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1959 MORRIS MINOR 1000 CONVERTIBLE
White with tan interior and black top
Engine: in-line four cylinder, 948cc., 37hp at 4800rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual : Suspension: front, independent, rear, solid axle with leaf springs; Brakes: four wheel drum. Left hand drive.
The Morris Minor was introduced in 1949 by the Nuffield Group, one of England's pioneer automobile manufacturers, as its first post-war design. Other than its pre-war 918cc side valve engine, it was a completely new body design by Alec Issigonis, who was later to make an even greater contribution to automobile design history as the chief engineer behind the Austin Mini. The Minor, eventually offered as 2- and 4-door sedans, 2-door convertible and the Traveller Estate woody, was simple, straightforward and effective. Its torsion bar front suspension, rack and pinion steering and stiff chassis (for the times) made a particularly good handling package and Minors were successfully raced despite their diminutive engines. The steering, in fact, was so good it was common through the fifties and sixties to see it used on pukka race cars and high performance specials.
In 1952 Nuffield group and Austin merged to form the British Motor Corporation. After this union the Minor's dated Morris Eight series side valve engine was replaced by the overhead valve 30hp 948cc. BMC A-series engine, becoming the minor 1000.
Morris Minors sold in the U.S. were well equipped for economy cars of the fifties, with heaters and vent windows as standard. The convertible top mechanism was unusually well designed and easy to operate for the time, although the fixed window frames, which helped the Minor's weather sealing and chassis stiffness, gave a peculiar aspect to top down motoring.
The car offered today is a 1959 convertible with a 948cc, 37hp engine. It has its original wheels (now painted red), n.o.s. hubcaps and new Michelin radial tires. For safety and performance it has been updated with front disc brakes. The owner's manual and some period sales literature are included. It is said to run and drive well, providing an insight into the attributes that made the Morris Minor the car of choice for aspiring race drivers training in the fifties. As a 1959 model, it is VSCCA eligible should the new owner care to emulate Roger Wing and Steven Spitler, whose Morris-engined Minor stretched to 980cc and finished 11th in the first Twelve Hours of Sebring in 1951, completing 75 laps, 70 laps behind the winning Frazer Nash...no one said the Minor was 'fast', just that it handles well...
White with tan interior and black top
Engine: in-line four cylinder, 948cc., 37hp at 4800rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual : Suspension: front, independent, rear, solid axle with leaf springs; Brakes: four wheel drum. Left hand drive.
The Morris Minor was introduced in 1949 by the Nuffield Group, one of England's pioneer automobile manufacturers, as its first post-war design. Other than its pre-war 918cc side valve engine, it was a completely new body design by Alec Issigonis, who was later to make an even greater contribution to automobile design history as the chief engineer behind the Austin Mini. The Minor, eventually offered as 2- and 4-door sedans, 2-door convertible and the Traveller Estate woody, was simple, straightforward and effective. Its torsion bar front suspension, rack and pinion steering and stiff chassis (for the times) made a particularly good handling package and Minors were successfully raced despite their diminutive engines. The steering, in fact, was so good it was common through the fifties and sixties to see it used on pukka race cars and high performance specials.
In 1952 Nuffield group and Austin merged to form the British Motor Corporation. After this union the Minor's dated Morris Eight series side valve engine was replaced by the overhead valve 30hp 948cc. BMC A-series engine, becoming the minor 1000.
Morris Minors sold in the U.S. were well equipped for economy cars of the fifties, with heaters and vent windows as standard. The convertible top mechanism was unusually well designed and easy to operate for the time, although the fixed window frames, which helped the Minor's weather sealing and chassis stiffness, gave a peculiar aspect to top down motoring.
The car offered today is a 1959 convertible with a 948cc, 37hp engine. It has its original wheels (now painted red), n.o.s. hubcaps and new Michelin radial tires. For safety and performance it has been updated with front disc brakes. The owner's manual and some period sales literature are included. It is said to run and drive well, providing an insight into the attributes that made the Morris Minor the car of choice for aspiring race drivers training in the fifties. As a 1959 model, it is VSCCA eligible should the new owner care to emulate Roger Wing and Steven Spitler, whose Morris-engined Minor stretched to 980cc and finished 11th in the first Twelve Hours of Sebring in 1951, completing 75 laps, 70 laps behind the winning Frazer Nash...no one said the Minor was 'fast', just that it handles well...
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Please note that the chassis number is 763299