Retired 65 year old.
Have just bought a 1967 2-door 1000 Trafalgar Blue with red interior.
93400 miles.
A bit smokey so will check compression to see what's causing this. Old age.
MOT to August 2010 with the following new items to pass:
Battery, water pump, electric washer pump and switch, under nearside panel welded? (extensive welding done here) - £584 incl labour all done by a local garage so will go and see them.
Both nearside wings replaced at some point as they are spotless, unlike the rest of the paintwork, that will need doing.
The last time I did any cellulose spraying was on my 105E whilst preparing it for racing in the '72- fun and games ahead me thinks
A couple of rust spots and holes in ns door at the bottom.
Water getting in at various points but this just needs rubbers sorting so nothing unexpected.
Seats & headlining are perfect but all carpets need replacing. Was all red interior common? I cannot find mention of this anywhere.
I had completely forgotten just how good Moggies drive.
My first car was a lowlight, modded with skimmed head.
A straight through exhaust, I do mean straight through as the baffle box was removed and my Dad welded up two chrome Beetle tailpipes out the back. It earned me my first ticket - loud exhaust!
Looked good and made a wonderful noise.
'Ouma' - the name given to my 1000 - drives in a way that involves you, unlike the sanitised way modern cars do (don't do) and so comfortable.
It's more comfortable than my '07 Fiat Doblo.
The steering is so light I can't believe it.
Took a little time to get used to the ship steering wheel, so shuffle time back as crossed arms just not elegant.
Brakes, however, where what I expected - press hard and then some when brain and instincts say you're not slowing fast enough - servo time?
Cannot remember back to my non-servoed disc braked Anglia, but I was a heck of lot younger and pushing that pedal was just part of the racing fun.
What I love about 'Ouma' are the looks it gets and the smiles from people.
And then there's the exhaust tune.
No other car comes close to that spine tingling F*ART. I bring that on at every opportunity - who needs a radio.
Haven't spent anywhere near as much time driving her, due to the horrible weather right now. Don't want to encourage anymore rust than necessary.
Car is at present under a carport as garage has been turned into a hobby room with everything needed to build miniature steam engines.
The carport is in front of the garage and against the bungalow with open long side covered by my neighbour's fence and creeper.
Luckily there is enough space to extend it another 15ft
I put the last of the machine tools into hobby room Nov '06 & then my world fell apart.
My Mom suffered a stroke and within a week I was diagnosed as having prostate and bladder cancers. I found my pain threshold in hospital that week following the operation to scrape the bladder cancer out.
Well, the side effects of the treatments has meant that nothing happened from then on until now when I decided to look for a Moggie.
I needed something to focus on and be able to use straight away.
However, getting engaged on my 65th is still a shock I'm recovering from
)Hobby room still needs final sorting and electrics done.
Enough rambling for now.
I've posted a 'Wanted' in the Free! section for a ns quarterlight top socket.
As a new owner, is there any advise on what to check/do on 'Ouma' apart from dealing with rust?
Cheers for now.
Geoff and Ouma
Diss, Norfolk
Don't forget to take a look at the 'new member?' thread at the top of this forum. Red interiors were common but not in a trafalgar blue car so either the interior has been changed at some time or maybe the car has been resprayed a different colour to the original. A trafalgar blue '67 car would normally have a light blue interior. With regards to the brakes you will find there are varying views on here with regards to servos. Personally I've always found the standard brakes fine. You just need to adjust your driving style accordingly when changing from a 'modern' to a Minor. With regards to what checks to do I suggest that you get a copy of the workshop manual if you haven't aready got one. This will show the service intervals and how to perform these. A well maintained Minor should give you minimal problems so enjoy driving Ouma 
) at some point.
