Morris Minor Owners Club

A very neat alternative.

It is the same piping - but a shorter length is required for the front. Front wing piping was only fitted on Series MM and early Series 11 cars. Not Minor 1000s. The factory started simply using a caulking sealant for the front wing seam instead. No reason why you can't use a length of wing piping i...

I happily accepted the offer too. Once we are allowed out and about I will feel more comfortable meeting with others. I cannot imagine why anybody would turn it down. I felt no side effects at all. Good job done

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I think that is the speedo cable actually, but that earth wire would normally be attached to one of the pump mounting screws of course. Because the pump is missing there is nowhere for the earths to attach. Of course it cannot earth anything in its current position - but it doesn't need to. It would...

You can get a Heritage certificate from the Gaydon museum which will tell you the original engine number but, as Phil has already pointed out, no Morris Minor left the production line with a mechanical fuel pump. Your car has been modified at some time in the past - as the original wiring clearly sh...

Firstly you'll need to find out exactly where the water is getting in. If it is around the rubber seals, then replacing the rubber seals is probably the best place to start. I found that running a bead of sealant between the roof and the roof gutter (from underneath) also helped in this area. No sea...

The saloon ones are longer but the painted valance is the same size on both saloon and van, so a saloon chrome blade can be fitted. You'd just have to drill 2 further holes in the valance and fit chromed bumper bolts to secure the new blade. Simple.

The club needs to bite the bullet and invest in a better platform. They need to be forward thinking and not just implement a short term fix. It’s been talked about for years. I couldn't agree more. Members deserve better from a club of this stature. Those involved in the day to day running of the f...

Restoration work on old cars, old houses and everything else almost always spirals once the dismantling begins :cry: It is just a fact of life that a job becomes bigger the more you delve into it. These cars can be very good at hiding rust and it isn't unusual to find much more work than you expecte...

The economy will only be better with electronics if the car wasn't set up and running properly before. If the car is in good condition and fitted with good quality points and condenser etc. it will run just as well and be just as economical as with electronic ignition. If you have had condensers fai...

I think the manufacturers chose to fit the rubber to the bootlid during the late 1950s. What the reason was I don't know. Some owners prefer the earlier method of having a rubber fitted to the body lip instead. My own car is a 1950s car and has this arrangement. The only disadvantage I can think of ...

You seem to have already answered your own question. If you want to keep it original and your mechanic is of the same opinion, why change it? If there is nothing wrong with what you have then all will be fine and the car should continue to run well as it probably has for more than 50 years :) Your c...

At the rear of the rear wing where they also go through the rear bumper mounting.

Howmanyleft is highly inaccurate. There are almost certainly more than that. I know of several just among my few fellow members - and there are Austin Pick-ups too

Or simply stop anyone from listing large numbers of high priced items (especially when they have no history of doing so) by the activity being flagged up and somebody actually looking at the listing

It certainly isn't original. There were very limited colours. The closest to red being Maroon.
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I find the starting handle very useful for checking the contacts - and the valve clearances too. Sometimes even for starting the engine

Removing the sender shouldn't involve much work. You don't have to remove anything else from the car. There is sufficient space above the tank once the spare wheel is removed. I would suspect that the sender unit is at fault. It is possible that bending the arm might rectify the problem. It is proba...

It still looks a VERY good shell though doesn't it