Morris Minor Owners Club

This years branch rally will be a joint one with a local branch of the Austin Seven Club. On 24th May 2026. Details and pricing to follow. Look on the Malvern Hills Web site or facebook page for info.

Sorting through a pile of CD's collecting dust under the PC. I have come across a CD Rom of some Technical tips from Minor Matters. You need to have Windows 7 and Word 6 for it to run. But i can see the word documents, open and veiw them. It looks like it dates from 2000. It looks to be an updated v...

Thanks for the advice, yes i have had the car and the engine for a while. Up until around 20 years ago i was needing to do a 6000 mile service twice a year. So was putting a load of mileage on the car. Since then i also have a modern car to use so around 1500 to 3000 miles a year. Still doing a serv...

Hi, could do with some advice. 3 years ago i had my 1098 engine rebuilt, to a fast road spec. The head has recently blown between 1 and 2 cylinders. The thing is i originally got the engine back in 1984 as a silverseal recon unit. It was rebuilt to 1098 minget spec in 1990. Looking at my records, it...

Thank for your clarification. It make more sence now.
I was only planing to go for 1 day but staying in the area in the mean time to do some sight seeing. Just not sure which day. Sat or Sunday.

Just a heads up. Hopefully this will be at Hanbury Hall in early June. Slighty later than other years, to avoid MOT and my holiday.

Now all sorted, with a replacement V5 showing the correct info.
The weird thing is i did not notice that there was a number missing, and it was only picked up on my last MOT test.

I was looking to get an independent check. Looking at the chassis number info on the internet. Chassis numbers of around 112241 were created around 1951. M/AW5, ties in with a Morris 1000. 1965 Chassis numbers go from 1092770 to 1131828, which tie in with 1122241. Which is on the chassis plate attac...

Our AGM will be held at :
The Drum and Monkey, Newbridge Green, Upton upon Severn, Worcester WR8 0QP. On Saturday 12th October at 12 oclock.

Here's an interesting question.
My chassis number is */***-D112241
What type of morris do i have?

The question is in regard to a query by the DVLA who have just realised that an error has been made with the V5 doc. Dating back to 1981!

No I don't have the dimensions, I ordered a radius arm from ESM compared it to what I had and it was much longer.

Ok, thanks for the info, looking at the Westfield website, a spade connector is used rather than a pin. Though it narrows the field so that i am looking at the older type reversing switch.

For info, there are several versions of Old English White. Your best bet is to leave a bit at a place that mixes up spray paint. This will give you the best match. Cream hammarite is also a close match, and have been using this in parts of the engine bay.

Years ago, I have had radius arms fitted by the now defunct Morris Minor Centre (Bath). The ESM ones are a different size, so don't fit. So i am reconditioning what I have. Does anyone either have replacement bushes, or the complete arms. Its to fit the classic handling kit. The dimensions are 37mm ...

Hi, years and years ago i had the ford 5 speed gearbox upgrade from the Birmingham Morris Minor centre in Birmingham. As i said this was a long time ago. At the time i made up a connector using some bullet connectors and some epoxy resin (milliput) it works but keeps dropping off (pot holed roads an...

Hi, i meet up with some other classic car owners yesterday. A local came across to chat to us, he was a retired policeman and we chatted about some of the cars he drove for work. Surprisingly he was using a Morris 1000 traveller as a patrol car. I was only aware of the saloon Panda Cars. Though mayb...

Hi, way back in the 1990's I fitted an electronic oil pressure gauge to my morris 1000, this replaced an mechanical oil gauge which I had fitted previously. I changed to a electronic version after the oil capillarity tube broke and coated the engine bay in oil. The sensor has been refitted following...

A Big thank you for everyone who came and made our Branch Rally such a success.
Malvern Hills Branch.

Ok, thanks for the advice. As ever it looks tobe the owners take on what a modified minor is and how well they know the cars history or what the standard spec is.

Will expect the usual amount of chop tops parking with the convertible's rather than in the modified row.

Yes, its a bit of an old chestnut. I have been asked to find out how other branches deal with modified cars at branch rallies. We have a modified class that we use on the rally form. Some people class their cars as modified, others would part the same car with the standard morris minors. Say you hav...