CHARLES WARE’S CENTRE LOCATION

20 Clothier Rd Brislington Bristol BS4 5PS Office / Car Sales Enquiries 0117 3003754 Parts 0117 3003753 Fax all departments 0117 3003769 morrisminor.org.uk morris.minor @ukonline.co.uk

M4 South Wales M5 Gloucester A38 Gloucester Midlands M5 Exeter South West M5/J15. M4/J20 J16

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Approx.100 miles 160 Kms MEDIA COVERAGE

The Centre was founded in 1979 1976. Without it’s innovative and ITV News pioneering work in creating a life Thames TV. Afternoon Plus support system for Morris Minors, ITV. Wheels there would now be very few left 1981 BBC Radio 4. Today. Since 1976 it has featured BBC TV Bristol. Points West in the following newspapers BBC TV. Blue Peter and magazines: HTV News 1983/84 Autocar BBC TV Breakfast Time Bath Evening Chronicle BBC Radio Wales Evening Post BBC Radio Scotland Country Living Magazine BBC Channel 4 Classic Car Mechanics ITV. Car Programme The Daily Telegraph BBC Radio1 The Daily Mirror BBC Radio Bristol The Daily Express BBC Radio 2. John Dunn The Daily Mail 1985 Elle Magazine BBC Radio 4. Today Evening Standard (London) BBC Radio Nottingham The Financial Times 1986 The Guardian HTV News The Motor Trader BBC TV. Top Gear. Motor Trade Executive BBC TV Bristol. Points West Medeconomics 1987 The Observer CNN News USA The Observer Colour Magazine CNN News Europe Practical Classics 1988 The Sunday Telegraph ITN News at 10 She Magazine BBC TV. 6 o’clock News The Sun BBC Radio 4. PM News The Sunday Mirror BBC Radio 4. Documentary The Sunday Times featuring the Morris Minor The Times BBC Radio Swansea The Telegraph Magazine 1989 Today TV AM Time Out HTV News Thoroughbred and Classic Car BBC Radio Bristol Western Daily Press 1991-5 Wolverhampton Express BBC TV 2. Perpetual Motion and Star ITV. The Business Man, the The Yorkshire Post Buddhist and the Morris Minor Plus other magazines and ITV News newspapers around the world. BBC TV. News BBC Radio 1. Breakfast Time Radio and TV coverage... BBC World Service there have been mentions BBC Radio 4 on the radio and television we BBC Radio 1 have missed, but these are the BBC Radio 4. Midweek with main programmes in which the Libby Purves. Centre has featured: Plus many local radio stations 1977 throughout the UK and many BBC TV. Pebble Mill at One. others since, which we have BBC TV Bristol. Points West. not listed. 1978 BBC Radio 4. Today. In addition over the last 12 BBC Radio Bristol years we have had several media Radio Melbourne, Australia references every year HTV News BBC TV Bristol. Points West.

DURABLE CAR OWNERSHIP

Durable Car Ownership means can be compared with the quite simply running a long conservation of traditionally built term car which suffers nominal and well designed old buildings. financial depreciation and is It is pointless wasting money labour intensive to construct and pulling down and replacing a maintain. While at the same time well designed old house if it can costing at least one third less per be gently adapted to modern use mile to run than a modern car, and subsequently maintained. built in a modern state of the art It has been shown that a short factory using a minimum number term approach to building is very of people to construct it. expensive in the long term, the structural failure of the ‘system ‘Durable Car Ownership’ the built’ high rise buildings in the book written by Charles Ware, 1960’s proves the point. the founder of the Morris Minor Centre, shows quite conclusively Our ‘Series 3’ adaptions show why it is possible to achieve this how modest updates to the huge saving running a Durable Minor’s original mechanical Car as against a capital intensive specifications can make it a lot planned obsolescent modern more efficient and usable in car, just because it is contrary to todays driving conditions. It can todays manufacturing practices. be compared with the installation of central heating in an old house This practical philosophy has formerly heated by coal fires. guided Charles Ware’s Centre since it’s foundation in 1976 The most important aspect of and shown thousands of Morris Durable Car Ownership is that it Minor owners how they can allows owners the option to spend save many thousands of pounds money on a programme to suit over the years by avoiding the their needs. Starting with an old financial depreciation trap which run down car it is possible to pay is at the heart of modern car for dealing with the ‘dry rot and manufacturing, driven as it is by rising damp’ and not on superficial rapid change for the sake of it cosmetics. Like an old house it rather than quietly building on doesn’t have to be like a ‘new pin’ the past. This approach leads to in order to be safe and functional. steep financial depreciation as The owner of an ageing modern supercession makes modern car does not have this option. cars less desirable and more Once the rust is bubbling through difficult and expensive to maintain. the seams it has to be scrapped Essentially the practice of and the endless problem of finding Durable Morris Minor ownership a new car begins again.

Comparative running costs per mile Modern high-tech small car Durable car Morris Minor Overall cost average 24p per mile Overall cost average 13p per mile Tax and insurance Finance Maintenance Petrol

Petrol Maintenance Tax and insurance Overall financial depreciation Economic benefits Our labour intensive joint Sri Lanka/UK manufacturing company is cost effective and economically beneficial to this developing country. The submission backed by the following information shows the logical benefits of Durable over modern mass production methods. Energy and resources The components for durable Green Apple Award 2003 and modern cars use the same During November 2003 at the level of energy and resources House of Commons we were in their production but during presented with a prestigious the minimum 40 years life of a National Green Apple Award for durable car, 3 or 4 modern cars our environmental contribution will have been scrapped. to the motor industry by the A waste of resources. Minister for Trade and Industry, In the assembly process, a Patricia Hewett. durable car is put together by Our philosophy and practice simple hands-on jigs, using of Durable Car ownership over very little non- human energy. the last 30 years shows that by The modern automated following our programme a manufacturing and assembly Morris Minor is cheaper to process is largely dependent on own and uses a fraction of the the high use of energy and is resources consumed during continually re - inventing itself. the life cycle of a modern car. A waste of energy. A Morris Minor is logically the Financial depreciation greenest car on the planet. The speed of the financial The synopsis of our radical depreciation cycle determines submission for the award... the useful economic life of a modern mass produced car. Durable Car Ownership The constant fashion driven project aim and achievements: research and development We can demonstrate that programmes that automated labour intensive manufacturing production needs are so capital and maintenance offers the intensive that high volume consumer many financial and production is vital to maintain environmental advantages over manufacturers profitability. automated mass produced For some years, real demand modern car ownership. for new cars has been saturated, Energy and natural resources. so in order to keep production A durable car consumes about levels as high as possible, the 20% of the resources used in bottom end replacement market modern car production. has been accelerated through a lethal combination of financial Financial depreciation depreciation value engineering A durable car might depreciate and fashion. by 10% over ten years. A modern car 85% over the same period. Cars are now better made but value engineering (planned Employment obsolescence) is still an essential Labour intensive manufacturing part of the life span of a car. maximises the use of skilled Why make long - life components labour. Modern automated when the useful economic life of manufacturing systems minimise a car is 10 to 12 years and its the use of labour. value has fallen by 85%. A minor Running costs accident or component failure Owning a durable car costs costing more than the value of at least 30% less overall than the car leads to its junking. running its modern equivalent. Fashion now dominates the marketing and manufacturing of Sri Lanka cars and the constant updating Using the relative values of of the latest model ensures the pound and the rupee, a that a relatively new model is panel, which would normally undesirable in a very short time. take a few minutes to make on The pressure on the consumer a modern press in the UK can to constantly trade upwards be manually formed in Sri Lanka is built into the process and the in four hours and still allows the length of the car's life is as short part to be viable commercially as the market place will accept. in the UK, whilst creating well The result of this throwaway paid skilled jobs in Sri Lanka. philosophy is that the consumer These jobs do not threaten UK is obliged to pay the high costs employment. The total annual of financial depreciation, which production of our 30 workers over a life - time of motoring is could be stamped out by 2 to 3 substantial. A house is durable people in the UK.The benefit to and over the long term will Sri Lanka's economy is that always deliver a tax free each skilled worker supports on capital gain.Owning a modern average 10 -15 dependents. car over a lifetime is a constant Summary negative financial drain on its Our industrial model, based on owners tax paid income, in the continuing empirical history many cases, wiping out that of the Morris Minor is of course capital gain usually achieved transferable. A new durable car through home ownership. could be easily manufactured Employment by a large company, at relatively Modern automated electronic low cost. We know, from our manufacturing is designed to modest experiment, that a very reduce labour to a minimum. large cross section of motorists Durable systems create the use really want to own a long term of skilled labour on a maximum car, with known running costs. scale. The cost of creating a What could happen if industrial new job in modern capital models like ours are properly intensive manufacturing is very considered, is that small durable high. Labour intensive jobs in production systems could be Durable manufacturing can be developed in parallel, to counter created on a huge scale, at low mass manufacturing's profligate cost, because the skills used use of energy and natural are manually intelligent and resources. Of course, in the near have been proven over the future the likelihood of changing centuries. They give its workers the direction of this juggernaut pride and satisfaction in their is nil. In the meantime, this jobs and skills, which is socially throwaway culture is taking its and economically desirable. toll of our environment.

RESTORATION SERVICES

G Chassis and The long term method of repair Lower Bodyshell is to cut out the rotten sections Our information sheet entitled and replace them with replica ‘The Morris Minor - Where to strength panels, thus eliminating look for Rust’ shows how the the problem. The good news is, corrosion develops in the hollow in all but the most extreme cases, box and double skinned sections this work can be staged over a of the lower body, eventually few years to suit your cashflow spreading throughout the lower and targeted at replacing the bodyshell. The expedient method panels which will fail the MOT. of repair, used mostly to satisfy the MOT inspection, is to weld Chassis Guarantees patches of metal sheet over the Any individual independent rusted areas. Far from solving section or related complex of the problem it only makes it panels fitted by us is covered by worse by sealing in the damp. a three or five year guarantee. The area A to B on the left shows where the sill hollow box section rots from the inside out through internal corrosion. The area C shows where the laminated cross member breaks down due to lack of maintenance. The area D on the right hand side shows the long term replacement solution we have used for many years.

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B G Upper Bodyshell is a bit rusty, however lovely it The important safety panels on may look when it’s finished the the upper bodyshell are the front reality is that within months the and rear bumpers and all four rust will start to bubble through. wings, which act as impact The time to use professional zones. It may be necessary to help is when the panel has replace rusted out wings, which ended its useful life and has to usually have to be taken off when be replaced. However, as long extensive inner-wing restoration as you understand this principle is carried out. Doors rust out we are prepared to quote for a when the drain holes at the cosmetic re-spray which will bottom become blocked. make the car generally brighter Internal corrosion develops and and even in colour. rust eats through the lower face. This is a low structural priority, as Bodyshell Guarantees long as the door opens and shuts Guarantees are subject to you safely. The appearance can following our recommended always be improved by the use maintenance routine and based of filler and a spray can. It is a on what is reasonable and fair mistake to re-spray a panel that under the circumstances. GTraveller Wood therefore, it makes better The timber frame on the economic sense to replace Traveller is structural and clad a whole side at a time rather in aluminium panels it must than fit an individual section. therefore, be rot free for basic Since 1990 our wood has been safety. Rot starts at the joints manufactured by a small top due to damp penetration. quality bespoke kitchen joinery This first stage rot cannot be workshop. The sections are eliminated by bleaching and made from seasoned Ash and re-varnishing this merely seals incorporate the original design in the damp, making the process details. The joints are hand accelerate. However, if the old finished to ensure accurate fit. varnish is cleaned off and the rot area is treated with clear Upper Bodywork and Cuprinol and then finished with Traveller Wood Guarantees Danish or Teak oil this will give Subject to following a sensible the wood a few more years of maintenance programme our useful life. Timber replacement paint finishes and wood are is very labour intensive guaranteed for two years. G Mechanical Mechanical Guarantees The Morris Minor has a simple New or factory reconditioned parts electro-mechanical specification supplied and fitted by us carry a of legendary reliability. Most guarantee of 12 months or 12,000 owners worry about the , miles, parts and labour. Exceptions unless it is using gallons of oil or are service parts, for example is extremely noisy, don’t worry. brake shoes, plugs and points, etc. The ‘A’ series always gives ample warning before it packs up! G Interior Trim The common items that can fail A complete range of interior without much warning are usually trim components are available electrical parts that may have for all the Minor variations from been on the car for over 20 years. 1949 to 1971. G How to get advice Accident damage estimates Make an appointment so that These are charged for unless your car can undergo a detailed agreed in principle with your structural inspection, the results insurer. In order to give an are then analysed and listed in accurate quote we will need to order of priority. We will also inspect your car. Third party give you a free verbal estimate estimates are charged for. for the complete job, a detailed The charge is refunded if the written estimate is free. work is carried out by us. If you are unable to visit the Pre-accident Valuation centre we can send a detailed Insurers respect our experience questionnaire with instructions when assessing the pre-accident on how to complete it .When it value of Minors. If you have a is returned to us we can discuss problem please contact us to its contents over the telephone. ascertain whether their offer If a written estimate is required makes sense. If there is a case it will be free. We also offer a to take the matter further we highly detailed mechanical report would agree a fee in advance. covering all aspects of the car. Hire Cars This involves workshop time so Whilst work is being carried out advance booking is essential on your car, we will, with advance and the time will be charged for. warning lend you a reliable Minor. The cost depends on how much Other Services G you are spending. The rate for Insurance smaller jobs is £20.00 per week, The centre will be happy to for more extensive work there recommend Morris Minor friendly is no charge. insurance companies Car Collection Valuations If your Minor needs extensive We carry out realistic ‘Agreed restoration and is currently not Value’ insurance valuations for in working order or without an owners needing special cover. MOT we can collect the car from In order to give an accurate anywhere in the UK for a special written valuation we will need ‘at cost’ rate. to inspect your car. The charge is £25.00 plus VAT. SERIES 3 UPDATES

Our Morris Minor updates have Tyres been developed because of We would normally recommend customer demand. Prices are 155 x14 radial tyres. Please note, exclusive of oils, fluids and a set of white stove enamelled where necessary, removal and wheels can be fitted in conjunction refitting of interior trim etc. with the above or as an individual All work is subject to VAT. job in one day. All jobs by prior appointment. Classic Minor suspension conversion Suspension and braking G The system allows the owners options. of standard Morris Minors to Servo assistance to keep their 14" wheels and tyres. braking system* We do recommend 155 x 14 Can be added to the standard radials, thus preserving the front brakes and makes them original apperance of the car bite quicker and more efficiently. but dramatically improving its It also reduces the amount of road handling. Disc brakes can braking effort needed to bring be safely added at the front, your Morris Minor to a prompt complete with servo and under halt.The servo makes the the bonnet top - up brake brakes feel light and responsive fluid reservoir. and comparable to a mid 90's production saloon.This is one of The necessary modifications the most popular conversions. are then carried out to the body and the rear suspension and a Front disc brakes pair of robust telescopic shock This conversion can be used absorbers are fitted to improve on its own or in conjunction with road holding. A pair of telescopic the suspension modifications shock absorbers are also fitted to described below. Disc brakes the front suspension. fitted on their own without a servo are surprisingly no This combination provides the more efficient than the original necessary increase in stability. brake drums but they do have The more efficient braking allows other virtues: full use of the Minors traditional engine power, you can also add a) they are self adjusting. a 1300 engine safely to this b) they are not affected by package. This, our latest system, water, oil or brake fluid. has been tried and tested in the c) easier maintenance. London to Peking rally in which d) if they are left for several the vehicle came 10th in its class. months, they are unlikely to The classic Minor handling and become sticky and seize up, braking system fundamentally a common problem with the improves the cars safety. We can original wheel cylinders. also offer the option of a front The kit includes a brake anti - roll bar, fitted serarately. reservoir top-up kit in the engine Anti -roll bar option compartment, this is essential As a separate job because the disc brakes draw The front anti - roll bar firms off more fluid than can be up the steering and makes it contained in the master cylinder. more positive. Reservoir top - up kit Front and rear handling kit This is convenient on a standard Morris Minor because you can Front and rear suspension check brake fluid levels at a conversion glance. Existing owners know Front handling kit how awkward it can be to check The front handling kit is in fact the brake fluid levels under the included within the Classic Minor floor. This is carried out as an suspension conversion but can be individual job. carried out as a separate job. G Engine and power components, for example, heated train options rear screen, powerful radio and halogen head lamps then an Standard reconditioned alternator will help make your 1275cc engine vehicle more reliable for the This fits easily in place of the following reasons: 1098cc Morris engine and the standard gearbox - it is all right if A dynamo's maximum output is the car is not used as a 'racer'. 22 amps. A normal vehicle, with The ancillaries from the 1098cc headlamps, wiper and heater on engine are fitted to the new will demand approximately 18 engine. The increase in power amps, leaving only 4 amps to output is not great but gives sustain the battery, an alternator, more flexibility to quickly pass on tick-over will produce 28 other vehicles and offers a amps, more than enough to deal comfortable cruising speed. with existing demands and any The larger engine can be fitted additional demands, such as a without suspension improvements heated rear screen, a powerful but it is advisable to improve radio and halogen headlamps the brakes and a servo would be Also, batteries tend to last longer considered a minimum. Also, it if they are kept fully charged, an is necessary to fit hardened half alternator is best at doing this. shafts to handle the additional Halogen headlamps power created by the both the Much brighter than the original 1275cc and the1300cc . Morris Minor sealed beams, you All engines are supplied to run will see and be seen much better. on lead free fuel. Leaded fuel Hazard warning lights can also be used in lead free Standard on modern cars but engines and will not damage Morris Minors were never the engine in any way. produced with them. The switch can be fitted in a position to suit G Gearbox options you, either visible or out of view. The gearbox conversion we have developed is a 5 speed Headlamp flasher based on the Ford Sierra box. A neatly fitted switch on the It is strong and durable with full dashboard. Including connecting synchromesh in all forward gears. in relay to operate headlamps. Fifth gear pulls well behind a Single speed heater 1300 and is also suitable behind Has a new high capacity matrix a standard 1098, offering lower fitted in the existing later heater engine revolutions at cruising unit together with a hotter speed and therefore less engine thermostat and new large stress and greater fuel economy. pipes and taps. It seriously The kit includes bell housing, improves the output by 40% gearbox and all necessary items. on a good working standard heater and quite a lot more on G Summary of electrical and an average heater. other conversion options Heated rear windows for 2 speed wiper kit Travellers and Saloons Slightly slower speed on first Please note. The glass has been position and much more positive etched and looks like modern speed in second position. heated windows. They work very Alternator kit well. It is strongly recommended Essential if you need a heated that an alternator is fitted with rear screen and if you are this conversion. considering halogen headlamps. Unleaded device System 4 Please note. Most Minors were This system is a practical and originally fitted with a dynamo affordable solution for running and for motoring this is adequate. on unleaded fuel which we have However, if you spend time been using for many years driving in the dark or in slow without any problems. Further moving traffic and have ancillary details available on request. Unleaded G Interior trim options Please note. Before an We offer a modern but visually unleaded head is fitted to an compatible pair of front seats existing engine we recommend complete with headrests, a controlled oil consumption they can be trimmed in the test to be carried out. Please same colour as your vehicle. ask for more information on this The seats are easily adjustable or our sheet on commonly and are on tracks, especially asked questions and answers. useful if your car is used by several drivers. Electronic ignition This is a very popular upgrade. Standard vinyl covered seats It is very common for the points Half hide traditional leather on a standard Morris Minor to faced seats close up, causing misfiring, poor timing and even a breakdown. Seatbelts The electronic ignition replaces G the points and increases the Front inertia seatbelts reliability of your Morris Minor. Rear inertia seatbelts Battery cut-out switch Rear lap belts Incorporates an anti-theft device Electric washer kit G Preservation of your Controlled by original style Morris Minor switch in the existing washer Injection of the closed pump position. box sections Rear fog lamp This injection process, which we recommend is carried out Reversing lamp. Manual every three years, helps to Please note. The automatic prevent the incidence of rust version is only available with from the inside out. Many 5 speed conversion. Please of our customers who have ask for further details had their vehicles injected still Water temperature gauge have a good sound rust free chassis some eight years later. Oil pressure gauge The compound we use, called Radio/CD player. Tectyl, is approved by over 30 Generally Kenwood major manufacturers including With radio data signal, powerful Daimler, Ferrari, Volkswagen speakers and aerial. Please Porsche, Toyota and Rolls ask for specific fitting details. Royce, to name but a few. Cigarette lighter/ mobile Please note, we can also carry phone connection out this injection on other classic Classic door/wing mirrors vehicles and we would be happy to carry it out on your other car, Tow bar kits if you have one, at special rates Available for most models. for our customers. Please ask For further information please for further details. contact our parts department. For further assistance, please G Other major conversions contact us either by phone, fax or email. If you are in the area Left hand drive conversion then please call in. Our friendly conversion knowlegeable staff will be more If the chassis is in good order than happy to help and advise and does not need to be on any Minor matter. strengthened. This would be confirmed before we carried out the conversion. Bags Hood bags are also available in conjunction with this conversion or as an individual job. CARS FOR SALE

Modern cars are built from been about £12,000, which for such light materials that once its owner, on a fixed pension, rust or bubbling paint develops was beyond her means. in their structural seams, they Naturally she was upset and are beyond their sell by date. said 'but my garage has always On the contrary, Durable Cars, done what was necessary' like the Minor are constructed which was true because they from much heavier gauge steel were in a mistaken way, trying and are relatively stronger so to help her out by carrying out that even when in poor shape only minimal work to keep bills are still just about viable. on the low side. As an example of this refusal The majority of Morris Minors to to be scrapped, we recently have many of these problems advised an elderly lady who had because unlike with old houses, owned her Morris for forty years no one bothers to give an from new. It was unfortunately overview of their real condition. deeply riddled with rust and had All sensible home buyers want been repaired with fibreglass to know what is behind the wall and filler under its fairly new paper before taking the plunge re-spray. The chassis was like and will always as a priority a patchwork quilt, but it passed spend whatever is necessary the MOT and it worked well. to sort out the dry rot and the The cost of restoring this car rising damp before considering to its original glory would have the paint finishes.

We of course regularly carry 'prodded' by strangers and ask out complete rebuilds for our us to find them a good home. customers to 'as new' standards, Many of the cars on this list are which will last for many decades, priced 'from'. This means that but the costs, anything up to more can be done to them £15000 or so, are beyond most now or in the future, but in the people's Morris Minor budgets. meantime they will do their job Fortunately because we have efficiently. One thing we have been around for the last 30 never done (which is the motor years and have a wide range of trade norm) is to apply a nice contacts it is quite unecessary cosmetic re - spray, which will to spend such large sums to look OK for a year. Dressing obtain a decent Morris Minor 'mutton up a lamb' is not where with a good future. A large we come from. As a national number of our best sales cars and international business, we have in the past been fully or sell unseen quite a lot of our partly restored by us or other cars on detailed descriptions. respectable restorers. Many We can honestly say that not never go on the open market one customer coming to see the because their owners hate the completed job has rejected it. idea of their 'old friends' being Durable Car ownership is about function, like a house it is not The only drawback to buying essential to have every room from us is that we rarely have decorated in order to live in it. a line up of Minors ready to buy and drive away in because Our priority is therefore to make we normally agree a detailed sure that any car we sell has a specification with a customer chassis with a good future, before commencing the work. a new MOT and be mechanically Sometimes it is possible with reliable for everyday use. a very nice example. Ideally if you are able to come to see us, we will always find If you have never driven a the right car for you within Morris Minor or would like to your budget price range, taking re-acquaint yourself with the detailed notes and by matching experience, we are happy, by the cars we always have on appointment, to let you drive our premises with your needs. one without any obligation. SRI LANKA

Since our ‘handmade’ labour intensive craft based factory was opened, in 1991 as a partnership between ourselves and local interests, tools and jigs for over 80 chassis and bodyshell panels have been developed. They have been designed to suit the exacting standard of our long serving workforce. The panels being made are sold in the UK and elsewhere because of their consistently high quality and competitive price. It must be stressed that this is not an exercise in using cheap labour to make cheap and cheerful products for western markets, but a serious project, demonstrating how well paid craftspeople in a developing country can sell their manual skills in a highly competitive world market. The difference in labour rates between Europe and a developing country like Sri Lanka is fundamental to the project, but we are not interested in a like for like manufacturing process. For example, if the panel was made in a modern pressing plant in the UK or Taiwan the same panel will be cheaper in Taiwan because of its lower labour costs. In Sri Lanka we have adopted a different approach. In a modern plant the panel may take three minutes to produce, in Sri Lanka it takes two or three hours for a skilled well paid metal worker to make the same panel. The consequence of this is that our present workforce of thirty people make the same number of panels as perhaps three or four people in a modern panel pressing plant. This could appear to be a rather silly old fashioned system in the context of modern mass production methods, but in the context of southern Sri Lanka, where unemployment runs at 28%,it works. Each well paid worker supports in one way or another an extended family of 15 other people, so at present our small factory is contributing to the well being of over four hundred local people. PARTS

G Spares Catalogue Pumps All types for all models. Our illustrated catalogue shows Radiators All models. all the standard Minor parts Electrics Dynamos, looms available. Based on the original and other parts for all models. factory drawings, many of which Brakes Disc and drum for all are exploded, workshop manual models. Components style, giving a useful visual and service kits. explanation of their method of Wheels New assembly. Our parts department hub covers and has ample parking. It is manned tyres, all models. by a knowledgeable staff who Chrome /Trim are only too happy to give you expert advice and assistance. Complete range of The following list is just a sample body trim parts, all models. of the many parts available.... Repair panels Complete range at unbeatable prices. Traveller Wood All sections. Series 3 kits All kits are available ex-stock plus all the up to date components listed in Series 3 Updates section.

Engines 803/950/1093/1300. Clutches All types. Gearboxes All types. Including 5 speed all synchromesh. Exhausts Stainless or mild steel for all models. PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTS

G Durable Car Ownership The book describes in detail the theory and practice of ‘long life’ car technology and shows how the use of skilled labour can save owners of durable cars like the Morris Minor up to half the overall costs per mile normally incurred by owners of new ‘throwaway’ cars. A detailed analysis of the Morris Minor shows how the owners of badly maintained and rusty examples can invest relatively small sums annually in their phased improvement and in five to ten years will be driving ‘new’ cars and own sound financial assets.

One of the most interesting books on car ownership I have come across. John Langley, Motoring Correspondent, Daily Telegraph Read this and you will look upon old cars and rebuilding them in a different light. Practical Classics

G Morris Minor Survival Kit Three fuses. Four spark plugs. One of each: Fan belt. Rotor arm. Contact set. Condenser. Stop/tail bulb. Indicator bulb. Sidelight bulb.