Morris Minor Owners Club

Just thinking, how rare are split screen travellers?

Quite rare - have you found one?

At one Hampshire rally I attended they were the most common Minor there, five or six. Certainly more common than Series MMs.
Having said that, the Oxon and Berks branch has six MMs and no split screen Travellers.
There was a Register for Series 11 Travellers.
The 60th Anniversary in 2013 should bring them out of the woodwork...sorry

There are some about but they are definetly scarcer than the 1000s

regaliaqueen wrote:Quite rare - have you found one?

Hope so, going to have a look tomorrow, just wondering how rare they are and if I should expect to pay more because of rarity.

They are not at all rare, there is all ways one parked in my drive.

A couple of years ago it was reconed that there were only 20 or so on the road

According to a recent Minor Matters article 134 travellers built between 1953 - 1956 are currently registered as either taxed or on SORN in the UK. So not too many about and they tend to attract a bit of a premium price wise. Expect to pay more for one than you would for a standard traveller in similar condition.

However condition is still the criterion and the wood is structural so don't go paying over the odds for a basket case just because it is a Series 11. The early Series 11 Travellers are the rarer and more desireable

Well I see mine quite often too, I did have two back in 1987, one cheesegrater which was in poor condition and MBO145 pictured! A great car, used all the time and lots of fun!
Here is a photo of a line up of series 11 travellers at the Hampshire rally a few years ago, there were at least 5![frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

IS the wood the same on all travellers? regardless of year?

I think there were some minor detail differences?

Having spent a lot of time "wood inspecting" before I re-wooded my Traveller, there seem to be two different patterns used for the wood. The wood panels on the earlier cars (pre '64) seem to have a slightly thinner profile with a slight bevel on the waistrail. Traveller Timbers use this pattern, whereas Woodies use the later pattern. As my car is a '62 I used wood from Traveller Timbers. Both firms are very helpful when I rang them up and asked questions.

I'm led to blieve that the SII traveller wood was slightly different at the footrail also.

However the differences are minor and later wood / kits will fit an early car. If you're after concours prixzes, then the differences are important but if you are more interested to keep the car alive without going overboard, then 99.999% of people won't know see the differences in the wood.

134 sounds a low figure, as I've seen more about than MM's. Probably quite a few exist outside of DVLA database, resting in garages barns and sheds.

When I sold mine I had just 1 phone call from an advert in the owners club mag - so in terms of being 'sought after' don't get carried away and pay over the odds. A basket case traveller (new or old) is an extreme amount of work and cost, so look for something good unless you're a massochist.

There is a difference with the foot rail/sill on the very first cheesegrater travellers, the joints are very different. The later cheesegrater and facelift series 11 are the same as the 1000. I replaced only sections of mine, a Feb 56 series 11and the standard replacement pieces fitted really well! I had to put on a new footrail/sill on one side and the three sections over the wing. I did have to plane the outside edges a bit, as the original is a bit thinner, as it had been sanded alot in 50 years! My rear doors, back pillars/front pillars and one waist rail are the original woodwork. I think all travelers vary a bit, as they are all handmade!
My new pieces were from Steve Foreman, he is brilliant and such a great bloke too!
Phil