Morris Minor Owners Club

On the basis of Louise's post (and assuming they haven't all rusted away) I should have no trouble finding a late 50's traveller

i had seen that one. i'd prefer an original one tbh. i can't view any cars at the moment either, got an ankle in plaster from breaking it in two places

i'm sure one'll come up sooner or later.....

Mike, thanks for your response. this'll be my third (and hopefully fourth) minor i am looking to buy, so i am ok with looking them over. my first traveller (YYJ 439) was bought as an MoT failure off the unscrupulous step- Dad of a college friend, and that thing was shot, totally, from front to back,...

stupid, stupid question alert: do certain ages of minor come up for sale more often in specific sales locations (e.g. auctions or classics sites), or are the chances of finding a car of a specific age down to the following factors: 1) how long it's had to rust 2) how many there are left in other wor...

bmcecosse wrote:Never heard of crank/flywheel bolts shearing!

They do, and it ain't nice when it happens

bmcecosse wrote: And 'light weight pistons' ????

Like those made by Omega pistons? They've been around for donkey's years......

i agree with your sentiment, all bodging up cars makes is a quicker passage for them to the scrappers :cry: The things that are being done to Minors big engines suspension mods etc never include safety features paramount in my mind if a member has a young family ! i think that's a matter of opinion....

Older cars require more mechanical sympathy and less in the way of gadgets. Consequentially they have buckets more feel. I drove my over- engined traveller on marina discs for a good few years with no issues. The brakes were more than up to it and it probably helped me out to have no servo. Suck it ...

Perhaps I ought to have mentioned that my 1275 was (I discovered after the flywheel bolts sheared) a 1340cc engine with a fast road cam, lightweight pistons, double valve springs etc etc. The fast road cam was obvious from the way it drove, obviously the capacity increase needed the head to be taken...

Yup, I could do one in an hour and half by the time I replaced my second type 9 'box

I was very aware that it was a slightly weaker box and didn't hammer it in 1st. it's not first that goes, it's second. and it wasn't just the size of my boot, the guy who used to fix up my car warned me when i uprated the engine that the 1098 gearbox was only rated to around 50 horses, so i ought t...

If you're retaining the 1098 gearbox you may want to be aware that it will last between 18 minutes and half an hour with the sprite engine in there.

Been there, got the tshirt.

i think it's an almost impossible question to answer, especially when you take into consideration the quality of some aspects of the MM/S2/ thou'. crumple zone implications aside, what manufacturer today would invest so much in the way of steel in a new car? or a hybrid chassis/ monocoque as the Min...

Very kind of your local paper to give a local company (you) a full colour double page spread for free! How much would the advertising have cost?!

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I may be missing something here, but was the supposition that a "near perfect" morris minor could be had for less than £1000?

Fingolfin wrote:Also, don't Pintos have an odd tendency to explode or something? I seem to recall they were unsafe for some reason.

only when rear ended because of the location of the fuel tank, so that engine in that car ought to be ok ;)

Dr Schnauzerton wrote:I've got a big bit of thick celotex which I will put behind where the rear seat back should be.

best sit on that to keep your bum warm, it'll do very little to help with the noise.

try some rockwool batts of a similar thickness if you want to take that route for lessening the noise

i think that was kind of my point. as long as one person is in the public eye then it helps everyone else along. i'm sure everyone on here is liberal with their choice of service provider, but it could be argued that there would be a lower profile for morrie thous overall if he were not in business.

Charles Ware's bits and bobs featured. No matter what your opinion of his wares (no pun intended) they're still excellent value for money

Here's to reading another article along the same lines in another 15 years!

No chance of that barn burning down

divide 800kg between .454, that'll give you the poundage