Morris Minor Owners Club

I am a retired technician, I have spent thousands of hours repairing cars over a period of more than three decades and my conclusion regarding Morris Minors in an accident situation is..................watch out moderns! I am no structural engineer, but with all the experience of nursing cars throug...

Its only a 'convertor' and if the subsequent coating is unprotected it will eventually rust again, its water dilutable so will easily wash off. What you should do is follow through with red oxide, undercoat, top coat and then and only then, wax or some other protection, I never get the rust returnin...

For many years I have been using a phosphoric rust convertor as a first coating on surface rust, it works, its very similar in chemical terms to a few famous makes that are sold at incredibly high prices for a tiny quantity, this stuff is used in the Merchant navy and also Royal navy, and its at sea...

Oh, just a thought, if you are thinking of doing this yourself i.e. controle technique in France, be aware you will need left hand drive headlamps, I purchased a pair off eBay a few years ago at a reasonable price but not sure now where to get them, Lucas UK used to have offices/shops all over the U...

Thanks Louise!

Hi, thanks very much for all the usefull advice, I live permanently in the UK but spend months in France, which is where the car is at the present time, I do not want to register it as French at the moment as I will lose its id! You can keep vehicles for up to 6 months without a problem, and from pe...

My Morris is just to have its MOT expire, and I need to get a French Controle technique before bringing it back, up to the end of last year it was just a matter of presenting the car for test with the vehicle logbook, rules have changed and I now need a 'certificate of proof of European manufacture'...

I quoted from an article in Classic Car Weekly, on DVLA's own website, and I quote: 'From early 2011, if it appears from the database comparison that a vehicle has no insurance or no Sorn, a letter will be sent to the registered keeper', failure to act will attract a fixed penalty of £100, then worse!

I am currently not a member but have found in the recent past that the magazine has become very stale - to be frank it has to do with the dominating personalities in the decision/contribution making end of the club and would be very difficult to fix, yes its nice and glossy though! To suggest that t...

Continous insurance came in on 1st January 2011 which affects us in this way: If the vehicle has a current excise licence but no insurance and is not Sorn'd you will receive an automatic fine! If you have no insurance you will have to return the current tax disc and declare the vehicle Sorn to avoid...

I agree, its been written by a brilliant professional writer with great sympathy! Thanks for posting this, I've added my own comments (67 comments as at 1130 Monday 3rd January), some of which make interesting reading and they are not all positive! Sam

Bravo MMOC for allowing the initial post, as I am sure you are all aware that MMOC derives not an inconsiderable income from being associated with FJ, and by allowing this to appear it has resulted in some interesting comments. Yes, I know FJ are 'only' agents but they are fully accountable for any ...

Thanks for taking the time to reply, Nottinghamshire is a bit far to go (I'm near Monmouth), thanks 'Psl 184', your suggestion looks good, its more than £10 cheaper for a pair of plates than I have found to date and pricing up the cost of steel backing plates plus the individual numbers & the ti...

I am having a little difficulty in providing my Morris Minor with the correct period number plates, white plastic lettering/numbers on a black background, character height 3and1/8th inch or 79mm (DVLA: correct for vehicles manufactured between 1963 and 1973). I can find a plate maker which will supp...

Hi, when I am mixing filler I use bits of old cornflakes packets(also usefull for using as templates before cutting the steel), shiny side and just throw away afterwards! Filler will absorb water but it takes a while to perculate through so no panic about leaving it out in all weathers for a while(w...

Having read all these comments and being a bit of an old hand at this kind of thing, I can confirm that cutting off the pump is effective and works (about 200 yards if I remember correctly,after a few forgetfull incidents!), a master battery cut off switch as used by the racing fraternity not only a...

Hi folks, I wonder if there is someone out there who can tell me what the narrow plate on the nearside front bulkhead(on the opposite side and higher than the oval plate) refers to? It has a five figure number and some other symbols which are barely discernable. Thankyou.