> > and the hypothesis that all of them were painted lilac. That's just sick, (and I don't mean in a good way).
John Francis wrote: > 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 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:25 AM >> Subject: Re: PESO: Made in England >> >> >> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
