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Nuts to Minors !

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Rolf Schau from Norway forwarded this image taken in his local Nut store. He is not too sure as to what the connection is between this Hybrid Minor van and the nuts sold in the shop, but thought it worthy of a photograph. It is – thank you Rolf!

New Delhi Minor

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This 1932 Minor Saloon was photographed recently at the Statesman Rally in New Delhi, India. The couple are dressed in traditional Kashmiri clothes. (Image via Kartik Lunia)

1932 Family Eight cut-away drawing

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In the late summer of 1931 Morris announced their new model range, including a long wheel base version of the Minor which they named the Family Eight four-door Saloon. The Autocar magazine then published a large scale cut-away diagram of the new model which appears here courtesy of LAT. Glass plate negative ref. L5436 is just one of a significant number of newly discovered photographic plates uncovered during the course of the archive’s move to new premises.

A Danish Minor in the Italian Alps

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Christian Brodersen provided this extract from the February 2016 edition of the Danish  ‘Veteran Klassic BIL & MC Posten’ magazine. The owner of the 1933 Minor Two-seater is Willibald Farbmacher from Nordsjaelland who can be seen here touring with his car in Italy. More on the forum

‘Roll on’ the rally!

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A heavily laden 1932 Minor Sports Coupe RT 8431 lists to starboard while negotiating a bend among the asparagus fields of Norfolk last June while taking part in the ‘Nelson’ Rally. Why not join us in June 2016 amid the beautiful Dorset hills and Jurassic coast for more Minor fun. Further details are available here.

Revolving doors…

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Cars begin to change hands more frequently at this time of year. Member Alistair Bond from Llanelli, South Wales has recently acquired Antrim registered 1930 Minor Semi-Sports IA 9142 from this website’s editor, while Tony Gamble‘s 1930 MG Midget GH 6798 will be heading south to replace the Minor.

Celebrating a birthday…

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Dateline 12th February 2016: Peter Field from Nelson on the northerly tip of South Island, New Zealand took his 1931 £100 Minor on a celebratory 85th birthday run recently and ensured his fellow motorists were aware of the occasion by way of the signs affixed to the front and rear of AT 6795.

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