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steammart · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 27

Hi

Just thought i would introduce myself, im 23 and ive just purchased a 1937 morris 8 series 1, that has been parked up for 40 years. Any advice is greatly welcomed.

Cheers

Martin

Pic of my car

clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

Hi Martin and welcome to the forum. Thats a nice solid looking car and I wish you all the best with it.................Larry.
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alan 869 · Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 388 Location: Linköping Sweden

Welcome Martin!

Nice project Razz

Get it under cover and start getting all the literature on it you can. Make an assesment of the work involved getting it back on the road. Decide what sort of level of restoration you want to aim at. Wink

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22449 Location: UK

Welcome to the forum - the Morris is a great project. It looks like it'd respond very well to a careful clean in the first instance. Then as Alan 869 says, get some literature and read up on the subject before taking a spanner to it. Does the engine turn over?

There are several owners of Morris 8s on here, have a look for the posts by ukdave2002, Nic Jarman and Bob T to begin with.

Rick
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nqtraderman · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:32 am Post subject:

I would suggest one of the first things is to join a Morris 8 owners club, I'm sure there is one if you google. There maybe someone not too far from you who knows about this model who can give advice, possibly even help.
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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7119 Location: Edinburgh

Welcome to the forum Martin. That looks like a great find. There are quite a few very experienced Morris 8 restorers on this forum so I'm sure you'll have plenty of advice on tap if you need it.

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steammart · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 27

Thanks for all the welcomes. I am going to join the morris register. the car needs new running boards and a fair bit of patching, i was aiming at a full rebuild, but i have also thought about, trying to keep it as original as possible.

cheers

Martin

Ironhead · Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Posts: 458 Location: Leicestershire

nice to see young people getting involved with old motors Smile

Richard H · Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Welcome to the forum Martin, I'm 20, so just a bit younger than yourself. Lovely old motor you've got there, that is definitely the best way to find them. If it's as good and original as it looks under the dust, I'd start by giving it a good wash and polish (don't use too much water as these old cars can leak!) then see if the engine will turn over on the starting handle. If it does it probably won't need much more than a clean of the plugs and points and a rigged up gravity feed fuel tank as the tank will almost certainly be full or muck.

Any more pics?

Richard.

ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4105 Location: South Cheshire

Hi and welcome

There is a lot of useful Morris 8 info on this website:

http://www.morris8-bobbryan.co.uk/

Dave

Minty · Joined: 04 Feb 2010 Posts: 32

Hello & welcome to the forum Martin,

As has been said - it's nice to see yet another young person getting into the hobby!

My first car was a '35 'Pre-Series' Morris-8 saloon which my dad bought for me back in 1984, when I was 14 and which I had restored and finished by the time I was 17 - I'm 41 now but I still love Morris-8's to this day!

I have a 21yr-old who is also into old cars - he's restoring a wartime Jeep at the moment (I'm just finishing off a '38 Lanchester) and our friends 19yr-old son is also looking at buying a pre-war car soon, too - probably a Morris-8...

Stick with it mate - she'll be a pain to 'ya but she'll be lovely when she's done!

Regards - Guy. Smile

PS - If your anywhere near Bedford or want any advice - feel free to get in touch!
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steammart · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 27

'Pearl' as she has now been named is a runner!

She has been started breifly on tuesday.

Going to change her oil on friday, and see if she will move under her own power.

All lights work apart from the side lights on the passenger side (could be earth problemp

So I am very please and supprised after 40 years standing shes a runner

Cheers

Martin

steammart · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 27

Ive been doing a bit of stripping, and unfortunatly 'shes' been bodged up with a few pots of fibre glass on the rear end. So im in the process of removing it, and trying to retain what tin work is left. I will post a few pics later.

But before she was parked up yet again, I had a drive in her, got oil pressure and even charge from the dynamo.

Cheers

Martin

Nic Jarman · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject:

Hello fellow Series 1 owner. Where are you?
Nice dog.
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dmulally · Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Posts: 1

Hi All

I have been lurking a while but this seems a good spot to pop up. I have a 38 Morris 8 which I am most of the way through pulling apart. Mine didnt come with a body so I will fabricate an ali boat tail speedster body.

I have a reco engine from a centurion tank gen set but am lacking a gearbox. Do any of the later morris boxes fit easy enough?

Anyway, here is my chassis this week. Last night I pulled out the rear suspension. Four bolts.

My dog shot. A bit termintorish though.