Morris Minor Owners Club

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Jay's Moggy has been given a good bill of health this week. It is now fitted with front discs, the horrible silver wheel are off and heading to be powder coated cream (yes, we know the should probably be black). The pitted bonnet and bubbly boot are being stripped and redone, the red pinstripe will ...

I'll have a look next time I'm at the garage it is in

In the meantime, as GSL526 is already a "fake" period number, we have decided to take Jay's plate off V778 and put it on the car, so it will now be 655JAY.

Pretty much sorted now. It was GRN703 registered in Preston in 1954. The engine was APHM/120993 and was swapped in the ‘90s for the current engine with the cc being misreported to the DVLA as 948 instead of 1098. There are no receipts or records to show it ever having had a 948 engine ( that I have ...

I've gone back to Gaydon and asked them to check their records as the engine number quoted id "impossible". I will await there reply with interest.

In the meantime the V888 has gone off to the DVLA (along with a few corrections to the V5C)

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Ok, now I am confused. According to the records at Gaydon The car was built in September 1954 with engine 9M-U-H/120993. As far as I am aware that makes it a 948cc engine. However, all the histories I have read say that in 1954 it should have been 803cc, the 948 coming in in 1956. Even the 9M-U-H se...

I was thinking of using this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-1800-MINOR-1000-WINDSCREEN-CHROME-INSERT-LOCKING-FILLER-STRIP-4M/111007015313?epid=24025911828&hash=item19d888a191:g:xXEAAOSwsGpb8~wy:rk:22:pf:0 . I will send a V888 to the DVLA and hope for the best. First though, I need to get a c...

Many thanks for all the information - obviously a lot more digging is required.

And please, ramble all you like, it's all interesting!

I will stamp a new VIN plate, it can't be any worse than the bodged one in it at present!

Chris

If possible I will replace the windscreen rubber (and chrome strip) as there is a lot of mastic in the joints. How does the GSL let you know it was reregistered? I realise the Gaydon document will tell me the original registration, if it was transferred off it must have been decent. It may be worth ...

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I recently picked up this MMII but can find almost nothing about it, the paperwork is minimal. It's number is FBA11/285740 registered 6/10/54. It is registered with a 948cc engine but the serial number would indicate a larger engine (10V189E1151812). The MOT history on the official website is non ex...