1949 Morris Minor 2 Door Saloon

(Series MM) - DUD 693


 

 

Type:  Series MM Saloon (2 door)

 

Production dates:  27th April -> 9th May 1949

 

Colour:  Black

 

Cowley Experimental department car and the very first Morris Minor 

to be fitted with high-light front wings pre-production.

 

Undergoing restoration!

 

(watch this space for regular updates)

 


 

For Pictures taken when 

viewed in Oxford on 

5th May 2006 click here ->

For Pictures taken when DUD 

was brought home on 

13th May 2006 click here ->

 

 

For Pictures taken when DUD 

was moved into the workshop 

(28th September 2008) 

for work to begin click here ->

For Pictures taken when 

work began on DUD on 

17th November 2008  

click here ->

Work on DUD was stalled for 12 months while Gillian's van was completed & shown.

For Pictures taken when work 

resumed on DUD on 

3rd December 2009 click here ->

 

'To Buy or Not to buy...?' - Minor Monthly Magazine - October 2004 No.112

Minor Monthly Magazine - October 2004 No.118

 

Minor Monthly Magazine - August 2006 No.134

 

DUD693 was fitted with a Radiomobile/HMV model 100 wireless radio unit while at Cowley.

This unit had been removed prior to my ownership, but I managed to track such a unit down

 in January 2014.  Click on the TV on the left for a film of the Model 100 in action!

Last updated:  3rd February 2014