Vintage Minor Register

If the wheel bearing has seals I don't think axle seals are really necessary. I would just make sure there is a good gasket between the half-shaft and the hub.

Reading this with interest as I am in the process of rebuilding a rear axle: - when I resolve the problem with the back plates. The bearing came out of my hub using the technique suggested by Ian Grace without problem. If replacement bearings with integral seals are availabe then all the problems wi...

Interesting, certainly a sturdy jig. I intend to make some calculations to establish just how overstressed the back plate/pivot pin boss is. No point putting the boss back straight and then it happens again. Seem s there are a few things abut the M type/ Minor that are not as good as they might be; ...

Brake back plates again!

Is the problem shown in the attached photo. Both the brake cam and the brake shoe pivot pin are twisted with respect the back plate. I could heat the back plate and bend it back to bring it square but should I consider stiffening the part?

Thank you Ian The brake levers on the rear back plates fitted to the car have striaght levers. The spare axle has levers inclined at roughly 25degrees -the same as the front. That is why I thought maybe backplates from a front axle had been fitted to a back axle. I will measure up the drums this wee...

Thanks Ian
Nothing is ever simple! Maybe we need a brake lever identification table. Interesting to learn SV Minors had larger diametter brake drums. I shall measure mine at the weekend. Back to the original question though; are the front and rear back plates the same?

Can someone tell me are the front and rear brake backplates of an M type the same? I recently purchased a spare rear axle for an M type but the brake operating levers on the spare axle are the same as the brake levers on the front of my car. The levers on the back of the car have the pinch bolt at r...

This all presents me with bit of a dilema! I would like to recover the original registration mark for the car JV291 but MG1930 is rather a nice one as well! Since the car did not originally wear that number I do not see a problem releasing it to another M type but this would no doubt create a whole ...

Derek,thanks to a friend, I have managed to find the article.I have attempted to send a 'PM' with my email address so that you can contact me directly I will forward the scan.Let me know if the personal message has not come through. Brilliant! Thank you for your time what a wonderful find. The car ...

Yes please! If you could scan the article I would be very interested to see it. There is also a picture of JV291 in a a VSCC Bulletin printed a few years ago. It would be interesting to find out what happened to the first MG 1930.

Here is a picture of the vehicle that currently carries the registration mark MG 1930. It was originally registered as JV 291 in Grimsby in March 1931. It would have made my day if it had been the much photographed MG 1930 that was much used on MCC trials and I intend to use my MG 1930 in some of th...

Thanks Ian The car started life as JV291 and was registered in early1931 it currently carries the registration mark MG1930. It will be a couple of years before I get it back on the road; keeping the model A in good shape is a full time job especially if I trial the thing! I'll have all on to have it...

Any recommendations for a supplier of laid up vehicle insurance? I have recently bought a M type to restore and want to insure the car against fire and theft.

Looking forward to it already thanks for all your efforts, I don't know where you find the energy!

Wow! That sounds ambitious! In the absence of a M type can I bring my model A or is that like taking coals to Newcastle?