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Morris Car Spares Volume 59 ORRIS Number 7 July MONTHLONTHLYY 2019 MAGAZINE OF THE MORRIS REGISTER The Club for Morris vehicles designed before 1940 www.morrisregister.co.uk NATIONAL RALLY 9/10/11 August, Thoresby Park, Notts NG22 9EP ENTRIES DUE NOW! 1 Volume 59 ORRIS Number 6 July ONTHLY 2019 MAGAZINEM OF THE MORRIS REGISTER CONTENTS CHAIRMAN John Ford writes: 2 Chairman ell, so much for the so called English summer, I hope 3 Editor Wthat many of you have managed to get out in your cars between showers! Let's hope for better weather ahead. 4 Secretary's Spot I recently met up with Chris Lambert of the Pre War Minor Thoresby Thoughts Network to look at the prototype early Minor mentioned in a previous issue of Morris Monthly. The aim was to try and salvage the car for the 6 Warm Welcome club and perhaps attempt a restoration. Sadly, (and I am sure this is What's it Worth? the opinion of others who have seen the vehicle), a restoration attempt would be very brave indeed. The car has been standing where it is for 7 Younger Members Initiative over thirty five years and any attempt to move it would probably end up with a pile of rust left behind! My initial thoughts were to try and 8/9 Forum Files keep it as is, on display somewhere for all to see. The owners, who are 10-15 Exactly Eighty extremely nice people, have, I think, other ideas and somehow seem to think that the car could be worth tens of thousands! As Chris pointed 16/17 Pictures from the Past out to them, £20-£30 thousand pounds would be the minimum cost of repairs if we are lucky! It's back to the drawing board I think! 18-20 Minor Musings I hope the Beamish weekend went well. Over the last few years members 21-23 Eight Diff Rebuild (Pt 5) have enjoyed this well organised event with numbers increasing year on year, so well done to the organisers. Bristol Classic Car Show was also 24/25 John's Jottings on the agenda for later in June, I hope this has all gone to plan. All these events take a lot of organising and planning so I hope a lot of members 36-45 Regional Round Up showed their appreciation by attending. I am off to the MMOC national 46 Morris Mail rally at Kelmarsh Hall on Saturday 22nd. Let's hope the weather holds up for them. We will have a good number of Register vehicles attending 46/47 Morris Mart again this year. Our editor will probably be reminding you all that the deadline day for 48 Foto Finish inserting articles and photographs in the magazine is still 14th of the month! Anything after that date will be included in the next month's copy. You have been warned! Most of us try to adhere to this deadline but I have myself been a bit remiss on occasions, must do better! Cover picture: Anne and Jim Riglar in their 1939 Morris Eight Series E tourer near Laycock Abbey in April last year. [Photo: Ken Martin] The Morris Register Spares Service he Register’s Spares Service aims to provide a basic service that will help members keep their Morris Tin good fettle and suitable for safe and enjoyable motoring. We stock a range of spares needed for the maintenance and overhaul of the most popular models.These stock items mainly comprise engine, transmission, electrical and brake parts for the Morris 8, 10 and Minor models with a limited stock of similar parts for other Morris models. ON-LINE SHOP (www.morrisregisterspares.co.uk) The new on-line mail order shop enables members to shop for Morris Spares in a secure on-line environment. The Shop includes a full description, a photo, and details of which Morris models each part will fit. Each product in the shop has a unique “part number” with 2 letters and 3 numbers, and is a unique reference system for our Spares Service. The shop is linked to a secure PayPal payment system; you don’t have to have a PayPal account to use this, you can use your credit or debit card. Please go to the Club’s web site and click on Services/Benefits – Spares Service. The information given in the descriptions in the on-line shop should be sufficient to identify the parts you need. We cannot answer questions from members as to which is the correct part for their car, or about parts suitability or application. 2 MORRIS REGISTER INFORMATION CENTRE: The views and opinions expressed by the Pat and Barbara Farmer 0333 006 5255 Editor and contributors to this magazine are (10 am to 7 pm UK time) [email protected] theirs alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Pre 1940 Morris Register Limited. CHAIRMAN: SECRETARY: Any advice provided is not intended to be John Ford 01386 832 447 Jim Riglar 0333 006 5521 advice on which you should rely. You must [email protected] [email protected] obtain professional or specialist advice before taking or refraining from any action based MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: on the content of this magazine. No liability Office hours: 9 am - 5 pm, Monday to Friday is accepted for the consequences of following Christine Haigh 0333 006 5256 [email protected] any advice provided in the magazine. EDITOR: Rob Symonds, Advertising in the magazine: will members please note that if you are 21 Swallow Drive, Bingham selling goods for profit or reward other than your own personal items these Notts NG13 8QA will be classed as trade goods and you will be charged for advertising. This [email protected] is to be fair to those paying traders who advertise on a regular basis in the 0333 006 5498 magazine. Please leave a message and The members' directory will be available to download from the new I will get back to to you website shortly. A hard copy can be obtained from the Membership Secretary. This gives you a list of National committee officers, regional DEADLINE officers and regional information of noggin meets, etc. Publication of a full 14th of the month prior to publication list of members has had to go on the back burner because of the GDPR MAGAZINE NON-ARRIVAL: laws regarding personal information, as not enough members have opted Please contact the Membership Secretary in as yet. Contact details above New website:this has now gone 'live', please be patient as we try to get BACK ISSUES: may be purchased used to using it! from the Club Shop EDITOR Rob Symonds writes: WEBSITE: www.morrisregister.co.uk t is often quite difficult to get the Chairman to shut up, as his Contact: Mike Rose, Webmaster Ibig piece this month demonstrates! However, this month [email protected] he genuinely had a lot he needed to say. SMALL ADS: Post/email to: In particular, his reference to the mag's deadline is a valid one. The Editor (see above) There has been a lot of slippage in recent months. It used to be ok if the Free for members (max 1 car per month) odd contributor was a couple of days late, but this has become four or Non-members: please contact for charges. five days late from any number of folk, which makes it almost impossible COMPLAINTS: Any complaints for copy to reach the printers as early as I would like. This was particularly against any officer of the club, or about true this month, so I suspect your mag was late arriving. the way the club is being administered So, for the foreseeable future, if it ain't here by the 14th, it will have to should be referred to the Secretary wait, I am afraid! THE PRE 1940 DVLA V765 Service: The Club can now take a limited number MORRIS REGISTER LTD of new applications. For advice on registration number retention Registered Office: contact the DVLA Officer at [email protected] 70 Alderton Way, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 0UH ©Morris Register and various authors and photographers. PRINTED BY Material published in Morris Monthly may not be published CAMBRIAN PRINTERS elsewhere without the permission of the Editor. 01970 627 111 The Morris Register Spares Service POSTAL SALES If you know the part number of the parts you need, but don’t want to use the on-line shop, please get in touch with David and Lindsay Smith, email: [email protected] or by post at Morris Spares, Units 5 & 6 Priory Farm Industrial Estate, Station Road, Portbury, BRISTOL, BS20 7TN. We cannot take orders by phone. • Please state clearly the part number (the unique 2-letter, 3-number code as shown in the on- line shop), the description of the item you need, and the quantity • Please quote the model and chassis number of your car – take the chassis number from the brass plate under the bonnet, and include the letters as well as the numbers • Please quote your name, address and membership number in all communications • We can accept payments by cheque, but prefer payments by card using PayPal. Instructions for payment will be given when you order • Please remember the Service is run by members for the benefit of other members in their own time amidst many other family and personal priorities • If you are not sure what the correct part is, please put a request for help onto the Forum. There will always be members “on line” who will be able to share their knowledge with you.
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