Pursued by a Minor

**malvolio** · 25 June 2008, 15:23

Originally posted by wobbegong View Post

But with that side valve engine he can't even top 65 mph, so he ain't gonna catch me!

Hmmm.... Many years ago I was out having a thrash around the lanes in my mate's Lotus Cortina. Doing 75-ish down a straight and a Minor went ear 'oling past us like I was going the other way. Chased after him, lost him, then spotted him in a pub car park. Turns out it was 50% fibreglass, had full-race suspension and brakes and a Broadspeed 1800cc engine in it. It could do 160.

Also, in the early days of saloon car racing, Graham Hill held a lap record at Brands that was faster than the stated top speed of the "standard" car he was driving (an A35, I think it was)

I also drove one once with a 2-litre Fiat 16-valve motor. That was interesting, especially on the standard brakes and tyres...

**wobbegong** · 25 June 2008, 15:42

Originally posted by malvolio View Post

Hmmm.... Many years ago I was out having a thrash around the lanes in my mate's Lotus Cortina. Doing 75-ish down a straight and a Minor went ear 'oling past us like I was going the other way. Chased after him, lost him, then spotted him in a pub car park. Turns out it was 50% fibreglass, had full-race suspension and brakes and a Broadspeed 1800cc engine in it. It could do 160.

Also, in the early days of saloon car racing, Graham Hill held a lap record at Brands that was faster than the stated top speed of the "standard" car he was driving (an A35, I think it was)

I also drove one once with a 2-litre Fiat 16-valve motor. That was interesting, especially on the standard brakes and tyres...

I don't fancy the 2lt Fiat, not with std brakes, those drums barely stop a 1098 'A' series.

**realityhack** · 25 June 2008, 15:45

Originally posted by zeitghost

And I hope he remembered to grease his trunions regularly....

I hereby nominate this as word of the day.

**wobbegong** · 25 June 2008, 15:45

Originally posted by zeitghost

And I hope he remembered to grease his trunions regularly....

They drop off if you don't, you know!

**wobbegong** · 25 June 2008, 15:52

Originally posted by zeitghost

Yes.

Fortunately they normally did that at low speed going around a corner...

So remember folks... always grease the trunions on yer Morris 1000... you know it makes sense.

Do Minors go around corners any other way?

And don't forget to double declutch from 2nd to 1st.

**Zippy** · 25 June 2008, 16:29

Originally posted by realityhack View Post

I hereby nominate this as word of the day.

Seconded

**Zippy** · 25 June 2008, 16:33

Originally posted by zeitghost

And I hope he remembered to grease his trunions regularly....

OK, OK I admit I didn't have a clue but have a look at this and tell me that the first paragraph isn't suggestive

**PRC1964** · 25 June 2008, 17:49

Originally posted by Zippy View Post

OK, OK I admit I didn't have a clue but have a look at this and tell me that the first paragraph isn't suggestive

Phwoaar!

That's almost pornographic.

**malvolio** · 26 June 2008, 15:49

Originally posted by wobbegong View Post

And don't forget to double declutch from 2nd to 1st.

Ermm, my own car at the time was a Minor 1000 with a mildly breathed on 1275cc Midget engine in it. Sadly the motor was too strong for the gearbox and I had no synchro on any gear, up or down. I still blip the throttle now, and I've got a tiptronic...

Talking of lubing trunnions, I've got the maintenance chart on the garage wall for my Dad's first car, a 1948 Standard 12. There are eight nipples on the front suspension that need greasing every fifty miles, and the longest service interval is 5000 miles when you're supposed to change the gearbox oil

Pursued by a Minor