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| Changes year by year | Engine numbers | Body numbers | Paint Codes | ||
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For the first few months of production the gearlever had a curved 'goose-neck' shaped top which follows the contour of the front bench seat. This changed during May with car number YMGS1 6284 to the later style straight lever with a 45 degree rearward bend half way up from the floor. | ||
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Also, the instrument cluster has a grey background with elegant pastel green numbers and dark orange needles. It contains two green arrow shaped warning lamps for the indicators, and a blue lamp above the odometer labelled 'main beam'. | |||
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The indicator switch has a chrome shaft with a black plastic tip. Note: The labels beneath the instruments for the switches were unique to Australian models.
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Note: This style was carried over to the Morris 1300/1500 which replaced the 1100 in 1969. The rubber floor loses the Morris emblem on the hump forward of the gear lever. |
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The door trim style is altered too. The upper half, which has been an embossed basket weave pattern, is changed to the same plain material as the lower half. | ||
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 The chrome
hubcaps with "M" centres are replaced by the stainless steel variety with
plain centres. These also carried through to the Morris 1300/1500. Often
it is assumed that the plain hubcaps were not introduced until the
1300/1500 in June 1969 but this is not so. However, the slotted wheel rims are a 1300/1500 item.
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| It is important to bear in mind that seats, door trims, hubcaps, instrument clusters and most of the above mentioned distinguishing features are, to a large extent, interchangable between cars of different years and should be used as a guide only. For example, the bootlid from a 1972 Morris 1500 will fit a 1964 Morris 1100 - even the badges can be interchanged, except for the 1500's additional "OHC" script. | |||
Early cars can be distinguished by several features unique to the first
year of production. 
With car number YMGS1 20077 the instrument cluster
was given a black background with simplified white numerals and
fluorescent red needles. A new "oil filter"
warning lamp and relocated "main beam" warning lamp replace
the indicator warning lamp arrows made redundant by the new green warning lamp built into the tip of indicator switch stalk. Meanwhile, under the bonnet, a mechanical fuel pump replaces the electric one that lived next to the petrol tank.
At some stage
the rear vision mirror changed from the earlier, vibration-prone plastic
type with black suction cap to the smaller, metal type which was carried
over to the 1300/1500 series and early Mini Clubman.
The 1100 S is introduced in August, differentiated externally by an "S" badge on the boot lid and 1,275cc engine under the bonnet.
Upholstery style changed. The knee-roll disappears and the strips continue over and down the front of the seat cushion. Similarly on the
backrest, the strips continue right up to the top edge. 
Chrome strip down the centre of the bonnet is discontinued.