This Westminster sounds the nuts and in the past we have raced loads of big farinas and My brother still has a mint A99 and two 3 litre vanden plas which have both been nut and bolt restored he also has many for breaking which helps keep many on the roads
I know it was 7 years ago but nice car! Hope it’s still running around in as good condition. I have a 1961 A99 manual, 3 on the tree, with Borg Warner overdrive, painted dash.
Lovely sound of the Austin 'Big Six'. Sounds smooth, powerful and purposeful. Gorgeous Dash board and instruments. This revives childhood memories of my Dad's Austin Cambridge estate of the same vintage. It's so true that you can still smell the leather...50+ years later !! Amazing cars.
My Dad's Wessy was simply the best , I was about 9 and always enjoyed our trips to North Wales and coming off the Bala mountain road to Portmadoc, involved a 90 degree junction on to the main road and the Wessy had to work hard , and the sound of the straight six engine will remain with me forever .
My first car in Australia was a 62 A 110. 3 on the tree with overdrive and plain painted dash. What I am seeing here looks more like a 6/110 wolesley dash. Brakes were non assisted discs on the front end and worked brilliantly.
@@musicdpk no mate, it was a 6/110. I know this because I got a great trade in deal on it. Why ? Because it had the 12 port head. The place where I traded it dealt in Healys as well. They had a 3000 they were restoring and wanted the head.
Owned a 1962 Westminster 110 automatic with overdrive...beautiful car and fast local traffic police couldn't catch up in their XA Ford falcons or HQ Holden's...
My Father had a 1960 Austin Westminster A99, with 3 speed gear box, and then he had the 1967 Wolseley 6/110 Mk2 with 4 speed box. Both cars had the Borg Warner type 35 Overdrive. I remember driving the A99 on an old airfield and loved the overdrive and once I turned 17 I was able to drive the 6/110. I like to drive it.
@@maddieweststrate both the A99 And A11O had the Borg Warner overdrive. I still have the handbook. It clearly states Borg Warner overdrive. The later Austin 3 literature had the laycock overdrive.
I used to own a Westminster in 1973 manual with overdrive, great reliable car, i did thousands of trouble free miles in that car, then bought a automatic Wolseley 6/110, thirsty on gas and nowhere as quick as the Westminster.
My father had a Wolsley 15/60 (registration 1790KC) during the 1960's, which shared many fixtures with the Austin Westminster, being one of the "Farina Club" cars. It was shipped out to Durban, South Africa but the customer died whilst it was in transit, so it never left the ship and was shipped back to England, ending up in a dealership in Bournemouth where my father bought it. I still have the spare heater fan in the garage, which my father bought but never installed when the original failed. That's all that's remaining of his old Wolsley 15/60.
Austin stuffed up big time when they went to 14" wheels and a three speed gearbox. The last A110 went bck to bigger wheels and a four speed gearbox. worked on all these cars in South Africa in the 1960s. Still have m A110 and Austin Healey 3000 BJ8 series 3 phase 3. The last of the truly great British Healays.
Following on from my last coment, I 'love' your series, I'm trying to find all the cars like the ones our farther had when we were children and put them into a playlist.
Like the Super Snipe, not dragstrip performers BUT put a big trailer or caravan behind them and the massive torque comes into play; up most NZ hills without dropping below 30 mph. You knew you were going to get there without the need of working the cog box like a rally driver and with everything in tact. Nice to see this one being driven respectfully. I drive a 1950 Jowett and it pisses me off bigly when know-alls start up on its "short comings" as they eruditely compare it with their nice new Swift.
Wow...how British is that? I can smell the pipe and slippers from here..lovely old car. Btw, as these old cars used to run on full leaded petrol, do you have to put in the high grade petrol that's available now, or will they take unleaded?
It was nice to hear someone talking about our cars without ripping the cars to bits. These cars are my era . The best !
How lovely comfortable and quiet these old cars were
This Westminster sounds the nuts and in the past we have raced loads of big farinas and My brother still has a mint A99 and two 3 litre vanden plas which have both been nut and bolt restored he also has many for breaking which helps keep many on the roads
I know it was 7 years ago but nice car! Hope it’s still running around in as good condition. I have a 1961 A99 manual, 3 on the tree, with Borg Warner overdrive, painted dash.
Lovely sound of the Austin 'Big Six'. Sounds smooth, powerful and purposeful. Gorgeous Dash board and instruments. This revives childhood memories of my Dad's Austin Cambridge estate of the same vintage. It's so true that you can still smell the leather...50+ years later !! Amazing cars.
My Dad's Wessy was simply the best , I was about 9 and always enjoyed our trips to North Wales and coming off the Bala mountain road to Portmadoc, involved a 90 degree junction on to the main road and the Wessy had to work hard , and the sound of the straight six engine will remain with me forever .
My first car in Australia was a 62 A 110. 3 on the tree with overdrive and plain painted dash. What I am seeing here looks more like a 6/110 wolesley dash. Brakes were non assisted discs on the front end and worked brilliantly.
@@musicdpk no mate, it was a 6/110. I know this because I got a great trade in deal on it. Why ? Because it had the 12 port head. The place where I traded it dealt in Healys as well. They had a 3000 they were restoring and wanted the head.
ooooh memories, watching this I can recall the ride, feel, smell and lovely days off to weymouth with aunt and uncle !
Owned a 1962 Westminster 110 automatic with overdrive...beautiful car and fast local traffic police couldn't catch up in their XA Ford falcons or HQ Holden's...
Can you believe some of these old beauties ended up in banger races.
My Father had a 1960 Austin Westminster A99, with 3 speed gear box, and then he had the 1967 Wolseley 6/110 Mk2 with 4 speed box. Both cars had the Borg Warner type 35 Overdrive. I remember driving the A99 on an old airfield and loved the overdrive and once I turned 17 I was able to drive the 6/110. I like to drive it.
Kevin Last lovely memory Kevin.....this way , all these lovely cars live on forever!
Overdrive: Laycock de Normanville
@@maddieweststrate both the A99 And A11O had the Borg Warner overdrive. I still have the handbook. It clearly states Borg Warner overdrive. The later Austin 3 literature had the laycock overdrive.
@@deanosah "3 literature"?? LOL!!
She runs beautifully and sounds so quiet. The wooden dash looks in good nick too!. Thanks for sharing
you are very welcome
It's not wood.
I used to own a Westminster in 1973 manual with overdrive, great reliable car, i did thousands of trouble free miles in that car, then bought a automatic Wolseley 6/110, thirsty on gas and nowhere as quick as the Westminster.
My father had a Wolsley 15/60 (registration 1790KC) during the 1960's, which shared many fixtures with the Austin Westminster, being one of the "Farina Club" cars.
It was shipped out to Durban, South Africa but the customer died whilst it was in transit, so it never left the ship and was shipped back to England, ending up in a dealership in Bournemouth where my father bought it.
I still have the spare heater fan in the garage, which my father bought but never installed when the original failed. That's all that's remaining of his old Wolsley 15/60.
Austin stuffed up big time when they went to 14" wheels and a three speed gearbox. The last A110 went bck to bigger wheels and a four speed gearbox. worked on all these cars in South Africa in the 1960s. Still have m A110 and Austin Healey 3000 BJ8 series 3 phase 3. The last of the truly great British Healays.
Nice. Really nice. I remember seeing many of these when I lived in England. There was also the Wolseley 6/110. Both were very nice cars.
What a car beautiful
The inside cinephotography of this fine automobile , appear to resemble the Humber motor vehicle's attributes .
Lovely old WESTMINSTER
Nice! Dad owned two in succession "when I was a lad!"
Awesome cars!
Following on from my last coment, I 'love' your series, I'm trying to find all the cars like the ones our farther had when we were children and put them into a playlist.
Richard Antony Mendham many more to come Richard!.....let's share this journey together!
Yes, let's! You may enjoy some of my channel! Take care.
Ohhh that's a teaser of a video! I would have liked to have seen the exterior views too. I swear I can smell the leather from here.
A far nicer and better car than the Austin 3 Litre that replaced it.
Like the Super Snipe, not dragstrip performers BUT put a big trailer or caravan behind them and the massive torque comes into play; up most NZ hills without dropping below 30 mph. You knew you were going to get there without the need of working the cog box like a rally driver and with everything in tact. Nice to see this one being driven respectfully. I drive a 1950 Jowett and it pisses me off bigly when know-alls start up on its "short comings" as they eruditely compare it with their nice new Swift.
Very quiet sounding for such an old car .
Anothe car I wish I still had.
Wow...how British is that? I can smell the pipe and slippers from here..lovely old car.
Btw, as these old cars used to run on full leaded petrol, do you have to put in the high grade petrol that's available now, or will they take unleaded?
Would have liked a few exterior shots too.
Yeah, a bit odd to post a video about a car without showing the car in question....
ic08jy700 - see extra video of exterior gents :-)
Today don't exist similar interior!
Yes it´s a good car only the video is so bad!
carlos lopes how kind.....next please!
Appalling.
Showed the dash and NOTHING else.
Dear Mr Appalling - please see my other video of a whole car walk around.....what a nice chap you are
No walkround to even see what the car looks like? What a pointless video.
Colin Johnston - this is an internal video....there is an external one too!....so not pointless after all?