Morris Minor Owners Club

But if ever there was a moden day moggy i would want it to look like this.

Have to disagree here is my favorite from the 1980`s
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VUu5eJPEigw

I'll stand by what I said in the identical thread - I don't like it, it's trying too hard to be something other than a Morris Minor, like it doesn't want people to see it as a Moggy, so no, I presonally think it's horrid.

Not bad Kevin but its not as pleasing to the eye as THE one

absolutely brilliant, love it

Definitely looks like Morris 8E headlamps - did Mercedes copy them ?

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overider wrote:I saw this on ebay.com I ask the seller to send his story to minor monthly

Why not send more stories like this to Minor Matters as well, after all it is the official club magazine.

Think the problem there is that MMatters don't have the writers at their disposal to actually put together articles as we do, so just sending in some snaps and details to the club mag will not usually result in a story appearing. We are a monthly magazine and have to fill our pages with interesting stories written by our team of contributors. This is why the two can happily exist alngside each other. One is a club mag designed to offer its members all the club news and goings on while the other is a magazine available to anyone filled with stories, show reports, tech features etc all accompanied by high quality images as you would expect from any car magazine.

On the subject of the Minor in question I think it is a great looking car and shows the individual taste of the owner, no-doubt disliked by many but also admired by many. This diverse range of cars both stock and modified is what makes the scene so enjoyable, a show with row after row of completely stock cars can get a little boring, but spice it up with some modified cars from those with period mods, to subtle customs and full on cars such as this and you have a great show on your hands. Just my two pence worth

I couldn't agree with you more Jon. Although if i'd gone to that much work it would have to be a v8 engine. I like it, but wouldn't want to own it. nice E-type you got there overrider, now that is a car I would like to add in my collection.

It's an EXTREMELY nice E-Type!! Well done there.

Thank for your comments on the E-Type,

Look wise I think it looks nice. However, its no longer a Minor IMO. Afraid I'm too much of a purist to even give it garage space.

Not for me!!!

It has been my experience recently, that there is a growing interest in good original cars, as opposed to modifieds. However others may have found exactly the opposite.

In my view there will always be room for both, that is until the Eurocrats decide we cannot modify our cars anymore. I put the growing interest in good original cars down to a general growing interest in the marquee, there have been plenty of cars in the media recently and I beleive that many people are looking at them again as a good usable second car. Many people have far more disposable income now and are getting back into the classic car scene, with the Minor being one of the more affordable, recognisable and therefore poplular models.

jon1739 wrote:In my view there will always be room for both,

I could not agree more Jon. As I have said previously, a modified convertible is my everyday transport. However with my two original cars, like a listed building or rare antique, I regard myself as a custodian rather than an owner, with a responsibility to keep them as original as possible for future generations to enjoy. However this does not of course mean that they should not be used.

I'm certainly not a purist- my main resto project is actually the restoration of an early 1980's chop top conversion- a purist would return it to a 2-door saloon! It has a servo which will stay if it works fine. My 4-door has a mildly tuned engine (a "warm " cam) which I may soup up slightly.

I like really nice tastefully and skillfully modified cars- there are three in the East kent area that are really good, but some cars are just wrong and this looks like one of them.

But then I guess it was done to the owners own taste. Room for them all I reckon;-)

I quite like that, although to be fair the pictures are only just better then useless.
I've modified all my cars - usually for practical reasons rather than looks.

chickenjohn wrote:I'm certainly not a purist- my main resto project is actually the restoration of an early 1980's chop top conversion- a purist would return it to a 2-door saloon!

Not necessarily. My own view here would be that even if it was returned to original, it would still only be a copy. Far better to save an original car. However to rebuild a wreck, whether it be to original spec or modified in some way, and keep another Minor on the road, is far more preferable to allowing it to go to the big scrapyard in the sky.

Yes, and doing the re-build at home without the benefit of factory jigs and big spot welders and non original BMC panels, a quick look underneath would no doubt lose concours points! ;-)

That's one of the things that makes the MMOC Concours method of judging a car so much more meaningful than, "oh thats a shiny one, and such a lovely colour too"

(runs away and waits )

Do you get points for big dogs in the back ?