My aged neurons are coming up with the suggestion that while the
official one millionth car probably made it into the corporate
museum there were some number of other vehicles made at around
the same time which were offered for sale to the public.
A quick Google search comes up with some evidence to support this;
there was a special run of 350 commemorative vehicles, called the
Minor Million. At least one (registration 1MLL) was still running
in 2001, and took part in the (London) Lord Mayor's parade.
The official name for the colour of that car is "lilac", which
wasn't a colour normally available on the Minor.
Here's a link to one for sale (for 2950 pounds).
http://www.theminorsite.co.uk/ads_item.php?id=256
>From the photograph that appears to be lilac as well; perhaps they
all were. If you know what you're looking for you can see the
"1000000" lettering on the boot.
You can also buy a diecast model from Minichamps for rather less:
http://www.grandprixlegends.com/DieCastSite/D_RoadCars_I_Morris(DieCast)/PGC137001%28GPL%5FBaseCatalog%29/DieCast.htm
that confirms the number of units as 350, and the hypothesis that all
of them were painted lilac.
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 10:57:28AM +1000, John Coyle wrote:
> Thanks John - I always wondered whether it was truly the 1,000,000th!
>
> John Coyle
> Brisbane, Australia
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> > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 09:39:26AM +1000, John Coyle wrote:
> >> When I lived in Wimbledon (South London for those who don't know it) in
> >> the
> >> 1960's, there was a pink Morris Minor lived in a nearby street that had a
> >> badge reading "Minor 1000000" instead of the usual "Minor 1000" on the
> >> boot
> >> lid. Don't know whether it was the genuine 1,000,000th Minor or not, but
> >> it's made a good story!
> >
> > I don't know if that was the car that ended up in your neighbourhood,
> > but the 1,000,000th Minor off the production line certainly did have
> > "1,000,000" in those chrome letters rather than the customary "1,000".
> >
> > I believe this was only the second car model to achieve 1,000,000 units.
> > The first, of course, was the (original) VW Beetle.
> >
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