Morris Minor Owners Club

Its tempting... believe me!!!
In reality, selling Max and replacing him with an upgraded Moggie which Mrs PB will be happy to drive means we can also get rid of her modern (3000 miles in the last two years) which in turns means my pension will stretch a little further as well !
2007 Astra anyone??

Indeed... what is Max worth. Good question. My strategy will be to price him so that I stand a chance of getting back what I paid for him. A few nice looking Series 2's around the www at present including an ambitiously priced one at £13K. Max would be an absolute bargain by comparison with that one!

I'm still putting MY wish list together. For practical reasons a 'Series 5' 4-door. I'm not up to doing much work myself so any mods must already done and the car ready to use. Newton interior, servo, alternator, inertia seat belts will do me. Failing that a 'Series 3' 4-door with seat belts, alternator and servo, and I'll maybe forgo the Newton interior, which might upset Mrs PB a bit, but seatbelts and decent brakes should placate her a little. Was on holiday last week so missed out on a nice mildly modded 1967 4-door. Had all my wish list plus Midget head, disc brakes, van wheels/tyres, etched heated rear screen, extra instruments, new audio system and a fair bit more as well. Was on ebay. Went for maiden bid of £5K.

I had considered CW and a couple other major players in the game but generally their prices are outside my budget. Besides which Mrs PB has today discovered the Wolseley 1500/Riley 1.5 and is suggesting we could afford to get one AND keep hold of Max. As we also spotted a very affordable Austin Somerset for sale at a steam fair today (eliciting the same suggestion from the good lady) its fair to say I'm getting confused!

The fact that I have permission in principle to invest in a second classic represents a major step forward. I'm probably going to look at a Somerset next week but, with other possibilities in mind too, I'm in no hurry to buy, and I might even throw a bit of money at Max to make him more saleable

I'd bet your other half won't want a Somerset if she drives one first .....
Wolseley 1500/Riley 1.5 a different matter IF you can find a genuinely good one at the right price.

I don't really think it'll be a winner either

Rabbitt wrote: MOJ .. sorry if I didn't get it .. but could you further explain the retaining the 803 reverse selector comment for me ?

Sorry Rabbitt, only just seen this. Liammonty has already answered this but, to be clear, without transferring the reverse selector rod from the 803 to the 948 box, there is the potential to accidentally shift into reverse gear when trying to select fourth when accelerating forward.......not something you want to do!

I don't really think it'll be a winner either

Sadly, despite tacit approval for another then, it sounds like this is her way of saying she doesn't like classics over a certain age and if you want the quiet life -- sell it...............
Or to put it another way, she only likes classics that fit her definition of the term (which may not be yours).........

What about his and hers then?
Say you'll keep Max for you and she can choose one (of her liking) for herself...... would that work??
Best wishes,
Mike.

Always the way in our household. Simple things start getting confused and over-complicated. Still none the wiser but I believe best option will be to get Max's mechanical gremlins addressed first... as soon as I'm fit enough to tackle them