Morris Minor Owners Club

Right, I've worked it out and your date of manufacture should be around the last quarter of July 1962 (give or take a week or so), so it looks like your car was registered pretty soon after manufacture!

Cam,

I've looked at the car and as you say it is 980572, which is odd because both the original 'buff' log book and my current V5 show the number as 1980572.

What do you use to approximate the build date?


Robin

Cam,

I think that in the UK flashing brakelights aren't really that well-known. In fact, with so many cars having high-up lights I sometimes get people who miss hebe's later-style indicators!

I would say that in America the stop/flash combination is much more known and looked out for by other drivers. Over here... people are possibly going to say "but your brakelight was flashing" if they hit you...

It's up to other road users to interpret your signals. If they are ignorant, then that's their problem.

If you can get yourself to the Heritage Museum at Gaydon, Warwickshire, then they have an archive. If you ask nicely they'll fetch out the old ledgers which will tell you the build date and simple spec of your car - all they'll need is the chassis number. Phyllis was 27th February 1962. I think. I've got it written down somewhere...

Good grief Gareth, my saloon was built between 12th - 19th February 1962 and despatched from the factory on the 26th February 1962 - they almost met!

Gareth wrote:It's up to other road users to interpret your signals. If they are ignorant, then that's their problem.

Hmm - well. their ignorance is their problem. but getting the rear of your car fixed is yours!

Hmm - well. their ignorance is their problem. but getting the rear of your car fixed is yours!

No, no, no, dear boy - it's AON's... As I know from experience! ;)

woo wrote:What do you use to approximate the build date?

I go from the date/chassis numbers in the various reference books and interpolate the date. It's approximate but it seems to work OK.

In fact I worked out my 1952 MM minor's production date to the exact day! I checked by ordering a heritage certificate.

I don't want to do this for all my cars (at £28 each!) but it's usually accurate to within a couple of weeks.

Nikki,

Yeah, I'm sticking with the later setup on the rear for now, but knowing me I'll probably change it over eventually!!!

hi cam

my 57 also has flashing brake lights which I love and others dont but I am getting a price to modifiy mine to LEDs which a m8 of mine from our car club does extremeley well. if interseted I can keep u posted when I get a price. or see pm

Thanks mate, but I don't want to go down the LED route as I personally don't like the look of them (they don't fade in and out like a bulb does). Keep us posted anyway if you like out of general interest though...