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Corgi/Vanguards Morris Minors

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Sorry for a strange post, but a friend bought my my first corgi Morris Minor and now I’m obsessed!

Does anyone on here collect or, could tell me where I’d find a list of all the Morris Minors and Travellers they produced please?
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Slippery slope territory. Only had my Traveller a few months and now have these! With a 1:18 traveller in paint ;-)
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Nice garage.
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Miniatures of my Bermuda blue traveller i have in:

- 1/18 : Minichamps (in paint as it only comes in white)
- 1/26 : Saico (re painted, was green)
- 1/32 : Scalextric scale 3D printed (yet to paint)
- 1/43 : Vanguard
- 1/76 : Oxford Diecast OO gauge
- 1/149 : Oxford Diecast N gauge

Anyone know of any others?
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In answer to my own question Sunstar 1/12 but OMG ~£300!!
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£300? I remember when there used to be real full-size Minors for sale in the local paper for less! :-?
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I just have one Corgi model that I was given as a present many years ago.

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Here's a Vanguard Traveller and a Traveller carved from a lump of coal.
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K&R Replicas do/ did a White metal kit.

This is the one I built for my Dad.
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Yes, this collecting can become addictive !
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When you feel you have enough of those, then the obsession includes these,
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Gathering dust...
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John ;-)
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alfie austin wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 4:48 pm B4987524-99BF-4103-9A8D-FE3B8394B177.jpeg

Yes, this collecting can become addictive !
Glad its not just me :-)

I also have a collection of 1/43 of every car ive owned since passing my test!
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I have a dark green Morris Minor tea pot gathering dust on the dresser plus a couple of Corgi Classic rally car models - the Himalayan Minor and the Paris Peking Minor and a Corgi split screen Minor MM3.

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My model lives in its own country lane on the mantlepiece!
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