Morris Minor's major attraction

WHAT a van-tastic sight. Hundreds of car lovers turned out to pay homage to the Morris Minor van on the 60th anniversary of the tiny workhorse of British industry.

Saved from the scrapheap Colourful Moggie at the Heritage Motor Centre picture Mark Kehoe Saved from the scrapheap: Colourful Moggie at the Heritage Motor Centre picture: Mark Kehoe

Known affectionately as Moggies, they were once a common sight in our towns and cities with the Post Office running a fleet of 50,000 while others were used as ice cream vans, milk floats, TV licensing vans and even caravanettes.

More than 327,000 varieties rolled out of factories in Cowley in Oxford and Adderley Park in Birmingham from 1953 until production ceased in 1971.

In a two-day event that ends today hundreds of proud owners of the motoring icon are converging on the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire, to gather as many of the vans in one place as they can.

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The event is organised by the Minor LCV Register which is dedicated to preserving the reliable and characterful vehicles.

Vrooming marvellous!

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