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Morris Minor, Series MM, Series II, Minor 1000

During the War years, Alec Issigonis sketched out the 'poached egg' Morris Minor, and as soon as war work was done he brought this to production. A radical design with smaller wheels, the 'Morris Mosquito' was launched with the 'Minor' name in 1948. It was supposed to have a flat-four engine but this never happened, and instead the old Morris Eight sidevalve engine occupied the engine bay. In 1952, a more modern BMC A-series engine of 803cc was given to create the Series II. In 1956 the Series III Minor was launched with curved windscreen and bigger rear window; a 948cc engine was fitted and the car marketed as the 'Minor 1000'. From 1962 the Series IV Minor was sold, with a 1098cc engine, but was still called the '1000'.

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Morris Minor Series II - bootlid badge	Morris Minor Series II - bonnet ornament. This Mazak 'M' ornament was only introduced on the Series II cars, and is a way of identifying early Series II cars from late Series MM cars which lacked this ornament.	Morris Minor 1000000 - bonnet badge, '1000' plus '000'	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. The plate in the middle of the bumper testifies that this is a very early car. A late decision to widen the body came too late for the supplier of bumpers.	Morris Minor Series II 1953. By 1951 all Minors had their headlamps high on the wings and the the front sidelamps went to the grille. Early Series II had the same lights and grille but also had the Mazak 'M' bonnet ornament shown on this car.	Morris Minor Series II. From the front, the Traveller was identical to Series II saloons.
Morris Minor 1000000. The 'Minor Million' was mechanically a 948cc Morris Minor 1000, only special paint and trim differentiated it.	Morris Minor 1000 Traveller. In 1961 Series III Morris Minor gained slightly larger front sidelamps, these being replaced by combination sidelamp/indicators on the Series V in 1963.	Morris Minor 1000. The smaller white sidelamps identify this as one of the pre 1961 Minor 1000 cars.	Morris Minor 1000 4-door. The pre 1961 Minor 1000 cars were 'Series III' Morris Minors.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. Early Minors had dashboards that were "handed"; speedo in front of driver and clock in front of passengers. Later models gained a central speedo making left and right hand drive as easy to manufacture.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. On launch in 1948 the Series MM Morris Minor was only available as a 2 or 4 door saloon or this 2door tourer.
Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. Until 1951 Tourers had detachable rear side windows made of plastic, but in later models fixed glass windows were fitted.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer. From January 1951 all Series MM were given high headlights. In June 1951 the Tourer's detachable sidescreens were replaced with fixed glass and the car called "Convertible".	Morris Minor Series II. When the Series II was introduced in 1952 it kept the same 'cheesegrater' grille and lights of the later 'highlight' Minor Series MM.	Morris Minor Series II. The 'triangular' tail lights show this Series II to have been produced between 1952 and 1954.	Morris Minor Series II. In 1952 the Morris Minor was given the 803cc ohv "A series" engine from the Austin A30 because Austin and Morris had merged in 1951. This formed the Series II Minor. The grille seen here show this to be a revised 1954 Minor Series II	Morris Minor Series II Convertible. Series II Minors were introduced in 1952 and revised in late 1954 with this horizontal grille.
Morris Minor Series II Convertible. From 1954 when the Series II was updated, the small glass triangular rear lamps were replaced by rounded plastic lenses on body-coloured plinths.	Morris Minor Series II. As well as the 803cc ohv engine, the Series II now had a central speedometer, which helped in making left or right hand drive versions. 260,000 Series II were produced 1952-56	Morris Minor Series II. Travellers were available from 1952 after the Series II was introduced. The horizontal grille on this one shows it to be the post 1954 Series II.	Morris Minor Series II.The estate body on the Traveller was detachable from the chassis aft of the front doors. It was constructed entirely of Ash and Aluminium sheets.	Morris Minor 1000000. In December 1960 the one millionth Minor was produced, and after this 350 commemorative cars were created badged 'Minor 1000000' all in Lilac with white leather seats	Morris Minor 1000000. The 'Minor Million' had Lilac paintwork and was badged 'Minor 1000000' on the bootlid.
Morris Minor 1000. The Series III Morris Minor was called 'Minor 1000' because it had a 948cc version of the A-series OHV engine.	Morris Minor 1000. In 1956 the Series III Morris Minor was revised to gain bigger wraparound front and rear screens, new lights and grille.	Morris Minor 1000 4-door. Introduced in 1956 as the 'Minor 1000', the Series III was slightly revised in 1961 gaining larger front sidelamps.	Morris Minor 1000 4-door. This is the Series III (948cc) with the single red rear lights which first appeared on the Series II in 1954	Morris Minor Series III 1962 Traveller	Morris Minor 1000 Traveller. Minor Travellers only had single rear red lights (and red reflectors) until 1963 when separate orange indicator lamps were added
Morris Minor Million. The Morris Minor reached sales of one million in December 1960. 350 commemorative cars were sold, badged as 'Minor 1000000', painted in lilac with cream interior. Otherwise it was a standard Series III Minor	Morris Minor 1000 (series V) Convertible. This Series V (1098cc) Convertible was in production right until the last year of Morris Minors in 1971.	Morris Minor 1000 1969. The 1098 Minor also received a few subtle changes over the 948 including the introduction of 'normal' synchronised wipers instead of the 'clap-hands' units. The front indicator/park lights were enlarged and changed to include a separate amber indicator. The taillights were also redesigned resulting in a larger unit and again incorporating a separate amber indicator	Morris Minor 1000 Series V. Most obvious was the fitment of a single curved windscreen in place of the two piece split-screen and also a larger rear window on the Minor 1000. The Series V gained a 1098cc engine and larger rear lights.	Morris Minor 1000 (series V) 4door.	Morris Minor 1000 (series V) Convertible. Fixed rear side windows, and a roll-down hood provided a welcome open top experience. The boot rack enhanced the luggage capacity
Morris Minor Traveller. Front half a modern welded steel-bodied saloon, rear half an old-fashioned coachbuilt carriage. But it worked - well until woodrot set in.	Morris Minor Traveller.	Morris Minor Series II 1955. This type of rear light was fitted to the later Series II Morris Minors, from 1954 until 1956	Morris Minor Series II - Trafficator on the "C" pillar of the 4door saloon.	Morris Minor Series II Convertible. The small white sidelamps existed on the Series II from 1954 and retained by the Minor 1000 until 1961.	Morris Minor Series III 1962. The small white sidelamps from Series II continued on the Minor 1000 until 1961, when these slightly larger side lamps were introduced.
Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948 - the lowlight headlamp fitted from 1948 but replaced from 1950 on export cars and on Minors from 1951.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. This early Tourer has detachable side screens and low lights	Morris Minor Series II Convertible. Series II open-top Minors no longer had removable rear side windows and were now called Convertible instead of 'Tourer'	Morris Minor Series II	Morris Minor 1000. Larger front and rear screens, and the larger 948cc engine were the main differences when the Series III Morris Minor was launched at the 1956 Motor Show.	Morris Minor 1000 (series V). In 1963 the Minor was given the 1098cc engine and was produced as the Series V, though still called "Minor 1000". The enlarged rear lights and combination front lights show that it is the 1098 Minor.
Morris Minor Traveller. -Traveller- was the Morris name for its Estate Cars or -Shooting Brakes-. This Minor had a true coachbuilt Ash and Aluminium -Hut- which was built and then bolted to the chassis and to the front car cab. It was the last Traveller so constructed, Mini ones used wood only as a decoration glued to steel panels	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948.	Morris Minor Series II	Morris Minor 1000 1969	Morris Minor Series II	Morris Minor
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