Was the Triumph Courier the one with the wooden back ?
I remember seeing the Morris with wooden back too.
Hope nobody got hurt when rolling the A55.
My uncle had an A55 bought new in 1959, and it lasted until 1971, when he bought a new Maxi.
It did have an easy, pampered life.
Full circle
Moderator: RichardW
No the Courier was all metal - like a Herald estate without the side windows - must have broken the back of those loading and unloading it!
We has woody Morris Oxfords (pre-Farina) till they were superceded by an all metal one, Cortinas with yank-style fablon wood panels on the better estates, stylish basketwork Minis (stuck-on) by Radfords or Wood and Pickett, as well as the woody Mini estate and of course the Morris Minor Estate. Don't think Ford, Vauhall or Standard Triumph or Rover bothered in the 50's.
jeremy
We has woody Morris Oxfords (pre-Farina) till they were superceded by an all metal one, Cortinas with yank-style fablon wood panels on the better estates, stylish basketwork Minis (stuck-on) by Radfords or Wood and Pickett, as well as the woody Mini estate and of course the Morris Minor Estate. Don't think Ford, Vauhall or Standard Triumph or Rover bothered in the 50's.
jeremy
jeremy
No, we all got out O.K., but it was pretty low speed-a combination of crossplies and an icy bend - I can still remember going through the hedge, down a bank, and the car gently coming to rest on its roof in a field, and I was REALLY worried that my toy binoculars were still inside and my dad wouldn't let me get them out!!Hope nobody got hurt when rolling the A55
If the bank hadn't been there it would have just been a bit of hedge damage.
It was rolled back upright by a local farmer with a tractor and slowly driven home with the roof stoved in, no screen, and the pillars bent!!!
Thought provoking car names !
Well how about this for a car name!
By the looks of it, you would not exactly aspire to own it, despite it's name.
By the looks of it, you would not exactly aspire to own it, despite it's name.