This is wonderful! Brings back a very important part of my childhood. Our second Traveller, 210 MEH, was the same colour. We used to drive from Staffordshire down my Grannie’s in Epsom overnight twice a year. We got carried downstairs late at night - I clearly remember the crunch of the gravel on the driveway just before I was laid into the back next to my brother and sister. The journey took absolutely ages in the early 60s. You can’t have anybody æying asleep in the back of a car any more. Lad, the dog, sat next to the front passenger, with his nose just below the quarterlight, enjoying the breeze. Ours had traficators, I remember that sound. The windscreen washer - well, there wasn’t one. The old man always filled a Quix bottle with soapy water and would lean out of the side door window and squirt it at the screen when visibility diminished. He sanded the woodwork every other year to revarnish it. We also drove an earlier one along the A5 to our caravan at Blackrock Sands, so we drove through your lovely neck of the woods, too. Well almost. The back seat of the Traveller had a particularly good bounce to it, I remember. We used to hop up and down on our way up to Derbyshire, without seatbelts. An uncle of mine - no names no pack drill - was an economist and a director at BL. He had the very last traveller, white it was, with the number JOY 42. I believe it went to the Heritage Collection.
I have a great Photo of my Alfa 75 on Blackrock Sands in about 1990...and no it didn't rust away...it did well over 200,000 miles with only two owners.
Our family car in the early 70's was a 1966 Minor 1000. I remember driving it on my own on a long journey down the A30 to Cornwall. Most cars that I'd driven around that time had the leaf spring rear suspension with things like lever arm dampers. I was impressed at how quickly the car could be driven on a journey, and without working too hard. As you say, the rack and pinion steering was good, and direct. The rear suspension never gave me any problems, just a little bit of axle tramp when really pushing it through corners. A very long production life...., quite easy to understand why.
You forgot to mention the ,Starting Handle",flat battery ,no problem,just get the starting handle and keep your thumbs out the way.......As i sat and watched the video,i could remember the smell of the interior,and the wonderful exhaust note prodused.You just made an old man ,very,very happy. Thanks Ian :)
Gladys Emmanuel's was a saloon.The hierarchy of price for Moggies goes as follows, cheapest to dearest:- 2 door saloons, 4 door saloons, modified convertibles, Travellers/True Convertibles, Vans, Pick Ups. The last two versions are extremely rare, as virtually all of them were used as workhorses and took a bit of a hammering, as a result.
Thank you thank you thank you for making this video Ian! My only classic car is my 1960 4-door saloon and I love it to bits... literally. I need to get on with digging the rust out and get her back on the road! The Australian cars were CKD and assembled here with a bit of local content. The only major difference is the heaters didn't sell as well here. As for old Alec, I think he's best summed up by his quote "The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them. "
I got a ‘65 four door saloon. Love the Lucas emergency kit, what a find! I remember piling the back of one of these travellers when I was a nipper, with about 5 other kids and a bulldog called Minnie. We were being taken to the local park to play football, a short drive - but by the time we got there we were covered in dog slobber! Great memories. My dad hired one for a trip when I was very young. I still have a photo of that. The moggy was the first car I ever drove. Always wanted one since, but finally bought our 4 door saloon “Maisie” about 18 months ago. We just love it😊
Such a fun little car. The speed it starts is unreal - no modern car starts that instantly! The little A series should be in the top ten best engines ever
To Richie Rouge You would be surprised how much research went into cars perhaps back to the thirties! That easy starting is something they worked on for ages, on the A - series engine! Also the amount of space around the engine for easy access for repairs! Both these things were carried over, when the Minor came to an end, onto the replacement, the much under-rated Austin Allegro. (Another thing that was carried over, was the fondness of Vicars buying both models!)
Oh! Thats just brought back so many memories.I had a Morris Thousand Traveller in the 70's bought from my uncle for £50.Happy,Happy,Happy day's. Thank you so much :)
@@marklittler784 Yea I never have understood how modern Mini hasn't caught on, that this is better for a vertical back on a car. Only their "clubman" got the split doors. Split rear doors means you don't have to be a midget to load something in the back.
My first car back in '77,same colour and battery charger too! Mine was a '69 so more power and orange flashers. My wife (then girlfriend) passed her test in it and the examiner was most impressed with her explanation of the straight cut first gear and not slamming it into gear at junctions.Funny thing I remember is the brakes coming on when changing gear,easy fix,brake ad clutch on same shaft so take 'em out,clean and grease,job done! Great vid.Grease those trunnions!
Happy times, Ian. My Auntie Diane had one too. Many, many happy memories of of the mid 70's pestering my Dad to take me to Uncle Charlie's house so I could see the Traveller. HAPPY DAYS. BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES. Thank you for a fantastic nostalgic video that took me on a trip down a very, very pleasant memory lane.
Hi ian just knocked on the door of 68 so I learned (self) in the fields of our farm it was a van same setup as a traveller and pickup...I then passed my test in said vehicle ...it was a amazing workhorse carrying sheep .hay bales.dogs..feed..and it once carried a a lister diesel lighting plant engine would suspect a tad heavy for moggie.😯😊..cheers from dave..
My dad had one of these when I was a baby. Don't remember much about it, he replaced it with an Oxford Traveller in 1964, but he always spoke about how it went everywhere with the family in it.
Awww man! You missed the opportunity to do a throttle off/over-run on the drive-by at the end of the vid. That's when the Moggie does its best party trick with the fantastic exhaust 'parp'. Regarding the main-beam switch, I always found the position to be just right for my size 9 shoe and tended to use the switch as the default resting place for my left foot. Really enjoyed this little film Ian.
Great to see a video from a proper enthusiast. The way you describe your memories of cars and the way you can see something interesting in almost any old car I totally understand. Thank you Hub Nut 👍
Supposed to be doing some work, but instead watching some guy drive an old car around. Lovely sounds and I can imagine the smells, not really my cup of tea but I am myself of a vintage where these were still common sites and friends mums sometimes had one in the 70’s it also brings back memories. Loved the backdrop of solar panels. What amazes me how so many people cared for this car over the years so it’s still here, works and looks great. (Secretly I do like these) 🤪
Exactly the same as my uncles, his had the glove box lid that was made of armour plate and held by a weak magnet! His speedo needle would dither accompanied by a slight squeek, slowly it got worse until one day it went from zero to flat out several times with the eek! eek! eek! as it bounced from stop to stop , the needle then decided enough was enough and dropped off! Happy days.
Ian,I too remember these cars from my childhood. I knew when they were brand new. Ah yes the imagination of driving as a child. I can fondly remember those days. In fact my father had one very similar to this one. I think his had the 1098 cc engine. Ah the good old days in the UK in the 60's. Life was so much better. People cared about one another much more than they do now.
My first car at my Dad's insistence lol back in 1977, not my choice but boy did it grow on me 😆. A friend christened it Boris. 3 years ago almost to this day, I purchased Boris 2, picked it up from over 200 miles away and had a wonderful drive home in all weathers. Taken it up to the Highlands of Scotland, over to the Ardennes in Belgium and its been wonderful. Have a few videos of it on UA-cam. Get one you won't regret it and simple to work on cheers Johnny.
Aw man that was brilliant. Had a Brace of Minors in the '90s including a saloon from the same year as this one. Same wipers and oddball lights. Also had a Traveller of 1970 vintage which enjoyed the much better 1098cc motor. 70 mph cruising was possible! But you took sharp bends carefully in a Traveller as the car was aluminium from the front doors back, including the roof. Way too light for high speed cornering. A journalist testing a Minor (it could have been in Practical Classics!) once described the sound of the Morris Minor as "a fruity fart." Sums it up perfectly. Anyway, friend, thanks again for great entertainment.
Ah, collapsing front suspension cars - I remember it well:-) . The grease gun was definitely your friend with these vehicles. This and a very simple tool box was all you needed for years of (slightly troubled) motoring at very minimal cost because you never really needed the help of a proper garage they were so easy to fix. Brilliant.
I remember that awful feeling when I took a corner and the car just collapsed when I straightened out. Quickest stop it ever made. My Grandfather brazed it back together.
I thought these were very rubbish until a friend bought a traveler and took me for a ride in one. I said to my self "I will own one before i die" Its still on my bucket list
a friend of mine bought one of these with the wood rotten and he replaced the wood with a window frame which was cut/trimmed you wouldn't of known it was a window frame,happy times :)
Hi great car we had one, it managed the Welsh hills very well. So easy to work on good fun in the bends. It went out on many a break down call, stuffed with tools, trolley jack spears. Never a complaint from the little beast.
Darren Wilson should have kept in production like vw did with the beetle. They could have refined it and modified for a few more years yet. And when you think it was replaced by the horrendous marina!
My auntie Ruth (sister of my mother Gladys) had a 1961 2 door 1000 sedan in the same colour. She loved it, especially the pretty little green light on the end of the trafficator stalk. She learned to drive late in life and it was her first car. I remember sitting in the back seat while my father took her for driving lessons in it. Like it was yesterday, well, not yesterday really but fresh in my memory anyway. Great car.
Hi Ian, my mate Mervyn, now living in USA, had one in 1967, we used to go to college in Cheshire as apprentices. We got to work one day a bit late, doing 60mph!! on a dual carriage way, stopped to clock on and the drivers side front wheel and suspension upright fell flat on the ground!!! Seems only the Gyroscopic effect had kept the wheel upright until we stopped ,Trunnion pin snapped.. Front suspension used on the Marina, I had a 1.8TC later on in 70's, terrible back axle tramp trying win traffic light granprix's. Tecalemit supply garage equipment. Thanks for videos etc.
The way the Minor went from old banger in the 1980s to legitimate classic in the 1990s is quite an extraordinary story (in 1990 the youngest Minors were only 19 years old and many were still being used as cheap clapped out used cars, like first generation Ford Ka's today), its a real shame that the same didn't happen for other 1960s cars and certainly 1970s cars until it was nearly too late.
Sod yer Ferraris, come the lottery win, I want a Morris Minor Traveller. Does any sane and sensible person really need more than this? Issigonis really designed the templates for all future cars. Love the patina of age and life of this Traveller.
With a 5 speed box and an LPG conversion, you don't need any more than this. Front discs as well, I suppose. Stupidly easy and cheap to service. Pleasant to drive.
I took my driving test in my Mother's 1959 Minor 1000 convertible, failed as the handbrake wouldn't hold for the hill start. Passed the test using my Dad's Jaguar MK2 3.4 later the same day. This at the age of 16 in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)..happy days.
Great video. I'm not a huge Moggy fan but it deserves to be loved.It is after all, a British institution. The interior looks fantastic. I have a friend who owns no fewer than three buses (Two Bristols and a London Routemaster) and they are all in 'hub nut' condition,especially the Routemaster. And that always goes down well with enthusiasts,not so much with the purists,who want everything 'just so.'
Tecalemit is a filter company and that sticker on the dash seems to be an oil change sticker showing the mileage when the oil was changed and the part number of the filter used.
LOL, I'm shedding tears watching this! My happiest ever motoring experiences were gained while driving Minors. This was a car that really did the business on the motorway as well - very stable - and made short work of long journeys. I prefer this car to any other modern car. XXXXXX to the Minor!
Tecalemit sell/rent garage equipment and consumables. Still going, based in Plymouth. That 'Tel-U-Log' on top of the dash is a thing of wonder, you used it to keep a log of miles covered/fuel used and you could use it to work out your MPG I believe. My great-grandfather had one on the dash of the Ford Prefect he was driving right up to his death in 1973.
Oh that was wonderful, such a familiar sight and sound when I was a child and in my small road at the time least two neighbours owned one (one in the same delicious blue). The floor dip switch reminds me of my late dad's first car a 1966 D reg Morris Mini-Minor which had the same facility.
My first car was a Minor Van that I bought in pieces and then I bought a smashed sedan and put its engine, that I lifted out with a rope block and tackle that I fitted Never legally on the road except for some clandestine drives around the block but it started a life long affection for the breed and got my younger brother hooked enough that he has a few of them now including a lowlight and a pickup
Yeah. Me dad had tonnes of Tecalemit stuff hanging around his garage at home. I remember the greasy boxes that turned to dust in the 1990s. He had a couple of their grease guns too. He'd get the occasional job fixing up someone's classic car on the weekend.
Stunning! As you say, patina like that is precious beyond mere money. When its gone it cannot be recreated. Definitely more of this content when the opportunities arise. Love the sliding bolts for location of the rear seat back. Just like the Triumph Herald.
the minor is a great car there are a few here in Alaska say you need to find a Hillman Husky to test when I was very young in the 60s our family had two mark 1 estate's maybe that's where I got my love for British cars.
ive just discovered your channel and its brilliant ,My late grandad had 2 moggies and i remember he used to pick me up from primary school in salford and take me to my auntie and uncle farm in north wales this was in the mid 70"s before the motorway was built,We went down the old coast road, happy days
The design of the loading area being so level and easy access to out of sight storage area underneath beats most modern cars, though Peugeot having the spare stored outside under the boot I thought very ingenious.
A great idea in theory, but not in practice, having a cage below the boot where the spare tyre is stored. Many a Zafira owner (myself included) will tell you how easy it is to pull down the cage and steal the spare wheel, I had it done a few years back. I currently have a Focu C Max Grande, the spare wheel is located in the car, under the rear seats.
I had one of those at age 16 and did a valve grind with hand lapping tool. I purchased it from my brother-in-law with leaky fuel tank for $50.00 Canadian in 1968.It was not a traveler but a hard-top car.Dont remember for sure but I think it was a 2dr.Easy for a kid to work on.The one you have there has the stearing on the wrong side for me!!! CHEERS
Another excellent video which reminded me of the 1961 Traveller that I owned in 1978. It was the same colour and similar condition to this. IIRC it cost £60 and I ran it for a few months until the MOT expired when I sold it for £100. I completely agree about reflective number plates. After they became available in 1968 the vast majority of new vehicles were fitted with them and an awful lot of older cars had their black and white plates replaced with them. They were so much safer, particularly on cars parked on unlit roads at night.
The very first Morris Minor I ever saw was owned by a college professor in Ohio, who purchased it from one of his friends who'd been a medic in WW II. The car had no back seat, just an open area for a stretcher. It had been modified to be an ambulance and it had the original dark red leather upholstery to hide blood stains. It was a dark grey and still had the metal mountings over the headlights and taillights that were slits, allowing only limited light so they could not be easily detected by German war planes. I distinctly remember my high school friend starting it up: he turned the ignition switch and there was a distinct "tick-tick-tick-tick" of an early fuel pump, then the engine would start. There was an emerald green light at the end of the turn signal and the engine still ran perfectly. I loved this car and never forgot it, thanks for this vid.
Tecalemit is a company up the road from me in plymouth that make garage equipment. There is also another company with the same name in sheffield that do fluids and oils. Either could relate to that sticker I guess.
Tecalemit did fuel injection systems at one stage, but for the purposes of this Moggy Minor it was probably just their oil filters that generated the sticker..or the garage that did the oil change used Tecalemit gear to drain and collect the old oil. I know we had it in the Renault garage I worked for when I was a student in 1971
Tecalemit also made grease guns. There are several places on the front suspension and on the propshaft and even on the handbrake cables where you need one of these a couple of times a year.
@@cedriclynch Yes, as a 16 year old apprentice mechanic (not technician) back in the early sixties, i remember the lubrication bay was equipped with Tecalemit grease guns and oil dispensers that retracted out of the bay walls, it was my job to grease all the nipples. Ford was the first to do away with greasing on the Anglia and Cortina.
Back in the 80s there was a little garage near Plymouth poly that would let you hire a moggie for 5 quid a day. I rented one several times when I came back home to Plymouth during term breaks at my college in Wales. Until I eventually bought my own first car - 1969 Cortina estate with column shift
Think the little grey plastic thing on top of dash was some kind of MPG Calculator, remember my father having one but think it had limited success. Used to love the popping from the exhaust on over run.
Thanks for the mention of that device, I've been wracking my brains since seeing it in the video. My dad had one, though in my memory it was red plastic, and though I can sort of picture it, and the numbers in the little circular holes, I can't for the life of me remember how it worked or what it did!
This is a flashback to 1971 when my I went to Wales with my mother and Aunt. My cousin in Swansea drove us all over in his Traveller. I was 16 and I thought it was wonderful. My cousin thought it was too old and was planning to get another car. I loved it
I had Morris Minor vans during the early 1970's. The most I ever paid for one was a fiver, although the asking price was a tenner. I remember I was working in Southampton and the daily commute was 160 miles, one Friday I came home and decided to fit new rings. Was all done by Sunday but of course no time to test. Left for work on Monday morning and drove the 80 miles to work at a steady 40mph all the way, and the same on the return trip in the evening. I did this for a week, I believe people must have changed their route because by the end of the week, the A31 seemed much quieter! After that first week I was able to resume my commute at 55mph, and traffic started to return to the A31.
There was a garage next to Salford Bus Station, under the arches of the old Exchange Station, who used to buy up fleets of old Post Office mail and telephone vans, respray and fettle them, then sell them in lots of around a dozen or so, advertising in the Manchester Evening News. These vehicle were usually 5 to 7 years old and had been well maintained, prior to be being sold at auction. I bought one in March 1972, when learning to drive, my dad used it until I passed my driving test a few months later, at which point he bought one for himself, as I then used the van to get to Salford Uni, where I was studying Chemistry. I think I paid around £125 for a 1965 van, reg No EJJ809C (a London reg), I had it for a year, the gear box failed (it kept jumping out of second gear), I then got rid and swapped it for a 1960 Traveller, which I had for another year.
Dad had one of the first 1098 Travellers from new in late 1962. It had the same trim and was in Almond Green. He kept it for eight years. Your video brings back a lot of memories.
In the 70s I used to driven in a yellow post office van it was restricted by gpo engineers with a plate under carb which was taken off by my tech officer,which was replaced by said engineers when in for service!,Cheers Mr hubnut.
I remember when Bluecol anti-freeze was a thing, along with castrol gtx in metal cans. Great seeing you in a car that hold so many memories for you. My equivalent would be an Austin 1300, J reg. That was the car my dad had when i was a kid, many memories of road trips in it. Hope to one day see you featuring one on this channel. But i also remember the traveller, my local corner shop had a red one that they used for various shop related duties.
Great cars Ian last time I went in a moggy minor was 1985 I always thought the farty sound from the exhaust was hilarious my neighbor had a 1953 split windscreen 2 door bright yellow with gold wheels and a fibre glass bonnet great fun that was even got taken up Santa pod RWYB thanks Ian brought back some great memories 👍🏻😊👌🏻
Reliving my youth in mine, acquired my second one after a 40 year gap, 3 years ago and done thousands of mile in it since. When this guy says a delight to drive, he's right 👍
what a fantastic attitude. Infectious/ I have my Traveller (Rosie) up for sale. That was until i watched this. I have taken it off the market. Going to drive it more instead of leaving it in a storage container. Thank you Brian Dorset
It's hard to say what replaced the Minor - the 1100 had been around for years. I think the Marina was probably closest and unfortunately shared the front suspension which simply wasn't up to the job in the Marina.
In terms of size, the Allegro replaced it. Minor remained in production for those too scared of front-wheel drive to buy a an 1100 - a bit like Nissan offering the Cherry alongside the Sunny in the 1970s.
Yes the Marina was a larger car but mechanically so similar to the Minor. I always think of the Allegro as a replacement for the 11/1300. It gets blurred when BL owned so many names.
@@Mark1405Leeds Morris became the RWD brand of BLMC, Austins were FWD. Austin 1100/1300 - Allegro Morris 1000 - Marina People could just afford bigger cars, don't forget the Moggy was designed much earlier than its competition
The Marina was also intended to replace the larger Morris Oxford. From a maintenance point of view the Marina has one big improvement over the Minor 1000, the move of the brake master cylinder from inside a box section on the bottom of the car to a much more accessible place on the bulkhead.
Despite being a massive car nut, this is the only classic I’ve ever driven, mainly because it’s the only one I have access to as my parents have a ‘60 convertible chop-job and I begged them into letting me drive it to a local country show. Big change from the diesel VW econobox I daily! Great fun though. Our one has servo brakes, a later engine and seatbelts!
The Minor 1000 was not made in a factory by the Tyne; it was made in Cowley, Oxford in the factory that now is owned by BMW and makes the huge new Mini.
@@voivod6871 The year he was borned the territory of the coastland of the whole place(now Turkey) were GREEK. A few years later war started there and all the greeks forced either to escape to greek islands or DIE. Open a history book before you have an opinion and embarace yourself and offence the history of a country.
@@boubou230910 That territory was part of the Ottomam Empire from the 15th century and was under Greek control for just 3 years 1919 -1922 a lot of the population were however Greek. When Sir Alec was born in 1906 it was Turkish territory as it is now. I never suggested that the Greeks didn't have to flee on pain of death or that Sir Alec was anything other than ethnic Greek/German but the fact is that this place was never part of modern Greece apart from for few years after his date of birth. If however you can point me to the none biased history book that contradicts all the books that i have already read i will gladly study it. It is understandable that Greek folks get upset and emotional about this vile episode of history but if facts offend you find i way of dealing with it.
Ah memories, my poppy had one of these when I was really young and all your descriptions bring back heady days of car boot sales and least not forget mould on the inside windows lol. Brilliant.
When I was a young mechanic in the eighties these bloody Minors were a real pain - they were in their death throes then (rust mostly) and I spent an inordinate amount of time repairing them for their ungrateful owners. I particularly hated the saloon (there were far more of them) and thought that they were the potato of the car world...NOW tho, with the passage of time, and for pretty much all of the reasons you said, I really rather like them. Have you seen the price a decent woodie will fetch now !
Rust buckets, rear spring hangers, 'A ' post, sills and the cross member, not much worse or better than anything else at the time, but put up against the VW in 1948 the moggie was in a class of its own , handling , brakes ,performance lighting was all far far superior. A much better vehicle particularly when the old side vale engine was replaced with 'A' series.
@@melb6528 Agreed but slightly off topic,VW vans (transporter) beat the shit out of Commer, Bedford,Leyland 'B series engined lumps.My first job was for a firm that progressed thru the range of transporters shifting heavy tools and machinery.Often overloaded but really good on the road.I know I was fortunate not to find out what happens to the driver in a frontal collision.
Absolutely love these. I used to look after a 1968 1098cc traveller for a Ford salesman friend way back. His dog would refuse to get into any demonstrator he had, usually a Sierra. But the Moggie, he couldn't scramble into it quick enough.
This is wonderful! Brings back a very important part of my childhood. Our second Traveller, 210 MEH, was the same colour. We used to drive from Staffordshire down my Grannie’s in Epsom overnight twice a year. We got carried downstairs late at night - I clearly remember the crunch of the gravel on the driveway just before I was laid into the back next to my brother and sister. The journey took absolutely ages in the early 60s. You can’t have anybody æying asleep in the back of a car any more.
Lad, the dog, sat next to the front passenger, with his nose just below the quarterlight, enjoying the breeze. Ours had traficators, I remember that sound. The windscreen washer - well, there wasn’t one. The old man always filled a Quix bottle with soapy water and would lean out of the side door window and squirt it at the screen when visibility diminished. He sanded the woodwork every other year to revarnish it.
We also drove an earlier one along the A5 to our caravan at Blackrock Sands, so we drove through your lovely neck of the woods, too. Well almost.
The back seat of the Traveller had a particularly good bounce to it, I remember. We used to hop up and down on our way up to Derbyshire, without seatbelts.
An uncle of mine - no names no pack drill - was an economist and a director at BL. He had the very last traveller, white it was, with the number JOY 42. I believe it went to the Heritage Collection.
I have a great Photo of my Alfa 75 on Blackrock Sands in about 1990...and no it didn't rust away...it did well over 200,000 miles with only two owners.
I can remember leaning out with a squeezy bottle of water. I've dropped more than one...
To Hugh. Lovely story!
I was a Postman back in the 60s Ian and used to drive the Morris Minor vans,your video brings back a lot of memories,thanks a lot.
Regards
Bob Gregory
Our family car in the early 70's was a 1966 Minor 1000. I remember driving it on my own on a long journey down the A30 to Cornwall. Most cars that I'd driven around that time had the leaf spring rear suspension with things like lever arm dampers. I was impressed at how quickly the car could be driven on a journey, and without working too hard. As you say, the rack and pinion steering was good, and direct. The rear suspension never gave me any problems, just a little bit of axle tramp when really pushing it through corners. A very long production life...., quite easy to understand why.
An absolutely iconic and brilliant design, so many memories of family journeys in them,.
Thank You 🙂.
You forgot to mention the ,Starting Handle",flat battery ,no problem,just get the starting handle and keep your thumbs out the way.......As i sat and watched the video,i could remember the smell of the interior,and the wonderful exhaust note prodused.You just made an old man ,very,very happy.
Thanks Ian :)
Ians a whizz with a starting handle, he's fired the Mighty Dacia up with it a few times.
I remember the starting handle being used on my Dad's Minor back in the 60s. I remember remarks about how it could be dangerous on bigger vehicles.
Even a small engine can kick back. It's why you don't grasp the handle with your thumb. A kick back will break it.
@@HubNut And can break your wrist.
They always make me think of District Nurses! - Like Gladys Emanuel!
Bob Mirdiff lol :)
They were the staple diet of district nurses ..
Stoppit 😉😁
Nurse G-G-Gladys Emmanuel, the S-S-State Registered Sumptuous.
Gladys Emmanuel's was a saloon.The hierarchy of price for Moggies goes as follows, cheapest to dearest:-
2 door saloons, 4 door saloons, modified convertibles, Travellers/True Convertibles, Vans, Pick Ups. The last two versions are extremely rare, as virtually all of them were used as workhorses and took a bit of a hammering, as a result.
Thank you thank you thank you for making this video Ian! My only classic car is my 1960 4-door saloon and I love it to bits... literally. I need to get on with digging the rust out and get her back on the road! The Australian cars were CKD and assembled here with a bit of local content. The only major difference is the heaters didn't sell as well here. As for old Alec, I think he's best summed up by his quote "The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them.
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I got a ‘65 four door saloon. Love the Lucas emergency kit, what a find!
I remember piling the back of one of these travellers when I was a nipper, with about 5 other kids and a bulldog called Minnie.
We were being taken to the local park to play football, a short drive - but by the time we got there we were covered in dog slobber! Great memories.
My dad hired one for a trip when I was very young. I still have a photo of that.
The moggy was the first car I ever drove. Always wanted one since, but finally bought our 4 door saloon “Maisie” about 18 months ago.
We just love it😊
Such a fun little car. The speed it starts is unreal - no modern car starts that instantly! The little A series should be in the top ten best engines ever
Yes, the A series definitely is in the top ten ever; it's just that no-one has published the list yet.
To Richie Rouge You would be surprised how much research went into cars perhaps back to the thirties! That easy starting is something they worked on for ages, on the A - series engine! Also the amount of space around the engine for easy access for repairs! Both these things were carried over, when the Minor came to an end, onto the replacement, the much under-rated Austin Allegro. (Another thing that was carried over, was the fondness of Vicars buying both models!)
I worked in an Austin rover dealers in the stores and the mini and metro still used the a series albeit a modern version the a +
The proportions of the Morris Minor Traveller are just beautiful
Lovely little car. It's the complete package. Original and unrestored. What more could one want.
Its a real shabby chic , a usable vehicle.
Oh! Thats just brought back so many memories.I had a Morris Thousand Traveller in the 70's bought from my uncle for £50.Happy,Happy,Happy day's.
Thank you so much :)
I may be weird but this is The British car I want most. Not an Aston,rolls, Jag. No I want a silly little timber framed traveler.
The rear storage and loading is very practical.
Why not , its the most sensible classic you could buy, everything is available.
@@marklittler784 Yea I never have understood how modern Mini hasn't caught on, that this is better for a vertical back on a car. Only their "clubman" got the split doors. Split rear doors means you don't have to be a midget to load something in the back.
Yes, sir! Me too!
@@misery13666 I suppose a lift tail gate helps keep the rain off you while your loading and unloading.
Charming little cars. I love the noises these things make. Condition of that one is perfect
My first car back in '77,same colour and battery charger too! Mine was a '69 so more power and orange flashers. My wife (then girlfriend) passed her test in it and the examiner was most impressed with her explanation of the straight cut first gear and not slamming it into gear at junctions.Funny thing I remember is the brakes coming on when changing gear,easy fix,brake ad clutch on same shaft so take 'em out,clean and grease,job done! Great vid.Grease those trunnions!
Happy times, Ian.
My Auntie Diane had one too.
Many, many happy memories of of the mid 70's pestering my Dad to take me to Uncle Charlie's house so I could see the Traveller.
HAPPY DAYS. BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.
Thank you for a fantastic nostalgic video that took me on a trip down a very, very pleasant memory lane.
Hi ian just knocked on the door of 68 so I learned (self) in the fields of our farm it was a van same setup as a traveller and pickup...I then passed my test in said vehicle ...it was a amazing workhorse carrying sheep .hay bales.dogs..feed..and it once carried a a lister diesel lighting plant engine would suspect a tad heavy for moggie.😯😊..cheers from dave..
My dad had one of these when I was a baby. Don't remember much about it, he replaced it with an Oxford Traveller in 1964, but he always spoke about how it went everywhere with the family in it.
Awww man! You missed the opportunity to do a throttle off/over-run on the drive-by at the end of the vid. That's when the Moggie does its best party trick with the fantastic exhaust 'parp'.
Regarding the main-beam switch, I always found the position to be just right for my size 9 shoe and tended to use the switch as the default resting place for my left foot.
Really enjoyed this little film Ian.
Great to see a video from a proper enthusiast. The way you describe your memories of cars and the way you can see something interesting in almost any old car I totally understand. Thank you Hub Nut 👍
Supposed to be doing some work, but instead watching some guy drive an old car around. Lovely sounds and I can imagine the smells, not really my cup of tea but I am myself of a vintage where these were still common sites and friends mums sometimes had one in the 70’s it also brings back memories. Loved the backdrop of solar panels. What amazes me how so many people cared for this car over the years so it’s still here, works and looks great. (Secretly I do like these) 🤪
I can remember the smell of these. My dad had a Minor van, painted in Hammerite gold!
Exactly the same as my uncles, his had the glove box lid that was made of armour plate and held by a weak magnet! His speedo needle would dither accompanied by a slight squeek, slowly it got worse until one day it went from zero to flat out several times with the eek! eek! eek! as it bounced from stop to stop , the needle then decided enough was enough and dropped off! Happy days.
Ian, I wished that they made these cars again.... it has character in stead of the modern ( boring ) cars of today!
Ian,I too remember these cars from my childhood. I knew when they were brand new. Ah yes the imagination of driving as a child. I can fondly remember those days. In fact my father had one very similar to this one. I think his had the 1098 cc engine. Ah the good old days in the UK in the 60's. Life was so much better. People cared about one another much more than they do now.
@@paulkirkland1535 Yep there were 1 or 2 cars in every street where I lived lol. ( Born 1957 )
My first car at my Dad's insistence lol back in 1977, not my choice but boy did it grow on me 😆. A friend christened it Boris. 3 years ago almost to this day, I purchased Boris 2, picked it up from over 200 miles away and had a wonderful drive home in all weathers.
Taken it up to the Highlands of Scotland, over to the Ardennes in Belgium and its been wonderful.
Have a few videos of it on UA-cam.
Get one you won't regret it and simple to work on
cheers Johnny.
Absolutely beautiful this is my favourite car that you have featured on this channel, So thank you for that
Aw man that was brilliant. Had a Brace of Minors in the '90s including a saloon from the same year as this one. Same wipers and oddball lights. Also had a Traveller of 1970 vintage which enjoyed the much better 1098cc motor. 70 mph cruising was possible! But you took sharp bends carefully in a Traveller as the car was aluminium from the front doors back, including the roof. Way too light for high speed cornering. A journalist testing a Minor (it could have been in Practical Classics!) once described the sound of the Morris Minor as "a fruity fart." Sums it up perfectly. Anyway, friend, thanks again for great entertainment.
Ah, collapsing front suspension cars - I remember it well:-) . The grease gun was definitely your friend with these vehicles. This and a very simple tool box was all you needed for years of (slightly troubled) motoring at very minimal cost because you never really needed the help of a proper garage they were so easy to fix. Brilliant.
I remember that awful feeling when I took a corner and the car just collapsed when I straightened out. Quickest stop it ever made. My Grandfather brazed it back together.
Love the sound of this car, brings me back to my youth, thank you for sharing with us
I thought these were very rubbish until a friend bought a traveler and took me for a ride in one. I said to my self "I will own one before i die" Its still on my bucket list
a friend of mine bought one of these with the wood rotten and he replaced the wood with a window frame which was cut/trimmed you wouldn't of known it was a window frame,happy times :)
Oh I miss my 71 woody so much this brought back so many great memories. Buy it Ian....
It isn't for sale. And I already have too many vehicles!
Had a 1968 Morris 1000 van which was great fun and I still miss it.
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If your name is 'Harris' you get a further £15 Discount!
They gave me a very good price to insure my 1998 MR2. Don’t know what they’re like with claims but I don’t intend to make any.
Dresdeners are fully covered.
I much prefer the Flying Fortress insurance. ;)
@@zelphx Are you suggesting Lancaster is a fly by night operation?
Nothing like the sound of an 'A' series being cranked from cold by the starter motor, or the distinctive Minor rasp from the exhaust on overrun!
That's a proper car.
Hi great car we had one, it managed the Welsh hills very well. So easy to work on good fun in the bends. It went out on many a break down call, stuffed with tools, trolley jack spears. Never a complaint from the little beast.
Great car - great cars - the Minor was genuinely mourned when production ceased.
Darren Wilson should have kept in production like vw did with the beetle. They could have refined it and modified for a few more years yet. And when you think it was replaced by the horrendous marina!
Quite right, nothing wrong with the marina, it did what it said on the tin
My auntie Ruth (sister of my mother Gladys) had a 1961 2 door 1000 sedan in the same colour. She loved it, especially the pretty little green light on the end of the trafficator stalk. She learned to drive late in life and it was her first car. I remember sitting in the back seat while my father took her for driving lessons in it. Like it was yesterday, well, not yesterday really but fresh in my memory anyway. Great car.
Hi Ian, my mate Mervyn, now living in USA, had one in 1967, we used to go to college in Cheshire as apprentices. We got to work one day a bit late, doing 60mph!! on a dual carriage way, stopped to clock on and the drivers side front wheel and suspension upright fell flat on the ground!!! Seems only the Gyroscopic effect had kept the wheel upright until we stopped ,Trunnion pin snapped.. Front suspension used on the Marina, I had a 1.8TC later on in 70's, terrible back axle tramp trying win traffic light granprix's. Tecalemit supply garage equipment. Thanks for videos etc.
Tecalmit. Headlamp beamsetters.
Marvellous indeed. Happy memories for me too, my dad's first proper car. Long live the HubNut!
The way the Minor went from old banger in the 1980s to legitimate classic in the 1990s is quite an extraordinary story (in 1990 the youngest Minors were only 19 years old and many were still being used as cheap clapped out used cars, like first generation Ford Ka's today), its a real shame that the same didn't happen for other 1960s cars and certainly 1970s cars until it was nearly too late.
Delightful car! Always loved the Moggy Woody and few cars have so much character!
Sod yer Ferraris, come the lottery win, I want a Morris Minor Traveller. Does any sane and sensible person really need more than this? Issigonis really designed the templates for all future cars. Love the patina of age and life of this Traveller.
With a 5 speed box and an LPG conversion, you don't need any more than this.
Front discs as well, I suppose. Stupidly easy and cheap to service. Pleasant to drive.
Lottery win? Absolute minters don't fetch ten grand. Nice ones around 3 or four. A usable classic but they can't live outside.
I'd get a Yellow Traveller if i won the lotto.
I took my driving test in my Mother's 1959 Minor 1000 convertible, failed as the handbrake wouldn't hold for the hill start.
Passed the test using my Dad's Jaguar MK2 3.4 later the same day.
This at the age of 16 in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)..happy days.
Great video. I'm not a huge Moggy fan but it deserves to be loved.It is after all, a British institution. The interior looks fantastic. I have a friend who owns no fewer than three buses (Two Bristols and a London Routemaster) and they are all in 'hub nut' condition,especially the Routemaster. And that always goes down well with enthusiasts,not so much with the purists,who want everything 'just so.'
I had a 1958 Morris Minor wagon in 1963. A light blue as your one. I now have a 1967 ,1098 cc ,white two door! Much love for the Morris Minor!
Tecalemit is a filter company and that sticker on the dash seems to be an oil change sticker showing the mileage when the oil was changed and the part number of the filter used.
LOL, I'm shedding tears watching this! My happiest ever motoring experiences were gained while driving Minors. This was a car that really did the business on the motorway as well - very stable - and made short work of long journeys. I prefer this car to any other modern car. XXXXXX to the Minor!
Tecalemit sell/rent garage equipment and consumables. Still going, based in Plymouth. That 'Tel-U-Log' on top of the dash is a thing of wonder, you used it to keep a log of miles covered/fuel used and you could use it to work out your MPG I believe. My great-grandfather had one on the dash of the Ford Prefect he was driving right up to his death in 1973.
Oh that was wonderful, such a familiar sight and sound when I was a child and in my small road at the time least two neighbours owned one (one in the same delicious blue). The floor dip switch reminds me of my late dad's first car a 1966 D reg Morris Mini-Minor which had the same facility.
Went to the London to Brighton run once as a passenger in a side valve saloon one. Great bit of engineering.
My first car was a Minor Van that I bought in pieces and then I bought a smashed sedan and put its engine, that I lifted out with a rope block and tackle that I fitted Never legally on the road except for some clandestine drives around the block but it started a life long affection for the breed and got my younger brother hooked enough that he has a few of them now including a lowlight and a pickup
I tell you I’ve seen many a Morris minor in the outside lane of a motorway , overtaking other traffic.
One of THE great 70s cars. This channel is taking me back.
Tecalimit was the oil filter brand back in the day. That little sticker was probably a means to record the next oil change.
And when it would be due for greasing. Tecalemit made grease guns as well, btw
Yeah. Me dad had tonnes of Tecalemit stuff hanging around his garage at home. I remember the greasy boxes that turned to dust in the 1990s. He had a couple of their grease guns too. He'd get the occasional job fixing up someone's classic car on the weekend.
Stunning! As you say, patina like that is precious beyond mere money. When its gone it cannot be recreated. Definitely more of this content when the opportunities arise.
Love the sliding bolts for location of the rear seat back. Just like the Triumph Herald.
the minor is a great car there are a few here in Alaska say you need to find a Hillman Husky to test when I was very young in the 60s our family had two mark 1 estate's maybe that's where I got my love for British cars.
ive just discovered your channel and its brilliant ,My late grandad had 2 moggies and i remember he used to pick me up from primary school in salford and take me to my auntie and uncle farm in north wales this was in the mid 70"s before the motorway was built,We went down the old coast road, happy days
The design of the loading area being so level and easy access to out of sight storage area underneath beats most modern cars, though Peugeot having the spare stored outside under the boot I thought very ingenious.
A great idea in theory, but not in practice, having a cage below the boot where the spare tyre is stored. Many a Zafira owner (myself included) will tell you how easy it is to pull down the cage and steal the spare wheel, I had it done a few years back. I currently have a Focu C Max Grande, the spare wheel is located in the car, under the rear seats.
I have a 1963 Minor which has the pull start. Puts smiles on my face every time I drive it 🙂
The car of choice for jaded 80's secondary school teachers up and down the land.
I really love the look of these cars. My friend's dad restored a 1930s Morris Minor and they are vastly different!
Ah one of them sounds that is missing from the roads, the first gear whine of a Minor and a Mini are certainly a memorable sound... :)
I had one of those at age 16 and did a valve grind with hand lapping tool. I purchased it from my brother-in-law with leaky fuel tank for $50.00 Canadian in 1968.It was not a traveler but a hard-top car.Dont remember for sure but I think it was a 2dr.Easy for a kid to work on.The one you have there has the stearing on the wrong side for me!!! CHEERS
My dad had one the wood went rotten .He was told it is a specialist job but he managed to do it on his own on the the road outside the house
TheStevegrainger there’s a Wheeler Dealers episode that’s shows the replacement of the wood, not easy
Another excellent video which reminded me of the 1961 Traveller that I owned in 1978. It was the same colour and similar condition to this. IIRC it cost £60 and I ran it for a few months until the MOT expired when I sold it for £100. I completely agree about reflective number plates. After they became available in 1968 the vast majority of new vehicles were fitted with them and an awful lot of older cars had their black and white plates replaced with them. They were so much safer, particularly on cars parked on unlit roads at night.
Merely cements my desire to own a Traveller one day, sadly the prices make me cry...
I got mine for under £3K in 2010, in the process of having it refurbished shortly.
The very first Morris Minor I ever saw was owned by a college professor in Ohio, who purchased it from one of his friends who'd been a medic in WW II. The car had no back seat, just an open area for a stretcher. It had been modified to be an ambulance and it had the original dark red leather upholstery to hide blood stains. It was a dark grey and still had the metal mountings over the headlights and taillights that were slits, allowing only limited light so they could not be easily detected by German war planes. I distinctly remember my high school friend starting it up: he turned the ignition switch and there was a distinct "tick-tick-tick-tick" of an early fuel pump, then the engine would start. There was an emerald green light at the end of the turn signal and the engine still ran perfectly. I loved this car and never forgot it, thanks for this vid.
Tecalemit is a company up the road from me in plymouth that make garage equipment. There is also another company with the same name in sheffield that do fluids and oils. Either could relate to that sticker I guess.
Tecalemit did fuel injection systems at one stage, but for the purposes of this Moggy Minor it was probably just their oil filters that generated the sticker..or the garage that did the oil change used Tecalemit gear to drain and collect the old oil. I know we had it in the Renault garage I worked for when I was a student in 1971
Tecalemit also made grease guns. There are several places on the front suspension and on the propshaft and even on the handbrake cables where you need one of these a couple of times a year.
@@cedriclynch Yes, as a 16 year old apprentice mechanic (not technician) back in the early sixties, i remember the lubrication bay was equipped with Tecalemit grease guns and oil dispensers that retracted out of the bay walls, it was my job to grease all the nipples. Ford was the first to do away with greasing on the Anglia and Cortina.
Back in the 80s there was a little garage near Plymouth poly that would let you hire a moggie for 5 quid a day. I rented one several times when I came back home to Plymouth during term breaks at my college in Wales. Until I eventually bought my own first car - 1969 Cortina estate with column shift
My grandparents had one of those. I left the UK 23 years ago when I was 21. I live in Dallas, Texas now. Your videos are making me homesick!
Think the little grey plastic thing on top of dash was some kind of MPG Calculator, remember my father having one but think it had limited success. Used to love the popping from the exhaust on over run.
It was called a 'tellu log '
I remember those.
Thanks for the mention of that device, I've been wracking my brains since seeing it in the video. My dad had one, though in my memory it was red plastic, and though I can sort of picture it, and the numbers in the little circular holes, I can't for the life of me remember how it worked or what it did!
The Tel-U-Log for keeping a record of fuel consumption, I had one in the late 60's although too young to drive of course 😁
It was padded, soft and squidgy in a therapeutic sort of way.
This is a flashback to 1971 when my I went to Wales with my mother and Aunt. My cousin in Swansea drove us all over in his Traveller. I was 16 and I thought it was wonderful. My cousin thought it was too old and was planning to get another car. I loved it
My great grandfather worked on the press for the bonnets
I had Morris Minor vans during the early 1970's. The most I ever paid for one was a fiver, although the asking price was a tenner. I remember I was working in Southampton and the daily commute was 160 miles, one Friday I came home and decided to fit new rings. Was all done by Sunday but of course no time to test. Left for work on Monday morning and drove the 80 miles to work at a steady 40mph all the way, and the same on the return trip in the evening. I did this for a week, I believe people must have changed their route because by the end of the week, the A31 seemed much quieter! After that first week I was able to resume my commute at 55mph, and traffic started to return to the A31.
There was a garage next to Salford Bus Station, under the arches of the old Exchange Station, who used to buy up fleets of old Post Office mail and telephone vans, respray and fettle them, then sell them in lots of around a dozen or so, advertising in the Manchester Evening News. These vehicle were usually 5 to 7 years old and had been well maintained, prior to be being sold at auction. I bought one in March 1972, when learning to drive, my dad used it until I passed my driving test a few months later, at which point he bought one for himself, as I then used the van to get to Salford Uni, where I was studying Chemistry.
I think I paid around £125 for a 1965 van, reg No EJJ809C (a London reg), I had it for a year, the gear box failed (it kept jumping out of second gear), I then got rid and swapped it for a 1960 Traveller, which I had for another year.
That Traveller's colour is "Smoke Grey", which is actually a blue ish colour.
Dad had one of the first 1098 Travellers from new in late 1962. It had the same trim and was in Almond Green. He kept it for eight years. Your video brings back a lot of memories.
Gotta love a Minor. I think Tecalemit manufactured lifts for garages.
probably lots of other kit too.I remember grease-guns of that brand.
Tecalemit made oil and air filters, I seem to remember.
In the 70s I used to driven in a yellow post office van it was restricted by gpo engineers with a plate under carb which was taken off by my tech officer,which was replaced by said engineers when in for service!,Cheers Mr hubnut.
Ah, yes ,the dreaded speed governor....
My dream car
0:22......that starter motor sound !!! Love it !! 👍👍👍👍
I had a salon many years ago, the reg was 983 gbh wish I'd kept it , 😁👍
I remember when Bluecol anti-freeze was a thing, along with castrol gtx in metal cans. Great seeing you in a car that hold so many memories for you. My equivalent would be an Austin 1300, J reg. That was the car my dad had when i was a kid, many memories of road trips in it. Hope to one day see you featuring one on this channel. But i also remember the traveller, my local corner shop had a red one that they used for various shop related duties.
I really remember the sound the exaust could produce, when comming to a eg cross street, and you engine braked.
PAARP!
I think the exhaust pipe was about 1 inch in diameter.
@@robames1293 And the single mufler was placed right after the engine, the rest was just pipe. Loved that sound.
Great cars Ian last time I went in a moggy minor was 1985 I always thought the farty sound from the exhaust was hilarious my neighbor had a 1953 split windscreen 2 door bright yellow with gold wheels and a fibre glass bonnet great fun that was even got taken up Santa pod RWYB thanks Ian brought back some great memories 👍🏻😊👌🏻
A shelf where you don't have to take everything out to get to the spare wheel? Chris Goffey and William Woollard would be impressed.
Reliving my youth in mine, acquired my second one after a 40 year gap, 3 years ago and done thousands of mile in it since. When this guy says a delight to drive, he's right 👍
Lovely old thing. I bet you didn't want to give it back!
By far the best tribute to the Moggy Minor I've ever seen. Sir HubNut - the Arthur Negus of old motors!
30 shillings including purchase tax - Bargain! Love the Traveller. My parents and my cousin both had one.
what a fantastic attitude. Infectious/ I have my Traveller (Rosie) up for sale. That was until i watched this. I have taken it off the market. Going to drive it more instead of leaving it in a storage container. Thank you Brian Dorset
It's hard to say what replaced the Minor - the 1100 had been around for years. I think the Marina was probably closest and unfortunately shared the front suspension which simply wasn't up to the job in the Marina.
In terms of size, the Allegro replaced it. Minor remained in production for those too scared of front-wheel drive to buy a an 1100 - a bit like Nissan offering the Cherry alongside the Sunny in the 1970s.
Yes the Marina was a larger car but mechanically so similar to the Minor. I always think of the Allegro as a replacement for the 11/1300. It gets blurred when BL owned so many names.
@@Mark1405Leeds Morris became the RWD brand of BLMC, Austins were FWD.
Austin 1100/1300 - Allegro
Morris 1000 - Marina
People could just afford bigger cars, don't forget the Moggy was designed much earlier than its competition
The Marina was also intended to replace the larger Morris Oxford. From a maintenance point of view the Marina has one big improvement over the Minor 1000, the move of the brake master cylinder from inside a box section on the bottom of the car to a much more accessible place on the bulkhead.
@@cedriclynch Yup! I know about changing the master cylinder on a Minor. Two spanners. Bastard job.
Beloved old cars, perfect in their imperfections.
Tecalemit, or however it's spelled, made lubrication equipment and the like I think.
I've a small collection of their grease guns.
They certainly made air and oil filters, I remember buying their products back in the 70s, when it was possible to do your own maintenance on a car
Despite being a massive car nut, this is the only classic I’ve ever driven, mainly because it’s the only one I have access to as my parents have a ‘60 convertible chop-job and I begged them into letting me drive it to a local country show. Big change from the diesel VW econobox I daily! Great fun though. Our one has servo brakes, a later engine and seatbelts!
A Madness song comes to mind I am driving in my car its not quite a Jaguar!
The Minor 1000 was not made in a factory by the Tyne; it was made in Cowley, Oxford in the factory that now is owned by BMW and makes the huge new Mini.
I’m watching this again after a year. Love the Moggy.
Cheers Hubnut.
SIr Alec (not Mr) was British Greek rather than turkish and he and his parents were British citizens
Yes but he was born in Turkey and that is where his family migrated from.
British citizen Greek father and German mother, DEFINITELY NOT TURKISH!
@@voivod6871 The year he was borned the territory of the coastland of the whole place(now Turkey) were GREEK. A few years later war started there and all the greeks forced either to escape to greek islands or DIE. Open a history book before you have an opinion and embarace yourself and offence the history of a country.
@@boubou230910 That territory was part of the Ottomam Empire from the 15th century and was under Greek control for just 3 years 1919 -1922 a lot of the population were however Greek. When Sir Alec was born in 1906 it was Turkish territory as it is now. I never suggested that the Greeks didn't have to flee on pain of death or that Sir Alec was anything other than ethnic Greek/German but the fact is that this place was never part of modern Greece apart from for few years after his date of birth. If however you can point me to the none biased history book that contradicts all the books that i have already read i will gladly study it. It is understandable that Greek folks get upset and emotional about this vile episode of history but if facts offend you find i way of dealing with it.
Ah memories, my poppy had one of these when I was really young and all your descriptions bring back heady days of car boot sales and least not forget mould on the inside windows lol. Brilliant.
When I was a young mechanic in the eighties these bloody Minors were a real pain - they were in their death throes then (rust mostly) and I spent an inordinate amount of time repairing them for their ungrateful owners. I particularly hated the saloon (there were far more of them) and thought that they were the potato of the car world...NOW tho, with the passage of time, and for pretty much all of the reasons you said, I really rather like them. Have you seen the price a decent woodie will fetch now !
Rust buckets, rear spring hangers, 'A ' post, sills and the cross member, not much worse or better than anything else at the time, but put up against the VW in 1948 the moggie was in a class of its own , handling , brakes ,performance lighting was all far far superior. A much better vehicle particularly when the old side vale engine was replaced with 'A' series.
@@melb6528 Agreed but slightly off topic,VW vans (transporter) beat the shit out of Commer, Bedford,Leyland 'B series engined lumps.My first job was for a firm that progressed thru the range of transporters shifting heavy tools and machinery.Often overloaded but really good on the road.I know I was fortunate not to find out what happens to the driver in a frontal collision.
Absolutely love these. I used to look after a 1968 1098cc traveller for a Ford salesman friend way back. His dog would refuse to get into any demonstrator he had, usually a Sierra. But the Moggie, he couldn't scramble into it quick enough.