Happy Birthday Morris Minor

[FlyTexas]

Looks like a lot of fun to drive. Anyone here ever own a Minor...or your parents owned one perhaps?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7466620.stm

Brian

[Garry Russell]

My Mum had one from 1968 to 1971 when it was written off in a collision

By then it was already becoming old fashioned and so ugly it was emabarrasing to be seen in it



Garry

[Nigel H-J]

Bless the old girl!

Although having a full driving licence when I joined the RAF as an MT Driver when it came to driver training I had to take the car driving test again :doho: ......On a good old Moggie 1000 estate version you know, treated each year with wood primer as well as for wood lice!! :roll:

Nigel.

[cstorey]

A lovely little car with super steering and gearbox and in the later 1098cc versions a reasonable amount of go. Now much sought after , particularly Traveller ( Woody ) Estate Car versions

[Tako_Kichi]

I never owned one but I had an uncle who had several Moggie vans and then a 'Woody' estate. After the estate he moved on to A35 vans for a while. He always converted the vans by adding rear windows and rear seats to make them more family friendly. ;-)

[speedbird591]

My Dad had the older 850cc Minor Traveller. The visual difference was a split windscreen and a front grille with lots of little squares. We used to drive from Surrey to the Mull of Kintyre for our family holidays, with a night stop at Loch Lomond sleeping in the back under travelling rugs and getting bitten to death by midges! With a max speed of about 55mph it was a loooong journey with two little boys ...

But you older guys should have remembered: we didn't have 'estate cars' in those days. We had 'shooting brakes'!

Ian

[Garry Russell]

But you older guys should have remembered: we didn't have 'estate cars' in those days. We had 'shooting brakes'!

Ian

And we called them Travellers

Garry

[Nigel H-J]

And we did these journeys without motorways, powered steering, shock absorbers or even seat belts!!..... :o

Nigel.

[Garry Russell]

Haven't driven since 2001 but I have never owned a car with power steering :think:

Garry

[speedbird591]

And we did these journeys without motorways, powered steering, shock absorbers or even seat belts!!..... :o

Nigel.

... or ready salted crisps ...

The only entertainment we had was Dad's AA book. It listed the origin of number plates by County or City and we spent our time researching where each car had come from. :-( DVDs, PSPs, MP3s? These youngsters are spoilt nowadays!

Ian