Here's the boot - ah, it's gorgeous! Round and rumplike and this color! Maroon not as in marooned on some isle but as in deep glossy red-purple like a plum or nearly ripe blackberry.

This is a car that needs to be driven, to be gawked at, to be kept in a garage and tinkered with (not that anything's amiss, but this is what little British cars adore - attention after dinner and a Sunday jaunt around the lake.)

I just found my stash of Morris Minor books, pamphlets and the parts and info catalog (which you can download) from the Morris Minor Centre. I also found the original FAX communicatios between Charles Ware and me while HAM was being sought then worked on there in Bath.

Make me an offer!

Who can resist this tomato red interior and the giant steering wheel the size of a truck's?!

HAM has been a terrific fun little car, and I have made friends wherever I've driven it - often hearing stories from people who grew up in British colonies and learned to drive in a Morris Minor like mine.

The Morris Minor came from Morris Garages, who also made the sporty MG's. Morris Minor, the British answer to the folks' wagon, discontinued production in 1971. The car came as Travelor (woody station wagon), 2- and 4- door saloon, convertible, and lorry (truck). Mine is a 4-door saloon, built in England and shipped (by The Morris Minor Centre on the Bath-Bristol Road) to me in Seattle in March, 1995.

Most Morris Minors now in the US were imported to Canada as new cars in the 50's and 60's. One advantage of the 1967 is that it is the newest model that does not have to undergo modifications to meet emission standards. Mine however was converted to run on unleaded fuel, and I don't believe it is much of a polluter anyway, given its 4 cylinders, even though it has the larger 1098 cm engine. The petrol tank holds just over 8 gallons of fuel. I think four people could easily lift it fully fueled.

The body curves endlessly please me, no flat planes for this car!

This photo taken just before putting the cover back on to protect that shine and a week after driving over Snoqualmie Pass back to Seattle from Chelan, where HAM has lived in dry air for two years.

These seams - the gray between fender and body - are true Morris Minor style, meant to be exposed.

And that's its original British license plate. Make me an offer!

Here's the driver's side interior - note! it is left hand drive! Morris Minor Centre in Bath, England converted my car so it's safer to drive here in the U.S. Note! Simplicity of the dashboard: virtually all information contained within the speedometer circle. Note! toggle switch for wipers! Any car with toggle switches on the dash is a thumbs up as far as I'm concerned.