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[Rick]

Next in the series of threads collating into one place the forum members' general anecdotes, memories, ownership experiences and so on for a particular car. The candidate - the Morris 8, in Series 1,2 and E form.

What are your experiences of these cars?

I've never owned one, so over to you all

RJ
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[emmerson]

My first car was a '39 series E four door.I suppose in 1960 it was the equivalent of the boy-racers Corsa, but I don't remember it being very fast! Not exactly a babe-magnet either, when my mate had a MG tf.

[lowdrag]

I'm often fond of saying that my first car was an E type. in fact it came my way in 1960 when my uncle's Morris E failed the new "Ten Year Test" with a rotten chassis. We took doors and wings off to go faster and learned to drive hammering it round the fields. We even took it up the road and around the lanes and I well remember my first overtaking manoeuvre, flat out, managing to get past some old lady in her Austin Devon! Those were the days, age 14, and not a cre in the world!

[Jeeves]

My second car was a two door green and black (wings) Series E this was the early 1960s. I seem to recall that the previous owner was a clergyman.

[peter scott]

My big sister's first car was a 1936 Morris 8. My memory of it was of constantly trying to fix the brakes by endless sessions of bleeding then driving around the block only to find the pedal going to the floor and needing pumping to stop at the traffic lights at the foot of the hill.

It just hadn't dawned on us that the rubber seals might need to be replaced. Apart from lack of brakes it was a nice little thing to drive and taught me how to double de-clutch which helped to impress the driving tester when I became 17. (Although by this time Pat had traded the 8 in for a 100E Prefect and my double de-clutching was only into first gear.)

Another vivid memory of DNB 456 was trying single handed to push it up the slight hill from the lock-up around to the garage forecourt after running out of petrol. I got most of the way up the hill but couldn't push it any further whilst steering so I thought I might be able to get a better push if I went around the back. Unfortunately DNB didn't let me get there before it decided to accelerate back down the hill with some speed! Fortunately it just managed steer itself in such a way that it missed all the other cars parked at the foot of the hill.

Peter

photo July 1965

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[roverdriver]

Had a 1939 Series E in 1964/5. After purchase, I replaced all exhaust valves (working in the street as I had no workshop), then used the car extensively, sometimes taking it where, I am sure, Morrises were never meant to go-






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[Penman]

Hi
I remember the 8 in which 7 or 8 of us used to get a lift to primary school, apparently the crossing lady outside the school thought we were running round and getting back in on the other side becuase shen didn't believe there had been that many riding in it.

Then about 15 yrs later a friend with an 8 asked me to help him take a Renault 4CV from the Feltham area to deepest Hampshire on a rope tow.
Part way up the hill on the A325 out of Farnham I was astonished to see him get out of the 8 and push on the A post, apparently it was running out of puff so he had used the screw throttle (or is that the choke?) on the dash so that he could add his own push.

Later I had a series E about which I remember little except for the removable panel under the wing allowing direct acces to the SV tappets for adjustment.
Did they do the same with the early SV MMs?
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[Jeeves]

Did they do the same with the early SV MMs?
My father had an early sv minor, but I was too young at the time to know about such details.

Interesting point though.

[Rick]

[Nic Jarman]

Series 1 tappets;
1, remove manifolds to access adjusters or
2, cut hole in inner wing to access adjusters or
3, pay someone else to do it.
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