320touring's 1959 Morris Oxford
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With it being the festive season, I thought I had best treat mesel.
Revealing my first bona-fide actual classic car..
Apparently, this is quite a rare thing - a Series 4 b series powered Traveller.
All I know is that it's awesome!
I've never owned something this old- pretty much every facet of driving it is alien or discombobulating. Nevertheless, the 250 miles covered in it on one day provided a good introduction to the joys of ownership.
I have a list of jobs to work through to make it tip top mechanically, and the bodywork sports some excellent patina.
Overall though, it's just superb!
Revealing my first bona-fide actual classic car..
Apparently, this is quite a rare thing - a Series 4 b series powered Traveller.
All I know is that it's awesome!
I've never owned something this old- pretty much every facet of driving it is alien or discombobulating. Nevertheless, the 250 miles covered in it on one day provided a good introduction to the joys of ownership.
I have a list of jobs to work through to make it tip top mechanically, and the bodywork sports some excellent patina.
Overall though, it's just superb!
RDMcG said:
Very cool indeed. a great way to start 2018 and next year will be its 60th birthday 
. Hope you have lots of fun with it.
Cheers! Aye, I hope it makes its 60th in fine fettle.I've already had a real hoot with it, and plan on taking it to surprise my parents today.. Hope you have lots of fun with it. bigfella70 said:
Just superb....Looking forward to following the thread. Happy Classic motoring for 2018 !!
Thanks- I'll do my best to keep this upto date - I'm aiming for preservation rather than restoration!
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Djr1 said:
Really does look fun. My Minor 1000 feels a bit small suddenly!
It's brilliant and terrifying in equal measure. Bloody rare, and by far and away the oldest car I've ever driven. It drives much larger than it is.Plus it's awwffa rare.
Strela said:
Superb. Do you know anything of its history?
I've got details of owners back for a bit, and some parts receipts , other than that, nothing.It would have been nice to have a back story, but i'm more interested in making the future story as good as possible..
I managed to grab time to put some 3in1 oil into the back bearing of the Dynamo - resulting in a blissful silence at idle ( bar the inane B series top end chatter!)
That'll become part of the maintenance regime then.
Tonight's task was to try and illicit a tone from this bugger. I can hear the relay go when I press the horn ring on the steering wheel.
Success!
https://youtu.be/ajiBHfRvfdI
I have a high tone horn that works, Gunna go test the low tone now, and then see if I have any power from the relay to the horns
That'll become part of the maintenance regime then.
Tonight's task was to try and illicit a tone from this bugger. I can hear the relay go when I press the horn ring on the steering wheel.
Success!
https://youtu.be/ajiBHfRvfdI
I have a high tone horn that works, Gunna go test the low tone now, and then see if I have any power from the relay to the horns
TR4man said:
All the gauges work? The soft glow from the instrument lights is strangely comforting and homely!
Let's have some more information please - when did you buy it? What are your plans for it? Any more photos?
The temp gauge doesn't work - I think the sender has failed as joining the wire sends the needle to hot.Let's have some more information please - when did you buy it? What are your plans for it? Any more photos?
Everything else works. I liken it to sitting infront of a coal fire when the dash lights are on
I bought it last Sat (30th Dec)
Plan is to have a look at it this weekend for more of an idea of its condition - a plan will be developed thereafter.
Whit a weekend with this! Tremendous!
Where to start?
Ah yes, Saturday. It has a starring role as the service/toolbarge for the MK1 base spec Seat Toledo adventures along with IainL (more on that in due course).
The interior was emptied and IainL brought out his ‘big bag’ of cleaning goodies.
On the surface it didn’t look too bad.
But soon Iain was to disprove this theory
He was left to carry on as he obviously knew what he was doing! Suffice to say, it’s now a damn sight nicer to sit in, and significant less challenging on the nostrils. Thanks Iain!
Whilst that was going on, I emptied the boot and set to sorting tools out.
Concurrently, brutha_touring was investigating the blower motor on an effort to understand how we could get air to the screen.
We were a bit surprised to see a plastic plug on this – seemed awffa high tech for this wagon..
It was pulled out and tested - the joyous video can be seen on my blog.
Where to start?
Ah yes, Saturday. It has a starring role as the service/toolbarge for the MK1 base spec Seat Toledo adventures along with IainL (more on that in due course).
The interior was emptied and IainL brought out his ‘big bag’ of cleaning goodies.
On the surface it didn’t look too bad.
But soon Iain was to disprove this theory
He was left to carry on as he obviously knew what he was doing! Suffice to say, it’s now a damn sight nicer to sit in, and significant less challenging on the nostrils. Thanks Iain!
Whilst that was going on, I emptied the boot and set to sorting tools out.
Concurrently, brutha_touring was investigating the blower motor on an effort to understand how we could get air to the screen.
We were a bit surprised to see a plastic plug on this – seemed awffa high tech for this wagon..
It was pulled out and tested - the joyous video can be seen on my blog.
Edited by 320touring on Monday 8th January 10:01
We then pulled the carpets out, and I was relieved to find less rot than I expected – wet carpets made me fear the worst.
The two front footwells look the worst – but fairly large, squarish patches.
New wiper blades were fitted – the car has mismatched arms, and the passenger spring is weak, so that will need replacing.
However the screen is cleared more effectively.
She also got her first wash! Freezing water and soap can be hard going..
The wing mirrors were adjusted to give some semblance of rearward vision, but will probably need more tweaking.
Lastly, Iain tried some autosol on the chrome – with beadingly positive results!
The two front footwells look the worst – but fairly large, squarish patches.
New wiper blades were fitted – the car has mismatched arms, and the passenger spring is weak, so that will need replacing.
However the screen is cleared more effectively.
She also got her first wash! Freezing water and soap can be hard going..
The wing mirrors were adjusted to give some semblance of rearward vision, but will probably need more tweaking.
Lastly, Iain tried some autosol on the chrome – with beadingly positive results!
Thread off to a great start
Are you on retro rides they would love this over there.
There's a saloon version of one of these parked at the bottom of my road in the same colour, my son (2 1/2) always makes us cross the road when we walk to the park to go see the "really nice old old car"
Are you on retro rides they would love this over there.
There's a saloon version of one of these parked at the bottom of my road in the same colour, my son (2 1/2) always makes us cross the road when we walk to the park to go see the "really nice old old car"
lufbramatt said:
Thread off to a great start
Are you on retro rides they would love this over there.
There's a saloon version of one of these parked at the bottom of my road in the same colour, my son (2 1/2) always makes us cross the road when we walk to the park to go see the "really nice old old car"
Thanks! Yes I've got it on the readers rides section there - all good so far.Are you on retro rides they would love this over there.
There's a saloon version of one of these parked at the bottom of my road in the same colour, my son (2 1/2) always makes us cross the road when we walk to the park to go see the "really nice old old car"
Yeah it's a hoot to drive with people looking/waving/tooting
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