Morris Minor Owners Club

She's a beauty, Stewart! I'm doing a '57 US import 2dr myself, a mongrel of bits from her and two 1960 donor cars. Looking forward to seeing your progress!

My '57 has stainless window trim as did/do both of my '60 donor cars; one had a tray but it was trashed; I still have the bar as I might add a mesh net a la VW and reinstall it. My '57 came with no inside trim whatsoever, so I don't know what Morris put in it; again, both donors have single color pa...

This is Saturday's efforts, still need fettling of the joins before welding it up. 'Erindoors says it finally looks like a car again!

Not to change the subject substantially, but I find this interesting because I have the owner's manual from my '52 Plymouth Cambridge and it contains what must have been an outstanding warranty for the time.... 6 months! After that, you were on your own! I think ALL the major manufacturers had very ...

Took out the dash to make room for the final cuts; this was finished up 9pm last night in the dark. Saving the dash panels for the latch brackets and switches I haven't removed yet. Need to determine location and direction of final cuts; how close to the inner wings and across or down through. Rathe...

Sobering stuff.

Funny you should mention that. I was born and raised in Amherst County and several of my relatives lived in Bedford. My Uncle George walked from Normandy to Berlin in 1944-45 and lived until 1981. My Uncle William owned a farm near Smith Mountain Lake and had two ships shot out from under him in the...

No idea if there's any D-Day veterans in the group, but there must be children and grandchildren of them in the ranks. Salute to those who went into battle for us all on that fateful day. By the grace of God all of my great uncles and my grandfather made it back from the war.

Yes that bothers me as I don't like the harming of wildlife.

Sadly, this morning I was the cause of demise for one squirrel incapable of making a hard and fast decision regarding his/her staying put, going forward, or going back. Going back was his worst possible decision, poor little chap. Stopping or swerving a Jetta at 60mph is not as simple as it may seem.

In my best Nigel Green impersonation....
"Alllllll right then; what's going on 'ERE?"

Interesting read. It's ironic that a universal necessity, abundant in some places and scarce in others, generates such confusion among those empowered to deal with it. Just like our municipalities.

Made some cuts to the '57 in preparation for the front clip transplant, evened out some ragged edges; made the corresponding cuts to the donor (at least a good start anyway; amazing how quickly cutting discs go!), stopping before cutting the floor as I need to remove the seats, shifter, and column. ...

My raccoon guest list has increased to four now.... word is getting around that we're a soft touch. I thought Britain was an island nation? Surrounded by water? Royal Navy and such? Or has your government taken leave of it's senses like some of our state governments and made it illegal to collect an...

Oof. That's just not right. When I worked for Volkswagen I had a customer shop that "specialized" in custom building hot rods. One day when I was making a call on them I happened to notice a Ford Falcon in the shop (Falcons being my absolute favorite car) and I asked if I could have a look...

I consider our place a wildlife refuge so.... nothing gets mowed except the very front strip along the road in front of the trees. I hate mowing, raking leaves, bare areas.... I keep up with the condition of the trees out of safety concerns (we have widowmaker oaks that drop limbs without warning)

Nice find! The wire wheels are a nice touch as well. Wouldn't have thought they'd look the part, but they do!

The weather broke a little last evening so I was able to do a bit more scavenging on Donor 1; pulled out the plywood floor from the boot; it's got warpage but I think it will be okay to use. Also sanded down the heater box and duct and gave them a few coats of lacquer. Anything to move things forwar...

We do seem to have a few Minors in Florida and Georgia.... they must have migrated down with snowbirds from New England

The wheels I have were on the 1960 1000 donor car. I've not had a failure of any steel wheel in my lifetime of driving; just saw a reference to centers breaking out. I would think even the rarest occurrence would scramble the manufacturer to remedy the issue if it was during the years of production!...