1 May - short trip from Stockton on the Forest to Warthill (near York). Have had the car for one week and am still discovering testing problems (but enjoying doing so....)
My first car bought for £5 when I was thirteen - what fun driving it on the old airfield behind where we lived! Had two more since.....such easy cars to drive.
I have owned several Morris Minors..including a 1951 Convertible. I have also owned a 1954 Oxford and a 1959 Oxford. Excellent cars. I suggest driving your Morris with a little more "vigor", they like to be wound up.
I love these cars, and if I catch one up on the road, are happy to follow behind and admire it. I restored a 1970 police saloon Morris Minor in the past.
I remember learning to drive in a 1953 morris minor, which had been given to my mother by one of my father's parishioners. Certainly a vehicle of robust construction and genteel appearance, this was an ideal training vehicle and provided all the practice I required until I paseed my test 10 years later! Looking back I recall that the morris was very underpowered and any headwind more than a gentle breeze presented quite a challenge to its stalwart 8hp engine. In addition, the traficator arms positioned just below the front door handles would remain in position if not retracted before the ignition was switched off. ( we had to replace at least four broken units until that joyful day when flashers were attached). Also, not having a heater presented a survival challenge during the freezing winter of 1963. Blankets abounded. But this wonderful vehicle survived into the 1970s when sadly the floor fell out and it was deemed too risky negotiating any road at speeds above 20mph.
The one I owned had the drivers floor pan repaired with fibre glass, then my Dad wrote it off one boxing day morning another car T boned him coming over a Give way sign . 😂
My dad met Donald Healey in a dealership in Toronto in the 1950’s. After my mom had complained about dad’s drafty, cold Austin-Healey, Donald Healey convinced my dad to trade in his A-H for a new Morris Minor
Classic cars like this weren’t like the rough sort of sports cars and not like America ones And they weren’t too fancy either they were just very well made and were gentle on the road providing even a short or longer trip always to be a smooth ride on the open road motorway or duel carriage way whatsoever they’d still provide a decent journey in a nice British style.
My first Morris Minor (1962 1000) is currently at a restorers being made roadworthy, so I have yet to discover the joys, and I suppose the frustrations, of driving this wonderful car.
I had one here in Canada. Steering was on the left as we are one of the few members of the Commonwealth that drives on the wrong side of the road. Had performance trouble in cold weather, and it does get cold here, until I learned to use diesel fuel instead of engine lube in the SU carburetor dashpot.
Its my nifty second gear start from the T junction that I'm particularly proud of :-) Sadly I no longer have the car. But i have something rather special instead - might even do a video soon :-)
That brought back some memories, my grandad has a green one. I loved the curves on them and the drive. Didn’t the police have them in the day too ?, when they looked smart .
Tip......always carry a light hammer or use starting handle to smack Lucas electric pump when points stick, located on bulk head..😅😅 easy to maintain and repair, unlike modern cars when you open the bonnet it looks like the back of your television set. .😨.. Replaced virtually every running part on mine, reconditioned engine, clutch, gearbox, brakes, steering joints and exhaust. All done at the roadside outside mum and dad's. Weekends spent scouring breakers yards.... Needs must, only way you could afford to run a car. Petrol 4s 11d for a "Gallon" that's "eighteen litres" for a pound.😕 Halcyon days back in the sixties...☺
I think you must live in my area, given the comment on the Scarborough to Whitby bus. I have a 1966 4 door, which has just had quite a lot spent on its undercarriage. Would be interesting to compare notes. I'm off to buy some sealant, as my car is currently outside and this heavy rain means the boot becomes rather watery. All best wishes, happy motoring.
Sadly I no longer have the Morris. Instead I have a little blue MG midget. The boot of my Morris leaked badly as well, and I just put a towel in there while keeping the drain hole clear and it seemed to help a little. Good luck with your leak.
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Me recordo que na década de 60 em Sto André SP meu pai era mecânico de automóvel,tinha um Senhor inglês chamado David que tinha um carrinho desta marca e entregou para meu pai regular, depois do serviço feito meu pai disse que o carro estava precisando de regulagem e perguntou quando ele havia feito a ultima revisão e ele disse que já nao se lembrava pois fazia alguns anos, meu pai ficou encabulado e pergontou porque ele se descuidou da revisão e ele foi categórico....Sr Rodolfo este é um carro inglês....Jason/Goiânia Goiás Centro do Brasil...
Had a split screen convertible. It was so unreliable, constant tinkering to keep it running well, it also chewed through gearboxes for some reason. Also had to remove torsion bar to change break master cylinder as you couldn't get bolts out without removing torsion bar. Poor design. Used to get lots of comments about the car though.it did look smart in maroon, black top and red leather trim. From memory it was a 1954. I wonder if it still exists?
Only at very slow speeds - it lightens up very quickly - very accurate steering although not much feedback (compared to a good sports steering where you can tell through the wheel precisely where the wheels re pointing)
Could you imagine this car being used by the German Army on the Russian Front and the North African desert like the Volkswagens were , I had both cars , the British cars were just fragile unreliable utter junk in comparison to the incredible indestructible reliable Volkswagen and that why all the British car industry as well as all British manufacturing went broke , rubbish .
Total tosh you talk as much crap as the vw beetle is .as any mechanic will tell you vw no 3 valves constant problem I would have moggie over one any time
There is some truth as to durability, for many years the British manufacturers would send a car to Mira test track, when tested upon the"extreme " road test circuit, if the car made 500 miles without the suspension or the structure breaking, it was considered a very good result. Both Beetle and Minor were cars of advanced thinking, solutions to provide affordable motoring for the many , in each solution, the Beetle had the the weaknesses of a noisy air-cooled engine and therefore poor cabin heating , extreme rear-weight bias and swing axles, giving potentially hazardous roadholding in cornering , the Beetle had its own style, the Morris had a new for the era of the 1940s, a modern layout, good forward weight bias, the engine C of G moved forward compared to 1930s cars, passenger cabin also moved forward for safer roadholding and (allowing the innovation of a separate compartment for luggage), torsion bar suspension, and rack and pinion steering made the Morris a benchmark for predictable roadholding and ease of driving for small cars for use, most other makers such as Ford recognised the innovation of the Minor and transferred the advanced thinking of the Minor to their the 1950s and 60's cars. Few copied the Beetle layout for any length of time. Finally the Morris was styled in the modern idiom of the USA, the 1940s Packard Clipper
@@cyclist3969 The fact that Volkswagen exists today and non of the British car companies attests to the public choosing quality and reliability over rust prone fragile utter junk .
