So classy these Rootes group cars.such a pity they are not still with us. This one looks great.

Was expecting Roxy music love is the drug to stay playing at the end!

There's a forgotten item, the switch to turn off the dashboard lamps. That was a relic of the days when you had to have parking lamps, even in a 30 mph zone, so turning off three or four 3w bulbs might save your battery for the morning. Nowadays people just park anywhere without lights, facing the wrong way, on blind corners, on the pavement. The bobbies of yesteryear would have kittens!

Re..;  Plymouth Barracuda.   In 1981 I owned a '74 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, same shape as the then current Barracuda.  The muscle car era was just about over by 1974,  and the Satellite with it's 318 cubic inches motor had just 150 bhp.  I took the car to Dublin with me on a work contract.  One late afternoon , driving 'home' along the coast road out of Dublin, I was listening to a radio report that the Radio Caroline ship had run aground on the Isle of Man.  My attention strayed , and I realised that I was heading for the back of the car in front, which had braked.  I ploughed into the back of it.

I got out.  The back of the Hillman Hunter was almost demolished, length reduced by about 18 inches.  Yet when I looked at my car, the only visible damage appeared to be a strip of bonnet chrome which had pinged from its fasteners. I read afterwards that the Plymouth's massive bumper had a couple of shock absorbers behind it.

Really like the instrument panel of the Rapier.

When cars had style and used to look different from eachother! Joyous times

Had a ride in a similar sunbeam Rapier ,in the 1970s my work colleagues just flicked an arm on the column and the overdrive kicked in ,quite impressed.Thanks for the  look back at the 1970s.

this is the car that has topped my wishlist since i was a kid in the 60's

What a gorgeous vehicle, I love everything about it!
The sound of the engine, fantastic!
Excellent review!

Lovely looking Car and what a lovely noise it makes too.

You know I’m constantly amazed at what was being produced on that island that is our mother Country, we never heard anything here in US about these wonderful lil cars😀

Known in some quarters as " the poor man's Jensen" .

The last of the H120s was a really great boot design.Far better than the Capri.

Just saw a photo of one in a scrap yard here in the USA. I think it's a very attractive car

Beautiful example of a lovely car.

This brought back some memories. I used to come out of school and one of the dads picked up his son in one. I used to think "rich bastard" lol.

Dad had a red one with a big sunroof and electric horn. X0V 419J.quite a smart car back in the day.

I owned a turquoise 1975, sold 1991, I have several models now, love it!

Your channel is getting back to it's Routes!

Wonderful to see this posted as I have just taken delivery of what I think might be the finest example of a 1969 Sunbeam Alpine Coupe in the US. 3800 original miles, midnight blue with a black interior, always garaged and in showroom condition. It came out of a 100 car collection in Nashville TN and I will post a video soon. Thanks!

My grandad had a turquoise Hillman Hunter with a black vinyl roof and turquoise fabric seats, hearing the engine and exhaust note reminded me of that, Happy memories being taken out in it as a child