![This is a one-of-57 Wolseley Hornet Classic & Sports Car – All souped up: Heinz’s Wolseley Hornet](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2021-05/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20All%20souped%20up%3A%20Heinz%E2%80%99s%20Wolseley%20Hornet%20%E2%80%93%2015.png?itok=fUsCpvDd)
Almost constant drizzle and a chilly breeze. Curling egg-and-cress sandwiches and a Thermos of lukewarm oxtail soup are followed by slices of Bakewell tart.
Dad, resplendent in his second-best sports jacket, complains about the length of Ray Davies’ hair and how the new ‘01’ London dialling code is really a Communist plot.
Mum reads The People’s Friend and dreams of Frankie Vaughan, while the offspring attempt to tune into Radio Caroline on their transistor, only to receive the less-than-hip sounds of the Northern Dance Orchestra. But at least the Hornet convertible captures that essential holiday spirit.
![Heinz’s Wolseley Hornet competition was launched in 1966 Classic & Sports Car – All souped up: Heinz’s Wolseley Hornet](/sites/default/files/2021-05/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20All%20souped%20up%3A%20Heinz%E2%80%99s%20Wolseley%20Hornet%20%E2%80%93%2005.png)
Yes, thanks to winning the Heinz Greatest Glow On Earth competition, the family transport is now a drop-top Wolseley with a pushbutton radio, a make-up tray filled with Max Factor’s finest cosmetics, seatbelts fore and aft, a fully stocked Brexton picnic hamper and a tartan rug.
To pay tribute to one of the most delightful versions of the Mini, we’ve brought Kevin Ford’s Hornet to the Somerset coast, where all that is needed for a proper 1966-style day out is a windbreak and a bottle of salad cream in the insulated food cabinets.