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Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:38 pm
by Tapitha
I have noticed that many Minor 1000s have their M badge on the bonnet "handle" and the cow Morris badge on the front coloured. Should there be a background colour or are they meant to be just silvery metal? Same goes for hub cap centres. I have also noticed that many cars have a thin colour coach line along the body side. Should I have this?
Mike
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:42 pm
by mike.perry
It's a BULL!
Red background to M Motif on handle.
Red bull, blue waves, blue background to MORRIS letters, chrome background to shield
No colours on hub caps except in 1951 when hub caps were painted due to a nickel shortage.
Narrow coach line on body, see
http://seriesmm.mmoc.org.uk Car Ident - Paint/Trim Colour Schemes
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 8:28 pm
by Continental Wodi
Hello from the continent,
I've choosen a special enamel colour from revell. Now my bonnet bagde looks like the original one from the sixtees.
Kind regards,
Wolf-Dieter
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 8:30 pm
by Rasputin
It`s an Ox and the waves are supposed to mean a ford,as in Oxford

Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:32 pm
by Twin SchUtz
Or IS it a cow, as in Cowley

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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:33 pm
by bmcecosse
What's a 'ley' then??
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:42 pm
by lambrettalad
it's a chicken thing ,it's the eggs
they get leyed

Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:50 pm
by ASL642
Comes from Anglo Saxon Cufan Leah (later Cowley) meaning clearing (leah) in the wood (cufan)
Isn't Google wonderful!

Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:25 am
by JOWETTJAVELIN
lambrettalad wrote:it's a chicken thing ,it's the eggs
they get leyed

This must have happened when British Leyland was formed, as they laid quite a few funny eggs.
Some early cars I believe had a plain Bull insignia on the bonnet, indeed I swapped my own plain S.II one for a coloured badge.
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:32 pm
by lowride stepside
JOWETTJAVELIN wrote:lambrettalad wrote:it's a chicken thing ,it's the eggs
they get leyed

This must have happened when British Leyland was formed, as they laid quite a few funny eggs.
Some early cars I believe had a plain Bull insignia on the bonnet, indeed I swapped my own plain S.II one for a coloured badge.
Laid around doing 3 day weeks when they wern't on strike
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:37 pm
by lowride stepside
RED COW GIVES YOU WINGS
or pink milk
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:28 am
by dp
Perhaps the wavy lines are ley lines
