Bmc Presents Wizardry On Wheels Reel 2 (1961)

A good ol' video with information, have no idea why my teacher sent me this!

And to think they lost money on every single one built!

Spot welding sparks flying and no eye protection... oh well.

Cheers !! 🍺 😎 👍

I own a fully shell restored '93 customised mini here in the UK. They are awsome little cars.

DKW, Saab and Trabant used transverse engine front wheel drive prior to the BMC Mini.

Funny to watch a video....you are right there...if you could only reach in and take a whole shell out into today. All I've ever known is old rusted and tattered Minis.
My videos show shells...but not in this pristine condition.

The rust protection bath was about as useful as a chocolate fireguard.

That Rotodip worked well.....these things were rusting out after just a few years. 🤣

Like to see inside a Japanese factory of the same year🤔.

Gee, what are the odds of all 7 Minis I’ve owned over the years obviously missing the rust protection bath?

Did he say 'rust prevention bath' ? Lol

Those primitive fold-over body joiners were never supposed to be on the production model, but obviously someone forgot to tell someone, and so on.

Great little Car 🚙 pity the Rust proving didn’t work!!! 🧐

I can clearly see why Minis rust so badly if they are spraying them by hand like that.

I didn't know the instrument dial once entertained the 'spit' during rust proofing

Rust prefenting baths? Did they forgot to add the actual rust preventing stuff?

I notice they didn't actually show this mythical "rust prevention bath". Lol.

Only a paperfilter over their mouths when painting. After 10 years they became blabbering fools.

Give me an old school car any day! Nice and simple and doesn’t require a degree to operate it or work on it.

Only HALF the way there, in those days. If they'd as as many robots as they do today, they would have been able to keep up with demand, and sell MORE than 5 millions. The Volkswagen Beetle had a robotised factory I imagine, because a new Volkswagen was produced every SIX SECONDS!

What was adopted first in British culture small roads or small cars? Or is that the result from living on an island with a growing population and limited room?

Outstanding video. This the same system used to build the MGBs in 1962 to 1980.

That wiring harness made me laugh uncontrollably

Ford took one apart in the 60's and concluded they couldn't make money if they made them like this.

soon as EU was joined it went down hill

Low tech ,leaky oily crap,but bags of fun,easy to fix,

I've got a '74 Mini in the garage. Sure wish I had one of these '61's fresh off the line.

Did they reuse all the leftover nuts and bolts?

Having owned a number of Mini's (the proper ones....NOT the BMW badged ones!) I can say they were undoubtedly a real fun car to own. Easy and cheap to maintain and a plentiful supply of spares. Yes the 850 engine was abysmal and lacking any 'puff' often struggling on a short climb. The 1000 was better but the 1275 made a big difference. Mini Coopers tended to be better looked after as they were generally enthusiast owned and finding one in decent condition was relatively easy until the early 80's when prices just started going daft. Mk1 Minis were extremely hard to source as, unlike Coopers, they had been treated as 'just another Mini' yet a number of features set them apart.....door hinges on the outside, sliding windows as opposed to wind up, push button starter on the floor, huge door bins (those disappeared once windup windows came!). A great little car and engineering genius.

So much room for error!

A brilliant design, but shocking quality control, nobody cared. The union hate-the-boss attitude didn’t help.

The early Minis always leaked, and the delivery drivers complained about wet feet. Instead of fixing the leaks, they issued the drivers with Wellington boots! I was in the industry then, plenty of funny stories, but sad because it killed the whole industry.

Very decent work, it's a wonderful video, and happy to see the oldest company workmanship.

Very nice.

Jeez my mini rusted away in 3 years.

Fantastic. All done by robots now!

I love my 1985 Austin mini great cars they don’t make them like they used to 😉

all ruined by unions

Rust preventing?? That's a joke.

What a shit job working on that painting line!  They started rusting in the car park outside the factory anyway.