Vintage Minor Register

Good point Jeremy but finding drawings and the manufacture of other unique parts could make building such a car a lot more expensive than an M Type for which many specialised parts are available from Sports and Vintage and others.
Having said that, if anyone knows of the where abouts of drawings, photographs or better still a complete or incomplete vehicle with a body from a specialist coachbuilder, please let me (and the rest of our community)know.
Chris

Hello!

This is SideValveMan calling in... aka Gren Strickland.

Some of the forum members may remember me, others may have never of heard my name before.

I'm just checking in to make sure everything is tickety-boo in the World of Minors.

Hi all, don't like to rush things but its about time I said hello! I have limited time so it's not easy to find time for computing. I have a 32 2seat tourer, 33model 4seater saloon, 34 2seat tourer plus bits and bobs. I love minors! You may have seen me and my dog at the 2007 rally. Good to see Gren on the roll call, a friendly gent when I 1st joined the vmr. Toby

Here's a picture of Halbe's Aston. See his post on the previous page. Halbe is looking for an M Type.

Hi All.
My name is Trevor Wilkinson, I am retired and live in rural Bedfordshire, about a mile from the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden.
I have a 1934 2 seat Minor that I bought in November 1997 (UN 6979)
The car is in regular use, my most ambitious trip was a tour of Eire via Holyhead last year.
Gren Strickland first got me involved with the VMR and I have since become one of the regulars of the "Anglian Chapter"

Hi all,
I'm Chris Lambert and live in an appropriately flat part of the UK, namely Suffolk. I am semi retired and another member of the Anglian crew. I have two Minors, a 1930 Coachbuilt saloon and a similar vintage Semi Sports. I have been a club member since 2002 and competed in the saloon at a VSCC at Colern where I didn't achieve slowest time of the day!
My ambition is to compete in a VSCC speed event in the Semi Sports at somewhere like Prescott, but I think I have more chance of winning the national lottery than getting an entry in a Minor at this prestigeous VSCC event.

Ian Grace wrote:Here's a picture of Halbe's Aston. See his post on the previous page. Halbe is looking for an M Type.

Lovely Car Halbe! My late Uncle bought a MKII 1.5 4 seater back in the early 1960s. It was the first proper PVT car I rode in! My Cousin now owns it.

Good luck with your search for an M type - why not get one thats finished, they often go for a song.

This is a photo of my late Uncle Ron and the Aston in about 1965! Notice the MG next to him, that was also quite a car!

Three open two seaters taken at my local airfield.

A photo of my '34 SV with two Moths, I took a short flight over the area in the yellow Moth and nearly froze, (they are a lot faster than Minors)

I asked the pilot what speed we were flying at, he said, "I am doing the same speed as you, the dial is in front of you."

Dear fellow minor owners. Good to see such super photgraphs - How do you post them? I have a few good photos of my minor and photos of engine rebuild - what do I do to show everyone? Help please. Alister.

Hello David

Thanks for your nice reply.
I enjoyed looking at your uncle's long chassis , they are nice car's indeed.
If you want to know where the car is today, you can contact Jim or Bruce Young tel nr: 01386 750935
Isn,t the MG the 1934 Jensen bodied K3?

No, I'm not looking for a finished car, I really enjoy the proces of restoring a car and bringing her back to an more or less original state.
It is also a way to get to know your car so much better.
Maybe not the easiest , but for me the most rewarding way.


Halbe Tjepkema

halbe wrote:Hello David

Thanks for your nice reply.
I enjoyed looking at your uncle's long chassis , they are nice car's indeed.
If you want to know where the car is today, you can contact Jim or Bruce Young tel nr: 01386 750935
Isn,t the MG the 1934 Jensen bodied K3?

No, I'm not looking for a finished car, I really enjoy the proces of restoring a car and bringing her back to an more or less original state.
It is also a way to get to know your car so much better.
Maybe not the easiest , but for me the most rewarding way.


Halbe Tjepkema

Thanks Halbe - sounds like my cousin Paul has sold the Aston since I last spoke to him. Shame, but I suspect it will now get used again which will be nice. I am trying to find out about the MG in the picture and will let you know.

I understand what you mean about restoring the M type yourself, but as I don't have adequate workshop facilities, or deep pockets, I tend to look for runners that only need mild fetling.

Regards

David

David

My pockets are probably the same size as yours, but I do have a nice garage and some of the skils to restore a car.
Not all Aston Martin owners are of the millioner variety ,some are just lucky people who's father bought a nice car in a period when the hobbie was more importent than the money.
I really don't feel at home in a place where people only think of theire cars as investments.
Anyway my project is out there somewhere , whether it's an MGM or something else.


halbe

Dear Halbe

Latest info on MG in photo is:
'According to the MGCC Register it is a K2 (c/n K2001) fitted with a Jensen body that was previously on a K3 (K3025). The car now seems to have the reg. no. UVF 19'
This came via the VSCC forum website which is a truly wonderous source of infomation. One of the forum contributers drove this very car - last week!

All the best

David

Hi Folks.
I am Roger Lucke and live near Cambridge. I work for the Medical Research Council and manage the Instrument Workshop at their LMB research facility in Cambridge. I bought the ex Harry Edwards CMS bodied Minor in 1999. Since then I have just about finished sorting it out mechanically


The CMS at Glandford Church during this years Norfolk holiday.