Morris Minor Owners Club

If you can give isaydingdong a photo or an image they can make them they are really helpful people .

Thanks for the info, there are also holes further round which may be non-original

Looks like it had been drilled too. I am not sure but I don’t think they ever had holes in. Not even at the end. We have produced a prototype joiner and firmer which are looking promising but the steel is still too thick. We have been promised a pair of joiners and a pillar to use as templates. I am...

The brown toolkit bag is spot on as are some of the contents. The drivers handbook often gave the toolkit contents list which suffered tear in year. This one lacks a wooden handles screwdriver which some had but has the quite rare smaller 6” wire one - (which we have remade if anyone wants one) - th...

They Grey o e looks very Clarendon

It’s not much better to be honest. I reckon 30 feet and a change into second. It will happily pull away from stationary in 2nd. Btw I wouldn’t worry overly with DVLA I tried for years to tell them about my replacement engine number and they never updated the V5. My solution was to get a new engine n...

You have springs? Luxury! My 1957 only has a tensioned bit of steel in the wiper arm as an alternative and the wipers work well albeit in a variable arc. They work especially well driving into the wind!

Not seen an etched one, mine has letters raised in the glass itself simply 'Lucas England.' I suspect yours may be quite rare.

Rather thicker steel. It was a common and fairly cheap way of making tools.

As promised some weeks ago, Ray the Uttlesford Branch engineer has made the first of the 6" (5 3/4) wire formed screwdrivers for the early toolkits. I know that were expressions of interest and if those interested can PM me or mail on dadmjsdm@aol.com he can assess how much steel he will need a...

It might also be worth trawling East Sussex town's facebook photos for the period. In my meanderings round FB I have seen quite a few police Minors.

There is a specialist register for these and they may able to assist re livery. Almost every force was different and many (most) had no roof lights and very few had blue lights http://www.expolice.mmoc.org.uk Murray Minor, I was some (many) years ahead of you and in the MPS but was it not 'appointme...

I have been tipped forward a few times when braking hard to avoid the numpties that cut across any classic car, but given the thinning of metal over the years I think stressing / tearing are valid concerns. I have been mulling doing something similar for some time but using additional original type ...

The lenses were used on various cars and I think with different plinths. I have seen them on MGA and Triumphs I think so the lenses fit the plinths but the plinths may be different according to make/ model. See the attached e bay advert https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lucas-type-L549-rear-lamp-light-unit...

Ah, i see. Is there not a potential for lateral movement given that there is only one anchor pont to the car floor? What thickness are the bars?

That’s great, Any photos of the underside as I am 6’5´´ and would like to do something similar.

How about underneath as that are has a strengthening strip for the fixing which, from memory may even have a captive nut. Just bolting through a new hole in the floor, even if the steel is excellent could be risky if it tears under stress.

Phil, yes still at the Bluebell, good food, excellent Saffron Brewery beer and very good company. Even the Landlord has the bug with a G reg 2 door Saloon in Maroon B rotting quietly in the corner of the car park... Can't be easy running a busy pub and working on a Minor! Next meet is actually at th...

Ditto if you need help we are a small friendly branch based in Uttlesford, so Essex Suffolk Cambridgeshire and hearts are close.

Got to agree with you Declan, I saw a Minor at Gaydon which had the original carpet in the centre around the handbrake and although threadbare and faded it was clearly of much better pile and feel than the modern ones wherever they come from. Like you, I would pay a premium for a better product. If ...