I have a 68-year-old Wolseley - It's more reliable than my modern car - video Dailymotion

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Meet the Preston man who claims his 68-year-old classic car is more reliable than many modern vehicles.   Dennis Jackson has kept every receipt linked to the restoration of his 1958 Wolesley 1500. Watch as he shows video journalist, Lucinda Herbert, inside his car and demonstrates the use of a crank handle and a clothes peg.

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00:00The car I've got is a 1958 Wolsey 1500.

00:04We started building them in 1957.

00:07This is the second year of production, so it's a 1958, which makes it 68 years old.

00:13So this year, 1958, there's approximately 20 left on the road and running.

00:19As you can see, it's very easy to work on.

00:22You can do roadside maintenance and just carry on driving, basically.

00:30You can actually start the car into the front.

00:33That goes into a little groove on the engine, on the bottom pulley, and you can actually turn that.

00:40Once the ignition's on, you can actually start the car.

00:45It's had a complete, total rebuild back to bare metal.

00:50Any rotten metal has been cut out, re-welded in and completely resprayed.

00:57The engine has also been totally rebuilt, and now I use unleaded petrol on it.

01:03I haven't done the work.

01:04I bought it after it's been done, but I can tell you how much they spent on it.

01:09They actually spent £13,721 restoring it.

01:16I've got every receipt that actually was for the work that's done, and I've got a full photographic

01:21evidence of the rebuild and the work that was done on it.

01:24The engine was taken out and rebuilt totally.

01:29Then, obviously, once it was finished, it went for respray.

01:33When I bought the car, all this evidence actually came with it, which is an important car when you're buying classic cars,

01:41is to get as much history of the cars as you can, because that is part of its heritage.

01:49It's very easy to drive. There's no power steering or anything on it, but it has got a large steering wheel which assists in driving,

01:59and the tyres are the original type cross-ply tyres, which are very narrow.

02:04Again, it makes it very easy and light to drive.

02:07So, you've got the obligority peg, because the choke slips it back in by itself.

02:16So, if you pull the choke out and put the peg behind it, it'll just hold it there until the engine gets warm.

02:23Then, you can take the peg off.

02:25So, you've got choke, start, and on the other side, it's lights, wipers, and panel lights.

02:34I've always loved classic cars and bikes. I've had them most of my life.

02:40Since I was 13, I used to strip down old bikes and rebuild them and ride them on the fields.

02:46I've had Harley-Davidson's. I've had modern bikes.

02:51I now own a Royal Enfield 350 Bullets, as well as the classic car.

02:56Anything that's classic, I love them.

02:58I've had American cars. I've had a 57 Chevy Bel Air.

03:04That was 5.7 litres, and it's petrol, and it uses a lot of petrol.

03:08This is more economical.

03:10It's only a 1.5 engine.

03:12Very economical to use.

03:14We have another car, a modern car,

03:17but I tend to drive this on most days.

03:20Shopping, I've even used it.

03:23If I've cut my grass, I'll run up to the tip with it and take the grass cuttings up.

03:27It's used as a daily car.

I have a 68-year-old Wolseley - It's more reliable than my modern car

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