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[Lizzie Zoom]

Actually, my first van at British Smellycom was a Morris with an A series.

What memories!

[Lizzie Zoom]

A mate of mine is doing an EV conversion on an old Morris Minor based post office van.

The one I saw the other week was a green Morris Minor van, with the blue smoke, so not electric!

Nice to hear that some have survived in any form, even though, if they were like my A40, they should be a pile of rust by now

[TheBoy]

Actually, my first van at British Smellycom was a Morris with an A series.

What memories!

None of them good when it came to that piece of shit rotbox.

[Doctor Gollum]

A mate of mine is doing an EV conversion on an old Morris Minor based post office van.

The one I saw the other week was a green Morris Minor van, with the blue smoke, so not electric!

Nice to hear that some have survived in any form, even though, if they were like my A40, they should be a pile of rust by now

Battery fires smoke like a chimney 

[Lizzie Zoom]

A mate of mine is doing an EV conversion on an old Morris Minor based post office van.

The one I saw the other week was a green Morris Minor van, with the blue smoke, so not electric!

Nice to hear that some have survived in any form, even though, if they were like my A40, they should be a pile of rust by now

Battery fires smoke like a chimney 

It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

[YZ250]

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It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

The problem here was that the valve stem rubber seals would become hard and would start riding up and down on the valve stem, instead of staying in the recess designed to hold them in place. On my van, I used to lay a smoke trail deliberately, by doing what you describe, if someone was sat too close behind me.   

[STEMO]

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It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

The problem here was that the valve stem rubber seals would become hard and would start riding up and down on the valve stem, instead of staying in the recess designed to hold them in place. On my van, I used to lay a smoke trail deliberately, by doing what you describe, if someone was sat too close behind me. 

Great for cyclists too 

[YZ250]

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It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

The problem here was that the valve stem rubber seals would become hard and would start riding up and down on the valve stem, instead of staying in the recess designed to hold them in place. On my van, I used to lay a smoke trail deliberately, by doing what you describe, if someone was sat too close behind me. 

Great for cyclists too 

 

Indeed. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

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It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

The problem here was that the valve stem rubber seals would become hard and would start riding up and down on the valve stem, instead of staying in the recess designed to hold them in place. On my van, I used to lay a smoke trail deliberately, by doing what you describe, if someone was sat too close behind me. 

With my A40 the problem was two valves had chunks missing out of them and as a 10year old car, in those days, it was worn out!  It also had a body that was not attached to the chassis as the sills and cross members, especially under the passenger seat, had rotted away, with holes in the wings.  It still passed the MOT twice though!!   That car was a bargain as it cost me just £30, which I recouped when someone knocked on my door and offered me £30 for the number!    Great days indeed!