Morris Minor Owners Club

Excellent, as soon as the prices have come down a bit more I would love to try this. I wrote to my MP a while back pointing out that the tax incentives for a new EV vs. a conversion was odd when weighing up the net carbon impact. They explained that it was targeted at getting corporate fleets to mo...

Let me get this right, the wipers have a problem so you're considering scrapping the car for spares....?? Well, I'd be dismantling the entire system, including dismantling the wheel boxes if necessary, before then considering other options, such as adapting other wheel boxes. Incidentally, typing 'W...

Pete Bags wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:38 pm Q: What's the difference between paraffin and petrol?

A: There's two effs in paraffin and no eff in petrol.

Isn't this in the wrong Topic, the Awful Joke tread is over here....
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win wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:22 pm Hi All
I cannot see these photos, anyone help me?
Kind regards Win

Win, the Damn site is broken again, there are no images working apart from Profile images. It's been like if since the end of last week.

No idea, there's nothing to look at......

Every car I've had with drum brakes has used a retaining spring of some sort on the rear shoes to keep them against the back plate. Many have also used them on the front. Across many manufacturers, Ford, Vauxhall and foreign (Japanese) brands. The Minor is the only ones I've encountered with the bee...

I'm not sure it could be described as 'falling standards' but the increasingly widespread use of 'snuck' as the past tense of 'sneak' irritates me more than perhaps it should. Also, before I descend from my high horse, the mistaken use of the Americanism 'curb' when people are referring to the kerb...

Is it just the relative age of the people posting here, or our higher standard of literacy, irrespective of age? :-? Our local ice cream van is operated by Pete and is branded to say it is the local Town's favourite, but nay an apostrophe in sight.... So it is Petes Ices Granthams Finest... Meanwhil...

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......