Former Network member John Pallister completed a thorough rebuild of 1933 Minor Saloon 806 YUJ (ex JF 4238) in the early part of this decade, an article recording his efforts appearing in a spring 2011 edition of the Automobile magazine. John used the car extensively before selling it on to a buyer in the home counties. The new owner made little use of the car before it was sold once again some four or five years ago.  Since then it has disappeared without trace, unfortunately a very familiar story. If you know the current whereabouts of this car please contact the Network. The image shows John Pallister standing alongside his Minor at Killhope Wheel, Cowshill, County Durham – the site of a former lead mine and now a museum.

Across the UK are stretches of unmetalled byway which are well worth exploring by car before the onset of autumn’s rain. Many of these green lanes are being lost for ever as local authorities struggle to maintain them while some sections of the leisure 4×4 community seem intent on destroying them.

In what is an experiment and an attempt to give the Photograph of the Year competition a little more focus, it is to be themed for 2018. The theme is to be ‘Regional Identity’ which it’s hoped will ensure a variety of backdrops to the images that will eventually make-up the pages of the 2018 PWMN calendar. It will not matter a jot if the shots are clichéd in that the subject matter of car and landscape have been seen previously. The hope being that it may encourage those who have avoided taking part in the competition previously by removing one element of the decision-making process and providing a fixed focus as to location and content. If the past is anything to go by, then we can expect to see some innovative and interesting images as a result. As was the case last year, entrants will be able to submit up to three shots.(Image: Joe Raynor)

(With perhaps two months of the 2018 driving season remaining there is still plenty of time to plan and take your competition entries before the competition proper opens on 1^st December)

Henry Harvey owns this 1932 Minor Two-seater VX 7312 and lives in the county of Devon. His car is frequently seen in the town of Dartmouth where this shot was taken, the owner and his wife having taken to the shops.

Joe Raynor lives in an undulating part of Ireland which means that his 1932 Minor Two-seater ZV 83851 gets plenty of strenuous exercise whenever it’s taken out for a run. A recent trip took Joe and car to Knockanaffrin Ridge in the Comeragh Mountains where this moody image was taken.

Ken Martin’s 1930 Minor Coachbuilt Saloon VX 4590 was on wedding duty once again last week, on this occasion in Worcester on 15th August. His Minor has conveyed six other brides to the altar prior to this (including his daughter) and he informs the Network that his shop-soiled confetti business is now in profit. Ken’s Saloon also made an appearence in the recent past at Tony Hale’s funeral, an old Morris Register friend.

India gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 15th August 1947. Kartik Lunia celebrated this recent 71st anniversary by taking his 1930 Minor Tourer USJ 1795 around the streets of Jaipur while flying the Indian tricolour from the back seat.

This looks like a challenge! Restorer Tony Gamble has just acquired a kit of body parts that had  originally left Cowley in 1929 as a Minor Tourer. He advises that this will be his final project although he failed to mention that his workshop still contains two ongoing projects that deserve to see the light of day soon!

Six Minors attended the 2018 Morris Register Rally over the weekend of 11th/12th August of which three were among the awards. The cars owned by Peter Hills, Avril & Tim Ovenden, John Paternoster, Clive Robinson, Ian Harris and Alan Dennison can be seen here in a photo taken by Tony Gamble.

A further shot of Peter Stubberfield’s 1929 Minor Tourer VF 6700 has been added to the small gallery of images taken at last June’s LC&ES Rally held in Shropshire. This black & white version of Mike Tebbett’s photo could almost have been taken in period and shows Peter’s Minor passing the blacksmith’s forge in Cleobury North, Salop.