Morris Minor Owners Club

Interesting comments.
Perceptions of gutlessness change over the years. 50 years ago I toured France in my heavily-laden 1950 side valve, basically the pre-war Morris Eight engine. I never felt aware of being particularly slow, there were plenty of vehicles cruising at under 50 mph even on Motorways. In those days there were still plenty of early Citroen 2CVs on French roads which the Morris easily left trailing behind on long climbs with its stonking 27 bhp versus the Citroen's 12 bhp !

jagnut66 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:45 pm

Interesting comments.
Perceptions of gutlessness change over the years. 50 years ago I toured France in my heavily-laden 1950 side valve, basically the pre-war Morris Eight engine. I never felt aware of being particularly slow, there were plenty of vehicles cruising at under 50 mph even on Motorways. In those days there were still plenty of early Citroen 2CVs on French roads which the Morris easily left trailing behind on long climbs with its stonking 27 bhp versus the Citroen's 12 bhp !

The world went and got itself in a hurry......
Along with a few other things.........
Not all 'progress' is good progress................
Best wishes,
Mike.

Edward1949 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:23 pm http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mi-tests ... gon/#mmGal

Praised for excellent performance in 1954 American road test !!

"Here is a perfectly magnificent handling automobile, as practical as money in a sound bank, dwarfed by an engine with only a teaspoonful of dig.".

So we're back to a good car (the Morris Minor) let down by an engine that....... how does the saying go again??...... Oh, yes, 'wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding!'..............
They should have gone straight from side valves to a 948 unit, a far better engine, then developed into the 1098 and finally a 1275 option.
Just my opinion of course, for which I will now be shot at dawn....
Best wishes,
Mike.

The only improvement was the removal of some of the wear and worn parts

So no 'improvement' at all then.....