Morris Minor Owners Club

I have a 61 948 cc 2 door with a 1098 engine fitted,and at the momment i am stripping the front suspension down to replace the kingpins etc etc,
I was wondering if this might be a good time to upgrade from 7" too 8" front brakes ?Is this worth the expense and more importantly is the braking that much more improved ? and is it just the back plate and drums i replace ? or do the wheel cylinders have to be changed ?
Has any one else done this ? your thoughts would be appreciated !

Yes - that will be WELL worth doing. Pretty much everything needs changing - same wheel cylinders - everything else larger. Can probably buy a complete set from someone who has upgraded to the excellent larger 9" Wolseley brakes - or discs .

you need shoes,drums,backplates and the larger snail adjusters Massive improvement over7s

Thanks for your prompt replies,I have on your recomendation bmceccose put my trust in you and purchased said worsley brakes,Are the spares available for the brake cylinders/shoes ok and where are said parts available from ?any info as always appreciated !

Cylinder repair kits are available - always on ebay. Cylinders are quite hard to find - and tend to be a bit expensive. If yours are useable - do so. It's relatively easy to change them for standard Minor cylinders - although initially I found the brake pedal too light with the Minor cylinders, but a change of shoes to 'old stock' has put this right. Shoes - maybe 'earlpart' could do them - I have a couple of sets to keep me going (will be for 100 years - because the wear with these brakes is negligible!) - and I bought (very cheaply) some 9" rear shoes for my TR7 - and behold - they are almost the same - just lacking the little groove for the adjuster, which will be easy to make with a file if I need to use them on my Minor!
You will notice a HUGE difference going from 7" drums to W 9" drums! Fasten your seatbelt before trying the new brakes - to save you going through the screen!!

Hmmmm Seat Belts, dont have them !, Now there's an expense i did not reckon on when costing upgrading to better brakes !

Have to say - seatbelts really ARE a very good idea on any car. Just hang on tight meantime !