Morris Minor Owners Club

Thought I'd post this here as in the for sale section we can't discuss...

Manifold,carb,servo,oil cooler .rocker box etc

Any comments?

John ;-)


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/297408550599 ... name=11051

Yes it’s a decision made a long time ago, I think someone made a comment to a seller, who got upset, again I think it was a one off but was enough to ban any future enquiries in that particular section of the forum. Shame for those with a query about the sale.
Regarding the advert in question, looks like a Weber carb and LCB manifold etc, wonder what other mods there are.

I did spot is it has the very rare later style beige parcel tray (cut out to take the square heater instead of the round). Odd thing about that though is, they were only on duotone cars.

(which is the only part I'd have been interested in after a well known restorer threw mine out along with the beige crashbar, and never replaced the tray, and put in a black crashbar)

The beige parcel shelf is completely correct for that car because it is of that age. It doesn't have the duotone interior because that was only fitted to "Deluxe" models. The car in question is a "Standard" model and so has the single colour interior trim along with other more basic features

I thought only the Deluxe had the beige parcel tray, while the Standard had the black.

My '57 has stainless window trim as did/do both of my '60 donor cars; one had a tray but it was trashed; I still have the bar as I might add a mesh net a la VW and reinstall it. My '57 came with no inside trim whatsoever, so I don't know what Morris put in it; again, both donors have single color panels and seats. US imported vehicles must have came with stainless trim regardless of "level"? I'm fairly impressed, actually, with the endurance of Morris upholstery; the backing on the door cards will fail LONG before the covering perishes, and the seats will collapse alarmingly before they split. I just wish they'd used slightly thicker Bakelite for the steering wheel... I have three, two are badly split and one is fairly nice but wrong for the '57.
Looking at the intake and carby on the Ebay car, I'm also struck by how large that valve cover looks! I almost thought it was a diesel at first glance. Wondering also if that MM/Series 2 grille had actually been installed on a 1000 front clip..