Morris Minor Owners Club

Thanks, both. I was hoping I had a standard type of white for Morris wheels (many that I've seen look the same to my untrained eye), which was why I was hoping someone might be able to specify a commonly used touch-in paint product, but I guess it's trickier than that. There are many shades of white...

Hi. I have quite a lot of black chips / discoloured bits on the white wheels of my 1968 Traveller and am thinking either of getting them resprayed or buying a new set. Before I go down one of those pricey paths, I was thinking of trying to get a paint that's a reasonable match to see if touching in ...

Owlsman, thanks for your helpful perspective and the email suggestion. Yes, I'll do just that. Hopefully in due course my insurers will have a clearer process in place and there'll be a way of logging my annual mileage figure on their system at renewal time. Meanwhile, I'll be proactive in the info ...

Thanks, Grumpy 21. That's food for thought - and for wider reasons than the limited mileage one. It's not that I'm an MOT refusenik. I just decided to drop down to getting this done every couple of years to save a bit of money as the car's in very good nick and is only used occasionally. But you've ...

Thanks for that thought. Much appreciated. My annual service is done by a now-largely-retired local Morris mechanic (the best of the best), and not by a local garage, so there's no formal invoice on headed notepaper, but maybe that could be sorted out. I'll pursue that idea... And maybe I'll take a ...

Yes, the FJ website is not very good (yet) - just an access portal for documents, really. It's hard to know if their not asking for evidence of actual annual mileage when selling limited mileage policies is the result of procedural muddle on their part or intentional evasion so that they can catch y...

Nope, there's no place on the Footman James website for logging my car's mileage.

A useful response, thanks. I decided an MOT every couple of years or so should be sufficient for me (plus, of course, the all-important annual service). Am now hesitating about raising the query with my insurers as it will flag to them that my MOT is not an annual ritual. And they've never asked for...

Hi. I've recently renewed my Morris Traveller insurance with limited mileage (comfortably more miles than I drive in a year) and have just had the thought: what if I have to make a claim at some point and PROVE that the mileage done was within my stated limit? Because an annual MOT is no longer requ...

Brilliant, thanks. Just found some Araldite in the cupboard. Now to find something suitably heavy...

Jamesy

Another query. I have a few scratches and blemishes on my white stove enamel wheels and the front grille. What's the best paint product for touching these in so that they come out exactly the same kind of white?

Jamesy

Hello. I hope I've got the right name for this. Is 'drip moulding' the thin strip of black rubber that runs down the sides of a Traveller where the rear wheel arch meets the wood (photo attached)? Whatever it's called, and as you can see from the pic, mine's come loose at the bottom (on both sides)....

Thanks, Neil. I bought a new cover before I saw your message. Hope you find a buyer.

Jamesy

Thanks, Noel. I may try that solution in the first instance. The Council told me they'd need to see the actual permit beneath the windscreen (I had suggested displaying a photocopy in a plastic wallet taped to the cover - for fear of someone nicking the original), but hopefully they won't be *that* ...

Thanks - but obtaining a garage is for me (as for many people) simply impossible. That's why I'm asking these questions.

Jamesy

Thanks for the coachtrimmer tip. I'd not thought of that, but will investigate if it comes to it. Re the Stormforce cover disintegrating: is there a more durable cover that you'd recommend instead? Should I alternate between Stormforce for winter and something else for summer? I know cars don't need...

Thanks, Matt. I may try to brave it out in the first instance and see what they do. Different councils seem to have different policies here. Mine won't even allow me to display a copy of the parking permit in a plastic pocket which I could tape to the outside of the car cover. And if I do cut out a ...

Hello all. I have to park my Traveller on road and am about to buy a car cover (probably Stormforce, on the basis of (mostly) good reviews on this site). BUT: later this year the Council is bringing in a Residents' Parking Scheme and they've refused my request to just to have my registration plate p...

Well, they're rectangular box speakers rather than the kind where the front circular grille sits on the surface of the scuttle panel and the rest of the speaker lurks behind (if that's what you had in mind, Margriff). And, though quite compact, they're too big to fit under the front seats. I *do* li...

I've got my Traveller wired for sound (wonderful Vibe Slick amp in the glovebox, iPod dock on the dash), but am experimenting with speaker positions before I fix them. It's motorway driving I'm thinking about. Once I'm driving at 60mph or over, the engine's so loud that acoustic/quieter tracks are h...