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Morris Centenary 1913-2013

Morris-Austin Day at Brooklands 2013

Sunday March 10th

As the picture above shows there was a good range of pre-war Morris cars lined up in front of the Clubhouse by the time that the museum opened at 10:00.  They continued to turn up during the day and were clearly not put off by the cold wind which even briefly brought a flurry of snow.  There were about equal numbers of pre-war Austins so let's hope that this continues next year.
The event was so well attended that all of the pre-war cars couldn't be accommodated in the Paddock so it was just as well that some space had been allocated outside it.

To mark the significant milestone in Morris history arrangements had been made for the cavalcade to do a couple of laps around the Mercedes Benz World high speed demonstration track.  Unfortunately the large number of cars in the parade meant that one driver was heard to comment that it was more like the M25 on a bad day although the cars did manage to circulate continuously even when the lead car caught the tail one.  Despite this it was a privilege to drive on part of the old Campbell Circuit on the way to the newer version.

The cavalcade ended with the cars arranged on the banking for the traditional picture followed by runs up Test Hill.

A pair of 1934 non sports Morrises in front of the Shell pagoda. . On the left is a Cowley Four saloon with the very original Ten Four tourer on the right. Surprisingly the tourer was the cheapest model in the Ten range which is why it doesn't have bumpers which like wheels on a BMW were optional extras.