Austin 1300 Restoration - A Recap & Do I Refurb the Steel Wheels or buy Alloys?

[@paulmiller1359]

So glad you're back and great job with the wheels!

[@schaumyb7445]

Great to see that work was still being done, love to see a vid of driving some English country lanes in due course

[@davidroberts4367]

Thank goodness you’re ok and back on it. I’ve loved your content and been waiting patiently for an update! 😊

[@langranator]

Thanks for your patience!

[@iainmacleod4007]

I am so pleased that you have not given up on the Austin 1300. It will be worth it once you have completed it. You are already so far down that road already.

[@nigelpearson6664]

I understand that Japan really liked this car. My dad who had a Blaze 1300 died about when this thread stopped. It means a lot to me to see it restart.

[@dord1954]

Omg I’ve been waiting so long to see this carry on, great to see you back at it 👍😀

[@justblairthompson]

Welcome back. Great job on the wheels, the minilights are classic, but I think you made the right choice with the steelys

[@jeremyjames1972]

Can't believe you're finally back! Very exciting. Wheels and tyres look Ace!😀👏🏼

[@paulthurlow7906]

I've been checking your channel every now and then, knew you would be back one day. Very excited to see how the restoration proceeds. Wheels look fantastic 👍

[@cheesecake701_]

So excited for more videos!

[@garymillerlcs]

It’s great to see you back! I was worried the car wouldn’t be finished. Keeping the original wheels is surely the best thing to do if possible. Well done. They were such under valued cars. Keep up the good work!

[@Wiltshire-observer]

I had wondered what had happened to this project….so great to see it’s still progressing !. The Austin 1300 was an under rated comfortable transport at the time and a good car to work on, plenty of room around the engine and tried and tested mechanicals. The suspension was the only troublesome part I think, keeping it ‘pumped up’ if the gas vessels started to leak.

[@iangrice329]

Hay, so glad your back, really enjoyed your rebuild, at the time of watching this I'm just up the coast from you in Corton on Holiday. I sometimes wonder why tire shops bother opening anymore, they never want to do any actual work!

[@langranator]

Thanks! Have a good break!

[@Mark_T]

Welcome back. I'm all for stock on a car like that so I'm glad you kept the original wheels.

[@russell5791]

Love the plug you gave your wheel refurbers, couldn't be arsed helping me, so here is your advertising !

[@andymun]

I've really enjoyed your resto so far, great to see you back👍

[@nigelpearson6664]

So good to see you back. My dad was 42 when he bought his first car. A blaze 1300 Countryman.

[@langranator]

Thanks! Nice!

[@Chris-7367]

Welcome back I had feared something unpleasant had happened to you.

[@multislipful]

Really pleased to see you back with your truly ‘hands-on’ restoration of this very deserving survivor. You are going to be rewarded with some great trips driving it to all sorts of interesting places. Well done, and thanks.

[@langranator]

Thank you

[@PaddyWV]

I was only looking through the vids the other day. Pleased things are still progressing and you're OK! 👍

[@stuartrigby9497]

The car is looking great, looking forward to seeing the completed restoration.

[@classicrover]

It's great to see your back and haven't given up on your 1300

[@davidroberts4367]

Can’t wait to see her finished! You’ve done such a brilliant job so far

[@yamnut1]

Welcome Back !! We have so much missed the humour & content... fascinating real life budget rebuild. Very invested and interesting as when I grew up this model/make was our 'Family' car...lovely trip down memory lane.

[@langranator]

Thank you, that is good to know!

[@jamiegibbs1393]

Great to see you back again! Good call on the wheels, they look great.

[@markdaniels6002]

Great to see you back and have been wondering what happened. Been following your videos from the start and looking forward to see some more.

[@anthonywhitlock9246]

Good to have you back ,been waiting a long time for this .Was worried something had happened to you during covid . Hoping to see this running round Lowie some time soon

[@redmantas9294]

It’s good to see a new video on this, I thought you’d abandoned it!!

[@jamesoates5471]

So good to see you back. Looking forward to the next steps.

[@ceejaywilson1671]

Fantastic to see you back - I was just perusing the channel a few weeks ago to see if you had returned.

[@langranator]

Thank you - appreciated

[@kevingarfoot1831]

Thanks for coming back.😊

[@rob_lightbody]

I think it 100% needs to stay on steel wheels. Completely correct for the car and period. They look amazing done! I have lots of problems getting work done on my Mini's 12" wheels, so feel your pain. Looking forward to the next video!

[@michaels1997]

Great to see you back!! Love it that you kept the original wheels, definitely the right choice!

[@JonLondrezos]

Amazing results pal. Great to see you back at it. Keep it up.

[@darthvirago]

Great to see the restoration continuing after a long brake. I like Minilites but the OE wheels are the right ones for this car.

[@daveadi2768]

Brilliant great to see you back

[@juhopekkarinen7245]

Glad to see You back again.

[@TheRapand]

Hey! Nice to see you back!

[@bryjan51]

Nice to see you back👍👍

[@glencameron4636]

Lovely work that mate ! Can’t wait for the next video!

[@langranator]

Cheers me old mate!

[@dudleywordley6986]

Great to see you back! Just unpacked the case's after arriving on holiday, sat down to watch a bit of you tube, thought haven't this chap for a while then bugger me I see you live in Lowestoft, I'm on holiday at Pakefield holiday park...👍

[@langranator]

Thanks! Ha ha, yes I'm only a 2 minute drive from there! Have a good one!

[@BigPaul62]

Good to see you back, thought you'd given up with the car. Mind you I haven't touched my Capri since 2019! Keep the videos coming, car's looking great!

[@langranator]

Thanks! Will do!

[@kennethhume8628]

It’s great to have you back

[@steveadams8799]

Great to see you back. Fantastic job your doing.

[@richardsmith-gx7nt]

Really good to see you back you was making such a good job restoring the Austin 1300 looking forward to lots more videos.

[@billywhizz98]

I am glad that you kept too using the original wheels and caps they look better than the minilites

[@roberthorwat6747]

Great stuff!! A re watch of all previous videos is most definitely in order I think. Also I will definitely be considering ________________ of _______________ for all my future powder coating needs.😂

[@trainsontuesday]

Great to see this project back on YT

[@standbanger2]

Glad to see you seen sense & kept it original & not go for the minilite wheels, chrome looks well better imho!

[@langranator]

Thanks yes, I realise now that the alloys wouldn't have been right on this car. Steels should be easier to keep clean too!

[@selwynandrews9665]

Thought I hadn't seen anything from you in a while! Amazing work as always. Inspiring that you've done it all with off-the-shelf stuff and elbow grease. Literally a labour of love, and great that it's staying in the family.

[@langranator]

Thanks you for your comment - appreciated!

[@cambridgemart2075]

Loveyour dry sense of humour. Good to see you back.

[@MapleMarmite]

Good to see you back again. Nice job on the car in general and the wheels in particular in this video. Seems like you had a lot of apathy to deal with from the service providers this time - at least nobody damaged anything. Good call on the steel wheels and hubcaps - minilites are a bit too predictable and destroy an original look, in my opinion. A set of chrome trim rings would be as ‘jazzy’ as I would go on the wheels. I had a VDP Princess 1300 that had those as standard and they were nice in that they sat inside the edge of the rim, rather than lapped over it, so not in danger of getting scratched. A good option to look out for if that’s of interest but probably hard to come by now. 👍🏻

[@langranator]

Thank you for your comment - appreciated. Yes I'm glad I didn't go down the alloy route although I was very tempted. I do agree about the trim rings as being a nice period extra, I saw a new old stock set a while ago and they were about £100 which was possibly a fair price but I just need to spend the money on other things on the Austin first. We will see in the future!

[@jon8xty1]

Very well done.

[@nigelpearson6664]

Expect 30 MPG. We built an electronic CDi ignition by Elecronise design for dad. £15 if I remember circa 1975 from Practical electronics mag. Totally reliable, still 30 MPG. It used the points as a switch and could revert if required. As far as I know in 87 000 miles it was totally reliable except a clutch thrust bearing. Even that didn't fail on the road. I fixed it or made dad know we could. Both really. Fantastic winter starter.

[@langranator]

Sounds like you had a very good Austin indeed. They were good times when anyone could work on a car and work together with friends & family...not so much these days perhaps

[@stanelder9995]

Keep it “OEM” - refurb the steel wheels and hubcaps! Hope all is well - looking forward to more on this ADO16

[@gatti5002]

keep on keeping on !!!!!

[@langranator]

yes, will do thanks!!

[@aaroncoats3106]

'copious amounts of coffee' well done!

[@andycampbell4102]

Great work.

[@langranator]

Thanks!

[@speakfreeley4473]

Remember as a child in the 1970s seeing BMC 1100/1300 all over the place on UK roads. Small wonder when they were in the top-ten for best selling UK cars.

[@langranator]

Yes same here. I didn't really like the Austin's much as my Dad used to have them and..well they were not the best examples... but now I miss seeing all the old cars from the 70's and 80's. Even the boring ones look cool now!

[@speakfreeley4473]

@@langranator The Vanden Plas versions were the best as they had all the goodies.

[@stanelder9995]

Hello! Really hoping you are OK and that this restoration work is continuing. Give us a bone!

[@raytowers7140]

great vid, one question.....where can i get one of those air fresheners from?

[@langranator]

Mine was a new old stock item I got on ebay few years ago, search for feu orange air freshener on ebay and you should see some new old stock for 26 quid and some replicas (about half the price). If you get one, you can keep refilling it with scent using a syringe. I haven't got around to that yet but I like the look of it anyway - reminds me when I was a nipper being driven around at speed in my Uncle's 3.0S JPS Capri!

[@aswclassicsiow8588]

Great to see you back I stayed subscrided hoping you would return really enjoy watching your work on the 1300 keep them coming

[@langranator]

Thank you, I'll do my best to