My hobby has always
been classic cars and now my hobby and job have been centred on the
Morris Minor for over 35 years. I have gained a lot of experience and
I want to share this with you.
I have been working
in Sri Lanka since 1992 and seen that in Sri Lanka most information
about how to maintain and repair the Morris Minor is lost over the years.
The mechanics are very good at making the car run, but due to lack of
knowledge, quality spare parts and money they can not do the job correctly.
A few Morris Minor Owners consider repairing the car properly, but many
do not know how or where to have it done. Therefore many Morris Minors
are in bad condition.
Best is that you
maintain and repair your Morris Minor yourself or at least know how
to instruct and supervise your mechanic. It is not difficult and you
will learn by doing. Even you know very little, you will often find
out easily. Some information is available on the web. The workshop manual
and drivers handbook is reprinted and available too. I can provide some
basic and practical information which is not in the books. Your fellow
Morris Minor Owners will also be able to give advice. You are not alone
and it is an interesting hobby with a purpose. A well maintained Morris
Minor still perform well in our everyday traffic and can give us good
service. Long term cheaply, even it will cost you to get started. The
more you can afford to spend, the less trouble, but anyway you can improve
and keep your Morris Minor running to your budget. Do it yourself and
you are fully in control.
In Classic Cars
we now have a few good spare parts available and we are able to do a
good job on a Morris Minor to Sri Lankan standards. Still we need to
develop much, but for the time being, we can help with many things.
Actually everything for the Morris Minor is available from my company
in Denmark. We do our best to make parts available in Sri Lanka at a
lower price where possible. We are constantly checking parts from India
and other suppliers and some are not too bad.
During our Morris
Minor Rally in January and whenever I meet you, I learn about your problems,
but then the time is limited and I can only tell a little. These technical
articles can help a little, but the subject is enormous and even I spend
all my time on it, it would never be enough. Therefore I need your feed
back for finding out what to give priority. Please feel free to ask
any question. I am in Sri Lanka 3 times a year and you are welcome to
visit me and discuss your Morris Minor. You can send me an e-mail, anton@morrisminor.dk,
for finding out when I am in Sri Lanka next time, January/February,
May/June or September/October, and make an appointment.
Please let me know
if you have some ideas about how to spread the good news about the Morris
Minor. Much is about communication and I need your help and assistance.
What can I do? What can you do? What is most needed? How can I make
best use of my time? How can I teach you about the Morris Minor? How
can you teach me to develop my company?
Let us join forces. The better I can do, the easier it is to keep your
Minor on the road. The easier it is, the more will be interested. The
more interested, the more cars to serve. The more cars to serve, the
better I can do!
Please consider and let me know what you think we can do, best by e-mail
to me: anton@morrisminor.dk
Best regards
Anton
April 2009.