Morning folks, hope you enjoy the video!
There is a mistake in this one. It’s very minor, but it’s there. Can you spot it? 👀
My guess on the weight was also a little low, but that was a guess, so I get a free pass 😉

My granny had a morris 1100 . She drove it into a bush one day..and preceded to continue to her hair appointment. Mum had to save it..but it was unscathed. A local kid bought it and she drove it for years. Granny was banned from driving.

Love the look off the Austin 1300/1100 i was born 1971i remember thousands off them on the roads in the 70s most have rusted away now but legendary car .❤

My goodness, the memories. Back in the 80's, if you got a lift from a mate's parents, it was usually a Cortina... or one of these. God, I remember them so well. Especially that vinyl interior that gave off a particular whiff on hot days

Easy nice drive and reliable performer we all took it for granted

Today we are FORCED to suffer with Sports car ride because the press doesn't care about anything other than skid pad numbers and racing around curves. So we have to deal with wonkie rides around curves with ruts in them and blown out tires and destroyed rims when hitting pot holes that used to cause no problems.

Restoring a 1970 Mk2 Morris 1300gt  at the moment in Orange/Red colour. Been after a car like this for years

Watched from Old Harbour Jamaica. During 1973 fuel cries, my dad was force to sell his 1968 Zephyr V6 automatic for a more fuel efficient car so we ended up with a Morris 1100 acquired from his favorite uncle and as children, who love to bose, we resented it and we called it Wingie He later bought a 2door 1968  Escort 1100 which we prefer because it looked more sporty but we discovered that Wingie had more room inside and more comfortable. The Escort however could go places Wingie could not go and was more relieble, it never had a engine failure to the extent my my dad cepted the engine and gearbox till this day. Respect to Wingie!

My earliest memories are from around 1979/80 of going to my grandparents in my mums beige austin 1100. 😊

Very informative video. I'm 20 and currently daily drive a 1300 engined version of the Vanden Plas with the remote change selector (agree with what you said about it being satisfying when you select  the gears). It is a shame that (as you said) near enough no one my age recognises these cars anymore. They are very comfortable to drive due to the hydrolastic suspension and are so timeless that even now 50+ years later it is still suitable for the roads and can keep up with modern traffic. I am looking to do a few performance mods to my VDP but that's out of personal taste not that the car needs it

These were built in Australia too. They were everywhere when I was a kid.

In 1969, when I was nineteen, a mate and I drove one of these from Melbourne to Cairns along the Pacific Highway and then, back through rural Queensland, NSW and Victoria. My friend owned it and he drove it with complete abandon, almost recklessness. The little 1100 just ploughed on regardless, racking up over 5000 miles in two weeks; it was - next to my mum's 1960 Morris Minor 1000 - one of the sturdiest and dependable cars I have been privileged to drive and ride in. We had terrific fun tearing up quiet back roads since, as you mentioned, the suspension was so refined. Thanks for your very informative content.

I can remember that these things were everywhere when I was young and (alas) familiarity did breed a degree of contempt in many. But as a point of order surely no BMC 1100 road test is complete without that famous clip of Basil Fawlty giving his example 'a bloody good thrashing' when it failed to start - truly the sound of the 70's far more than David Bowie or Marc Bolan ever were.

We  had the very first  two  1100   imported  to Malta GC    lovely cars

Another well written,very well researched and presented video,top marks . Clearly a man happy in his work and how many of us can say that? Had a Wolsey 1300 when I was 18 and 19 years old. 40+ mpg not a problem. Drove the length and breadth of the country in it. Ed please keep these videos coming.

The 1100 was and remains an amazing piece of packaging and engineering and a testament to the genius of Issigonis.  When this car was launched in 1962, the British ruled the world in terms of innovation and engineering and not just in the car industry.  By the time it was discontinued in 1974 we were well on the decline and this was only too obvious in the Marina and Allegro replacements.  In fact, the Marina, essentially being based on Morris Minor underpinnings dating back to the 1940s, was a major step backwards.

My Morris, 1100 was my first car.I loved it. The ride was, as you say, outstanding. It was roomy and just a great car.

I remember the original Mini gear lever was known as the porridge stirrer North of the border.

Nice to see a youngster enthusing over these, did apprenticeship at Blmc dealer in the early 70s Ado16s were plentiful, all the varieties, had 2 yellow Gt’s and briefly a blue traveller, but be aware, the demon rust!

Ed that whole video was absolutely wonderful for me. The seventies was my time and minis and 1100s were my bread and butter as a teenage enthusiast. In fact it was my self taught skills of modifying the famous 12G 295 cylinder heads ( for myself and my mate’s minis) that subsequently kicked-off my apprenticeship in race & rally engine development for a well known Kent based company. Thanks for sharing this! 😁