Morris Minor Owners Club

Moved, so that it'll be noticed. It was in the 'Welcome to' topic above

CAN ANYBODY HELP WITH THE CAR I HAVE JUST AQUIRED AND AM HAVING RESTORED I HAVE A CHASSIS NUMBER OF MNR/S SMM/16712 AND ENGINE 10678 IT IS A TOURER/CONVERTABLEAND REGISTERED HERE IN SRI LANKA 15/2/1950 SO VERY POSSIBLY A 1949 TOURER, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS,
1 THE WINDSCREEN HAS A SLIGHT DIP IN IT IN THE CENTRE, IS THAT NORMAL AND ALSO THE BONNET ALONG THE BULKHEAD HAS A CURVED EDGE ANY ADVICE WELCOME ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW SRI LANKA HAS MANY MANY SERIES MMS AND ALL ARE LONELY, AWAITING OWNERSHIP. I HAVE THREE AT PRESENT TWO TOURES AND A TWO DOOR AND MANY SPARES. I AM ENGLISH HAVING RECENTLY MOVED HERE

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THANKS ALL NEW TO ME

No bother

Welcome "rjoyce".

By your car#, it's definitely a 1949 model.

All lowlights (as yours should be) have the short bonnet with smaller bonnet hinges - I assume this is what you are referring to.

I'm not sure about the dip in the windscreen though.
Do you mean there's a dip in the centre of one of the flat glass panels ?
I hope you're not referring to the actual split screen itself .

It sounds like quite a collection you have. It's good to see another Series MM enthusiast .
Any chance of some photos ?

AS I AM NEW TO THIS PAGE SCOTT CAN YOU DIRECT ME IN UPLOADING PHOTO'S WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE DIP IS ;; THERE SEEMS TO BE ABOUT A 12MM DIP ON THE CENTRE SPAR BETWEEN THE TWO SCREENS HOPE TO SHOW YOU WHEN TAUGHT HOW FOR THE PICTURES

rjoyce wrote:AS I AM NEW TO THIS PAGE SCOTT CAN YOU DIRECT ME IN UPLOADING PHOTO'S WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE DIP IS ;; THERE SEEMS TO BE ABOUT A 12MM DIP ON THE CENTRE SPAR BETWEEN THE TWO SCREENS HOPE TO SHOW YOU WHEN TAUGHT HOW FOR THE PICTURES

Have a look here:
http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... pic&t=9028

Personally, I use http://www.imageshack.us/index.php.


PS, switch off your Caps Lock - everyone will think you're shouting .

thanks for that, will take a look later better to talk to aus as they are up and awake

rjoyce wrote:better to talk to aus as they are up and awake

Don't know about the awake bit - I'm at work .

Cam, are you still chasing info on the 2nd type circular lights ?
"Rjoyce" should be able to get a photo for you .

I have a picture:



But a better quality one would be better.

rjoyce, is there any chance that you could e-mail me a picture of the rear lights as a reference shot? You can e-mail it to cam.shaw@mmoc.org.uk

Thanks.

will do in the next coupole of days, i have just been on another old vehicle sortie, and come back with about 26 old english motorcycles ranging from nortons bsa's, triumphs and ariels, so have a lot to sell over coming weeks be back soonest

*Jealous*...

am on look out for potential partner who has sufficiant ground and 50% investment i have hundreds of minors and bikes to sell and to send to u.k. if you know of anyone please point in right direction cheere

How about getting in contact with the National Morris Minor Owners Club? If you have a copy of Minor Matters magazine the contact details are in there.

Just out of interest though. How come you have hundreds of Minors to sell to the UK?

i travel the island in my spar time looking for such cars then i ask ownersif they want to sell, i take photo's and then try to inform reletive people like you of the car availability here in sri lanka currently i am trying to sell 4 mm tourers 2 x 2door 3 simca beaulieu's 2 baby austins 1 sunbeam talbot a few a30's and a35's vauxhall velox 3 pre war and two post war morris8's 4 nortons six triumph speed twins 1 indian sports scout 12 bsa's including 2 golden flashes i ariel 350 red hunter and a myriad of spares to boot
hope that helps and i have only been here since january 5th

just a vague question - is Sri Lanka LHD or RHD?

RHD remember it used to be british colony

If only I had the spare cash I would be interested in the Morris 8's. But I don't at the moment.

YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT THE COST OF THEM HERE IN SRI LANKA

When my family went to Sril Lanka to visit my grandparents we found that most of the cars were RHD, and they 'techincally' drove on the left *grins*

I love Sri Lanka, it's beautiful, but the driving made an impression of insanity at age 5, so it must have been quite something.