When I was a kid in New York my father went through a lot of different cars. For a while during the mid 1960s he owned a Morris Minor 1000, which was a rather rare car in the U.S. I helped him do a valve job on the engine, which was a pretty simple operation on the Minor's little 1-liter engine. The main thing that I recall about that Minor, which set it apart from all the other cars my father owned during those days, was that driving it always put a smile on his face. Objectively, it's difficult to explain the reason why that should have been so. It's just that, well, look at it. In an environment where the roads were crowded with bloated Fords, Chevys, Oldsmobiles, Buicks, Pontiacs, and Chryslers, how could one not enjoy being seen driving a car that looked like this? I guess it was his way of thumbing his nose at automotive conformity. I suppose he could have driven a VW (in fact, he actually had owned one previously). However, by that time there were lots of VWs around, so owning one of those didn't produce the same impression. On the other hand, Morris Minors were rare as hen's teeth in America.

In 1978 i bought my first Moggy, it was a Blue Morris Minor Van, BOA 957K, I paid £35 for it, it had a knackered gearbox (wouldn't stay in second), and needed a new Brake master cylinder, I got a second hand gearbox and a Master cylinder, (£60) and after a weekend of scraped knuckles, hard work and lots of swearing, it was back on the road, a with a few good service's and a care it ran for another 5 years and it never let me down, I sold it to a friend, and he drove it for another 8 year. I've had a few in my time, they have a very special character, they are never quick, but they always got me where i needed to go!

My first car. a 57 Morris that my Grandma had kept in perfect condition. Only had 27k miles on it when I got it. I lowered the license plate to uncover the front bumper crank access and from time to time started it with the crank. The Lucas electrics were troublesome, and sometimes it would not have enough voltage to both crank and fire the spark, but if you turned the engine over some other way it would start immediately. I discovered that I could sit in the driver seat with one foot out the door and push the car back enough to bump start it on level pavement. It was a great little first car. Had to replace the carbon throw-out bearing as Grandma had worn it down to base metal by riding the clutch. Didn't have wrenches that fit so did the whole job with crescent wrenches. And without removing the engine. :)

Thank you, great documentary my first car was a 1953 Morris Minor, never let me down and I learned my mechanic skills on this fabulous little car..

Morris Minors were fantastic cars for the time. Tragic what happened to the British car industry.

@raydavies3278

5 жыл бұрын

Unions pushing too hard.

My first ever car back in 1973 when I was in the Army, got it cheap with a broken crankshaft, one second-hand engine block later, old engine out and fitting the original head to the "new" block, attached all the ancillary equipment, started up second turn of the key......An absolute doddle......Christ, I miss that car.

we had a 57 convertible in Vancouver in 1985 it stalled in winter downtown intersection and my girlfriend got out with the crank and fired it up none of the people had seen such a thing but that was how we always started it in the winter

Really like the way this film starts, with ghosts from the past speaking over current shots of some relics in a scrapyard, well put together.

My friend's Mum had one....It wasn't far to school but my friend was lazy... Getting a lift in a Morris Minor is unforgettable.

Great little car , love it.

I had a friend, an elderly gentleman who used to race Austin 7 specials at Brooklands. He knew Issigonis back then, described him as a 'bookish little twit' and yet he owned Minor after Minor! They were damn good cars, not exceptional in any way except the most important! Reliable, easy to look after, good road holding, quite roomy and I always loved the looks of them. I'd love to have one if I still drove, hard to find here in the U.S.

Excellent film, welded up many over the years, if you keep them solid they just keep going and going, a belated R. I. P. to Pete Morris of The Colchester Morris Minor centre.

Very well put together film - interesting!

When I lived in England in places like Greater Birmingham or Sheffield it was a common sight to see a Morris Traveller or Tourer hurtling along on a section of motor way amongst traffic !

I worked around a Buick dealer in NC that had been also a BMC dealer. They had a Morris Minor pickup truck they used to gofor car. I would love to have that truck today. It was a fun ride.

Alec Issigonis is a genius, love this car & along with the mini. Character with this car is amazing along with the farty exhaust note, brilliant car

I almost had one as a first car to learn to drive in...but when we went to look at it, we fell about laughing at it..!! lol

As a student in the UK during the 1970's I was fortunate enough to have owned a Morris Minor 1000 saloon, in which I learned to drive , and when I married I graduated to a Morris Minor Traveller. I loved the simplicity of the cars and worked on them myself, but, eventually I was seduced into having a Renault with the extra power, a more comfortable ride and a refined interior. Fifty years on and having owned more than ten Japanese and German cars, the Morris Minor is now the car I yearn for. Modern day cars are so sophistocated with on board computers, sensors for everything, OBD electronics, the DIY car mechanics are suddenly faced with cars they can't really look after. I have not seen anyone's comment here about the Minor's braking system, which was drum brakes all round, and, quite frankly required a very heavy right foot to stop the Minor even on a mild downward incline. If you did not maintain them, particularly at the front, then you would soon realise you needed to anticipate downward slopes. At the weekends, as a student, I would go off camping into Wales for a bit of fishing and there was many a time I came upon a Welsh valley road of steep decent and the Minor braking system was put to the test with my very heavy clog on the brake pedal and yanking on the handbrake for dear life as I decended. I always managed to keep control, but, after that episode I was close to keeping a second pair of underpants in the car.

Thanks for your input as you liked the video please remember to give it a thumbs up! Please also see my other videos regards Steve

never owned one, but being a petrol head, always respected that 50's iconic design, lovely.

Brilliant film, thanks for putting it up. I drive a 1946 Morris 8 Ser. E but I love all the Morris Stable and 2013 is their 100th Year.

Britain had its trustworthy Morris Minor and America had its trustworthy Volkswagen Beetle.

By the time I'd had occasion to ride in them, in the late '70s and early '80s, Minors were "frumpy old survivors". Not really "Classic" yet, just old. One friend bought hers for just 45 pounds (about $100). Lovely solid old ride. Interior wood trim. Just thoroughly "civilized." What I liked most about them was their "Old British Car Smell."

In 1958 I bought a second hand Minor 1000 whilst I was in Salisbury in S. Rhodesia. At the time it was 2 years old and had 10,000 miles on the clock. My intention was to race tune it and enter it in competitions. I spent 9 months, working on the engine and chassis, without changing its external appearance in any way. For its first outing, I entered it for a handicap race on the Belvedere circuit, against an assortment of other cars, ranging from Porsche 1600's to ERA single seaters and Jaguar D types, plus several specials. To cut down wheel-spin, I took all the unnecessary seats out and stowed them in the boot. This created some raised eyebrows from the other drivers there! The car produced a creditable first performance! I subsequently entered it for a "Speed Trials " weekend at the Marlborough circuit. I could not enter it for the up to 1000 cc class as I had a blower on it creating 6-lbs of boost, but I entered it for the five classes above including the unlimited class. The type of cars entered were such as a Lister Jaguar, a Porsche "Super", the ERA, Lotus's, Coopers, Aston Martins and numerous specials. The Saturday runs were run over a quarter mile standing start. My timed run in the Minor 1000 was easily the FTD. On the Sunday runs, the course was over a half mile from a standing start, and again my Minor 1000 achieved the FTD. At the "Prise giving", that evening, I felt somewhat embarrassed to be called up at every presentation of the trophies except for the lowest 1000cc class, although I was feeling very proud of my little Morris Minor! That evening, I went home with ten trophies which it had earned for me. For the "Techies", the engine modifications that used all the original components, included lightening and polishing and balancing all the moving parts, including the flywheel and clutch. Raising the compression ratio to 9 -1, enabled it to reach 9,400 rpm, and an indicated top speed, (on the speedometer), with the needle back to the zero again beyond the fuel gauge. To eliminate the new and serious rear axle tramp, I made up a pair of radius rods to the spring mountings and an "A" frame to the top of the "diff" to control the twisting and the sideways movement of the rear springs. I also fitted an anti-roll bar at the front. The rear shock absorbers were changed to "Koni" adjustable ones. The only visible change was during "Events", when the exhaust had a short and tuned length exhaust pipe fitted. As a design, all these alterations and the resulting performance, proved what a wonderful little car it was to begin with and how easy it was to work on. I went on to drive the Morris on the roads for another year as my day to day transport, before being persuaded by a friend to sell it to him.

@SMGJohn

5 жыл бұрын

Amazing story, would make a great film if the Empire was still around and had its talented pool of film creators.

@dibaldgyfm9933

5 жыл бұрын

What a superjob you did! I specially notice "balancing" - As I understand it you thereby were reducing vibrations and made high RPM possible.

@guyjonson6364

5 жыл бұрын

Wow Great job indeed!!##

@kierancurtis8545

3 жыл бұрын

Lovely story! Thanks for sharing!

I just love that fiddle tune Liz Carol wrote about it. The Morris Minor reel.

I owned a 1098cc engined saloon for a few years and after a thorough decoke and tune up it returned 80mph (downhill)! A fantastic and characterful little car that cost me nothing to run. If only they made them like that these days.

@dukenukem5768

5 жыл бұрын

@Price Steve : wrote ".... it returned 80mph (downhill)! " That must have been you who overtook me on the M5 between the Cribbs Causway and Avonmouth junctions about 5 years ago. It was making the longest fart I ever heard.

Thank you for sharing this amazing video! Had a great time watching this. I am from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Even a decade or two ago one would come across one or two black Morris Minor cars (with red interiors) threading their way through the traffic. But now a days I don't see any on the streets of Dhaka. They were lovely cars. In the early 90s I have seen a few in excellent condition -with the big dial speedometer working and the chrome trims on the body work sparkling. I suppose more cars were exported to Sri Lanka and West Pakistan (Bangladesh was East Pakistan before 1971) which accounts for the relatively fewer number of Morris Minors ending on our shores.

Thank you for this Mr Minto. It's nice to see recent press reports that show the Morris Minor factory in Sri Lanka is still going.

@SteveMinto1

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input and sorry for the delay. Regards

My first car was a '57 convertible, cream with maroon interior, in 1969. $25 US needed radiator repair from a collision. Frame broke that summer when landing after slightly airborne off of a one lane bridge. I still love the memories of that car.

Great video from the BBC there

Great documentary! my Dad owned Morris minor in the late 50s early 60s in Liverpool! good stuff,lots of memories!

I am feeling nostalgia and as if I am travelling back to the 60s. I enjoyed watching it so much and just love the whole thing. Thank you for uploading it here. :) From: Singapore.

'Four on the floor' and rubber mats. Those were the days!

Interesting little doco! The Morris Minor was a great car, not because it was fast or luxurious, but because it excelled at what it was designed for: to be a dependable and affordable car for the post-war world. It's simple, reliable, practical and very easy to fix, but (thanks to Issigonis' deceptively simple but cleverly designed front suspension and steering) it is a lot of fun to drive, with very responsive steering and fantastic road feel.

Loved this video, lots of old film i had never seen, will help me to enjoy my two Minors even more!

my first car .split screen side valve it died of rust.happy to see it go.and now they call them classics haha.

The raised headlamps gave a much neater and better look to the car 11:27, the lamps in the grill gave it a grumpy look. 8:10

Most enjoyable Steve, well done.

I turned 44 yrs old last week, and am just now starting to appreciate some of the old British built cars, the Minor being one of em....If not for British/Leyland being so inept, England might still be producing some good vehicles.....

@dukenukem5768

5 жыл бұрын

At the end, the Metro and Rover 75 were good, but killed by typical British self-hate. A popular commedian's catch phrase was "I'm not going to drive a Mini-Metro!", and Clarkson rubbished the 75. Tony Blair refused to save Rover : BMW wanted to buy it (for the 75) but wanted a token contribution from the UK government, but Blair thought that would spoil his "New Labour" laissez-faire image.

@dukenukem5768

5 жыл бұрын

@pmailkeey ; The UK knows how to make cars, but the country has been taken over by greenies and PPE graduates. who consider that actually making anything is dirty, dangerous, polluting and disgusting, and should be left to people on the far side of the world.

@Martindyna

5 жыл бұрын

@@dukenukem5768 But from memory BMW did buy it and ran it for some years before selling it for a nominal sum. This is why I've a lot of time for BMW, well that and the stunning Diesel engines they make (with exhaust pipes that are grey on the inside, not black). That said they are a bit too much about profit.

@dukenukem5768

5 жыл бұрын

@@Martindyna You are right, BMW did buy it, later sold it at huge loss - to the management AFAIR. I think the story involving Blair was about when BMW wanted to upgrade a UK Rover factory and wanted a contribution from the UK government, which Blair refused. That was the tipping point for Rover.

Thanks for your input, I also would like to echo an R. I. P. to your man Pete of the Colchester Morris Minor center. Regards Steve.

I learnt to drive in a Moggy 1000 and passed the test 1st time, luckily I'd had a lot of driving time in Maggy's on construction sites. My father was a superintendent of works and the company he worked for tunnelled the largest section of the Victoria Line Tube in London. The contract for vehicles went to Morris, 13 Travellers and 2 vans were delivered on car transporters along with J4 vans and 5 ton trucks driven in. So being the young site gofer I was always driving one Morris or another, the J4s were tricky as the gearbox's were mirrored. IE 1st was were 4th is on usual box's, so jumping from one type to another was exciting. A year after joining the project I was promoted to Tunnel Boring Machine operator and I bought my first MG. Great days

i am now 55 ,,when i was 17 i saved up and bought a morris minor reg BBB122B i still remember it, i thought i had bought solid car,, but it was a rust bucket ,,i was a sheet metal worker so i started the strip down in my dads garage while his car was now out side the house on the road, i bought all the new parts for one side then made templates of them and fabricated them at work to save money, one year down the line i had one side totally restored no rust what so ever new engine mounts etc etc, my dad was now giving me a hard time about how long it was taking me,,, one morning i got up to see my dad in the back lane with a scrap man he dragged my car off its stands onto his trailer ,, the front lights were facing me and it was the saddest thing i have ever seen,, as if it was looking at me,,,and i could do nothing about it,,,to this day i have now 4 grown up boys and an amazing wife, ans i still long for a morris minor,,i am now looking for one i can afford,,,,

@SteveMinto1

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Gerard Forster , what an amazing little story.... with a very sad ending for both you and the car. The trouble is that any cheep Morris Minor will be very much like the one you had, so will require loads of money and work to get back on the road in a road ready condition. I know where there is a local Grey four door 1964 car that might be up for grabs, that has had all the welding carried out too. It was then MOT'ed by the owner, who applied to DVLA for it;s V5 (log book) they say it needed to be re registered on age related plates. There is no problem with that I was told, apart from the cost, I think about £80. Its sat in his garage untouched for the last three years, as he has another classic car he drives! So in road ready condition to go, drive as it is or with some light cosmetic work could look like new again. Where do you live Gerard are you in the UK. Regards Steve

@gerardforster68

5 жыл бұрын

hi @@SteveMinto1 thank you i really appreciate your response i live in newcastle upon tyne north east england

@SteveMinto1

5 жыл бұрын

@@gerardforster68 Hi thanks for your reply...Gerard, if you are interested in the little Morris Minor, drop me your email or Facebook link so I can give you some photos of her and further information if you like? Have a great day Steve...

@gerardforster68

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveMinto1 thank you face book is good Ged forster, you will no its the right one as my picture is with my 4 boys, thanks again, send me a friend request ,,

Neat old British Car. Excellent design and manufacture that the auto industry no longer builds.

@TheCaitlinlopez

6 жыл бұрын

rgion29247616 are you in drugs? Those. Cars were the worst at par with French

@edkennedy6120

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaitlinlopez i think you must be on drugs, they were great cars.

5 жыл бұрын

There are no mass-produced cars made in Britain any more.

I owned one for a few years ..great car !!

@bernardrandles8013

9 ай бұрын

I owned an ex GPO van in 1972 paid 90 pounds for it had it for three years and sold it for 70 pounds too a painter had it for three years upon it failed it's MOT on its corrison in the chassis

Good video thanks for posting, such an iconic car. That mobile servicing looks risky though!

The Minor has to be one of the cutest fun cars ever made.

My first car was a '53 Morris Minor convertible. Her name was Hortense. Her only problem was the infernal Lucas electrical system, but even that was fun when you got to know all its quirks. All in all, a great car for an impoverished college student. Got 11 really pretty girls into it once. Cops disapproved! Can't imagine why.

In the early 1960's my high school language teacher arrived at class drenched with water. As he told the story his attempt to make it up a local steep hill was thwarted by the torrential rain in his "holy" convertible/cabriolet head Morris Minor1000. To add insult to injury he was passed going up the hill by a Vespa motor scooter. I examined the car and found that engine maintenance was the real problem. Only 3 spark plugs were firing!

I had one...50 years ago

Thank you for your input

I learned to drive in a Morris 1000. Good car to learn in, especially when you stalled it and then had to jump out and start the engine with the crank handle. Cold car in an English winter though. The heater was hopeless and insulation wasn't something we had even heard of in a car.

Great video

Thanks for your input, they are good shells out there my friend! Some do all the welding then stop!! I don't know why but you see them on eBay like it from time to time. Good luck with yours. Regards

Thanks for your input my friend. Regards

If you feel you have to have a car, let it be a Morris!

Thanks for your input "that's what they do best". Just got a live with it and patch it up. As long as it stays on the road and you get some fun out of it. Regards

Brilliant video

@SteveMinto1

10 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am glad you liked the video. Please take the time to see some of my other Morris Minor video's I have posted on You Tube. Regards Steve

Nice 👍👍👍

drove my 1961 saloon from 1983 to 2001 sold it and it was resold in 2015

My memory is....I was taught to drive in a Morris Minor 1000. On driving test day, I stepped into the car, got the nod from my examiner, selected first gear, and drew out into the path of an Austin Princess!...it was a the fastest driving test fail in history; 6 seconds!.....I passed second time.

we had couple of minor 1000s so recently. and if we wanted to over take something else we did it one way or another. but now a days if ur gonna overtake with a minor some other car i think u have to carry a shotgun with u all the time because the only way to do so is u gotta shoot the other cars tyre before u trying to overtake it ;)

Sorry, I thought they were horrible. I worked on quite a few as a dealer mechanic. The good thing about them was the Series A engine, but it stops there. I don't know why the exhaust had to make a farting noise on the over-run - other cars with the Series A (eg the BMC ADO16 Austin 1100 etc) didn't. The driving position was atrocious, not helped by the humped dashboard and the seats' inclination to sag - that's how the meme of the "little old lady driver peering over the bonnet" came about. In some that I drove into my workshop I was essentially sitting on the floor. Almost every one I drove had the gearbox syncromesh half-knackered or jumped out of second gear. Perhaps it was a poor design or perhaps it was just the type of people who drove them back then. I got in the habit of driving them holding the gear lever to keep it in. The front suspension was dangerously prone to collapse when the bottom bush thread stripped (it was a bronze screw), and the designer had not thought to put a safety stop at the end in case it did; around London in the late 70's I was seeing a Minor spreadeagled in the middle of the road about once every two weeks. Fortunately most Minors never saw a motorway. Then the master brake cylinder was inside the chassis section under the driver's floormat, so checking the fluid level risked getting crap in it - that's why the cylinder failed so often. The offside suspension torsion bar stopped you taking Its fixing bolts out and officially you were supposed to remove the bar, but we had a guy standing by the car with a long lever to prise it away while we took the bolts out. I doubt the levering did the car much good though.

@thrunsguinneabottle3066

5 жыл бұрын

In 1970, the Morris Minor (Traveller) was certainly out-of-date, and you could find fault with it. But in 1950, it was superior to most of its contemporaries. I always enjoyed the farting noise, on over run. For once, it was not me.

@Martindyna

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you particularly on the farting noise and driving position. My Mother who's only 5' tall had a thick telephone directory under the pedals to help find a comfortable position for her feet from memory. When we got an Austin 1100 it was a revelation regarding driving position, since as you said from the rear anyone looked like a little old lady in the Minor. Another good car, the Renault 4, also made a farting noise on the over-run; I wonder if there was some sort of fuel shutoff for over-run fitted to later cars like the 1100; perhaps just better silencers. I vaguely remember a damper on the throttle to stop it closing off too quickly on later cars?...…although probably unrelated to the farting noise. Our 1959 Minor 1000 did 99,000 miles before the engine was worn out but the 1963 Austin 1100 did 168,000 miles (valves lapped in @100,000 miles) showing the improvement in materials & engine oils over time I guess (Dad always used BP Visco-static 20w/50). Mind you the Minor 1000 was still on it's 1st gearbox while the 1100 was on it's 3rd. A trick Dad passed to me was that if you over advance the ignition until the engine `pinks' under load you get better fuel economy when driving at steady speeds (sort of Atkinson cycle). They appear to have got the `A' series cylinder head design right first time and that in conjunction with the constant depression SU carburettor gave superior fuel economy compared to similar cars of the day. Not forgetting how much longer the engine lasted compared to Fords of that time.

Loved Morries...:)

The Morris Minor 1000 Traveller was arguably the best car ever made.

@MrBiggoolie

5 жыл бұрын

Morris Traveller, the only car I ever saw that had woodworm.

@dukenukem5768

5 жыл бұрын

How ridiculous. That exterior wooden framework rotted or at best got to look like "bruised banana" - a really bad idea, and yet you claim it was the best car ever. "Woodies" originated with conversions by small workshops from saloons and some wood remained as a styling feature (just plastic decals in the end) until people got over it and accepted that woodless estate cars were more than vans with added windows. Yes I know that the wood on a Traveller was actually structural, the last such car I believe.

@guyjonson6364

5 жыл бұрын

The most likeable and cute asbeing so british

spectacular

Thanks for your input Ian, yes 100 years. As for the Morris 8 many years ago I restored one of those a dark blue and black one for an old friend. Ian please take sometime to see my other video's. Thanks again for your input Regards Steve

Lol..midwife's car in Canada 60's/70's...As an 'engineer' drove a green post office telecom car in Herts for a couple of years.

Thanks for your input "They Are" loads of fun. Please see my other videos and don't for get the thumbs up please. Regards Steve

My uncle and aunt had a pink Morris Minor called Mrs Blue (because it was originally blue).

The Morris Minor was some thing of an anachronism from the moment it first hit the show rooms and the roads in the 1950s and some what rather curiously remained as such right until it's demise in the early 1970s . In that respect it was a rather odd little car which life had passed by .

Thanks for your input please see my other video's Regards Steve

What a classic...

I have always liked the looks of the Minor and thought they were neat, but my brother owned one and had a different view. The video spends a lot of time speaking about how strong the body was, but my brother said he could not believe how thin the steel was at the suspension mounts at the front.

Thanks for your input please leave me a thumbs up for the video as you liked it. And also take the time to see my other video's Regards Steve

Yes, the Morris Minor did have a farting exhaust, it's unmistakable, and no other car has it.

run a minor on cross ply tyre's in the wet it's up there with a GTR today for fun. but your never to to go above 30 mph ;) a roundabout can be day's of fun

I learnt to drive in my dads Morris Minor 800, almost drove itself.

@grizzlygrizzle

5 жыл бұрын

I had the same feeling about my '64 Volvo 544. I never got to drive a Minor, but my brother and I carpooled with another kid whose father had a Minor Traveller to go to drivers' ed classes in the late '60s. I always liked that car. BTW, the car that the mother of the fourth kid in our car pool drove was a restored 1927 Ford Model T. My mom had a '66 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, a moderately interesting car, but not nearly as interesting as the Minor or the Model T.

I,am feeling very nostalgic after watching this, o yeah and i own a a40 somerset sorry about that

@SteveMinto1

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input and sorry for the delay. Regards

The Morris Minor had a huge steering wheel ! They were excellent cars though.

@dukenukem5768

5 жыл бұрын

A huge steering wheel was the reason you saw little old ladies clinging to the top like they were hanging off a cliff, trying to peer over it and over the bulbous bonnet. Unneccessarily bulbous bonnets were a 1940s fashion supposedly to hint of a large powerful engine - particularly ironic in the case of the Minor.

@dukenukem5768

5 жыл бұрын

@ : The Minor did not need power steering. In the late 70's I had a 2 ton Humber Super Snipe without power steering. A big steering wheel was considered a Macho style statement at the time, just like big spoked wheels and thin tyres today.

This really cracked me up: (2:31) - "It may look out of place now. it may not fit into an industry who's models change every four or five years..." Four or five years to change the design of a model? RADICAL BRO!

My late father hadva morris 1000 van it was a great wee van ive wanted one for years but prices have so far stopped me fulfilling my dream . But il get one yet id love one wit say a 2 litre engine in it

The convertible was really cute

5 жыл бұрын

They were ugly as hell.

Is this available on DVD?

Did Charles Ware, of the Morris Minor Centre use to be the curator, of the National Motor Museum?

Brilliant! Could there someone tell me by the way when the accent in english spoken in the news in the 1940s (see beginning of the video) changed to the accent of today´s english.

@SpiritEngine

6 жыл бұрын

That accent is commonly known as RP (Received Pronunciation) which the BBC use in their broadcasting. It's the clearest, most understandable standard accent in the British Isles... Since the 1960s regional accents such as Scottish accents have been more accepted on TV and radio so that's why it seems like it 'changed'.

@Tourist1967

5 жыл бұрын

@Waylander the Slayer If your definition of "left wing" is the BBC, God alone knows where you are on the right of the political spectrum...........................

in Jaffna the morris minor is still driven as daily use car.

@Porsche996driver

5 жыл бұрын

balachandran giridharan Where is Jaffna.

@damianosraftopoulos8365

5 жыл бұрын

@@Porsche996driver somewhere with no electricity, running water and toilets....

@daveflynn1391

5 жыл бұрын

balachandran giridharan The

Why does a Mercedes star pop up at 22:50 or so?

Not a patch on a VW Beetle i think in all honesty there just rose tinted memories for some.

curious did own two - thats forty years back - does anyone still own the design copyright -// did ask MMC if its possible to build a brand new one from off the shelf - answer yes but .... expensive .. a modern version would be interesting //

@SteveMinto1

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your input Tony, let see what other might think or know?

LORD NUTFIELD !!

there aren't enough in America!

I am in the UK steve and its still blocked for me on copyright grounds by UMG and other companies.

@SteveMinto1

10 жыл бұрын

Sorry my friend that you can not see this video. I just dont know why its comming up as blocked for you under copyright grounds by UMG and other companies. But I wish you all the best with your Morris Minor intrests as there is nothing I can do to help. Regards Steve

@davidmaslow7473

8 жыл бұрын

Morris minor

I have an old leyland mini, but these things look fun too, oh did the guy around the 19.30 min mark say barmy old plastard? did he mean plarmy old bastard hehe.

@itonymo

5 жыл бұрын

Hi

I had a friend named strangley enough, Morrison, stuff a V8 into a Morris Minor.

@ which car is there in this video? Baby Hindustan or Morris Minor? I think it is Baby Hindustan.

Would like to watch this butbits been blocked cos of the music in it...

@SteveMinto1

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input, sorry its blocked were ever you are. I have just tried it and it plays here in the UK OK. Regards Steve

I think BMW should stop the Mini and start building the Morris Minor after all they have the license for it.

nurse GLADYS EMANUELLE :)

Modern day cars are only made to last 5 years, after that the mechanical and other electronic problems render them worthless.

Mickey Mouse drove a Morris Minor.