Morris Minor Owners Club

I read somewhere many years ago that a company had tried making traveller 'wood' out of recycled plastic, a bit like the material some park benches are made of. It would have lasted for many years. From what I can remember, there was no demand. Owners wanted wood. Sorry to be vague. There is a photo...

Thanks folks.

Good story Berni. Can I ask you a question please? My modern car, 1.4 petrol VW engine would only start on the second turn of the key. It had a 60ah battery fitted. I changed the battery for a 55ah, and now it starts first time! Why would a weaker battery make it a better starter? Thanks in anticip...

Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2026 6:20 pm Lower ah doesn't make it weaker if its in better condition.
Or another possibility is in changing the battery you now have cleaner connections.

Thanks Bill.

The worst are cars with DRL and owners not realising they are fronts only, so no rear lights in poor visibility unless the lights are switched on. They then rely on automatic lighting that doesn't function in fog or rain as not dark enough to trigger the sensor. :roll: That's only part of the issue...

The worst are cars with DRL and owners not realising they are fronts only, so no rear lights in poor visibility unless the lights are switched on. They then rely on automatic lighting that doesn't function in fog or rain as not dark enough to trigger the sensor. :roll: I had to tell one of my neigh...

It's foggy here today, but few drivers have any lights on.
I think some of the EV drivers don't want to drain their batteries.

There is one for sale on ebay, but not in your area.
Near Litchfield.

Reduced to £10.

No longer available!

Thanks,
John.

Free to collector, or can post at cost.
See bottom of 'For Sale' section for details.

Thanks,
John

Years ago it was stated by sustainable living gurus in the Whole Earth Catalog that a car had to last at least 20 years to have been worth its resourses.
Minors well qualify!
A car that has done 40 mpg for all that time can't be bad. And a lot of it is made of rubber...

We're getting way off topic ..... But.... Out of sight and out of mind. It's disingenuous. Stephen Applies to many areas..... Turbines from the first great 1990s wave of wind power are reaching the end of their life expectancy. Blades are getting buried in the biggest landfill sites you can image. ...

" BTW, CoPilot is A I. A search using A I uses ten times the water of a search not using A I. It doesn't use water as people assume , it takes in water, uses it for cooling and then puts it back where it came from... John ;-) Even CoPilot says that an A I search uses 'significantly' more water...

Perhaps he doesn’t own a Minor :D I do - but my aim would be to convert it to electric, for local use. Plenty of possibilities if the DVLC don’t ban them completely. Widen your horizon and look up Electric Classic Cars for conversions, is my suggestion for the more narrow minded members. Raises an ...

Assuming you are mainly thinking about climate change, unfortunately there is no serious political will to address it. We have gone from being slightly concerned to talking about adaptation, going straight past fixing the problem. Using SRM to cool the planet and buy time to phase out fossil fuels;...

Imagine the battery production needed when/if everyone buys electric. That’s another point to get ! We don't have a national grid to support if we all went EV Nor the real estate on forecourts for enough charging points, we can't all have home charging. Not to mention pollution from increased tyre ...

svenedin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2026 9:10 pm Is a squabble about electric battery carriages helping the OP with his engine issues?

Stephen

No, but it is interesting Stephen.

Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2026 9:40 pm Donald's new SI will fix the issues


Why 11 washers and 6 holes??

Donald's A.I. will fix us all !

I think there was a problem with the new clips a while ago...with the holding teeth pointing the wrong way.(?)

They are out of stock anyway.