Morris Minor Owners Club

Exactly Taupe, the car HAS to be roadworthy by law, which means it has to be capable of passing an MOT. So if you are not an MOT tester you really need to get the car tested. If the Road vehicle license computerised system allows pre 1960's cars to be taxed with no MOT when they have not had an MOT ...

To be exempt from MOT a pre 1960 car would have had to have had a valid MOT in November 2012 when the law came in. If the car had no MOT at that time ti would have to pass one MOT and would then become MOT exempt. You can't just pull any old wreck from a barn and drive it! Plus the car has to be ca...

To be exempt from MOT a pre 1960 car would have had to have had a valid MOT in November 2012 when the law came in. If the car had no MOT at that time ti would have to pass one MOT and would then become MOT exempt. You can't just pull any old wreck from a barn and drive it! Plus the car has to be cap...

The rack is supposed to have EP90 oil in it. If you do not have an oil gun which works with the nipple, then simply unbolt the nipple and give the rack 20 squirts of EP90.

Has anyone got an idiots guide to checking old regulators? Ive have about 8, all screw in terminal of them and would like to check them in some way before trying to fit onto the car? David, I will give you the advice given to me by a classic car auto electrician friend of mine. Don't fiddle with th...

and YES! a Minor will be much easier and cheaper to maintain than a modern car.

I don't think RH will cover you if you are under 25! But yes they are a brilliant insurance company. As for the OP's question, provided you are OK with the "Rat" look, then yes, it is possible to pick up a project Minor for £500 and get it MOT'd for £500, BUT... You will need to buy the ri...

Make sure the bottom threads on the Kingpin are in good condition. If they look very worn, i.e. "sharp" you may be better off replacing the Kingpin along with the trunnions. Or the joint could still fail! Or if OK, just tighten the bottom trunnion fully by hand and as said above by Phil, t...

Easiest to renew online at the DVLA website.

Traveller makes a great band car. I have been using mine on and off for gigs for the last 18 years, must be worth as much as Thon Yorke's car then ( ).

You may have a vacuum leak, perhaps a perished breather hose that goes into the inlet manifold or even a perished manifold gasket. If your car has the "mushroom" emmissions device then the rubber diaphragm can perish over time and let air in where it is not wanted. The diaphragms are avail...

Wheels are the wrong colour, should be silver.

To remove underseal, heat gun and scraper, or if the underseal is loose, just a scraper.

Oil/ muck grease, rags and paraffin.

If the drum is heating up that may suggest a binding brake due to a partly siezed wheel cylinder. The cure is new cylinders. You are much better off with genuine lockheed cylinders as I've seen problems with the pattern parts. As said above needs to be sorted for safety reasons, other than that, use...

Sometimes a Minor can be quite tricky to bleed, especially if you have unnecessary pipe work for a servo etc. You will just have to bleed again starting from rear left, then rear right, front left, front right etc. and repeat till you get a good pedal. Often using an easy bleed system can help, espe...

Ask at your local branch, They will probably direct you to someone knowledgable at Morris Minors who may charge £20 or £25 per hour and do a much better job than a "body shop". Body shops generally only deal with accident repairs these days. You need a restorer and preferably a Minor speci...

No! please don't use grease on the steering rack. Please beware of bad advise on this forum. grease won't reach everywhere in the rack such as the rack ball joints, EP90 will and EP90 certainly does not run away and hide it sticks around and lubricates! Easy enough to unbolt the nipple and add EP 90...

The B post is the part of the body immediately to the rear of the door. forms a "post" at the front end of the rear quarter panel. A convertible will have a strengthening piece here, approximately wedge shaped going from about 12" above the inner sill down to the inner sill step. Spot...

Just seen a bit of "For the Love of Cars" in which they state with great authority that in 1965 the Mini became the first British car to sell one million. :roll: Same here! Also don't believe anything in any of the "reality" TV restoration shows. "Wheeler Dealers" for ...

Yes that is a huge bodge as it looks like your old RP 135L has overlapped the floor pan and inner sill step by about 2". It should really butt weld to the floor and plug weld to the inner sill step. Minimum overlaps means less places for rust to develop. I would cut the whole panel out and fit ...