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MG Midget and Sprite General - Morris Oxford, not Midget

Hi,
A friend here in France bought a Morris Minor 1953 with 1500 engine. Do ou know where to buy parts and if there are specialists in UK for this car?
Laurent
ld derancourt

ETA: just noticed title - do you mean Oxford or Minor (Oxford would have B engine and share parts with other cars)

Laurent,
there are loads of places to get Morris Minor parts including the usual bigger as many parts are common with other cars, Google search will turn up many

but

usually a Minor would have an A-Series engine similar to Spridgets so the 1500 could be any other engine out of many cars - a photo would be neede to help identify the engine or engine/block/head number
Nigel At

A '53 Oxford (MO) would have had a 1500 sidevalve engine.

My Dad had two of them, back in the day.

Here's one...

Dave O'Neill 2

whoops misread 1953 as 1959 sorry

1953 Morris Oxford would not have a B-series engine

just looked on Wiki it's a side-valve engine

please ignore my last post and I'll go and find my glasses

ETA: sorry Dave typing as you were posting

I wish we had more than 5 mins to delete a post but not the first or last time I'll make an idiot of myself

and sorry no idea about parts other than eBay

Nigel At

Thanks,
I first thought it was a B serie engine, but definately not.
laurent
ld derancourt

Laurent,
First step for your friend would be to join this club:

http://mo680.themoggysite.nl/index.html?parent=Home&mid=100&banner=Home

Cheers,

Nick
Nick Herwegh

thanks Nick
ld derancourt

A 1953 minor could have a side valve 918cc engine or an OHV 803cc engine depending how early in the year it was produced.
JK Dunn

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