Morris Minor Owners Club

It's good to see this update being done. When I restored mine in the 70's and 80's here in the States, alternatives were few. For two cars I modified MGB seals to work and cut around the frame but it was of little value. The third one was done after I found Woolies and bought a generic strip. This o...

I see you found one of the other sources for wheels. The six cylinder models of those Studebakers had 4 bolt wheels with a 4 inch PCD. (8 cylinders cars had 5 bolt wheels - odd decision) The wheels bolt right on, well, on the rear anyway, if you grind a bit off the center hole. Of course don't expec...

Mid way through Series III they added fresh air vent. The inlet are holes in the back side of the crossmember where the shocks are mounted. I assume the Series V cars still have these holes. Once you can flip the cab over, you will be able to spray your penetrating oil onto the ends of the bolts or ...

The leading wing bolt is just that a bolt, no captive nut. Original captive nuts are square nuts held under folded sheet metal that is spot welded on. A simple die will form the sheet metal. Then you can reproduce the originals. If you can deal with the lack of float a tapped plate works well too.

I suspect you didn't take off the rocker cover and remove the 9/16 nuts on the rocker pedestals. Hurry before you warp your head.

I switched my three over in the 80's. Went from usually at least one cylinder that needed to be unseized to none. Definetly reduces maintenance and is best for the occassional car. Due to the nature of water absorption of reglar fluid, once saturation is reached water starts coming out of solution a...

You can use a second spanner, but it needs to be a slender one. The front gap in the hanger is the access point to get the bolt in and the spanner.

The cut and blend lines need to be all in the floor area - easiest to fab. The traveller would donate the entire door frame with rear post and roof along with the top part of the side rail. The bottom of the side rail past the crossmember would have to be fabricated. Use all LCV floor panels and the...

First things first. The question that I think many want answered is: Does the pickup cab panel bolt directly to the cab of a traveller? If seen the traveller roof panel bolted to a van cab but have no idea if new holes were needed, but the curvature look like a match. Once you get below the window s...

I don't think the extra hole will weaken the swivel pin. A friend of mine had one with both holes and we couldn't figure it out why it was there. Also what's the deal with the second boss. Later I got a Riley One Point Five and it all became clear. Checking older cars you'll see just one boss. The h...

originally lead loading was used in various places on the vans, pick ups, saloons , trav and convertables Such as the joint on the front wings along side the headlight. I see later cars don't have this leaded as well as new wings. Does anybody know when and why it was decided not to hide this joint...

In case you haven't noticed, your new gearbox cover is the early Series III style. Totally interchangeable but the later one will give you a bit more room for the driver's left foot. The drivers with LHD cars enjoy a bit wider foot well due to the right bias of the remote gear selector.

The left hand thread was chosen for the left side to reduce body roll in turns. Had they both been right hand thread, right turns would lower the front and left would raise it. If the left hand thread would be on the right, it would have created excessive roll. He had to make a decision based on som...

Birch grey was used a bit later on (late 57 and 58) for wheels and grille. It was replaced by Pearl Grey for 59 and 60 which than was replace by OEW in 1961. Pale Ivory and/or cream was early Series III and may have been used for wheels/grille. Not sure off hand

Looking at the condition of the frame, there is no need to worry about the torsion bar being loaded.

David, did you take this project on without previous Morris experience? If so, bless you and it speaks volume of the power of forums like this one.

As an alternate to a new master cylinder, you can have a brass sleeve inserted to have a nice fresh original sized bore. It's always good to learn new things. First time I got a good look at a RHD clutch pedal and I can see the linkage attachment is clearly just welded on a LHD pedal. In this case i...

Yes, original LCV tanks have the fill tube point straight out the side. The other models are angled towards the rear. The rest of the tank is the same.

As I recall I used a pair of early Spritget metal fan blades, which are a bit shorter than Minor blades. To clear the canister, I slightly reshaped the blade to provide clearance. It was near the center that needed to be done, so less effect on air movement. For the record all Minors had a double bl...

Early Series III with narrow pleats had light colored piping. At least the red leather sets did.

Well that clears it up doesn't it? Two opposing replies. I like it black, so that's the way I lean. Thanks