Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi everyone, i've had a 1098 minor for about a year and a half (since passing my test), and now have the opportunity to get my hands on a modified minor (1380, toyota 5 speed, uprated suspension, no bumpers etc). I was wondering what peoples experiences where trying to insure modified cars as a young driver. I'm with Footman James at the moment.
Thanks, Callum

Hiya, I'm 19 and drive a 1275 minor with 5-speed box and have done since i was 17, I'm with Footman James and the price isn't really much different to that for a standard minor, off course they would prefer it if you had the brakes suitably modified to cope too

Good stuff, it's got disks and a servo.
Cheers

hi,
now the post has died a bit here but was wondering what it would be like getting insured with a 1.4 at 17?

a fried of mine just tried to get insurance for his 18 year old student on a 1.4 zetec fiesta £ 1.700 cars only worth £300

It's those pesky 3rd parties that are expensive, the ones that walk around and drive other cars.
There is more to insurance than replacing some old banger.

friend of mine couldnt get insuance on a 1.4 golf no one would touch him

i am insured on a 1.4 106 quicksilver and is £1700, stay away from bigger engines stick with a 1.1 for a while as insurance prices rise up and up

I had a 1990 318iS 16v when I was 19 and my insurance was well under £1k even though it was lowered. The amount of crashes one particular model suffers affects insurance which is why a Peugot 106 can be expensive to insure. You need to hunt down a specialist insurer.

yeah but the last few years insurance shot up!!! 2009 i got a quote for a pug 306 d turbo which was 1900 i tried again once i was 17 in 2010 i tried again and it was around 3600, all of my friends are currently struggling getting insured on anything

I bought an 08 1.2 vauxhall corsa sxi for my son 17 insurance quoted £6000

possibly because its an sxi ??? but still thats a kick in the gonads