So very true. We don't value value anything very much these days- we've become a through-away culture. I've got a 30 year old Land Rover and a 57 year old MGB Roadster sitting in my garage and those two beauties look, sound and even smell wonderful. Nothing modern comes close to them.
@@user-bh4rx8mf8g I've got a 59 year old MOULTON bicycle, (I.e. 1964) Unlike most bikes, it's got 2 carriers, one over the front wheel, one over the back wheel! I'm going to get it electrified, so the motor will sit on the front carrier, and I'll still be able to use the back one to carry things!
Gwen's Elf is still on the road and going strong. We saw it at Goodwood Revival 2016. Sadly Gwen passed away a few years ago now but her memory lives on. God Bless you x
At least Gwen is with her husband now. And the lovely Elf along with their story lives on with it. So nice to see these positive memories of life with classic cars.
Billy- responding in November 2020 to your message from 2016, Gwen's Elf is still going strong and hopefully its preservation should be assured for years to come now.
So nice to know that Red Riley, CFJ 900C, is still on the road today. My parents had a Wolseley Hornet MkIII alongside a Vauxhall Nova when I was born, it's sat in the garage since 1993 and I'm determined to get it out and running again. Really good condition paintwork as it had some rust work and a respray done not long before it was stored.
Saw this message quite late.My parents bought a 1967 Wolseley Hornet Mk111 in 1970 for £430 on hire purchase.Used by my dad died just about to drive home in it from his place of work in 1973, mum kept it out of memory to him and used it sparingly until she died in 1994.I finally and rather reluctantly decided to sell it in 2015, and was driven to her new home in Belgium .I recall leading the new owner towards the right road to Harwich and waved him by as he then knew the way .I must admit I shed a tear as she passed into the distance, never to be seen again.Cannot imagine this happening to any modern car !.
Doris & her anglia brings tears to my eye. It is all so sweet. Proves that these classic cars are more than just machines. As she said earlier, that car was her friend. I so hope that car is still on the road
I can't see why John Peel said the ANGLIA was a Woman's car! Perhaps Ford envisioned it as such, but EVERYONE likes them, even now! A male friend of mine was a man. (Now There's a novelty!) And HE had one. But he admittedly "b u t c h e d it up" by fitting wide sports wheels, and h o t t e d it up by making the engine more powerful! I PERSINALLY like the ELF and HORNET model, when other men have fitted those with wheel arch extensions, with sports w h e e l s , and competed them at race circuits!
a sweet very lovely lady with a very sweet lovely story and 2 britsh sweet lovely cars:-))) thanks for putting that on you tube :-) Michael Scheler, Germany , hamburg
They were terrific little cars, in a world of their own. This particular one was obviously well cared for, and the red paintwork makes it look very classy.
A time when you bought a runner for a few quid, sold it or swapped it for same, simple mechanics, rotting bodies. Such fun. Girls would say, ‘cor, you have a car?’, not ‘what car do you have?
I have so enjoyed watching this program, thanks so much for downloading it, I wish they made cars today that were smaller, not as expensive, and more for "the ladies", I would love to own one of these beautiful cars today....ah, to dream....
I love that contemporary advertising poster for the Riley Elf! :-) the story of the woman & her Ford Anglia is lovely too :-) the rectangular speedometer is brilliant in the Anglia, and the big steering wheel in the Elf is great, just like the mini. What a very shiny car! "head scarf, South Kensington" :-D
What beautiful little cars. You could see what was going on under the bonnet of one of those things. I as a woman of their age now, can't make head or tail of the modern vehicles. They're all electronic and if something goes wrong you're in trouble.
The lady who was reunited with her Anglia, is NOT the only person that kissed her car! In the 1980's, I finally bought my lifetime dream car, a Karmann-Ghia, the second, (Very rare ) Corvair - style model, known as the TYPE34. When I had had it for 6 months, it began to sink in that I was finally an owner of one, and I kissed it on the roof, and said : " MINE, ALL MINE!"
Lovely stories both. I have a British cár since 1 year. It is a 2006 *Jaguar S Type* . Interior cream color and body dark blue, midnight blue pearled. I am so happy with it! I feel as a richman driving his car in a castle of any county of England. But I am writing from Santiago, capital of Chile, SouthAmerica. It is my car number 25, I had a 2010 Ford Mustang and 2015 VW Beetle between several other cars,. Well, my Jaguar has been my toy most luxury ever. In fact I feel as driveing a Rolls Royce Phantom, but it's a Jaguar, a marvelous car same can be a RR. I understand so well those ladies owners of an Anglia and that rare luxury Mini. Thank you for reading me. PD: in my country Austin mini and MG were manufactured in Chile early 70s, made of fiber glass material.
Very touching when Doris went to see her little friend, i was the same when i managed to buy my Metropolitan back for the second time, infact her name is Doris too,i would never sell her,
My late mother's best friend had a brand new Anglia and took me for a drive the first day she got it…I managed to break the door mechanism somehow. I’m not sure many non Brits will understand the British sentimentality about cars that could only do 60 going over a cliff with a strong wind behind them. We're a strange bunch, the Americans like muscle cars, the Italians like chic sports cars, the Germans perfect engineering and the British like slow cars that a little boy can break the door of on its first day out of the showroom. Narrated by the great late John Peel, I thought I recognised the voice.
Wow! I share her sad feelings. I have always love these two British cars even tho I am not from the era. What a lovely story and video. Thank you for uploading it here. Regards, Jeffery Abdullah (Singapore)
In my area of the UK (probably elsewhere too) we often fondly called the Anglia the Ford Angular, no doubt because of the characteristic reverse-slope rear window…
My father and a work colleague actually designed the original concept for the Elf /Hornet shortly after the original introduction of the Mini. They felt that although the Mini was a brilliant design, it did lack stowage space for suitcases etc. so built a mock-up and submitted their design to headquarters at Abingdon, who showed an interest. Production soon followed but no credit was given to the lads.
I am an octogenarian old codger. I drove my first car before I was 15. It was an Army Jeep. I had no training, only observation ...I drove it to my aunt and drove back at midnight with no traffic. Instead of chastising me, my father handed me over to our cantankerous, retired Army Sergeant Major ''Shut up'' / Windsor Davies ... tye ...At the High School, instead of chasing girls, I studied and played with cars ....I was the first among my friends who changed Carbon Leads to solid copper ... no starting problems in the morning ... During my Uni days, we, took a Ford Anglia and fitted it with a Jaguar 3.8 and raced it after midnight. It could not have been registered. We were caught and were penalized ... I, very nearly, lost my driving licence. the car was dismantled ...Yes, those were the days ... Now, I have 2 cars: SAAB 9-5 2.3t Vector and a BMW 750il V12 (E38 / 5.4l).that I drive in Europe ...During my lifetime I owned and driven 4 big cars: a Mercedes 300 SEL 6.9, an ISO Grifo, a Renault Gordini and a VW Karman Ghia ... Technologically, cars of today are far far superior in all respects except that they are all cookie cuttered ...and yes, I did drive but did not own a Riley ...
Disagree about the 'ladies car' as the first car I had at 18 was an Anglia. My Dad paid £50 for it from a bloke who had it in an old barn....he took months to get it isorted....then it was mine. I had a second Anglia about 4 years later and that cost £175. A great first car to have and very nippy with the 900+ engine..
Friend of mine had a Riley. Black 4 door w/ red leather. He drove to Midwest from New England for college all 4 years. He kept and drove in many years after. With routine maintenance, he had 100s thousands of miles with little problems. .....unlike Brit cars I owned with Lucus demons. :) The day the news broke on Ted Kennedy crashing in Chappaquiddick, we heard it on the Riley's AM radio.
Riley Elf is still on the road The vehicle details for CFJ 900C are: Date of Liability 01 08 2012 Date of First Registration 19 02 1965 Year of Manufacture 1965 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 998cc Fuel Type PETROL Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour RED
My aunt owned an English Ford here in California back in the early 60's. She loved the car and it was fun to ride in. It must have been imported for sale here because it was left hand drive.
Thank you for nothing!!! UA-cam recommended I click because doubtless the algorithm thought something about old- cars would cheer me up! Yet here I am crying into my Cornflakes! ♥️🏆🇬🇧
My mother loved her little Riley, until her male work colleagues jokingly would say " here comes Old Mother Riley in her Riley: Google Old Mother Riely. That was it, mother wasn't going to be known as that, so she traded it in and purchased the Wolseley Hornet version instead 😅
Nobody really cares about cars now, they are just like washing machines. My mother had two Elf’s, and they were rather good little cars. I suppose she was a typical customer because she said she would never be seen dead in a Ford, and when she died I asked the undertaker what car the hearse would be and he told me, a Ford Grenada. I had to tell him my mother would never be seen dead in one of those so he got a Daimler. We had a good laugh. Totally charming little programme by the way.
The irony is that cars like these that females often used to drive back in the day were often considered to be piles of rubbish. Today they are often very sought after. The ladies knew all along they were on to a good thing!
It was probably worth the extra hundred or so quid for the Elf. The wood dashboard and the nice leather seats are nice touches, I presume it had nice carpets too. Apart from the snob value, the Elf was a nicer looking cars from the Mini, which although it was a good car was a bit on the plane jane side.
It also had an extra foot and a half or so of boot space, and saloon cars generally had more rigid bodies and more non-passenger areas for crash safety. 100 was quite a lot back then though, and according to sales figures, most chose to save every pound they could.
@@prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998 what an amazing idea an ESTATE Riley Elf! We had better get out an envelope and a pen - and start sketching right now! Amazingly, I saw someone has put the front of one (or the equivalent Wolseley Hornet) onto the front of a Mini Van! BEFORE we get the envelopes out, and start sketching on them - a significant fact applies, regarding the total length of the MINI , the MINI ESTATE CAR, and the ELVES/HORNETS. The ELF/HORNET of course actually carry small suitcases in its larger boot, but the fuel tank in the wings of the ELF/ HORNET, and the MINI restricted width in the boot. Not so in the MINI ESTATE, which had the fuel tank under the boot floor! That's because, whilst the ELF/HORNET are a bit longer than the MINI saloon, they aren't actually long enough to put the tank under the floor. BUT THE MINI ESTATE IS LONGER STILL, so it DOES have the tank under It's floor! SO the MINI ESTATE IS LONGER than an Elf could be as an ESTATE. Bear this in mind whilst sketching! Incidentally, where they made Minis in South Africa, THEY did a WOLSELEY front on a MINI, but no extended boot! NOT so nice!
You can send the rusty Anglia somewhere to Poland and a couple of months later they send *it* back as new as it just would have come off the assembly line. People like the loveley ladies are irreplaceable. This is no objection to keep a classic car - but it is just an item, not much without the history of the people who had it, travelled in it...
There’s a comment at the bottom from her Nephew that says he bought the car back and is now back in the family. She passed away in 2015 at the age of 97.
@Hancockified agree with you there. Do bring some sentimental feelings to anybody watching. Classic cars do have more soul than today's cheap plastic cars.
The Riley Elf and twin sister Wolseley Hornet with more luxury than the standard Austin an Morris Minis. There should have been an even more posh Vanden Plas model.
I liked Doris` story with the Anglia but I`m under the impression that the car was pulled because it failed MoT. ( Inspecition?) I hope not. They`d love to do that here in the US- take all old cars off the road. Love these british classics-they have lots of character, brings back memories of the many europeans that were on the roads here when I was a kid in the 60`s and early `70s. Here, starting in 1968 all cars were mandated to meet specific emissions output. Which probably spelled the end of many european workaday imports by 1973. That and the increased sales of Japanese imports which mechanically were more reliable and also spelled the end of the VW Beetle. After 1980, the MG and the Triumphs were gone.
You have to understand that in order to pass the MOT the car is tested for quite basic safety and maintenance. For example on bad corrosion which could compromise safety, if the tyres are still in good order (enough thread, not dried out), if the exhaust isn't leaking, if the brakes or brake lines are in order, working lights etc. The MOT is essentially a road worthiness exam to see if the car is fit to be driven on the road. Older cars must comply to those standards they were designed for. They don't have to pass modern emissions testing etc. So if an older car is in good order, if it's functioning properly, it'll pass the MOT.
Gem Stealer An MOT failure doesn't mean the car is scrap. It simply means it's not as safe as it should be and needs work. Barn finds that fail on every point can be resurrected. These days much older cars are exempt from the MOT anyway, there is an understanding that classic cars tend to be well looked after and not driven in a dangerous fashion- if anything this means more classic cars will be retained rather than fewer.
i cied too, i like british jokes she looks so pride when her driving-skills gotten sharp, more sharper than some chelsa-Stars an thier modern 200miles per hour cars! (in real she done it fine, british craftmanship is at some items very special ) ....alltime the best Ms...... .....and the jaguar ,Mr. an F-type is only an somethink, if is somebodys outthere who screw it till 500Km/h....?
rubbishsignup would never have been on the dvla database this was the number it had in Africa.. would have been allocated an age related uk number on its return to the uk .YGW457
Once in a while you find a gem of a video which makes UA-cam a lovely place to be. Thank you for sharing.
That story of the lady and her Riley Elf just about made me cry. I loved it.
As of 07/09/2021 I saw Gwens Riley Elf tootling through Chichester last week which shocked me due to remembering the Reg. great documentary.
Can’t imagine anyone getting so attached to the cars people have today. Cars had souls back then.
So very true. We don't value value anything very much these days- we've become a through-away culture. I've got a 30 year old Land Rover and a 57 year old MGB Roadster sitting in my garage and those two beauties look, sound and even smell wonderful. Nothing modern comes close to them.
@@user-bh4rx8mf8g I've got a 59 year old MOULTON bicycle, (I.e. 1964) Unlike most bikes, it's got 2 carriers, one over the front wheel, one over the back wheel! I'm going to get it electrified, so the motor will sit on the front carrier, and I'll still be able to use the back one to carry things!
Gwen's Elf is still on the road and going strong. We saw it at Goodwood Revival 2016. Sadly Gwen passed away a few years ago now but her memory lives on. God Bless you x
At least Gwen is with her husband now. And the lovely Elf along with their story lives on with it. So nice to see these positive memories of life with classic cars.
Billy Groom :(
Billy- responding in November 2020 to your message from 2016, Gwen's Elf is still going strong and hopefully its preservation should be assured for years to come now.
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@@isaacsrandomvideos667 I saw it driving in Chichester last week. The Elf looked in lovely nick.
So nice to know that Red Riley, CFJ 900C, is still on the road today.
My parents had a Wolseley Hornet MkIII alongside a Vauxhall Nova when I was born, it's sat in the garage since 1993 and I'm determined to get it out and running again.
Really good condition paintwork as it had some rust work and a respray done not long before it was stored.
Saw this message quite late.My parents bought a 1967 Wolseley Hornet Mk111 in 1970 for £430 on hire purchase.Used by my dad died just about to drive home in it from his place of work in 1973, mum kept it out of memory to him and used it sparingly until she died in 1994.I finally and rather reluctantly decided to sell it in 2015, and was driven to her new home in Belgium .I recall leading the new owner towards the right road to Harwich and waved him by as he then knew the way .I must admit I shed a tear as she passed into the distance, never to be seen again.Cannot imagine this happening to any modern car !.
Doris & her anglia brings tears to my eye. It is all so sweet. Proves that these classic cars are more than just machines. As she said earlier, that car was her friend. I so hope that car is still on the road
Grey The Floydian Sergal exactly
It's still going strong
@@StuartOliver83 YGW 457 Yellow Anglia has been off the road since July 1996
I can't see why John Peel said the ANGLIA was a Woman's car! Perhaps Ford envisioned it as such, but EVERYONE likes them, even now! A male friend of mine was a man. (Now There's a novelty!) And HE had one. But he admittedly "b u t c h e d it up" by fitting wide sports wheels, and h o t t e d it up by making the engine more powerful! I PERSINALLY like the ELF and HORNET model, when other men have fitted those with wheel arch extensions, with sports w h e e l s , and competed them at race circuits!
Reminded me of dear old gran,she had mini's as long as knew her and I passed my test in her mini.happy times and I miss her terribly.
My mum’s first car. Brought back wonderful memories
Couple of nice old classics and the cars were nice too! 😁😎
I cried ,when the lady met her old Anglia!
I did too !! So wonderful !
So did I! It reminded me so much of my dear old mum and her beloved VW Beetle.
SuperBlueboy61 Me too... oh dear.
It was like she was being reunited with an old friend. Which she was.
a sweet very lovely lady with a very sweet lovely story and 2 britsh sweet lovely cars:-)))
thanks for putting that on you tube :-)
Michael Scheler, Germany , hamburg
If I asked my Mrs if she wanted a washing machine for christmas I don't think I'd live to hear the answer.
I'm sure getting a washing machine 50yrs back was a great present, and expensive too....
Back then it was a huge deal. If you didn't pay someone or a laundromat to do it, you could easily spend 1-2 hours every day just on washing.
The stunning little Riley is still on the road in 2019, taxed and MOTd :)
That's always so good to hear!
Wow
They were terrific little cars, in a world of their own. This particular one was obviously well cared for, and the red paintwork makes it look very classy.
I certainly didn't come here to feel, but that last bit really got me. Well done.
A time when you bought a runner for a few quid, sold it or swapped it for same, simple mechanics, rotting bodies. Such fun. Girls would say, ‘cor, you have a car?’, not ‘what car do you have?
It's really great to see videos like this ,and you can't beat the classic cars ,not forgetting the lovely oldish lady's to. Keep them coming.
Great to come across some classic TV, with John peel narrating as he did with many other classic programs.
*Well, if **_that_** ain't proper Car Enthusiasm, I don't know what is! . . . .* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💓
I have so enjoyed watching this program, thanks so much for downloading it, I wish they made cars today that were smaller, not as expensive, and more for "the ladies", I would love to own one of these beautiful cars today....ah, to dream....
I love that contemporary advertising poster for the Riley Elf! :-) the story of the woman & her Ford Anglia is lovely too :-) the rectangular speedometer is brilliant in the Anglia, and the big steering wheel in the Elf is great, just like the mini. What a very shiny car! "head scarf, South Kensington" :-D
What beautiful little cars. You could see what was going on under the bonnet of one of those things. I as a woman of their age now, can't make head or tail of the modern vehicles. They're all electronic and if something goes wrong you're in trouble.
What a wonderful video(and lady).
Thank you so much for brightening my day.
That Anglia made me cry.Nice car
the Anglia story is amazing
Just had to get new brake cylinders for my 1965 riley elf WOF yesterday. Was looking to sell it, but seeing this I'm not so sure.
Nice stories.... They were very attached to their cars
I LOVE this Woman!
Lovely stories and would love to watch more like this.
Wonderful series!
Wish this series was available on DVD
We had our honeymoon in Jersey40 years ah,I hired an Anglia,had great fun driving about.
The lady who was reunited with her Anglia, is NOT the only person that kissed her car! In the 1980's, I finally bought my lifetime dream car, a Karmann-Ghia, the second, (Very rare ) Corvair - style model, known as the TYPE34. When I had had it for 6 months, it began to sink in that I was finally an owner of one, and I kissed it on the roof, and said : " MINE, ALL MINE!"
I'm filling up here old dears in old cars so sad when you have to say goodbye 😭😭😭😭😭
John Peel? - the disc jockey?
Anyhow - very heartwarming. I'll sleep well now, thank you.
That little Elf is still alive and healthy🙂
CFJ900C is still on the DVLA database as having tax still, so she's probably still on the road!
Yes she is still on the road and in the family, and has recently undergone a full engine rebuild.
Something very wholesome about that..
That's great to hear the 105e is still on the road have one c reg here in Ireland great car
Motorcars were more characterful in those days. True, modern cars are generally more reliable and advanced, but older ones were so distinctive.
6.40 "She really is a beautiful old girl." As are you.
Lovely stories both. I have a British cár since 1 year. It is a 2006 *Jaguar S Type* . Interior cream color and body dark blue, midnight blue pearled. I am so happy with it! I feel as a richman driving his car in a castle of any county of England. But I am writing from Santiago, capital of Chile, SouthAmerica. It is my car number 25, I had a 2010 Ford Mustang and 2015 VW Beetle between several other cars,. Well, my Jaguar has been my toy most luxury ever. In fact I feel as driveing a Rolls Royce Phantom, but it's a Jaguar, a marvelous car same can be a RR. I understand so well those ladies owners of an Anglia and that rare luxury Mini.
Thank you for reading me.
PD: in my country Austin mini and MG were manufactured in Chile early 70s, made of fiber glass material.
Very touching when Doris went to see her little friend, i was the same when i managed to buy my Metropolitan back for the second time, infact her name is Doris too,i would never sell her,
Wonderful to see the reunion.
I reckon 60 mph “ on the bypass” would feel quite sporting in that these days!
60mph is brave enough in the 105e a can tell you with experience 45r50 is great no panic on sure,!
My late mother's best friend had a brand new Anglia and took me for a drive the first day she got it…I managed to break the door mechanism somehow.
I’m not sure many non Brits will understand the British sentimentality about cars that could only do 60 going over a cliff with a strong wind behind them. We're a strange bunch, the Americans like muscle cars, the Italians like chic sports cars, the Germans perfect engineering and the British like slow cars that a little boy can break the door of on its first day out of the showroom.
Narrated by the great late John Peel, I thought I recognised the voice.
Little ball spring glovebox latch probably works better than anything since.
Beautiful video,,,I'm very moved.Thank you so much.from Japan.
Wow! I share her sad feelings. I have always love these two British cars even tho I am not from the era. What a lovely story and video. Thank you for uploading it here. Regards, Jeffery Abdullah (Singapore)
"I don't go mad in it... 50, 60 sometimes on the b-pass..." That's miles per hour so really about 100km/h... on the by-pass. Go, granny, go!
In my area of the UK (probably elsewhere too) we often fondly called the Anglia the Ford Angular, no doubt because of the characteristic reverse-slope rear window…
wonderfull - just simply wonderfull
My father and a work colleague actually designed the original concept for the Elf /Hornet shortly after the original introduction of the Mini. They felt that although the Mini was a brilliant design, it did lack stowage space for suitcases etc. so built a mock-up and submitted their design to headquarters at Abingdon, who showed an interest. Production soon followed but no credit was given to the lads.
I am an octogenarian old codger. I drove my first car before I was 15. It was an Army Jeep. I had no training, only observation ...I drove it to my aunt and drove back at midnight with no traffic. Instead of chastising me, my father handed me over to our cantankerous, retired Army Sergeant Major ''Shut up'' / Windsor Davies ... tye ...At the High School, instead of chasing girls, I studied and played with cars ....I was the first among my friends who changed Carbon Leads to solid copper ... no starting problems in the morning ... During my Uni days, we, took a Ford Anglia and fitted it with a Jaguar 3.8 and raced it after midnight. It could not have been registered. We were caught and were penalized ... I, very nearly, lost my driving licence. the car was dismantled ...Yes, those were the days ... Now, I have 2 cars: SAAB 9-5 2.3t Vector and a BMW 750il V12 (E38 / 5.4l).that I drive in Europe ...During my lifetime I owned and driven 4 big cars: a Mercedes 300 SEL 6.9, an ISO Grifo, a Renault Gordini and a VW Karman Ghia ... Technologically, cars of today are far far superior in all respects except that they are all cookie cuttered ...and yes, I did drive but did not own a Riley ...
I had one ! loved it !
Disagree about the 'ladies car' as the first car I had at 18 was an Anglia. My Dad paid £50 for it
from a bloke who had it in an old barn....he took months to get it isorted....then it was mine.
I had a second Anglia about 4 years later and that cost £175. A great first car to have and very nippy with the 900+ engine..
Aww bless those little ladies.xx
Friend of mine had a Riley. Black 4 door w/ red leather. He drove to Midwest from New England for college all 4 years. He kept and drove in many years after. With routine maintenance, he had 100s thousands of miles with little problems. .....unlike Brit cars I owned with Lucus demons. :)
The day the news broke on Ted Kennedy crashing in Chappaquiddick, we heard it on the Riley's AM radio.
I have a 1965 Riley elf grate little car
Riley Elf is still on the road
The vehicle details for CFJ 900C are:
Date of Liability 01 08 2012
Date of First Registration 19 02 1965
Year of Manufacture 1965
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 998cc
Fuel Type PETROL
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour RED
My aunt owned an English Ford here in California back in the early 60's. She loved the car and it was fun to ride in. It must have been imported for sale here because it was left hand drive.
Brave lady
Always old is gold human or cars
Very moving.
What a lovely story xxx
Without one Lady Owners like Doris & her Anglia their would be very little classic cars today
Heart warming ! :*)
Very touching.
Thank you for nothing!!! UA-cam recommended I click because doubtless the algorithm thought something about old- cars would cheer me up! Yet here I am crying into my Cornflakes! ♥️🏆🇬🇧
My mother loved her little Riley, until her male work colleagues jokingly would say " here comes Old Mother Riley in her Riley: Google Old Mother Riely. That was it, mother wasn't going to be known as that, so she traded it in and purchased the Wolseley Hornet version instead 😅
I'd so like to meet Gwen! Right now!
Very very sweet
Nobody really cares about cars now, they are just like washing machines. My mother had two Elf’s, and they were rather good little cars. I suppose she was a typical customer because she said she would never be seen dead in a Ford, and when she died I asked the undertaker what car the hearse would be and he told me, a Ford Grenada. I had to tell him my mother would never be seen dead in one of those so he got a Daimler. We had a good laugh. Totally charming little programme by the way.
Anglia 105E! Had one of those, many - too many to want to remember - years ago! Sadly, it wasn't then viewed as a classic!
These cars were very popular in Jamaica back in the days, they were easily modified.
One lady owner = gearbox damage
Luckily enough Morris minors all came with a complimentary bus timetable,
The irony is that cars like these that females often used to drive back in the day were often considered to be piles of rubbish. Today they are often very sought after. The ladies knew all along they were on to a good thing!
It was probably worth the extra hundred or so quid for the Elf. The wood dashboard and the nice leather seats are nice touches, I presume it had nice carpets too. Apart from the snob value, the Elf was a nicer looking cars from the Mini, which although it was a good car was a bit on the plane jane side.
I wonder if the Elf also came as an Estate version?!
It also had an extra foot and a half or so of boot space, and saloon cars generally had more rigid bodies and more non-passenger areas for crash safety. 100 was quite a lot back then though, and according to sales figures, most chose to save every pound they could.
@@prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998 what an amazing idea an ESTATE Riley Elf! We had better get out an envelope and a pen - and start sketching right now! Amazingly, I saw someone has put the front of one (or the equivalent Wolseley Hornet) onto the front of a Mini Van! BEFORE we get the envelopes out, and start sketching on them - a significant fact applies, regarding the total length of the MINI , the MINI ESTATE CAR, and the ELVES/HORNETS. The ELF/HORNET of course actually carry small suitcases in its larger boot, but the fuel tank in the wings of the ELF/ HORNET, and the MINI restricted width in the boot. Not so in the MINI ESTATE, which had the fuel tank under the boot floor! That's because, whilst the ELF/HORNET are a bit longer than the MINI saloon, they aren't actually long enough to put the tank under the floor. BUT THE MINI ESTATE IS LONGER STILL, so it DOES have the tank under It's floor! SO the MINI ESTATE IS LONGER than an Elf could be as an ESTATE. Bear this in mind whilst sketching!
Incidentally, where they made Minis in South Africa, THEY did a WOLSELEY front on a MINI, but no extended boot! NOT so nice!
My mum would have opted for the washing machine her twin tub kept giving her an electric shock lol
You can send the rusty Anglia somewhere to Poland and a couple of months later they send *it* back as new as it just would have come off the assembly line. People like the loveley ladies are irreplaceable. This is no objection to keep a classic car - but it is just an item, not much without the history of the people who had it, travelled in it...
Kept expecting her to be an ex rallye driver and boot it into power slides but it never happened. Nice and nostalgic anyway
she killed him for the Mk 2 Jag
CFJ 900C Is still taxed & Moted
Sad, the Anglia never got taxed again after 1996, I wonder what happened to it, it last changed owner in 2001.
There’s a comment at the bottom from her Nephew that says he bought the car back and is now back in the family. She passed away in 2015 at the age of 97.
@Hancockified
agree with you there. Do bring some sentimental feelings to anybody watching. Classic cars do have more soul than today's cheap plastic cars.
Why can't such cars come now.
Its simply a Mini that grew a pair of horns on its backside!
Sounds Like She was Howling it around Corners.
The cars of this era are very tactile and individual can,t see the modern cars being so desirable
The Riley Elf and twin sister Wolseley Hornet with more luxury than the standard Austin an Morris Minis. There should have been an even more posh Vanden Plas model.
I liked Doris` story with the Anglia but I`m under the impression that the car was pulled because it failed MoT. ( Inspecition?) I hope not. They`d love to do that here in the US- take all old cars off the road. Love these british classics-they have lots of character, brings back memories of the many europeans that were on the roads here when I was a kid in the 60`s and early `70s. Here, starting in 1968 all cars were mandated to meet specific emissions output. Which probably spelled the end of many european workaday imports by 1973. That and the increased sales of Japanese imports which mechanically were more reliable and also spelled the end of the VW Beetle. After 1980, the MG and the Triumphs were gone.
You have to understand that in order to pass the MOT the car is tested for quite basic safety and maintenance. For example on bad corrosion which could compromise safety, if the tyres are still in good order (enough thread, not dried out), if the exhaust isn't leaking, if the brakes or brake lines are in order, working lights etc. The MOT is essentially a road worthiness exam to see if the car is fit to be driven on the road. Older cars must comply to those standards they were designed for. They don't have to pass modern emissions testing etc. So if an older car is in good order, if it's functioning properly, it'll pass the MOT.
Gem Stealer An MOT failure doesn't mean the car is scrap. It simply means it's not as safe as it should be and needs work. Barn finds that fail on every point can be resurrected. These days much older cars are exempt from the MOT anyway, there is an understanding that classic cars tend to be well looked after and not driven in a dangerous fashion- if anything this means more classic cars will be retained rather than fewer.
@@spencerwilton5831 Got it. Pretty much the same over here.
i cied too, i like british jokes she looks so pride when her driving-skills gotten sharp, more sharper than some chelsa-Stars an thier modern 200miles per hour cars!
(in real she done it fine, british craftmanship is at some items very special )
....alltime the best Ms......
.....and the jaguar ,Mr. an F-type is only an somethink, if is somebodys outthere who screw it till 500Km/h....?
En sød gammel bil og en sød gammel dame, der havde ejet bilen. Så sødt.......
This is why in usa the older cars are exempt from the emissions and such. So old people don't need to part with their loves.
TAC 307 not shown on the DVLA database, sadly!
rubbishsignup would never have been on the dvla database this was the number it had in Africa.. would have been allocated an age related uk number on its return to the uk .YGW457
Don't know about her crying i almost did
There are no crooks
I get it.
:)
I bet the old ladies are in the junk yard in the sky by now.