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welder
Joined: 26 Nov 2007
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Location: North Warwickshire
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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: morris 8 luggage rack |
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| huggy0 wrote: | [Hi i am also after a Morris 8 luggage rack non folding and wondered if i may purchase the 3rd one you are making or whether you might be able to let me have a copy of the plans so that i can make one as i have been looking for absolutely ages
many thanks
hugh  [/b] |
Hugh, you're on my list, mate. Blimey, this is going to be some picnic!
Ian |
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Kelsham
Joined: 18 Jan 2009
Posts: 349
Location: Llandrindod Wells Powys
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing special just idle curiosity on my part. I was trying to envisage if the racks would be easy to construct.
Regards kels. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 4880
Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Kelsham
The second post on page 1 of this thread has links to other threads which have in situ photos of the different types of rack fitted to 8's
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welder
Joined: 26 Nov 2007
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Location: North Warwickshire
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Bob T wrote: | I took some pics last week and sent to someone else. I can either send them to you direct if you give me your email or will post a couplke on the site. Is there any particular bit you want to see?
Bob |
Bob, if it's not too much of a cheek could I ask for a shot from above the hinge/pivot point with the rack in the "down" position? I'm having trouble getting my head around what the cam-shaped piece does. I'm guessing that it contacts the circular rubber bit on the bumper iron but can't for the life of me suss out how the rack is held in the "up" position. 
If I'm right about the cam-shaped bit, I'm further guessing that it can be rotated to give some location adjustment against the circular rubber bit and offer clearance between rack and bumper
Steel section of side pieces of the rack look to be 30mm x 6mm. Is that right(ish)?
You're already on my Christmas Card list, further information may well see a festive bottle of something on it's way to you. 
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Bob T
Joined: 16 Nov 2010
Posts: 128
Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Ian,
I have sent you an email which may make things clearer. If the explanation does not help let me know and I will take some more and clearer pics, including one with the rack down.
Do you realise that it is not hinged. IT slides upward to take it out, and then slides back in under the bumper. And is retained in both positions with a spring loaded lug that sticks out from the from into either of the two hole in the bracket.
I have seen someone else with the correct rack but the wrong brackets and he could never work out why it wouldn't lie flat !!
Cheers
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welder
Joined: 26 Nov 2007
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Location: North Warwickshire
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Bob, I'm really impressed by the quality of your images and by the fact that you've taken the trouble to remove your rack to take the images which now clearly explain things. What I thought were cam thingies are, in fact, the spring loaded locating pins with attached knobs .Perhaps you can understand my bewilderment brought on by the fact that, yes, I fondly thought that the rack hinged. 
Please rest assured that no more photos will now be needed! I'll make up a prototype using bolts and nuts in place of the sprung pins and once happy with that I'll work on sorting the pins. The company opposite my unit makes springs of every kind imagineable and the guy who was best man when I married 34 years ago (yes, we're still good friends!) has a machine shop and will almost certainly be able to make up the knobs to suit. He enjoys a challenge, fortunately.
Bob Taylor, I salute you once more and offer my sincere thanks for the trouble you've gone to in helping me yet again.
I really do feel a picnic coming on. Must just get the car going, stopping and all the other disciplines required for roadworthiness.
Edit/Update. Have sussed them sprung locating pins thanks to Google. Indexing pins, as used in production tooling, are available in many differing styles and sizes and I'm sure I can modify some to work as required and look like the originals. Ha!
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huggy0
Joined: 28 Jun 2010
Posts: 4
Location: west sussex
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:02 pm Post subject: luggage rack |
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hi again managed to pick up an original luggage rack and brackets which i was very pleased about ; however the brackets and carrier dont seem to align at all and i wondered if anyone had some good pictures of what it should all look like also the original fixing bolts on the carrier are missing hope you can help  |
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Bob T
Joined: 16 Nov 2010
Posts: 128
Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Here are some pics I have taken of my rack, hope they help.
Good luck
Bob T |
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huggy0
Joined: 28 Jun 2010
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Location: west sussex
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks evr so much pictures a great help brackets similar but not the right ones has any body got a spare set for sale?if so let me know |
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Bob T
Joined: 16 Nov 2010
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Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
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HI,
there were some on ebay recently, not sure if it has finished.
Bob |
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Bob T
Joined: 16 Nov 2010
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Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Huggyo,
sorry, I just looked on ebay, they sold on 22.4.12 for £63.
Bob |
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welder
Joined: 26 Nov 2007
Posts: 265
Location: North Warwickshire
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Well, two and a half years after I first asked the question I've sourced and bought a proper, original rack! Am I pleased with myself? Well, yes. Even more pleased to find that the rack I made from Bob T's info and pictures is almost exactly correct even if it doesn't incorporate the correct location/fixing plungers. I've used bolts and wingnuts with which I've never really been happy........
Anyway, this new 78 year old rack has only one of the required plunger thingies and I'd like to find another one. I read somewhere that somebody had a batch made....I think. The ones I found on eBay would do at a pinch but, if I'm honest, I'd rather like to have a proper one, or one that looks like the original.
Any ideas, please?
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goneps
Joined: 18 Jun 2013
Posts: 601
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:28 am Post subject: |
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Have you tried Ian Harris? I've a feeling Harry Edwards had some racks made to original spec. some years ago, and as you're probably aware Ian took over most of the stock after Harry's death.
Richard |
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welder
Joined: 26 Nov 2007
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Location: North Warwickshire
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| goneps wrote: | Have you tried Ian Harris? I've a feeling Harry Edwards had some racks made to original spec. some years ago, and as you're probably aware Ian took over most of the stock after Harry's death.
Richard |
Richard, this may be the memory I've held for some time, thank you. How do I contact Ian Harris, please?
Ian |
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goneps
Joined: 18 Jun 2013
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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