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firedrake1942
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New Minor Book.

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Browsing in Foyles in London today and came across a Minor book I did not know about. It is in a series called 'Britain's Heritage ' and silly entitled 'Morris Minor' by Gillian Bardsley. (she also did a very good biog of Issigonis) Slightly steep for 64 pages at £8.99 (£4.50 on Amazon) but it has some stunning early photos of prototypes that I had not seen before and one of Issigonis breaking a bottle of Champagne against a Million when launched. Lots of publicity shots, which again I was not familiar with. Worth having I think.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Morris-Britain ... n+bardsley
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Re: New Minor Book.

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Got that somewhere, didn't know it was still in print. Mine probably still in an attic box 5 years after our house move.
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Just checked it out on Amazon and it's on there for £8.99 or am I missing something ?
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16 New from £4.34
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Santa left me a copy! Was under my sister's Christmas tree when I visited on Monday :)
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Just ordered myself a new one for £6.06 posted off amazon. Late Christmas present or early birthday present to myself lol. Cheers guys.
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Well I can still only find this on Amazon for £8.99 !
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I got a bargain then for new one! :lol: :lol:
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Budgie wrote:Well I can still only find this on Amazon for £8.99 !
Ahh you dont want it as much then :lol: :lol: i only buy things if theyre cheap or a bargain! Click on new where it says new used then scroll down to cheapest priced one and work out the postage.
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Obviously none of you guys are Yorkshiremen !!

If you know where to look it costs nothing to download it.
https://www.morrisminor.org.uk/userfile ... -minor.pdf

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Oops, dont build your hopes up, I just looked at it again and it is just the pages with that companies details that is in the free download.

Sorry.

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If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is...
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SteveClem wrote:If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is...
Normally the case but i do get lucky sometimes. People cant believe how jammy i am at times :lol: :lol:
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