Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

That's interesting, thanks. How practical and reliable would it be if I had a 60s one? Could I take it over to Wales for mountain biking trips? I know it'd be a squeeze, size-wise, but where there's a will...

Not very practical or reliable, being small and slow, designed to use the cheapest possible parts, thrown together by militant BL employees in between strikes, and then ragged to within an inch of its life for several decades.

However, what it would be is fun, fun, fun, and fucking awesome.