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A Minor birthday
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2026 10:45 am
by Bill_qaz
I wonder is it still about
or what the owner thinks looking back at his 15min of fame
Take a look at this video, 'bbc archive morris minor birthday'
https://share.google/pGhtMm8hwoW8O0UGm
Re: A Minor birthday
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2026 10:54 am
by svenedin
Yes I saw that. Really charming. I loved it. When I was 18 my Minor was 21. Now my Minor is 57 ! I think we will hold a birthday party for his 60th. Any excuse for a party.
Stephen
Re: A Minor birthday
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2026 11:02 am
by geoberni
Unfortunately, we'll never be able to find out what happened to the car...
The Registration was transferred to a 3Ltr silver Opel (probably a Senator or Monza given the engine size), coincidentally first registered the same year as that BBC video, 1980.
Which itself has been untaxed since a new V5 was issued in 1993 ....
Re: A Minor birthday
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2026 11:12 am
by Bill_qaz
geoberni wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2026 11:02 am
Unfortunately, we'll never be able to find out what happened to the car...
The Registration was transferred to a 3Ltr silver Opel (probably a Senator or Monza given the engine size), coincidentally first registered the same year as that BBC video, 1980.
Which itself has been untaxed since a new V5 was issued in 1993 ....
I wonder did they spot the reg on the program and offer to buy it?
Re: A Minor birthday
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2026 11:59 am
by geoberni
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2026 11:12 am
I wonder did they spot the reg on the program and offer to buy it?
Always a possibility.
The Minor wouldn't have been worth that much in 1980, I'd guess perhaps £100-200 in fair condition, compared to a brand new Opel at £10K-£12K.