The Morris Minor Is The Perfect First Classic Car! (1967 Minor 1000 Road Test)
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- The Morris Minor’s bare-bones simplicity meant an affordable pricetag that lead to it being many people’s first entry to car ownership. Today, however, Joe reckons it’s the perfect first classic car for budding enthusiasts!
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they're brilliant little cars. I have been lucky in life to own a few very nice collector cars - but our Minor is, well, just awesome. It always starts, it always gets us home, and you can fix anything on it yourself. I rebuilt the whole front end two Summers ago, I rebuilt the cylinder head the Summer before that, and at nearly 65 years old, she just keeps going. My son and I just did 96 miles round trip to see some vintage racing. We buzzed along two-lane roads at 45 to 55 MPH, which is the comfort zone. You get there slower than in a modern, or a more powerful collector car - but you don't care. Everyone in the paddock with full-on vintage race cars waved at us when we drove through. You couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Most evenings I go out to the garage before bedtime, and I just have a stupid grin on my face when I look at her. I don't know what more you can expect from a mere possession.
What a beautiful commentary to read.
I bought a Morris as not only my first classic car but my very first car and I couldn’t be happier with it!
Now that’s a fantastic first car!
If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for it? Did it need any work? I'm hopefully getting one as my first car soon
@@elijahbeddoewhitfield8148 I was able to get mine for $2500 and it needs a bit of engine work before it’ll run but after that it’ll just need a bit of cosmetic work afterwards.
@@mrkungfuchicken6226 oh nice, I'm getting one for 1200, it's a bit of a beater but the engine runs good, lower arm is broken though which is why the price is so low. No paint either 😂
@@elijahbeddoewhitfield8148 that’s the charm of them though, fixing it is the fun part
They're not meant to be thrashed along like a hatchback. They were designed in the 1940s to be used at 45 to 55 mph. That's the charm of the vehicle.
They were designed to go shopping and carry big bags of potatoes.
Couldn't agree more and I own two in the USA, one for 63 years,
Love those little guys! My grand aunt had one when I was young. Remember it fondly.
My grandfather had one imported from England. I live in India . I never met him but heard stories and pictures of the car how he used to tinker around it. That’s where my interest in car and tinkering comes from. Thanks for telling more about this lovely car❤️
As some comments point out synchromesh was on 2,3,and 4th but doubling the the clutch is a good practice and the box will last longer , there was no need to change down to 3rd on those bends they pull easily from 4th at 30 mph, thank you for the video, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
What does doubling the clutch mean?
Lovely Jubbly, my best friend Fred lived and breathed Morris Minors, sadly gone now, but I smile every time I see one.
My first car was a 1970 MM van and as a teenager I frequently got it to an indicated 90mph as high as the speedo went up to but I'm guessing it wasn't that accurate. My brother had an old 50s split windscreen one with a Healy Sprite engine in it which he said he got the needle past the fuel gauge but the speedo only went to 80 in it.
My first car at the age of 19 was a 1957 two door moggy in sage green. Drove it all over the country . Holidays , daily to work, day trips. Five of us would pile in and travel to various speedway tracks, Belle Vue Manchester, Swindon, Oxford, Norwich,Wembley, Wimbledon. I did all the maintenance and repairs. It was a fabulous little motor with a big heart. I never had to double de-clutch, synchromesh on 2,3,4th. No problem. It had a starting handle which I used many times when I couldn't afford a new battery. After I sold it I bought a Morris 1100 but that fell apart so I bought a woody, yes a Morris Traveller with the 1095cc engine. Had it for 4 years, never let me down. I'm 72 now and I love those old moggies. Happy days.
What did you pay for your morris 1100 when u bought it
@@vijayakumaranaranghat I bought the 1100 in 1971. It was a 1963 model and cost me £180 at the time. The first problem I had was when the offside CVJ decided to shed it's bearings all over Dad's driveway. Then , later on , the hose on the nearside hydrolastic suspension unit rubbed on the subframe and burst leaving the car tilted at a strange angle. Then , as I drove home one day, I had been hearing some strange creaking noises. As I pulled up I heard a crunching sound from the front. After lifting the bonnet I found that the engine had dropped and the front subframe had collapsed. I sold it off for spares. Happy days.
Love how you Brits review cars. You don't grope for words. They come naturally. My neighbour had one-van-mini-pick up- type thing. Sturdy might I add judging by the well it held its own on a pretty horrendous road here in Kenya. PS We drive on the 'wrong side' too. 😂😂
I don’t know why people say they look like a Beetle, they look nothing alike!
I agree, the little 'Moggie' is perfect. I love my 1961 2 door saloon.
I had a Minor, a Mjnj, and a MG Maggnet here in the wilds of Canada, In our cold winfers I found that to get the best performance from the SU carberttor was to use diesei fuel in the dashpot rater than the recomended engine oil.
I had three in the seventies, great cars. The only car I can remember the registration of was my green traveller JKD 3D. A previous owner (also called Morris!) had sealed and filled the chassis members with SAE90, so they stayed rust-free. Had lots of adventures in it camping in Cornwall and the Lakes, etc. Repairs and maintenance are so easy, no computer diagnostics needed. I came home from work one night and changed the gearbox, and had it ready for work the next day, so easy. They do rust though unless maintained well, and the front suspension can collapse if it's not greased regularly..
Great vid. I saw you in the woods filming this a few weeks ago, looks like a lot of time and effort is put into the editing. 👍
It does indeed! Thanks for watching 😁
Had a Morris Minor as my first car, was great to learn with. Never did anything with cars before, couldn't afford insurance as a 21 year old. Classic insurance was cheap, and I liked minors.
It broke down many, many times. But most of the time it got me where I was going. Drove from Portsmouth to Scotland and back for work in once, and commuted to work ever day in it. Spent most weekends fixing the thing though. Didn't know a thing about cars when I got it, few years later I was changing an engine in a car park!
Alas, our particular one was too unreliable and unsafe when kids came along and we got a "proper" car. It is nice not to break down every other month I have to say. But the moggie is currently in the garage stripped to the bone and getting all the rusty holes welded up, don't think I could ever sell it. Wonderful little car. Loads of fun for a first car as a young driver too.
It was also great fun meeting people. Couldn't park without people coming up and saying "I learned to drive in one of those!" And people were always helpful giving you a push when you broke down in an inconvenient place...
I had a '67 two door when I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford in the late '70s. Loved the car, and would love to have another one. Very hard to find in the US though.
The company I worked for provided me with a brand new Moggy 1000 in 1965, not sure what the colour was called but it was brownish. In the year I worked for them I covered 72,000 miles and never once did it break down. When I left I bought myself a 1961 model, very cheap and rough around the edges but it provided me with economical reliable transport for many years. I also had a couple of Austin A30's which are fairly similar in many areas.
How many times did the front suspension collapse on you?
@@fenrichlee2867 The rough 1961 model I bought never had any suspension problems, don't forget although rough it was still only about 6 years old! I had plenty of other problems, jumping out of 2nd gear and rust in the boot. The A30's I owned both had King Pin wear and I learned a lot stripping down the front suspension, replacing the bearings and reaming them to size.
My grandfather was born in 1951 and this was one of his first cars. He doesn’t have it anymore and sadly he passed away a few years ago.
My first car was a 1963 Morris Minor - a 4dr 1098cc deluxe saloon, some 40+ years ago. It was a great car, easy to drive and maintain as required (keep those trunnions greased).
The head could be decarbonised and refitted in an afternoon, but changing the brake seals in the master cylinder........
Not sure of the year, but between 1962-64 the Morris Minor was my mom’s first car, so I grew up in it. Great memories. I grew up in Cincinnati and believe my mom was a trendsetter 😊. Eventually she traded in the Morris for a Fiat.
Great cars love mine been in family from new in1962 never sell it.grand son said it looked like a vw beetle no pocket money for him moggie s rule.
I just picked up a station wagon. LHD US model. Thanks for your tidy review!
Enjoy it!
Mind the bottom link's on the front suspension don't drop out though.
My first car was a Moggie. It was in a mechanics yard with pigeons living in it. Done it up, and went everywhere in it for years before reluctantly had to sell it on.
Here from Miller Corner 😁👌 bizarre seeing you talking about something other than fiats, but not mad about it!
Joe's a man of varied tastes! Welcome along 😁
My first classic is a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and I still have it to this day
I'm liking this channel
Love them.
The headmistress at my first school had a Minor 1000 and she always changed it for a new one every two years. Always a black two door and she used to put that fancy AA badge in the centre of the grille and always kept it gleaming. Believe it or not you were considered posh to own a Minor (especially a new one) or a VW Beetle in Ireland in the 60's. I could never decide if I wanted a minor or beetle - it changed from week to week before I moved on to wanting a Cortina Mk III and then went all exotic wanting an Alfasud T1. Of all those cars the only one I ever owned was the Alfasud Ti's owning several down the years and still have one in the garage with my other classics.
I learned to drive in one of these, around 1961, my mum's car, which was black. The driving school had a Triumph Herald, which always felt a bit tinny by comparison. Lovely memories, but I think I'll stick with my Suzuki Swift hybrid, if that's okay. I think they're blood brothers, anyway - or grandfather and grandson. Same smile.
Great video. The way things are going with cars , if you just want a car for around town and the odd duel carriage way these are perfect. No road tax no yearly mot , cheep to ensure and will keep and even go up in value! So rather than get a 2010 corsa that will be scrap in a few years and pay for mot and tax and expensive repairs. Get a morris minor!
Can't argue with that!
Great for a sunny day - not so in the rain
Torsion bars all round? Not leaf springs in the rear?
What was its price during 1967 in india?
The Minor was still available new in the late 1960s, it's replacement was the Austin/ Morris 1100.
I would like to drive one of these one day.
Yeah but if you do take out a good life insurance policy, because the bottom link on the front suspension drops off the steering leg and bingo! down goes the front of the car.
@@fenrichlee2867 I will keep that in mind.
Morris minors have leaf springs at the back. They only have tortion bars at the front and the rack and pinion steering is so light it doesn't need power assistance and has more feel than most modern cars. The drum brakes are a bit ordinary though but were still much better than an old Renault 4 I once owned.
Something to mention is that if it has the original unmodified front suspension arrangement on it it could collaps unexpectedly. I had both sides go on mine but luckily one side went in the front yard and the other at the end of our driveway. I'd of hated to think how it would've turned out if I'd been driving on the main road when it happened.
The front suspension is only ever a problem due to lack of correct maintenance.
@@660einzylinder both sides collapsed on mine on different occasions and luckily at slow speeds
Exactly! I’ve had numerous classics over the years and the Morris is one of the easiest to drive and if a servo is added then the brakes are fabulous plus the steering is so light and stable.
The Minor does not have torsion bar suspension all round, only at the front with cart springs at the rear.
Is it for sale
I’ve always said why the hell would I need an engine management computer? I AM the engine management.
I wanted one when I was 15 or 16, thinking they were nippy and agile like the mini.
Little did I know 😂..
I drove one when I first pasted my test in 92, different to say the least.
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You can double-clutch into 1st with little practice ( at 10ish MPH) or so. CHEERS from Westcoast Canada!
Would a wolseley 1500 be a good first classic?
Yes, although body panels will be harder to come by than for the Minor.
I have a 1957 4 door Morris Minor. Need to fix it up though...
I bet you do!!
Great video Joe.
Cheers Matt :D -Joe
Morris Minor Good points:- 1, More simple than a Mechano set 2, Light steering 3, Stable on the road 4, Cute 5, Cheap plentiful spares 6, charismatic 7, Brakes fine if adjusted right - simply done. 8, Will reach 70mph on motorway although happier at 60, 9, Holds value 10 I’ve got one! Bad points:- 1, Heater not the best but can be improved with a Cornflake box stuffed in front of the radiator. . . Can’t think of anything else!
I don't think the are torsion bar suspension all round.
Torsion on the front, leaf springs on the rear.
My grandad had one of these cars
what colur is this?
Almond Green
No need for double-declutching a post-war Minor, they have decent enough synchromesh if you just take it a fraction easy. You got the suspension info wrong. The rear suspension is by traditional leaf-springs, not torsion-bar. Also, Morris built over 1.6 million units, not 1.3 million. I used to own a 1961 factory original convertible, but now have a 1932 Minor two-seater.
Weren’t they all post war?
@@juliethurgood3667 No. The very first Minor was built between 1928-1934 and was replaced by a completely new car (the Morris Eight) for the 1935 model year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Minor_(1928)
No syncro on first, so need to double declutch for first.
It was a sweetie
A great way to get an MGB that won't snap in the middle.
If you didn't mention the year (1967) I'd have guessed it was built in the late 40s or early 50s.
no synchro in 2,3,4?
Originally yes, but likely to be worn out on an unrestored gearbox.
It doesn't have torsion bars all around. It's got leafs at the rear, which is why it's "interesting". A porsche 911 has torsion bars all around.
PS I had it up to 75-80 on the a127 on many a time
0:53 I’ve in countered one
My first car in 1969 was a Dove Grey Morris Minor 180DVN. What a pile of crap,but better than the push bike it replaced!
Was there a Morris Major?
Yes, a badged engineered version of the Wolseley 1500, made for the Australian market.
@@660einzylinder The Major name was also used pre-war on Cowley-built cars as a companion nameplate to the original Minor (not related at all to these cars of course)
They are the best cars reliable even today
Yeah, till the bottom link's drop out - HOLD TIGHT!!
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I love mechanical cars as they require what I call mechanical sympathy.
My 62 Beatle has torsion suspension all round and I find it very forgiving.
One of most amazing cars i ever seen
They have no computer to go wrong.
Instead they have other things that are more likely to go wrong, more often.
@@JakobusVdL and that's what I find comforting. I had a cracked distributor cap on my Mog, £1.50 from the motor factor and 3 minutes to change with a flat screwdriver.
It's a trade off@@brianlopez8855 for my daily I'm much happier with modern cars that start first time everytime, and need servicing only every 10,000km or 15,000km, than the russian roulette of the 1970's cars I grew up with, where any day or weekend could be turned into another maintenance/repair opportunity. However - the weekend toy is still a dodgy 1970's rust bucket ;-)
If they did that would go wrong as well. Don't forget BMC stands for British Maker's of Crap.
nice video but he never opened the hood
Because it's a bonnet!
If Fiat 500 and Volkswagen beetle made a comeback, why didn't the Morris Minor made a comeback?
No company left to make it, and anyway, retro styled cars are always a dead end. As soon as you update it, it is no longer trying to be what it wasn't anyway.
Oplet Si Doel
I prefer the ford Anglia 105e
Every time.
William77
Good car
Everything good about it...if BMC had been a serious concern this car would have been the only product it needed for world domination. Unlike the contemporary VW it was a proper car...compare a 1950 MM with a 1950 Bug and you'll know what I mean - but it's maker was comically slow to invest in improving the car to meet US requirements, barely updated the design, tied up plant producing unprofitable duplicated ranges. Missed opportunity. But despite all that, still great. (I own the cousin: Morris Major - a rebodied Minor chassis with a B-Series engine and big brakes.)
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In comparison with vw beetle, this car was much inferior. It had inherent defect in the design of front axle.
First classic..
They are a fortune the ones I've seen.
You can get many that may need a little bit of work for 3000 which isn't much
The older cars taught us how to drive, modern cars don't!
The first to dump slow and odd looking personal view only British nostalgia gone nuts as usual?
The Morris Minor is a nice car
you moggie minor man
Rubbish,no need to double declutch,and good for over 70 mph
Yeah, right ho and good luck because the front suspension links only drop out on full steering lock(so they told me) Twice my suspension collapsed while turning, but the third time I was going straight - aarrgg!!
I’ve had several MMs over the years and never had a suspension collapse - but like everything if neglected, it will fail. @@fenrichlee2867
My mother had a 62 or 66 I believe for many years when I was a in school. Identical to this one both paint and upholstery except it had the steel spoke steering wheel. I hated that thing. Slow, noisey and embarrassing. Now. I'd love to have one. If I lived in a "quaint" English villiage I would in fact have one for sure. Not interested in taking them on the motorway though.