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Volume 58 ORRIS Number 12 December M ONTHLONTHLYY 2018 A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MEMBERS MAGAZINE OF THE MORRIS REGISTER The Club for Morris vehicles designed before 1940 www.morrisregister.co.uk 1 Volume 58 ORRIS Number 12 December ONTHLY 2018 MAGAZINEM OF THE MORRIS REGISTER CONTENTS CHAIRMAN John Ford writes: e are now at the end of another hugely successful year 2 Chairman Wfor the club, with more members attending events 3 Editor than ever before (with the exception of our own National Rally!) our membership still on the increase and our future 4 Secretary's Spot looking pretty much secure. I must thank you all for your contribution to the year's success. The last event of the year at Bulletin Board the NEC deserves some special mention (full report in January). Despite 5 Federation Feedback the heavy rain our display cars this year were something to be admired, it was the only time I can remember when we needed to wash the cars 6 Younger Members' Initiative outside the hall before display, but didn't they polish up well. Thank you 7 Warm Welome everyone for your efforts. So, what's for next year? More of the same would be good. Our first 8/9 Club Shop main event is again at the NEC Practical Classics Restoration Show on the 22-24th March. We hope to have something very special on display 10/11 Forum Files this year (which might raise a few eyebrows!) and, of course, we hand 12-17 Exactly Eighty over the loan car to the lucky winner of Morris Register's own younger persons initiative. We have over 25 applications this time so we will be 18/19 Pictures from the Past very busy sifting through the forms. I hope they do as well as Deborah Fry, our first successful applicant. 20/21 Minor Musings Hopefully by the time you read this our new website will be up and running. It as been a long process getting everything right. I am sure 22-24 Steering Box Rebuild (Pt 2) there will be a few minor issues to sort but like everything these days 25 John's Jottings there is always a niggle! There has been much discussion about the future of our National Rally, 26-43 Regional Round Up with wide ranging opinions and many options available. I think a decision could be made at the April AGM, so if you have an opinion or idea let 44/45 From a New Vintage Motorist us know asap. I think our club needs a rally, somewhere, to meet up 46/47 Bullnose French Holiday (Pt 1) with like minded Morris petrol heads! We are big enough and I am sure the enthusiasm is there. 2020 is the 60th anniversary of this wonderfully 49/50 Morris Mail friendly club, so let's make it special We have the date and we have the time so give us your support.Finally, the Management team and myself 51 Morris Mart wish you all a Very Merry Xmas and a Happy Motoring New Year. 52 Foto Finish PS I am off on a speed awareness course shortly, so I must get the Morris speedo fixed!) Cover picture: Morris Owner cover from December 1938, by Reginald A. Shuffrey 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. Rob Symonds EDITOR: Rob Symonds, EDITOR writes: Temporary Address: 'll begin, if I may, with a bit of admin, starting with dates for 9 Harrison Court, Bingham, January's mag. Our printers close on Friday 21st December I Notts NG13 8TD and re-open on Wednesday 2nd January. As a consequence, [email protected] it is my intention to assemble things during week beginning temporarily unavailable Monday 17th December, with a view to making print ready by the end of that week. This means that although the mag may DEADLINE get to the printers before they close for the holiday, they will not start to 14th of the month prior to publication process it until after the new year, with post out at the end of the first week in January or shortly thereafter. So, in short, your first fix of Morris may MAGAZINE NON-ARRIVAL: be slightly delayed. January is known to be the month in which many Please contact the Membership Secretary people feel a bit down after Christmas, but please try to avoid phoning Contact details above the Information Centre if you start to get Morris withdrawal symptoms! BACK ISSUES: may be purchased December is traditionally a time when we look back over the preceding from the Club Shop year and I note that others have done a good job of this already so I will just confine myself to thanking all those who have contributed to Morris WEBSITE: www.morrisregister.co.uk Monthly during recent months, especially our monthly regulars, Bob Contact: Mike Rose, Webmaster Williams, Ken Martin, Chris Lambert, John Nagle and Ian Findlay. Ian has [email protected] more or less exhausted his stock of Morris pictures so this month is his last SMALL ADS: Post/email to: contribution for the time being and special good wishes go to him. There The Editor (see above) is now a vacancy on the back page. Any takers? Free for members (max 1 car per month) I have looked back, so I will finish by looking forward. Amazingly, 2019 Non-members: please contact for charges. sees the completion of ten years of Morris Monthly and I hope to take a look back over the years a some future point. For the present, suffice it to COMPLAINTS: Any complaints against any officer of the club, or about say that I am reasonably satisfied to have managed to only age by fifteen the way the club is being administered years during my editorship! should be referred to the Secretary Absolutely finally, I wish you all the compliments of the season and look forward to hearing from at least some of you in the near future! THE PRE 1940 MORRIS REGISTER LTD DVLA V765 Service: The Morris Register DVLA V765 Service Registered Office: is temporarily closed. We apologise for any inconvenience this 70 Alderton Way, Trowbridge, may cause. Please watch this space for further details. 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.