Morris Minor Owners Club

I'm going to pick her up this weekend!!! I think I might be about to burst!!

Just thought you should know.

hehehe, fabtastic

Goodness me, sooner than I thought - Tomorrow!! AGH!!!

Now Imust go to bed for tomorro I have a long, leisurely drive from Leicester to undertake!

Remember to check the oil and water before you start, check again before you drive on the motorway or after an hours driving and carry a spare container of water and a gallon of oil in the boot. Hopefully you will not need either

Make SURE you have breakdown/recovery cover before you start. Some Insurance Cos throw it in as part of the cover........

Insurance kicked in at 6am & I made sure it had breakdown recovery with it, I have my coolant, engine/gearbox oil, break fluid, map, petrol can, and list of things to check before I set off!

Oh, and my co-pilot (aka Mum).

And jelly babies

I'm getting annoyed that Mum is messing around having a bath. I WANT TO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *whines*

Almost forgot, I also have my MMOC tax disc holder & sticker. Probably the most important things!

Have a nice driving!

And don't forget to put some pics !

Did you get it??????? Or are you stuck by the roadside ?

i didn't see any minors stuck on the side of the M5 today, so i hope she made it!

maybe still driving it

its all too much for her and shes not going home now! straight onto her big journey around the country!

Enjoy Katie - I know how exactly you're feeling as we picked ours up last Sunday - first Minor (if not first classic) in 15 years.

She did get home, but from the sounds of things didnt use the Motorways due to 'L' Plates so took along time!

lets have some photos ,hope the drive was a good one

I like your speculation. Carry on!

Tease!

Been called worse

Anyway....

On Thursday, I went with my Mama to pick up Martha.

Much stalling round the back streets of Leicester, and I felt confident enough to set off on the 55.8 mile journey back to Halesowen.

Unfortunately, we got trapped in Leicester, and it took us 2 hours to actually find a way out.

In the wrong direction.

We stopped at a service station for a cheese sandwich, and a consult of the Navigation Lady on my mobile phone (who we decided against using due to the fact we couldn't tell a word she was saying), and found the way to where we should have been.

An hour later we were at Tamworth services, with a stink of petrol. I looked under the bonnet & found that the fuel pipe was perished so badly, it was split all along the bottom, and piddling petrol worryingly close to the ignition. However, a lovely young man came to the rescue with a roll of tape, and managed to fix it so we could at least get back home.

It took us, in all, from picking her up, 8 hours to get back home, mainly because we had no idea where we were meant to be going (seriously, could the government perhaps consider signposts as part of their budget???!!!).

I still have an aching bum cheek from driving, but I am desperate to drive her again, and making up excuses to go everywhere in the car!

Oh, and yesterday, as she had done so well getting us home, I did treat her to a brand new (legal) fuel pipe.

She is so much fun to drive!! I am head over heels in love!