Morris Minor Owners Club

hello I have a mmseriries tourer fromn 1951 with the]canvas sidescreens is this a rare car

Pictures,condition are you selling or just interested in a price...

Any Series MM is rare by comparison with Minor 1000s, and tourers / convertibles are particularly rare as most were exported and not many have survived the British climate. 1951 was a transition year when the body changed from lowlight to highlight wings and later from short bonnet to long bonnet and the tourer with removable side screens became the convertible with fixed rear side windows.
Please PM me the details and chassis number of your car.

the car is a sidevalve built in march 51 body number 90530 regards mike

That's the chassis nos.

Too high for a body number

the number is stamped on the bulkhead is that the chassis number regards mike

What about some photos???

michael51 wrote:the car is a sidevalve built in march 51 body number 90530 regards mike

Please say you didn't buy it in Malta from a gent called Frank?!

Mine is later 1951, chassis no 122061, LHD with a first Belgium registration, long bonnet and highlight wings, so the number 90530 can be the right one for this year.
Does your car have the lowlight wings, or already the highlight wings?

And of course, pictures ;)

Michael51
I sent you a pm on Friday. Not yet read.
John

the car does have highlight wings and short bonnet,also the small covers on the inside of the inner wings .where the lowlight he
adlamps were will try to put some piccies on later today

regards mike

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michael51 wrote:hello I have a mmseriries tourer fromn 1951 with the]canvas sidescreens is this a rare car

I think you knew the answer to this question all along! Nice car.

michael51 wrote:hello I have a mmseriries tourer fromn 1951 with the]canvas sidescreens is this a rare car

Not rare at all - despite this, I'll give you £350 for it.

seriously though, would you pm the body nos, incl. the nos.
located in the NMP plate?

POMMReg

michael51 wrote:the car is a sidevalve built in march 51 body number 90530 regards mike

The chassis number of your car is down as 90503 with an owner near Leeds on the MM register, not 90530. Which is right?

it lives in gildersome near leeds ,got the digits wrong way round,apologies for that, mike

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michael51 wrote:the number is stamped on the bulkhead is that the chassis number regards mike

Engine bay b/head, or right of the o/s shock absorber?

Check the bodyshell code, SHOULD be Z12101

The BMT figure tells you it is.....blah blah...Zzzz

Minor Identification Numbers Organisation Register bore

michael51 wrote:the car does have highlight wings and short bonnet,also the small covers on the inside of the inner wings .where the lowlight he
adlamps were will try to put some piccies on later today

regards mike

A lot is changed in '51, but I have put the small covers also back on my car.

I found this information, what I understand from this, yours is original.
January 1951
RHD#83390 LHD#81595 - all Minors built with headlamps mounted in the wings with sidelamps placed where the headiamps used to be.
All wing mounted headlamps were 7" instead of former 5" units.

March 1951
A nickel shortage led to painted grille and hub caps being fitted - RHD#91076 LHD#89726.
Hub caps only were restored to chrome plated finish six months later.

April 1951
Optional water pump fitted to engine, allowing use of heater. Complete cost £RHD#83206 LDH#81502 LHD - all cars now fitted with one-piece bumpers in place of earlier split type.

June 1951 - on
RHD#100920 LHD#102836 - Tourer sidescreens of fixed type and revised hood fitted.
Door-mounted ashtray discontinued on four-door at RHD#131460 LHD#126597 and on two-door at RHD#124810 LHD#122788, replaced by fascia mounted ashtray.
RHD#139359 LHD#139514 - glove box emblem changed from chrome and enamel to plastic.
Bootlid lock strengthened.

September 1951
RHD#114923 LHD#89910 - rubber bushed top suspension link introduced to cure suspension 'clonk'. Later fitted as a modification to most cars. At same time in 1952 a secondary steering rack damper was introduced.

Could you please pm me your contact details so that I can update the register