Old photos

[jagnut66]

Hi,
I came across these online and thought people on here might like a viewing of them.....
Sadly neither TWL 77 nor DO 1076 show up on the DVLA database, so unless somebody has them in a barn somewhere.....
Best wishes,
Mike.

Morris Minor 1948 Advertising Motor Show Car 1.jpg (48.81 KiB) Viewed 4727 times

Morris Minor 1948 Advertising Motor Show Car 2.jpg (44.76 KiB) Viewed 4727 times

Morris Minor Series II 1952 Advertising Motor Show Car.jpg (54.47 KiB) Viewed 4727 times

Morris Minor 1000 Saloon 1956 Motor Show Car.jpg (36.34 KiB) Viewed 4727 times

Miss P Spencer and T Rowland Morris Minor Rally Car 1960 Motor Racing.jpg (61.2 KiB) Viewed 4727 times

[Classiccars]

I think a lowlight has some charm over the later models but they are nice as well.

[XWL61]

TWL is an Oxford CBC registration, the series starting in February 1953 and finishing in April 1953. Obviously all the factory cars had Oxford registrations. I have not come across TWL 77 before.

DO 1076 is not a real registration number. Pictures of many of the prototype BMC cars have a DO 'registration' ( see pics in Skilleter for example). I dont know if DO stands for Drawing Office??

Andy

[svenedin]

Thanks for posting. I do like the "proper" tourer without back windows.

[firedrake1942]

If yiu like old photos of Minors 'in their natural habitat' as opposed to sitting on a grass field, although there are a few of them too, then this is the FB page, ostensibly of a local branch in Essex. By my calculation there are thousands of images of Minors from very early to very late.

https://www.facebook.com/uttlesfordmorr ... cale=en_GB

[Classiccars]

Will have a look thank you.

[ManyMinors]

TWL is an Oxford CBC registration, the series starting in February 1953 and finishing in April 1953. Obviously all the factory cars had Oxford registrations. I have not come across TWL 77 before.

DO 1076 is not a real registration number. Pictures of many of the prototype BMC cars have a DO 'registration' ( see pics in Skilleter for example). I dont know if DO stands for Drawing Office??

Andy

DO did indeed stand for Drawing Office. DO1076 was the reference given to the Minor 1000 prototype cars of which 3 were built in 1956 prior to production and launch in October of that year. All 3 were given unique EX reference numbers from the Experimental Dept. Only one is known to have survived. Most prototype cars were scrapped by the factory.

[POMMReg]

1081 for Commercials

[myoldjalopy]

I think a lowlight has some charm over the later models but they are nice as well.

Yes, they are very neat and pretty, although the later models are much better known by the general public and much-loved as well.

[Cam]

Thank you for posting those. Very nice indeed.

[Mervin]

Off topic, but it's good to see you are still around Cam. I think I was originally a board member before your joining date. That was using a different username (sailor?) which lapsed because I didn't post anything for a time.

[jagnut66]

Two more that I spotted, these are on eBay, so I've included a link below the picture, in case someone recognises the car or the man beside it.
The proud owner with his new car I wonder?
Does anyone recognise the wall or church(?) in the background?
Best wishes,
Mike.

Morris Minor Series II dated 1955.jpg (243.17 KiB) Viewed 4182 times

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224554445039 ... R5jH94KZZQ