Morris Minor Owners Club

Ive just Seen a picture of a VERY neat 4door and the rear internal door handles were positioned horizontally... Mine are vertically down (along with the front), and too lock i move them towards the front of the car. Which way are they supost to be?

Logic would seem to say downwards so they are pulled back to open the door, but just looked through some factory photos in a Minor book and all are shown horizontal. Maybe its to give more knee room? Or just for neatness in the same way that rear door handles on vans and travellers should point down when shut.

well all the handbooks i have show the rear door handle being horizontal, so ive mine that way, but whatever you prefer.

i think i'll leave mine down

horizontal may be factory position, but it confuses the heck out of some passengers.
When pointed down, even less gifted people can work out how they work.

less gifted people try to open my doors with the window winder

I dread it when they have to be shown how to clip the static belts together... many times

Ah yes. amazing how challenging those can be. Should be a good one for the Krypton Factor the way some folk carry on....

seems i have a few less gifted mates then ;) theyre always grabbing the windw winder =/ whats really annoying is when they presume its so old its gonna break and pull the door to so gently it doesnt catch, then when i tell them they have ot be firmer the slam the f**k out of it =[

ive just had a couple of mates in the back, they didnt know how 2 shut door so just didnt.! gave me a shock on the way home!

They must get burgled a lot if they can't shut a door.

how do you not know how to close a door!? that ones puzzling.... ofcourse if they get confused by our cars, id lvoe to see them try a tvr tuscan( i think its the tuscan), it has no door handles! you have to press a button under the mirror to get i and out =/

they were drunk and moggeys a bit stiff so u need a bit of umph to close it. golly! was just driving down the road

phurn wrote:it has no door handles! you have to press a button under the mirror to get i and out =/

how do you press a button under the mirror to get out?


my sister is always slamming my doors. her minor takes a very firm slam to get them to shut, mine is actually quite good, but she's so used to hers i fear she'll break my windows!

one thing i tell everyone push from your knees and on the body work not the window!