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by ManyMinors
Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: change of keeper - taxing car
Replies: 7
Views: 1266

Re: change of keeper - taxing car

Have you tried a Post Office?
It should be possible to use the green slip - that is the purpose of it surely? Last time I changed my car that is what I did and I had no problem.
by ManyMinors
Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What did Morris get wrong originally?
Replies: 47
Views: 10495

Re: What did Morris get wrong originally?

The paint dipping process used was to coat the whole bodyshell in primer only. Undercoats and colour coats were applied with a spraygun. That is the only way that the body colour - blue in your case - can get anywhere. The bodyshells were completely bare, primed shells when colour sprayed, so a cert...
by ManyMinors
Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:35 pm
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: firewall holes
Replies: 13
Views: 2060

Re: firewall holes

I never imagined this was a factory finish, I assumed a previous owner had slapped it on after repairs. I imagine the owners of the restored cars in Ray's book made the same (perfectly understandable) assumption. It is always better to copy a scruffy but original car than a gleaming fully restored ...
by ManyMinors
Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:15 pm
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: firewall holes
Replies: 13
Views: 2060

Re: firewall holes

If you wished to replicate the factory finish of the black paint, I believe you would have to use about a 3inch brush AND be blindfolded! All 3 cars are finished in exactly the same way. The white car most clearly shows that where the black paint has been rubbed off, the white body colour is visible...
by ManyMinors
Wed Jun 12, 2019 1:58 pm
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: firewall holes
Replies: 13
Views: 2060

Re: firewall holes

Apologies, I thought you were referring to the soundproofing under the carpets. The original bulkhead soundproofing pictured above and made from 2 different materials sewn together does indeed look the same as mine, It is a thicker material than that used under the carpets. I am not sure how "o...
by ManyMinors
Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:15 am
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: firewall holes
Replies: 13
Views: 2060

Re: firewall holes

My Minor 1000 still has completely original carpets etc so should be a good guide. There is a black surface to the bottom of the underfelt. Hope this helps. No doubt more effective materials are available for soundproofing nowadays but this is what they had originally.
by ManyMinors
Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:56 pm
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: firewall holes
Replies: 13
Views: 2060

Re: firewall holes

I'm not sure about early cars but my Minor 1000 saloons have black painted boot interiors as original.
by ManyMinors
Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:44 pm
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: Bonnet release mechanism
Replies: 9
Views: 1940

Re: Bonnet release mechanism

That is correct. I think you would call it "crude but effective"!
by ManyMinors
Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:22 pm
Forum: Electrical
Topic: Flashing indicators and trafficators
Replies: 24
Views: 5504

Re: Flashing indicators and trafficators

IF you want to use both together from the same switch, it is very simple. You take a second feed from the Right and Left side of the indicator switch so that one of the live feeds goes direct to the trafficator and the second goes via a flasher unit to the flashing indicator light. You do indeed nee...
by ManyMinors
Sat Jun 08, 2019 6:40 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Interior sun visors
Replies: 11
Views: 3098

Re: Interior sun visors

It definitely isn't Mini :wink:
by ManyMinors
Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:40 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Van wheel?
Replies: 6
Views: 975

Re: Van wheel?

Thanks. I was really meaning the wheel in the first picture which looks completely different to yours John :) Yours looks more like the LP936 "reverse rim" wheel with the extra width on the outside. The one at the start of this thread looks more like a LP917 wheel to me hence the question!
by ManyMinors
Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:16 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Van wheel?
Replies: 6
Views: 975

Re: Van wheel?

The 936 rim also has the extra width on the outside, I’d like to see a comparison with these 896 rims. The 936 rims appear to be the 917s with the centre welded in the other way round, the wider inside part then being outside, if that makes sense. I think your description is exactly right Les. The ...
by ManyMinors
Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:37 pm
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: Gulp....what do I do?
Replies: 24
Views: 4321

Re: Gulp....what do I do?

My opinion for what it is worth.....If you don't want a "show winning restoration" but just a sound, useable car, don't even think about stripping to a bare shell and getting it dipped etc. I know 2 owners who have done so and even carrying out a good deal of the work themselves they estim...
by ManyMinors
Fri May 31, 2019 12:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Could this Morris 1000 (64) be used?
Replies: 4
Views: 764

Re: Could this Morris 1000 (64) be used?

An old Morris Minor is always worth "something". Even if it could only be used for spare parts it will have some value. Without any paperwork or chassis number it is more difficult to return to the road - and it looks as if it has no swivel pin/hub on one side at least? If that is the case...
by ManyMinors
Fri May 31, 2019 8:33 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Interior sun visors
Replies: 11
Views: 3098

Re: Interior sun visors

Those are indeed the correct visors for a 1957 Minor - although as I said earlier, they were never fitted to the convertible models. They were a short-lived design partly because they tend to rattle and were superseded fairly quickly by a more simple version. I replaced them on my car because the ra...
by ManyMinors
Wed May 29, 2019 5:45 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Interior sun visors
Replies: 11
Views: 3098

Re: Interior sun visors

An original convertible wouldn't have had ANY sunvisors. The one your car has fitted isn't from a Minor - I don't know what it IS from but it looks quite a neat fitment I think! The ones fitted to Minor saloons & travellers of that period would indeed have been mounted centrally.
by ManyMinors
Tue May 28, 2019 8:11 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: Another van.
Replies: 83
Views: 27649

Re: Another van.

Well done John. That looks very nice. Decent mirrors are important on a van - they certainly didn't leave the factory with mirrors adequate for today's driving conditions. What is wrong with the seats? They look OK to me. Who is JH Evans?
Hope you can now enjoy your lovely van :)
by ManyMinors
Tue May 28, 2019 4:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: black streaks on white paintwork
Replies: 16
Views: 2325

Re: black streaks on white paintwork

I get the same on my white car. It is a bit of a nuisance but the marks come off with a polish. Something like "T cut" might be more effective than a wax polish?
by ManyMinors
Tue May 28, 2019 7:40 am
Forum: Do you know....?
Topic: Radiator
Replies: 12
Views: 3077

Re: Radiator

1098 wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 10:34 pm Thanks Chaps. Two drain taps though..
One was originally the heater outlet.
by ManyMinors
Mon May 27, 2019 8:55 pm
Forum: Do you know....?
Topic: Radiator
Replies: 12
Views: 3077

Re: Radiator

It looks like a Minor Series 11 which has suffered perhaps from freezing-up? Something has pushed-out the header tank from within hasn't it? this has altered the shape a bit.