Morris Minor Owners Club

new hood all fitted now, and thanks for all your input. i may yet invest in a hood bag, probably leave it until next spring now, although wayne at charles ware showed me a terrific way of foliding and tucking away, so it looks pretty neat without the bag. much better than the slapdash way i used to ...

having a new hood fitted at charles ware tomorrow. just over a grand for the job, new frame and hood. and it was covered by the insurance so just the £100 excess. one question: would it be worth having a hood bag to go with it, or is is just an un-necessary addition to what it already a fairly fiddl...

it was converted professionally about 15 years ago, and the hood was replaced by charles ware about 6 years ago, so should be no issues there. meantime, i have been told by footman james insurer (Ageas) that the claim is valid, and i am starting that process now and reply when the issue is either re...

i was driving home from a shopping trip today with the hood up (it was raining) in my converted saloon when the hood suddenly blew backwards with enough force to buckle the frame. Which means i am no longer able to connect the hood to the two front pins, and the hood is partly ripped in a couple of ...

good idea. where did you get it? i was thinking of getting some hazard warning lights fitted at charles ware, costs around £90 i think.

I'm finally able to take the car out again on a winter's night without worrying that the pump might pack up, but only after fitting a new one. I was put in touch with a fellow moggie owner not too far from me, who spent an hour or so working on it, but he eventually pronounced that the points and di...

thanks for all the input. i'm away from home now until the new year, but will implement the advice upon return and report back.

when you went to Go Compare what insurance company did they come up with? And was there any issue with agreed value?

we've all (or nearly all) had experience of this. there you are purring along, then all of a sudden you're not purring along. You pull the bonnet catch, get out, hit the fuel pump with a spanner, it goes tick-tick-tick-tick-tick, and off you go again. but there's always that worry one day it won't w...

i think the club ought to clarify what they mean by the word "exclusive" in their advertised "scheme" with FJ.
and what kind of scheme?

i have two minors, one converted saloon and one saloon, both insured with footman james, and this year's premium (including agreed values and basic breakdown cover) came to £240. the policy is due for renewal in december, and i asked for a quote removing "drive to work" (don't work any mor...

should have thought of that. makes sense really.

dark forces are at work. is the MMOC website moderator related to the late mary whitehouse? and applying the kind of censorship employed by the chinese? i never wrote i'll try the poorboys. i already have one of their products. bird MY FAVOURITE CAR IS A DATSUN CHERRY remover. works quite well. what...

i'll try the poorboys. i already have one of their products. bird MY FAVOURITE CAR IS A DATSUN CHERRY remover. works quite well.
so thanks for the tip(s).

second that. stunning looking van.
thanks for the advice re the G3, it turns out i have some in an old box full of moggie paraphernalia. but when you advise something less aggressive, do you have a particular product in mind. if so, could you let me know which one?

Cor. if that's how they come up after a rub down with G3, I'm off to buy some today.
you could have a shave in the reflection.
by the way. what have you used for the wheels? they look great too.

i think you can get a T cut and wax polish all in one, which might do the trick. although if it is the black rubber seal causoing the streaks, maybe there's something that will waterproof these and stop it running.

i have a snowberry white saloon, restored by charles ware, which is in very good condition apart from unslightly black streak marks on the white paintwork. ordinary washing does not remove these, and it needs a wax polish to get rid of them, although still needs vigorous rubbing. it looks to me as t...

issue solved, i think. i was going to try all the suggestions one by one, and started with the possibility of loose battery connections. but this didn't improve anything. then i gave the unit a thorough degrease and clean, and hey presto. starts now first pull every time. so thanks a lot for all the...

thanks for all the input, and i'll try out the suggestions and see what happens. it fired up ok this morning (albeit again after a couple of initial failures) by which i mean nothing happened when i pulled the knob (total silence) rather than the starter motor working but the engine not starting. th...