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Finaly!!!
After 10 years of trying to buy this car,i finaly bought it today!!
I'm so happy! The var has been offroad since 1970. And havent been started since 1983. And what happend when i put in a battery and put some gas on it?? It started right away!!!!
I'm so happy! The var has been offroad since 1970. And havent been started since 1983. And what happend when i put in a battery and put some gas on it?? It started right away!!!!
Congratulations!
It looks like it may never have been welded, and that's quite rare.
Does it move, or are the brakes solid? Maybe they were all removed, the parts cleaned, and all organised into labelled, plastic bags and stored in a box in a dry place. Life could be a dream!
How come you suddenly got lucky, and finally took the keys?
It looks like it may never have been welded, and that's quite rare.
Does it move, or are the brakes solid? Maybe they were all removed, the parts cleaned, and all organised into labelled, plastic bags and stored in a box in a dry place. Life could be a dream!
How come you suddenly got lucky, and finally took the keys?
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Well done. Any problems just ask on the MM message board or send me an email. Please email me your name and address so that I can add the car to the register.
mike.perry@mmoc.org.uk
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It never been welded. Yes the car moves. Just tried it for a little drive. I've got handbreak. But the brake pump is stuck. But i have a anoother one.Mick_Anik wrote:Congratulations!
It looks like it may never have been welded, and that's quite rare.
Does it move, or are the brakes solid? Maybe they were all removed, the parts cleaned, and all organised into labelled, plastic bags and stored in a box in a dry place. Life could be a dream!
How come you suddenly got lucky, and finally took the keys?
The old man who owned it,died this winther. And i talk to his daughter today. She said i could buy it if i wanted. I now people in the Nordic Morris Minor Club have tried since 1979 to bought it
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Sure will!!! Do you have any information of the car??mike.perry wrote:Well done. Any problems just ask on the MM message board or send me an email. Please email me your name and address so that I can add the car to the register.
mike.perry@mmoc.org.uk
Seeing this makes me have a couple of questions...
1. Is it my eyes or is the car sitting higher than normal on the back
2. The door lock. On my car (series two) the handle and lock is all in one. Does anyone know when it went from seperate lock to combined and also the date that they reverted back again?
1. Is it my eyes or is the car sitting higher than normal on the back
2. The door lock. On my car (series two) the handle and lock is all in one. Does anyone know when it went from seperate lock to combined and also the date that they reverted back again?
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The car does seem to be high at the back. Does it have the correct springs? It should have 7 leaf Series MM springs which are thinner than Traveller springs, or if they are not available then 5 leaf M1000 springs will do.
The lock on the two door was always below the handle, for a long time only on the right side, even on LHD export cars. The four door cars had the lock in the handle.
I have no previous info on the car.
The lock on the two door was always below the handle, for a long time only on the right side, even on LHD export cars. The four door cars had the lock in the handle.
I have no previous info on the car.
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Happy days!!!! Glad to know another one has been found and will be put back on the road were it belongs
Yours is older than mine, is it a 1949? Mine is chassis number 48806 and it was built in May 1950. The windscreen was also falling in when I bought mine. What is the item to the left of the coil?
Yours is older than mine, is it a 1949? Mine is chassis number 48806 and it was built in May 1950. The windscreen was also falling in when I bought mine. What is the item to the left of the coil?
Too many Minors so little time.....
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Yes it's a 1949. I'm not sure what it is. It's on bouth sides. Look like a kind of heater or something!!DAVIDMCCULLOUGH wrote:Happy days!!!! Glad to know another one has been found and will be put back on the road were it belongs
Yours is older than mine, is it a 1949? Mine is chassis number 48806 and it was built in May 1950. The windscreen was also falling in when I bought mine. What is the item to the left of the coil?
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Hi Kim, what a super purchase! The car looks very original with a few (minor) modifications added over time but nothing that looks too difficult to return to standard.
Your car number of 33245 is 130 before 33375 built on 1st January 1950 which makes it an extremely late '49 model. Also cool is it is only the fourth car made after the early bonnet stay with chain was modified to the later type.
What is also interesting is that it is right hand drive. Did Norway drive on the left and then change like Sweden?
Regards Ian
Your car number of 33245 is 130 before 33375 built on 1st January 1950 which makes it an extremely late '49 model. Also cool is it is only the fourth car made after the early bonnet stay with chain was modified to the later type.
What is also interesting is that it is right hand drive. Did Norway drive on the left and then change like Sweden?
Regards Ian
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Hi Ian!Ian46 wrote:Hi Kim, what a super purchase! The car looks very original with a few (minor) modifications added over time but nothing that looks too difficult to return to standard.
Your car number of 33245 is 130 before 33375 built on 1st January 1950 which makes it an extremely late '49 model. Also cool is it is only the fourth car made after the early bonnet stay with chain was modified to the later type.
What is also interesting is that it is right hand drive. Did Norway drive on the left and then change like Sweden?
Regards Ian
So it's a late 49? What do you meen about the bonnet stay??
I also wondered why it's RHD. It have never been left hand driving on the roads in Norway.
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Hi Kim,
The bonnet stay is the locking mechanism on the bulkhead to the right of the battery tray (looking from the front) that holds the bonnet in the open position. The earlier versions were similar but instead of a spring had a chain to hold the stay in the open position. Only a small detail but it is correct for when your car was made.
I have found an article in a car magazine that referred to early Minors which were exported to Sweden not having heaters as standard. It might explain why someone has tried to get warm air through to the interior using the tube shaped collar bolted to the bulkhead.
Regards Ian
The bonnet stay is the locking mechanism on the bulkhead to the right of the battery tray (looking from the front) that holds the bonnet in the open position. The earlier versions were similar but instead of a spring had a chain to hold the stay in the open position. Only a small detail but it is correct for when your car was made.
I have found an article in a car magazine that referred to early Minors which were exported to Sweden not having heaters as standard. It might explain why someone has tried to get warm air through to the interior using the tube shaped collar bolted to the bulkhead.
Regards Ian