Morris Minor Owners Club

See from 2m 34s in this clip:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGsqkuBV9iY The full story was shown recently on the first episode of 'Bangers and Cash' on Yesterday TV and is worth checking out.

Or shoe a horse?

You might care to try something like this:- https://www.carbibles.com/best-chrome-spray-paint/. Don't know if it's any good though as I've never used it myself.

Have to say that this experience closely resembles my own 'failure to proceed' experience of a year ago (documented elsewhere on the forum) where a breakdown man spent a great deal of time and effort doing what you describe above, eventually got the car running and followed me home, where it cut out...

ManyMinors wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 03, 2019 7:33 am

You are probably aware of the motoring connection to "Old Specked Hen" are you Phil?

Driving bans and licence points?

myoldjalopy wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:07 am

I'm with 'ManyMinors' on this one............and would recommend the OP saves his money for the inevitable repair jobs which will crop up sooner or later!

Including front-end damage perhaps?

It's probably reasonable to assume that most (virtually all?) Morris Minor drivers these days also drive more recent vehicles, all of which have servos fitted. As a consequence, our reactions are programmed to expect an immediate and reassuring effect at the first light pressure on the brake pedal, ...

Indeed - I tried two 'official' tyre paints that proved to be a waste of money and then had a brainwave and bought in from eBay a good quantity of 'Tippex' typewriting correction fluid that was much better and did work tolerably well but, like the others, succumbed in due course.

SteveClem wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:45 pm

My old mini, back in the seventies was prone to blowing fuses. They all got gradually replaced by bits of silver paper out of fag packets...

Until the whole lot eventually went up in flames?

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Now that I like ( a bit similar to my own place in the pecking order) - I assume that, if you had a 2CV instead, you'd be 'Cato'.

Tried that (on an Ariel Leader) - the paint just cracks and falls off.

You could try having a word with http://www.chertseyminors.co.uk/index.htm

Dissociation

Standard Minor drums.

Tenuous

I only did a rather cursory visual check of the bushes so it could be a possibility I suppose but, if that were the case, wouldn't there be repetitive clonking as I drive along - especially over rough road surfaces?

Thanks for the tip Paul - it had occurred to me that it might be brakes sticking on but, as I say, it definitely appears to come from front nearside so it seems rather unlikely; also, when I jacked it up to pull the wheel off, I did spin the wheel first and it turned easily.

Recently I have become aware of a rather disturbing new noise emitted by my moggie. As soon as I drive off after the car has been standing unused for a day or two there's a pretty loud 'clonk' from somewhere around the nearside front wheel but, after that, no further 'clonking'. A short while ago I ...

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