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Is this a record?
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:01 pm
by Ondergard
I drove up from Pembrokeshire to Dolgellau on Monday. On the way back, I saw five minors... five! Two of them were old friends I always see parked up on that route - grey Saloon LVS 729 just south of Aberystwyth, and grey Traveller 310 BLX near Pentregat - but three were new to me: a green convertible with a red hood, HTA 942D, a grey saloon, EAD 620C, and a green saloon HEJ 951G. Anyone want to lay claim to any of those?
More to the point - outwith the journey to or from a Rally, is five Morris Minors in one journey up a non-motorway road a record?
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:56 pm
by MarkyB
Might be a contender, if you don't include Minor events.
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:25 pm
by bmcecosse
And - how are the big brakes ??????????????
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:09 am
by Ondergard
bmcecosse wrote:And - how are the big brakes ??????????????
Apparently, they are brilliant - haven't tried them out myself, yet, because Gary the engineer hasn't quite finished with Betsy, and she isn't MOT'd yet and is still SORN.... hopefully within the next couple of weeks I'll be able to report on them - and other things!
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:58 pm
by bmcecosse
Ahhh - I was thinking your journey was in the Minor!
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:52 pm
by Ondergard
What a weekend!
Yesterday - to and from Dolgellau again - within ten minutes of each other, going in the same direction: OBO 636G, a white saloon, and VJU 872H, a green soft-top.
Today, on the way to Pembroke Dock, a grey saloon, UMX 218F, and a grey Traveller, DBX 652C.
They seem to be coming out of the woodwork in Pembrokeshire at the moment!
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:13 pm
by pgc520
We owned 310 BLX from 1986 to 2001, what a super car !
Nice to know its still on the road!
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:33 pm
by Ondergard
Its near Pentregat, on the A470 just south of Aberystwyth, parked outside a house on tight corner. Someone has painted flowers on some of the panels. Was that you?
Re: Is this a record?
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:10 pm
by Stig
Ah, you didn't spot me in my tatty maroon Traveller then!
200 mile drive from Reading to a bit north of Aberystwyth and I only saw two other Minors, one black MM somewhere north of Abergavenny and a pale blue saloon on the road between Mach and Dolgellau on Sunday - I was in my friends Polo so didn't wave.
It's a while since I'd visited Wales and I was quite impressed how the car coped with the hills. I was expecting to be the slowest thing on the road but not so!
