So what are you hoping Santa will bring you...?
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So what are you hoping Santa will bring you...?
This would be top of my Xmas list if Santa could fit it in his sleigh (do you think he has a trailer? )...
http://www.morrisminorconvertible.co.uk ... nj/jnj.htm
Although I am pretty happy that Santa found these for me on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
What's on the top of your list?
http://www.morrisminorconvertible.co.uk ... nj/jnj.htm
Although I am pretty happy that Santa found these for me on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
What's on the top of your list?
Mike Shipman,
Seaton, Torpoint, Cornwall.
Seaton, Torpoint, Cornwall.
Anything can be "made" to fit, within reason. The key is getting the seats of the right dimension so that they fit in the space available. Runners will need to be adapted whatever seats are chosen.Ondergard wrote:Do Rover 216 seats fit a Morris Minor, then?
On my Christmas list is a grit blasting cabinet
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We had a good one at work - it is probably on a truck to the clearance company today (or it went already this week).On my Christmas list is a grit blasting cabinet
The clearance company is based in Coventry - are you interested in details?
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
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A winning Lottery ticket . Depending on the size of win, I'd buy something like a Bugatti T35 or 51 (Very big win) but with a more modest win, I'd go for an Austin 7 Ulster, a pre war Morgan 4/4 or pre war MG Midget (M, J, P or T Type). Any of these would enable me to do VSCC events. If I was to buy another Minor, in addition to my Traveller, I wouldn't mind an early 1000 saloon or an MM but lets not get into fantasy garages.
I hope Santa takes away some of this damned snow, even though it is seasonal. What a contrast to school days, when we used to reinforce snow drifts, in order to defeat the snow ploughs, which meant no school bus and therefore no school.
I'm spending Christmas at my parents house (Good cycling country) and I plan to watch the "Great Escape" (Don't know if its on TV but I have the video). As for presents, the odd DVD or book will keep me occupied.....there comes a point where you don't really need much (Apart from the aforementioned lottery win and that's mainly so as I wouldn't need to work for the next twenty+ years; in essence time is what I'd like); I have all the tools I need so a bit of P&Q will be nice.
One thing I've promised myself, one day, is a long case clock. I think a grandmother clock would suit my needs best (Sizewise). I know very little about them but I quite like the idea of an antique one, as opposed to a new one.
I hope Santa takes away some of this damned snow, even though it is seasonal. What a contrast to school days, when we used to reinforce snow drifts, in order to defeat the snow ploughs, which meant no school bus and therefore no school.
I'm spending Christmas at my parents house (Good cycling country) and I plan to watch the "Great Escape" (Don't know if its on TV but I have the video). As for presents, the odd DVD or book will keep me occupied.....there comes a point where you don't really need much (Apart from the aforementioned lottery win and that's mainly so as I wouldn't need to work for the next twenty+ years; in essence time is what I'd like); I have all the tools I need so a bit of P&Q will be nice.
One thing I've promised myself, one day, is a long case clock. I think a grandmother clock would suit my needs best (Sizewise). I know very little about them but I quite like the idea of an antique one, as opposed to a new one.
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Well I am with you on the Long Case clock my biggest problem is where I would site it and the prices have been at a low for the last year or so (good time to buy) as ones that made £2 to £4,000 a few years ago are £800 - £1,500 nowadays and value is more about maker, movement & case rather than age as you can get late 1700's quite reasonable, all I would say is go for an eight day movement rather than a 30 hour.Blaketon wrote: One thing I've promised myself, one day, is a long case clock. I think a grandmother clock would suit my needs best (Sizewise). I know very little about them but I quite like the idea of an antique one, as opposed to a new one.
Grandmother clocks I often find are often not to my taste and often have not very nice cases (in my eyes).
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I like the full blown jobs but one might look a bit daft in my three up three down end of terrace. On the other hand I don't want a 5 foot job either. I shall remember to check on the winding interval. I have an eight day "Enfield" clock on my front room mantlepiece. It was given to my grandfather when he left the AEC in 1946. So a local jeweller told me, in the late '40s, it was a bit like having a "Plasma TV" today . I think I'll keep the clock .Kevin wrote:Well I am with you on the Long Case clock my biggest problem is where I would site it and the prices have been at a low for the last year or so (good time to buy) as ones that made £2 to £4,000 a few years ago are £800 - £1,500 nowadays and value is more about maker, movement & case rather than age as you can get late 1700's quite reasonable, all I would say is go for an eight day movement rather than a 30 hour.Blaketon wrote: One thing I've promised myself, one day, is a long case clock. I think a grandmother clock would suit my needs best (Sizewise). I know very little about them but I quite like the idea of an antique one, as opposed to a new one.
Grandmother clocks I often find are often not to my taste and often have not very nice cases (in my eyes).
My great grandparents had a one handed grandfather clock. I don't know what became of it or where they got it. Some of the women of the family had been in service, with colliery owners and got some high quality cast offs (There was a rather nice sword stick and another with a gun in it ).
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In minoring terms I'd still like a left hand locking door handle for 'becca. Scarcer than hen's teeth, they are.
In terms of other stuff, I really don't know. I have trouble thinking of anything I need.
If anyone can find me a nursing job in an ER in or around Vancouver, that'd rock
In terms of other stuff, I really don't know. I have trouble thinking of anything I need.
If anyone can find me a nursing job in an ER in or around Vancouver, that'd rock
Pyoor Kate
The Electric Minor Project
The Current Fleet:
1969 Morris 'thou, 4 Door. 2010 Mitsubishi iMiEV. 1920s BSA Pushbike. 1930s Raleigh pushbike.
The Ex-Fleet:
1974 & 1975 Daf 44s, 1975 Enfield 8000 EV, 1989 Yugo 45, 1981 Golf Mk1, 1971 Vauxhall Viva, 1989 MZ ETZ 125, 1989 Volvo Vario 340, 1990, 1996 & 1997 MZ/Kanuni ETZ 251s
Desires:
Trabant 601, Tatra T603, Series II Landy, Moskvitch-401, Vincent HRD Black Shadow, Huge garage, Job in Washington State.
The Electric Minor Project
The Current Fleet:
1969 Morris 'thou, 4 Door. 2010 Mitsubishi iMiEV. 1920s BSA Pushbike. 1930s Raleigh pushbike.
The Ex-Fleet:
1974 & 1975 Daf 44s, 1975 Enfield 8000 EV, 1989 Yugo 45, 1981 Golf Mk1, 1971 Vauxhall Viva, 1989 MZ ETZ 125, 1989 Volvo Vario 340, 1990, 1996 & 1997 MZ/Kanuni ETZ 251s
Desires:
Trabant 601, Tatra T603, Series II Landy, Moskvitch-401, Vincent HRD Black Shadow, Huge garage, Job in Washington State.
My Cousin is a nurse in Vancouver, I'll see what I can find out for you Kate.
My Xmas wish is for better health and a wealthy benefactor to help get our racing Minor project off the ground
My Xmas wish is for better health and a wealthy benefactor to help get our racing Minor project off the ground
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The best things in life are free!
So I'm hoping to find a few skips full of 75mm Kingspan insulation for my loft room and then maybe all the materials I need for the garage extension, the double drive at my new place, and an inspection pit down the side path, the roof to turn the side path into a car port, plus a couple of sheds...
So I'm hoping to find a few skips full of 75mm Kingspan insulation for my loft room and then maybe all the materials I need for the garage extension, the double drive at my new place, and an inspection pit down the side path, the roof to turn the side path into a car port, plus a couple of sheds...
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block