15-05-2021, 12:23 AM
If I'm honest I'm very disappointed with the Morris 8, seems to have lots of things going for it but none of which actually add to driving the car, hydraulic brakes are fine but not much better than say pre war fords with rods, the su fuel pump is good but then again so is a mechanical pump and the su carburettor which as far as I'm concerned is needless as a well sorted zenith would most likely suit the engine just fine.
The speed is also fairly disappointing as the car has plenty of power on hills for the size of the engine, pulls up smaller inclines and can do so maintaining 30mph but above 40 she seemed to be absolutely screaming, it'll go above that but I wouldn't feel comfortable with going in a long journey in it due to this if I'm honest, hill starts seem poor too as 1st is quite a high gear for the engine.
Not a poor car by any means but VERY underwhelming for what it is, it's just a fairly average small pre war saloon but with bits that are just more likely to go wrong (su fuel pump and hydraulic brakes), road holding is again poor, in corners I've had the car struggling to grip while turning corners and audible screeching when pulling into a petrol station forecourt... Corners that I would think absolutely nothing of in my ford popular103e and Austin big seven.
Gear changes feel almost agricultural in comparison to the big seven, the gears select well but I can't put my finger on what makes it feel like that, either way it's not as pleasant as my Austin's gearbox was.
It really is an unremarkable car, quite boring if I'm honest just doesn't have a single thing except maybe the location of the trafficator and dip switch that I find good or interesting.
The speed is also fairly disappointing as the car has plenty of power on hills for the size of the engine, pulls up smaller inclines and can do so maintaining 30mph but above 40 she seemed to be absolutely screaming, it'll go above that but I wouldn't feel comfortable with going in a long journey in it due to this if I'm honest, hill starts seem poor too as 1st is quite a high gear for the engine.
Not a poor car by any means but VERY underwhelming for what it is, it's just a fairly average small pre war saloon but with bits that are just more likely to go wrong (su fuel pump and hydraulic brakes), road holding is again poor, in corners I've had the car struggling to grip while turning corners and audible screeching when pulling into a petrol station forecourt... Corners that I would think absolutely nothing of in my ford popular103e and Austin big seven.
Gear changes feel almost agricultural in comparison to the big seven, the gears select well but I can't put my finger on what makes it feel like that, either way it's not as pleasant as my Austin's gearbox was.
It really is an unremarkable car, quite boring if I'm honest just doesn't have a single thing except maybe the location of the trafficator and dip switch that I find good or interesting.