Topic: Solved - NEH 1782: Morris Traveller Special with 5555cc V8 engine - 1952

[Manuel]

Is someone having us on here??
A 50s Morris with a V8 from new???

Come on fellas!!

Manuel in Oz

[woodinsight]

This is a bit odd. Now that the number plate is visible, I checked at DVLA, and this car is registered as a Miller, not a Morris. It's shown on one web page as "special estate wagon 1952", but the official date of registration is given as 30 January 1954.

Equally odd is that it is listed as being unlicensed since January 2000. If it is still on its wheels, then (if the DVLA information is accurate) it seems that it is being kept illegally. For those who may not be familiar with UK car licensing law, if a car is not currently licensed to be on the road (which also requires that it is insured, and has a current vehicle test certificate), then the registered keeper must make what is called a SORN (Statutory Off-Road Notification) every year, when the licence would be due. This would be shown on the DVLA website.

This car, because of its age, is exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty, but to be used on the road, it must still be tested and insured, and must display a current tax disc (which in this case would be free of charge).

But then the DVLA database is not 100% accurate..... 

Just a thought....
The only UK-based Miller I know of is the small sports car built by Jimmy Ball for the Miller Brothers in the 1940s.
I wonder if this special "Miller/Morris" is connected to them?

[Carnut]

Is someone having us on here??
A 50s Morris with a V8 from new???

Come on fellas!!

Manuel in Oz

I don't think anyone has actually suggested that!
Seems highly unlikely, although V8s were not entirely unknown in the UK in the post-war years (Ford V8 Pilot for instance..)
I would imagine it's a much later conversion.