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20th May 2010
A rare Morris Minor Pickup is set to be a star attraction at the new Lakeland Motor Museum.
Photograph shows the museum managing director, Edwin Maher and the 1953 Morris Minor Pickup on its arrival at the Lakeland Motor Museum.
Exciting exhibits are arriving daily, with the latest being a fully restored 1953 Morris Minor pickup truck believed to be the oldest surviving example in the UK. It will go on display next to a 1973 Austin Allegro, a 1978 Ford Granada and the penultimate Portuguese produced Mini Moke.
Managing director Edwin Maher explained:
“The diverse collection of over 30,000 motoring related items is being displayed afresh and now we have the extra space to introduce strands of motoring history not previously represented we can move forward to realize our long and determined ambition to create a World Class assembly of the finest examples, to be preserved for posterity.”
“I am looking forward to many exciting times including the arrival of a 1990 wide bodied, street legal, 6.3 litre Aston Martin Virage, certainly a treat for petrol heads.”
The new museum is to include the Dolly Blue Heritage Centre which will trace the industrial heritage of the Backbarrow Blue Mill which closed in the early 1980’s.
Edwin Maher concluded:
“The Lakeland Motor Museum’s dedicated team is very excited and we will offer something for everyone within our displays together with Café Ambio, a superb facility with spectacular riverside views, excellent cuisine and the best of customer service.”
The Lakeland Motor Museum and Café Ambio open on the 27th May.