Morris Minor Owners Club

i just wondered how many people name there morris minor and wondered what you call it.

Jenny & Jack

Betsy Blue.

"She" was originally "he" - the previous owner was unaware of the absolute, indissoluble rule that all saloons are female, and all travellers and vans are male - and was known as Bertie Blue.

When I re-assigned her, I was originally going to call her Betty Blue, until I googled it and found out that Betty Blue was the title of a risque French semi-porn film... so not a good name for a car belonging to a clergyman. We get enough of a tarnished reputation thanks to some our dodgy Anglican colleagues, without giving our cars porny names....!

Lovejoy

Turj - the number was TUR 681J. Just glad it wasn't a 'D' reg!

Ondergard wrote:"She" was originally "he" - the previous owner was unaware of the absolute, indissoluble rule that all saloons are female, and all travellers and vans are male

That's not neccesarily true .. I don't know why but you can tell just by looking at each minor whether it be a boy or a girl regardless of whether its a saloon or traveller

Mine are Sidney and Emily

i haven't named mine yet - i want to go for rita, but it's not quite right.

Stanley we bought him on Stanley st Manchester.
Brian....

Molly the Traveller is definitely feminine, in fact all my cars have been.
To me, a Minor has to be female due to the huge fluttery eyes and alluring smile. I won't dwell on the risk of getting your fingers burnt if you fiddle under the bonnet

All cars are female, you know this because of the mood swings you can get and the fact that you can never compliment them in their presence.

My Minors are:
Annie (or Annabelle to be more accurate, depends on if she’s running right or not) not sure why that name was chosen as it was such a long time ago but it stuck and suits her.
Lottie because her number plate starts LOT
Puddles because her number plate starts PUD

pfgiz wrote:and the fact that you can never compliment them in their presence.

Well thats a bit of a thin ice comment

Kevin wrote:

pfgiz wrote:and the fact that you can never compliment them in their presence.

Well thats a bit of a thin ice comment

You ever complimented a car? "she's been running fine" is the key phrase that can start a number of issues that can result in anything from a minor service to a major re-build.

MM 1949 Albert
Traveller 1964 Madeirinha (Woody)
Convertible 1969 Ginginha

Mine's Nigel - Original reg was NGLxxx. He's male.

Shawn wrote:Mine's Nigel - Original reg was NGLxxx. He's male.

Yeah, but you're an Aussie.

No ocker I know has ever liked the idea of relying on a sheila. Does no good whatsoever to their macho image!

Mines called Tim. I'm told (even though he's my car) his full title is Captain Tim

Monty - kinda "bumbling" and well meaning type name
and Basil (BSL plate)

My sig pic says it all. Albert said his name derives from his number plate. He gave a wry chuckle when I told him that was the name I had given to my teddy bear back in the days when my dad had a traveller of a similar age. What a coincidence!

Oscar, named by my daughter after Oscar Blaketon a grumpy bloke in Heartbeat who has a Traveller.

She couldn’t have been thinking of me at the time could she?

Mine dont really get names. The first morry i had was called old blue by its previous owner. it was held together with bog and had a icecream container between the seats to hold his beers in!

next morry is nameless, so is the ute but i thought this one deserves a name:

Blue Streak, named after a british ballistic missile haha