Morris Minor Owners Club

Good for you Frank trying to save this car ,someone in the future will thank you and someone now thanks you.

One more note for the survey,the handbrake lever on my unrestored car is all nickel plated or chrome,and just the small activating lever is black,I do not see any indications of gold paint.

I am still wondering about the shift knob I posted that came on my very original California car,it is not very likely that someone had access to any other type of early Morris vehicles over here it varies as far as I can tell with raised lettering and coin like serrations on the outside it has the c...

I am not sure what that knob fits,my car originally had the flathead motor ,but it was replaced a very long time ago maybe even in the 50's when the first 948 engines came out.the rest of the car is completely original .

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Thank you for posting the photos ,I know the shape and size of the knob I have is like the larger oval one but I cannot remember if the writing on the top is raised or not ,I need to get to my shop and check it .The mm knob you show looks new .

Mike could I get you to post a photo or two to show the correct early flathead engine knob as opposed to the 803 knob I am still fuzzy as to which knob it is ,I have followed the earlier posts but still am confused ,thank you.I have a really nice original knob but I do not really know which one it i...

The starter switch is the correct style but the newer version with the white nylon end ,the first versions were metal end with black rubber insulating cushions.Also there was a black plywood base under the battery to help insulate the metal shelf from damage.Nice condition steering wheel by the way.

The few small items I note ,are the coil ,starter switch ,but no fuel pumP,no air cleaner ,battery terminals .

Thank you for your reply ,what I wanted to do is make a manifold gasket that looks like the original gasket and fits better ,but you can not trim the new gaskets to fit ,the port sizes are too big and there is not enough material left in the right places to do this .

Thank you for your reply,the first exhaust manifold gasket that I bought supposedly made for the 1098 the holes for the ports were much too large and was cut square on the out side edges ,the originals which are very hard to find are much nicer in terms of cut and fit ,the outer edges are shaped,I a...

Thank you Mike ,reposted in the tech section.

I was wondering if the 803 exhaust manifold gasket will fit on a later 1098 head and stock exhaust manifold?

I would like to buy an original nos 803 head gasket set for my later 1098 engine does anyone know if the exhaust manifold gasket will fit my later 1098 head?

I have been trying to determine what the original headlamp looks like for my US export 52 car.I know that my 63 midget came with lucas sealed beams but the Morris is much earlier,I have a set of Original mg td Lucas 700 bulb units but they only have one register on the back of the reflector instead ...

Thank you every one for replying,I was really wondering about this question my car is pretty original and has stainless frames ,I did some research and could not find conclusive evidence.

I have not been able to find out much about door window frames being made of mild steel (painted) or stainless steel and was there a difference between home and export models?

Thank you Louise,this is the approx time I was able to guess at I tried to find out the build date on specific cars around my chassis no .but this info seems to be elusive .i just found the correct coil for my car with a July 52 mark ,now I can look for the right regulator.

I have been trying to pin point a month or closer date for when my car was made ,my chassis no.is 1543..and is registered as a 52 .according to production records numbers my car is empire green.?

My 52 empire green does have some of the original green carpet and the original heel pad,if I were to redo my interior I would do it in the original green ,black is a little blah.