Morris Minor Owners Club

Not in the slightest a dig at you Mike, you have my full support for your valiant efforts, I'm just highlighting the lack of support that you get from the rest of the top echelons. Unfortunately the office don't post on the message board Why not, it's hardly difficult to do (so long as the site is ...

Admin wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:36 pm It's advertised in the most recent copy of the magazine, on the website, and on the social media groups.

But it's absence from the relevant section on here just feeds the idea that the MMOC is letting the Forum pass away from neglect......

ndevans wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:46 am

My signature image is simply hosted on https://imgbb.com

It's 28Kb size and 230x173 Pixels dimensions.

Not the first time I've seen a SII Engine Bay where the connections to the Starter Pull cross over like that. :-? Goes against my reasoning to cross cables over when installing, you'd think cables would connect to the nearest point, not the furthest. My SII's battery was connected to the nearest con...

consulting some local classic specialists

But do they know Minors?
Some 'Classics' no doubt have Body shells available but any Minor shell is surely going to be worth saving in it's own right?
That's why there are such a great selection of floor parts available, there are no shells...

les wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:19 am It’s a flat piece of metal about 3mm thick that fits over the main area you see in the picture, below the heater. Agreed probably only needed if used above normal motoring. I fitted mine for reasons mentioned.

Thanks Les
I'll have to look under my carpet sometime......

Here's a question.....just from idle curiosity... What on earth is the 'Toe Board'? I'm currently working on the assumption that since the Minor was clearly in production for decades without changes in that area, any strengthening is purely for those that wish to 'stress' their Minors beyond average...

Yes, they were introduced in 1933 but I think the well-heeled motorist still preferred to have a string quartet in the rear seats. :D And you had to have a radio licence (£0-10-0)to operate a car radio fitted in your car. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1955/nov/09/car-radio-lice...

Nourish wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:50 am
How big were Valve radios then?

Huge! About the size of a shoe box for a pair of size 7 or 8.

Were in-car entertainment radios even available in the UK at the time the MM was being designed?
They were available in the USA but then so were in-car record players

Why was this bulge in the bulkhead added? You say 'Added' but of course it was always there, so it wasn't added as such, it was in the original design. The Lowlight didn't have the Speedo in the centre, but it still had all the switches and other stuff, and that bulge. So my money is firmly on a th...

Interesting first question. Welcome to the Forums. A) the Disc conversion requires more fluid because of the size of the caliper pistons, the extra capacity isn't really needed on drum brakes. I don't have discs and have no problem with the standard arrangement. B) The connection is a flexi pipe and...

Nourish wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:25 pm But the heater went below the dash

Correct. But not all the stuff you'll find there if you look......

Well only an educated guess, based on decades of working in small spaces on various vehicular modes of transport, but it was space going to waste under the bonnet and the other side is behind the dash.... So simply putting the space where it was needed; where the Speedo, it's drive cable, windscreen...

Been untaxed since 2009, but it might be getting restored somewhere as a new V5C was issued in 2017....

What do you mean by 'top of the Banjo'? banjo.jpg Borrowed this original image from an old topic about 10 years ago. :wink: If it's coming out here as arrowed, then the problem is clearly the bleed nipple. Put on new brake pipes and all new fixings Have you fitted the wrong ones? The Front and Rear ...

The Invacar was a practical vehicle for many.
Good short article here from 2018 on one that has survived.....
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... xceptional

Bowie69 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 3:35 pm they don't attach safety-critical items such as the seatbelts to the timber though ;)

But since you're not restrained in the seat, it's just a bit irrelevant, you're going through the windscreen anyway, it just depends on if the seat follows you....

That's going to be one very noisy Traveller If you mean the carpets, they're in a bag in the load area, sat on its damaged (?or not fitted very well?) covering. Mike. I don't think I browsed that far down the images, it was looking a bit repetitive. :lol: it's a pity there's not more images of the ...

That's going to be one very noisy Traveller....

I had no idea that seats with sliding runners were available let alone being fitted with wooden blocks. Surely that would compromise the safety of the vehicle in a collision? :lol: :lol: You do realise that it was the 60s and you're in an era with unprotected fuel tanks*, no crumple zones, no colla...