Morris Minor Owners Club

I don't think the Subaru driver would have blocked my way if I had been driving a Kenneth Noye type black Range Rover with tinted windows. I think he thought he could have some fun with an old Morris Minor driver. I generally get more intolerance driving my Minor than I do driving my modern car. Sma...

Great replies. Thanks everyone. I do not cope well with this kind of situation. I wonder what behaviour on the roads will be like from Monday onwards as lockdown eases more? Police rely on drivers handing in dash cam footage to catch dangerous drivers these days. Personally, I would like to see many...

A few years ago I was happily driving my white convertible down a suburban street close to my home. There were no parked cars; but there was a skip positioned on the opposite side of the road to me. As I came alongside the skip, a Subaru Impreza roared round the corner in front of me, and positioned...

Well done.
A great looking car.

Well done.
A great looking car.

What caused the coolant loss ? I suspect the fact that the timing was all over the place. The engine got very hot. The last part of the journey was down the A1. The car was occasionally reaching speeds that I had not achieved before with everything working OK. :o I was probably foolish to carry on ...

Some years ago I was on a 50 mile trip in my Minor when it started running roughly, and hunting up and down. I looked under the bonnet at the usual suspects, but could see nothing wrong. As I only had a few miles to go, I decided to try to get to my destination. The car ran very strangely to the des...

Thanks Phil.
I will have another go tomorrow.

I had a go today at turning a plug from bright bar. After a lot of re-grinding of the often blunt turning tool, slipping drive belt, and a lot of heat (my lathe has no cooling suds ), I ended up with one plug of dubious quality. I wish I had the means of posting a picture, but I do not. I wonder if ...

Thanks.

You have not seen my lathe Phil. It is from WW2, looks like it was bombed, and I am not very good on it!
Is black bar strong enough for the plugs? I bought it because it is soft and 'giving'.
The plugs will have a 3mm flange.

Thanks Oliver. I was going to copy the Grumpys method, but your way seems easier. How would I ensure that the threaded plugs that fill the holes do not move around? I think the wheel studs would be half in the threaded plugs, and half in the hub metal. And would a fine thread be better than a coarse...

I am planning to adapt some Marina Hubs and need to drill out and fill the original stud holes.
The holes to fill will be drilled to 18mm, how much bigger should the plugs be to make an interference fit?
I am hoping to make the plugs from black bar on my very worn out lathe.

Thanks, John.

I read somewhere a long time ago that a car needs to be used for 20 years to have been worth the resources it took to make it. So all Minors qualify, twice over, and then some. Not wishing to hijack this post, but I must mention E scooters. My town has been in an E scooter trial for a few weeks now....

Of course, being colourblind is no where as serious as becoming totally blind, or being born without sight. I was told from an early age that grass is green, and the sky is blue, and although I had no idea about the concept of colours, at least I knew what grass was, and what the sky was. I can't im...

I feel your pain Stoneporch. People often think that being red-green colourblind just means you cannot tell the difference between red and green. It is MUCH more complicated than that. For me, there is no knowing where one colour ends, and another begins. If I see a well defined rainbow I can usuall...

Nothing to do with being colour blind, but the strangest job title I have seen was back in the 90s........Bricklayer Welder.

Thanks David. Snooker on a COLOUR tv is interesting Les. Guessing which is the brown ball amongst the reds. There are probably some advantages to being colour blind. I seem to see the arc very well when I am welding; but then again, as already stated, I have no idea what other people can see, and ot...

Great story Steve. Unlike myoldjalopy, I can't see much difference between side lights and brake lights. Side lights are on all of the time, and brake lights come on when the driver in front is braking. I have sometimes wondered if I should be driving at all. I have searched the web for information ...

I have heard that they do not work. Modern light metallic coloured cars are all guesswork to me. I had no idea what colour my own modern car was. The v5 states that it is blue, but as far as I am concerned it could also be silver, or grey. From an early age (I was 'diagnosed' at primary school), as ...