Took this shot when I went to see a 1960 Morris Mini Minor here in Columbus. Alas, the car itself was too large a project for my megre skills, but the badge, I think you'll agree, has a HELL of a lot of character:



NOTE: I have a a 1600X1200 wallpaper of this image HERE for you guys. Feel free to use it on your PC as wallpaper if you like (right click the image -> set as Desktop background) but credit me otherwise if you end up using it elsewhere, mmmkay?

 

Man that badge sure has some patina to it. Nice shot Matt.

 

That's a cool picture.

 

Thanks for saying so... I'm planning on enlarging it to about 11X14 or maybe a bit larger then matting and framing it. Places like Zazzle will also do poster-size enlargements but I don't know what the quality is - I might give it a shot.

It will go well with this image I think, in a sort of "old and new" series...

 

Here is a badge I shot at the National Mini Cooper Day on June 11th. The Cooper S owners swear the animal in the center is not a bull. They claim it's a cow and it represents the village of Cowley where the Morris was. Now it's the BMW factory.
BTW - Great image of the fallen leaves and your baby.

Cheers,

 

nice pics! btw, those are rare mini minor & S emblems. reminds me of my mini 850 that I sold a few years ago.

 

I owned a 1959 Morris Minor Convertible. Please find me another one cheap.

 

Great pics! I want one for my wall....

 

We just recently purchased our 2nd Morris Minor Traveller - had it shipped from the UK. Haven't had time to post any pictures yet. It's a 67 with some upgrades as it is now my daily driver.

If you look around on web sites over there, I'm SURE you can find one at a good price

Donna

 

Cool picture!!

Donna

 

That's interesting about the cow/bull story, I always thought it was a bull because of the posture, very proud and aggressive, but not as flashy as the Lamborghini bull, but I looked it up and got this,
"The Morris badge shows an ox crossing a river — a reference to the company's home town, Oxford"
Which makes sense when I look at the wavy blue lines underneath the critter, Manuel

 

We had a mess-o' classics at our MINI-Q last month. I didn't think to shoot close-ups of the emblems. I'll have to do that next time.

Zip

 

Doh! Manuel B beat me to the correct answer. It is an ox fording a river...
My badge looks a bit better than the one in the first post, but it's not yet on my car. I can't find an appropriate clip to fasten it on from behind, so right now the American Express card magnet is serving as my bonnet badge..

 

This image is now available as a graphic for anyone that wants it at Zazzle:

http://www.zazzle.com/products/produ...24913097994763

Multuiple sizes and even matting and framing options are available.

Or check out my other Mini shirts and other fun stuff at:

http://www.zazzle.com/imagox

 

Did you try Minispares? They seem to have almost everything....

http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?pid=35540

 

Cows do not have an outline like that. Check out any bullfighting site and you'll see the "real" similarity. That Cooper S smugness is "udderly" insane.

 

Thanks for the "bull"etin...

 

Boooooo...

I mean,

"Mooooooooo!"

 

B-moooozing, huh?