Morris Minor Owners Club

Spotted katies car outside b&q.

BTW, your tyres look like your tracking is/was way out! The outside 1/3rd of your near side front was looking pretty bare.... otherwise a lovely vehicle though.

phurn wrote:Spotted katies car outside b&q.

BTW, your tyres look like your tracking is/was way out! The outside 1/3rd of your near side front was looking pretty bare.... otherwise a lovely vehicle though.

i got quoted £25 to get my tracking done - i will get it done this month

- remember, katie, you need at least 1.6mm of tread over the central 3/4 breath of the tyre with no groves/ visible damage to the tyre walls

when it comes to tracking all ways go to a agarage that do it manually in stead of with a computer

green van on swinemoor roundabout in beverley JAZ ????
exchanged waves

phurn wrote:Spotted katies car outside b&q.

BTW, your tyres look like your tracking is/was way out! The outside 1/3rd of your near side front was looking pretty bare.... otherwise a lovely vehicle though.

Ahhhh thank you!! Will get that sorted as soon as I can!!

It was nice to meet you yesterday, congratulations on being the first Moggy driver I have met in real life

A couple of Minors at Swale Vehicle Enthusiasts Club Event yesterday.

See here :-

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=38645

I saw a white K reg van parked in Berkhamsted High Street this afternoon.

Dot Cotton has a green Traveller. She's my hero.

Just thought I'd say.

a black 4 door pulling a full size caravan around the north yorkshire moors (sleight / whitby area) - must have been properly hardcore to get up some of those hills (we struggled without a caravan. We did get snapped in Goathland / Aidensfield though......

Beautiful Red Contvertible in Bridport today... along with a light coloured van in same place

£25 to get the tracking set ?????????? You are joking - yes ??????????
It's very simple to make a gauge and DIY the job.

bmcecosse wrote:£25 to get the tracking set ?????????? You are joking - yes ??????????
It's very simple to make a gauge and DIY the job.

thanks - i'll shop around before i go for that, then! - i've not got alot of time at the moment to diy it, but will keep it in mind for the future - what would you say is a fair price?

on 2nd May-light blue 2dr saloon at round about next to Saint Julien's Pier, Guernesey - lovely to see one on just arriving from Saint Malo !

a cracking little almond green split screen saloon on the A46 on the lincoln bypass.

there is also a brown? traveller in the Bailgate area of lincoln as well.


and on a slightly other car spotted note, i had 3 lovely austin 7 ruby's parked next to me at lincoln castle this afternoon as well.

Matt Tomkins wrote:

bmcecosse wrote:£25 to get the tracking set ?????????? You are joking - yes ??????????
It's very simple to make a gauge and DIY the job.

thanks - i'll shop around before i go for that, then! - i've not got alot of time at the moment to diy it, but will keep it in mind for the future - what would you say is a fair price?

For something like that I'd be wary of doing it yourself...(?)

I've been quoted from £20 up to £36 for mine. ATS have a 20% off voucher on their website & they are about £25 before the discount.

KatiePotatie wrote:

Matt Tomkins wrote:

bmcecosse wrote:£25 to get the tracking set ?????????? You are joking - yes ??????????
It's very simple to make a gauge and DIY the job.

thanks - i'll shop around before i go for that, then! - i've not got alot of time at the moment to diy it, but will keep it in mind for the future - what would you say is a fair price?

For something like that I'd be wary of doing it yourself...(?)

I've been quoted from £20 up to £36 for mine. ATS have a 20% off voucher on their website & they are about £25 before the discount.

Sounds about right if you think what a big garage /tyre place labour rate is. I'd expect it to take about 1/2hr from firsat getting the car on the ramp to finished job, even for a slight tweak and its probably a realistic minimum charge for half hours work. Can also be longer if nuts are siezed and rack gaitors won't spin on the steering rack arms.
Probably a less mainstream garage may charge a tenner for the tea fund or something like...

Spotted today - white Minor 1000 convertible with top down going though Caynham near Ludlow.KET reg I did wave but it dosn't really work when in the Series 1 Land Rover...

I agree entirely with Iain, £25 sounds about right. Like BMC I wouldn't pay it - because I can do it myself, but I have a four post lift etc. However it represents the half hour or so of garage time that is required to have it done professionally. I would want to make sure the rack and wheel are centred correctly too in that price though.

Almond Green Traveller, registration CAN 145D, driving along Ewell Road towards Surbiton this afternoon at 3.50pm.

Trafalgar Blue two door, G reg I think in Kent and East Sussex steam railway's carpark (tenterten) this afternoon

A lovely Minor 1000 in white on the Dorchester By pass, then a red saloon on the Weymouth relif road! Two in one morning, I love a cheery Morris wave on the way to work!