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Berkshire Countryman
Does anyone know of the Berkshire Countryman, a coachbuilt special bodied Morris Minor Traveller built in Wallingford in the early 1950's and possibly sold through Nuffield Dealers
Leo 1969 Traveller (Wallingford)
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At last managed to upload photo, only part of it displays, but better than nothing


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Those front seats look dangerous. The back seat passengers would lose their teeth the first time the driver braked 

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Remember this was the 1950's no safety belts etc, children sitting on Mum's lap in the front.
My youngest sister used to sit in a car chair (not bolted down) and when we went round corners we all slid one way and then another. We've come a long way since then.....
My youngest sister used to sit in a car chair (not bolted down) and when we went round corners we all slid one way and then another. We've come a long way since then.....

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They remind me of bus seats, the amount of times I hit my head on the seat infront as a kidmike.perry wrote:Those front seats look dangerous. The back seat passengers would lose their teeth the first time the driver braked

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Ahhhhhh, it all makes sense nowMColes wrote: They remind me of bus seats, the amount of times I hit my head on the seat infront as a kid

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Alas another cut off photo, wish they would upload properly, but you can see the rear seat with their chrome bars, the fabric sun roof and of course those veneered side panels


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Interesting - It appears to have short front doors (like my blue traveller). Wonder if it was built onto a chassis too ?
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CheekyPSL184 wrote:Ahhhhhh, it all makes sense nowMColes wrote: They remind me of bus seats, the amount of times I hit my head on the seat infront as a kid

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I know this was based on an LCV chassis. I think there was a write up in morris minor 60 years by ray newel, dont have a copy to hand at present.
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It would be interesting to see a copy of that article.....stevey wrote:I know this was based on an LCV chassis. I think there was a write up in morris minor 60 years by ray newel, dont have a copy to hand at present.
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It's all there on my screen. If you use the 'upload picture' on the posting screen, the site will resize it for you to something that is more suitable for the messageboardLeo wrote:Alas another cut off photo, wish they would upload properly, but you can see the rear seat with their chrome bars, the fabric sun roof and of course those veneered side panels
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Jon, the images load fine in IE but in Firefox they are cutoff at the right hand side. If you use Firefox view image option they appear full screen correctly.
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Think it all depends on the resolution you're running your screen at. Can see images fine on my desktop PC but they're cut off on my laptop.
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Ref the photos being cut off, I haven't a clue what you computer types are talking about, but if the information on the poster did not take up the right hand column of the screen and was where it used to be there would be more room for pictures
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i think it was in this one if i remember right
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Morris-Minor-60 ... 1845841573
heres some more snaps if they'll load[frame]
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Morris-Minor-60 ... 1845841573
heres some more snaps if they'll load[frame]
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i have this info in one of my books ill have a look for all of you tommorrow
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Now I can post pictures so I'll start again[frame]
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