Morris Minor Owners Club

In 1968 local garage offered 4 gallons for a pound, plus quadruple Green Shield stamps (remember them?).

Interesting, thanks for the link.
I imagine the tail-heaviness would require plenty of concentration from the driver to keep it in a straight line - and what about crosswinds ?

Confused - happens to the best of us. The 948cc engine will easily cope with the 4.55 ratio rear axle. A better top speed, better fuel economy and a less stressful cruising speed. You may have to change the speedo assy or speedo drive ratio to get the speedometer back to reading right. Agreed. And ...

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interesting to see progress in 22 years

You could try putting car in gear and pushing it backwards and forwards - this may shock the pinion into releasing. (If it is indeed the culprit )

Strange that that engine should seize after a fairly short lay-up. Could the starter pinion have jammed against the flywheel teeth ?

The Minor was excellent in so many ways, but was not the best for cruising long straight highways. A fair point but I wonder then why the Americans took so wholeheartedly to the VW Beetle. The Beetle was designed for stress-free all-day cruising at near-maximum speed on autobahns. This was never th...

Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 6:15 pm really improve until the introduction of the 948cc A-series versions, making them pretty hopeless on the highways.

This also applied to other BMC cars, such as the Mini, Austin 1300/America, etc.

The Minor was excellent in so many ways, but was not the best for cruising long straight highways.

Interesting. Looks like a very professional job. Didn't realise there were enough moneyed enthusiasts around to create the demand

Good luck with the restoration! For old guys like me driving Minors is helped because that's what we drove in our youth. Compared with a modern, the first impressions for a newbie are an awareness of lack of power assistance for braking (which you soon learn to allow for) and the lack of 5th gear fo...

As above, I would definitely try flushing out the waterworks on the existing heater before embarking on a major overhaul. Changing to an 88 degree thermostat can also give great results. The standard heater in your Minor's year is pretty effective.

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Years ago it was the norm to depress the clutch when starting. Yes. And my modern car won't start unless clutch is depressed. Older readers may remember when depressing the clutch on a really badly worn engine could provoke a stall and hinder starting. The reason was crankshaft thrust bearings bein...

Thanks for this interesting post

You'll be moving the centre of gravity rearwards by a small but not insignificant amount. This will have a slight adverse effect on the car's directional stability.

UPdate. The rotational noise. It disappears when the clutch pedal is pressed. Thus my conclusion is, it emanates from the thrust bearing. Remember that the Minor clutch is released by mechanical means. This means that the whole engine/transmission is displaced slightly when the pedal is depressed. ...

A few observations from personal experience over many years (55 actually) of on/ off Minor ownership.... There's something about the 1098 engine in the Minor - it's the least smooth compared with the 803 and 948. Smoothest was the 918 sidevalve. I've owned other cars with the same 1098 (MG Midget an...

difference between 4.2 and 3.7. Without taking anything apart or fitting a tachometer any thoughts how I could check. ( jack the rear and spin the wheels? Both I presume) Ta Jack up one side only. If your diff is a 4.22, then 2.11 propshaft rotations will give one wheel rotation. If it's a 3.73 you...

moggiethouable wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:57 am
But its a "nearly not quite there design" to my eyes.

Agreed. The boot lid area is too angular. Minors should be rounded. Interesting idea, though.

I don't know exactly when the design was changed The original pipework meant that a cold engine (ie thermostat shut) with the heater water valve open replaced all water pushed through the heater with cold water from the bottom of the radiator, thus partially negating the function of the thermostat ...