Minor was the first British car to sell a million, which was celebrated by a mauve-coloured Minor Million special edition in 1960. Early Morris Minor ‘low light’ models are the truest to designer Alec Issigonis’s intentions albeit that none came with the flat four engine originally envisaged – instead it was fitted with a ‘wheezy’ 918cc Morris sidevalve unit, then with a 803 cc Austin A-series unit in the 1952 Series II and finally a 948cc A-series unit in the Minor 1000 of 1956. The Tourer convertible was available from the start and there were also the Traveller estate from 1953 and a variety of pick-ups and vans.*
* Ref. ‘The Complete Aussie Guide to Classic Cars’
