Morris Minor Owners Club

Hello all,

The new garage for "Maggie" is now nearing completion, and I have started decorating the interior with signs, plates, photographs, etc. But one thing I would like to see on one of the walls will be hard and expensive to get and difficult to bring over from Britain: The old round dealer sign: Morris Sales and Service. I mean the sign which you can see next to the MOT-sign on the right side of the gate in this picture, taken at Cornbury Park last year:


However, I have an idea, but I need your help.

We have here a shop which advertizes that they will print "everything on anything". So, if someone could take a picture of mentioned sign with a digital camera with the highest possible resolution and send it to my e-mail-address, I could have the sign printed on a large plastic card, cut it out with a hacksaw and hang it on my garage wall. Of course this won't be original, but I would regard it as the best possible way to get such a sign.

I would be very happy to receive a photograph of the sign which I can use for my project, but the shot should be taken from a right angle to the surface of the original sign to avoid distortion. I would also be pleased to know the diameter of the original sign. I would estimate it's about 70 - 80 cms.

My e-mail-address is HFingerle@aol.com.

Thanks a lot in advance for all efforts, I am lookinhg forward to your e-mails.

Cheers
Hubert

You can buy an enamel reproduction of the sign on ebay for £20: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/morris-minor- ... 4d1d231563

A search on google images " Morris Sales and Service " will bring up a clear image of the sign.Source website is www.garagepride.co.uk, the company sell the enamel signs.
Bob

Thank you for your advice.

But the garage pride sign costs almost 100 pounds, and the sign on ebay will only be posted to addresses in the UK, and I am not planning a move to Britain in the near future (although I like your country very much).

Cheers
Hubert

The repro enamel ones I've seen are much smaller than the originals - unless someone now does full size ones.
Anyway, the one in the picture isn't a genuine one, its cut vynil on a galvanised metal backing, so it would certainly be possible to do another like this. The originals go for hundreds now....
Oh, the reason I know that one is a repro, is its mine! Looks quite convincing from 6feet plus away. Its still in the back of my Minor van from Cornbury to be honest but I'll be quite happy to get a good photo and email it you unless anyone with a genuine one offers!

IaininTenbury wrote: Its still in the back of my Minor van from Cornbury to be honest but I'll be quite happy to get a good photo and email it you unless anyone with a genuine one offers!

That would make me very happy, too!