Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi All

The shelf under my traveller dashboard has sunk at the back virtually covering the pedals.

Does anyone have any advice on the best way for me to provide a new support.

Thanks
Andy

Hi,

It may be just as easy to replace it for what a new one costs, you could make a bracket out of aluminium or plastic angle to support it, you would need to redrill the mounting holes in the bulkhead.

http://morrisminorspares.co.uk/shop/adv ... f&x=5&y=10

and originaly it was also fixed to the bottom of the battery box

I try and remove this when I get chance, and would recommend this for a car that's regularly used.

Back in the days when Minors were commonplace on UK roads, broken legs were commonplace in a crash (thanks to the steelwork in the shelf support). However, if not wearing a seatbelt, the driver was usually too far gone to worry about their legs!

I knew a guy who was an ambulance driver in the 50's he joked about crashed Minors being "easy work", as the casualty was usually no longer in need of medical assistance! Thank goodness for seatbelts, as then the driver could be well enough to notice their broken legs.