1950s Morris Minor
First photograph: the scene below shows a smart Morris Minor, parked in the driveway of a swish country house. It came with a series of photos I bought on a CD, and is used here with permission. In 1954 the Series 2 Minor received a facelift, most obvious change was the grille, which changed from the cheesegrater style of the early cars, including MMs, and went to horizontal bars, as seen on all 1954-on cars. Therefore the car shown here, still with the splitscreen, is 1953 or earlier. The earliest MMs had a Morris sidevalve engine, and later cars the 803cc A Series engine, lifted from Austin's A30.
Issigonis was less than impressed at having to re-design the front wings and headlamp arrangements for his baby Morris MM, several years after the 'lowlight' Minor has been launched. The lights were raised to meet regulations in force over in the USA, and all cars adopted this new layout from then on.
Morris and a picnic
Second Minor photo for this page shows an early-ish two door Minor, with a family enjoying a picnic from the boot of their trusty Morris. No information regarding the car or the date are given on the back sadly, and the location of this scene will remain a mystery too. More Morris Minor photos can be found elsewhere in this old car photo section.
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