Morris Minor Owners Club

Hello everyone

I have a morris minor 1000 4d sallon 1956 model. I decided to fix some problems and also i'm going to paint it from the start. A mechanigal told me (and he was very absolute about that)that those cars originally had a red thin stripe across their body at the height of the door handles.

I saw a lot of pictures from a a lot of moggies but i never saw something like that.

Does anyone knows anything about that?

Thank you
Y.M

Yes, definately a stripe but the colour would depend on the colour of the car, ie a black car had a red stripe. A blue car had an ivory stripe.... etc....

snowberry white had a red stripe

yiorgos wrote:Hello everyone

I have a morris minor 1000 4d sallon 1956 model. I decided to fix some problems and also i'm going to paint it from the start. A mechanigal told me (and he was very absolute about that)that those cars originally had a red thin stripe across their body at the height of the door handles.

I saw a lot of pictures from a a lot of moggies but i never saw something like that.

Does anyone knows anything about that?

Thank you
Y.M

PSL184 wrote:Yes, definately a stripe but the colour would depend on the colour of the car, ie a black car had a red stripe. A blue car had an ivory stripe.... etc....

Thank you for your replies brothers. My colour is green, what colour should the stripe be?
thank you again
Y.M

The stripe (coachline) runs from the front of the raised strip on the bonnet to the end of the strip at the back of the car. I was informed that the width of the coachline is 3/16". The normal colour for a green car is white, however mine is gold and it really looks good.

yiorgos wrote: My colour is green, what colour should the stripe be?
Y.M

Hi yiorgos, you may have a beautifully painted coachline already on the car...... it just may be a green one.

Hmmmmm, 1956 would be either Empire Green, Sage Green or Dark Green.... AFAIK they all had a Birch Grey pin stripe except Empire Green for which there are no factory records.....

Empire Green was only used on the Series MM & II and finished in '56. That leaves Sage Green and Dark Green.
Originally all cars had a white coachline, different colour coachlines were introduced in 1956 with the M1000.

The car in question could be a SII though.....?

He said Minor 1000 on the 1st posting.

So he did - I need my glasses cleaning

Anyway - That means a Birch Grey pinstripe is required.....

advice about red stripe...do not drink too much of it you might get a hangover..

ok where's my coat?

Further to my earlier posting there are at least three 1952 black Series MMs with red coachlines, so maybe I am wrong about the dates

I wondered why you were asking me so many questions about coach lines Mike

You being the expert on originality i thought that you would be the obvious person to ask

i have to say, mine had a red stripe. original too as you can hardly make it out now! mines a '53 for what its worth.