I have just read an article about a Morris Minor originally purchased in July 1968 that was taken back to the same garage to be sold. The minor named "Morris" had been in the same family and passed from father to son. The car originally cost £681, 17 shillings and 3 pence and there was a reduction of £50 for a part-exchange for an Austin A35. They paid an extra £8 to have seatbelts fitted as they were optional at the time and the car came with a fuel ration book.
We have a Morris Minor for sale at the moment which has had some substantial mnechanical work undertaken which includes:
- Complete rebuilding of the braking system
- New fuel pump
- new n/s rear spring
- welding to the sills,floor pan and n/s rear spring mounting
- refurbishment of his wheels as part of fitting 3 brand new tyres
- replacement secondhand front seats (the back seat was good anyway)
- replacement battery.
If you are interested give us a call or drop us an email. Visit our website at www.radlettclassiccars.co.uk
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Friday, 18 June 2010
Car designers - why make it so difficult?
This week has seen a variety of work, Morris 1000 engine blown piston, Nissan Bluebird starter and Jaguar Sovereign V12 shock absorber and alternator.
The Jag was the hardest, we had to replace a rear shock absorber, the lower mount was fine but to get the upper bolt was a nightmare. I am sure the people that design these things set out to make them as difficult as they can. However we eventually managed to get the top mounting bolt out and removed the shocker assembly. We then stripped out the spring with the indispensable spring compressors and changed over the new shock absorber. Then the difficult bit putting it back on the car, the top bolt was just as difficult to put back as it was to take out! Having got the top mounting located we had to tackle the bottom one. This wasn't too bad once we got the lower pivot bolt in place.
If you are wondering why only one shock absorber was replaced when normally we would always replace them in pairs, after discussions with the client it was felt that as the Jag has 4 shocks on the back and this was the only one that had just started to leak it was decided to just replace this one.
Ah well roll on tomorrow.
The Jag was the hardest, we had to replace a rear shock absorber, the lower mount was fine but to get the upper bolt was a nightmare. I am sure the people that design these things set out to make them as difficult as they can. However we eventually managed to get the top mounting bolt out and removed the shocker assembly. We then stripped out the spring with the indispensable spring compressors and changed over the new shock absorber. Then the difficult bit putting it back on the car, the top bolt was just as difficult to put back as it was to take out! Having got the top mounting located we had to tackle the bottom one. This wasn't too bad once we got the lower pivot bolt in place.
If you are wondering why only one shock absorber was replaced when normally we would always replace them in pairs, after discussions with the client it was felt that as the Jag has 4 shocks on the back and this was the only one that had just started to leak it was decided to just replace this one.
Ah well roll on tomorrow.
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