Morris Minor Owners Club

Simple answer is no.,

Not when compared to a Phantom I borrowed from work a few weeks back.

But its far better looking!

You're right there Mike! It's similar in many ways to the Rover P5 - but without the 'Regal balance' that car seemed to have. I think the rectangular headlights just look stupid!

Sorry, prefer the Traveller by far !!!

Styled with all the subtlety and elegance of a lump hammer.

The question was is a Traveller a large car?

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Maybe

No. It was designed as a family car & may have been considered larger than its saloon version, but look at other cars of its day. 'Average' family cars such as the Escorts & Cortina were bigger. In the 50's, there were the Zodiacs & Zephers. The modern equivalent to the Moggy is probably the Golf or Focus. The estate versions of cars today are bigger than the traveller in both length and width.

8009STEVE wrote:The question was is a Traveller a large car?

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M
aybe

Thing is Steve,considering the width of some of the roads in our glorious County,even a traveller can appear larger than it really is. So perhaps the answer is : in some parts of Somerset, a traveller is a large car,where as on the M5 no it is not

Guessing considering your location you work somewhere in the vicinity of Goodwood?

Rolls Royce styling has lost its way since the subtle elegance of the Silver Shadow and Mulliner Park Ward Drop Head Coupe

Apart from the fact that the Rolls Royce is worth more money, I wouldn't swap my Traveller for it. Now a Vintage Bentley is something else but I'd still hate to part with old "Blakes". It was a little bit like when we had a cat. She arrived as a stray kitten and was no particular breed but no amount money could have bought her.

The Minor is not a large car but the Traveller, in particular, makes maximum use of the space it occupies. Compared with other small cars of the day (And some larger ones from earlier times - there is a pre war Morris 10 at the place who do my MOTs), the Minor was very roomy. Even today, in some of the so called estate cars, where some rather trivial attempt to style them has been made, interior space is compromised.

Dan_Harris wrote:Guessing considering your location you work somewhere in the vicinity of Goodwood?

Well er ... Yes. I work at the RollsRoyce factory in Goodwood.

You don't think I could afford one. Even the house in the background isn't mine.

Driving one is quite an experience. Even though I see them everyday, I still take a second look when I see one. They are simply stunning cars. The difference is comfort between a Moggie and a normal family saloon is probably the same between a Phantom and a family car. Photos don't do it justice but at £300K+ it should be,

If you're ever in Goodwood or Gaydon, go and have a look at one.

The Phantom is big, over 6m long. The top of the front wheel is higher than the headlight on the trav! Almost double the length and not easy to drive, especially a LHD.

i think that roller is ugly,the traveller is a far prettier car,its large enough got all my camping gear in for mot uk this year .

I watched my Morris Minor video last night (The one with the Alaska Highway on it) and some of the period adverts referred to the "Worlds best small car buy" and "Britains most successful small car", so its a small car !!

....... and some used to refer to my K Series BMW as the flying brick?

Jonah681 wrote:No. It was designed as a family car & may have been considered larger than its saloon version, but look at other cars of its day. 'Average' family cars such as the Escorts & Cortina were bigger. In the 50's, there were the Zodiacs & Zephers. The modern equivalent to the Moggy is probably the Golf or Focus. The estate versions of cars today are bigger than the traveller in both length and width.

Have to disagree a touch there as it's direct compeditors were Standard 8 & 10's, Ford popular 100e (squire was the estate) A35 and the like, followed on by the Triumph Herald, and Ford Anglia, none of which can match the Traveller's load carrying, the nearest I would think is the Herald.
So I would regard it as the most sucsessful family car of its day as most of the cars on the road were smaller then.

A local vicar owned a Herald estate that used to be her mother's car. Her mother bought the car just because she could fit a harp in the back