Ian Cairns my minor and me
Ian Cairns my minor and me
In August 2007 I made up my mind to go after a mk5 Cortina, so after talking about it for over 15 years (giving away my age) I had a look on Autotrader. I went and seen one on a Friday and loved it and bought it on Tuesday. I loved cleaning and polishing it.
In about April I started to notice Morris Minors more and more. In August 08 my uncle and I went to the Millisle show and could not believe how many lovely minors there were. It was then I knew I must have one. It was so easy to talk to owners about their minors I then started to talk about buying one. I went home told the wife (well asked the wife) about buying one, she said that if I wanted one I would have to sell my loved Cortina!!!
So the next best thing to have one was join the Northern Ireland Morris Minor Owners Club in September. I found a lot of easy going and helpful people all willing to advice when needed, so I went to look at a few minors but they were not really what I was after. I had my heart set on a 1968 red 4 door. However in February 2009 I was told about a 1970 2 door in Maroon so I went to Ballymoney to see Jimmy Tweed who had restored it. It was in his shed, I just looked at it and knew that was for me. I loved it but was uncertain about selling my Cortina that meant a lot to me. Over three months I went see the car about 5 times then on my birthday, 23 April I came from work, came to the driveway to my minor parked with red bow on it!!! I was gob smacked!!! In June I put the Minor through the MOT and it passed (of course). I have now sold the Cortina and love my minor and do as many of the runs as possible. I polish and wax it much as I can now. All three cars at home, my minor, Wife's beetle and my uncle’s mk2 Cortina are out to graze now as I try to get the minor the way it looked like 1970.
