1961 Morris Minor Pickup - Will It Run? 

I was a moggy owner in the Uk, as per my previous comment, and I have to say you are an absolute credit to youtube, your video is very clear and concise, no stupid music, the sound and video is perfect. You should be a teacher to our young kids, they need inspirational people. I used to work on my Moggie, but it's only now, after many years of Renaults, Vauxhalls, Fords, VW, etc, that I realise that they are so simple to work on, and I just yearn to have another moggie for it's simplicity.

I worked on the construction of the Victoria Line subway in London UK, when equipping the project the contractor decided on Morris vehicles and within 2 weeks of site start up. 13 Morris 1000 travellers, 2 5cwt vans and 3 pickups, 2no. 15cwt J4 vans. 3no 5 ton flat bed trucks. Were delivered along with 2 Humber Snipes for the section boss's Then the actual construction equipment started to arrive, a large proportion was new stuff so what the capital outlay was to set up shop was staggering.

Hello from Great Britain. I had the saloon Moggie and the Morris Traveller around 1970-75, both superbly reliable cars and so easy to work on. Watching your video brings back so many memories but I was seduced away from the Morris by a Renault 4 because it was quieter and apparently more comfortable. However, now, there are very few Renault 4 's on the road now, but there are still tens of thousands of Morris Minors on the UK roads and elsewhere.

My dear old Dad would be well pleased to see that old Moggy box ute, he was a Morris Minor fan through the 50's and 60's, I remember as a kid riding in his Morry sedan, two panel vans, (he had a business servicing washing machines and was the local Singer sewing machine man), and a neat Red coloured ute. Yes, that stupid brake, (what brakes?), master cylinder was a pain to deal with. He could replace a set of engine main and big end bearings with the engine still on the car in one night. Steve, thanks for the memories

My dad had a blue Minor from 1963 and we drove all over England in it with camping gear loaded to the roof rack. I used to sit on my dad's lap and 'drive' the car into the garage. Loved it so much

Steve so much preserved British heritage. You should get a medal for it. More videos please.

Professional job there with the proper tools. I changed the brake master cylinder on my Morris Minor some years ago, and it is a pain. When I fitted the new one, I reversed the mounting bolts and shortened them a bit (to clear the torsion bar) to make it easier should the MC have to be removed again. A great car to own and generally easy to work on - I often think about getting another. Congrats on your excellent videos.

So much room under the bonnet of a Moggy. They look to be a delight to work on, that is why we see so many today sat in rush hour traffic commuting today in the UK! There is a Morris Minor Specialist called Charles Wares Morris Minor Centre here in Bristol if you need parts for it.

Great to see this old Morris Minor worked on. I had the van MM in the early 80s, similar vintage which I bought from an old flame for £30.00! I had it sprayed metallic Gold and refurbished inside. It worked a dream and wish I hadn’t given it away for free in exchange for a new van more capable for my needs I loved the sound of the 1000cc tight engine, it’s pure simplicity to work on under the hood. Any key opened the door! Miss it some, as these were very collectible, still are, but very rarely seen here in U.K. However, a close neighbour has the car with the wooden trim! Thanks for posting, takes me back.

Always get a giggle out of how much space there is under the bonnet on these old cars! Today's cars are so much tighter and a battle to get to things!

Oh man, finally a new video! Really excited to see a familiar car. Looks like a good project! Good thing is that every part is available and it's cheap. All the best!

Ahh... an old Moggy Plod. Like to see more on this one.

Hi Steve, another great video, good to see you saving these classics. All the best !

An excellent refresher video for me, I have a 1971 Traveller which is half way through its second restoration and the full brake overhall is the next job. Thanks for sharing from an old Yorkshire fart in Ireland.

Tiff Needell learnt his car handling skills in a Morris Minor on wet UK roundabouts. He said it helped to have so little grip that it all happened at much slower speeds and so was easier to catch.

Great video Steve. Would really like to see more of this little Morris. Maybe even a restore or refurbish ???

My first car was a Moggy Minor saloon. Cost me £25.00 back in 1970. Easy to service and cheap to run !

Hey I am Steve from Australia, good to see a little Moggie being worked on in the USA. To watch it being followed through to on the road would be very good. No V8 just reliable for age work over.

Had a Morris Minor car in high school, drove it until I went into the military. Biggest problem I had was the fuel pump. Points burnt up just soldered new ones on when needed. Never had a engine issue with it.

That made me smile 😊😊😊 a lot! I've changed and serviced dozens of those brake master cylinders, long before you were born. It's an absolute , mother no father , of a job isn't it. 👌👍👍

For all the UK watchers, I did this master cylinder in about 1968 in uk, in a 18 x 8 garage whist laying on my back, when I was 17, brings back memories. I bought the car from Pharo garage in Illingworth for £125. The drivers seat came away from the runners as I was going around the bend near Morrison’s Halifax, as I drove it away from the garage ,I then swapped the passenger seat for the drivers seat, I drove without passenger seat for many many months, great for courting. O happy days, no MOT no number recognition cameras, I still couldn’t afford the petrol even back then, some things never change.

Love your vids born and raised in England have lived in the us now for many years, love seeing you bring these British classics back to life !

My Civics teacher in high school had one of these that he drove every day. His wife drove his new Corvette. Good work Mate!

" truly a horrible job do not try this at home " 🤣🤣...that is a classic understatement !!! Great video thank you :)

I learned to drive in one of those in 1980 , it was a 1970 model , the chassis rails already needed a new top surface welding all the way under the floors , before we got her working . Your videos are great by the way , very informative

Great video, I had a 53 unit RH drive 1100cc ugrade (Australia) same issue with master cylinder. I fitted Morris Major front brakes, they fit straight on with no mods required. Good luck

Cool, I love Moggy 1000's It's 40yrs since I last had one. 👍

A great simple car to teach/learn basic car mechanics, Every part is affordable and available. Minors are beautiful little classic cars as well - you'll get lots of admirers at car shows! This one is well worth renovation. Good luck with it!

Glad to see it came out of storage. Amazed how well it runs again. I would said some non British words when I found the brake master cylinder inside the frame rail.

I miss my '58 Saloon. MM 1000. The holes in the brake drums are for brake adjuster access. You need a large straight slot screwdriver. I can't remember if the adjusters were at 12:00 O'Clock or 6:00 O'Clock. Use a flashlight. The thunk thunk electric fuel pump was standard. The SU carb is a peculiar little beast - make sure the oil level in the damper is at a proper level. My '58 MM 1000 was a saloon ( 4 door ). Mine was positive ground. I guess that was a British thing. I have seen positive ground on many British cars. No synchromesh on 1st gear - again, British. A MM 1000 pickup truck in the states? Very rare. Enjoy!

What a great truck. If it was mine Id get it safe to drive and leave the looks alone. You forgot to sync that radiator with the ecm. Going to give you limp home mode on your next drive.

I had a '61 Van I restored back in the late '70s. A few tips: The emergency brake cable has a grease fitting. How nice is that? I think the rear axle has 4.88 gears. Some of the Sprites/Midgets had I think 3.90s or 4.11s. Easy swap. Disc brakes from the Midget can be used on the front with a bracket that is probably still sold. That front fender looks pretty solid, I'd consider repairing it. Check the frame where the lower control arms bolt through the frame, a notorious rust spot but not hard to fix with some welding. Easiest car you'll ever work on, except the master cylinder.

Yes,do more Morris Minor videos. 👍Great job!!!

Good instructions and agreeable to watch

Excellent work! I just love the Morris Ute. You have a long way to go restoring her! I will watch with enjoyment seeing her come up!

Awesome to see that thing moving and stopping. Also good to see everything, including the master cylinder come apart rather smoothly compared to how it goes the other 50% of the time.

Great job on the tools and your narration. A real blast from the past. Good on you.

Had one back in the 80s. A traveller. Best car I ever had

Well I'm now officially old!!!!!!! I passed my driving test (here in UK 1968) in the van version..cheers from dave

Oh man! Cool truck. Thanks for the video! You’ve got some good mechanic chops.

Minor pickups are becoming rare and fetch a good price over here In the UK. Those A series engines are very tough and usually easy to get running. That Minor should go well if it's got the 1275cc engine. I think they come with a 948cc or 1098cc over here. The drum brakes aren't that wonderful and some people convert the front ones to discs. On mine I found adding a brake servo did the trick. I was wondering if a brake pipe would give out because that happens a lot ( including on my Minor) when they get rusty.

I love your upbeat approach, "there's some rust on the tailgate", as an eternal optimist even I would call that partially rotted away! Great videos.

It's truly a pleasure to watch you work on these old vehicles.

Fun looking project. Fairly clean for its years and rough handling. Wallace and Gromit theme is playing in my head now...

Great stuff! Please keep this restoration going.

Aww... lovely 😍 I used to have a Morris Traveller, half-timbered body and all. Great cars and excellent parts availability (in the UK at least 😉)

This was a really enjoyable video. I hope you post more on this cool little truck. I'd love to watch it come together.

Gosh you are so calm and polite ! I would had say a few swear words while dismantling that master cylinder.

I own a 1958 Morris Minor Saloon. The master cylinder is not good. Love this video!!! Keep them coming!!!!!

My Dad had a 1948 Morris van back in the late 50s. Looking forward to seeing the rebuild!

Love this Morris Minor truck. I learned to drive on an A40 Minor so as I see the interior it brings back some awesome memories.

Those things keep going forever, My late father used to use the pick ups and the vans for his building business, Vans were ex Royal mail vans he bought for about £40 each and it was always the rust around the rear spring hangers that finally got them in the end , Nice Vid thanks.

That little motor started well and sounded good. Back in the day I ran these for work etc., basically a very willing little truck. Rust always a problem of course. Well worth rebuilding, cannot be many left now.

Thanks, Steve. I always learn something from your videos!

Definitely more videos on this stinkin' cute ute! I didn't know that Morris made a truck! Now I want one!

Terrific. I love those old English tinker toys! Simple, fairly inexpensive, and different. Cheers!

I'd love to see more. I have a '59 and brakes, carb, and wiring are the big things on my list. You made the brakes seem less scary and I hope you can do the same for other projects!

Great little town cars! You can start them with a hand crank! I had one at age 16 and could fix anything. Did a valve grind with suction cup darts. Parts from the wrecker were very affordable here on west coast Canada!

Commendable effort mate, my Morrie was nowhere near this bad when I got it. Subscribed.

More MM pickup vids, please. It's a pleasure to watch you work. Brings back memories of TR3 struggles in my garage many years ago.

Hi nice pickup. This brings back memories, remember doing the brake master cylinder on an old GPO van about 40 years ago, blew out one of the steel brake pipes during bleeding so had to replace all metal pipes with copper/nickel made to measure repacements.

Great stuff. My first car was a grey minor. Loved it.

My dear Dad had a 1950s split-screen saloon ! So pleased to find you doing this 'old-girl' ,keep it up please ,I think She likes you ? Subscribed ! Thank you ...

Another job well done Steve. You have a keeper there!

That was pretty good!! I really like the look of that truck.

Beautiful, I remember those cars when they were just came out new. It was a beautiful era.

Great job! I'd love to see her fully restored and painted battleship grey as so many of them were back in the day.

Definitely more videos of this truck. At least I know now of the future joys of changing the master on our Morris pickup.

I have spent a lifetime messing with British cars and currently own a 60 Sprite, 71 Midget, a restored 65 Minor pickup, plus another unrestored Minor pickup and a Minor Van. That I am currently restoring.

I had a 59 Morris in the 70's.Loved it!

It’s great to watch. Keep going. I absolutely love it.

My neihbour has one in great shape. Good to c u woking on old english one. These are still affectionately received in uk. Make people smile. The engine crank seal was cork! The engine components were sometimes 'blueprinted' eg pistons were selected / made to fit individual bore abd worked real well. The exhaust often has a signature rasp or parp at certain revs. Nostalgic sound. Good on u

My first car was a 1969 1000 Traveller in trafalgar blue. Your great video reminded me it was a doddle to work on (hammer, socket wrench and blowtorch) compared to all my later cars (I have a very fussy 94 VW Corrado VR6 now). Six moving parts, a bottle of oil, five quids worth of petrol and off we went!

Let the crusty lady live in former glory again! Great job so far 👍🏻

Brilliant. I love old moggies. Years back, I fitted a Mirafiori 2000cc Fiat Twincam with 5 Speed gearbox to a pick-up. It went really well and I had to upgrade the brakes to Disc from a Morris Marina.

The joys of working on the Moggie master cylinder,,,, takes me back like a recurring nightmare,,,,,

I was looking on ebay last week for a moggy, subscribed, I would love to see more of this vehicle.

Back in 1970, my friends and I used to roadie for a Manchester (UK) band called Greasy Bear. We used to get ALL the equipment, including light show, into the van version of this same model Morris Minor. it was a tight fit. We used EVERY cubic inch. But it was great!

Loved the Morris truck and would love to see it get fully road worthy ! Great job Steve 👍🇨🇦

"Most of the switches are there". Like. all four of them 🤪 Love to see more of this. Heck, any of your British cars.

Great video and very good work love the Morris minor 👍👌

My dad told me the heater was a optional extra , The loop you made was how the basic model was originally sold

First car I remember riding in, my Mum's Moggy. Great little cars

I've had 3 morris 1000's I had a 1967 8cwt van, a Salon 1966 and a pick up 1972. Great runners never let me down.

Excellent content. Very inspiring. Thank you for making this video.

Great job so far. This is true classic. Would love to see a full restoration. Big job, but worth it. Would love to see more.

I had one of those back in '74, had a canvas back on it, Same color, looked like something out of the Rat Patrol. Used to drive it on Daytona Beach all the time, had 2x10 benches in the back full of beer and "fun". What a beach buggy, Conch Cruisin' at its best in Key West. Wish I still had it, a GM 60* v6 and T5 from an S10 would slip right in and get 'er over 50mph. I really miss that ride.

Served my apprenticeship at Morris commercial Cars,where the moggy,was made,!seeing this reminds me of Good times, Proberably drove or moved one or two,all those years ago ,now 73 good training and experiences.".

I learnt to drive in the car version of this in New Zealand back in 1970 when i was 15. Great little car and super reliable.

I was sent here from Junkyard Digs. That is one nice little truck! Great video.

been looking for this video I have a 68 saloon ...thanks for sharing

Super sweet will be a fun project. The engine looks great.

Your videos are very entertaining and educational for an amateur mechanic like me. Keep 'em coming. Liked and subscribed

Love this car and what a sturdy little engine. YES please more on this pickup!!

Love to see a restoration. Excellent vid.

Another great video! Thank you!

Great video. Good to see a minor running and on its way back. I've got a pickup and my bro has a traveller or woody as called in states. Hope to watch more vids on this truck.

Strangely enough, one of my mates in Florence, SC, USA has an early 50's Morris Minor pick-up. He loves it, been in the family for years. He has the Morris bed cover although it's a bit tattered.

Excellent instructional video. But I must make the comment, you have the cleanest hands and nails I have ever seen on a mechanic. If I don’t wear gloves, their is no way I can keep my hands clean. Lol.

What an impressive video! Your work is superlative, and the truck is splendid. Do you plan to restore it? I'm eager to watch if you do. Thanks for posting...