Morris Minor Owners Club

Due to a family bereavement, my Traveller will be destined to make quite a few trips along the A14 and M11 in the next few days. I am getting a first signs of possible fuel vaporisation this year, so a Grumpy heat shield has been ordered and will go on at the earliest opportunity. Other than that, R...

I specifically bought a Traveller to use as my daily drive. Mine is used several times a week, fetching and carrying all manner of things. Mine is totally standard, no modifications and purrs along happily on cheap E10 fuel. The only drawback can be the number of people who can hold me up by wanting...

Tea, any breed as long as it's strong, wet and warm!

After that, a decent Pinot Grigio or proper bitter beer.

Stainless exhausts are usually a little more resonant than mild ones. My Traveller is not too loud but rasps well on the overrun. I had 103e Popular with a stainless pipe which was very 'fruity' especially at idle, when it sounded like a motorboat, and I had a Reliant Rialto which sounded positively...

Anyone still got a bog standard Minor ? If so I’m surprised it’s still legal :D I suppose if you only plan to take it to the odd show you might get away with it, but I plan to use mine as a daily so some upgrades are beneficial I think :) My Traveller is factory standard apart from LED indicator, s...

Just been watching a television programme titled 'Nairn Across Britain' in which he journeys across the country looking at architecture. He was using a blue Minor 1000 convertible Reg No: XPC359G. Is the car still about or anyone have any history of the car. Any information greatly received. Nairn ...

Ian Nairn had three Minor convertibles, FPC 604C, PPH 721E and finally XPC 359G, just n which he covered at least 90,000 miles. He became quite friendly with Charles Ware, and contributed to the Charles Ware book Durable Car Ownership. Very interesting. All 3 are Surrey, PC (x2), PH. Did he have th...

Ian Nairn had three Minor convertibles, FPC 604C, PPH 721E and finally XPC 359G, just n which he covered at least 90,000 miles. He became quite friendly with Charles Ware, and contributed to the Charles Ware book Durable Car Ownership.

I keep a sheet of cardboard under my Traveller, mainly to catch the oil drips......if I had the luxury of being able to lay my car up over the winter, I doubt I'd worry too much about dampness coming up from the concrete floor, provided the garage is reasonably well ventilated.

Yes, you must still tax a Minor for use on the road, but the duty payable is £nil. It can be done online in the normal way, and as the car can be MOT exempt, your only bill would be for insurance. Personally I think having a fresh set of eyes look over the car once a year is a good way of seeing thi...

I bought my '69 Traveller specifically to use as a daily driver. It is pretty much bog standard, the one concession to modernity being LED bulbs in the indicators, stop/tail, sidelight and number plate lamps. I fitted period correct inertia seat belts and a previous owner had fitted a lead free cyli...

It puzzles me as to why anyone would do that? There are/were lots of people about with the 'it's a Minor... they're all much the same, it'll fit near enough' attitude. They fight to get it working, usually with an excess of BFI, loose interest in the end because it doesn't work as it should, and som...

We've been with GEM for a long time. Never needed them for the Minor, obviously, but they've helped my wife out a couple of times with various of her moderns, and very efficient they have been too. She likes the peace of mind it gives.

My Traveller is Roger due to the ROG registration, christened by one of the previous owners. Naming inanimate objects is rife in our household. We have a room called Dennis, a summerhouse called Dollywood and the new garage is George V (previous garage being Edward VII) Being bonkers is optional, bu...

I always carry a set of points and condenser. Easy fix and usually you can gap the new points approximately just get home, or to a better place than the side of the road.
I once fixed a dead Transit van on Dartmoor with points and condenser fitted and adjusted with a pocket knife.

I recently cut an inch off of mine, a junior hacksaw with a nice fresh blade and, with the rear wheel off, it was quite quick and easy.

I don't understand why radials would need to be kept in their original position "to keep their balance"? Surely if they are balanced off the car then it doesn't matter which position they go in? When I started in the trade, we used an on the car balancer because, despite being a Ford Main...

The 1970 owners handbook recommends only swapping the wheels if you're using cross-ply tyres, citing the need to keep radial s in the original position to maintain their balance. As an apprentice a long time ago, I recall being taught to swap radials front to rear but only on the same side of the ca...