Morris Oxford with column gear change

An A (1962)reg banger Morris Oxford with a gear shift on the steering column. The car has been restored now.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Banger
• Morris
• Oxford
• Classic
• car
• BMC

[helmuthoorn]

Well, the rough engine sound was familiar, but where's the wining gear box?

[cirrus216]

@helmuthoorn

Gears only whine in first - rest were ok (if you could find them that is!)

Any of these cars surviving in Holland still?

[helmuthoorn]

@cirrus216

Not that I know of.

Unfortunately these BMC Farina's had a vicious tendency to rust.

Not as bad as the Italians from the same era though.

British cars were actually rather popular in the Netherlands.

We specifically liked the 12 Volt system that ensured starting on cold mornings and appreciated their interiors with leather, wood and thick carpets.

Things went horribly wrong in the seventies.

Pity.

[cirrus216]

@helmuthoorn

I just love the summing up of BMC cars here - you are so, so right too!

But, we fight the rust (by not using them from November till March!) and beg for spares etc. As for 1970's - well I only liked the Rover SD1 and Ford Granadas by then but did they rust..........................­......And what have we got today - boring all the same looking ultra reliable euroboxes!

[Arundodonax]

Synchronizers in that tranny or no?

[cirrus216]

@Arundodonax

Well the sychro is kind of knackered - being 50 years old and well abused so it was a case of grind un find..........................­...

[deanonewz]

this was great i had one a 64 column

1622 cc i remember you had to pull the stick out and down for reverse .

cheers mate brought back good memorys

[steinwaygrande1]

I had the six cylinder Austin A105/6 Westminster that had the four speed column shift. Used to be a mechanic at the time in Durban South Africa with BMC so know all about these Morris Oxfords and the reat of them. Unusual to find a column shift on a four cylinder. The six cylinder Wolseley 6/90 had a floor shift but it was mounted right next to the drivers front door. Linkage used to wear very quickly, as did the front Armstrong Shocks on these cars.

[raylyd]

nice car mate love the column gear

[mrspivvy]

@tpvalley its usually pull stick towards you, then up for for first, straight down for second, then away from you and up for 3rd. think of it like usual H gate but mounted sideways on

[mrspivvy]

I LOVE column gear change, makes more sense to my mind and you can seat 3 across the front. I learnt on an old toyota hiace

[tpvalley]

so 1st and second are 1st down, 2nd up and 3rd back and down?

[yerboogieman]

@helmuthoorn Yeah, those italians were pretty bad in that era. lol

[helmuthoorn]

@cirrus216

You do appreciate relyability, when you have to drive over the Afsluitdijk in the middle of the night during a howling blizzard blowing from over the frozen IJsselmeer and having two nearly useless legs like I do.

Have been driving a Citroen Xantia for 7 years.

Not a boring car at all.

But would love to have a Rover P5 coupe on LPG, if I had the cash.

[helmuthoorn]

@cirrus216

Depends on what kind of eurobox you drive.

Got a Citroen Xantia myself and love it.

7 years of happy motoring.

One of the very last ones made.

Not a boring looking car at all.

But would give anything for a good Rover P5 coupe on LPG if I had the cash.