[Graham]

This was a car of my childhood, obviously not as prestigious as the MGB or MG Midget, but it was perhaps a car that I wished my dad would have bought. A kind of small standard "British Leyland" family car with a tuned up motor in which would have impressed my school mates at the time.  Sadly most of these would have rusted away into oblivion before I got my driving license. But it left it's mark in my mind.

So as the opportunity has arrived to make a small Saloon car, I have bought a Airfix kit of the model and a Amato chassis to fit it.
Now the Rally car portrayed on the box is a rather boring looking post box red colour below.
   

But I remember the car I adored in my youth was this kind of 2 tone version with green upper and off white (Old English White) lower body colours. It was quite rare in those day to have 2 tone colours on the body, as the most popular colour of the basic family saloon in the late 50's was still black, and it was only at the beginning of the 60's that basic family car colours became more varied.  And 2 tone was generally limited to more luxurios level models.

So perhaps I can reproduce this old childhood dream and own one (well OK a slot car version) 
   

[Kevan]

Yes an iconic range of cars from my childhood too 

...and if it doesn't run to your liking you could 'give it a a damn good thrashing' with a branch off a tree 

[Graham]

Yes an iconic range of cars from my childhood too 

...and if it doesn't run to your liking you could 'give it a a damn good thrashing' with a branch off a tree 

Yes that Faulty Towers Episode was probably the cars only appearance in a National TV programme, and I thought was quite a cruel way to treat the car at the time 

[fiery1]

That scene was stupidly funny though, only John Cleese could have pulled that off in that way

[73emgee]

A very interesting choice, Good Luck with the build.

[73emgee]

Don't forget to included the "Hydrolastic" suspension  

   

[Graham]

Just seen an advert for a real one, 1966 with just 41,345 miles on the clock, £8000.
Gone up in price abit but still quite affordable.

[john roche]

An MG1300 was the first car I ever drove on the road when I was about 14! It was pale blue.

Cheers,

John

[Qman]

I passed my test in a basic Austin 1100, 1st June 1972 remember it well, it was tipping down with rain, the blower couldn't stop the screen from misting even with the window open, I stopped 3 times in my test to wipe the inside of the windscreen.

I also remember riding my bike down to the local BMC dealership on the day they revealed the MG1300 and grabbed a brochure for my collection, wished I still had my vast collection of brochures.

[KensRedZed]

The first car I ever drove was a well used 1964 Chrysler Newport. It was a huge boat.

It had a square steering wheel, and a push-button select-O-matic transmission built into the dashboard.

It was the first years of power brakes in full size cars. Touch the brake pedal just a hair too hard, and lock up all four wheels.

To say it was strange would be an understatement. Posting a pic might insult everyone. So, I won't.