Morris Minor Owners Club

Has anyone recently sourced replacements for any of these components?

Were they used on the MM as well as early (or all) series 2 front wings?

I think Ive seen the clips used elsewhere for cable fixings...like these stainless steel ones below used for solar panel cables which are quite similar?

Taupe

I guess the plastic flaps could easily be 3D laser printed?

Taupe

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What did they actually hold in place??

They were ADA 2657....
I found them in the LCV parts book I have, which covers all years.
They are listed as ceasing at the end of SII (chassis #49767). .
I found a discussion about them, with this image from 2021, on an Austin-Healey 3000 Forum, where they secured the trafficator wiring to the chassis apparently...; basically they are rare as unicorns and one comment mentioned he thought they were also used on Morris Minors...
So they clip on in the opposite sense to the Radiator Hose clip.
Moss Europe list them as Not Available.
https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/clip-lowe ... ce-ada2657

Unsurprising Basil doesn't have them, presumably following his rebuild decades ago.

The clips fit to the vertical right hand side of the radiator, to secure the overflow tube (looking from the front) the tube vents to the ground.

les wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 11:04 pm The clips fit to the vertical right hand side of the radiator, to secure the overflow tube (looking from the front) the tube vents to the ground.

I was asking taupe about the ones that are only on the MM/SII as per the illustration I posted from the parts book.
They seem to hold a bit of 'wire' to the bottom of a rubber flap, but to what purpose ....

The MM and Series 11 had nothing to stop dirt being thrown up by the front wheels and through the gap between the bottom of the front wing and the front bumper valance. Therefore, a strip of material was added to the bottom of the front wing to stop the muck. On later cars and replacement wings, an additional steel strip was spot welded to the wing to carry out this job - hence the strip and clips were deleted. They are seldom seen now because most early cars will have had the wings replaced at some stage.

ManyMinors wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2026 11:23 am The MM and Series 11 had nothing to stop dirt being thrown up by the front wheels and through the gap between the bottom of the front wing and the front bumper valance. Therefore, a strip of material was added to the bottom of the front wing to stop the muck. On later cars and replacement wings, an additional steel strip was spot welded to the wing to carry out this job - hence the strip and clips were deleted. They are seldom seen now because most early cars will have had the wings replaced at some stage.

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Thanks for the info.

geoberni wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2026 9:14 am

les wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 11:04 pm The clips fit to the vertical right hand side of the radiator, to secure the overflow tube (looking from the front) the tube vents to the ground.

I was asking taupe about the ones that are only on the MM/SII as per the illustration I posted from the parts book.
They seem to hold a bit of 'wire' to the bottom of a rubber flap, but to what purpose ....

sorry.

les wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2026 1:45 pm

sorry.

Easy mistake

Thanks for all your replies

I had a go at making a replacement for my one broken clip on this side and it went really well!...I used some polished stainless 'spring' steel sheet and was very pleased with the result. I omitted the two 'barbs' on the new one but they would be fairly easy to add using a Dremel grinding disc. I will keep the old broken one in case I find that I need to make any more.


Taupe

Well done. That looks better

Nice work