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[Nic Jarman]

I am going to use UNF bolts on the Morris. Some how I do not think I will burn in the Eternal Pit of Damnation.......................Or will I?
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[peter scott]

Nic,

If you're not sticking with original why not use metric? Are some of engine threads not metric anyway? (It was just that the bolts/nuts had imperial heads. Or was that just an MG foible?)

Peter
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[Rick]

Or modern plastic reflective numberplates on a pre-war car - maybe I'm just too picky

R
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[Brian M]

[Phil - Nottingham]

Remeber it is a notifiable mod for insurance purposes and soem underwriter want an independent engineers report for DIY jobs and even seem garage fitted ones.

Have fitted hydraulic power steering to my Rover P4 100 though for 10 years and it is great. Electric would have been much easier I assume
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[Penman]

Hi
Just a bit of info about Corsa EPS.

Driving school cars have had trouble with them stopping working while training learners on TIR.

If they then did a bit of normal driving for a short while the EPS would then start to work again.
It would appear that the motor was overheating.
There is a heavier duty EPS available which Vauxhall started fitting to school cars if the proposed usage was known when the car was ordered.

It might be as well to get the heavier duty model if fitting to a heavier car.


It reminds me of the Mk1 Escort 1100s to which we fitted 1300 clutches because they lasted longer.
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[Brian M]

Thanks for the info Penman.

Can you advise which years of Corsa your comment applies to.

I have been recommended to get a Corsa "B" EPS unit, fitted from 93-2000.
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[Nic Jarman]

Brian, The engine has nuts that are imperial spanner size but metric threads. This is because the engine was a French design but Morris did not want to force all the garages to buy a set of metric spanners. I will stick to imperial nuts and bolts so I don't have to buy a set of metric spanners.
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1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
Dax Rush

[Penman]

Hi Brian
This seems to have been reported from around 2003/2004, so perhaps they changed the set-up around then.
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
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V8 V10

[danielr]

I think that it's up to the individual owner, but I think that the level of non-standard, non-period etc parts that you can get away with have a lot to do with the car.

for example, I think that morris minors fit quite happily into the classic car bracket, but there are so many of them about on the road that I don't think that anyone will fret if you stick whatever you want onto it.

on the other hand, if you have a one of a kind rare vintage classic, I'd believe that you're better to source original parts rather than a kind of good match modern part...

hidden parts are a bit different,
I mean perhaps I'm just a philistine, or just don't get it.

why put up with dim 6v filament lights, when you could fit super bright LED lights, -surely these are safer as well?
they'll be hidden underneath a lens anyway, so you won't be able to tell that they are there.

and power steering, makes the car easier to drive,
better brakes makes a car easier to stop...
if you want a daily driver then why not?

same as for paint,
if you like a colour, then I think paint the car in that colour, don't worry if it's the period/shade of the original, or the same make, same formula etc.

but like I said, if you want to restore 100% original as a museum piece, or you're restoring a rare classic, then you're probably better trying to keep the car as original as possible.

[badhuis]

Well, we finished fitting the EPS to the Wolseley.
It's excellent! The motor just fits under the dashboard, you can only see it when viewed from the floor.
Now it is possible (with one finger) to get the wheels turning when standing still, this was almost impossible before the conversion even using both hands.
My friend now has decided they will sell their modern car and use the Wolseley full time again. They stopped doing that some years ago when the wife hated the steering in car parks etc.
We spend about 30 hours in total.
BTW - the unit came from a Corsa 2003. Total material costs about 200 pounds.

[P3steve]

Some how I cant feel that were missing the point with all this, dont we have these old cars because there so differant from modern cars isnt that half the fun of it driving in a style that these cars were designed for! If you keep bolting on bit after bit to make the car more "useable" dosnt that take away the original character of the vehicle if you want a car that steers like a modern car, brakes like a modern car and has the engine and gearbox like a modern car then there is only one awnser get down your local dealer and trade in your old car on this scrappage sceme and get yourself a nice new euro box to drive instead.
On my 1949 Rover P3 I have to double de clutch on the lower gears, in first it has that typical straight cut gear wine (and a wonderful sound it is) The low back axle ratio means that she "runs out of steam" at about 75 mph but why whould I want to drive that fast anyway, when braking you do have to think ahead a bit though the brakes are better than you would think and will pull up quick with a good push. When steering my wife and me joke about being at the helm of the Queen Mary but at anything but very slow turning the big steering wheel makes it very acceptable for normal use and the indicators - the previous owner fitted flashing indicators (fitted into the reverse light housing at the rear and fitted into the side light housing at the front so from the out side thay cant be seen) but the semaphores are in good working order and when putting a signal on we work to the laughter theory if I see the person in the vehicle laugh and nudge his companions and point to the semaphore I know he's seen them if not a hand signal with then be given only once in a blue moon do I then resort to the flashing indicators (This method hasnt let me down yet) I enjoy the period driving experiance and all the querks that come with it that's why I have it and what make the car so much fun and wouldnt have it any other way, long live originality

[Nic Jarman]

I would like to drive my Morris 8 all year round but it does not have a heater and I do not want to have it on the road when the salt goes down.
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1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
Dax Rush

[gillberry]

The whole point of owning and using a classic is to have something different but it is nice to have some of the creature comforts that we are used to in this modern age . Having said that discreet alterations always look better . And as for originality where do you draw the line the only original cars are the ones that came off the production lines and have not been touched since . I must admit though our amazon drives more like a modern car and has a very good heater so we have a classic to use and enjoy without modifications , we don't count the larger su carb and uprated cam as they are the sort of mods that would have been carried out before she was a classic anyway .