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Morris Minor Convertibles were popular cars with a certain greater popularity with vintage car enthusiasts. It had tight steering and handling along with cute styling and was designed by the original designer of Morris Minor, Alec Issigonis. Convertibles have a flexible design-folding roof
for driving in open mode.

They used a material called British Everflex Vinyl for the convertible top. Today although replacement Everflex vinyl can be procured, it might have to be imported and custom made for use. The Hartz Corporation produces more affordable American substitutes like Cabrio and crush grain vinyl. Cabrio Vinyl is pigskin-grained vinyl mainly used in VW Cabriolets, Miatus and Mercury capris.

Pinpoint Vinyl can also be used for a Morris Minor convertible as they offer varied hues like blue, maroon and shades of tan. Even today all the tops are made with a single plastic rear window very much like the original. Tops are available in canvas for the 1957-1969 Morris Minor 1000.
It was produced with roughly these specifications in Britain.

It had an engine size of 1489 ccm (90.86 cubic inches) with fuel type as gasoline with the drive of rear wheels. It was an Inline 4 cylinder engine located front with manual 4-speed transmission. Its displacement was that of 1489 ccm (90.86 cubic inches) with a maximum power of 50.00 PS (49 HP) at 4200 revolutions per min. The maximum Torque was 106.00 Nm (10.8 kgf-m) at 2400 Rev. per min. It had 2 valves per cylinder in a carburetor fuel system.

The Morris Minor Van versions were popular with the British Post Office. These had front wings made of rubber, in order to put up with the often unforgiving hectic situations in which they were expected to work. The Minor series II and Minor 1000 versions had the 2 door van variant. They were manufactured at Oxford and Birmingham in England.

We know some people drive old cars for fun and bear the obvious difficulties of the old machinery as being part of the game. It’s said apart from the owners of the very early old Minors, the slow old side-valve Morris Minor’s, most people with Morris 1000s specially do not consider their cars as being mobile museum pieces.

They consider them to be best suited for the 1980s. This sets the Morris Minor apart from other old cars manufactured in the ‘forties; thanks to the ability of Sir Alec Issigonis. The Morris Minor has very few of the drawbacks of cars belonging to this period. Morris Minor unlike most of its contemporaries had light steering and still-pleasant road manners.