Morris Minor Owners Club

Following on from Stephen's comment re the Mini community and prices, I'm fortunate (?) to also have a '59 Mini and I bought a couple of rear bumpers for the car (the fit varies between the type/suppliers) and I bought a stainless bumper and from memory, it was only around £50 if I recall correctly ...

It sounds potentially like a deluxe spec, although things like the over riders could be a later addition. Are the seats leather faced or vinyl ? Standard spec was full vinyl seats and deluxe had the seats faced in leather.

As I understand, the rear ashtray was an optional extra.

I followed this discussion yesterday over on the FB page and note that the two statements made here by Mike are exactly those made on the FB page also. I never thought that FB forums were the place for those sort of discussions - as suggested here, Minor Matters would be better as it is presented fo...

Hi Chris I have had a few heritage certificates in the past from BMIHT and also looked through the archives myself to get vehicle details. All of the Morris Minors details are kept in bound ledgers, organised chronologically by chassis number. Details for each vehicle include chassis number, engine,...

Now that is a golden oldie. If I remember correctly, this was in Practical Classics around the mid - late eighties when they were restoring the 2 door smoke grey car ?

If you don't want to risk ebay and all those potential purchases, scour youtube for interesting videos, it can be a bit of a rabbit hole. You can still enjoy cars but leave the cost and pain to other people !

svenedin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 12:45 pm I hope this can be saved. 4-door saloons are becoming uncommon.

Stephen

Especially Clipper blue cars. Only made for a relatively short time. Not as rare as highway yellow though.

The Austin Seven club do a similar sticker but they can claim '100years' instead of 50 !

I think Dave's problem is, the car is in many pieces and not in a position to get an MOT currently. DVLA are now very reluctant to inspect or sign off on cars that are in pieces or undergoing restoration. In the past, I have been advised to have a car inspected prior to dismantling. As Minor OCD say...

Dave, is this car also imported or is it a UK car already ? Does it already have a registration number and you just need a V5 ? or is the registration number not on the DVLA records ? If the car already has a reg number at DVLA and you just need a document, fill in a V62 and send off a £25 payment. ...

In addition to using a specialist rust treatment such as Bilt Hamber, having an 'agitator' in the tank to loosen rust and debris would be useful. Something such as a handful of nuts or bolts inside the tank, sealing the holes and then shaking vigorously to help de-scale the inside. At the NEC show l...

Thanks for sharing that update My Old Jalopy, that's really useful. I have to tackle a gold faced speedo over the winter time, so good to know how to dismantle one without (hopefully) breaking it !

As everyone has said, at a 1962, your car would originally be fitted with L649 rears and L488's on the front. The rear would operate as stop and tail and for indicating, one side would flash. The fronts operated as sidelight and indicator. To do this the car would be fitted with a Lucas DB10 relay b...

Tried that Philip; busy with other things apparently. I for one never underestimate the time and goodwill given by the volunteers running this and every classic car club, so no wave-making from me. Completely agree Alec. Everyone running a register or a branch is a volunteer and doing all of this i...

Alec, ref the ex police register. Get in touch with Simon Mitchell on the forum here (moderator) as he is the main contact for the register as far as I am aware.

About 5 years ago, I bought a brand new pair of 8" drums from a well known supplier, to replace the original drums which had become worn, slightly warped and the outer edge had started break off. The new drums were worse than the old ones and have been warped/out of balance since fitting. I hav...

Sounds like you have had a somewhat busy but productive afternoon. Good to get the 1500 mile service and hopefully the engine sounds and feels better. Good to get some reassurance that all is well after the first 1500 miles also. A warm afternoon for it but probably better than being too cold. I'm s...

I can see the photo ok. All you have done is remove the 'M' centre badge from the hornpush and not the full hornpush itself. You need to remove the full circular black bakelite(?) and that removes the hornpush and everything. If you look on the centre column behind the hornpush, there is a screw whi...

If in any doubt as to what paint you have, you would be better to spray the panel first with a barcoat or other isolator. This seals the old paint and you can then overcoat with primer, topcoat etc with no risk of reactions from the old paint. https://u-pol.com/product/coatings/specialist-coatings/b...