Take a trip down memory lane . at the wheel of Dad’s car
New museum puts visitors in driver’s seat of classics the like Austin 7 and Morris Minor that made motoring accessible to British families
21 April 2021 • 5:00pm
Classic cars on display at The Great British Car Journey will include, clockwise from top left, the Austin Maestro, Morris Minor Million, and Vauxhall Chevette
Anyone of a certain age might remember piling into the back of their parents’ old banger and heading off for a day at the seaside, or a run to the swanky new shopping centre.
Cars such as the Austin 7, Morris Minor, Mini and Ford Escort were the backbone of British motoring before the rise of foreign imports, their back seats full of bickering siblings, while up front the adults tried to coax the car into getting to its planned destination.