epicyclic gear, thus tranferring the motion to the output shaft.

These cars were fitted with a fluid flywheel as a clutch mechanism

[localdriver]

@jeremy1000100

Thanks!

Earlier Armstrong-Siddeleys also had entirely mechanical preselector gear changes. I'm not sure if they had fluid flywheel clutches.

[giocmw]

@localdriver

The clutch on Armstrong Siddeley Sapphires with the Wilson preselector box is mechanical, engaged by centrifugal weights.

Some earlier AS cars did not have a distinct clutch, but used the brake bands within the preselector box for that function.

Gio

[jeremy1000100]

Nothing unique about the Armstrong Siddeley's pre select transmission; also used on Daimlers (Though not the SP25 Dart) and Lanchester's.

[localdriver]

@jeremy1000100

Thanks for your comment. The 346 was available with 'Preselectric'. With this, the gear was chosen by a tiny joystick-type electrical switch mounted on the steering column. I don't know if preselector Daimlers and Lanchesters had this particular feature.

The clutch on the Sapphire was automatically engaged by means of weights which moved out when engine speed exceeded 750rpm.

[mptm17]

i have a 1950 humber hawk mark 5 in canada anyone have any info on this car?

[TeamFenwicks]

my grandads got the mk 1 singer gazelle, its the only one in the uk and its all original! non of that roots crap!! and a mk1 singer roadester too!

[teedzy2]

Remember when a hybrid meant something awesome ?Do you want an Interceptor or a Prius?

[kobingsmark]

I sure miss the british cars on our roads.

[ralphsteadey]

@kobingsmark ...So true! I have a singer vogue it came fitted with a cast Iron head boy that thing was very reliable especially in the hills....do you think that era of cars would ever return? 

[kobingsmark]

@ralphsteadey.. I'm afraid not. I'm a bit better off now though.....I found a series three Land-Rover for my daily use :-)

[ralphsteadey]

@kobingsmark treasure it !!

[kobingsmark]

@ralphsteadey ...I will!

[BiroDark]

Commentary by Stephen Hawking.... nice.

[nevillesymes]

O to be that price for these cars today.

[rooftopjump]

In his mainstream life this guy must be a hypnotist. Someone snap their fingers and wake me up

[ElephantRage]

Thank God for the Lagonda

[spearmint123456]

:'o(

[YamahasRAwesome]

bitch

[g0fvt]

Thanks for uploading this, fun memories!

[g0fvt]

MG Midget was also sold badged as an Austin Healey Sprite, roughly an equal rust bucket but still fun to drive. Younger brother had one, spent more time welding it than driving it, similar story to the Singer Gazelle I sold on to him!

[localdriver]

Many thanks for all the info.

[g0fvt]

Daimler Dart SP250 was very under rated car, used by our police to catch speeding motorcyclists (in the day). The british hemi, I believe engine was also made in 4.5 litre form but I may be wrong, popular drag racing engine even in the 70s.

[g0fvt]

Morris Minor originally was intended to have a flat 4 like the Jowett Javelin, but got the wheezing 803cc side valve. Incidentally the minor in this video seems to have struts missing from the grille. Later Minors had the 1098cc OHV engine, similar to the Austin 1100.

[g0fvt]

Hillman Imp or Sunbeam Stilleto ended up with Coventry Climax engine after failed rotary project. Check out a UK fire engine and see the same engine used ironically to drive a water pump.

[g0fvt]

Amphicar also used a Herald engine, a good opportunity to sink it in a lake. The Westminster range with their C series straight sixes were well cool and under rated.

[g0fvt]

Bond Equipes made a good bonfire, thanks to Triumph Herald or Vitesse mechanicals and wiring loom in fibre glass body. Austin 1100 was rebadged Riley, Wolseley, MG, Vanden Plas etc. Not as bad as you would expect.

[OzzInter]

Very interesting video.

Most of those cars were sold in Australia, so seeing them brought back fond memories!

Interesting to find out the prices!

[safari55]

The last car you showed, the Amphicar, all these years we were told it was a German car. What a surprise to learn it was English.

It is very interesting to see how both European & American car designers approached car design. Americans went for style & flash whilst Europeans went for substance and practicality.

Me, I'll take a '66 Ford Mustang over a '66 Triumph any day.

[localdriver]

Thanks! you're right. Approx 4,500 were built in Berlin, between 1962 and 1967, according to Amphicars website.