Morris Minor for Children in Need

pulliptears

Inactive wrote: »

They were crap when they were new, so goodness knows what they will be like now.

What they are like now is refreshingly easy to maintain and fix in complete contrast to the computer filled, modern day "need a main dealer" to look at it cars.

Inactive

pulliptears wrote: »

What they are like now is refreshingly easy to maintain and fix in complete contrast to the computer filled, modern day "need a main dealer" to look at it cars.

You mean " Constantly Maintain and Repair " of course, remember this was British junk at it's worst.

Not forgetting the ever leaking oil, their habit of a rear wheel lifting off of the road at the slightest excuse and their undersized exhaust system that sounded like a turkey being throttled on overrun.

To each his/her own, but I was glad to see the back of them.

Premier_2

The biggest problem with these was the initiation of rust behind the [STRIKE]dampness retainers[/STRIKE] wood.

I'd be interested what the modern solution is to that cancer that killed so many in the past.

pulliptears

You get out what you put in, I kept it maintained, serviced and a good coating of wax oil and she never gave me a problem in the 4 years I drove her.

Anihilator

If its so easy to maintain and repair why is it the dealers technicians/mechanics dont seem to think they can even look at it?

Moggyman

oldagetraveller wrote: »

Er -yes it could.My saloon even has the original dealer sticker on the dash.
This car is totally wrong for a '67 model, in fact I'd say it could even be earlier than '61/'62.
It's been totally butchered in my opinion.
However, it would only put off the purists of which I'm not.:p
Probably still a perfectly useable car in spite of the alterations and wrong number plate/identity, allegedly!
A potential buyer would need to ask some very relevant questions first for peace of mind.

Although it's irrelevant now as the car has been sold, i agree with you the dash and wipers do indicate that the car is or was originally a 948cc minor 1000 and therefore made up to 1962. However the car may well have been first registered in the uk in 67 or have been re registered at some time and therefore be a perfectly honest example. a member of our local club has a traveller which is on an r registration plate being an ex military minor.

I say well done to the dealer for saving this one from the scrappage scheme and especially for then donating the proceeds of the sale to Children in Need.:T

catflea

rev_henry wrote: »

Really? I've had loads of 'reasonable' quotes just off insuresupermarket, best was Kwik Fit premium (£1250 comp, 18yo male). Give it a try!

Join the MMOC and/or register for the forum on MMOC.org.uk and you'll get many pointers about insurance and the like - there's plenty of younguns on there.

My first car was a Traveller (I'm 25 BTW) and was easy as pie to insure and for substantially less than that!

Anihilator wrote: »

If its so easy to maintain and repair why is it the dealers technicians/mechanics dont seem to think they can even look at it?

Thats because theres nowhere to plug their laptops into :rotfl:

If you know which way to turn a spanner you can look after a minor - very very simple creatures. Most backstreet garages love working on them from what I hear (although, mine only see's the garage for its MOT)

I understood the theory of how cars work from a young age (by 6 I could explain how a 4 stroke motor works) but didn't really know how to do any of the mechanical stuff till I bought the minor, restored it from its 20 year lay up in a field and got it running beautifully. I know do my modern cars servicing myself too :T

Wig

Such a shame the scrappage scheme is losing us these cars. But there was at least one which went through scrappage and the government gave the ok for it to be saved (can't remember what it was).

What would the street value of this beauty have been with it's full MOT? Did someone get a bargain or were they generous?

catflea

Hard to say in the current climate I reckon it was towards the top end

pulliptears

Wig wrote: »

Such a shame the scrappage scheme is losing us these cars. But there was at least one which went through scrappage and the government gave the ok for it to be saved (can't remember what it was).

What would the street value of this beauty have been with it's full MOT? Did someone get a bargain or were they generous?

I paid £500 for mine (I'm going back probably 6 years) drove it for 18 months and just kept up with general maintenance and sold it for £700