Morris Minor Owners Club

Ever since I have owned my Minor it has had what might be extra parts as part of the front bumper fixings.

Underneath the large cup there is a metal spacer and on the other side there are 3 washers to make up the thickness of the spacer which I had assumed was lost many years ago.

Recently there was a discussion about bumpers and looking at the parts diagrams I cannot see the tubular metal spacer. The weird thing is, my bumper fits much better to the wing without the tubular spacer.

Is the tubular spacer a standard part?

Stephen

It’s a sloppy fit over the thread, so I’d conclude it’s non standard.

Mine has several flat washers that are used as spacers to ensure that the bumper sits level and equidistant on both sides. I think that one side has four or five whilst the other only has a couple.

So it seems these parts were added to improve the fit at some point even though they now make the fit worse. I have left them off but kept the parts just in case.

Stephen

The spacer is not standard. Generally one washer was fitted behind the cap. Most of these cars will have had a bump or two over the years and owners/repairers will have fitted all sorts of things to space out the bumper to adjust the panels. Having replaced the front wings on one of my Minors recently, I have had to use different sized washers to obtain the best bumper gaps. Even the new "Heritage" wings are far from a perfect fit