Morris bonnet badges.
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Morris bonnet badges.
I have noticed that many Minor 1000s have their M badge on the bonnet "handle" and the cow Morris badge on the front coloured. Should there be a background colour or are they meant to be just silvery metal? Same goes for hub cap centres. I have also noticed that many cars have a thin colour coach line along the body side. Should I have this?
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
It's a BULL!
Red background to M Motif on handle.
Red bull, blue waves, blue background to MORRIS letters, chrome background to shield
No colours on hub caps except in 1951 when hub caps were painted due to a nickel shortage.
Narrow coach line on body, see http://seriesmm.mmoc.org.uk Car Ident - Paint/Trim Colour Schemes
Red background to M Motif on handle.
Red bull, blue waves, blue background to MORRIS letters, chrome background to shield
No colours on hub caps except in 1951 when hub caps were painted due to a nickel shortage.
Narrow coach line on body, see http://seriesmm.mmoc.org.uk Car Ident - Paint/Trim Colour Schemes
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Hello from the continent,
I've choosen a special enamel colour from revell. Now my bonnet bagde looks like the original one from the sixtees.
Kind regards,
Wolf-Dieter
I've choosen a special enamel colour from revell. Now my bonnet bagde looks like the original one from the sixtees.
Kind regards,
Wolf-Dieter
Re: Morris bonnet badges.
It`s an Ox and the waves are supposed to mean a ford,as in Oxford
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Or IS it a cow, as in Cowley ?
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
it's a chicken thing ,it's the eggs
they get leyed
they get leyed
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Comes from Anglo Saxon Cufan Leah (later Cowley) meaning clearing (leah) in the wood (cufan)
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
This must have happened when British Leyland was formed, as they laid quite a few funny eggs.lambrettalad wrote:it's a chicken thing ,it's the eggs
they get leyed
Some early cars I believe had a plain Bull insignia on the bonnet, indeed I swapped my own plain S.II one for a coloured badge.
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Laid around doing 3 day weeks when they wern't on strikeJOWETTJAVELIN wrote:This must have happened when British Leyland was formed, as they laid quite a few funny eggs.lambrettalad wrote:it's a chicken thing ,it's the eggs
they get leyed
Some early cars I believe had a plain Bull insignia on the bonnet, indeed I swapped my own plain S.II one for a coloured badge.
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Re: Morris bonnet badges.
Perhaps the wavy lines are ley lines