Morris Minor Owners Club

I opened a can of baked beans yesterday, afterwards I washed the tin ready for disposal, however on giving the tin a second look, I thought what a nice well made item it was. Something often taken for granted, the humble tin can !

You may like this
https://youtu.be/D_0YuaWrIRQ?si=kA7wP9770s7x0vwo

Could have bean get it somebody's car

Classiccars wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:16 pm Could have bean get it somebody's car

Well, plenty of cars were patched up for MOT's in the past with tin can metal slathered over with underseal - as many serious restorers have found subsequently!

Thanks Bill, watched with interest.

There's a much longer one with more detail and history if you like that sort of thing.
https://youtu.be/XwUkbGHFAhs?si=IDzJR5kMtRzorzoS

My father used baked bean tins and Gun Gum as exhaust repairs. Worked well enough until the entire exhaust fell off. Even then he stopped to rescue the fallen exhaust only to see it run over by a lorry (true story). Car was an Austin 7 Ruby.

Stephen

Was quite commonplace - I recall my father's mechanic telling him on more than one occasion that he would have to 'put a patch on the exhaust' for the MOT.