14-04-2022, 05:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 14-04-2022, 06:04 PM by Austin in the Shed.)
Not familiar with the Morris 8 but didn't they have boxed chassis with lots of holes/ mud traps in them.I remember one back in a scrapyard 30-40 years ago and seeing the chassis rotted out there.
I think there are probably many more than three reasons why Sevens survived in the numbers they have,Including the war lay up for many,scarcity and cost after WW2 and by the time there was cheap and available cars to replace the mostly worn out ones they may have survived because of the rising interest of old cars in general.
One of mine survived having being used as student transport c1960,valued by its owner then laid up when the dreaded mot came in for the next 20 odd years.
I as many got an interest in them early and owned the first at 15 I think.Many people now say the interest in a model of car comes around 40 after it was produced,my first car was 40 years old when I purchased it.
Others say,particularly with motorcycles you hanker for the bikes of your youth,maybe not being able to afford one at the time but admired when young.
I think there are probably many more than three reasons why Sevens survived in the numbers they have,Including the war lay up for many,scarcity and cost after WW2 and by the time there was cheap and available cars to replace the mostly worn out ones they may have survived because of the rising interest of old cars in general.
One of mine survived having being used as student transport c1960,valued by its owner then laid up when the dreaded mot came in for the next 20 odd years.
I as many got an interest in them early and owned the first at 15 I think.Many people now say the interest in a model of car comes around 40 after it was produced,my first car was 40 years old when I purchased it.
Others say,particularly with motorcycles you hanker for the bikes of your youth,maybe not being able to afford one at the time but admired when young.