Morris Minor Owners Club

Joining in the parade of cars is part of the Crich tramway village scene back to the days when cobled streets were the norm. Avoiding the tram tracks as Morris Minors did back in the fifties and joining in the fun rather than being static all day, so after ten laps what ever grease was in the trunni...

The captive nuts can and often spin round while you are removing the wing bolts while you are under the wing thinking this is undoing easy, a locking wrench on the nut while turning the bolt prevents it from turning in the housing

If isis's Flat four engine had gone into production and the Austin engine replaced it in 52 what would the last Proper Morris be? Or if Jowetts flat four engine produced from 1936 - 1953 instead of being left to motoring history Austin took over. The last Jowett would be 1953, and the last Proper Mo...

What would I have if I had to choose?
An Austin powered A-series MM or a silent running proper Morris MM sidevalve engine..no contest.

Congratulations Marilyn easy to use and I do like the entry form for Nostell

Just picked up this weeks Classic Car Buyer issue 116 . Special feature 25 things you didn't know about the Morris Minor. Superb write up of the British-designed classic car of all time. Loads of Minis and MG's but counted only six Minors in the cars for sale section. Which means only one thing....n...

Change the mot garage to one that is sympathetic with classic vehicles, Ive owned my car for twentyone years its due for mot soon always take it to the same garage. He uses the old style ramps just for classic cars and only does a visual inspection tapping the chassis legs and body with a small rubb...

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Have you got more pics Simon going to make sure I take some at Nostell.

I thought someone might find it usefull searching trackrods

Simon, When you have replaced the steering rack rubber gators leave the small jubilee clip / tie-wrap loose before you have it tracked. Otherwise the garage will turn the steering rack bar with the flats until the disired toe in is achieved which then twists the gator splitting it most likely the ca...

That's good we can swap sidevalve stories like needing three hands to adjust the tappets while bending over backwards

I will be their supporting the mm register, anyone else with an early mm?

I was one of the first cars in situated next to the toilets, met lots of friends shook hands ..but not when they were coming back though I was that busy had no time to take pictures .. Someone must have pictures!

Hi Rob, If you do have a picture and the engine number... would be most interesting. :) Did they just replace the block with one that had the casting when reconditioned aka BMC goldseal. I had a look in the MM service parts manual no oil filter optional kit listed, so how did they fit one if no cast...

Page 30 ofthe "Original Morris Minor" quote "An external oil filter was a late addition to the sidevalve engine, but, as in this case, it would generally be fitted to earlier versions. Indeed, reconditioned units were fitted with this type of filter retrospectively" From engine n...

Questions: When did the USHM2 engine have the extra casting to support an external oil filter. In the MM manual page A6 "later engines are fitted with an external filter" does this mean USHM2 or USHM3? MM lowlight tourer 1950 date of build 23rd - 27th February 1950 its the same engine!!! D...

The operation manual / drivers handbook AKD470J cream cover or grey cover fith edition has both versions of the water outlet elbow picture on page 6 has the smooth type further on under dynamo lubrication has the adapter version. Yet my 1st addition handbook shows only the smooth one, so perhaps the...

Mr Olsons 1950 mm will have a U.S.H.M.2 engine therefore no water pump on the block or external oil filter cartridge. The Smiths auxiliary heater pump draws hot water from the header tank centre pipe on the pump and out to the heater matrix then to the lower hose on the radiator. The hose in the pic...

Radiator in and road tested great improvement wish I had the rad recored along time ago