Morris Minor - Project Daily Drive - The Bonnet Incident - #17 

I’ve spent a great deal of time listening to your updates and always find you incredibly sincere and undoubtedly a really good chap. I’ve recently retired early and currently renovating our Morris which we have had for forty years it’s been stripped down to the chassis and panels but I’ve been using your video’s to point me in the right direction the heater reverb was great and I’m currently in throws of prepping for spraying keep doing this it’s really watchable best regards Steve

Fine Business! One of the easyest cars to work on.I was doing all of the things you mentioned except for the bonnet at age 15 16 and 17.Only difference is the auto salvage was full of those cars at that time. Easy to work on.CHEERS from Westcoast Canada!

So sorry to hear your woe’s, hopefully the damage is restricted to the bonnet and hinges only. I shall bring up an inspection of the bonnet safety catch during the training days I run. The safety catch is easy to miss, my wife informs me one of ours is missing the end 😳

luckily it stayed connected to the car! my Standard Eight Bonnet hinges snapped & landed on a car coming the other way...no one injured thankfully!!

Nice 👍

Sorry to hear Jean has been damaged , it must be gutting given the work that you've done to it. Still, at least you're OK and didn't get hurt. Looking forward to the coming videos. Greetings from a Morris Traveller owner in Somerset.

I've had a hood fly up on me it wasn't fun! Glad your safe, can't wait for more video's!

I took my engine out bud. It's not as bad as you think. it is better to take the engine out separate from the gearbox. you can remove it with a few friends, you don't need to hire a crane. top tip - take the front panel off and front bumper to give you lots of access. If you get any issues msg me on here bud ok? you will be fine. charles ware do a duplex timing chain. it's an upgrade to the original, and its only about £33.

Back in the day, I had a brand new Lada Samara courtesy car and that happened to me on a 40mph road. I poo'd myself!!!

ouch! that was a close call, I was thinking about putting some extra straps on my bonnet, it happened years ago on my old pontiac it acted like a parachute and almost stopped me dead but did no damage.

Good luck with your plans , hope all goes well 👍

Wow, I wonder if the end of the secondary catch broke because the bonnet was rattling up and down shortly prior to it opening fully, and up until then had been ok? Or is it clearly an old break?

Wow! Imagine the damage it could have called if it didn't have that prop rod holding it on

How has Jean been getting along so far?

have you managed to source a bonnet? My restorer will prob have a second hand one he can sell you. let me know and I can give u his number

I don't think pulling the engine out of a minor would be that hard. I pulled the engine out of my Midget and there is WAY more working room in a minor than a midget