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The
Morris Eight Tourer Club
Saturday the weather was pretty ordinary, a little rain, but cleared up enough in the arvie to do a bit on the E.
Sunday the forecast was gloomy with showers forecast. We had a combined run with the Morris Minor Club planned so wasn't the best weather news we were waiting on. Thankfully, the weather man was a few hours out in his predictions, our run was a success with sun shine, and blue skies. The rain moving in around four ish after all was over.
The Morris Minor Club was, I'm led to believe, founded on a breakaway group from The 'Register. The split happening in the early years of the club. Wasn't the nicest of times so the older members tell.
So every now and then we come together on a combined run. They in their predominantly Jap powered, mag wheeled Minors, and us in our un-modified. The runs have always been good fun (the aggro members seemly are no longer members, or have passed on) . This run really went off well with somewhere in the vicinity of fifty vehicles lining up for the start (after a good serve of hot scones, coffee and cake). The run named "The tea totaller's pub crawl, led us around some of Adelaide's older watering holes and gave us an insight into the history of the pubs visited (from the outside I hasten to add.)
A peasant picnic lunch on the lawns of the club house, and the announcement that members of The Morris Minor Club had the most correct answers to questions posted along the way, rounded off an enjoyable outing together.
I did have the
camera ready, snapped one of our member's Ser. Z ute. Very nice recent
restoration, and in the same grey and black as the ETSA
van. When the owner (Roger Prewett) started to restore the ute he found
an ETSA fleet number so decided on ETSA colours, and decked it out with
serviceman's ladder. He even went the extra mile, and to store esky, chairs,
tools etc out of sight, made a large wooden packing case complete with
stencil "Nuffield Products" on the outside. Looks good.
I also snapped another ser. 1 Cammy Minor to go with "How The Other Half Live" a lovely little "vehicle " as the owner Peter Wood is quick to correct the erring person who, innocently calls it or any other vehicle a car.
This "vehicle" is one of two treasures he has snatched from under the Victorian's noses. The other treasure wears a skirt.
I thought too you'd be interested in Australian variations to the early Morris's, the ser. 1&2's with boomerang bumpers, and a Ser. E '39 Tourer, which is perhaps unique with headlight and spare tyre fittings oddities. Harry Edwards was really interested in this one when he saw it at our National Rally at Mount Gambier. He'd never seen anything like it before. It is a factory job.
So now just have to wait to finish off the film soon
Well that's about it for now
Regards Barry.