Morris Minor Owners Club

[quote="amgrave"]Very nice. I like the ford crossflow engine, simple and easy to work on and very reliable. I had one in an escort mk1 estate and when on the motorway ran it at 80 mph and it never complained. It's top speed was 92. I rebuilt it once a few years after I got it and ran it fo...

Engine is from a 1968 to 1975 Ford... its a 1297cc Kent Crossflow engine, very reliable and easy to work on, plus its an engine I know. Apparently a Ford fan would really want this engine, its had a engine and box rebuild including new engine crankshaft and unleaded head conversion etc... its got th...

Would suit a darts player ! (See last half of reg number)

Someone said the wheels remind them of "Herbie"

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Please post up more pictures. Looking forward to seeing some. Steve OK, no probs. I would like to know more about it, I am sure people will spot lots of different things on it that a non Minor expert would not notice... Please don't cringe too much....[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1465...

To be fair, there are a few 'sniffy' members out there, and it's a shame, as it does put people off. As others have said though, the main thing is that you've found a car that you enjoy, so enjoy it! It soesn't really matter what it started out as or became, as long as it works for you. And it soun...

In the days I was testing I could do the cars I know well very quickly but with older cars now and then people used to try and cover things up for instance covering rot holes within 30cm of a seatbelt mounting point with card covered in filler or layer upon layer of underseal all over brake pipes so...

That makes me feel better thanks for that, we were starting to think we had done something wrong almost... I will get some original wheels for it for when we take it to local shows so people don't slate it for having Weller wheels on it from the 70's but I love the wheels on it, lovely proper enamel...

Thanks for all the replies. If the weather is good on the days of the meets we are going to take it to our local minor meets, We met some really nice people from the club at Wollaton Park car show in Notts on Sunday morning then just as we were talking to them and I was looking at a black Morris Min...

Don't take any notice of them, as far as I am concerned a car is a car. If you want to keep it as original as possible then that is up to you however no one can expect a car of that age to be perfect. And then there are the changes for safeties sake. I have been upset by a few reactions to my posts...

That info I got for our car from this site in the history section so I am just taking it from there. I don't know the club yet but just as a bit of feedback I have heard from other Morris Minor owners that the club is and I quote "Sniffy" and the last owner found it intimidating because th...

According to the original log book it actually came off the production line at Cowley on the 1st of January 1953. The log book is fascinating would anyone be interested if I scan it in,? if so do I need to hide the Reg number? it has loads of stamps in it and address changes and owner changes The lo...

Hi, From what I have learned so far its a Series II as it has the headlights outside/above and not in the grille unlike the 1949-'52 "lowlight" MM so it would have had the 803cc OHV engine... they changed from the cheesegrater grille to the slat grille in 54 so I would guess the one we hav...

Thanks for all your advice, we have purchased one today and it is now sat in our garage, We bought have a 1953 split screen in our preferred white colour with the cheese grater type front grille. There are a few things non original on it but we like it, takes a bit of getting used to the clutch and ...

Thanks everso..., learning al the time, Have been offered another car which looks perfect so we will let you know what we end up with.. Sue wasn't well today so we cant drive 200 miles to see the one we meant to look at as per past posts and we decided after advice on here that it might be hard to r...

I was a service advisor and MOT tester for a few firms including AA Garages and a Rover dealer for some years and it used to be really scary when you see a fifty year old car on your job pile in the morning, they take a lot longer to MOT than a modern vehicle so you can never do it in the time allot...

Hi yes I am too keen to get one asap I think before the summer goes, even if its just one to get me into it so I can learn more and then buy my perfect car when I know a lot more, it takes me a lot of time to decide what I want but when I do decide on something then I go all out to get it... its one...

I just went to get an insurance quote in case I buy it and it comes up as a "2 Door Coupe" , does this mean its not an original convertible as the owner says or is that normal ? Wondering if the owner knows if its original even especially after what you said he seems confident its an origi...

Going to have a look so I have printed off the "Buying a Morris Minor" article from this site to take with us After hearing the advice given I will have a good look underneath, I used to be a MOT tester so I know what underseal can cover up so I wont be 100% sure no matter what but will ta...

Hi Its an original one they say ("T" on chassis), would it be worth 6k if I could get it for that ?

Even if it might need some underbody work ?

I presume the engine steady bar wouldn't be a big job ?