The Morris Minor in all its various guises – saloon, Tourer, timberframed Traveller estate, van and pick-up – will need little introduction. With a production run lasting from 1948 until 1972, for generations of Brits they were an ever-present element of the street furniture. By the end of December 1960, over a million of them had been built, the first British car to reach this milestone and a source of great pride to the company.
The plug was finally pulled on the convertible Tourer in 1969, the saloon in 1970, the Traveller in 1971 and the commercial variants in 1972, but even then some people were not willing to say goodbye. Such was the affection in which the model was held that a handful of brand new cars were built after these dates using new bodyshells and all the other requisite parts which were still available over British Leyland's parts counters. The last of these is believed to have been a two-door saloon that was completed in 1974 and given an N-registration.
The Traveller in our pictures is not quite that late, but it does carry a K-plate, which means it would have been first
