Morris Minor Owners Club

not having had much experience with these, but know the location of an accident damaged one, how easy is it to get hold of bits for them? eg. front panels, bonnet, radiators ect?

i can imagine that they share quite a few bits with later cars, but the bits unique to this model, are they easy to get hold of?

Bits aren't impossible to get hold of.. but be prepared to have to do more panel beating and generally have to repair bits you would normally throw away. Club spares is a very good source of early low light and early series two stuff, but some of it can be tatty (hence the repair skills). In all honesty don't let the spares situation compared to later cars put you off as it is still better than many other classics...... so if you know of one why not give it a try? I'm sure the front panel is the hardest thing to get... but they are about.

thankfully the car comes with a new set of front wings and font panel, though the bonnet is mashed abit.

There are several lowlights around which any sane person would have scrapped but with a great deal of time and effort they have been restored to their former glory. There are many small differences between early lowlights and later lowlights, so you need to do your homework.
Could you find out the chassis no of the car please?

is it that convertable on ebay with the front smashed in ? which a lot of people are confused about weather it is a genuine lowlight

this one http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36396

Headlight rims are like hen's teeth - i'm still looking.

Pete

thats the very one i was considering, but owing to the confusion that is surrounding it, ill pass on this one. but ill still keep my eye out for one in the future

The car is on my records as a late 50, early 51 tourer and was once owned by someone in Essex. DVLA records show that it was last taxed in 2005. It formerly carried the registration DCS 942 and probably aquired its present registration in 1989.
However my records for this car are vague
The short bonnet, late dash is not unique, another example is the factory Morris Minor fire engine on display at Gaydon which is built on a car chassis, not a van chassis as stated on the information board.
If the dash has indeed been changed then it is quite possible that the corner braces have been ommitted
My present feeling is that the car is a combination of two vehicles, an early M1000 and 1951 MM and is carrying the identity of the Series MM, a true cut and shut. Would someone be able to check if the chassis no. is stamped on the engine compartment bulkhead and agrees with the chassis plate?
I will try to check the records at Gaydon to see if it is a genuine tourer.