Morris Minor Owners Club

Bob - "The petrol explosion happens , in an instant , with no time to react whatsoever...." Too true.......a mate blew himself up not too long ago with a petrol can near a bonfire and spent two weeks in hospital. To compound his bad luck, once he was on fire, he rolled across the ground to try and ...

Surely the missing bits can be fabricated? Parts for Austins of the same era are much harder to find so owners just make them ...or in my case, get someone else to make them!

Telescope to the blind eye? It worked for Nelson.

As Rob says, spend a fiver on new stuff

I've got a 61 saloon and a 67 trav. The later heating and ventilation system is much superior, but less aesthetically pleasing to my eye.

Bet she had a numb bum when she got there! I loaned my Traveller to a FT journalist at the last election, he took it all over and returned it serviced and MOT'd. About 3k miles in 2 months, and only broke down once... Got lots of interesting photos of the car with certain politicians of all varietie...

It's a shame that all the 'jobsworth' stuff makes you a bit cynical about it all.

Way above my head this, chaps... just happy that mine look ok and drive well

Good plan! Make it look as you would like it. Unless you are into concours stuff it's a taste thing.

I suppose,like everything else, it's worth what someone will pay for it

I think the idea is that glass mixed in might cut the bin man whereas if he knows it is in a separate container then they know to handle it more carefully. A bit like the "sharps box" used to collect used needles in a Hospital. I get all that, but just did what the nice council lady told us what to...

We are enthusiastic recyclers,it just seems the right thing to do. Leaving aside the peculiarities of local recycling anomalies, we have a system whereby everything like metal,plastic and card goes in the bin( which is black,oddly...the green bin is for landfill). Glass however has to be put in a se...

Seems there's a chap in Bolton sells briquette makers for poo. Grazing animals only,according to my informant.

Not airtight/watertight enough! Try a beetle, they float for quite a while...

It'll be the bl**dy post office! We're always getting other people's post.
We then deliver it, but I suppose not everyone does...

As far as I know,all quarterlights are the same. Apart from the very early ones that may need a bit of tweaking to make them fit.

I always use 3 parts sharp sand to one of cement, but if the base isn't good and stable it doesn't matter what you use...it will crack anyway! Old fashioned lime mortar has more flexibility, but it's expensive and tricky and still needs a good base. I use a slightly dry mix, point it in, after an ho...

Got chatting to someone from the local stables a while ago. They burn dried horse poo in a rocket stove there. Seems it doesn't smell at all.
She's trying to convince her husband to use it on their log burner....good luck on that one

I bet most on here have had a go at making these... using annoying little compressors that make your hands hurt and break after a couple of times. The compressor, not (usually) your hands! One of the great things about being retired is available time, and being a curious person I decided to investig...

I'm guessing that ampwhu is referring to the bureaucracy involved with such a massive and,arguably, monolithic organisation.