Morris Minor Owners Club

Imo these vans would cost plenty to restore nicely, and if done by a company a few thousand. Unless someone did the job themselves and wanted to know exactly what/how its been done, its probably easier to buy one already up and running.

regaliaqueen wrote:You'd certainly be "seen" driving that car!

Only for 28 days though!

Can't remember! Haven't opened the bonnet for couple of years. Reliable motors these Minors.
Opps perhaps I shouldn't have said that!

You could reduce this 'risk' by putting a few drops of oil between the pipe and nut.

Dean wrote:Just press quote then delete the text you don't want before submitting.

Thanks but that doesn't work for me for some reason.

If I have occasion to quote a sentence or part of, from a post to raise a point, I find that the whole post is reproduced rather than the section I needed. Is this normal now?

Probably not before the rest of the car has had it though!

Sad isn't it. How have we survived this long!

Make THEM an offer Roy!

Although its not the original green, the idea of wanting a gold painted engine is original in itself!

This happened to me, engine just wouldn't start I stripped it down and renewed many bits including all the electrics, the recently painted engine looked a bit messy after this work so I repainted it again, this time with the correct shade of green. Lo and behold after putting it back it started firs...

Check the brass washer is sound, inbetween 2nd and 3rd gear (as shown in Roy's photo) and why is there a load of italics at the bottom of my posts instead of a picture?

You WERE fortunate, before throwing my replacements over the fence I measured the width, approx ---3/8'' wider than original!

Jonathon, I notice in the picture that the new piece fitted to the bottom of the B post actually appears to fit! Did you 1--(like me) use the bottom of another B post to achieve this or 2-- are the replacement sections getting better and used them or 3-- spent a week modifying said replacement panel...

The 5 to 8000 Greyhounds that go for scrap every year really are worth worrying about

You're not alone with that thought.
Nice Fiat btw

2020 i would like to think i will be still here driving my morris but years have a habit of doing things to the body the older one gets

Certainly be giving an lcv a miss then!

Ok, ok, I'm loosing it. It's wrecked, ruined only fit for scrap, that better?

Your year has started well Roy!

Is it just me or does 2010 seem a bit of a futuristic date?

It's the year we make contact!

Ahh - no - you asked about the 'rebore'! Oh ok, but the implication was there! Thanks for the link, but it's for a 1275 and I suspect they start at 20thou o/s. It's standard at the moment and have thought of removing the (slight) bore ridge, honing and fitting new rings, 3 rings plus a scraper---wo...