Building a baby Austin7 MK1 Mini - PART 2/2, BMC, Longbridge

[Isochest]

With Gormless Gideon Osborne the Bilderberg Baldric we haven't got a cat in hell's chance. He sings the Neocon Hymn. He gave the crossrail contract to Siemens on a plate instead of Bombadier. Means the trains will be built in Krefeld, Deutschland instead of Derby. Better for the Taxpayer. Yeah paying for dole with less tax coming in. El Camarón & Gideon are Little Dicks,

[ratty383]

incredible, I must have missed the rust protection section, Or perhaps there wasn't any !

[theessejway]

notice how men are building and ladies are doing the apolstrie

[CDMVette]

Shame they didn't show the addition of the magical harness smoke that makes all the electricals work.

[carzmine9]

Brilliant for the time of the century !!!!!!

[grahamkeithtodd]

amazing at one time the British led the world innovation and tech and now? we are crap...

hell when this car came out the German firm BMW where going down the drain and even M-Benz where in a bit of trouble... now? BMC(or British Leyland/Austin Rover/Rover) are history..makes you want to spit!

[38DDBOOBS]

i wonder what would they say if the seen the mini now after all the years

[OzzInter]

Here in Australia we had the "Morris 850" version rather than the "Austin Se7en" version of the original Mini.

The Austin version had a grille which gave it a family resemblence to the larger Austin models of the era.

Very interesting old footage, thanks for sharing!

[jsj24uk]

You don't hear British accents like that any more.

[dannyisso]

ah the good old days! xD sadly mini's the old types aren't in production anymore :( :(

[Gingersid56]

Lovely piece of old footage!

[mccardled]

Bit of a concern wearing a tie on the production line.

[1337ASM]

nar u gotta look gd when making a mini

[vidpop]

Undersealing (rustproofing) consisted of brushing black bitumen on the underside. This was usually an extra which had to be paid for.There was no wax injection or galvanised steel used then so most cars rusted quickly in the sixties. If you got five years out of a car then without serious rust and holes you had done well.

[mickeymoose76]

in addition to that, cars nowadays are computer designed and have all potential rust traps and cavities designed out of them...

[taffy1967]

Yes but considering what a bargain the original Mini was, you could pay to have it fully rust proofed every year and still be quids in. Or just buy a new one every 5 years as they didn't cost the earth, unlike the hideous blob BMW now inflicts on us.

[vidpop]

Its amazing how many skilled people were  involved in the manufacture of a car then, real jobs too.

[antistar133]

excellent videos, just what i needed for my dt a level exam, cheers!!

[cadengunslinger]

I think every Mini missed that step... LOL

[RonSouthan]

Very interesting. It makes me think my first one missed out on the anti rust coating though.

[Transane]

Haha soooo true. these things had rust before they left the factory!

[taffy1967]

Maybe so, but they were still a damned sight more fun to drive than the boring euro bland boxes that litter the roads today.

[PrisonerJohnDrake2]

@taffy1967 ... A representative British-made engine should be a very reliable high-efficiency Diesel that can run on pure vegetable oil. Currently what British company makes one?

[OzzInter]

@PrisonerJohnDrake2

The current BMW Mini has a diesel version planned.

Leyland actually developed a diesel engine based on the BMC A Series engine.

It was used in the Leyland Mini tractor, but never used in cars.