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morris minor 1000 de luxe
What makes a Morris a De Luxe model?
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Hi Deano.
Minor 2-doors and travellers were available with the option of standard or DeLuxe model (not sure about LCVs) and all 4-doors were DeLuxe. A deluxe model usually had a 'D' on the end of the chassis number (not always though!).
The actual spec for deluxe changed very frequently so it's hard to tell what it should be but the common features would be leather seats instead of vinyl, (62-64 ones came with duo-tone seats instead of mono-tone), wheel embelishers, bumper overiders, passenger sunvisor, i think at one point windscreen washers were a deluxe feature too.
oh, and a heater
Minor 2-doors and travellers were available with the option of standard or DeLuxe model (not sure about LCVs) and all 4-doors were DeLuxe. A deluxe model usually had a 'D' on the end of the chassis number (not always though!).
The actual spec for deluxe changed very frequently so it's hard to tell what it should be but the common features would be leather seats instead of vinyl, (62-64 ones came with duo-tone seats instead of mono-tone), wheel embelishers, bumper overiders, passenger sunvisor, i think at one point windscreen washers were a deluxe feature too.
oh, and a heater
Andy W____________1961 2-door 948cc (Sidney)_____________1963 2-door 1275cc (Emily)_______
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Andrew, yes your moggy is a standard model but you do have a radio in yours which was an optional extra!
To be honest I'm not sure about the blue one! it did have overriders once upon a time as there are marks for them on the bumpers but of course these can easily be added or taken away but it does also have a passenger sunvisor (which again could be added later) it has an upgraded heater and not the original interior so it is very hard to tell, but, the windscreen washers seem like a later fit so I'm guessing it was standard.
The grey one I'm guessing would be DeLuxe as it has overriders and a heater but again it is hard to tell!
To be honest I'm not sure about the blue one! it did have overriders once upon a time as there are marks for them on the bumpers but of course these can easily be added or taken away but it does also have a passenger sunvisor (which again could be added later) it has an upgraded heater and not the original interior so it is very hard to tell, but, the windscreen washers seem like a later fit so I'm guessing it was standard.
The grey one I'm guessing would be DeLuxe as it has overriders and a heater but again it is hard to tell!
Andy W____________1961 2-door 948cc (Sidney)_____________1963 2-door 1275cc (Emily)_______
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Your picture also shows over riders on the front bumper and do you have an ash tray ?jackcranfield wrote:The chassis number on my car suggests it was a deluxe model, however it has very few extras to the standard model, with the exception of a heater and passenger sun visor, which I thought had become standard fittings by the late sixties? or maybe not?
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From the cars I have owned so far...
1 - 69 D ashtray on rear tunnel
2 - 65 D ash tray on rear tunnel
3 - 68 S ash tray under parcel shelf
4 - 61 D ash tray under dash
5 - 60 S (Trav) no ash tray
6 - 60 S (van) ash tray under dash
No guarantees that this is how they left the factory but might help in some sort of "working out"
1 - 69 D ashtray on rear tunnel
2 - 65 D ash tray on rear tunnel
3 - 68 S ash tray under parcel shelf
4 - 61 D ash tray under dash
5 - 60 S (Trav) no ash tray
6 - 60 S (van) ash tray under dash
No guarantees that this is how they left the factory but might help in some sort of "working out"
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