Morris Minor National Rally 2023 + driving my Morris Minor BLINDFOLDED!
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The Morris Minor National Rally took place at Chateau Impney on the 1st and 2nd of July 2023. The event was celebrating 75 years since the car was introduced to the public/went on sale in 1948.
PLEASE NOTE/DISCLAIMER: I was not paid by the MMOC, gifted tickets nor asked to make this video - this is a 'from the heart' video and contains my thoughts, opinions and favourite moments. This is a club I've been involved with since I was quite young and therefore hold dear.
Any thoughts or opinions expressed by others are not necessarily those shared/reflected by the channel owner or host.
Please also note if you post rude or unkind comments about people who have kindly given their time to appear on screen, you will have your comment removed and you will be blocked from the channel. Life is too short to be mean! - Авто та транспорт
great video, lovely to see you and always happy to film 😊
Aww thanks Chloe!!! You were an absolute star and I love you to bits xx
@@idriveaclassic+9😅
I don't care the year, modified or not I've always got a soft spot for a Moggy, especially the traveller as my Dad had an Almond Green '62 Traveller back in the late 70's and I loved that car as a small child.
I live in the USA in English Indiana I have a 1967 Morris minor two door car
I can’t help but notice that there was a fair number of lilac coloured Minors
Hello Steph! What a variety of things. Amazing that old ambulance, like she said most were lost at Dunkirk. Anyway
I hope you feel better soon. You are definitely a ray of sunshine in this cynical world. Take care hun.
Thanks James. You’re so lovely x
A great little car my sister had one back it the early 80s .It was the 1949 low light side valve model
Hundreds! Wow!
The interviews with owners were excellent. For me, the people are, if anything, more interesting than the cars.
Thank you very much for the video.
P.S. I really hope you feel better soon, Steph. You are a sunshine personality.🧡
Outstanding. My first car was a 62 Morris I fell in love. Thank you for the memories.
Love the minor !!!
Brings back good memories for me and my uncle he had a traveller brilliant video !!!
Absolutely Great Video ,watched it from Australia...thanksssssssss
I watched this on the big screen Steph and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Wow, this is just great! Looks like great fun, and the cars, and all those parts! I'm a bit jealous, but mostly just glad it was a fantastic meet for the 75th!
Absolutely loved this video!
Was lovely to meet you and chat briefly about Nancy :) hopefully will make it next time in the Mazengarb (look it up - you will probably only ever see one in your life). Thanks for a lovely and interesting video as ever
I remember 576 NWL from an episode of miss marple
Great cars!...I remember the Morris Minor traveller my parents had when I was I was a kid and the constant tick of the SU electric fuel pump feeding that little SU carburetor....Very economical cars back in the day, although they did have some weaknesses, like brake cylinders getting corroded due to salt on the roads and a Lockheed master cylinder that was a PITA to replace if the seals leaked, not to mention the speedo pointer that danced around like the sugar plum fairy...I still remember the rego - 9804 VP.
Great video realy apreciate the content n presentation of your videos
Brilliant video Steph. Thanks for sharing.
I can hear the exhaust "parp" as I watch lol
Just lovely Steph. What a show! Loved the owners story. Some had me LOL, especially the man who got his wife, Sandy, to pretend to push knowing help would soon arrive. Loved the van with the wicker work interior. Just WOW all round.
Great video Steph and thank you for featuring me and my car
Great video Steph, thanks for showing us the show. I love the Dutch van and Amber the Ambo oh and Little Stu the Mini is spanking!! 😉
Wow that Chateau Impney is impressive. We have nothing like that here in Au.
Don't see a lot of Morris's here these days. Great to see a field of them. 😀
Thanks, Steph, for this lovely video! My Milly lives in Germany since 2008. Unfortunately we couldn’t join this event. So I’m happy about some pictures, some impressions of the mood there and your nice explanations.
Thank you for watching! Hope we see you next year xx
I have said this before Morris Minor's are a great first classic car to own. Well maybe not the 'old ones' for a young person they might scare them away! I love that you included Morris as a brand in this year's rally there are some really nice vehicles there, oh and an 'Amby'. Interesting to see the Ambulance with all it's kit. I think I spotted a Millionth Morris Minor car at the end of the video next to the oldest one you were standing next to? BTW the bind fold stunt was so funny, left - right. No left - reverse, STOP!! Thank you Steph for such a well put together video. 👍👍
Aww thanks Stephen! The millions were indeed there!
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing!🙂
Another fab video. Thank you, Style Icon!
Love it!
Nice vid as usual Steph....love those little Minors 🤩
Omg
I’ve not watched your videos for a long time, you’re looking so good 💫💕👌🏻
Haha thank you!!
Love from New Zealand Steph! Drove Morri's for years.
You do great videos my dear! You deserve 1.0million subscribers
Aww Dennis you cutie. Thanks
Love from Australia too!
Smashing. Thanks.
My mother had a 1958?Morris Minor, registration number GMO 995 (Victoria, Australia). Great to see all those beautiful surviving examples. Keep up the good work!
Another great video, even more so as I’m currently looking for my first classic and I’ve finally decided on a Traveller.
Excellent video well done ...I bought a 68 traveller late last year and love it ...ps you look great fading away ...well done ....hello from Dublin...Robert
Lovely to see my Mum making an appearance 😅. Great video Steph
Aww thank you xx
Great video! Hi from New Zealand, have a 1959 MM here 🇳🇿
Great video again Steph. Love your wardrobe, your enthusiasm & your knowledge!
Thank you!
Great show, great review. All the best Bob
Thanks Bob!
Steph brilliant vids I always wanted a morris you are looking fantastic by the way good on you baby ❤
I haven't watched for a while you're looking fabulous well done keep it up 🎉
میرے والد صاحب نے پہلی مورس کار i think 1964 میں لی تھی یہ گاڑیاں دیکھ کر بڑی خوشی ہوئی اتنی صاف ستھری گاڑیاں دیکھ کر خریدنے کو دل کر رہا ہے 😊
Excellent video Steph 🙂
You’re too kind ❤️❤️
Quinicentle British car .Great video Steph ,lovely dress .
Thank you so much for taking the time to post the video Steph, really appreciated it and enjoyed it very much. 😊👍
Sorry it was a bit far for you to join us!
@@idriveaclassic you captured a good portion of it, so I got see some of it at least and I'm very grateful 😊
Nice skirt and tights to suit the era!
My Grandad bought an ex post office Morris Minor van in the 80's, he put windows in the back of it so my Mum and Uncles could see outside as they were driving along. I'm not sure what happened to it, more than likely it was scrapped. It'd probably be worth a few quid nowadays.
Haha... Steph, didn't you know that "right" means ok and not right lol.. (Phil)
Haha don’t. We were cracking up over that.
Fab video Step, you reality are the master of these events.
At such a big event was it a problem what to wear, so many cars to coordinate with, Nightmare 🤔 🧡.
Hahah I only brought a few outfits so it was tough 😂
Hello Steph,
26:52 .. with its lady owner.. made me think of ' Ice Cold in Alex' (1958 film with John Mills and Sylvia Sims)..
Its even got the leaky water pump...😉
Cordialement,
Haha I did offer water!
Brilliant film, Ice Cold in Alex! Also starred Anthony Quayle as the German Panzer Officer.
Great video. Really relaxing watch however I don't know what's the point of driving blindfolded.
Another great video Steph. It's amazing that one car could have such an impact on the world and bring out so much love and joy in people.
Oh it’s changed my life and the life of many others. Issigonis was a genius.
@@idriveaclassic He sure was!
Is that the Millionth one on the right in the background in the outtro?
i had a dark green lowlight morris minor MM in 1970, NPC859, wondering if it survived?
Sorry to complicant things historically! The car we call the "Morris Minor" was originally intended to be called the "Morris Mosquito". As Sir William Morris hated the Mosquito it was decided to revive the "Morris Minor" name so as to please William Morris. However, the original Morris Minor was introduced in 1928 in order to compete with the Austin 7 against which it did do so very well. It had an Overhead camshaft Wolseley engine but the MG car Company saw potential and it was the Minor on which the first MG "Midget" was based. A side valve engined Minor arrived in 1931 and by the time that the Minor was in late 1934 succeeded by the new Morris Eight it had become quite a luxurious little car! So the "Eight" was in 1948 succeeded by a new car that was called a "Morris Minor" !! There are a fair number of the original pre-war original Minors in existance.
awwww just bloody ace and beautiful n entertaining n informative. thank you for this Steph. lots of love, new zealand.
Just bought my first morris minor a 1964 traveler! My dad sold his when I was little so it'll bring back so many childhood memories.
Picking her up in august :))))
You make a good job of these videos. I have four 60s BMC cars and I still look out out for a nice Minor for sale.
Never owned one 😔
But I always wanted a Morris Minor pickup, or van.
Lovely sound from a Morris Minor, you could hear it coming but not see it , and still know what was coming down the road.
Did you see the Morris Oxford MO Traveller? They only made them for 2 years, so extremely rare. A nice Wolseley 6/80 too (like an elongated Oxford MO) - all share the same basic shape as the Morris Minor, so it all adds interest. 👍🏻 All-in-all a fabulous show!
I did! I was hoping to catch the owner for interview but our paths didn’t cross
Moggies are so cute❤. I wish we had more in the States. I’d love to have one.
What does a q plate mean
In the early 70's I had an old Morris Minor that my friend had rebuilt! It was a pre 1960? Model but he had fitted a gold seal Riley 1.5 engine! Gearbox and all running gear! It had the Riley dashboard seats and all trim! The front wings were fibreglass. And a home made exhaust made from stainless steel! It went like a scalded xat! Fantastic car! But the clutch was a straight metal rod from the foot pedal? Which kept snapping! Strange choice? I sold it for £80. Honestly! In about 1972? I wonder if it still around? Great video! Steph! Thank you!
What fun, my family participated in a local Land Rover owner's club event and it was a great time commiserating with fellow owner's high adventures and mechanical lows of our SUV's.
What a great Morris Minor 75th aniversery car show and also the other clubs and registers that attended and the best part of these british classic car shows is what turns up and ut isn't a classic car show until you see a Morris Minor but there were hundreds of them also that Hindi Ambassador after all it was based on a Morris Oxford and the modifieds how many of them had Toyota engines in them and the bonnet lends itself for a much taller engine to be fitted so many different vehicles
It's amazing how so different, different car clubs are to each other. The Minor crowd seem a realy nice bunch of people. Sadly the car I own (E-type Series 1) the owners clubs are a bit........... That's why I joined a general car club as the mix is amazing and the people wonderful. But on the bright side I've had some whoops and horn toots.
I met "old number one" back in 2000 at harewood house national rally 😎
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo a Lucas battery
Hi Steph. What’s happening with all your other cars. We need an update lol. I’ve just recently bought myself. An immaculate. 29,000 mile rover 114 sli. I’m not sure if you can class it asa classic yet. But it’s great fun to get out on a nice day for a run
Hey Troy! Not much, I’ve been working a lot and I’ve been suffering with terrible sickness - which has come back after lying dormant. I feel bloody dreadful. I was only saying this morning I need to dust the girls down. I haven’t done much at all lately xxx
PS. I love a Rover 114. Bittersweet memories.
Love the original cars, modified is not a Morris anymore,just my opinion.
I'll be honest I haven't owned a Minor since the 80's but my memory was at that time it was as good as any one litre car on the market tbh - just simple to maintain reliable and cheap to run
My Morris minor fuller custom mise
Wow that one from Holland must be the most well traveled!
Regarding the "Modified Minors", I have no problem with them as long as they are tastefully and professionally done. In Australia was a cleverly modified 1000 van named "Vanpire". which had its original grille replaced by spiky aluminium "teeth". It featured, from memory, a spectacular paint job, a lavish interior and was fitted with an aftermarket and transmission. I liked it and so did most people.
A neighbour had a split screen with semaphore arms. it looke like an encycloedia of a car engine. Forigive awicked old man. Love the dress and the flat,black loafers too xxx
The Morris Minor survival rate is the highest of any old British car, available as 2 and 4 door saloon, convertible, Traveller estate, van and pickup. Early ones have split windscreens, but I prefer an Austin A40 Farina. The car that should have replaced the Minor was the Austin and Morris 1100.
In Australia the Moris Minor was discontinued in 1963 and replaced by the Morris 1100. Strangely the Morris Marina was added to the local range after the 1100 was deleted.
One of the things I've always admired about British and European carmakers, is their willingness to hold on to body styles for a long time. Here in the US we invented something called planned obsolescence, and it's rubbed off on to Japanese automakers as well. Phooey on planned obsolescence!
The Morris Minor a car designed for the 1950s and didn't change in design right until its end in 1970 a complete disgrace.
It changed a lot between launch and last model. Any enthusiast knows that.
Audio error around 4:18?
What popped up? Sorry
@@idriveaclassic There was overlapping audio of a man when the woman was speaking to the camera about her Morris.
Oh really! Damn. There shouldn’t have been.
@@idriveaclassic It happens. ♥️