Squire's voitures
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Love the clock
The restro will be worth it .. There is no way you could get a restored moggie traveller for under £12k these days
Are you going for some leather seats? ..Moggies suit leather
The restro will be worth it .. There is no way you could get a restored moggie traveller for under £12k these days
Are you going for some leather seats? ..Moggies suit leather
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I admire your work ethic with these projects. If I was trying to fit overdrive to the Humber the timeline would be something likefried onions wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:58 pm The correct support member has been sourced. Not long to go now before I am ready to start the job.
December 2019: google "overdrive" and open wikipedia page
March 2020: read first few lines, minimise browser window
August 2020: accidentally open xhamster link in same tab, setting project back months
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I bought Paul Skilleter's Minor book in 1981 along with the original Brooklands Books road test thing.
39 years later, I have never owned a Morris Minor.
39 years later, I have never owned a Morris Minor.
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Coincidentally when I was first developing an interest in old cars, these two books were the first I bought. I also have not owned a Morris Minor.The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:37 pm I bought Paul Skilleter's Minor book in 1981 along with the original Brooklands Books road test thing.
39 years later, I have never owned a Morris Minor.
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I grew up with Minors (two Uncles had them) but never bought the books as I never wanted the car! Buying a Minor sixteen years ago was a default choice - Mrs Rocker wanted an old car but really fancied a Prefect. Couldn't find a decent one so bought the Moggie. I thought I better run it for a couple of months as we bought it in the Winter and make sure it wasn't going to be a duffer but it never got handed over and I gave her the Merc instead.....
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Still nothing to report on the Minor engine but I have been playing with the gold paint. I don't particularly like the drab green of these engines, although many seem to don various shades of it where they've been repainted over the years... as I will be doing some work on the engine I am painting it gold like the Gold Seal units. This will look stunning in the engine bay against the light blue body colour.
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HUMBER - built stronger to last longer.
HUMBER - built stronger to last longer.
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Do you remember Alan's Allegro Engine Bay ...Yellow Head and block looked quite good ...Perhaps Trafalgar Blue head and block
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The Brooklands Minor book was one of the very first they did. I ordered it from Motorbooks who advertised in Practical Classics. Would have been around May 1981.
Their forewords were by R.M Clarke who is actually Brooklands founder John Dowdeswell, a fine man (now well into his 80's) who I have had the pleasure of meeting.
Every now and then, I dig it out for a read and wallow in nostalgia. The Minor was very highly regarded by the press. I have a VW Beetle one from 1983 and a Mini Cooper one from 1984.
Their forewords were by R.M Clarke who is actually Brooklands founder John Dowdeswell, a fine man (now well into his 80's) who I have had the pleasure of meeting.
Every now and then, I dig it out for a read and wallow in nostalgia. The Minor was very highly regarded by the press. I have a VW Beetle one from 1983 and a Mini Cooper one from 1984.