Vintage Minor Register

Harold Hastings discussed the mud problem in a period article. The trouble is that these solutions never look very pretty.

To give the would be seller the benefit of the doubt (and not having seen any evidence), is it possible that a McEvoy could have built one of their cars on what had been a saloon chassis? Would McEvoy only have worked on brand new chassis?

No great reaction on the MG Triple M site. It looks as though the myth is all set to continue.The first M-type at Abingdon was chassis 2M 748 apparently.

Ian, I have placed the following contribution on the MG Triple M Forum on a thread entitled 'MG M chassis no.' ..... "Ian Grace has made a simple but profound observation on the Vintage Minor Register Forum about the often repeated article of faith that '251' was the telephone number quoted for...

Ian, I hope you don't mind if I take the liberty of posing this question on the MG Triple M site.There has been a thread relating to 2M 266 (an M-type in a South African Museum) and the 'Abingdon 251' story has been repeated.

Here is a little irrelevant contribution. By the way today was like a spring day in N.Ireland with real warmth in the sun. I left a wheel, a 3.50-19 Avon, a tube and tape to a local tyre place yesterday (I had tried to fit the tyre myself but found it impossible) . When I returned this morning the j...

Thanks for this very interesting thread.I would love to know more about Mr Keightley. Has your friend any pictures of the gentleman?

I am open to correction but understand the Minor engine traces back to an Hispano-Suiza V-12 aero engine built by Wolseley as the Wolseley Viper for the SE5 fighter.All had a shaft from the crank driving the OHC. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/WolseleyViper.JPG/300px-Wolsel...

Unsold at £2,975 - reserve not met. These are pretty cars once restored but has the reality of restoration costs put bidders off? The restored 1934 example below has been on eBay at £10,995 since last September and so far only the would be seller thinks it is worth that much. If the unrestored car w...

I am sure many await the outcome of the Burma Spitfire excavations with excitement but press speculation quoting ever growing numbers (started at 20 and now stands at about 120) pristine aircraft just waiting to be assembled seems over optimistic. A deep hole in Burmah must have filled with water ve...

Has anyone found an image of the original battery used in a Minor? Presumably it was made by Lucas? Are the dimensions specified anywhere?

The M-type came with a Lucas or Rotax battery - the surviving battery lids show the maker's name and help to indicate size.

Thanks for the suggestion.I think fabrication will probably be the only option but I thought I would try to find original parts first. I have had no luck so far.

This is the remote which I was offered but it contains only a lengthways sliding shaft and no other works. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8275193104_1d7d1e4c05_z.jpg And these (apart from the shaft) are the missing bits. The parts which fit on the shaft ends are the most critical. (Picture below...

These bearings fit the 4-speed synchromesh and 4-speed non-synchromesh gearboxes. Sadly they are not suitable for the 3-speed.

Ian, if some orders were forthcoming and you can manage to obtain a better deal (as seems likely) in the United States it would be a very good opportunity for members. This is the strange pricing structure - http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8270006244_35b1445564_b.jpg A set of three bearings from ...