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The insurance database can still get it wrong - been pulled for no insurance a few years back and I had just changed insurers...

Magpies and Jackdaws empty mine in no time as well - just looked out of the window and they are empty again!

Do you remember a company called Ionica in the 90s?

Are air bags compulsory on cars these days?

Getting the instruments out that easily is unusual. Are you replacing all the lights with different colours?

hard to say - would probably start a bidding war!

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24495/lot/111/ If you ever find one, you are sitting on about 300 grand's worth of tech!

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someone has tried to weld a motorbike to a car? massive fail!

Nice - should last a good few years then!

8 miles to the gallon! Saw a 74 at a show last summer with an8.2 litre engine - 7 miles to the gallon - the cadillac owners club go for a drive somewhere and they spend a few grand on petrol between them

yeah he did!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxHfrc60k8M

its just gonna blow up one day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOszin9227Q&feature=em-uploademail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0-bOkndtY wow, what a car!

very accurate job as well

works fine on chrome

true I did a mechanics course in my teens but that is 35 years ago now.... need to do a refresher course somewhere. welding I have not done but I think I could pick it up

Cheers Colin. I've never owned a classic and the more I read the more I realise that you need to be pretty handy with a spanner and grease gun to not end up spending a fortune in maintenance bills The Morris Minor gasket sets are made to the original specifications. If it leaked originally, it'll leak now.... The main gaskets (rocker cover, sump gasket, timing chain cover) are about 1/4" cork. They need to be somewhat "squigy" as the surfaces of the block and the covers are not machine perfectly flat (and it's easy to distort them by tightening the retaining bolts unevenly). As I noted above, a little seepage is not only normal for the crankshaft bearings, but really required to keep the bearing and gasket working (modern engine designs are much better for leak tightness). For a better - and more up-to-date discussion, try the MMOC (Morris Minor Owners' Clob) web forum - they'll be morecurrent then me. Cheers, Colin

Thanks for the info - interesting subject - I take it that the modern gasket kits for the morris minor do not leak?

I had no idea that you needed different oils for summer and winter in the old days. Also changing every 3,000 miles is a pain (as well as expensive). Do you still have to stick to this service interval using modern synthetic oil with the Minor? Modern oils are much better than the old ones:- recommended oil change intervals for my Minor were 3000 miles (using SAE 30 - and changing to a thinner oil for the winter) using the early 20W/50 multigrades it went to 6000 miles. The A series was notorious for condensation in the rocker cover - each oil change required scraping out the rocker cover emulsion, but the used oil was free flowing (though black). Modern oils are that much better (and more expensive!) that I wouldn't be surprised to find some manufacturers recommending 20 000 mile intervals... rather depends on how you use the car. Colin

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