I'm surprised to see you on a Thursday Steph! A thoroughly enjoyable video today, but pity about the rain. Hope it didn't spoil things too much for you all.
Thank you for this informative video! I love these cars! I don’t see many here in my area of Ohio - when I was a kid in high school, a fellow who owned a radio and TV shop had one. I always thought just how cool is that! Your channel has caused me to become a fan of British autos. I never knew there were so many manufacturers. Thanks again.
Somewhere in my storage unit I have Popular Mechanics' Guide to Imported (to the USA) Cars from 1959, it praised the Minor for its' handling, direct gearshift, rack-and-pinion steering and fuel economy but pointed out the Fiat 1100 had better brakes and its' wagon was all steel with 5 doors despite having a column shift with a learning curve (gear positions laid out backwards to how Detroit was doing it), and the gold standard/runaway bestseller VW Beetle was better-backed but had no wagon, no 4-door model and could get squirrelly at the limit (but not as badly so as the rear-engine Renaults).
Great vid, as they always are! Would you be able to do a vid of why it is so common for classics to break down on "long" journeys over there please? It seems strange tat people over there are so hesitant to drive distance in their cars for fear of breakdowns. I have no hesitation jumping into the car and driving thousands of kilometres in my Minor over here in Aus. I drove mine right around Australia, 24,000 kilometres, I had one flat tyre, though it held enough air to limp into the closest town to get a repair and I had to get the clutch replaced, due to overfilled gearbox oil contaminating the friction plate (though the car made it a few thousand kilometres with the slipping clutch to the mechanic). Perhaps it would be good to see a vid on what the standard at-home maintenance practices over there and what some Minor mechanics see as the most breakdown item there. Just a thought
Hello Steph, what a great time you had enjoying the conversations with the other Morris Minor owners, and I hope you dried out ok afterwards?? Best wishes from Lincolnshire
If I ever get a classic, this is the car I’ll get. My dad had a traveller at the end of the sixties, and it was always my favourite. I’d want a brake upgrade though.
I love the morris minor and traveller and like some other cars they have that engine tone when pulling away that tells you its a minor , you can hear even if its not in sight
My first Minor was a '71 Teal blue traveller. It had the most HORRIBLE Limeflower interior! I remember, at a rally seeing a burgundy traveller with stained glass rear windows!
Wont be any classics left on the road if you have your way, way to go on your bit in the paper. You drive a morris, easy to get spares, some cars are far more difficult to find spares and i had to wait 2 years to find an engine. So your suggestion is that we all do mot's , fail on something like emmissions because the engines worn, and then scrap the car because you cannot afford a 4k engine rebuild. Yeah great advise there
This is quite funny. I've lived in Phoenix Arizona for 23 years now. Just emerged from a summer where we had a solid month with the temperatures above 45 degrees every day. And I'm looking at all you lot in that miserable grey drizzle and thinking, I'd love to be there in that. What great weather for a car show. All you need is some wet weather gear and it's all good. At least you can go outside and not melt. My mother had a 62 Morris, for about a decade when I was a kid though it wasn't a traveller and if I ever lived in England, especially in a quaint English villiage, I think I'd want one for sure. Great show Steph.
Really interesting video as always. Lovely to see you Steph, a good day, brilliant turn out even though I looked like I'd been dipped in the fish tank. See you soon Clur and BOB 🐟 🐠 😊
I do enjoy watching your videos and also love the 60s clothes you wear. I remember my mum wearing a plastic hat in the rain like the one you’re wearing. I’d forgotten all about them 👍 🙂
STEPH, GREAT VLOG. THANKS FOR TAKING US ALONG. NOW EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN MORRIS SALOON WITH NEW MATCHBOX EDITION. YOU CAN CARRY YOUR MORRIS IN YOUR POCKET.
I love Morris Minors and would say to any person thinking of buying a classic car to consider a Minor. If you can find a good Traveller then go for it. Don't be put off by the wood you can buy a ready made kit though I don't think it is cheap. Having said that, one word of warning if someone says 'oh I can make that' do be sure they know what they're doing I have seen on TV one case of a complete disaster and the person being left out of pocket with just a pile of wood. Thanks Steph I hope you have dried out by now! 👍👍
As an apprentice in 1973, I travelled around in a yellow Morris van, Post Office Telephones. Loved it, whiney gearbox and the farty downhill driving sound. It was quite nippy. One engineer put an Austin Healey carb in his, went like a bomb.
The people who think you can’t drive more than to the local car show and back in a Morris Minor wind me up 😂. If I can make it across Europe in mine, why can’t you do an hours drive 😂😂😂. Thank you for coming to my rant
Steph, I know I've said this before and i know I'm bragging but i learnt to drive in a Traveller at age 11, favourite car was the low light red soft top.
I think if they had known at the outset how long the Minor would be built and how many Travellers would be built, they would have tooled for an all steel estate and actually have made money on them. But who could have expected such a long run?
The one thing l like in any car is wood and the Morris Traveler has the ash timber frame and it us not over done also that aqua blue one l thought it was respayed but no it is a factory colour there were a couple of resprays and there was one in metalic red a very nice colour l do see it a lot on new Mazdas and lastly the murals of fish on the panels of the Traveler very nice
Another great video Steph , it’s amazing seeing so many Minor’s and Traveler’s in one place. I remember seeing an old episode of Wheeler dealers and they restored a woody , the wooden frame was rotten and they found a man who was able to remake the Ash Frame, and he had all the jigs required for the job. If anyone is in need of a replacement Ash Frame, try finding this episode and hopefully he’s still in business.
Another excellent video Steph, I do enjoy your uploads. I did have a Morris Minor 1963 original B reg. I owned it in the 70's Black with red interior and a joy to drive. The problem I had with it was the rear spring brackets came through the floor and I couldn't afford to have it repaired at the time properly. I bodged it and px'd t for a Cortina. My aunt ALWAYS had Morris Travellers and I have fond memories of them. They were always bought new, always white and always with a red interior. She could have afforded anything to be honest but always stuck with her Travellers. Moggies have their own unique engine and exhaust sounds which is strangely comforting when you hear it.
OK so they were relatively New cars, (and maintained by the Army) but in the mid-late 70's I used to drive Minor travellers all over West Germany and they used to keep up with traffic on autobahns and other main roads. There is no reason at all why one that has been well maintained or well renovated would not do the same. Squaddies didn't hold back, we gave them some stick when needed. They did OK.......they were replaced by Minis and then Chevettes...and sometimes Sherpa vans.
You....We are so right.......they think because it is old that they can only drive it close to home. (and yet some of them have renewed every bush and spring, brake and brake line, in theory some of them should be better than new?). Back in the day, people did go off to Europe in all manner of what we call classics these days.....Myself I am guilty of buying old cars and driving them mad distances......Must have been around 1977 I bought an old Rover 80 (thats the P4 but with the 4 cylinder Landrover engine and overdrive) I loaded up my mum and we drove from Oxfordshire to the overnight ferry to Hook of Holland and then down to Frankfurt to visit my sister for the weekend........previous to that I had bought a D Reg (?) Morris Oxford and drove that to North Rhine Westphalia and then on to Frankfurt again to visit sis......I bought it for 40 quid and then sold it for 200 Deutsch Marks. Scary thing is all I did was check the oil on the Rover and top it up.....on the Morris same but I topped up the lever arm shockers too.!!!😄🤣@@idriveaclassic
The Traveller was never officially sold in Australia but I've seen at least one here on the road. I was at music festival in the small town of Maldon in rural Victoria and parked in the street was a neat, but not showroom shiny, Morris Traveller. It apparently is owned by a local shopkeeper who I didn't get a chance to speak to the owner. My GUESS is that it may have originally come from New Zealand where to Traveller was sold.
I really like the aqua traveller and the rat rod saloon, opposite ends of the classic spectrum and yet both cars I want to own. A Minor is an excellent no trouble classic to have, so basic and yet you can easily alter the running gear to keep up with modern traffic without losing the "Moggy" essence.
@@idriveaclassic That's not boring at all Steph, we all have our tastes and preferences and that's what makes being a car nut such fun. Regardless of our differences we all come together in the appreciation of cars.
Great video Steph - my Moggy is part of the family. We will never sell her!
I'm surprised to see you on a Thursday Steph! A thoroughly enjoyable video today, but pity about the rain. Hope it didn't spoil things too much for you all.
Thank you for this informative video! I love these cars! I don’t see many here in my area of Ohio - when I was a kid in high school, a fellow who owned a radio and TV shop had one. I always thought just how cool is that! Your channel has caused me to become a fan of British autos. I never knew there were so many manufacturers. Thanks again.
glorious line up steph
Somewhere in my storage unit I have Popular Mechanics' Guide to Imported (to the USA) Cars from 1959, it praised the Minor for its' handling, direct gearshift, rack-and-pinion steering and fuel economy but pointed out the Fiat 1100 had better brakes and its' wagon was all steel with 5 doors despite having a column shift with a learning curve (gear positions laid out backwards to how Detroit was doing it), and the gold standard/runaway bestseller VW Beetle was better-backed but had no wagon, no 4-door model and could get squirrelly at the limit (but not as badly so as the rear-engine Renaults).
My first car at 16 was a1960 Minor 2 door.
Thanks for sharing Steph, a great gathering of cars. Anything to do with Morris Minors is an absolute treat. 😊👍
That was awesome Steph really enjoyed that.
Cheers from NZ
Great car loads here in ireland my dad had one never let him down sad to see way all great british brands disappear so sad
I am decorating my house to put it up for sale, and when We have our new place we will buy a Morris.
Watch this in Australia..Wolseley 1500
Is the 5 minutes 10 an electric? This Wonderfull car was also very popular in Denmark. We called in half-timbering, from housebuilding.
Great video Steph. Love seeing these cars saved and cherished. Morris Minors seem to attract lovely people.
Great vid, as they always are! Would you be able to do a vid of why it is so common for classics to break down on "long" journeys over there please? It seems strange tat people over there are so hesitant to drive distance in their cars for fear of breakdowns. I have no hesitation jumping into the car and driving thousands of kilometres in my Minor over here in Aus. I drove mine right around Australia, 24,000 kilometres, I had one flat tyre, though it held enough air to limp into the closest town to get a repair and I had to get the clutch replaced, due to overfilled gearbox oil contaminating the friction plate (though the car made it a few thousand kilometres with the slipping clutch to the mechanic). Perhaps it would be good to see a vid on what the standard at-home maintenance practices over there and what some Minor mechanics see as the most breakdown item there. Just a thought
Still my favorite little car. Would love to own one 🤩
Nice vid Steph
14:20
Claire's "Bob" is the winner!!!
Thank you Steph, far and away my favourite car channel.
Aunt Barbara adores you! 🥰
I really enjoyed that, such a great turnout despite the weather, just goes to show the strength of the Minor community and comradery
Excellent video as always but that phone on the bumper in the rain 😮 nobody going to mention it? 20:45 Aghh! PICK UP YOUR PHONE
Haha I did mention it 😂😂😂
😂 don't worry it's my partner's old phone that stopped working it's been stuck down
Good video but looking forward to your marina video
*smiles nervously as she makes eye contact with the rust*
Great video as always keep up the good work , and quality presentation
Hello Steph, what a great time you had enjoying the conversations with the other Morris Minor owners, and I hope you dried out ok afterwards?? Best wishes from Lincolnshire
If I ever get a classic, this is the car I’ll get. My dad had a traveller at the end of the sixties, and it was always my favourite. I’d want a brake upgrade though.
The brakes are fine if you keep them in check.
A brilliant video Steph, my late grandfather's first car was a Morris Traveller, I think for me I prefer a Traveller over a Saloon.
I love the morris minor and traveller and like some other cars they have that engine tone when pulling away that tells you its a minor , you can hear even if its not in sight
Great Stuff! Sorry about the liquid Sunshine!!CHEERS from HERE!
My first Minor was a '71 Teal blue traveller. It had the most HORRIBLE Limeflower interior!
I remember, at a rally seeing a burgundy traveller with stained glass rear windows!
fabulous showing Steph. I really need to drive one.
such a shame about the rain but the community is so passionate it makes no odds.
I was so pleased to see a full car park despite the weather!
Well done ..pity about the rain ..... I have a 68 traveller and ❤ it to bits .....keep the videos coming ....
I was livid after the Saturday being sunny in London 😂
Wont be any classics left on the road if you have your way, way to go on your bit in the paper.
You drive a morris, easy to get spares, some cars are far more difficult to find spares and i had to wait 2 years to find an engine.
So your suggestion is that we all do mot's , fail on something like emmissions because the engines worn, and then scrap the car because you cannot afford a 4k engine rebuild. Yeah great advise there
Nice Rain-mate, mate! ;-)
😂😂
Get thee behind me Satan! I'm in the process of selling my car and you go and show me all these beauties!!! ;-)@@idriveaclassic
Perhaps the 'expert' could do a bit more research and then dispense with all the 'I thinks'!
This is quite funny. I've lived in Phoenix Arizona for 23 years now. Just emerged from a summer where we had a solid month with the temperatures above 45 degrees every day. And I'm looking at all you lot in that miserable grey drizzle and thinking, I'd love to be there in that. What great weather for a car show. All you need is some wet weather gear and it's all good. At least you can go outside and not melt. My mother had a 62 Morris, for about a decade when I was a kid though it wasn't a traveller and if I ever lived in England, especially in a quaint English villiage, I think I'd want one for sure. Great show Steph.
Great vlog, lovely presentation of all those lovely cars but I think the reference to the fitting of Georgina’s coil was a bit too personal.
Really interesting video as always. Lovely to see you Steph, a good day, brilliant turn out even though I looked like I'd been dipped in the fish tank. See you soon Clur and BOB 🐟 🐠 😊
I'm pretty sure the '71 Traveller was the last real woody wagon made anywhere in the world.
Hi Steph ive just bought a 61 2door as a winter project hope to see you in the summer
Thank you for a really enjoyable video. The owners are almost as interesting as the the cars themselves.
SHINE BRIGHT STEPH!💥🙌💪
AUSTRALIA!!🤍💙❤👊
Stephanie darling you have surpassed yourself. I utterly adore those super little cars
Excellent video, and lots of great comments and history on the Traveller. Interesting.
Thank you Bob!
save the old cars/ they better than new
5:07 this grey one is amazing
Fantastic video!
Enjoyed that. 👌🏻
I do enjoy watching your videos and also love the 60s clothes you wear. I remember my mum wearing a plastic hat in the rain like the one you’re wearing. I’d forgotten all about them 👍 🙂
Haha I rely on them! Must have at least 10 in various handbags and glove boxes 😂
@@idriveaclassic I didn’t realise I hadn’t subscribed, but I have now. Great channel keep them coming 🙂
@@mcmechanic864 ahh thank you xx
Steph, always well turned out for the occasion, long live british nostalgia
STEPH, GREAT VLOG. THANKS FOR TAKING US ALONG. NOW EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN MORRIS SALOON WITH NEW MATCHBOX EDITION. YOU CAN CARRY YOUR MORRIS IN YOUR POCKET.
I love Morris Minors and would say to any person thinking of buying a classic car to consider a Minor. If you can find a good Traveller then go for it. Don't be put off by the wood you can buy a ready made kit though I don't think it is cheap. Having said that, one word of warning if someone says 'oh I can make that' do be sure they know what they're doing I have seen on TV one case of a complete disaster and the person being left out of pocket with just a pile of wood. Thanks Steph I hope you have dried out by now! 👍👍
My ex boyfriend got a great kit off travellers timbers. It fit v well.
As an apprentice in 1973, I travelled around in a yellow Morris van, Post Office Telephones. Loved it, whiney gearbox and the farty downhill driving sound. It was quite nippy. One engineer put an Austin Healey carb in his, went like a bomb.
A few smiles here to brighten up a rainy day. Thanks Steph! 🙂
Thanks lovely. Was such a great event.
Stephs great sense of humour with a dead straight face at 0:51
The people who think you can’t drive more than to the local car show and back in a Morris Minor wind me up 😂. If I can make it across Europe in mine, why can’t you do an hours drive 😂😂😂. Thank you for coming to my rant
Steph, I know I've said this before and i know I'm bragging but i learnt to drive in a Traveller at age 11, favourite car was the low light red soft top.
I think if they had known at the outset how long the Minor would be built and how many Travellers would be built, they would have tooled for an all steel estate and actually have made money on them. But who could have expected such a long run?
The one thing l like in any car is wood and the Morris Traveler has the ash timber frame and it us not over done also that aqua blue one l thought it was respayed but no it is a factory colour there were a couple of resprays and there was one in metalic red a very nice colour l do see it a lot on new Mazdas and lastly the murals of fish on the panels of the Traveler very nice
The wood-framed Morris Oxford MO Traveller came out in September 1952 - so it actually preceded the Minor Traveller by a year.
The guy of the UUD864:
driving in France on “the wrong side of the road”….. that’s what we say when driving in the UK 😂😂
Another great video Steph , it’s amazing seeing so many Minor’s and Traveler’s in one place.
I remember seeing an old episode of Wheeler dealers and they restored a woody , the wooden frame was rotten and they found a man who was able to remake the Ash Frame, and he had all the jigs required for the job.
If anyone is in need of a replacement Ash Frame, try finding this episode and hopefully he’s still in business.
The first car I drove legally on the road was a Morris minor in 1966.
Another excellent video Steph, I do enjoy your uploads. I did have a Morris Minor 1963 original B reg. I owned it in the 70's Black with red interior and a joy to drive. The problem I had with it was the rear spring brackets came through the floor and I couldn't afford to have it repaired at the time properly. I bodged it and px'd t for a Cortina. My aunt ALWAYS had Morris Travellers and I have fond memories of them. They were always bought new, always white and always with a red interior. She could have afforded anything to be honest but always stuck with her Travellers. Moggies have their own unique engine and exhaust sounds which is strangely comforting when you hear it.
Ahh I could afford something fancier too but why bother when it’s a car with decent parts avails, great visibility and easy to fix and drive 😂😂😂
Cheers.from.australia.steph.i.use....austin.a40s.plus.12.austin.trucks..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Cracking video Steph. My first car was a Morris Traveller and i really rate them. Id love to own one again one day.
Yep , Had one for four years and I can't wait to buy another
OK so they were relatively New cars, (and maintained by the Army) but in the mid-late 70's I used to drive Minor travellers all over West Germany and they used to keep up with traffic on autobahns and other main roads. There is no reason at all why one that has been well maintained or well renovated would not do the same. Squaddies didn't hold back, we gave them some stick when needed. They did OK.......they were replaced by Minis and then Chevettes...and sometimes Sherpa vans.
I’m sorry to say but the overly hesitant nature of people scared to drive outside their local area doesn’t half wind me up. It’s a bloody car, use it.
You....We are so right.......they think because it is old that they can only drive it close to home. (and yet some of them have renewed every bush and spring, brake and brake line, in theory some of them should be better than new?). Back in the day, people did go off to Europe in all manner of what we call classics these days.....Myself I am guilty of buying old cars and driving them mad distances......Must have been around 1977 I bought an old Rover 80 (thats the P4 but with the 4 cylinder Landrover engine and overdrive) I loaded up my mum and we drove from Oxfordshire to the overnight ferry to Hook of Holland and then down to Frankfurt to visit my sister for the weekend........previous to that I had bought a D Reg (?) Morris Oxford and drove that to North Rhine Westphalia and then on to Frankfurt again to visit sis......I bought it for 40 quid and then sold it for 200 Deutsch Marks. Scary thing is all I did was check the oil on the Rover and top it up.....on the Morris same but I topped up the lever arm shockers too.!!!😄🤣@@idriveaclassic
The Traveller was never officially sold in Australia but I've seen at least one here on the road. I was at music festival in the small town of Maldon in rural Victoria and parked in the street was a neat, but not showroom shiny, Morris Traveller. It apparently is owned by a local shopkeeper who I didn't get a chance to speak to the owner. My GUESS is that it may have originally come from New Zealand where to Traveller was sold.
I really like the aqua traveller and the rat rod saloon, opposite ends of the classic spectrum and yet both cars I want to own. A Minor is an excellent no trouble classic to have, so basic and yet you can easily alter the running gear to keep up with modern traffic without losing the "Moggy" essence.
I am incredibly boring and love them to remain ‘as designed’ but totally get everyone’s got a preference x
@@idriveaclassic That's not boring at all Steph, we all have our tastes and preferences and that's what makes being a car nut such fun. Regardless of our differences we all come together in the appreciation of cars.