BBC TV - 'The Car's the Star' - The Mini - 1997 (Old Top Gear)

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2016
  • Quentin Willson presents the story of the original Mini.
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  • @stewartw.9151
    @stewartw.9151 4 роки тому +7

    Used to buy and sell these and even raced and rallied them. Never paid more than about 50 quid for any Mini and some were perfectly good, others rot-boxes!
    Never gave a thought that they could ever actually be worth money one day!

  • @stuart8663
    @stuart8663 Рік тому +2

    BBC really did a great job on this series.

  • @chancesareshewears
    @chancesareshewears 3 роки тому +3

    My first car! Bought for 140 quid in 1981! STILL MY FAVOURITE after all these years.

    • @Embracing01
      @Embracing01 3 роки тому

      I bet you wished you'd kept it. Prices of original 60s Mini's (or any old classic Mini doesn't have to be a Mini Cooper) are going through the roof, with prices upwards of 20k. They are not worth that kind of money IMO.

  • @brianfearn4246
    @brianfearn4246 3 роки тому +4

    Mr Alan Jefferie's enthusiasm and interest are absolutely overwhelming . To say the least.

  • @christopherstorey8326
    @christopherstorey8326 4 роки тому +3

    They should bring back the old mini.love mine.love them full stop.

  • @BradleyTurmel
    @BradleyTurmel 3 роки тому +4

    shoutout to them being very proud that they were hand-built to very low standards. No wonder they had to stop building them!
    Still a shame though, they look like an absolute blast to drive.

  • @68AMW
    @68AMW 3 роки тому +8

    Sad thing is that BMW never really understood the word "MINI" from day 1 of production!! 20 years on and ALL their models are on steroids, but still displaying the word MINI!!

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 8 місяців тому

      ^ Nah. They asset stripped Rover of everything they could keep or sell on, and left the rest to a group of equity men that couldn't possibly succeed.
      That's what happens, when you sell British companies to foriegners... the latter gut it, blame you for why it isn't making money, and keep deflecting blame onto others long after it's all gone to pot.

  • @stewartw.9151
    @stewartw.9151 4 роки тому +27

    If they were still making the real Mini, slightly modernised, instead of the bloated and vastly overpriced, over-specced BMW so-called Mini, they would still be popular and selling!

    • @ianhow100
      @ianhow100 4 роки тому +7

      Think poor old Sir Alec is still spinning in his grave at the return to 15" wheels. There is nothing mini about it, apart from a shadowed hint at the body shell

    • @lrg3834
      @lrg3834 3 роки тому +1

      Stewart W., for sure on that!

    • @TheYorkMan
      @TheYorkMan 3 роки тому +5

      It wouldn't pass modern safety tests. No amount of 'slight' modernisation would help!

    • @Embracing01
      @Embracing01 3 роки тому +3

      @@ianhow100 The modern Mini is anything but Mini. We live in a society now where cars need to be big and fat to accommodate all the fat people in them. Most people today would struggle getting in a small car like a Mini or any other classic car of that time. Just shows people are getting bigger and taller.

    • @ianhow100
      @ianhow100 3 роки тому +1

      @@Embracing01 I know that. It's the one grieve I have with it. Such a misuse of a name. Knowing what it was

  • @bizarroworld3902
    @bizarroworld3902 6 років тому +22

    If only they'd had Galvanised panels!

    • @philpatterson8045
      @philpatterson8045 6 років тому +2

      My first Mini in was 8 years old, the sub-frame rusted through. wings rusted and sills rusted.

    • @ianhow100
      @ianhow100 3 роки тому

      @@philpatterson8045 was a one good feature of the BMW mini. Less rust traps. Same was partly possible with fibreglass bonnets. No rotting A frames

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 8 місяців тому

      ^ Not really, as BMW's ""Mini"" is a hideous Golf sized imposter, living off stolen valour.
      Anyone with decent means get an original Mini shell stripped down, Galvanized and given a modern pain job (needless to say paint technology has come a long way from the 1950's; they no longer need to endlessly paint the Forth Rail Bridge after all)

  • @kurt44mg42
    @kurt44mg42 10 місяців тому

    Back in the day, Ford Motor Company obtained a Mini, which they stripped down into all of its individual parts. After every single nut, bolt, washer, clip etc. was accounted for and priced, they found out that British Leyland were losing about £50 on every one they sold.

  • @brucenicoll4373
    @brucenicoll4373 9 місяців тому +1

    Very cool the best thing we in nz did is put a 13b and rwd that thing did weeeeel stands great car

  • @NoosaHeads
    @NoosaHeads Місяць тому

    Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

  • @fazsshipkolye4027
    @fazsshipkolye4027 2 роки тому +2

    I hope Ineos brings back our mini like its being done with the Land Rover defender.

  • @bigjoe9517
    @bigjoe9517 2 роки тому +2

    A Nerd box on wheels 😀
    Looks like something Mr. Bean would own,

  • @honestcommenterseany441
    @honestcommenterseany441 3 роки тому +1

    I had a mini. Red with Union Jack on roof but wrote it off flooring it 😯

  • @drstevenrey
    @drstevenrey 2 роки тому +1

    The Mini did one thing to me. To this day I forget to check the oil in the transmission. The Mini had it all in one. One dipstick, one oil, job done. Brilliant.
    And just to make this clear. If the Mini, original, would be built to this day, it would still sell. Very very mild updating, no new interpretation, just leave it as is. Hey, BL would still live. They could have caught all that modification scene too. Why not.

  • @zelekuther7938
    @zelekuther7938 6 років тому

    Great video! Just wish it was in higher resolution.

    • @gud6y
      @gud6y  6 років тому

      Zelek Uther...I transferred this from VHS many years ago so the quality suffered because of the age of the tape! Agree it's a shame though!

  • @MultiBigtom
    @MultiBigtom 5 років тому +3

    Does anyone know the name of the music at 4.42?

    • @valvlog4665
      @valvlog4665 2 роки тому +1

      The music is here: ua-cam.com/video/_d7bnyUY8R8/v-deo.html

    • @MultiBigtom
      @MultiBigtom 2 роки тому

      @@valvlog4665 thanks very much. I have been looking for it for years.

  • @gavinivers8941
    @gavinivers8941 7 років тому +7

    Quentin is so very good at classic car programs.
    Is it available on DVD?

    • @gud6y
      @gud6y  7 років тому

      Gavin Ivers ...I've never seen the series on DVD, but I'd buy it if they did!! 😊

    • @josephfetz1748
      @josephfetz1748 7 років тому +1

      The original Top Gear aired in the 1977, and Clarkson was one of the original presenters of the show, appearing fully in 1988 (which is what set that show off). So, with that being said, how can this particular show be described as "old Top Gear" when such a thing already existed prior?

    • @richardrichard5409
      @richardrichard5409 5 років тому

      @@josephfetz1748 Clarkson was on Top Gear in the 70's.....?

    • @josephfetz1748
      @josephfetz1748 5 років тому +1

      @@richardrichard5409 Obviously not, just bad wording. He was one of the presenters of the original show (he started in 1988).

  • @randyneil6161
    @randyneil6161 7 років тому +2

    I would like to own one of these minu but are body parts and mechanical parts available for these car today ?

    • @MedievalRichard
      @MedievalRichard 7 років тому +3

      Yep and worldwide as well. Mini Spares etc. I have two. One worth nearly 10k now and the other worth nearly 6k.

    • @avivscrewvalla
      @avivscrewvalla 6 років тому +1

      Agree with Richard. I own a Japanese spec 96 SPi, imported back to the UK. Try to find one that has zero rust - its worth the premium and they appreciated by around 10% every year if you spare no expense taking good care of them.

    • @smiffy1071
      @smiffy1071 6 років тому +3

      If you are prepared to pay, they still make brand new body shells.
      As for engine parts, that really isn’t a problem at all, as spares are readily available.

    • @ukcarspotting9508
      @ukcarspotting9508 6 років тому +2

      You get every single part for the minis even nuts and bolts every single thing

    • @grahamkeithtodd
      @grahamkeithtodd 6 років тому

      you can buy brand new bodyshells for it,all the oily bits are readily available as well

  • @disillusionedanglophile7680
    @disillusionedanglophile7680 2 роки тому

    A movie called "I'll Never Forget Whatshisname" 6:0

  • @Embracing01
    @Embracing01 3 роки тому

    Pity there wasn't more of this series made covering other notable motors. Would've been nice to see an episode on the Reliant Scimitar. Prices of Scimitar's are starting to really go up on value, some examples as much as 10 grand.

  • @drstevenrey
    @drstevenrey 2 роки тому +3

    If the workers there loved it so much, then why didn't they build them better than they did. It was a good car, but rusted already in the catalog. Mine was built in Spain and was way better with rust, which is weird, because Spain has much dryer weather than Britain ever will. So it was down to the workers not giving a hoot about quality. Cause of death for Austin, Morris, BL, Rover, or whatever they call themselves.

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 8 місяців тому

      False. Unlike cars like the Alfa Sud, where worker incompetence was indemic; the Mini's rust issues were due not to those building the cars, but those in management who'd not put money into in-depth development.
      (such as not galvanising the chassis, or the fact that a hatchback prototype existed but was never produced)
      Also goes without saying that many post-sales rust issues were partially due to customer care (or lack thereof). A Mini that's routinely checked, maintained and garage kept [none of which cost very much] will last many years without a major rebuild.
      There are reems of post sales advice, materials and general life hacks re' Mini mantainance. If you've seen an issue on one, there exists a fix somebody has thought of & published.

  • @TheYorkMan
    @TheYorkMan 3 роки тому +1

    So did 'EGO' go to a third wedding??

  • @cyborgbadger1015
    @cyborgbadger1015 3 роки тому +1

    yOu HaVe BeEn WaRnEd!

  • @2Truth2you
    @2Truth2you 6 років тому +1

    Nice Italian design.

  • @lazniprofil2994
    @lazniprofil2994 3 роки тому

    This guy was testing a Lada Riva.

  • @jerrysummers5971
    @jerrysummers5971 2 роки тому

    Joke making a car than looses money .Great motor but put the price up what they should have done crazy!!!