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When the cars were supplied new BMC provided owners with this little booklet of "Approved Accessories" to tempt you 8)[frame]Image[/frame]
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Inside it: A roofrack, small tool kit, foot pump and tyre pressure gauge, various extra lights........[frame]Image[/frame]
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.....a badge bar, switch panel, wheel discs, seat covers seat belts......[frame]Image[/frame]
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Even that anti-mist panel refered to earlier......[frame]Image[/frame]
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A few prices to tease you - from 1965 - if they can be read.[frame]Image[/frame]
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Accessories? Issigonis would spin!
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ManyMinors wrote:A few prices to tease you - from 1965 - if they can be read.[frame]Image[/frame]
Offt I want that book :lol: half of them I was planning on getting funnily enough :lol:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1968 Morris Minor - 2 door - Smoke Grey - De luxe - called Norma
-1970 Morris traveller - trafalgar blue - De luxe - called Ona
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moggiethouable wrote:Accessories? Issigonis would spin!
I'm sure he would knowing how many are still around ;) I'm sure he'd be a happy man with us lot after seeing the mini crew :lol:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1968 Morris Minor - 2 door - Smoke Grey - De luxe - called Norma
-1970 Morris traveller - trafalgar blue - De luxe - called Ona
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warweezil wrote:Wooden "T" gear knob? or how about hubcap spinners?
There's me thinking you were joking about the hub cap spinners :lol: look what I found
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 05&alt=web

u don't supine anyone has a picture of them on car as I can't seem to find one :o
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-1970 Morris traveller - trafalgar blue - De luxe - called Ona
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Not really an accessory, but mine came with this one. I could not find anything about Philpott's on the internet, but they must have been there in May 1965 (assuming this the original glove compartment lid) :)[frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame]
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Found them![frame]Image[/frame]
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Fantastic! A real art-deco garage 8)
I wonder how long the company (and the building) survived there?
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Haha that is pretty awesome surely not UK though haha
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-1970 Morris traveller - trafalgar blue - De luxe - called Ona
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I agree it doesn't look much of an English scene but that IS Philpotts Garage in Ramsgate. It was built in 1936. The company are not listed as being a Morris or BMC dealer however and their main business was motorcycles and scooters it seems. Maybe the Morris was sold secondhand by them? Or maybe somebody just liked the badge?
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It's a very classy badge!
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ManyMinors wrote:I agree it doesn't look much of an English scene but that IS Philpotts Garage in Ramsgate. It was built in 1936. The company are not listed as being a Morris or BMC dealer however and their main business was motorcycles and scooters it seems. Maybe the Morris was sold secondhand by them? Or maybe somebody just liked the badge?
You are right, see link. But I like the Morris outside :)
http://www.ramsgatehistory.com/album/St ... wroom.html
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There is also something on their history forum
http://www.ramsgatehistory.com/forum/in ... topic=61.0
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I was thinking more of a plastic version of These that were popular in the 60's, I once owned a '64 A40 Farina that had a 2 "winged" version of these on the hubcaps
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Or these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-MODEL-A-MARIG ... 1327260601

Still looking for the small plastic vase with the plastic flowers :)
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