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Why no mention of of the 1941 Packard Model 110 Station Wagon which the Traveller is clearly a copy of?
The article on the Morris Minor probably needs to mention the very distinctive and characteristic burbling sound made by the engine when it is on over-run - ie when you take your foot off the throttle while going downhill. I'm not sure where the best place is to mention this.
It says in the article the bureaucracy within the Morris company impacted sales in US, how exactly? If the front wings/headlamps were redesigned to comply with US legislation what problems existed with regards to successful sales.
If you consider the VW Beetle and Renault Dauphine sold in reasonable numbers in the US in the 50's/60's what were the internal management problems that prevented the Minor from doing so, as it is in many ways a far better car than them both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.206.254 ([[User talk:
82.3.206.254|talk]]) 23:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if any of the people who edit this page are interested, but there's a 1967 (or thereabouts) Morris Minor soft-top parked outside my work building. Anyone need a picture? I can blur out the reg number if anyone's worried about that sort of thing (it's not my car). -- El Pollo Diablo ( Talk) 14:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
It seems notable that the car came onto the market only a few years after WW2; given that car production had ceased during the war (as far as I remember), had the basic design been in the works since the late 1930s, or was it strictly a post-war project? The body style looks ancient by modern standards, but was it up-to-date in '48? It might be out of the scope of the article, how did Austin expect to sell the car to a nation in the grip of rationing; and how did the people of Britain perceive the car? Was it an aspirational consumer durable, or was it just another cheap car amongst many others that are forgotten nowadays? The article would benefit from a short paragraph outlining the competition, assuming there was any, perhaps explaining with references why the Minor remained popular whilst other cars faded away. - Ashley Pomeroy ( talk) 22:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
As an active member of both the National and my local Morris Minor club and an owner of three Morris Minors I was saddened to see vandalism of this page- that someone had deleted the links to five local branches. Please, if you do not own a Morris Minor and are not part of the club do not deface the Morris Minor page by deleting links. You do not have the knowledge of this subject to judge what is and what is not appropriate. Please leave the editing of this page to us Morris Minor experts. regards John —Preceding unsigned comment added by Funkychickenjohn ( talk • contribs) 13:29, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
I remember that back in the 1970s there were a lot of locally assembled Morris Minors in Ceylon (as we in England then knew Sri Lanka). Does anyone have access to a source that would permit the creation of a brief para on Morris Minors assembled (I would imagine, at least initially, using CKD kits) in Sri Lanka? Regards Charles01 ( talk) 17:09, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Charles Ware's morris minor centre nr bath/bristol, uk, has a factory in sri lanka that builds body panels, etc. maybe someone there could find someone who has knowledge of production abroad. also it may be worth a mention in the morris minor today section that they have a Series 3 morris that brings all key areas to a slightly more modern standard (not too much of course otherwise it wouldn't be a minor!)
cheers zac —Preceding
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One of our fellow editors has repeatedly deleted a statement at the beginning of the article to the effect that one author wrote that the Morris Minor typifies "Englishness." This editor claims that the statement is "anecdotal" and should have at least two sources. I submit that it is not but rather is a sourced statement (Karen Pender's 1995 book "The Secret Life of the Morris Minor") and that Wikipedia does not require two or more sources. So, what does everyone think? Is it an acceptable statement to include about Morris Minors or not? Armona ( talk) 02:05, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
The term 'Englishness' is NOT applicable to the design elements of the car, nor its' popularity in sales in the UK. The term refers to the perceptual vision that non UK residents have of the country. The Morris Minor, along with several other vehicles (notably the ubiquitous Black Cab and the Morgan Plus 4) are seen as being representative of what being 'English' is, in relation to the instant thoughts that would be associative when someone foreign is questioned about cars made here. Whether it can be put into the article in that way is debatable, but not impossible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.94.159 ( talk) 15:51, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
This section mentions the car's appearance in the Muppet movie, so surely mention should be made of the movie The Borrowers, in which EVERY small vehicle is a Morris Minor - cars, vans, etc. There is even a stretched limo version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.81.28.204 ( talk) 20:08, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
The Traveller was not introduced until the 1953 Earls Court Motorshow. "The Nuffield Organization announced yesterday that the Morris Minor is now available with a shooting brake body, called the traveller's car, at a price of £422.10.0 plus £177.3.4 purchase tax. With a deluxe specification - a heater, twin horns, bumper over-riders, passenger's sun visor and leather covered seat cushion and squabs - the price is . . ." The Times, Thursday, Oct 08, 1953; pg. 5; Issue 52747
There was no such thing as a low-light 4-door car etc etc. Eddaido ( talk) 11:08, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
"A 1,098 cc-engined tourer tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1950". There's a citation but was there an 1098cc BMC engine in 1950? The A-Series page shows the 1098cc engine as introduced in 1962. Some other Morris engine? GreenTony ( talk) 22:32, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
You ought to have an external link to: https://www.morrisminor.org.uk/ for those who wish to purchase or maintain vintage vehicles. People still drive these vehicles today, even in the 21st century it is still a practical and viable technology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:601:5F00:5067:4380:AD81:E30C ( talk) 22:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
The infobox describes the Minor as a 'subcompact', an American size category which isn't used or understood in Britain. Given that the article is written in British English (which it should be, given the subject) the use of this category as a primary description is inappropriate and jarring. -- Ef80 ( talk) 13:34, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
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A 918 cc-engined tourer tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1950 had a top speed of 58.7 mph (94.5 km/h) and could accelerate from 0–50 mph (80 km/h) in 29.2 seconds. However, the 918 cc engine did 0–60 mph in 50+ seconds.[6]
How can a car with a top speed of 58.7mph have a 0-60 time that's less than forever? Stub Mandrel ( talk) 10:53, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
The Hotchkiss-designed XPAG engine, which was used in a number of Morris and MG cars from the 1920s to the 1950s, had metric threads. However, the nuts and bolts that were used on these engines had Whitworth-sized heads, so you would need a combination of metric and Whitworth tools to work on them.
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Why no mention of of the 1941 Packard Model 110 Station Wagon which the Traveller is clearly a copy of?
The article on the Morris Minor probably needs to mention the very distinctive and characteristic burbling sound made by the engine when it is on over-run - ie when you take your foot off the throttle while going downhill. I'm not sure where the best place is to mention this.
It says in the article the bureaucracy within the Morris company impacted sales in US, how exactly? If the front wings/headlamps were redesigned to comply with US legislation what problems existed with regards to successful sales.
If you consider the VW Beetle and Renault Dauphine sold in reasonable numbers in the US in the 50's/60's what were the internal management problems that prevented the Minor from doing so, as it is in many ways a far better car than them both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.206.254 ([[User talk:
82.3.206.254|talk]]) 23:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if any of the people who edit this page are interested, but there's a 1967 (or thereabouts) Morris Minor soft-top parked outside my work building. Anyone need a picture? I can blur out the reg number if anyone's worried about that sort of thing (it's not my car). -- El Pollo Diablo ( Talk) 14:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
It seems notable that the car came onto the market only a few years after WW2; given that car production had ceased during the war (as far as I remember), had the basic design been in the works since the late 1930s, or was it strictly a post-war project? The body style looks ancient by modern standards, but was it up-to-date in '48? It might be out of the scope of the article, how did Austin expect to sell the car to a nation in the grip of rationing; and how did the people of Britain perceive the car? Was it an aspirational consumer durable, or was it just another cheap car amongst many others that are forgotten nowadays? The article would benefit from a short paragraph outlining the competition, assuming there was any, perhaps explaining with references why the Minor remained popular whilst other cars faded away. - Ashley Pomeroy ( talk) 22:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
As an active member of both the National and my local Morris Minor club and an owner of three Morris Minors I was saddened to see vandalism of this page- that someone had deleted the links to five local branches. Please, if you do not own a Morris Minor and are not part of the club do not deface the Morris Minor page by deleting links. You do not have the knowledge of this subject to judge what is and what is not appropriate. Please leave the editing of this page to us Morris Minor experts. regards John —Preceding unsigned comment added by Funkychickenjohn ( talk • contribs) 13:29, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
I remember that back in the 1970s there were a lot of locally assembled Morris Minors in Ceylon (as we in England then knew Sri Lanka). Does anyone have access to a source that would permit the creation of a brief para on Morris Minors assembled (I would imagine, at least initially, using CKD kits) in Sri Lanka? Regards Charles01 ( talk) 17:09, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Charles Ware's morris minor centre nr bath/bristol, uk, has a factory in sri lanka that builds body panels, etc. maybe someone there could find someone who has knowledge of production abroad. also it may be worth a mention in the morris minor today section that they have a Series 3 morris that brings all key areas to a slightly more modern standard (not too much of course otherwise it wouldn't be a minor!)
cheers zac —Preceding
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20:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
One of our fellow editors has repeatedly deleted a statement at the beginning of the article to the effect that one author wrote that the Morris Minor typifies "Englishness." This editor claims that the statement is "anecdotal" and should have at least two sources. I submit that it is not but rather is a sourced statement (Karen Pender's 1995 book "The Secret Life of the Morris Minor") and that Wikipedia does not require two or more sources. So, what does everyone think? Is it an acceptable statement to include about Morris Minors or not? Armona ( talk) 02:05, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
The term 'Englishness' is NOT applicable to the design elements of the car, nor its' popularity in sales in the UK. The term refers to the perceptual vision that non UK residents have of the country. The Morris Minor, along with several other vehicles (notably the ubiquitous Black Cab and the Morgan Plus 4) are seen as being representative of what being 'English' is, in relation to the instant thoughts that would be associative when someone foreign is questioned about cars made here. Whether it can be put into the article in that way is debatable, but not impossible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.94.159 ( talk) 15:51, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
This section mentions the car's appearance in the Muppet movie, so surely mention should be made of the movie The Borrowers, in which EVERY small vehicle is a Morris Minor - cars, vans, etc. There is even a stretched limo version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.81.28.204 ( talk) 20:08, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
The Traveller was not introduced until the 1953 Earls Court Motorshow. "The Nuffield Organization announced yesterday that the Morris Minor is now available with a shooting brake body, called the traveller's car, at a price of £422.10.0 plus £177.3.4 purchase tax. With a deluxe specification - a heater, twin horns, bumper over-riders, passenger's sun visor and leather covered seat cushion and squabs - the price is . . ." The Times, Thursday, Oct 08, 1953; pg. 5; Issue 52747
There was no such thing as a low-light 4-door car etc etc. Eddaido ( talk) 11:08, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
"A 1,098 cc-engined tourer tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1950". There's a citation but was there an 1098cc BMC engine in 1950? The A-Series page shows the 1098cc engine as introduced in 1962. Some other Morris engine? GreenTony ( talk) 22:32, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
You ought to have an external link to: https://www.morrisminor.org.uk/ for those who wish to purchase or maintain vintage vehicles. People still drive these vehicles today, even in the 21st century it is still a practical and viable technology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:601:5F00:5067:4380:AD81:E30C ( talk) 22:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
The infobox describes the Minor as a 'subcompact', an American size category which isn't used or understood in Britain. Given that the article is written in British English (which it should be, given the subject) the use of this category as a primary description is inappropriate and jarring. -- Ef80 ( talk) 13:34, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
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A 918 cc-engined tourer tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1950 had a top speed of 58.7 mph (94.5 km/h) and could accelerate from 0–50 mph (80 km/h) in 29.2 seconds. However, the 918 cc engine did 0–60 mph in 50+ seconds.[6]
How can a car with a top speed of 58.7mph have a 0-60 time that's less than forever? Stub Mandrel ( talk) 10:53, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
The Hotchkiss-designed XPAG engine, which was used in a number of Morris and MG cars from the 1920s to the 1950s, had metric threads. However, the nuts and bolts that were used on these engines had Whitworth-sized heads, so you would need a combination of metric and Whitworth tools to work on them.