Vintage Minor Register

Okay this makes a lot of sense - I wondered if it might be something along those lines. Quite a fiddle really compared to tappets on a push rod. But I may give it a try next summer - I don’t have any great concerns and I need to fix my starting handle anyway to turn over the engine with ease - best ...

I just use Google maps it pops up in the corner as you travel along (the speed limit is also there and that is now actually a problem in the Minor in Wales with all the 20mph!)

38 is pretty good going on the flat. I think MU tops out about an alleged 42 but I know my speedo is inaccurate from my gps speed so I think only about 35 according to gps

Thanks for all this help Ian. I’ve been running her around a bit and just changed the oil again. The spark plugs were also fouled so I have changed them - I’ve changed them to NGK AB6 (some very elderly A6s were in there). The next bit of routine maintenance I wanted to check was the cam follower ad...

Ian - thanks for all the information. Very interesting to know the background of the 1931 minor saloons. I’m more sure I’ll remove the morris type off the radiator just yet - annoyingly I quite like how it looks. Very superficial of me! I’ll try and source some rubber bushings and a rare earth magne...

27AE0055-DE5B-48AD-899B-DF20424D0A38.jpeg MU was my father’s car, which I inherited. It resided in Oxfordshire until I moved it to Newport, South Wales in March 2023. I’ve included a couple of photos of MU in situ at the new residence. Currently issues noted in the last 200 miles of running since t...