Morris Minor Owners Club

The sheer scale of a National means that many locations that we might think of simply don't turn out to be suitable, as it really is amazing how much room we need once everything is accounted for (putting this year's rally aside of course, since that was on a scale far above 'normal' years). Someone...

Audrey1955 wrote: I come across wrong most of the time.

Ummm... you're not doing any better

Thank you Dave. That's very heartening news (on both points)

Given the way FJ have started to reclassify Minors I'd be surprised if putting this years tax disc in the window didn't count as a modification! I'm really not sure what's happening over there recently - a car very locally to me was refused a quote a month ago because it had a Midget gearbox, and R...

Hi Dave Thanks for the clarification. Are you able to give a definitive answer on whether FJ are changing their emphasis and now no longer want to deal with modified Minors? Personally I'm less concerned with what constitutes a modified car as I'm certainly in that camp no matter how its classified,...

What concerns me most is at renewal time. If FJ are going to clamp down on modified cars as a fair amount of recent anecdotal evidence suggests, they'll likely not offer me a renewal even though they've insured it for the last four years. And the way I understand it, that means that at every subsequ...

Given the way FJ have started to reclassify Minors I'd be surprised if putting this years tax disc in the window didn't count as a modification! I'm really not sure what's happening over there recently - a car very locally to me was refused a quote a month ago because it had a Midget gearbox, and Ro...

Sod naming and shaming, anyone found stealing like this needs a life ban from all MMOC events. Once served s/he can be treated as a trespasser and ejected from the site :evil: Twenty plus years ago I attended a National and bought some parts - really annoys me now that I can't remember what, or from...

Oops, quick addition, forgot one.
Bins - we didn't really want the ruddy great skips out in the middle so they were shoved behind the marquee. Would have been smart to have put a sign or two up pointing to them though. You can put that one down to me having a blonde moment!

ok Mike in answer to your post I'm sure people worked very hard but sometimes it's better to work smarter . I was bitterly disappointed in the arrangements ,having worked hard to convince the Mrs to attend and booked an hotel room nearby.To make a great weekend to it .....Food and drinks are import...

Hey Cam, where's mine then?

Hi Audrey I'm not exactly sure why, but it seems to have become traditional for those who worked their danglies off in organising these events to be all deferential and apologetic when those who haven't worked their danglies off deign to point out all their objections. Frankly, though, I'm bored of ...

Oh and can the next venue be a bit nearer to Yorkshire, and be in a less hilly area, A family of four in a Morris with all of the kit etc in the boot, does not cope well with hills !!! When I went for a site visit to Cornbury in February I thought the satnav had picked me a bad route, but going bac...

Not at all busman, I'm not irked . I'm very pleased you (and others) enjoyed it and that serves as more than ample reward for our efforts in getting it together. Trust me though, for next years catering we're going to have at least one credible reserve!!!

Quick bit of clarification on some points in this (and a few other related) threads on Cornbury: Any and all feedback is of course welcome - this is after all a permanent learning exercise and we're not daft enough to imagine we have everything off pat. The majority of criticism seems to be around c...

General info on http://minors-on-tour.org.uk/category/general-mot-info. More specific lists of bits in MOT handbook - can shove it up if you need it

Sigh... I'll need some ketchup
Seriously, there's - allegedly - always a bargain somewhere, but somehow I only seem to read about them rather than see them live!

I think most agreed when you posted pics of it before that you got a pretty uncommon bargain there, and that its not really representative of what a couple of grand buys you. It really was a superb buy judging from your description and I genuinely take my hat off to you, but carrying on with hat met...

It does look very very nice indeed. I'd love to see under the bonnet though - they didn't show that afterwards and Edd just said something like "clear all this gubbins up" prior to the paintshop. He also said that he'd replaced the rear wings, but didn't mention anything about the fronts, ...

wow... that woodwork was condemned pretty quickly, and just on seeing the doors too!