Morris Minor Owners Club

Many thanks - (that was indeed what other of my fellow branch members had guessed without being absolutely 100% ) - I will do coachlining in a 1940's grey/white then - have actually got Rays excellent book Original Morris Minor , however the photos clearly only seem to clearly illustrate the coachli...

May I ask a couple of details please to anyone who might be able to actually confirm as correct as I need to complete a couple of fine details on a practically finished, large size artwork project . Q. The first Platinum Grey Series MM Low Light (as launched at the London Motor Show 1948) in the onl...

Just thought his may be of interest ref the point made on the ethanol addition in certain petrol grades - Over the few recent years running, and also on behalf of my own local MMOC branch, I have volunteered to contact as many oil companies as possible, each time requesting information concerning la...

Shouldn't ANY responsible classic car club strongly recommend and also even lobby for any classic car excempt from an MOT 'at least' that each time in future before it is put up sale to have an MOT (or a future equivalent classic industry agreed safety check more specifically suited to a classic ca...

Shouldn't ANY responsible classic car club strongly recommend and also even lobby for any classic car excempt from an MOT 'at least' that each time in future before it is put up sale to have an MOT (or a future equivalent classic industry agreed safety check more specifically suited to a classic car...

They'll never get away with it. The power of Titchmarsh et al will prevail! It is good to think Mr Titchmarsh could do something actually useful and positive with this particular issue after obviously making his dosh from a great variety of 'celebrity' exploits. Good luck to him with this particula...

The future of the world famous RHS Gardens at Wisley and 500 specimen trees, including the giant Redwoods are all under threat from Highways England in proposal options to widen the A3. If you care for one of our unique historical sites that would take hundreds of years to even try to replicate ther...

Think you have answered it Firedrake (your reply post beat mine posted around at the same time) I understand the name Brexton was an amalgamation of the two company names Brooks and Sexton that continued on to make the famous picnic cases with their own name and for the famous department stores own ...

Yes, it does look like a bit 'siimilar' in shape to one of the range of 'light car trunk' made by J B Brooks Ltd (cycle and motorcycle saddle and saddlebags etc.) originally produced from around 1919 to fit usually on a fold down rear car luggage carrier. However the Brooks were made to a much highe...

MIMOSA PUDICA would appear to share similar conditions favoured by the Ginger Bush (sheltered,enclosed 'warm moist spaces) a perrenial herb of the Pea family. Commonly known as 'Sensitive Plant' or 'Touch Me Not Plant' - Pudica -from the latin Shy, Bashful or Shrinking. Mimosa Pudica is often grown...

Fitting polybushes (particularly replacing the old rubber eye bolt ones ) about 18months ago for me made the maddening sqauking and squeeking at the front end dissappear.

Nah, being surrounded by sea we can swim :wink: :lol: :lol: Yep, and we should also be able to more intelligently manage that same swimming area for the remaining fish surrounding 'our' island, instead of this daft present EU 'fishing quota' system involving chucking back tons of perfectly good but...

This is beginning to appear ominous - no one as yet has said we have anything 'very much special' so far at all to export, if this forum is in any shape or form to be indicative of the wider population at large ??, (and trying to slightly steer back to the original post question) Apparently the old ...

The famous Melton Mowbray Pork Pie
- we should be filling entire container ships for the whole world to experience the joy !

And another ..... Cornish Pasties Certified regional certification (appellation) original authentic recipe )! Full shipping container as standard international export unit

(Am I the only one - surely not -at the very least , Firedrake ?? ?????:lol: )

Mmmmm.....so is there actually anything that we feel can be regarded very much special as a 'British' item that we will be succesfully exporting in the future :cry: .......... Here's one for starters perhaps Seaside Lettered Rock... available with any worldwide language for any seaside resort (with ...

My first car an A30 was a joy to drive even as the predecessor to the A35 that had the larger engine and larger rear window. I remember you appear to have had the feeling be being surrounded by higher sides perhaps than the Minor but it was a cosy protective feeling. If only I could have moth balled...

It was not a question of being optimistic back then when Morris Minors and the majority of other UK makes of cars were being exported in large numbers - it was a question of necessity to get the country back on its feet after the 2nd world war. Back then exports had preference over the home market....

The Morris Minor was a Nuffield Exports Division Company resounding success as something typically special, then as a British produced well designed durable item of the post ww2 era, being exported to many other countries both assembled and to those selected countries in crated knocked down form in ...

1954 Austin A30 Sage green 4 door (tiny rear doors) The salesman had parked it tight against his showroom wall as that complete nearside was a dull finish as opposed to the rest of the car that was very shiny. I wondered why he ushered me into the driving seat so keenly! (It turned out the previous ...