Lesser-known British cars of the 1940s, 1950s & 1960s

ive seen photos of this model of Alvis woody type car in a old friends photo album he was in a Jazz band and he and the band used to use it to get to the gigs with all there gear he said it was huge with loads of space. Hes passed away now bless him

Good group of Cars ! i’m a American i’ve owned a TD ,TF1500, MGB, AustinHealey Sprite , in the States one of your picks that is very disregarded here by Americans and i never understood why is the Singer Roadsters ? i personally like their styling and Simplicity along with their lower price range i never really understood why we don’t see more of them restored or being enjoyed,the only thought i had on the reasons is because Americans associate them with the Sewing Machines ,my other thought on ownership was you might not need to do a high end Original Parts Restoration. perhaps even putting a Toyota , American or whatever you chose to use as a running gear like some of the more desired Autos because the Singers don’t really fall into high dollar Vehicles ever ,just build it to be a inexpensive fun driver

Surprised you've never done a bit on the Super 7/ Caterham . Very British kit bit.

A gentleman that I used to work for had the Allard Sphinx.

Love these REAL cars. Australia had quite a lot of the good English cars. Love watching these shows Many thanks for your video.

I had MINI's alot of them. In fact I restored them, hence my nickname Mini Gary.

Thank you for your job! Very nice channel! I couldn't even imagine that so many models of cars are in the world!

I do love these videos of yours with all the various photos. Your commentary and knowledge of each vehicle is absolutely fantastic, makes them enjoyable to watch. 👍👍👍

You made a great video, but poor information.

Commenter is VERY HARD to understand.MUMBLES

The ice-blue, Graber-styled Alvis TD at 42.15 is beautiful and I wonder whether it's the body Graber made for the Salon des Autos in Geneva. Seeing Graber's elegant treatment of this and of the Rover P3 five minutes later at 47.00 emphasises what difference a classic coach styling house could make.

I’m watching from the US so my question may be an ignorant one. Do the tag numbers have any significance ? I ask because you seem to mention them whenever they are visible . Great video.

I love your work. Learned much I didn't know. You make up for my lamented inability to visit the motor museums in the UK.

Very interesting and educational video,it leaves the impression that they only had 2 types of people in society,the filthy rich and the beggars,at least this is the impression it left me.

"That must go like stink!"

You mentioned you had not seen YTE187J the 1971 gold Marcos Mantis for a while. This occurs at 17mins 11 secs in your video.
One of 31 cars I kept it for 5 years before selling it to a member of The Swiss Marcos Club. While I owned it, I defended its sweeping lines, even knowing that I would have shaped it differently. It was very much a 'Marmite' love it or hate it example.
It is a pity it left these shores but it was clearly more highly valued abroad than in the UK and has joined a silver one owned by another Swiss member.
It was a poignant moment to view it again, so I have saved the video and can now view excellent images of a car I allowed to get away.
May I close by praising you for the work you do. I am sure that your videos bring pleasure to many classic car owners as well as providing a historical record.

For the most part, British cars of that era were quite UN-attractive!

loved your video-thanks

The Turner GT 8 has some similar lines to my dad's Volvo P1800, which he owned around 1969. I was brought up around many cars as my dad restored many over the years. One that comes to mind is a mark 5 Jaguar. My grandfather worked for Rolls Royce assembling aircraft engines. As you can imagine the conversation between them was always cars and engineering related. Thanks for a very interesting video.

my Dad had a Atlas stander van 15 cwt total useless

Great vido

At 18.40 there is a blue and white car in the background which looks like the nobel 3 wheeler produced by Shorts in Belfast. If it is then it is like one I owned as a student in Cardiff in 1963. A sachs 2 stroke 200cc which could be started with the engine going backwards if you wanted--just think about it!

armstrong sidley made utilities for rich farmers for export to sth africa and austfralia. some were single seat and the one that i had was a dual cab type i think based on the two door typhoon. A great car ruined by the politians who thought they how dual system brakes should work

The Ginetta coupe looks like a G4R. Chris Meek raced one very successfully c1964.

I love most of those cars, pure class excepting the odd yokes.

My father owned a Gordon Keeble, incredibly beautiful cars amazing dashboard with a huge array of switches I seem to remember. Even though it had the Chrysler 327 cubic inch engine up front the cars aerodynamics were such that the front end would go extremely light at high speeds. There was a family tale of the front end actually lifting up and the car drifting across the motorway when my mother was driving it at circa 100mph one time. As I type this it seems even more remarkable to me, I must quiz her on it!

The Bond Equipe was herald or vitesse based, so some were smaller 4 pots, others straight 6's. I owned a herald based version, with a normal boot. The blue one pictured seems unusual, someone must have some info on it? Nice video!

whats the name of the car at 8-45 to 9-00, couldnt hear very well

Thank you so much for this video. Wonderful information!

One can only imagine the look of dismay on a father's face when his daughter's new beau arrived to pick her up driving his new Frisky Sport.

What a beautifully presented and engagingly narrated video! This was an era with an incredible variety of designs. It is fascinating to see so many that did not make it into any kind of volume production. This is one to revisit and enjoy again. Thank you! 👍👍👏👏👏👏

Great cars but weird background music.

Too much pause in between: awkward.

You asked for answers on a postcard concerning the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 234 at 44.20 - I'm happy to oblige (its my car). The company built one prototype which they decided not to put into production and it was destroyed. A previous owner of 988 MBH, one of the last 234 saloons, by repute obtained the original factory drawings and had this recreation built. With a considerably strengthened chassis it is very rigid and a delight to drive. The 4 cylinder 234 had better performance than its smoother 6 cylinder sister 236. The engine is effectively the same as the engine from the larger Sapphire 346 but with 2 cylinders cut off and various performance improvements built in as well as twin SU carbs. and overdrive. The 234s cruise comfortably at 70 mph. at just over 3,000 rpm. and the rev counter has its red line at 5,000 rpm. Incidentally the Sapphire was the only model made by Armstrong Siddeley to be fitted with a rev. counter as standard.

could you do a feature on those switches found on the steering wheel of the older British cars and how do they operate please.

Thanks for the video collection, glad you've included the Turner 950 Sports at 31.01! I have an early one, needs TLC, off the road at present, probably imported to South Africa in 1958 or so. Cheers from Gareth in Cape Town

I think you'll find that Berkely (sp?) cars had Talisman two stroke engines. Mostly 250cc twins but if you were flush with money you could get one with a three cylinder Talisman.

The Woody wagon looking Brit car towards the end of the second minute of the video I remember it was either Ed China or for the love of cars, actually rebuilt one of those. They bought all the wood prefabricated by a man there in the UK that has all the factory patterns for the wood pieces and it was amazing how intricate and difficult it was to put this car back together and restore it even after somebody else had did all the cutting for them. It was really quite the chore and took a couple of minutes to do. LOL but when they were finished it was absolutely gorgeous. 👍🏻🇺🇲

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The drophead AS 234 is a one off. Not sure if done by factory or a later conversion

Invicta Black Prince KPK 75 was at a classic show in 2022

A40 Drophead never sold in UK

austin Princess Limousine NXM 2 , is ex Royal Household