Theme Tuesdays: Morris Minors

Feb 8, 2011

My apologies to some of you for today’s Theme Tuesday as it’s a little random and outside of the box. However I think a large part of my audience visits because the site is a little more general automotive focused than your typical stance blog, and a lot more stance focused than your typical automotive blog.

Or at least that’s the excuse I am using to explain the fact that I go from posting e46s to classics, to IS300s, to today’s topic car Morris Minors without skipping a beat.

These British economy cars first peaked my interest when I noticed that people seemed to love to stuff large displacement American engines (often with blowers) in their small engine bays.

Once I found out about that it was all downhill from there….

morris_2 — Also dig the Mighty Mouse mural

Edit: Turns out the above isn’t a Morris (whoops) but its staying anyway

morris_3 — Doesn't look like there is a lot of wind sheild left to see around that blower

morris_4 — I would have loved to get a shot of this closed up

morris_5 — Because it looks like it has killer stance

morris_6 — This one reminds me of an old banker or something because of the visor

morris_7_traveller_350 — This traveler has got a lot of American influence

morris_10 — Wonder how they are to work on after swaps

morris_11 — The team bhp watermark seems fitting here

morris_12 — Ollie submitted this track burner

morris_15 — Along with this one that I think I may have posted once before

morris_16 — Guess it's all about the power to weight with these

morris_18 — Vintage photo of a rodded up Minor

morris_19 — This ones seems proportioned way different than the rest, the tire setup maybe?

morris_8 — Finally some good old fashioned tire smoke to end things off

Props to Ollie once again for helping out with a couple I couldn’t find.

Should be back with something more traditional next week… maybe 🙂

6 COMMENTS

Donn Prud Feb 8, 2011 At 3:24 pm

As a Morrie 1100 owner – the Minors successor – it’s most champion to see some love for the awesome English beast. And while that first car is way cool, it’s not a Morris. ‘Tis a Hillman Minx 😛

DaveT Feb 8, 2011 At 4:34 pm

Lol go figure, thanks Donn.

Joe Feb 8, 2011 At 4:59 pm

I’m really digging that gray Minor on widened steelies. You’ve just helped to remind me that I have a friend in Israel restoring one of these, thanks Dave.

oliver (ollie) Feb 8, 2011 At 5:59 pm

the first words out my mouth were you sliped up mother $£@! but i dont care i could forgive that paint job of eny (nice call land crab owner guy) thing how every the pea green low light im not responsable for lol the second to last pic the car has been shortened from the front and it has a home made grp flip front
dave@ thanks for making me a contributor 🙂

desborough Feb 9, 2011 At 9:00 am

maybe pre-VII evos next week 😀

morris-minerd Mar 6, 2012 At 8:09 am

second to last is known as the ‘Morrari’, half Morris, half Ferrari.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=66118

‘It started out as a works Ferrari 555 Super Squalo F1 car…’