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Onthlyy 2017 Volume 57 ORRIS Number 9 September MONTHLONTHLYY 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE MORRIS REGISTER The Club for Morris vehicles designed before 1940 www.morrisregister.co.uk Volume 57 ORRIS Number 9 September ONTHLY 2017 MAGAZINEM OF THE MORRIS REGISTER CONTENTS CHAIRMAN John Ford writes: fter last month's bumper edition perhaps this month 2/3 Chairman Awe will get back to normal! However, judging by the 3 Editor articles Rob has in hand and with the August National Rally items and pictures rolling in it may be even bigger! I must 4 Secretary's Spot say it was an excellent read as always! Bulletin Board This year's National Rally was certainly down on attendance (may be 5 Warm Welcome caused by the change in date) but certainly not on the quality of the vehicles on show. The MVA clubs certainly helped boost the attendance What's it Worth? which offset the lower turnout of the Register and helped a great deal. A 6/7 Forum Files lot of hard work goes in to organising an event like this and your support makes it all worthwhile. Next year we are back to our usual slot and I 8-13 Exactly Eighty hope to see more of you then. Ben Gadsby our rally organiser already 14/15 Pictures from the Past has plans for a different format so let us wait and see. Congratulations to all of you who won awards in the judging, and 16/17 Minors and the M8TC my special thanks to Brian Firth and Dennis Fisher for donating the 18-20 Minor Musings refurbishment of the club lorry. I know other members of the North East region have been involved and I thank you all on behalf of the club, the 21 Federation Feedback lorry looks superb. Woman's World I was also pleased to present honours awards to several members who have served the club with distinction over many years, sadly some of 22-41 Regional Round Up those are no longer with us but the club still recognises the work and 42/43 15/6 Reminiscences time given by them. This is something I hope we will continue for years to come and helps show our appreciation. 44 Shelsley Walsh Nostalgia Our AGM and National Committee meeting is at Ullesthorpe Country 45 Morris Mail hotel, Leicester on October 14th, I hope to see some of you there. I am looking for a couple of cars for this year's NEC Classic Car Show in 46/7 Morris Mart November. A Morris 8 saloon or tourer and a 10/4 Series 2 or 3 saloon, in excellent condition, please. The theme this year is family ties, so how 48 Foto Finish about some cars which have been a long time in one family? I hope to Cover picture: Richard McNab's daughter Chiedza arriving at her school prom at the Southampton Aegeas Hilton in June. The van is a 1938 Morris Minor telephone linesman's van with a Morris Eight engine and gearbox. It originally worked in Portsmouth but Richard's family acquired it in Ipswich in 1964 and finally got it back on the road in 1983. The engine was rebuilt earlier this year and then it was driven down from Ipswich to Southampton in May which involved a hair-raising drive round the M25 at about 35 mph. [Photo: Richard McNab] 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 01225 754 981 advice on which you should rely. You must [email protected] [email protected] obtain professional or specialist advice before MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: taking or refraining from any action based Office hours: 9 am - 5 pm, Monday to Friday on the content of this magazine. No liability Jane Nathan, 1 Fallowfield, Shoeburyness, Essex SS3 8DF is accepted for the consequences of following 0333 006 5256 [email protected] any advice provided in the magazine. EDITOR: have around six cars on display. If you would like to see your car on show Rob Symonds, 49 Gorsy Road, to around 70,000 people let me know asap please on 01386 832 447. Quinton, Birmingham B32 2SJ Finally, a big thank you to all those that gave a warm welcome and [email protected] kindness to my wife, Lorna, at Thoresby, her mobility and eyesight is 0121 682 0640 very poor but hopefully things will improve for her shortly. She was very moved by the support of you all. DEADLINE 14th of the month prior to publication Rob Symonds EDITOR writes: MAGAZINE NON-ARRIVAL: s anticipated in my slot last month, my Eight two seater Please contact the Membership Secretary Adid not make it to Thoresby. This despite my best Contact details above efforts. Having spent a few days in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, I returned specifically to Birmingham on BACK ISSUES: may be purchased Thoresby Friday, with the express intention of setting off early from the Club Shop the next morning in, as I thought, the now fully functioning Eight. I duly rose at 4.30 am, breakfasted quickly and set off at 5. All went well until, WEBSITE: www.morrisregister.co.uk after about 5 miles, when, as I began to negotiate the city centre tunnels on Contact: Mike Rose, Webmaster [email protected] my way out to the M6, the dreaded misfire made a distinct reappearance. It was a relatively mild occasional splutter but I had the hood down and SMALL ADS: Post/email to: it was raining slightly, so, after not too much consideration, I opted to go The Editor (see above) back home, discretion being the better part of valour! Free for members (max 1 car per month) Despite this setback, I still got to Thoresby, in my MGB, and thoroughly Non-members: please contact for charges. enjoyed my time there on Sunday. I can't complain too much about the shortage of cars and Eights in particular, as I was one of the no-shows, COMPLAINTS: Any complaints but nevertheless, the turn out was a little disappointing, given that the against any officer of the club, or about weather was the best all month. the way the club is being administered should be referred to the Secretary I will finish with my usual plea for comment/photos from Thoresby as almost nothing has come in so far ... THE PRE 1940 MORRIS REGISTER LTD DVLA Authentication Service: Members needing access to Registered Office: the Club’s scheme for registration number retention should get 70 Alderton Way, Trowbridge, in touch on 07507 264 980 or [email protected] Wiltshire BA14 0UH ©Morris Register and various authors and photographers. PRINTED BY Material published in Morris Monthly may not be published LAVENHAM PRESS elsewhere without the permission of the Editor. 01787 247 436 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.
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