Morris Minor Owners Club

Yes, you need an inner and outer bearing and a seal per front wheel. I would strongly recommend you go with the SKF brand because they have been tried and tested by people on this forum. Don't just get ones that are the right size because they are not likely to be the 40° face adjusted variety, whic...

BigGinger's link on the Do You Know? thread is now out of date. It's now at https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ Can mods change it please?

BUMP! - after five years! I will be starting on its restoration again soon.

Today will be the last day you can get a tax disc as they will be abolished tomorrow (1st October). BUT, if displaying tax discs is no longer a legal requirement does this mean we can display a 50s/60s tax disc without getting into trouble? If so, I shall be displaying one that expired in 1963 when ...

Don't know if you checked the DVLA site, but just in case you didn't: The vehicle details for SFL 58G are: Date of Liability 29 10 1984 Date of First Registration 02 05 1969 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1098cc CO₂ Emissions Not Available Fuel Type PETROL Export Marker N V...

Thanks Katy. Well I can't imagine a situation where my Morris wheels will be spinning at more than 17,000RPM so I'll go for the much cheaper ones!

I'm about to replace my front bearings, but am a little confused as to the suggestions for SKF 40° face adjusted bearings; The following have been suggested on this thread, and as far as I can see there is no difference except in price - a BIG difference! 7205BEP - Inner 7303BEP - Outer and 7205BECB...

i've also had a problem obtaining a good set of front wheel bearings. I bought some from Bull Motif and they had lots of 'play', so six months later I bought some from ESM, but they had the same problem. When I phoned them they said it was normal for Minors to have some movement in the bearings. I p...

Looks like it's been exported abroad! The vehicle details for CHX 206A are: Date of Liability 01 09 2008 Date of First Registration 19 07 1963 Year of Manufacture 1963 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1098cc CO₂ Emissions Not Available Fuel Type PETROL Export Marker Y Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour ...

Those fog lamps are a bit distinctive - perhaps you should have covered those up as well!

A lot of classic cars are also being stolen for use in "Vintage" banger racing. They strip the car of its parts and sell them, then paint the shell and race it. This happened to someone who writes for Practical Classics a few years ago.

It must be stolen. Nobody abandons cars these days, least of all a classic, when scrap value is so high. The only other answer is if the owner was taken seriously ill (or worse) whilst shopping in the supermarket.

Looks in quite good shape. There's been much worse than that restored to showroom condition - see the Restorations thread!

LUR759H wrote:Maurice that is exactly my point!

Just so you know my wife is blond that is the reason for choosing a blond...

Alan

But is she 19 ?!!!

How would it be if we started a "Blond spotted 19y/o today". Alan That is totally different and you know it! You are NOT your car, and vice versa. If we were posting pictures of people without their knowledge then I would agree with you, but we're not, and as far as I can remember in the ...

I too can't see what the problem is. Should we not look at other people's cars in case we invade their privacy? It's not like we give an exact address of where the car was spotted, and in some cases the car will be seen by hundreds of passers-by every day. Perhaps those deeply concerned with privacy...

DVLA has the colour registered as pink, but as far as its original colour goes is anyone's guess.

Alan - eh?! 80-odd pages of people posting pictures of other people's Minors and you complain about the ones I posted!!! Anyway, it IS actually chained to the ground.

I spotted this poor old thing used to catch the eye of potential customers in a village called Stowlangtoft in Suffolk yesterday. last on the road in 1999 according to DVLA.[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1409164621_2847 [/frame][frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1409164678_2847 [...

Spotted on Monday 18th August at about 12pm. I was on top of Mam Tor near Castleton and heard the familiar A-series sound on those steep inclines.[frame][/frame]

According to DVLA it's still out there, alive and...well...taxed! The vehicle details for CSE 994D are: Date of Liability 01 07 2015 Date of First Registration 19 04 1966 Year of Manufacture 1966 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1098cc CO₂ Emissions Not Available Fuel Type PETROL Export Marker N Vehicle Statu...