Morris Minor Owners Club

RE: appreciating animals over people; yeah, pretty much. Been in retail sales since I left the Navy in '88 and gotten so intolerant of humanity that I embrace any and all interaction with our wildlife. My much younger coworker sees my experience as a warning about dealing with (eeew) "people&qu...

Started feeding my resident crows peanuts last week. Trying to befriend a few locals for better interaction and to learn something about them. There's a few ravens around but crows definitely outnumber them. Got a pair that stay close by; they're fun to watch. They'll roost above the feeder and hide...

The Tax man says it's a Rolls Royce; the insurance man says it's a rusted out Panda. The Green party says it's destroying the world.

Naval tradition allows for the following of either local time or Greenwich Mean Time as applicable.... SO; indeed, yes, it is 5:00 where it needs to be!

Once the sun's over the yardarm it's Bacardi

In Case anyone's wanting to duplicate this, I have a '57 2dr in Central Florida with a bunch of extra parts

For certain, don't scrap what you take off. Somebody will find it useful.

Here in the States, part of our problem is people who won't avoid hitting them when they ARE full of water, either failing to understand hydraulics or just not giving a fig about it. Water, being incompressible, has to go SOMEWHERE under the weight of a vehicle's wheel and tire, and this results in ...

Out of curiosity, I took a few minutes Sunday to try and remove the badly cracked Bakelite from one of my spare wheels, to no avail, much to my surprise! what remains is so solidly adhered to the frame, it is nigh impossible to shift. May resort to mechanical means to remove the stuff..... or, maybe...

I hit a skunk with my car in the rain last night, stunned him, so I took pity on him and took him home to recover.
My wife flew into a tizzy when I took him to bed to keep him warm...
"What about the smell?" she shrieked...
"I got used to it; I suppose he can get used to it , too."

I started my new job at the zoo; I circumcise elephants.
The pay's not that much...
but the tips are huge.

Bemused to discover the lighting regulations over there... if we had some recourse to deal with the searchlights supplied on new cars and trucks here, I'd surely make use of it. On the main point, the ongoing preservation and conservation of an existing vehicle is near and dear to my heart. I hesita...

Absent-minded doctor, scribbling away, notices he's using a rectal thermometer...
"Now, where's my bloody pen gone?"

I don't know how lucky you fellows are at getting the hinge bolts out, I've dismantled two 4drs and only one came out willingly. I stripped the doors down on my '57 2dr and was fortunate to not have to remove the window regulators or door latch inner operators. My process for reinstalling everything...

Good catch! Lovely colour!

Merry Christmas to one and all; let no one want for anything in the New Year.

Certainly looks daunting, but still well within reasonable repair. When I first started out some 40 years ago puttering on old cars, I had to pass up several that I really wanted, but didn't have the abilities required at the time, like welding and (proper) painting. Spurred on by articles in restor...

Studebaker had it in their lineup for years, popular option.

I'm instantly reminded just how fortunate I am that my 57 is so solid after 68 years

I've found that the chemicals used to "weatherproof" plywood sometimes don't dry out completely, then evaporates as it ages, lifting any coating and/or rotting the wood away. I try to find the driest piece available when I buy it; but this isn't easy if you have to buy several or have them...