Our first Morrie - drove him home today :-)

ChrisInAdelaide

A 1954 Series II in quite nice condition.

Bought from Petter Cottam in Kapunda, if any club members remember him.

We will be at the next Adelaide meeting, and joining.

Thanks to all that helped in the search - Chris

frosty · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

Congratulations Chris Very Happy

.... BUT....

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: Pics

Tomorrow!

Scouse · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:18 am Post subject:

Well done Chris.

Now you can get rid of those 2 modern cars & concentrate on the proper classic Very Happy

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A word of warning - these Morris Minors are self multiplying.

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: Photos

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/ChrisLevo/Interior1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/ChrisLevo/Enginebay2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/ChrisLevo/Back1.jpg

The astute folks here will have noticed the 1000 motor with a Series II gearbox.

I have a few things to do cosmetically:
Reattach the trafficators.
Paint the green gear stick original!
Remove internal surrface rust and repaint.
Fix the tears in the door panels.
Etc.

Chris

Scouse · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:32 am Post subject:

Looks smart Chris Very Happy

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What's wrong with a green gear stick ? Mr. Green

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ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:45 am Post subject:

Scott,

Yes, we will repaint the interior the same colour as the outside.

I have a spare steering wheel (the old one is cactus), but can't quite work out how to remove the old one.
Anyone have any ideas?

We want to keep it as original as we can, so will retain positive earth.
I have some great Morrie books, and one shows how to replace the trafficators.

Thanks again for the assistance - Chris

Scouse · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:03 pm Post subject:

Scott,

Your blood is worth bottling, and you are building up quite a credit Very Happy

BTW, I also managed to get a couple of very original Operation Manuals, and even one for a Morris Oxford - I have swapping material!

Chris

Scouse · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

bigginger · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject:

Paul M · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject:

Chris, If you can hang out till the club meeting, Ive got a socket plus the adaptor (the socket is a 3/4 drive)

Cheers, Paul

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:44 am Post subject:

Thanks heaps, Paul.

See you there!

We will be the new members with huge grins Very Happy

Chris

Triumph Man · valued contributor Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1890

I used an old bit of exhast pipe, (not morrie) heated it up & belted it over a spare steering nut, drilled a hole through it for a screw driver to go through, instant socket, but as Scott said most nuts have been butchered, like rear wheel hub nuts, so the socket wont go over it untill you chissel it off again, then file it up nice before putting it back on.

Put the new wheel on with the wheels strait, & the nut finger tight, drive down the street then reset the wheel to centre, while it's on the road, only way to get the wheel dead square.
Trev
Aus

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject: All-British Day

Do you folks reckon that there will be Morrie Club officials there this Sunday?

We would like to join the Club then and get our new baby inspected so that we can drive him on a Morrie Club log book.

TIA - Chris

57morrie · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: All British Day

There will be plenty of us committee members and historic registrars there next sunday. I will also be able to date your car and you can join the club then as well

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject:

Look for the old farts with the Cream Series II and the big grins Very Happy

Look forward to meeting you all - Chris

frosty · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

Picked up his new plates yesterday - "MORY 54".

I was surprised that no one had taken them before.

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: First Club Run

23 Morries, and lots of good advice.

Nice club, nice Morries and nice folks Very Happy

Chris

jg1982 · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:36 am Post subject: morris club

I intend on joining the club soon, but I need to get one of my minors into a somewhat legally drivable state first Red Convertible

Still runs (although only for very short periods as it's currently only air cooled) and drives perfectly straight, just doesn't look it.
An extra annoyance was that this happened 2 km from home, i'd just spent hours changing all fluids and greasing everything, and the other guy's insurance wouldn't pay me anything because I couldn't prove he ran a red light (no witnesses, I had enough trouble trying to get them to stop pursuing me for the $8000 or so damage that his car copped).
I was hoping they would give me a pay out as it would've funded the MIG that I need to fix it, but i'm still a few months away from affording one.
Still, it did fairly well considering it plowed into the side of a medium sized late 1990's toyota at 60 km/hr.
Jonno.

Scouse · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:54 am Post subject:

Jonno, that should polish out OK.
Very Happy

I hope you came out of it OK. At least the impact seems to be spread across the whole front.

sunalp2 · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject:

My Van was almost a mirror image of that last Christmas. I was lucky that a passing motorist saw steam, thought it was smoke, and called the fire brigade. The Police also attended and charged the other driver with failing to give way. The other driver’s insurance company still tried to wiggle out of it for $100.00, but luckily I knew an assessor from another company and he had contacts.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/2279067920073933972OAKTOm

**picture inserted by friendly moderator Very Happy

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jg1982 · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:52 am Post subject:

Ouch :*(
Fixing/fixed it? Doesn't look particularly worse than mine.
Looked at the rest of your pics too, nice sunbeam

ChrisInAdelaide · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

Knackered SU replaced with reconditioned one (thanks to Derek at the MM Club), and I now get to use the choke

Major brakes go on in a month, then 1000 gearbox and diff.

I have 4 as-new and one never-used cross-plies if anyone wants them, as I replaced them with radials - now the Morrie goes where I point him, not the way that the road camber slopes

Then, when the bank account recovers, the interior gets a good going-over.

Chris

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