Morris Minor Owners Club

don58van wrote: BTW - Where did you get the chequered paint?
Well -- someone had to ask.
Don

Well I thought it was funny.

This is the quote from Charles Ware's site which confused me: "We start by rebuilding the chassis, removing all areas where there is a chance of rust, replacing panels, cross members, chassis legs etc. It is then rust protected with a generous oil spray and coat of underseal." If there isn...

Yes, the new MG and Mini shells are about £7000+. This makes renovating an old Minor shell much better value, though you still have to find that shell. What I had thought was that the Minor was an ongoing concept - you just keep replacing the bits that fall off. Providing the shell is sound, that wi...

If you did make a new car you probably would not be able to register it because it won't conform to modern day regs . This is what I had thought but it seems that that was not possible anyway as the body shell is not available. I think where I got confused was because the chassis is (partly?) renew...

There are no new bodyshells. So no new car is possible. Well I've learnt something here tonight. I thought the only two vital bits on a Minor were the chassis number and the reg plate - everything else was made in Sri Lanka. Seriously though, I thought every constituent part of the shell was actual...

This is an obvious question (for my first post) but I don't seem quite to be able to get a clear answer. AIUI, it is possible to build a new Minor from scratch as all the parts exist. However, that doesn't mean it would be legal as it would be a "new" car. Older cars are therefore stripped...