Morris Minor's in Accrington

Atarah · 09-06-2010, 22:20

Not a sight you see very often here in Accrington.
There was a meeting of the Morris Minor club at the Peel Park Pub in Accrington on 8th June, 2010.
Smashing little cars eh?

cashman · 09-06-2010, 22:28

great pics the white traveller is identical to the one i had mid-late 70s, loved that car, aint fast but would climb up the side of a wall,

entwisi · 10-06-2010, 06:45

Spent many a happy hour in Brian Barnes trying to pull a front trunnion of a car that was rocking precariously on top of 2 others to keep my mates minor on the road.

I notice some of them have been slightly tweaked to make them more useable in todays traffic....

Nice cars but I wouldn't like to be in one in a crash today, modern cars are so strong that it will just fold up like wet newspaper

jaysay · 10-06-2010, 10:23

My mates Aunt bought one brand new in the 60s then asked me and him to teach her to drive, not recommended really, well not in those days

Stanleymad · 10-06-2010, 10:48

Theres one always about - last time saw it was in asda carpark last week sometime trying to negotiate its way round which made me lol

wadey · 10-06-2010, 14:01

Very nice indeed

jaysay · 10-06-2010, 14:55

Was watching a TV program only last weekend, on ITV 3 may have been an old Frost or Midsummer Murders (her in doors loves these

) and there was an old Morris Minor in it, Joan commented on the fact because she used to have one

cashman · 10-06-2010, 15:13

some of them great old cars are even older n you, Honest.

n in better nick lol

jaysay · 10-06-2010, 15:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman

some of them great old cars are even older n you, Honest.

n in better nick lol

Well that ain't hard to achieve

Alan Gilmartin · 24-06-2010, 23:43

My dad had one & I had one in the 60s, they called them shootingbrakes didnt they.

jaysay · 25-06-2010, 09:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

My dad had one & I had one in the 60s, they called them shootingbrakes didnt they.

There was two types the shootingbrake as you say and the ordinary car too

MargaretR · 25-06-2010, 10:07

My dad had an Austin 12 'shootingbrake' - they were called that when they were an estate car with a wooden frame at the back

ian1 · 25-06-2010, 20:36

There is a classic car show on at Hougton tower this sunday if you like lookin around older cars ,
ian