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The past days I have spent on Sri Lanka. At each step, I met the traces of the British Empire. On the construction of the first highway A1 between Colombo and Candy were used Steams Roller Aveling Porter MOY 11. By the way, the masterpiece of British engineers, who had to manage to build a 115 km long road in very hilly terrain with a plenty of valleys and rivers and a height difference of 500 meters. And all this in the 19th century thousands kilometers from their homeland and without computers and the internet.
Antonin

You can see old cars also, which longer can not meet on our streets in Europe, e.g. 46a Morris Minor.

or MG

Diecast wrote:You can also see old cars, which longer can not meet on our streets in Europe, e.g. 46a Morris Minor.

My eldest stepson's daily transport is a Morris Minor.

Idris wrote:

Diecast wrote:You can also see old cars, which longer can not meet on our streets in Europe, e.g. 46a Morris Minor.

My eldest stepson's daily transport is a Morris Minor.

According my photos there are two types of the Morris Minor. Were there more types on the market?
Antonin

I've made three trips into the mainland of Belize in Central America, another of the nations that once fell beneath the British umbrella. There too I saw the British footprints left behind through the vehicles that remained.
This road roller immediately reminded me of the 1A from the regular wheel range:



In the northern Corozal District of Belize, sugar cane is the primary crop. During my earlier trips I frequently saw old Bedford and Austin trucks in use to haul the cane from the fields to the processing plant. These reminded me of the cabs used with the Matchbox military line in the regular wheel range.

Diecast wrote:According my photos there are two types of the Morris Minor. Were there more types on the market?
Antonin

The design of the Morris Minor changed over time. Originally it was significantly narrower (and apparently Issigonis was not amused when he saw the widened vehicle - shades of the Matchbox Mini!).
The production models began with a split (i.e. two-part) windscreen and with the headlights just above bumper level. This was the Mk. 1. The Mk. II had the headlights raised to a normal height with the nacelles integrated into the tops of the wings. The Mk. III did away with the split windscreen, whilst the Mk. IV was more of a mechanical upgrade, although it can be recognised by changes to the front indicator and rear light clusters. For further information, try this Wiki article.

...and the Morris Minor lives on in Sri Lanka where they build replacement body panels by hand, virtually on the side of the road!

...and the first Morris Marinas were basically re-bodied Minors.

GHOSTHUNTER.

Antonin thank you for the beautiful photos.

Mike & Nico