THESE MORRIS OXFORD TRAVELLERS REALLY WERE PART OF THE FAMILY-SIXTIES MOVIES

EXTRACTS FROM HOME MOVIES OF A SERIES V MORRIS OXFORD TRAVELLER THAT WE HAD FROM 1960-1965-AS YOU CAN SEE "NEN" WAS PROBABLY THE MOST HARD WORKING MEMBER OF THE FAMILY-TAKEN OFF ROADING IN THE SCOTISH HIGHLANDS AND RESCUED BY A BRITISH RAILWAYS TRUCK!!! AMONGST OTHER ADVENTURES AND YES THE ROOFRACK PILED HIGH WITH LUGGAGE TOOK FLIGHT FROM THE ROOF ON A SHARP BEND IN SCOTLAND AND ENDED UP FORTUNATELY IN A DITCH!! IN 1964-THIS WAS THE FIRST CAR I EVER DROVE AND CAN STILL REMEBER CLEARLY THE FIRST TIME I GOT BEHIND THE WHEEL AND DROVE HER AND MY MOTHERS WORDS-"THIS IS A LETHAL WEAPON". ALSO 1965 SERIES VI OXFORD TRAVELLER WHICH WAS WORKED EQUALLY AS HARD AS "NEN" -MANAGED RETURN TRIP TO SOTH OF FRANCE WITH EASE IN 1965 BUT BOAT TRAILER SNAPPED IN HALF THOUGHTRVELLING THROUGH THE PYRENEES IN FRANCE-UNTIL SHE WAS REPLACED IN 1970 BY AN AUSTIN 1800S.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• MORRIS
• OXFORD
• TRAVELLER
• SIXTIES
• FARINA

[GLUDGE]

Thank you for your kind coment-I was 13 when I first drove this car-my 18 year old son appreciates them too-he was 17 when I put the first video up -"GOING ON 44 etc"-he was driving that car on that video..

[colinwells]

Nice video! could watch this type of film all day, I wonder if there are any of these cars still on the road?

[245sillybilly]

I'm 17 but i can appreciate that those really were the good old days.