Vintage Minor Register

1936morriseight wrote:Ian,

Max Mosley - FIA President and recently in the news regarding an alleged sadomasochistic sex romp - exposed by The News of the World, is Oswald's son.

Jeff
1936morriseight

Also famous was his mother, Diana Mitford of the famous 'Mitford Girls'.

Today I travelled to the Ockley area of Surrey to see my old 14.40 Humber. This was Oswold Mosley's car .......... she had a Lagonda, Rover, 500 Fiat (1950) and a 1933 Morris Minor 2 seater!!! It looked in good order but had not run for a few years as the battery was flat! She has owned it for 40 y...

Ideal for the Morris Enthusiast with a big garden!

http://www.cheffins.co.uk/lot/-175478-vintage-0

Article is on line at this link.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... Minor.html

Looks like he has TWO Minors, a 32 and a 34!

The following may be of interest: As far back as the 1970's, the Morris Register spares catalogue was listing R&M LJ40 (S.K.F. 6208) as the rear hub bearing for all Minors OHC & SV 1929 to 34, Series E Eight's, 10/4 Series II, III & M, 12/4 Series II & III and 14/6 Series II & I...

Having wrecked my CWP and rebuilt the diff, I decided to replace the wheel bearings while I am at it. I have sourced them at 7.75 GBP each, plus VAT and carriage for 2 off! I suspect they won't give much discount for small quantities, say up to 50 items, The supplier is one of the old companies who...

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chris lambert wrote:David,
Faynites - Time to move on eh?
Chris

Well if that’s a retraction, or even the apology your inane comment justifies, I expect moving on is a very good idea!

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Ken

Sounds like you could write a book about the memorable drives in the Minor! Mind you sounds like they were not always memorable in a posative way!

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Can someone post a couple of photos of these units please.

Did the Front seats in the OHC Minor Tourers originally have coiled springs in them?
My rear seat has springs, but the fronts do not.
Anyone ever taken some original front seats to bits?

This is an excellent example of why it is most unwise to use a suspended tow on a vehicle with fabric couplings! I bet he towed it at around 50 mph at which speed most minors so equiped are shaking themselves to bits. It could have been much worse though and a flailing propshaft could have hacked th...