Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi all, i was wondering how id go about getting my farthers van featured in Minor matters, my farther (with some help of me) rebuilt his van EEC 921E over 1998 to 1999... in 2000 he took it to the mmoc national rally harewood house in leeds and won best lcv. My mother started suffering with ill heath and the van never really got used and showed again. My farther recently passed away and ive gone through recomisioning the van and making it special again and looking forward to hopefully doing my farther proud at some shows next year.... and ive now also got the job off keeping it in the condition its in and also a saloon he used daily which ive started to detail. i think it would be a good tribute to do a good article on the van in the club magazine as he was a loyal mmoc club member and enthusiast for over 15 years.....

Here some photos of the van now.....

Lovely van a credit to him i used to see this going through Didsbury

I had a matching van and worked at tescos didsbury back in the day so you probably used to see my van, GMA993K... My dads rarely seen daylight.... sure is a credit to him and drives like a new van, it is new really in so many ways...

Details of how to submit an article to Minor Matters are in the magazine - page 3 of the current issue.

WoW !!!! I had to put my sunglasses on
Your Dad did a great job, lookforward to seeing the feature.
Good look
Brian...............

You are credit to your fathers memory, keep up the good the work hope to see the van around at some rallies next year. you should bring it the Centenary event, your father would be proud of that.

LouiseM wrote:Details of how to submit an article to Minor Matters are in the magazine - page 3 of the current issue.

Ive not had the current issue yet? when was it out and thanks for all the comments everyone. ive been working on the van today, repainted exhaust manifolfd and replaced alot of the bolts with stainless ones and some detailing work....

The current issue came out at the start of September. The details about magazine articles are usually always on the same page in the magazine - under the letter from the editor. Articles should be submitted in 'Word' if possible, with photos as separate jpeg files. Send to : minormatters (at) mmoc.org.uk

Thankyou Louise

Big mistake to use stainless bolts/nuts - in the presence of any moisture they form a corrosive cell with the mild steel - and the mild steel around the bolt etc dissolves!! Far better to use plated steel bolts.

Great looking LCV Your Dad would be proud of you. I wish mine would show more attention but thats another matter. Give Russ Harvey a message here he's also editor of Morris Minor Magazine.
Ray.

santadawes wrote: Give Russ Harvey a message here he's also editor of Morris Minor Magazine.

Although something to bear in mind is that the notice in Minor Matters regarding contributions to the magazine states "Articles submitted for publication in Minor matters should be of original, unpublished work, and are submitted on the basis that they will not be published in any other journal. Please contact the editor first if in any doubt".

what a cracking van

LouiseM wrote:

santadawes wrote: Give Russ Harvey a message here he's also editor of Morris Minor Magazine.

Although something to bear in mind is that the notice in Minor Matters regarding contributions to the magazine states "Articles submitted for publication in Minor matters should be of original, unpublished work, and are submitted on the basis that they will not be published in any other journal. Please contact the editor first if in any doubt".

going to try and see if i can get it in minor matters club magazine and ring the mmoc office and find out how to go by it all...

It's the magazine editor (Nicola) who you need to discuss the article with, and she isn't based at the club office. Contact her via the e-mail address I posted earlier - she usually responds quite quickly.

Sent her a email Louise, thanks again