For many, a Sunday ritual involves taking the hose and a sponge to the family car parked on the drive and washing it down in readiness for the week ahead’s commuting duties. Paul Compton does things differently. His weekdays are spent meticulously preparing his Wolseley Hornet Aerees Special for the upcoming weekend’s competitive action, which involves (in this case) haring around a soggy field and covering his Hornet with a thick coating of mud. Here, Paul and his Hornet were photographed by Phil Jones for this all-action image taken at the VSCC’s Winter Driving Tests at Bicester.
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Images from the recent Morris Register Rally (now renamed "Morris Fest") are now available to view at the foot of the 2025 Event Galleries page here.
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A few images from Drive-it-Day 2025 have been added to the foot of the Event Galleries page here.
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.)
This car (SV4077), a 1931 SV Morris Minor Tourer resides on the island of Malta and is owned by Brian Cucciardi. The car has been in the Cucciardo family since the early 1970s but it’s not known if the car was exported to the island when new or if subsequently imported. (The fact that it was a solitary Tourer among a large batch of Saloons when it left Cowley in May 1931 may be indicative of the former) The four photos here (access them via the arrows to the top right.) illustrate different periods in the car’s life on the island. Brian, a true petrolhead, has restored many cars and started restoring the family Minor in 2014 finishing it the following year. Some of that progress was recorded on the Network’s earlier website.
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.
Cresta of Worthing was noted for being a car dealership run by enthusiasts of sports cars for sports car enthusiasts. Their premises in Broadwater Road opened in May 1934, and by 1935, the business was supplying some beautiful special-bodied cars. Among them was this MG N-Type Magnette with a special lightweight 2+2 body designed by Bertelli. Various sources claim that up to 12 N-Types were the recipients of these bodies, and it’s believed that three survive. This image was published in the Autocar in its 15th February 1935 edition on page 204. (LAT Collection image)
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 …
Priced at £20.25 + Postage & Packing (Rest of world p&p prices also available upon request.)
Network Merchandise:
2026 PWMN CALENDAR
NOW AVAILABLE IN LIMITED NUMBERS
PRICE U.K. £13.50 including P&P
PRICE E.U. €22 including P&P
Email your postal address to chris@prewarminor.com Payment by PayPal preferred.
