Morris Minor Owners Club

Many thanks to you both for the info. Will pass on your comments to my friend. Thankyou.

Hi all, a good friend of mine has a morris minor which he bought about a year ago. Really lovely condition, well looked after, 1098cc engine with a sierra 5 speed gearbox. When he bought it , there was very little play on the pedal before the bite on the clutch. He has had it adjusted by his mechani...

Hi all, I am trying to find out the colour code for the gold paint that is used on the Lowlight and series 2 glove box lids. East sussex minors sell the paint in aerosol but its in acrylic but they don't have the paint colour code for it - they have been extremely helpful , but do not know the colou...

Good evening, many thanks for confirming they are 2BA, much appreciated.

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Hi all, I bought this dash from a guy on ebay who was stripping a rusty series 2 minor for parts. I have bought it to do it up and have it as banging wall art in the garage Can anyone tell me please what the thread is for the holes that hold the passenger glovebox lid to the dash and I am assuming t...

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Hi all, I have a friend who owns a GPO ladder which be is looking to sell but would like some guidance on price. The ladder belonged to his dad and his dad worked for GPO/ BT and he bought the ladder off GPO/BT when they de-commissioned the Morris Minor vans, this particular ladder was fitted to a M...

Many thanks for the info simmitc, much appreciated.

Hi all, Does anyone know or have pictures of all the styles of glove box lids that were manufactured during the morris minor production lifetime. Ideally if someone has a picture plus the dates/ years that that particular glove box style was in production, that would be fantastic, I ask as I was hop...

And last one - description of listing.

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Just seen this on the “ recently sold items on eBay” - sold for £60 - bargain!! Looks reconditioned given the cleanliness of it and it appears to have an upgraded switch section from a midget gearbox?? (Or similar gearbox?) allowing you to fit a reversing light to the car?

No I guess your right, copies can be made to look very realsitic.

Hi ManyMinors, yes agree, the first one which is on ebay currently - the RR’s in Morris don't look particularly professional, where as the RR’s in the bottom picture of the one that sold look far more correctly done. Still would like to know more where this sign would have been used? I agree about t...

Many thanks for both your comments, I certainly had never seen this sign before hence the post, having never seen one before and then seeing one sold then another appeared in ebay, a bit like busses!
This is the Franco markings on the one that sold.

Hi all, have seen this sign on ebay which I was wondering - is this a genuine sign used by BMC or British Leyland / showrooms / parts suppliers or is it a fictitious sign, one sold on ebay the other day, it was identical but not in such good condition. They are aluminium.The one that sold the other ...

Ok many thanks for the info, much appreciated.
Will let you know how I get on.
Many thanks