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Spray, flat back, spray and repeat

Will has a collection of Morris Minors. This column follows the maintenance and modification of them for daily use, as well as the long-term restoration of a 1950 Lowlight Tourer from a desert scrapyard in America and a 1970 Morris Van which has been in his family for nearly 40 years.

MY FLEET

1950 MORRIS MINOR LOWLIGHT SALOON

OWNED SINCE: 2012

1950 MINOR LOWLIGHT CONVERTIBLE

OWNED SINCE: 2017

1967 MINOR SALOON

OWNED SINCE: 2010

1970 MINOR VAN

OWNED (BY MUM) SINCE: 1980

Somehow, when you think you have had nearly every conceivable breakdown possible, you come to a stop at the side of

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