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Morris Minor: still big in Sri Lanka A Sri Lankan factory is doing a roaring trade hand-building parts to keep classic Morris Minors on the road Bodywork expert Chandrasiri repairs a rear door while a Minor Traveller awaits the finishing touches to its ground-up restoration Photos: PAUL JEFFRIES. I can’t speak Sinhala and my attempts to pronounce the Sri Lankan place names only met with puzzled expressions. But everyone knew exactly where I wanted to go when I mentioned the ‘Morris Minor Garage’. Just a few miles from the historic town of Galle, in the south of the island, where well-heeled tourists sip lattes in up-market cafés, the company is hand-making repair panels to help keep one of Britain’s best-loved classic cars on the road. ...