Morris Minor Owners Club

One has to wonder if it weren't originally intended for the spare to be under the bonnet, much like some models of Subaru. After all, the engine bay is designed for a flat four engine which never went ahead. The locatioin of the spare wheel in the boot has always looked like a last minute botch up t...

I was on the industry technical committee which over saw the introduction of unleaded petrol in New Zealand. Valve recession is a fact, but was almost totally limited to the gasoline powered tractors in the US Mid West and a few other examples of highly loaded high speed petrol engines with cast iro...

Sorry this is a little late for the aviation theme. When I was a child, in 195 ummm hmmm cough cough, my father took me to an airshow at a nearby city here in New Zealand. We travelled there in a bus with a whole lot of other dads and their kids, and a great day was had by all. One item was a mass p...

Thanks for the info on the brakes. The Morrie I took for a test drive definitely was lacking on the brake front. It had just recently passed it's WOF (warrant of fitness, the equivalent of the UK MOT), but probably the examiner thought that a 1962 vehicle wouldn't have had great brakes anyway. Brake...

Hi, new here. Just today I've been for a look and a test drive of a 1962 4 door Morris Minor II 948 here in New Zealand. I've always wanted a Moggie, and my 15 year old son has stated that he'd get his license if he could drive a car like this. He was in the car when my wife was the victim of a nast...