Morris Minor Owners Club

More info needed please, ref Mosquito. In Paul Skilleters book Morris Minor, he refers to the Minors design being influenced by the Packard Clipper, which troubles me a bit, I have studied a lot of pictured of the Clipper from the early Forties and can not really see where the Minor is influenced by...

I know, its me again. On the handling of Marinas, I had one saloon and two vans, the 1/2 ton van, I drove it 40 miles, overloaded with a gererator set sticking out of the back, very light on the front, but with care it was fine, empty it was very good, no issues whatsoever, very underated. The Minor...

Just a quick note on the Mozzy, column change, bench seat, 1100 flat four as per ex/sx/134 if I can find enough info on it

In reply to Moggiethouable, many thanks for your interest, you have given me more book titles to find, you responses are just what I need, abjective, informative, well researched info and ideas, it makes one question things and leads to rechecking what you think you know also !!!. In reply to Jaekl ...

In reply to the comment about recreating a Mosquito, and it falling in half just like Disney's Herbie, only a fool would attempt it without much metalworking skill. A motor vehicle is made from lots of metal panels/pressings all welded together, and as long as the person knows how to weld properly a...

A reply to the comment about the flat four engine and VW Beatles, no myths really. Issigonis disliked Germans, enough said, but I have yet to read anywhere that he disliked the Beatle, he was also closly related to Bernd Pischetsrieder, former chairman of VW AG. If you read the book "Alec Issig...

On the subject of the Mosquito, there seems to have been 6 narrow cars (Mosquito) made pre Minor, one in 1943, two in 1946, and three in 1947 and all but one are recorded as scrapped. Given that the only one not listed as scrapped was made in January 1947 and the widening exercise was done in 1947 a...