The Morris Minor Traveler you see here looks good. Yet he already has a fairly eventful past and a slightly uncertain future. Time for a closer look at this striking Brit.
What the Volkswagen Beetle was to Germany, the Morris Minor was, in a sense, to the United Kingdom. Over a period of no less than 23 years, more than 1.6 million were made, which were widely represented in the (former) colonies of the British Empire as well as in the homeland. The Minor was such a success largely because of its simplicity and affordability, and was so popular that even the later in-house Mini couldn’t mark the end of the Minor. The model was therefore by no means a rarity and even today there are quite a few left – also here in the Netherlands.
The Morris Minor was available in various forms, the majority was a four- or two-door sedan, but you also had this Traveler from the 1952 Minor Series II. It has always remained a bit rarer, just like the Morris Minor Convertible by the way. The Minor Traveler was a striking appearance with the wooden decoration of the coach, a style element that the Mini Countryman also had. The Traveler that we have for us here thanks to AutoWeek forum member Louisz is one from the last and longest produced series of the Minor, the Minor 1000. With the year of construction 1968, it is also a rather late one: in 1971 the curtain fell. the Minor.
The Minor Traveler in question has had it all. He did not start his life on the public road in the Netherlands. It came this way in 1995. Probably then with a gray coach, because according to the registration data, that is the original color. The pretty striking purple color undoubtedly came up not very long ago. Probably during a restoration, after all, the Minor still looks pretty neat.
There are two minor downsides. For example, there is the totally misplaced Toyota logo on the back. Why? The other thing is that the Minor has not had a valid MOT for months. Unfortunately, the car has had to miss sunny rides all summer and with the bad weather that is now approaching, hopefully soon will be somewhere warm and dry in a garage. Hopefully he will come out again in the spring with a fresh inspection.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl