On the 16th January 1931, The Light Car & Cylecar magazine published this photo of the £100 Morris Minor prototype (JO 764) on the cover of their weekly publication. To celebrate this 95th anniversary, the car’s current custodian, Mick Roberts, used some modern photo technology wizardry to recreate the scene, showing the car as it is today in front of the magnificent Wells Cathedral. (Note the lady standing on one leg!)
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Just 30 cars and their crews will be permitted to enter our 2026 1066 Rally over the weekend of 12th-14th June with entry forms available from 14th July 2025. This is a first visit to the far south-eastern corner of England for a Network rally, where the world-famous Sussex Weald and South Downs with their spectacular scenery await rallyists. The two rally tours also take in vistas first seen by the conquering Normans in 1066. Rally HQ is to be the Chequers Inn in Maresfield: https://www.greenekinginns.co.uk/hotels/east-sussex/chequers where all 17 rooms (at special rates) have been held for rally participants over the rally weekend. To join us in June 2026, download and complete the entry form (see below) to secure your place on what promises to be a memorable summer weekend. (N.B. As at 20th July 2025 just one room remains unclaimed at The Chequers Inn. A list of alternative accommodations has been added behind the lower of the two blue buttons.)
In the early thirties, colourising black & white photographs was not an unusual practice. This example of an unidentified 1932 Morris Minor Saloon is typical. The Minor is parked outside a local butchers on the periphery of Rainham Mark, a village that sits alongside the Medway Estuary to the north and today, skirts the M2 Motorway on its southern edge.
The Triple M series of MG’s all belong to a family of models that commenced with the 1929 MG Midget and continued through to the mid-thirties via a long string of four and six cylinder OHC engined cars that forged the marques identity.
This image of MG P Type Midget (YS 701) was taken in the West of Scotland during the 1935 four-day RSAC Scottish Rally held between the 10th and 14th June. Starting in Stirling, the route took the 165 competitors along 1017 miles of mainly Highlands roads and tracks, before terminating in Glasgow. The driver of YS 701, Robin Reid, collected a Premier Award at the event. (LAT Collection)
Morris Register Merchandise:
The third (fully revised and updated) edition of the John Nagle compiled handbook The Complete Morris Minor is now available to purchase from the Morris Register Spares store HERE. It’s essential reading for pre-war Morris Minor owners …
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