Morris in the snow

[simato73]

Today at noon.

[armando_m]

Great find

[simato73]

Great find

Every time I drive on that road I think I should stop for that car, today I did.

[Mike G]

I did all my driving training in one of those, but I failed the test!

[Ann]

Nostalgia, nostalgia . . . .

My first car was a Morris Ten (1947 model I recall?) the precursor to the Morris Minor.

I took the Driving Test five times (I had pre-booked a string of tests 30 days apart in all adjacent districts!) before nailing it in Aldershot.

[simato73]

It looks like I struck a chord with these images...

[HCS]

Nice shot, Simone.

Oldie, but different kind of shot due to the snow. Nice conditions.

First shot for me, but the details are also nice.

[David H. Hartman]

I remember the car from Auto Shows in Los Angles at the least. I've probably seen them on the street but I don't think they were particularly common in California.

Nice photographs, almost monochrome. Thank You.

Dave

[simato73]

Thank you both, Hans and Dave.
Agree the snow was a rare opportunity; I desaturated the images a bit.

[Mikes]

Well spotted. I like #4 - nice details. It appears to be in good condition, although it seems to have quite a list to starboard.

Abandoned?

[tommiejeep]

The images are very good.  You should send to the Owner's Club UK.   My wife still misses her Horrace the Morris.
It did not do well in the heat  and high humidity of Goa.

[simato73]

Thank you Mike and Tom.
The car is not abandoned, it is in the drive of a farm and once every few months it is parked in a slightly different spot, which means it has been driven.
Still a bit surprised that it is not kept in a more sheltered space.

[Mikes]

Nostalgia, nostalgia . . . .

My first car was a Morris Ten (1947 model I recall?) the precursor to the Morris Minor.

I had an old blue Morris 8 tourer (with the dicky seat), when I was at university. I think that I bought it for a bottle or two of rum. It was a perennial source of mirth, and the brakes were frightening. I didn't keep it for long - too scary.

[Hugh_3170]

If I recall correctly, did the Morris Oxford not get a very long second life by being built in India under another name and it was built up until only a year or two ago?

Tom, can you help/correct me on this?

Nice work Simone - do you know if the car is a runner?  My primary school teacher in NZ had one of these many years ago.  I saw him a week ago - he is now 88 and I am 71 - how time flys.  I guess that his Minor 1000 is now recycled into something else by now.

The images are very good.  You should send to the Owner's Club UK.   My wife still misses her Horrace the Morris.
It did not do well in the heat  and high humidity of Goa.

[tommiejeep]

Hugh, you are absolutely correct.   The Oxford was called Ambassador here and until just a few years ago all Government Employees (Executive Rank rating Government Vehicles) had them.  They tried to modernize the Ambassador but just too many new modern cars on the market so it did not do well.  I travelled in on a trip to Darjeeling from Chalsa in 1995 it was a much comfortable ride than the small modern cars available then.
Tom