Morris Minor Owners Club

What is the actual reasoning behind overriders?

I believe other cars having slightly higher or at least different height bumpers.

To enable you to tell the difference between a delux and standard car.

To keep over-rider sellers in business?
I shant be running them. A decent set (that wont pit/rot in 5 minutes) is too expensive when I've got more pressing uses for the money.

I believe they were originaly done to stop bumpers locking when you 'bumped' another car, due to the height differences as said.

I'm with Mike, that was Bling back in the day!
Wheel trims too if really wanted to lay it on thick

Back in the day in London especially "touch" parking was the order of the day and bumpers would lock together! You had to get someone to jump up and down on the bumper while you reversed to release them.

Useful for hooking the dog lead over

As long as you remember it's there before driving off!

The over riders tend to also be useful to spiders when building their webs

LouiseM wrote:As long as you remember it's there before driving off!

The over riders tend to also be useful to spiders when building their webs

Yeah i know what you mean i used it to hang a bin bag on when having a picnic... 1/2 a mile down the road i remembered!!!