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Morris Minor Series MM

During the War years, Alec Issigonis sketched out the 'poached egg' Morris Minor, and as soon as war work was done he brought this to production. A radical design with smaller wheels, the 'Morris Mosquito' was launched with the 'Minor' name in 1948. The Minor was launched with a choice of 2-door saloon or 2-door Tourer bodywork and in 1950 the 4-door model was offered. It was supposed to have a flat-four engine but this never happened, and instead the old Morris Eight 918cc sidevalve engine occupied the engine bay. In 1952, a more modern BMC A-series engine of 803cc was given to create the Series II.

Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. The plate in the middle of the bumper testifies that this is a very early car. A late decision to widen the body came too late for the supplier of bumpers.	Morris Minor Series MM 2-door. Launched at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show as this 2-door saloon, or as a 2-door tourer, the Morris Minor had an 803cc sv engine. The split front bumper with blanking plate identifies this car as an early Series MM. Issigonis had a prototype Minor sawn in half and the halves moved apart by 4-inch to get the right proportions. Machines were altered for the wider car, but some hunders of bumper blades had already been made and had to be 'adapted' to fit.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. Early Minors had dashboards that were "handed"; speedo in front of driver and clock in front of passengers. Later models gained a central speedo making left and right hand drive as easy to manufacture.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. On launch in 1948 the Series MM Morris Minor was only available as a 2 or 4 door saloon or this 2door tourer.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. Until 1951 Tourers had detachable rear side windows made of plastic, but in later models fixed glass windows were fitted.
Morris Minor Series MM Tourer. From January 1951 all Series MM were given high headlights. In June 1951 the Tourer's detachable sidescreens were replaced with fixed glass and the car called "Convertible".	Morris Minor Series MM 1948. Early Series MM cars had a split bumper caused by a late decision to widen the whole car 2 inches after bumpers had already been pressed	Morris Minor Series MM 2-door. The Series MM has a one-piece chrome blade on the rear bumper, which means that it was not one of the early cars that had to use split bumpers with a joining piece after Alec Issigonis had widened the Morris minor body in pre-production but after the chrome bumpers had been made.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948 - the lowlight headlamp fitted from 1948 but replaced from 1950 on export cars and on Minors from 1951.	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948. This early Tourer has detachable side screens and low lights
Morris Minor Series MM 2-door. The original 'poached egg' Morris Minor that was launched in 1948	Morris Minor Series MM Tourer 1948.	Morris Eight, Series I, Series II and Series E	Morris Oxford Series MO	Ford Anglia E04A

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