Morris Minor Owners Club

If you cut out the rear quarter floor and the end of the centre crossmember, you should be able to replace the rear quarter floor and then weld a new crossmember end onto it. There should be no gap between the front and the rear quarter floor panels. Once you've cut all the old rusty sill sections a...

And here is a copy of the page taken from the BMC parts book of the period showing all the components of that design of glovebox lid. The stay is shown as Item no. 25 Support - lid). An extraordinary number of components go into making that lid. No surprise that BMC simply deleted them during the ne...

The attached photos are the clearest I could find of the glovebox lid in question and showing the correct catch and stay which was standard on that model. As Jaekl says, you need the correct catch, or something similar, to fit this type of lid to a different model.

It does to me Numbers below sourced from several sources on the web. Production of the Minor 1000 1956 - 1972 (inclusive) produced 847,491 cars. That is around 56,499 cars per year over 15 years (possibly 16 years but will calculate on 15 years) for the purpose of this exercise. So production from ...

243959 left hand glove box lids :o - that number seems very high to me for such a short production run. BMC claimed production of 100,000 Minors per year for the first few years of Minor 1000 production, so 243,000 doesn't seem unrealistic does it in almost 3 years? It is hardly a short production ...

It is nothing to do with the de-luxe specification. The glovebox lid pictured along with the chromed surround and the stay allowing to it sit horizontally is the bog standard glovebox lid fitted to all Minor 1000 cars from about February 1959 (saloon chassis number 695736) until around November 1961...

No cut-out to fit a cup was standard but a 1959-1961 Minor WOULD have had a passenger side glovebox lid which opened to form a suitable shelf. Strangely deleted on later models.

Why on earth would a driver "Need" a disc brake conversion? Well done with your choice of car. Drum brakes on a 1968 Morris Minor 1000 should be more than adequate. As above, just ensure they are working properly :wink: I have never felt the need to fit disc brakes to any of mine. Nothing ...

Powertrack Ltd. In Windsor are also worth a try. They specialise in obsolete clutch and brake parts from 1930 onwards and are very helpful.
Google them or try (01753 842680.

I'm not sure whether there are any now. I do know somebody who looked into buying a garage business and renting it out, fully equipped, by the hour. He found 2 main potential problems. One was arranging suitable insurance. The other was that if somebody's repairs "overan" in terms of time ...

Any car will deteriorate over time and old cars like these generally deteriorate faster than modern cars which are rather better protected during manufacture. Having said that, my own convertible has lived outside all year round for many years and been used daily for much of that time. The hood has ...

Originally they would have been spot welded. Replacement chassis legs would generally be plug welded: Drilling out the original spot welds and then drilling holes in the replacement parts prior to filling the holes with weld in order to secure them. You can re-use the original tie panels above the c...

Unfortunately not. It is well used and with the old type screw to terminal fitting. Mine was the same. I cut off the old fitting with a hacksaw then cut the insulation from the end of the cable, slid the new clamp type battery fitting on and tightened the screws. Job done. Only works if the cable i...

Can you not just replace the battery connection on the end of you existing cable? These are widely available (I got one in our local car accessory shop), cheap and easy to fit

I must admit that in all my years of Morris Minor ownership I have experienced very little water ingress around the doors and door windows and - particularly on the Series 11 - most of the leaks involved the dreaded windscreen rubber :-( I'm sure it is worth a try with the door parts and it'll do no...

panky wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:41 pm Heater blanking plates maybe or the round one could be a rotor-dip hole blanking plate

They are indeed blanking plates for the early and later heater air intakes - for use on cars which were not fitted with a heater

The arrow to show the location doesn't help very much does it!

Gary, don't keep us guessing! What is your next chariot to be
Many of us on here own or have owned other interesting cars, so don't be shy Good luck with it whatever it is!

Door bracket.JPG 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: Feel free to keep looking, just find AKD...

If you mean the kick panel which sits beneath the doors and covers the sill, they have no structural value and the weld could be smartened up by careful use of a body filler, rubbed down and primed prior to painting. However, as brand new ones cost less than £15.00 each and are simply screwed on, I'...

You have the wrong gauge fitted if your car is a 1966 model. A gold face gauge will not work correctly in conjunction with a 1966 tank unit. In the above picture, tank unit "A" is correct for a gold faced gauge (up to October 1964). Tank unit "B" is correct for the black faced ga...