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On one of the online Morris forums, someone has made a pair of wedges which when hammered into place above the centre of the length of the torsion bar, will ease the bar down enough to remove and then replace the bolts the correct way. The other problem which will happen if the bolt is fed in backwards, is that the nut and the end of the bolt emerges too far out of the crossmember, and will foul the torsion bar and if you're unlucky will cause an annoying rattle.

The music and talking at same time is so annoying. Im out

I finally got around to watching one of these videos and ended up binge-watching the entire set. Fun!

Sounds unusual that an engine would have lost most of its compression overnight unless some carbon broke fee and hung up the valves. Some compressed air and a valve adjustment might solve that issue without removing the head.

Great back story in the history of CA plates. Were you able to keep the black/yellow plates? Hopefully you were and can put them back on through the DMV’s YOM program. They’d look so much better on your car than those new ubiquitous 9 series plates they assigned you.

Wow! Just raising and lowering the top on an MGB would have me buying another Miata.

Here in Australia, we can change the plates every day . Used car yards do it all the time. They can tart the car up to look like it was cared for, then put new local plates on it. Plates can give an indication of place of origin within the state.

Wonder why you could not keep the 60's plates when it was registered?

I bought a 1958 Morris Minor woodie as my first car in 1973. I paid $10 for it and an additional $5 for the safety. The person who gave me the safety as far as I know never ever looked at it once. I loved that car. Being a Canadian car it had the funny round heater/defrost unit just above the speedo. I finally had to retire it for rust and rot but it was a great car.

Swapping bullet connectors is something everyone should do

Now it's been a few years since I lived in California. But when I did cars plates where totally different from truck plates. And I don't mean 18 wheeler's just regular trucks. In 1967 when my Late Dad bought a brand new 1967 Ford F-100 Camper Special. It got a black and yellow plate. Back then the truck plates started with a letter followed by 6 numbers. And if my memory serves me right. The price for the sticker on the plate was that a truck was half of what a car sticker was. And the lowest it could go was .$ 12.00 for a truck and $24.00 for a car.

Looks pretty much like the 1960 Sprite I owned in 1962. Cheap crappy design enhanced with shoddy materials. England was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution and then it devolved into this mess.

FYI: When your Morris Minor received its black plate, it was issued from the Hollywood DMV office (edit: not Pasadena ). They issued plates with starting with the letters JLA-xxx to JTF -xxx. State-wide beginning in 1963, Northern California DMV offices issued letter plates starting with "AAA" to "EMG". Southern California offices issued "EMH" to "KVZ" and "NTA to "RDA". The range of "KWA" to "NSZ" were originated the two Sacramento offices, one of these being the main DMV HQ.

Thks for video update! Bummer on the new problem 😢

I have heard that the though bolts for the brake master can be removed if the torsion bar is carefully levered down to allow for clearance leaving the bar in situ. Of course, when refitting, fit the bolts the other way round, nuts on the torsion bar side. Many Minors have already been so modified.

Enjoying you sharing your efforts on this! Thks for making the videos!

Good update!

Good to see some classics driving that area as someone who did RT66 both ways in a 1973 standard MG Midget hood down of course in October 2020, my one disappointment was seeing no classics driving aside from a few folk we arranged to meet and do a few miles with. Found you as you have your 49 Moggy Minor in the UK just now... If you are anywhere near Norfolk or East Anglia would love to meet up for a drive. Sadly Missed Minors on tour this year as I understand you were there... Enjoy your travels and keep flying the flag for driving classics 👍

This would be a perfect beach cruiser with a surfboard on the roof.

Crikey that an old traveller 😳 very much looking forward to seeing more videos 👍

Enjoy the videos/sharing your project journey here (and the past ones too). Thanks for the efforts involved!

great update.

Enjoyed it, as always, but wish these chapters were a little longer than five minutes at a time...

I had a secondhand Woody from the 60's to the 80's. It was in running condition when I got it so not many problems. I once had to have the valves done and once decided to have the engine rebuilt, that's about it. I drove it all over on camping trips, from San Diego to the Sierras to Oregon, also from SD to the Colorado Rockies even in winter.

Great video - looked like a lot of fun!

I owned a 1961 Minor 1000 Convertible back in the 1990s. I now own a 1932 Morris Minor Two-Seater which rolled off the production line at Cowley on the 11th April '32. In June last year I took it on a 1,200 mile tour from my home in Worcestershire to the Scottish Highlands, in 28 degree heat (82f). Given the 3-speed 'crash' gearbox sits inside the cabin and heat from the engine finds its way through the wooden flooring, I had to do the entire 8 day trip with the hood down to save me from frying. The little car happily sat at 40mph (no motorways/freeways/highways), and never let me down. Morris Motors built solid, reliable cars in the 1920s and 30s.

Great video. In UK, my father bought a 1949 minor, I think in 1960. I learnt to drive in it in 1963 when I was 17. It was 1950 all but 10 days, first owner was a clergyman in London, the registration number was KYN72, it was 2 door, colour was black. It was later sold and replaced by a used Mini. Oh, the memories!

Just subscribed. As someone from the U.S., who grew up in the 1960’s, I do remember seeing a few of these. Mom had a Coworker who had a 4 door. I will be following your “adventures”. 🚗🙂

In 1963 one of my high school teachers had a 60's MM 1000 convertible. He arrived absolutely soaked to the skin one particular rainy day. Telling us that, at the start of his 9 mile trip, he was proceeding uphill when overtaken by a Vespa scooter! He traded the MM for a VW Bug. Have always been a fan of small utilitarian cars. Narragansett Bay

This channel deserves so many more subscribers! Real fun commentary too.

I had a 50's (can't remember exact year) Loved the little things and this was around '65.

Worked on a low light as an apprentice, they couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, but still love them. The later models have stood the test of time and are still a good car

I'd be interested in that shipping video. Bucket list dream is to ship our vintage ride abroad for a Goodwood visit.

you moggie minor man

Another great video. I wasn't listening carefully, and I thought you said "Low Life" Minor, rather than low light.

No hate but I would turn down or eliminate the background music when you’re talking. It’s a common thought process to add it in, but oftentimes it’s not necessary and makes it difficult to hear your voice. Many years back I did the same thing in my crappy videos 🤣

I admire your sense of adventure.

From memory none of the low lights had the headlights in the wings, Possibly your converible has had the later front fitted. Biggest bugbear was the body rot in rear spring hangers , the floor and front wings as the cars got older. They were good for the time though allthough as you say a ltle on the slow side, the Austin A30 was just a little quicker and had a four speed gearboa, people used to rally them in the 50s and 60s. Happy times.

Would love to hear that 918cc sidevalve engine at full chat one day

The mouse running lol...

Greetings from UK - i had a '49 er MM lowlight back in 1970 in which i learned to drive, had very many great cars since then, currently a 2012 Citroen C3, but still have a special affection for the noisy, smelly, draughty, slow, no brakes MM!

The split windshield Morris Minor with headlamps on the grill was my first car. Took me to London and back in 1968 from Sunderland ,about 600 miles. It saw a lot of action , was a great design and the only drawback was the really slow side valve engine. I think mine had trafficator flags between the front and back doors. Thank you for the memory jolt.

That has less miles than my 68 garage queen Traveller

ive never actually seen a morris... im trying to make reservations for the mathas vinyard ferry. the computer only rcognizes cheverolet and morris. i spoke to the agent and mentioned this,, now this came across my feed.. this is a morris kind of day

I had to look up the Clementine 49 reference :)

I’d had to sell my 1933 Aston Martin when we started a family back in 1960 and so bought a soft top low light minor. At the time I was told it had been their experimental car. For UK viewers the number plate was UMX657. That side valve engine was so underpowered it meant changing down for the slightest of hills. At least it had windows which my Aston didn’t!

What's the car number John?

That is a great video, John. Good job, mate!

Loving all the Morris Minor content - keep it coming 👍🏻It would also be lovely if Tom would bless us with some MGB content in the future. Just saying. Thanks.

No better feeling than to hear a car finally start!