Attracted by a 50 year old advert

Post by **Sidney'61** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:04 pm

Hi, just looking at an old poster I've got up in my kitchen and it features a series II 4-door minor in smoke blue with maroon interior, the car looks amazing (bearing in mind it's only a drawing) but I've never actually seen one in real life.
According to the restoration manual they only made the minors in this colour for less than a year (late 54 - early 55) so I was just wondering if anybody has one, if not, has anybody even just a got a photo of one?
It didn't last long so obviously wasn't very popular but personally I think it was the best colour scheme of all.

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:58 pm

interested to see a pic if anyone has one

Post by **Sidney'61** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:08 pm

After a few months of wondering whether there are actually any still in existence I've finaly found one!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Morris-Minor-Seri ... dZViewItem

That's made my day, now to see if I can afford it!

Post by **bigginger** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:13 pm

Beautiful

Reminds me, sadly, why I detest those headlamp peaks so...

Post by **paulhumphries** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:52 am

bigginger wrote:Beautiful Reminds me, sadly, why I detest those headlamp peaks so...

I agree with you.
One of the first things i did to my Minor was remove the peaks the previous owner had fitted.

Paul Humphries

Post by **Orkney** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:12 am

Reckon theres a less is more equation to all the trim. peaks alone can look nice, so too over riders, but the 2 together with a set of wing mirrors, lamps & sun visor just looks a bit much

Post by **badfelafel** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:44 am

Thats a great colour!
Think its easy to get a match if you need to do any work?