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1949 Morris Minor [MM]

1949 Morris Minor [MM] in Niagara, Movie, 1953 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: UK

1949 Morris Minor [MM]

[*] Background vehicle

Comments about this vehicle

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Fatt Matt EN

2007-07-14 20:12

Interesting that this is the old shape, it was US lighting standards that led to the Minor having it's headlights above the wings so there won't be many Minors of this type in the USA, where this movie is set. I'm willing to bet it wasn't saved from the scrapheap which is a shame.

G-MANN UK

2007-07-14 20:12

Where are you from, Fatt Matt?

Fatt Matt EN

2007-07-14 20:20

I'm from Coventry, England's own motor city, at least it was in the past, Mind you, so was Birmingham, Manchester and Dagenham!

DAF555 SE

2007-07-15 09:08

Fatt Matt wrote Interesting that this is the old shape, it was US lighting standards that led to the Minor having it's headlights above the wings so there won't be many Minors of this type in the USA, where this movie is set. I'm willing to bet it wasn't saved from the scrapheap which is a shame.


Most of the film is on the Canadian side of the border where it´s more common with british cars. Don´t know if this first type of Minor reached the US at all?

Alexander DE

2007-07-15 14:25

DAF555 wrote ... Don´t know if this first type of Minor reached the US at all?

Exports to the US started in 1949, but already with the raised headlamps that were generally introduced in 1951.

Fatt Matt EN

2007-07-15 20:42

You're right, it was the headlight thing that got me. If this film was shot in Canada that explains a whole heck of a lot!! Cheers, DAF555.

Sunbar UK

2010-01-19 16:35

In 1949, the first year of production, 29,000 cars were made, the Saloon and the Tourer, about 22,000 going for export and the USA being the biggest market.

It was only on cars built from October 1949 that the US cars had the 'higher mounted' headlamps. There would be at least 8,000 cars with the grille-mounted smaller headlamps going to the US. Possibly these were imported before the height regulations were enforced.

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