Morris Minor Owners Club

Assuming you can afford the cost of improvements, does it really matter if you spend much more on your Moggie than you can sell the car for, if at the end of the day, it brings such a great deal of pleasure to you personally ? [frame][/frame]

It's whatever you want it to be - as long as you can afford to keep the car!

My 3 year old company car (mondeo) was £22K new and is probably worth about £8k now (esp with over 90K miles on the clock). So, if I spent £14K on Moggies just imagine how good they would be

bmcecosse wrote:It's whatever you want it to be - as long as you can afford to keep the car!

I am going to pass it on as an heirloom! By the way, do you drive your train to rallies on public highways?[frame][/frame]

I can only drive it on our own track at Bo'ness. It's not cleared for main Line running - or fitted with the necessary equipment to allow use on the Main Line (black box etc etc). You do understand that trains run on rails........ not roads........

bmcecosse wrote:I can only drive it on our own track at Bo'ness. It's not cleared for main Line running - or fitted with the necessary equipment to allow use on the Main Line (black box etc etc). You do understand that trains run on rails........ not roads........

You don't say....I have lived all my life without knowing trains run on rails....I thought they ran on wheels....you learn something new every day!

bmcecosse wrote:You do understand that trains run on rails........ not roads........

Unless it's the Titfield Thunderbolt

Rails, Roads but never on Time

My reply when anyone asks me how much I want for my Series MM is that I would sooner sell the wife and kids

Morris = £450
Repairs = £200 and counting...

The smiles I get, that farty exhaust noise, being oily, having to 'grease my car's nipples', the every day questions and comments, how hard she is to get around certain corners, how TARDIS-like she is, having to park in gear on a hill... the list goes on = Priceless.

limegreen wrote:Morris = £450
Repairs = £200 and counting...

The smiles I get, that farty exhaust noise, being oily, having to 'grease my car's nipples', the every day questions and comments, how hard she is to get around certain corners, how TARDIS-like she is, having to park in gear on a hill... the list goes on = Priceless.

How about when you are parked next to a shining multi thousand pound Jaguar and someone stands next to your Moggie completely ignoring the Jag and looking lovingly at your car says... "I've always wanted one of these". [frame][/frame]

agwozencroft wrote:

limegreen wrote:Morris = £450
Repairs = £200 and counting...

The smiles I get, that farty exhaust noise, being oily, having to 'grease my car's nipples', the every day questions and comments, how hard she is to get around certain corners, how TARDIS-like she is, having to park in gear on a hill... the list goes on = Priceless.

How about when you are parked next to a shining multi thousand pound Jaguar and someone stands next to your Moggie completely ignoring the Jag and looking lovingly at your car says... "I've always wanted one of these". [frame][/frame]

I've experienced similar! Me, My Dad in the E type and my uncle in his '39 Alvis parked up at a car show in an interesting convoy. When we got out a group of girls walked straight past the other two and said that mine was 'soooo cute and awesome'. The look of jealous from Dad & my uncle
limegreen - that is every single thing I love about my car! I fitted a Mini Cooper exhaust tip that just screws on (only £6) This makes the noise even more of a giggle especially in small streets. As for getting round corners, try a little welly and you could even end up going round backwards

My Traveller was valued at £6750 some years ago; whether I'd actually get this is another matter. In any event, it's not for sale. It was bought as a runabout and it is very useful (Has a towbar so if it’s messy stuff I am moving, it goes in the trailer). I wouldn’t want to part with it. Aside from that, I enjoy driving it.

I have always done my own car maintenance, so a modern is really not an option (When I had a brand new car, they were still suitable for DIY work – my MG Midget was only 5 years old when I bought it). Given that I commute by bicycle (And do more miles a year on a bike than in a car), none of my cars does much over 2000 miles a year. Even if I bought a new car and invested in the equipment to maintain it, for how long would I be able to get parts? I could find in ten or fifteen years that parts for my 20000 or 30000 car would be hard to get and so my initial investment would be worthless and in vain. At least with the Morris, I know where I stand. I wouldn’t buy a modern car and if ever old cars were banned, I would become a “Criminal” before I’d give them up.

Despite being the runabout, I look after the Morris just as much as the MGs. It shares a garage with them and gets the same Simoniz Original wax on its paintwork as the MGs.

stephenpolhill wrote:I fitted a Mini Cooper exhaust tip that just screws on (only £6)

Where can I get one?

http://www.classic-car-accessories.co.u ... index.html
Go to miscellaneous then exhaust accessories. It looks like this on the car and although may look a bit large, it sounds good and adds more of a chrome finish to the exhaust rather than steel.
I am about to leave for the National Rally. If you are going and see my car feel free to take a look at it and if you want to hear it pop your mobile number through the window or something and I can show you. Either way it's a nice little toy that sounds even better when accelerating. Gives a deeper sound. [frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

Go for an LCB and a straight through system (And a set of twin carbs); you know you want to!!

stephenpolhill wrote:http://www.classic-car-accessories.co.u ... index.html
Go to miscellaneous then exhaust accessories. It looks like this on the car and although may look a bit large, it sounds good and adds more of a chrome finish to the exhaust rather than steel.
I am about to leave for the National Rally. If you are going and see my car feel free to take a look at it and if you want to hear it pop your mobile number through the window or something and I can show you. Either way it's a nice little toy that sounds even better when accelerating. Gives a deeper sound. [frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

Glad that I stirred up some fun comments, we now all realise that our cute Morris Minors in whatever colour or condition are the reason we enjoy having an account with so many Morris Minor spares dealers! [frame][/frame]

ill prob never sell mine, just a great car to drive and get plently of looks, ive spent far to much on it including buying that i will probily never get back, and mine with an exhaust slighly to big and one stright through cherry bomb it is extreamly loud

well mine is my work transport so its worth a hell of a lot

bmcecosse wrote:I can only drive it on our own track at Bo'ness. It's not cleared for main Line running - or fitted with the necessary equipment to allow use on the Main Line (black box etc etc). You do understand that trains run on rails........ not roads........

Do you actually mean "Our own track", as in you personally own a railway track and a locomotive? Or do you mean "our" as in "I am a member of a preservation society and together we own a length of track and some locos..."?

Go on... do tell me you won it all yourself....!