Morris Minor: The Biography - 60 Years of Britain's Favourite Car
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (784 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845133781 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Leeds. About the Author Martin Wainwright is the author of The Guardian Book of April Fool's Day, and editor of A Lifetime of Mountains and A Gleaming Landscape (all Aurum).
He lives in Leeds. . Martin Wainwright is the author of The Guardian Book of April Fool's Day, and editor of A Lifetime of Mountains and A Gleaming Landscape (all Aurum)
Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis back in 1948, in a sense it was Britain's answer to the Beetle - a bulbous little creation that was also Britain's first mass-appeal car. Between then and 1972 when production belatedly ceased some 1.6 million were built. For thousands of 'newly-marrieds', or penurious students, it was their first car. He lives in Leeds.. It was also the kind of car in which the district nurse did her rounds. In 2008, it is 60 years old, and Martin Wainwright (who proposed to his wife over the gear stick of a Morris Minor) gives us a quirky and fascinating history of this quintessentially British car. You'll find everything from the post-70s vogue for restoring and rebuilding Morris Minors (several garages still exist to do just that, to the alarming habit of their bonnets to open at speed and entirely obscure your vision, their unreliable trunnions, and not to mention the esoteric photo exhibition some years ago devoted to abandoned Morris Minors on the West Coast of Ireland. There were variants like the Morris Traveller (timber-framed estate car) and the Morris Million (painted pink), while the convertible was another popular choice. The split screen, the indicators poking up like perspex orange fingers, the notoriously rust-prone floors, the pootling exhaust notejust some of t
"Good read about an adorable car" according to Carolyn Schneider. Enjoyably quirky. Reminded this American reader of differences between British and American diction and style, part of the fun. After finishing, have it to British car enthusiast who is happily reading away!