I passed my driving test in a Morris Minor van back in 1971 when I worked for what was known then as Post office telephones. It was a two week course and there were two learners, one sat in a forward facing seat in the back of the van ( no seatbelts )while the other one drove. I passed but my colleague failed. Then I got my own van in B.T. yellow, I can't remember the reg but the area numbers on the van were E.C. 27. When the old girl got retired I was given a Vauxhall Viva van which was rubbish. I wish I had the old girl now. Happy days. Thanks for sharing this it brought it all back.
After passing my test my first car was a 1965 c reg ex post office Morris 1000 van, fond memories of taking my mates up the Yorkshire Moors and making them get out on the hills while I chugged up the hills alone
Back in the mid sixties one of my lecturers had a former Post Office Morris Minor van. I well remember it having heavy rubber front and rear wings, side valve engine and split screen. It is/was the only one I've seen with rubber wings no doubt there were others.
I had a Morris minor pickup in the early 70s. the brakes on the one I had were really bad, had a few near misses, you didn't have to have a roadworthy test at that time here in Ireland. we had a van after that.
Just the most beautiful looking British car ever so much charm and warmth i would love own one, ownership of a Morris Minor is more like a personal relationship with some one that you are always in love with through your life, through your warmer, kinder, and more appreciative years of life, in short a true relationship of pure happiness that you could ever realise or actually process with a car in your life true bliss, a dream you never wake up from.
A family friend had a Minor van for his radio & TV sales and repair business here in Adelaide, South Australia when I was a kid growing up in the fifties & sixties. It was traded in the late sixties for a Toyota Corolla wagon.
Great Stuff! If you send me one here in Canada I like the rearview mirrors mounted by the vent windows rather than on the front fenders or "wings" as you call them. Left-hand drive too please! CHEERS
Nice to see the bomb disposal car with LPG. But surely fuel isn't so expensive that running the standard 1 litre engine is too much? They should be good for 30-40 mpg even today?
Re exhaust pipe exit on off side - as I understand it, back in the day it was illegal for exhausts to discharge on to the UK pavements, ............FWIW Renault 4's RHD UK vehicles had the exhaust out the back and not near side as normal for LHD
I have a video slide show of an original 1969 AUSTIN version having restoration work done to it on my channel if anyone is interested in seeing the car, now doing my 1974 Ford Cortina Mk.3 back to "Brand New",but loved working on the Austin Van,
I passed my driving test in a Morris Minor van back in 1971 when I worked for what was known then as Post office telephones. It was a two week course and there were two learners, one sat in a forward facing seat in the back of the van ( no seatbelts )while the other one drove. I passed but my colleague failed. Then I got my own van in B.T. yellow, I can't remember the reg but the area numbers on the van were E.C. 27. When the old girl got retired I was given a Vauxhall Viva van which was rubbish. I wish I had the old girl now. Happy days. Thanks for sharing this it brought it all back.
Watching this in 2022 I wonder where are all these LCVs now, you see less and less of them at events 😔
After passing my test my first car was a 1965 c reg ex post office Morris 1000 van, fond memories of taking my mates up the Yorkshire Moors and making them get out on the hills while I chugged up the hills alone
Oh my god that music is brutal but apt for the era. So funny listening to the interviewer trying to make up questions on the spot
Back in the mid sixties one of my lecturers had a former Post Office Morris Minor van. I well remember it having heavy rubber front and rear wings, side valve engine and split screen. It is/was the only one I've seen with rubber wings no doubt there were others.
I had a Morris minor pickup in the early 70s. the brakes on the one I had were really bad, had a few near misses, you didn't have to have a roadworthy test at that time here in Ireland. we had a van after that.
I had a Morris and loved it!
Just the most beautiful looking British car ever so much charm and warmth i would love own one, ownership of a Morris Minor is more like a personal relationship with some one that you are always in love with through your life, through your warmer, kinder, and more appreciative years of life, in short a true relationship of pure happiness that you could ever realise or actually process with a car in your life true bliss, a dream you never wake up from.
great vid thanks
The last time I saw a Morris Minor van in active service was somewhere in the 1980s. Nice video
Come up to Yorkshire, there’s quite a few still actually in service.
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 Interesting
Yes I remember them.... served my apprentice at Morris commercial cars , was all good fun....?
First vehicle, Morris 1000 pickup 👌🏻😎
great brush painting job ! and what a shine
A family friend had a Minor van for his radio & TV sales and repair business here in Adelaide, South Australia when I was a kid growing up in the fifties & sixties. It was traded in the late sixties for a Toyota Corolla wagon.
I still make the interiors for the Morris minors and some other British cars
Great Stuff! If you send me one here in Canada I like the rearview mirrors mounted by the vent windows rather than on the front fenders or "wings" as you call them. Left-hand drive too please! CHEERS
23:16 green was considered bad luck because wreck buoys at sea was green..
There used to be a flat front commercial van by Morris somewhere in the 1950s
Nice to see the bomb disposal car with LPG. But surely fuel isn't so expensive that running the standard 1 litre engine is too much? They should be good for 30-40 mpg even today?
Where's Morris 1000 Van Horn?
I want to buy Morris Minor but in Malaysia almost impossible for me to get one with good quality. Can l get the imported one from UK or New Zealand?
I would want to change the front clip to the earlier low light model
I am doing up a Austin A40 Countryman 1951 model
Re exhaust pipe exit on off side - as I understand it, back in the day it was illegal for exhausts to discharge on to the UK pavements, ............FWIW Renault 4's RHD UK vehicles had the exhaust out the back and not near side as normal for LHD
Rear doors plus a square back can pull exhaust gasses into the rear compartment. Not good if carrying people or animals.
nice to sea the morris here
"The post office used them by the (Morris) 1000."
I have a video slide show of an original 1969 AUSTIN version having restoration work done to it on my channel if anyone is interested in seeing the car, now doing my 1974 Ford Cortina Mk.3 back to "Brand New",but loved working on the Austin Van,
thanks great
Cost money and rust
Procuro Morris Minor 1000 matrícula IA_25_93 ano 1962 era do meu Pai
What year was this?
2003
WOOOOOOOOOOOM-VWA
Aceh-Indonesia-Like