We pick up Dorothy. 1970 Morris Minor

[@thomaswebb9705]

I am lucky enough to have a '57 4-door saloon. I have been fortunately in life to have had many interesting cars. Some much more expensive, many of them much faster. But there has never been a more reliable, more fun-to-drive car in my garage than my Morris Minor named "Sadie" - after the original owner, and from who's family we purchased her while living in Australia. This car puts a stupid grin on my face every time I open the garage. Taking her for a ride melts all my cares away, and it just makes me happy. 500 more horsepower wouldn't change a thing. It is so much more fun to drive a slower car quickly, than to have something with huge performance which you can't even hope to utilize. I could drive at 99% of the potential and never get a ticket - and have the time of my life.

[@Backoutthere]

Thomas Webb thanks for the comment. I am being to learn the attraction to them. Tiffany has always wanted one. Now we are fighting who gets to drive. Hoping to take her out the weekend after we put the interior back together.

[@darrylmcleman6456]

The one with "Laady Luck"on it has the mirrors in the right place for me!!!

[@juliansmith8633]

Gorgeous looking car

[@Backoutthere]

Julian Smith thank you. Got some fun plans coming up. New videos.

[@Bulletguy07]

The last Moggie 1000 i owned was a 1970 2 door saloon in Almond Green reg number CEH 400H......i sold it in the late 70's but i know it is STILL on the road today..

[@rydermike33]

'Dorothy' is a beauty, many thanks for sharing.

[@Backoutthere]

Mike Ryder thanks.

[@drwho534]

Love Morris Minors, a very classic iconic British car. Dorothy is a beaut! Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@Backoutthere]

Thanks for watching. Move videos to come about Dorothy.

[@steveni1459]

lovely old car i am year older than her ...i more had mk2 escorts or the mk5 cortinas when younger but all ways liked the minor .. did buy a 1968 pick up for £50 when i was 20 but with living with parents and taking up my mothers drive way she was going nuts that she could not get her car parked had to give her up after a year...would still have one now if i could find a lock up..hope you have happy times in her take care.

[@michaeltutty1540]

Dorothy is a real beauty!! A lovely car indeed.
I was just looking at the prices on the Morris Minor Traveller. Properly sorted they are in the $30,000USD price range, to that one you said may be done for could well be a restoration candidate. The frames are simple enough in design that repairing them is not as expensive as you might think, and the entire wood section is available as a complete kit. I hope it gets saved. Great potential there.

[@graemewilce3057]

What a GREAT little car is the Morris Minor I used have one myself many yrs ago< the engine was stuffed< so I put in a worked on A 35 ENGINE AND IT WENT LIKE HELL I LOVED IT...............

[@montyzumazoom1337]

Very nice car

[@presstodelete1165]

They are all fixable, if you have deep enough pockets.

[@paulph12002]

Very true, and when it comes to rust they will rust just about anywhere. To me they are slow, boring and an old ladies' car. But hey, to each their own..

[@nuil501]

Congrats !! Preserving history, valuing UK engineering !!

[@davmar5648]

What a lovely video presentation. Thank you. My Morris had alot of upgrades done st Charles Ware before i bought her ( Precious) . Enjoyed seeing the site.

[@Backoutthere]

davmar thank you for watching. Will be doing more video of Dorothy subscribe if you would like to see more.

[@johnhutchinson9714]

Ouch, the poor clutch.

[@ianrutherford878]

Yep.She needs some lessons because that didn't improve over the journey,or there's a clutch job coming up sooner than necessary.

[@martinhowe3679]

maybe a bigger cover i started with one currently have three and a half still building but great fun and lovely little motors they seem to find you cheers

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

A nice blast from the past!

[@nevermore891]

My 1972 Citroen Ds is called Dorothy as well 😁think that’s why this vid popped up

[@Backoutthere]

F.E Barracuda Deathwish nice. Thanks for watching

[@vinces7001]

Nice One! Ever seen 'Milly the Amazing Minor'??? All the Best and Wishing You Well

[@itsmephil2255]

Just found your channel after it popped up on a video I was watching...so jealous...always wanted a 2 door saloon

[@wordsmith52]

Well done for adopting a "Moggie"! The are are all worth saving!

[@ramshaar2597]

A real beauty.

[@colinlinfield4068]

Great little cars I rebuilt one some years ago. Great to work on and always a head turner

[@Backoutthere]

Colin Linfield That they are Colin.

[@juliansmith8633]

You deserve more subscribers

[@EA-58]

wow...love those little cars.

[@mschiffel1]

Begging to differ with you here...All of these Morris vehicles are indeed salvageable....And they all will end up looking like Dorothy, or better !

[@Backoutthere]

m schiffel I hope so, but the money and time is the big problem.

[@mschiffel1]

@@Backoutthere I hope it's not your money.

[@vijayakrishnannair]

👍 nice

[@MrRasZee]

d0r0thy is a g00d name f0r a min0r

[@cliffboulton8763]

Sorry, the one you didn't like with the "Rainshield?" and Eyelids was by far the best Moggie there, except maybe the Green Pick-Uo.

[@Backoutthere]

CLIFF BOULTON to each there own. Doesn’t mater if I don’t like those parts. Just my opinion.

[@cliffboulton8763]

@@Backoutthere Yes, sorry, that was my opinion and I should have said so. Overall, ALL Moggies are great.

[@danyvioli]

Bellissimo filmato e bellissima auto. Se però continui a farla guidare alla ragazza , quella frizione durerà poco!!.....

[@dormantsuperhero]

The video thumbnail and construction of the 'garage' led me to believe you were restoring TFF poor old girl waits for somebody to love her again.

[@peterdriver4760]

Open the door and let the clutch out

[@vignesh_selva]

Very rare car

[@joeyevans4323]

It's called a sun visor

[@carlmitchell9958]

Perfect car for today's roads, with speed traps everywhere. what's the point of having a car that will do 150mph?

[@brokenbritain9441]

In the UK now the speed limit it's down to 20 mph and modern cars struggle to do 20 mph. Classic cars better at 20 mph

[@whatsstefon]

This is why I enjoy riding my old Royal Enfield.
However, while I’m not interested in doing 150mph, I do enjoy the acceleration from 0 to the speed limit in a car or on a bike.

[@MrRasZee]

d0r0thy w0uld hardly c0llect speeding tickets

[@mohamedfiraz7041]

Nice work bro
Well don

[@paulhammersley4562]

bet's on how long the clutch will last,

[@gus6rocks]

not long.

[@geoffmaltby7267]

PAUL HAMMERSLEY a week max

[@mark1966]

Great video, Inspired and subscribed ! thank you, I did a video covering the starting up of my Ford Prefect after a 6 month break the other day, it didn't all go to plan , lol, keep up the great video's !

[@Backoutthere]

Mark J Hickling thank you for the subscribe.

[@vignesh_selva]

Indian model right side drive very impress

[@einstein9901]

These cars were like the beetles of the UK yah?

[@voicezful]

Would you say other road users give the lady respect on the highway, not the driver but the car?

[@abelincoln95]

Are those Volkswagen tail lights??? Nice automobile!!!

[@pinkyn0se]

"Windshield protector, for the rain?" Ffs.

[@whatsstefon]

S JP always surprised me how poorly English cars were designed to cope with the default weather.

[@pinkyn0se]

@@whatsstefon My point was that he was referring to a period sun visor as some sort of rain protector.

[@p.istaker8862]

woom-vwa!

[@ozzietadziu]

Tiffany could use a bit of instruction concerning how much throttle to use when slowly maneuvering else Dorothy's clutch will have a short life. Good luck!

[@Backoutthere]

Felix Klempka thanks for the comment. It was her first time driving it though. She handled it no problem and really enjoys driving her.

[@ianrutherford878]

@@Backoutthere Didn't get noticeably better over the trip.There are folk who drive that way and there are folk who are taught better technique to avoid premature clutch burn-out.I've driven many strange cars and some can take a little longer than others to drive smoothly but her technique is one that beginners use to avoid stalling.Too high revs and too much clutch slipping.

[@noneck3099]

@@ianrutherford878 You were there the whole time?....first time driving out and first time reversing,,,,is all we saw,...I have a Morris Commercial truck and i'm learning a lot about about Morris Minor ownership...mainly it involves obstinance

[@ianrutherford878]

@@noneck3099 abstinence or obstinacy?A guy called Felix made the original comment and who knows how she drives now? But he was right,if no one corrects that she'll drive but she'll wear out clutches.I had a neighbour who drove like that into his 80's.You could smell the clutch lining when he parked.Yes I was there of course.I've had a few Moggy 1000s.

[@mzr1971]

I like to know after all this time, Did they made any mechanical changes in it example Carburetor , Desk Breaks , new heating A/C system or.

May put my english rose on 1 day show time soon people

[@darrylmcleman6456]

I AM Jealous!!!

[@p.o.c9418]

You will be buying a lot of cluches

[@pgmurrin]

Why can’t ya say the cost, I’d like to have an idea of what these cars sell for. I could have bought one here in Calgary Alberta Canada for 3500.00 dollars but it needed a carburetor, I didn’t know where to get one . I regret not buying it because it sold.

[@ianstewartorr8455]

The minor was a lot better than the marina

[@darrylmcleman6456]

Sun-visors on lights and windscreen

[@davidallum6841]

Lovely car, but "Woodie, coupé? You mean Traveller and 2 door saloon.

[@ianrutherford878]

you missed CHassis --pron. shassee.

[@keithameerali9474]

That clutch may not last long. Nice car though.

[@kilowhiskeyalpha6078]

That car is a porn star.

[@Backoutthere]

kilo whiskey alpha she is a nice one

[@farque2842]

perfect car but get rid of that rack on the boot ,it looks stupid and lovely vid ,really tells the story

[@maxpacker5288]

where is my low light

[@adnanfnaish8489]

Brrits screw politicians and politics and go back to your beautiful heritage

[@darrylmcleman6456]

The steering wheel is on the wrong side!!!

[@Darwinion]

Leeds, Leeds, Leeds....

[@vignesh_selva]

In this model car India🇮🇳 country using model next generation ambassadors using india

[@Sivamaindan]

TAA car is from India

[@vignesh_selva]

Hindustan motors company

[@gerrywhelan7426]

Looks stupid with that boot rack.
Definitely not original.

[@Backoutthere]

gerry whelan not original at all and I love it. My car my rules!!

[@awelonstudio]

They were available at time as extras useful for bigger families. Not stupid at all.