Ed Rooney Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Is there any way to know the age of this old auto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) It's a Morris Minor 1000 Ed, made from 1956 - 1971 according to Wiki. If you had photographed the registration number that could have narrowed the date down to a particular year. You don't often see them in that state any more, they are easily restored, plenty of upgraded parts available, body panels etc. Originally prone to rust as you can see. Edited May 16, 2023 by Harry Harrison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MicheleD Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 https://morrisminornsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Identifying-your-Morris.pdf If you scroll down on this page, they have photos of the different grilles, headlights and indicators which may help to narrow it down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr Standfast Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 For the next one, take the number plate and then enter it into this web site:- https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax Up until 2021 there was a business in Bristol that would upgrade them with "modern" parts. When I say modern, I mean from the 1980's. 😃😉 It's a smashing little car but as for safety features? Well it has bumpers* front and back! *Fenders in 'merican. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) Thanks to MicheleD's excellent pdf it must be 1963-71 because it has that funky big combined rear indicator and light unit. I had the Traveller 'woodie estate' version and somewhere I've got some rather splendid transparencies of me respraying it in the farmyard where I was living at the time. I must apply for that Archival Route permission! Edited May 16, 2023 by Harry Harrison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ognyan Yosifov Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, Mr Standfast said: For the next one, take the number plate and then enter it into this web site:- https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax Up until 2021 there was a business in Bristol that would upgrade them with "modern" parts. When I say modern, I mean from the 1980's. 😃😉 It's a smashing little car but as for safety features? Well it has bumpers* front and back! *Fenders in 'merican. I just tried to do it for one of the Minor 1000 images I have and after several unsuccessful attempts the website asked me to confirm if I was not a robot... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr Standfast Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ognyan Yosifov said: I just tried to do it for one of the Minor 1000 images I have and after several unsuccessful attempts the website asked me to confirm if I was not a robot... Post the numbers and I'll have a look this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ognyan Yosifov Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Mr Standfast said: Post the numbers and I'll have a look this evening. Thank you! I found where to put the number, but it was still not possible to be identified. The plate is "BZB 7II" where I'm not sure if "II" is "11" or "LL" or just "II". I tried all the options... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Ognyan Yosifov said: Thank you! I found where to put the number, but it was still not possible to be identified. The plate is "BZB 7II" where I'm not sure if "II" is "11" or "LL" or just "II". I tried all the options... Doesn't come up with anything for me either, this site suggests that it was originally registered in County Cork: https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/zb.htm (it will be 711) Edited May 16, 2023 by Harry Harrison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Ognyan Yosifov said: Thank you! I found where to put the number, but it was still not possible to be identified. The plate is "BZB 7II" where I'm not sure if "II" is "11" or "LL" or just "II". I tried all the options... Google reads registration numbers as well now, here's the car: https://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/47937052828/in/pool-3238860@N25/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ognyan Yosifov Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Harry Harrison said: Doesn't come up with anything for me either, this site suggests that it was originally registered in County Cork: https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/zb.htm (it will be 711) Thank you, Harry! The photo was taken in County Cork, but I thought owners were British tourists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ognyan Yosifov Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Harry Harrison said: Google reads registration numbers as well now, here's the car: https://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/47937052828/in/pool-3238860@N25/ Great research skills, Harry! Thank you! So is it a British license plate or an Irish one for a vehicle bought in the UK and then registered in Ireland? Edited May 16, 2023 by Ognyan Yosifov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, Ognyan Yosifov said: So is it a British license plate or an Irish one for a vehicle bought in the UK and then registered in Ireland? You've got me there, the 2nd & 3rd letters of those old registration numbers (or just the 2 letters if there are only 2 with older vehicles) denote the region and the Republic of Ireland seems to be included in that scheme, so registered in County Cork I'd say. https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 I found it with the plate number! It was made in 1965. You people amaze me. 👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sandi Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 I was reading Michele's PDF and came to the conclusion it was later 60's because it has silver wheels. Maybe somebody bought a new set of wheels for it 🙂 Sandi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 The wheels looked new to me, Sandi. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) owned one of those in me school days 1960 steering wheel on left, made for America people called it a "Mutt and Jeff" car it looked like it came from comic strip... me dear old daddy bought it $300 ~1972 I sold it to lad learning mechanics $25 junk 1976..."reflections of my life oh how they fill my eyes" 😲 Edited May 16, 2023 by Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Mitchell Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: The wheels looked new to me, Sandi. 👍 Shiny new rear lights too, so it probably doesn't belong to a stock photographer. 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Michael Ventura Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 A little cleaning and fresh paint job and it would look as good as new! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Normspics Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 As a child our family had the convertible version, the rear window seemed to be acetate and crack. As kids we called these Noddy cars after the T.V. Kid’s program. My Wife’s family when she was young had the woodie estate version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) That one needs TLC and possibly more. But as it's more than 40 years old it legally requires neither VED (road tax) nor MoT (safety check) which it looks like it could use!😀 For the nerds, I see that as it's only just post-1963 it still has the pressing on the B-pillar for a trafficator. You'll need to look that up, Ed. Edited May 19, 2023 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: That one needs TLC and possibly more. But as it's more than 40 years old it legally requires neither VED (road tax) nor MoT (safety check) which it looks like it could use!😀 For the nerds, I see that as it's only just post-1963 it still has the pressing on the B-pillar for a trafficator. You'll need to look that up, Ed. The "pressing" might be someones fill in from an earlier version. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr Standfast Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, spacecadet said: That one needs TLC and possibly more. But as it's more than 40 years old it legally requires neither VED (road tax) nor MoT (safety check) which it looks like it could use!😀 For the nerds, I see that as it's only just post-1963 it still has the pressing on the B-pillar for a trafficator. You'll need to look that up, Ed. In need of nostalgia I looked it up: "semaphore traficator arm". There's a chap on the internet refurbishing them. 🙂 You send him your broken one and he sends you a mended one. Just under a hundred quid, bargain! 🙂 Edited May 19, 2023 by Mr Standfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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