Morris Minor Owners Club

XVU followed by digits was issued from May 1959, however digits preceding XVU is a recent DVLA issue. Go to the DVLA vehicle check website and type in a few similar registrations - you'll see what I mean! Many current DVLA re-issue numbers seem to use 'X' as one of the letters - presumably as these ...

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Andy

Tell them that you have information on the early history of the car. That might swing it.

Good luck.

Andy

Contact DVLA - according to a poster on another thread they will forward info for £5.

Worth a try

Andy

Spotted this one on forum http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=65289

and same car here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-Minor- ... SwLnBX6YFz

Quite a price difference!!

Apparently reserved by 'A of Dorset'.

Anyone on here??

Andy

chassis number should be stamped on bulkhead just to the right of bulge where bonnet pull rod comes through......unless it has been ground off.....

Andy

Indeed - an interesting car - I was VERY tempted!! . Unfortunately the vendor already had an offer of 4k by the time I arrived. Did I miss out on a good deal.....?? Who knows

Andy

Anyone know who bought this one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-MINOR-1949-ALTA-ENGINE-/152242015175?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=w8cdfL4g2xhN6mNzkJy8Fiq0EbQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc I went and had a look but decided 4K was a bit too much fo...

bmcecosse wrote:Why would you 'wave' at other old cars?? Mystifies me.... Is there a speed trap ahead

Why do people wave at steam train drivers?? Mystifies me

Have been doing a good few miles around West Sussex and Hampshire this weekend in the Morris - lots of classic cars about- probably coming from and going to the Goodwood Revival. I always wave to other cars I pass but why do owners of 'expensive' cars never wave back? Once you buy a posh car do you ...

There could be a number of reasons why the registration date is given as 1959 - import / export, log book error etc, however the chassis number will give a definite year. Nice Stewart and Ardern plate!
Andy

Item ended because 'there was an error in the listing'.......hmmmm
Still struggling to work out how you could spend £15,000 on parts.......

Andy

Just to clarify this is not my car

I wouldn't ever spend 15K on a Morris Minor, - in fact I don't think I have spent that much in over 30 years of minoring - spares, servicing and cars!!

Andy

Can anyone provide more info more about these supposedly rare cars fitted with a 1098 engine from new (whilst all others were fitted with 803's?). Never heard about this one before, and I've read most of the Morris books! Andy http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/morris-minor-1098-splitscreen-/172293015964?has...

Isn't the chassis number on later cars stamped in the drivers side floor?

Andy

If the number has been put on retention then yes, it would be all but impossible to trace the actual vehicle, but as I said, the DVLA database still shows it on a Morris Minor.
Only a call to National Numbers will solve the mystery

Andy

It would appear that numbers held on retention do not show up on vehicle searches; for example on the TFL site are listed as 'no vehicle details were found'

Andy