Alistair Bond attended day one of the Kop Hill Climb weekend with IA 9142 his 1930 Morris Minor Semi-Sports. Alistair reports that despite the 1 in 4 gradient towards the top, IA crested the summit in second gear! IA 9142 is not the first Semi-Sports to take part at this annual event held In South Buckinghamshire, that honour went to JN 570 which in the ownership of the late Mike Jones took part on two occasions in pre-pandemic days.
Lubomir Pixsa, whom lives in the Czech Republic owns this stylish 1932 Morris Minor Two-seater (03V 1450). He enters many events each year, this photo being taken during the 2024 Krivonoska Rally. Over last winter Lubomir carried out some essential repairs to his Minor – he writes: “We repaired the engine at the end of last year. We also fitted modified pistons and replaced the rings. The engine is now OK , has more power and does not consume oil. The brakes were also repaired.”
Early in August the Network received an appeal from the production team who make the Channel Four T.V. series, ‘Car S.O.S’. They were seeking a fully restored 1934 Wolseley Hornet which was to feature in an episode they were about to film for the program’s 13th series. The owners of BGO 670 (Dave & Mary Phillips) were contacted and were happy to help the program’s makers. The filming took place in Yorkshire on 22nd August. Needless to say the show’s co-presenters, Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townsend were suitably impressed with Dave’s Hornet. The program will ‘air’ sometime in 2025.
This lovely 1930 Morris Minor Tourer resides in an Otago museum on New Zealand’s South Island. The image was posted on Facebook by Alan Gulleford and depicts a vehicle that was probably used by members of the Otago Motor Club in a similar manner to the AA service vehicles we rely on here in the U.K today.
France resident and forumist Dominic Ditchfield‘s 1934 Morris Minor Two-seater (DA-754-TH) suffered a blown core plug away from base and without a spare. Help arrived in the form of a Willys Jeep driven by a fellow ‘local’ who happily (and safely) towed the car and its occupants back home. This prompted fellow forumist Peter Brock to dig out a 1970s photo of his 1934 Morris Minor Four-door Saloon (AAO 463) also being towed behind a Willys Jeep, the body shell on its way to be reunited with its rolling chassis.
On 3rd September 1931 the 1932 season Morris Minor range was announced. The cars were much changed from the prior season models with the saloons being completely redesigned featuring a body with an ‘eddy-free’ roofline, a new radiator surround and Magna wheels. It proved to be a successful formula, Morris selling more Minors in 1932 than in any other year the car was produced. (LAT collection photo – Courtesy Motorsport Images)
