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alaskanminor
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Dating & parts

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Hello all-I am in Alaska and trying to surprise my husband with a gift of restoring our Morris Minor. I am in need of help with identification and finding parts. The plate under the hood says it is Chassis Number OFJ4/83620 (although it is a little hard to read). I always believed it was a 1960 however looking at the charts the code would date it as 1952-1958. It is a pickup and I am hoping to find parts in the US to save on shipping/carriage costs. Can anyone help? :roll: Thanks!!
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pick-up

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Lo, hope you are successful. Your chassis number confirms genuine left hand
drive pickup made sometime around mid 1958.
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Post by bigginger »

May I just say how very, very jealous I am? It's NOT FAIR! :D
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The best parts options would be great

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If you don't have information on a US option for obtaining parts, can you suggest best place in the UK for parts? Thank you! :roll:
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Post by Onne »

there are several UK suppliers, but there was (is???) a problem with sending to the states.
try:
www.morrisminorspares.co.uk
www.bullmotif.co.uk
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bigginger wrote:May I just say how very, very jealous I am? It's NOT FAIR! :D
But its your birthday soon :wink:
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Post by bigginger »

You offering? :D
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Shipping info

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Thank you for your help. I contacted morrisminorspares and they said that they are now shipping to the states again as of July 1! Good timing I guess. :D

Happy Birthday Andrew, hope it is a good one.
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Post by bigginger »

Thank you! I'll need a bit of space if I'm going to be getting yet another pick-up, but I'll swap 2 for a '58 if nobody's getting me one :D
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bigginger wrote:Thank you! I'll need a bit of space if I'm going to be getting yet another pick-up, but I'll swap 2 for a '58 if nobody's getting me one :D
Is a 1958 rare? My husband has owned it since 1986 while it has never been a daily runner we used to drive it occassionally. It currently has some brake issues and a broken gear in the transmission so it has been parked for a few years and need some rust repair work and a paint job. Our anniversary is coming up in a few months and I thought it would be a lovely gift to have the truck fixed up. :P
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Post by bigginger »

'rare' by virtue of age, as the commercial vehicles tend not to have lasted as long because they had a harder life than mollycoddled saloons :D One of my ambitions is to own one that is older than me, and I haven't managed yet...
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Post by Kevin »

One of my ambitions is to own one that is older than me, and I haven't managed yet...
Well just go for a splitscreen then Andrew
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I could say something but I won't :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by bigginger »

Probably wise :D Split screen would be ideal, but it HAS to be a pick-up :D :D
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Re: pick-up

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Willie wrote:Lo, hope you are successful. Your chassis number confirms genuine left hand
drive pickup made sometime around mid 1958.
Yes,build date August '58

Any chance of cab number please...

plate on top n/s of firewall (Z2????? C5????x)

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Re: Dating & parts

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I should PM them as the last post on this thread was 2006! :D

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Re: Dating & parts

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ASL642 wrote:I should PM them as the last post on this thread was 2006! :D
Duh!!

A blonde moment!!

shall try thy PM route....

Thanks

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Re: Dating & parts

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Thanks for the additional information on the build date, I will locate the cab number shortly. Our project is not finished yet, but we started working on it again recently. Had to find a new space to work on it.
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