Morris Minor Owners Club

Apologies, much later than I had planned. A photos of either side of the bulkhead. Hopefully of some help.

Does anyone know when Morris first produced the original sales brochure for the MM - as below ? IMG_0071.JPG I have a May 1949 dated copy which is the correct age for my car. I have now been able to acquire another copy dated August 1948 - see below. Obviously this was pre Motor Show launch, so woul...

Yes, it's at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon, Warwickshire. Can't remember the exact date of the top of my head though !

I have a tourer that is a rolling shell in primer. If I get a chance, I'll photo the firewall in the daylight and post up some photos. Will try to do the same with my 49 saloon although can't vouch that it will be 100% original.

I've spent ages looking for these in the Parts Manuals for both Cars and LCVs and despite it being a separate part which is bolted in, I can't see it anywhere in either publication, not in Doors or even on the off-chance, Windows..... :roll: I'm glad it wasn't just me then. I spent hours poring ove...

As manyminors says, they are readily available so perhaps worth buying replacements. If you want to keep these, buy semi structural seam sealer for use in a skeleton gun https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/p/d/b40066975/and lay down a nice wide bead to cover the welds up. It can be overpainted later. You ...

Tom Roy lists new glove boxes for all ages of Minors but you would need to contact them to check availability. http://www.tomroy.co.uk/content/spares Not cheap either but there's not much chance of finding good second hand ones these days.

As a guess, early cars would be supplied direct from Cowley. From the early fifties, cars were assembled at two factories in India, Madras and Calcutta (as was), so cars were probably supplied from there. I suppose it would have taken a freighter a good while to reach there but then, the early Austr...

If you aren't already a member, contact the Scotland North East branch and see if anyone can recommend anybody in the north who could do that repair. I'm afraid I don't know of anyone in the north who would do it. There used to be a Morris specialist in Brechin many years ago but he's long gone.

Newton commercial only list one green carpet which chimes with what I thought. https://newtoncomm.co.uk/pages/morris-minor-swatches

Various new carpet sets also available on eBay.

I don't know anything about the car but there's a convertible currently for sale on eBay with 2.0 zetec conversion. May be worth asking for more details and photos?

Good to see the 70th anniversary being celebrated. Shame the weather wasn't kinder but a good turnout all the same

As a guess, you could try something like this https://uk.humbrol.com/products/no-14-french-blue-gloss-tinlet-no-2-50-ml-aq0014 and this https://uk.humbrol.com/products/no-19-bright-red-gloss-tinlet-no-2-50-ml-aq0019 There is a colour chart available too https://uk.humbrol.com/products/humbrol-enamel...

As far as I am aware, the baffle plate should stop water entering the inside but also reduce wind noise.

It does when I click on that link. Similarly with the cars for sale link too.

Are you looking to contact club spares ? Bryan's details are here on the forum.

It's a very old book but still a good one. I think practical classics did this car in the mid to late eighties when the car can't have been much more than 20 years old at the time. Interestingly, it's still on the road somewhere, taxed and mot'd until early 2024. If i remember rightly, they then res...

Definitely not a Morris/BMC colour. I have seen a Morrises in that colour but definitely not original. Zooming in on the picture shows it could have been brush painted or spray can painted in the not too distant past. Were Marina's and Maxi's not available in similar colour ?

Perhaps we should re-run the poll with the full range of colours available from 48 to 71, maybe add in interior styles Andy colours to really complicate things. I can't really believe the trafalgar blue is the best colour. Probably the most common colour but possibly not the best ?

About as excitable as things got in immediate post war Britain. You can just imagine this line coming from Mr Cholmondley-Warner.

https://harryenfield.fandom.com/wiki/Mi ... ley-Warner

At a small local show a few weeks ago, I bought (for a very small amount) a 1951 Morris Motors brochure/flyer that I hadn't seen before. It's about 11" x 17", the sort of size you would expect as a newspaper insert. It shows the Oxford and Six saloon, but most of the pages are dedicated to...