Morris Minor Owners Club

The heater fan should only take current through the ignition, so leaving the heater fan "on" when the car is parked up shouldn't matter. If your car is fitted with the round type heater and a heater control valve on the cylinder head, that is not am original combination. All cars with the round heat...

As stated in his first post, the owner is aware that 500x14 and later, 520-14 were fitted to the cars originally.

Or conversely, why they did not use standard saloon rims on the vans. They did. The standard van (originally 5cwt and later 6cwt) was supplied with the same rims as the standard car. From 1968 there was the option of an uprated 8cwt version of the van and pick-up and these were supplied with some u...

Clarendon Grey?

It seems a shame to waste them doesn't it. Most people would probably say that a 590 section tyre is too big for the standard Minor rim. As you say, the standard fit was a 500 or 520. However, the Wolseley 1500 and Riley 1.5 which used the same wheel rim was supplied new with 560 /14 tyres so there ...

The number stamped into the bulkhead IS the chassis number (now called the vin number) so that should be what you need. There is a prefix too which won't be stamped in that position. What is the year and exact model of the car? With this information it should be possible to tell you what the prefix ...

I for one cannot believe that "no-one has these in stock". There must be 20 or so Minor specialists who advertise in the club magazine alone. Have you honestly rung or emailed all of them? I have never needed anything for my Minor which I couldn't get hold of fairly easily. Ju Just keep trying would...

After all these years, very few Minors still have all their original features. Your car was probably originally supplied with flashing red brakelights as indicators which are not very visible in todays traffic. Also, as already said, the wings are almost bound to have been changed, so a previous own...

Armorall is not the answer, cracking appears between the treads. If you switch to 155 65 14 tyres there is a big choice. Is there a problem with fitting this size of tyre? Yes. They're the wrong size in terms of profile. this, in simplistic terms means that the sidewall won't be high enough - if th...

There isn't much choice of tyres - never mind "budget" tyres. I have run one of mine on Nankang tyres (155/80/14) for the 7 years since I bought it. I have replaced 2 of them due to wear but the other 2 were on it when bought and are still OK.

That'll be a "B"Series engine

That's a very tidy Marina. Quite a high spec as well. One of my colleagues had a "Marina Special" in that colour as a company car. Jade Green is it?

Originally ALL was painted green. The entire engine unit was sprayed AFTER assembly.
Well done on starting your restoration by the way!
Any pictures of the body before it goes away?

Yes. Have a go!! Do a bit of research, enroll on that course, carry out simple safety checks every time and get going!!

There is lots of help here and elsewhere when things get tough.

I have a similar model which I have owned for many years. It had no belts at all when purchased - and no mountings either. I decided that the best compromise for us was to fit standard static non-retractable three point mounted (lap and diagonal) belts in the front which are mounted more or less rep...

That all looks very workmanlike. Interesting that somebody has chosen to fit the later Minor 1000 jacking points at some time.
I'm not sure that the tab washers have been knocked over on your top swivel pins? Best to check

The AUA66 pump is the standard Morris Minor SU pump. You should be able to find a secondhand one in need of reconditioning for very little money.

The original BMC manufacturers code for Old English White is WT 3. This should mean something to a decent paint company. There are variations however, so it'll be up to whoever paints it to try and match the paint as well as he can. Most older cars have been re-sprayed by now so unless you know what...

Quite honestly, with old wiring in that state and with safety as well as long-term reliability in mind, I would order a complete new wiring loom for the car custom built to suit an alternator(and any other accessories you have as well) - and buy a new fusebox while you're at it. Re-wiring a Minor is...

Our hose arrangement is exactly the same as the link above. When did the 'push/pull' heater temperature valve come in? ~1962? Is this the same point when the return from the heater was re-routed from the bottom of the radiator into the top of the bottom hose? I reckon the heater push/pull valve cam...