a dash up a side street through a residential area in order to avoid traffic gridlock proved beneficial for almost ten seconds...then had to pull over and consider this little sweetheart of a vehicle, one of many 'oldies' that seem to pop up like mushrooms on local streets during summer weather

a bit of online nosing about revealed that this Morris Minor 1000, produced 1956-1971, with 948cc engine and 37hp, was always meant to be a safe and comfortable economy car...with a reported top speed of 73 mph (117 km/h), and a 0-60 record of 29.3 seconds, it was not exactly a drag race favourite, still reliable transport in the end