When I lived in Australia, I had four of these wonderful cars. None, of course, as pristine as this jewel! They would run forever on the smell of an oily rag, they needed hardly any maintenance, and they had an amazing amount of power out of that 1000cc motor through the 4 speed gearbox. They also had a great suspension, and were so much fun to drive! Wish I still had one.
Which made me wonder - given that all parts are available for these - whether you could assemble a new Minor from parts, and what it might cost. David Brown Automotive even sell brand-new 'remastered' classic minis for around £98K - I don't know if anyone's ever done that with a Minor, although restored and renovated examples to a very high standard are available to buy.
I once had a morris minor with a split windscreen. I think it was a 1955 model which I acquired, I think in 1964/5. I’ve always loved a Morris Minor so it was good to see this one. I recall that colour being called Rose Taupe.
My split screen was earlier than that, it cost £40. No heater as standard. I wore Wellies packed with straw and oflen head out of window! I thought it was 1946
Mi padre llegó a tener un Morris en los años 80 era bien antiguo lo quiso restaurar por qué estuvo guardado pero lo tuvo que vender su interior era alucinante saludos desde Lima Perú
Incredible - the perished Pirelli webbing under the driver's seat wants replacing ( the old ones kept ) before anyone goes through the seat faces which would be a tragedy .The problem is : what do you do with it ?.Sadly , it just needs to go to somewhere like ' The Great British Car Journey ' in Derbyshire and retained as a ' benchmark ' to how they they came out of the factory !.
What a fabulous morris minor 1098cc block great cars simple but solid I had a 4 door 1960 997cc engine such a nice easy to maintain thank you for showing such a beautiful Car 👍👍
Had two of these, a 1955 and a 1964. So easy to work on. A new (rebuilt) gold seal engine costing about 90 pounds could be dropped in in just a few hours. Can you imagine trying that with anything built today?
I remember these cars from 1973, and they were one big slab of corrosion. This one, this thing of beauty, must have been kept as an ornament in the living room :-)
I was given a morris minor traveler in 1968 as my first car, I never got to drive it because it was a non runner. Just loved sitting in it with my mates😊
Sounds like she knew about the "soft brakes" it had, where it took forever to stop, thanks to the tiny brake drums and no power-boost. So that made the engine's compression an essential part of slowing down.
I had a 1957 Minor with the trafficators that kept sticking and the split windscreen. It was black. Travelled from Bromley all the way to John o Groats and back again with no trouble at all (where we passed John Lennon incidentally driving a Maxi) I don't think they had heaters either as far as I remember. It would have been a 900cc engine. But this one is absolutely fantastic. Eventually my Morris had a re-con engine for around £80 from a guy in the Old Kent Road - and he fitted it while we waited!!
My mother got one of these. Why? My dad was a war vet and refused to buy a relieable German car (VW). I remember cold winter mornings trying to get it going with the manual crank handle. Brings back memories.
One turned up in ireland a couple of years ago,found in the back of an ex bmc morris garage,delivered as a demo car it had zero owners from new,no licence plates as it had never been road registered and had 22 miles on the clock....next to it was a morris 1100 ,unregistered,zero owners from new with 15 miles on the clock....both had been the garage ex demo vehicles,and were in mint as new condition
My first car was a 1958 Morris minor 948cc I bought off my dad when he traded up to a MK 1 Cortina (1200cc with that dreaded 3 bearing crankshaft but dad being in the motor trade managed to acquire the 1500cc engine with the five bearing crankshaft). But I digress, the Morris minor had done when I parted with it 120,000 miles when I sold it on two years later, it never gave me a moments trouble and the only part I changed was the ignition coil which had a HT leaking track on the HT stem which would manifest itself on wet days.
What a cracking little car, my dad bought a brand new Morris Traveller in 1968, similar colour, called Peat Brown I think, got rid of it after 2 years due to it slipping out of reverse gear and a smell of petrol inside.
I like to see these old cars but my main memory of driving them was being cold in winter because the heater was poor. I'm sure that's true for other cars of the time but i don't remember being cold in my Triumph Herald or Standard Vanguard, only the Morris.
Owened one what seems like several thousand years ago. Really nice car in its day, no synchro on 1st gear meant you had to double declutch if you wanted in at non zero roadspeed. No micro controllers of course, so it was easy to do everything yourself.
This is like a 1955 I believe Landrover, which was found in Perth Western Australia that was never used . Apart from needing an oil change, it needed wheel bearings due to standing in one spot.
My father had Morris minors as firms cars from the early 50’s side valve until about 68 when he got a Viva HC. He did about 25000 miles a year as a traveller in wholesale food sales. Some of them did not have a heater A deluxe model did along with overriders on the bumpers! The seat squab was too short and probably caused the pains in his legs For family holidays with three children I have no idea how they managed as he would not use a roof rack and the boot was tiny. I have to say it rarely let him down He regularly topped up the dash pot on the single SU with a drop of oil and the battery with distilled water The 1100cc one could get a crack on and he certainly pushed it along But boy was he pleased with the Viva comfort despite the brakes on early ones being hopeless. No servo! I would not suggest this as a daily driver for anyone Museum seems the right place to me , speaking as someone who spent a lot of time in the back seat in bank holiday traffic jams
Had one of these as my daily driver, easy to disconnect the speedo drive cable to keep the mileage low. This one is well kept and been garage kept. Need to look at the drivers seat for wear. For only that indicated mileage the seat shows in excess of the use of 190 mls.
@@michaelsummers7327 really then why is the passenger seat tight ? A seat will not look like that in only 190 miles just common sense. My older unit seat looked better than that unit and it was a daily driver, believe what you want to but use some gray matter. Suggest you view “old classic car” reviews and look at the seat condition of the drivers side seats in comparison to this unit. These cars have many more miles on them and the seats are in no way collapsed like this.
@@AdamGoodman4U No way would the foam collapse that badly mine held its shape from daily use for quite a few years plus it was used when I bought it. Believe what you want like it’s always buyers beware or it’s too good to be true.
Thanks , I 've just made a car purchase and wouldn't have the room though. It's still on its running in mileage which was 500 miles . My father had one in 1968 .
A lovely car, but the green paint overlapping the 'Morris' plate on top of the engine cover suggests some careless touch-up work at some point. There are a few minor blemishes including a dent on the nearside rear of the fuel tank as well as surface rust on the exhaust and torsion bar, but damp air during storage would explain that. I agree with others that the wheel colour looks wrong and the tyres have undoubtedly been replaced, but the rest looks completely original. It brings back memories of my first car, a 1959 pearl grey model which was already 16 years old when I bought it for £100 and 24 years old when I sold it for £200 (upgraded from 948cc to 1098 cc)!
Funny story about my Moggy Minor called rusty. At the scrapyard looking for parts the guy met me, he pointed me to a Morris minor at the Rear area. I was so excited as the wings looked good. I quickly opened the door on the passenger side and noticed it had good carpets, I quickly lifted them up and turned towards the rear, looking over the seats I was nose to nose with the scrapyard Alsatian sat there wondering what I was doing in his kennel!! I had the fright of my life. ..JESUS H… 😂😅
My parents first car was a Morris Minor 1000 estate. More rust than car. Same with my grandads Morris Minor - same model. They had their day but unfortunately the build quality as was for those times terrible.
