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Participants in the 2006 Hot Rod Power Tour were amazed to find a little British Morris Minor Traveller hidden among the lead sleds and ratrods. As the weeklong tour progressed through brutal summer heat, those observers …
I’ve loved Travellers since I was a young boy. In fact I owned one at age 16. I paid only $15 for it but had to give the newish battery to the owners to get it that cheap.
I bought it not running and without a battery so I had a buddy tow me home. Brakes? I don’t need no brakes I’ll just put it in gear and let the compression stop me.
Did you know that a car with a generator will run without a battery? I didn’t. But apparently they do because about 4 stops later I couldn’t stop when the engine started. ( I’d left the key in the on position) so I ran into my buddies pickup truck. Luckily he had a big wooden timber as a rear bumper and it was bumper height of a Morris Minor.
That was just the beginning of my adventures with that Woodie. Eventually we blew up the old 948 throwing a rod out the side of the block. Miles from home in the early hours of the morning I just kept driving on the freeway at reduced rpm but throttle flat to the floor. I’d love to tell you it got me home but it lacked a block and a half when it finally ground to a halt.
The replacement engine was out of a Desoto Hemi red ram and no it wasn’t tidy. I’ve since owned 5 others but would dearly love to rescue one more
I saw this Morris in 2013 at the Power Tour. It was wearing Tweels. Really cool car.
Where did they get Tweels? I didn't think those were actually available for sale.
I would love to have a Morris Minor 1000 again. Only this time it would have a supercharged Zetec instead of a built 1275.
That’s a neat build and probably goes pretty good. That being a lot of engines in a minor would make it a rocket compared to stock lol.
Very nice ride. Always had a strange fascination for offbeat vehicles. This particular Woody gives me a.....well you know!
That car has been to our British car show at Furman a few times. It is extremely well done.
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