Vintage Minor Register

Ian ,

pls place a wanted ad. Are morris 8 gear parts compatible ?

Thanks
Kartik

My OHC minor makes too much noise in the 1st and 2nd gears , but runs smoothly in the 3rd gear, the workshop people suggest that the gears were very worn and they tried to repair them by some welding when they worked on them, however I am not happy with the noise and I think I would need new gears p...

Rally Report : This was the 14th Rajputana vintage and classic car rally , which is held every year in feb, all in all 104 cars particpated , around 60 vintage and rest classics ( vintage is pre 1940 here ). The first day was the exhibit and the judging and the next day was for the drive through the...

The Icing on the cake !! Very Proud to announce that the Car won the 1st Prize for the best Restored vintage car , entering the rally for the first time after restoration !! Many thanks are due and I will come to that soon , but for now a few pictures. http://www.vintageminor.co.uk/Forumpix/Kartik%2...

I will put in a detailed report on the rally is a couple of days. all in all a superb day today, I thank everyone !! just a few pictures , many more to follow..... not able to upload on VMR....so pls see them on Flickr on the link below : http://www.flickr.com/photos/71094815@N05/6817784723/in/photo...

with about 10 hours to go , we are almost there !!
too tired , need to catch a wink , have to rush back to the workshop in 5 hours......

couple of pictures ( note the wheels ) and Proudly displaying the club badges ( Both PWMN & VMR )

so near yet so far !!
it looks like we'd be ready sometime at midnight tomorrow, the last day to get everything done,
there is no choice left , the list of things to do is endless , so I wont get into that,
just a picture to let know of the situation at 11.00 pm here .........

Update : with just 2 days to go , lots of work is pending but most of the work just needs the finishing touches. we are done with the wiring , all lights work , had issues with earth as most of the parts of the body and chassis have paint , but has been sorted , upholstery needs pasting , the hood i...

Tough day today , lots of work done, attached the petrol tank , dash board,
some wiring , re-fixed the bumpers ,attached the headlights/sidelights , fabricated the hood brackets ,

the day seems too short, end before it starts.......4 days are left now.....

Todays's target was to get the entire wiring done, but we were only able to prepare the loom & fix the lights. IMG00498-20120129-1437.jpg Tomorrow's agenda, include finishing of wiring, fixing of side panels on body (already upholstered) fixing the windscreen frame, attaching the petrol tank and...

Lots of work was accomplished today , Look at the picture below and you can get an idea of the number of people working on the minor . DSC07148A.jpg managed to fix the rear mudguards / wings / both bumpers /radiator / battery and tool box , steering column , advance /retard......... and the result o...

A small envelope containing a much needed Hub cap was delivered to my door step today,
Mike Houstan was very kind for making this generous GIFT to my minor.

Many thanks Mike, can't thank you enough for your help.

regards
Kartik

Update : with 7 days to go , the car came out of the paint shop today , tomorrow's agenda is to re-paint parts of chassis with a fresh coat of paint and then to start with the assembly of the fenders/wings/bumpers etc etc. tomorrow promises to be even more exciting day.... :) DSC07143a.jpg Also have...

pictures of today's progress
8 days to go..................

Thanks Ian,

Could you also help me by shedding some light on the use of the bracket circled below,

could it be for the lucas sparton horn ?