Sensible Secondhand Classics: 1970 Morris Minor 1000 Traveller - Lloyd Vehicle Consulting

[@TommyRogic18]

Thank you sir for cramming yourself into this dear old Moggie. It’s a beauty and I love the blue. Have seen a few travellers at shows and they’ve got that wonderful smell of wood and oil that is so idiosyncratic.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

It is a very idiosyncratic car, but I think that is perhaps why people still love them so much. It did indeed have a very wonderful smell of wood and oil!

[@martinwalker3372]

A wonderful motor car and a lovely review Sir.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Glad you enjoyed, sir!

[@davidverney6834]

Many thanks Joseph for another great video. My Father, now 91, tells stories of his Minor Traveller, which was his company car early 60's including the very long very cold winter of 1962/1963, when there was snow on the ground from Christmas until March. His was a basic model with no heater, and his job involved driving all round Suffolk and North Essex. He said you needed to dress for the occasion! A heater was ordered and fitted about a month too late!

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Yes, my grandfather owned two (a Series II and the 1958 Morris 1000 I mentioned in the video), the second time round he got one with a heater. Thank you very much indeed for watching and sharing your story!

[@allyburg7145]

I have a 2 door Morris minor 1000 , 1970 and I love it

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Thank you very much indeed for watching and commenting!

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

An excellent video Sir, a Traveller was my late Grandfathers first car he owned when he had a growing family.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I think that was the case for a lot of people back in the day, sir! Thank you again for watching.

[@seancooke7332]

Extremely well driven Sir. The more you drive the easier and more satisfying it becomes. Practice makes perfect. What a lovely well kept Morris Traveller. Also a Traveller had a starring role in an episode of The Professionals being driven off the road by a Very Brutish Rover P5B.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I am afraid, sir, that I won't be rushing to drive another Morris Minor again. Two is more than enough for me for the foreseeable future. The owner had something else far more up my street...

[@taks8439]

BMC actually made these at a loss as they were very labour intensive. There was no profit in the Traveller. Excellent video as always sir.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I wonder if they made a big loss on the Tourers as well, hence why they were discontinued a few years before the Traveller. Nevertheless, this was the very last passenger version of the Minor still in production.

[@gavinj7616]

Thanks for sharing sir. As many of the comments have said, the smells and sounds of the minor traveller are unique. Both my brother and I had a traveller each when we were at university. Mine was in beige while my brother's was a maroon/burgundy. It was great fun to own an a hoot to drive. I learned a lot about mechanics and also woodwork. One piece of advice - invest in a crooklock. Mine was stolen twice in 2 weeks. The thief's weapon of choice? A fork in the ignition. I gave up on my Minor before my brother did and, feeling the need for speed replaced it with a Mini 1275GT. I would love to see you review one of those...

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

We have had a couple of classic Minis on the channel before, sir, actually. I don't tend to get on with the driving position, unfortunately, which isn't perhaps the greatest to surprise to anyone familiar with Sensible Secondhand Classics... The Minor has a lot of character and is steeped in nostalgia for generations of people, particularly in this country. It's amazing just how many of are left, really.

[@steveclews6557]

For the uneducated the sunroof was actually a Morris minor factory mod and was a ‘shooting roof’. The rear seats were removed and the pheasant shooters would stand up in the back with room to point and shoot apparently. It’s in the minor book with pics etc

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I imagine that if there were no rear seats and it started raining, everyone just got a bit wet, because otherwise the average height driver would have struggled with it with the roof closed (as I did)...

[@frazzleface753]

I know this isn't your sort of thing at all, Mr. Lloyd. We appreciate your efforts in trying to ease your way around the gearbox. Thankfully, no fixed seat belts. Issigonis' functional machine - nothing you don't need and if you do, too bad! But appreciated by so many people, and buckets of character and charm.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

We don't tend to get on very well with trying to drive cars like this, sir, as you know, so it was all about suffering for one's art.

[@nygelmiller5293]

It may look idyllic, having a fairly long sunroof - but I collapse in horror, as far as what that that may do to to the strength of the car. After WW2, there was a shortage of steel, so amazingly, the back half of the ROOF is made of ALUMINIUM. With a very noticeable rubber seal across the roof, where the STEEL front part of the roof joins the ALUMINIUM rear section. So to weaken this excuse for a roof with a sunroof, gives me the shivers!

[@steveclews6557]

There are actually two wooden cross overs as support as well but this was a shooting roof. A mod added for the pheasant shooting fraternity to be able to stand in the back and enjoy their sport

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I don't think that it's a good idea to have an accident in one, though, is it?

[@roygardiner2229]

Compared to modern cars the space under the bonnet is so striking. I would really like that. I also like the swing-out ash trays. Simple is good.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Sir, it sounds like you enjoyed this review rather a lot!

[@billdaf]

You can keep standard wheels with Marina disc brakes, the gearbox crunch is you going from 2nd to 1st instead of coming far enough over for 3rd.😂

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I think I am going to take break from trying to drive Morris Minors (and failing) for now.

[@classics144sportscarschannel]

also they were very basic of most car of that era. vw beetle's were like those inside basic.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Not much to say about it, really...

[@rockall66]

Who was still buying these between 1968 - 1971? And Why?

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

There are quite a few late model Travellers around for some reason.

[@seancooke7332]

They were simple and very cheap to buy and run. Simple as that.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

People just kept buying them who had owned one before too.

[@Efferpheasants]

A tribute to the inane mindset of BMC - still selling a car in 1971 with 1958 brakes and a 1960 engine, plus front wheels that collapse (usually on roundabouts) if someone forgets to squirt grease into the suspension. But it gets worse, they were still selling the creaky old A60 in 1971 with two fantastic options -Oxford - or Cambridge. You may discover that there are a few 1976 'P' reg Travellers around, this was because someone at BMC suddenly woke up to the fact that they had stopped selling Minors years back and so now had a glut of Traveller shells that were in the way, to pile up the latest junk, and so they were sold off for £25 each or something. Nothing ruins an old Brit car chase film more than the appearance. of one of these BMC products . Here is a slick title sequence for an old cop show suddenly deflated by the entrance of a Morris Minor. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXfEhKCtorSsd7ssi=G9ppzJ6DCkC7EH5S

[@steveclews6557]

I think anyone who owns a moggie Always has to maintain them it’s part of ownership. Whatever the pitfalls of the design nobody can deny it’s a little piece if british heritage

[@Efferpheasants]

@@steveclews6557No criticism of the design which is obviously very appealing and very cute. My gripe is the fact it never evolved. They sold a lot but they could have sold many more if (like the VW Beetle) it had been improved and modernised over the years and the owner's irritations had been listened to. It would have cost them peanuts to fit Mg Midget discs for example.

[@steveclews6557]

@@Efferpheasants yes they possibly could. Having said that I don’t think it would have been worth it. Having drove it on a daily basis I can honestly say it doesn’t go fast enough to need discs. You can fit the servo but it just makes braking easier not better imo of course

[@steveclews6557]

@@Efferpheasants but true. I spose back in the day they worked on the basis that if it was sellling why change it . I think the chairman at the time was very tightfisted any way. Insigoniss had some great ideas but due to lack of funds we never saw em 😫😫aside to that I don’t think they ever made a profit from selling the traveller. The price was kept low to keep the line moving.

[@steveclews6557]

@@Efferpheasants I’ve always said, and I’ve owned a few, it’s the ideal car to learn to drive in because you have to think about everything you do and when it comes to braking you’ve gotta be thinking way ahead and reading the road. You don’t just press the pedal and stop in one of these you need 10 seconds notice 😂😂😂😂

[@classics144sportscarschannel]

they were always popular with the elderly folk , not really a young persons car??

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I don't think that many young people would have ordered one of these new in 1970.

[@classics144sportscarschannel]

@@lloydvehicleconsulting nop they would not have.

[@steveclews6557]

My dad offered to buy me one in 1979 instead of having a motorbike!!! I politely declined and here I am 45 years later owning one 😂😂😂

[@classics144sportscarschannel]

@@steveclews6557 cheap run about.

[@simonpage2941]

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[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Thank you very much indeed for watching!