Morris Minor Owners Club

A good number of classic cars have been exported in recent years. If the paperwork is correctly completed, the registration number no longer shows on a DVLA search

You are a good 10 years out of date - even if you COULD find a retired tradesman working on his driveway (?) for next to nothing. If you use a good quality product like Nexa Autocolour, the paints and materials alone to carry out a full respray would cost the £700.00 you mention. I have recently res...

Those little metal plates at either end of the crash bar are indeed spacers. Their purpose is not obvious but there is a reason for them and they were supplied with the optional heater kit. The sides of the Minor 1000 are not quite upright and taper slightly so that the car is a little wider towards...

The red wire is the live 12volt supply so that needs to go to the (probably brass) contact which connects to the bottom of the bulb. The black is the earth so that needs to connect with the side of the bulb - the body of the lamp. Always a good idea to make a not or take a photograph before you dism...

You have outlined the rear brake banjo ESM part number RBK 119 (the brass part which the bleed nipple screws into) and the banjo connector ESM part number RBK 120 which the brake pipe screws into. Don't forget you'll also need the copper washers to seal the joints.
Good luck with your project!

What do you hope to gain from doing it? I've always felt that having bolt-on panels is an advantage as it means repairs are so much more simple. The filler used to fill the gap along the front wing joint is simply a caulking sealant which doesn't fully harden and can be painted over. You could try s...

Itstheegg wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:56 am if I had drums all round I could replace all four drums and all shoes for less than £100 delivered.

You could, but the quality would be very poor

Although I am generally discouraging owners to "upgrade" their cars and feel that my own Minor 1000 is perfectly adequate with its drum brakes, I can see no downside to having discs fitted. I'm surprised by your comment that the discs are expensive to maintain as I don't see why that shoul...

I agree that a car with that chassis number would have been built in late 1953. The specification you have also dates it to that period, so there seems little doubt. I would contact BMIHT as it seems that they have made an error. Not the first time

The OP says he is looking "for a solution" but doesn't say to what..... I know that all of us drive modern cars which have dual circuit braking systems but have we ever actually needed them? I haven't. I have driven a Morris Minor for more than 50 years fitted with standard drum brakes and...

Because they've been watching too much American TV!

Oh dear! Well, now you know why you had no compression from the front 2 cylinders. That gasket is certainly blown away.... The head looks to have quite a crack in the same position too? That may not be worth trying to repair. Cylinder heads are not difficult to source though. Impossible to see how d...

That's what I would do IF I was concerned about it. In reality, although the later design seems to be a backward step in a way, it doesn't trouble me really. It is still a joy to work on such a simple and well designed car

What an interesting car! It should be a well worthwhile project
Good luck with it and keep posting

Agree with Stephen. Most likely the head gasket - and more usually between cylinders 3 and 4 because they are the least well cooled I guess but that is still the most likely in my opinion. Ivor Searle engines usually pretty good
Probably got to whip the head off. Not a big job though.

The 10V engine prefix indicates a Series 5 1098cc van with closed circuit breathing. I don't believe that the 10V prefix is anything specific to the van. I have a late Minor 1000 car with an original 10V engine prefix. The 10 denotes a 1098cc engine. The "V" was used to denote an inline e...

Bad luck. I don't think I've ever suffered from coolant loss from that area.

They are just an angled plastic spacer. They echo the chromed metal one on the outside. A quick ring around the Minor specialists should find you some if yours have gone missing. I've never found anything for a Minor 1000 very problematic to get hold of. The cars are well served by parts suppliers -...

Lots of things could change within the next four years but it is good to have a plan. A Minor 1000 is a very practical and useable car and quite economical too. The Traveller is very versatile and makes a useful car BUT you have to pay quite a lot more for a Traveller in the first place and then you...

Don't forget that 1953 seats and 1969 seats are completely different.
They bear no resemblance to each other in terms of appearance OR construction