Volume 57 ORRIS Number 5 May MONTHLONTHLYY 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE MORRIS REGISTER The Club for Morris vehicles designed before 1940 www.morrisregister.co.uk Volume 57 ORRIS Number 5 May ONTHLY 2017 MAGAZINEM OF THE MORRIS REGISTER CONTENTS CHAIRMAN John Ford writes: hat a busy start to the season! The NEC Classic and 2/3 Chairman WRestoration Show in Birmingham attracted over 3 Editor 25000 visitors. We had almost a hundred sign the visitors 4 Bulletin Board book on our stand in Hall 9, with Barbara and Pat Farmer and the team meeting and greeting many members. Club Spares Service regalia sold well, 14 new members signed up and the cars on show 5 Warm Welcome attracted lots of attention. Bren Jones' 10/4 tourer took pride of place, 6 DVLA Delvings and the late Paul Ollis’ little Minor project car, which one day soon might take to the road again, drew much attention. We also displayed the Federation Feedback club lorry which is now being moved to the North East region. It has 8/9 Forum Files always had interest from members. A great deal of effort was put in once again from members of the Midland Region and this made the show a 10-15 Exactly Eighty great success. November's Classic Car Show, again at the NEC, will be 16/17 Minor Musings something to look forward to. 18/19 Pictures from the Past Our National Committee meeting on the 8th April at Derby followed the NEC, and 22+ committee members discussed several major issues 20-24 Regional Round Up within the club, mainly lack of volunteers. We are still looking to fill 24/25 NEC Classic and Resto Show several posts in the club: webmaster, assistant treasurer, FBHVC officer, plus posts on regional committees. Some regions are finding it a real 26-39 Regional Round Up (cont) struggle to get help, so please can some of you offer a few hours of your 40/41 Member's Morris (Isis) spare time to help the club and fellow members? Remember, without volunteers there would be no club. The rewards are your satisfaction in 42/43 Book Review doing something that helps everyone and keeps the club alive. 43 What’s it Worth? By now most regions should have there own equipment, flags, banners, 44 Living with a Petrol Head tables and chairs, etc. These are useful at regional events to advertise your region and the club. Several new members have been encouraged Registration Revivals to join us in this way and is partly why the club's membership is growing. 45/46 Morris Mail Our aim should be to try and attract the younger generation, although the age of our cars appeals to the more mature driver. 46/47 Morris Mart The MVA appears to be gathering a lot more interest, and we now have 48 Foto Finish a Riley owners' club joining the association. Last year the MG Octagon Cover picture: Bullnose LL 4100 at the Mini plant in Oxford (see EA Yellow Pages) [Photo: Tony Nathan] 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: Rob Symonds, 49 Gorsy Road, Club signed up. Ben Gadsby, our National Rally organiser, has now Quinton, Birmingham B32 2SJ volunteered to be the Register's MVA representative and hopes to take [email protected] an active role within the MVA. This is good news for the clubs involved. 0121 682 0640 I hope you all enjoyed your Drive-it-Day event following Easter. There are now so many rallies organised it is hard to keep up! I will perhaps see you DEADLINE at one of them. 14th of the month prior to publication I hope I have left enough space for our editor's report! MAGAZINE NON-ARRIVAL: EDITOR Rob Symonds writes: Please contact the Membership Secretary s I scramble to finalise this month's edition, I suddenly Contact details above Arealised that today is Drive-it-Day. Wasting a few vital seconds, I glimpsed out of the window and saw how bright BACK ISSUES: may be purchased and sunny it was in down town Birmingham. How I envied from the Club Shop your opportunity to get out and about in your Morrises. No WEBSITE: www.morrisregister.co.uk such chance for me - just another sacrifice on the club altar! Contact: Mike Rose, Webmaster However, I was much consoled by the safe knowledge that within a [email protected] couple of weeks I will be inundated with reports and photographs of your Drive-it-Day adventures, whether undertaken as solo efforts or as part of SMALL ADS: Post/email to: a club event. Do not let me down! It is your magazine and you should The Editor (see above) feature in it! Free for members (max 1 car per month) So far there has been little response to last month's offer to feature your Non-members: please contact for charges. car's part in a family celebration on the front cover, so I will repeat it COMPLAINTS: Any complaints here. On a similar theme, following the success of our MR Christmas cards against any officer of the club, or about last year, we would like to expand the collection by featuring some with the way the club is being administered a Morris car in a winter scene, so if you have anything that might be should be referred to the Secretary suitable, preferably with snow or frost evident, then please do send them in for consideration. We look forward to seeing them. 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. There will always be members “on line” who will be able to share their knowledge with you.