“It doesn’t matter where you park, someone will say, ‘Hello, my granny used to have one of those’,” Bill Davidson said.

“It’s always granny or great aunt or elderly mother,” Peter Lenne added.

“Or, ‘I learned to drive in one’, sometimes,” Mark Stocks said.

“They’re a people’s car,” Jan Gouma concluded.

These four members of Albury Wodonga Morris Minor Car Club will share their love of the classic British vehicle at this weekend’s Mighty Morrie Muster.

In its 30^th year, the muster will see about 35 Morris Minors and their owners from the Border and North East, Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo come together.

The vehicles will be on public show at Albury’s Hovell Tree Park between 1.30pm and 3.30pm Saturday, with a dinner that night for muster participants.

Club president Mr Lenne said Sunday would bring a run down to Corowa.

“That is, those cars that can function,” he smiled.

Built between 1948 and the early 1970s, the Morris Minor often became a family’s second car. 

As Mr Lenne explained it, “the nostalgia factor is very high”.

Mr Stocks said the appeal also related to their size and the costs of restoration.

“They’re so basic and relatively easy to work on,” he said.

Ms Gouma noted the camaraderie among drivers.

“You’re going down the highway, if someone stops, everyone stops,” she said.

“If someone’s in trouble, it doesn’t matter what club, there’s always someone that will know something about the car that can get it to work again.”

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