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- Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A real car !
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1405
Re: A real car !
we have a bugatti too, his names bertie and belongs to my grandson.
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 4:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cheerio (for now)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1307
Re: Cheerio (for now)
Hitlers car for the people, Issigonis will be spinning.
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: seatbelts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 621
Re: seatbelts
For my part regarding security, I have etched all the windows with the number plate, a kit is around £25.00 this deters cloners. I have fitted a battery car disconnect, £10.00 ish and use a disklock £100.00. The disconnect slows them down, the disklock is a virtually impenetrable Thatcham approved d...
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hardening half-shafts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2582
Re: Hardening half-shafts
I wonder if you can get a good second hand pair, perhaps from Tom Roy ?
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wow!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3190
Re: Wow!
I would like to see someone buy it, underseal it, get it on the road and enjoy it.
Stick a few tens of thousands of miles on it.
Preserved in aspic is not what it was intended for.
Stick a few tens of thousands of miles on it.
Preserved in aspic is not what it was intended for.
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: mission accomplished and a revelation
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1815
Re: mission accomplished and a revelation
Just to reiterate above comments.
Clutch adjustment made all the difference.
It even altered the feel of the pedal box overall.
Clutch adjustment made all the difference.
It even altered the feel of the pedal box overall.
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 8:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: tyre prices
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1145
Re: tyre prices
Its only when you check back you realise that what you thought was a few months ago actually was a couple of years. I had 5 fitted, Nankang tyre, whoever they are, in March 2021, £56.65 each plus £54.00 to fit them. Prices shown include vat. I kept the old tyres as planters, so didn't have to pay to...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: heater hoses
- Replies: 2
- Views: 575
Re: heater hoses
Thanks for that. In the end I removed one side of the heater, the bit that blows on your feet and the drivers side glove box,that gave me better access. On replacing the heater on off valve, the mounting bracket on the new one fouls the rocker box cover, which I removed for access to the valve. I gr...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: heater hoses
- Replies: 2
- Views: 575
heater hoses
Great service from ESM with a next day delivery of a pair of heater hoses for my 1965 model.
Any hints or tips on fitment warmly welcomed please?
Thank you.
Any hints or tips on fitment warmly welcomed please?
Thank you.
- Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lockable glove box
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1105
Re: Lockable glove box
Security. I found myself more concerned with losing the car and preventative methods. To that end I etched all the windows with the car number plate to ward off cloners. £25.00 Purchased a large disklok, £100.00 visible and time consuming for the tea leaf. Fitted a battery disconnect £5.00 And I lea...
- Tue May 23, 2023 9:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: North East Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 333
Re: North East Help
Morning Laura, I am also based in N.E. England, I would suggest you could give Chris or Yvonne at Tom Roy a ring. They could help advertise the car for you. They are based near Great Ayton and are the areas specialist garage for Minors. You will get them here, http://www.tomroy.co.uk/content/home-pa...
- Tue May 09, 2023 11:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Classic cars in the North East
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2660
Classic cars in the North East
For anyone in the north east of England, Ormesby hall are having a classic car show on the 2nd of July this year.
I have entered Doris, it would be good to see some other Minors there, its a national trust property with lovely gardens in a central location with all amenities.
I have entered Doris, it would be good to see some other Minors there, its a national trust property with lovely gardens in a central location with all amenities.
- Fri May 05, 2023 10:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Engine Cutting Out
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6025
Re: Engine Cutting Out
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But what I have experienced is the cable making and breaking, so I replaced it and my intermittent cut out went away.
I wonder if this little dicky is retained with an electronic ignition, as I have kept my points I wouldn't know.But what I have experienced is the cable making and breaking, so I replaced it and my intermittent cut out went away.
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hello again all
- Replies: 3
- Views: 777
Re: Hello again all
Welcome back, getting a new windscreen seal for mine, the wife cant always be there with a pack of tissues to mop up the rain.
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Right, seatbelts!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 879
Re: Right, seatbelts!
I marvel at the ingenuity of the originals. If ever a question mark should be raised toward "improvements" then redesigning the seat belts over the generations is one. But then I am an old curmudgeonly who firmly believes if it aint broke don't fix it. I did however fit rear seat belts tha...
- Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: No, its NOT a Beetle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1009
Re: No, its NOT a Beetle
I have people waving, flashing their lights, saluting, doffing their caps etc. It's not due to terrible driving or the car being on fire. When I park up I often have conversations with former owners relating tales of how they drove their sidevalve MM to Munich or Italy or wherever. I am always very...
- Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: No, its NOT a Beetle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1009
Re: No, its NOT a Beetle
We had a multi coloured Beetle up the road and a neighbour told me there was a car just like mine "up there" I gave him a lecture on Hitler's car for the people and then the development of the minor by a refugee from Smyrna. Ironically A refugee that Hitler would probably have had murdered...
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Morris fastback
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12145
Re: Morris fastback
It reminds me of an old saab.
But its a "nearly not quite there design" to my eyes.
But its a "nearly not quite there design" to my eyes.
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: morris 10 production line
- Replies: 1
- Views: 205
morris 10 production line
Well, I think its wonderful that daddy's little girl is so interested in how her brand new car was manufactured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFemHWBHsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFemHWBHsE
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fitting Oil Gauge
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20114