Vintage Wedding Car Hire

The Quaint and Quirky Motor Company is a family run business established in 2009 by Graham and Beverley Dix to provide a quality, friendly, affordable Wedding Car Hire service around the Oxford area and throughout Oxfordshire.

We have vast experience and would like to think that we offer affordable competitive rates and have packages to suit everyone's needs. These include journeys in our beautiful vintage cars with smartly dressed chauffeur for transportation of any wedding participants or guests to the wedding venues.

The Quaint and Quirky Motor Company strives to provide a personal, friendly, affordable and exclusive chauffeur driven rental service and do all they reasonably can to ensure you have a memorable and perfect wedding day experience.

"The Auld Lady"- a 1929 Morris Cowley

Choose the Auld Lady if you love the thought of taking yourself back to the glamour of a bygone era for your special day.

Built during the later years of the roaring twenties, the Morris Cowley was one of the most popular cars at the time and would have been a common sight on British Roads throughout the 1930s and 40s. She is Niagra Blue over black, fitted with brown rexene upholstery and beige carpets.

The Morris Cowley never fails to turn heads when driving, and the ahooga horn certainly commands attention when sounded!

The Auld Lady also moonlights as a retro-look police car in her spare time too, and gets many compliments.

Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about our beloved Cowley or would like to see her in person.

"Jane Austin"- a 1936 Austin 12 Ascot

The sleek and gorgeous Jane Austin was built in 1936 and was the car of choice for Doctors and Solicitors etc.at that time. This Austin will have been seen on British roads well into the early 1950s.

Slightly more modern than the Cowley but without losing any of her quaint charm, the Austin is a vintage classic popular with our customers that like a retro feel to their wedding day.

Classy, glamorous and sure to get your guests talking, we love our Austin and hope you do too.

A history of the cars...

The Cowley was built at Cowley in Oxford in the Holloway Road Morris Factory by William Morris, also known as Lord Nuffield, who is regarded as one of Britain's greatest pioneering motor manufacturers. Throughout his life he funded numerous educational establishments, hospitals and medical equipment such as the 'Iron Lung'. Consequently there are several hospitals and colleges bearing his title.

The Cowley was first registered in Aberdeen, Scotland. She remained in the Aberdeen area until the late 60s.

I recently met the last Scottish owner, Eric Bowman who owned her until 1962. He told me he drove her on holiday to the Isle of Man and has given me photos of her there. Eric still tinkers with vintage cars and remembered the Auld Lady very well and gave me the Drivers Handbook. He eventually sold the Auld Lady to a local garage. I have contacted the son of the garage owner who remembered the car as a child in the late 60s but there is a gap in her history until 1976 when the next owner, Dr Parker purchased the car from a garage in the Wirral, paying £1,200. He used her regularly for the next two years but she then remained unused in his garage for the next 33 years.

In 2009 she was sold to Mr Broome who used her briefly prior to an extensive restoration. The Auld Lady sold at action to a dealer who then sold her to us. Since then she has undergone continous improvement and is loved by all the family.

Eric Bowman also owned the Austin 12 Ascot when I met him. He later sold it to me. The Austin 12 Ascot was completey restored by Mr Bowman and has been driven on holiday to the Shetland Isles by him. She has been entered into multiple vintage car shows in the Forfar area where she has won many rosettes for her condition and looks.