Morris Minor Owners Club

Yes Phil, I saw that too - gramophone cylinders next maybe?

You can keep one outside under a cover successfully but you have to be meticulous about it, check under the cover(s) at least weekly and strip it/them off to let the car 'breathe' if there's any sign of damp. Despite what they may claim in their adverts, no covers are waterproof, certainly not after...

If no takers:- https://www.hss.com/hire/p/500kg-engine-crane-folding

PoolGuy wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:38 am

...a Range Rover with a bug can’t infect another vehicle, no matter where it’s parked.

Maybe not but I once had a Vauxhall Victor with the rust bug that appeared to infect many other cars nearby!

It seems hard to imagine now that basic electric motors were so expensive that designers would go to such lengths to avoid using them. I saw a fascinating programme on telly a few years ago during which it was claimed that, in the early 1920's when the widespread usage of electrical power was just ...

The ashtrays in the pre-65 cars are of little use anyway, if you enjoy a smoke at the wheel and are right-handed. Speaking as a non-smoker and from personal observation when all cars were so equipped, I suspect that centrally-fitted ashtrays were for the convenience of left-handed drivers and/or ri...

Aww! You're leaving us all choked up!

all I need now for her is a name, any suggestions ?? Well, bearing in mind the steepness of the learning curve you've embarked on in deciding to actually use the car rather than just keeping it locked away in a garage, you could christen it 'Wonderland' which, you may feel, is particularly appropri...

Yeah , I found out about the synchromesh for 1st gear when I was going to slow for 1st gear and it crunched 😂, Once you get a bit more praticed at driving the car you might want to have a go at double de-clutching for a change down to first whilst moving. Rather unnerving (and probably still a bit ...

If at any time you are tempted/obliged to use the starting handle check out our chum Jowett Javelin's demonstration on how to do it first:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLiGqC_YsI

In many ways Coventry Climax and their engine designers, Harry Mundy and Walter Hassan, were THE high-performance engine producers for the British motor industry, without which none of our post-war racing successes would have been possible. The following list gives some idea of the extent of their i...

Better grab it while you can - it'll be £27950 next week!

The vendor is presumably hoping that the fool who was soon parted from his money has since managed to acquire a little more, otherwise it's rather difficult to guess what he sees as his target market.

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"The company wanted to be associated with the city of Milan, so they used the red cross typically associated with the Crusades in Milano. (Before the medical Red Cross, there was the Crusades red cross). The second half of the symbol depicts a man being eaten by a serpent. Interesting, right? To be ...

"In the classical Roman Empire, standard coinage was established to facilitate business transactions. 12 denarii were rated equal to 1 gold solidus – a 4th-century Roman coin that was rare but which still circulated; and, since 240 denarii were cut from one Roman libra of silver, 240 denarii therefo...

Based on an admitted lack of complete understanding of matters electrical, I've always used a battery charger for this sort of testing. Works for me but I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that from, say, Ohm's 11th Law of Electrical Interference, I'm committing some terrible faux pas.

Oh, Nottinghamshire, that's OK then. They must have been stickers otherwise, presumably, there would have been arrows sticking out of it rather than bullet holes.

geoberni wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 01, 2019 1:08 pm

Saw a new Pickup (Mitsubishi I think) on the A1 this morning with bullet hole stickers all along the side.....

Which section of the A1? It's just possible that they weren't stickers...

Oh yes, just remembered - the nodding dog (I was actually bought one for my Ford Anglia as an 'ironic' birthday present by my then girlfriend).