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winabbey
 Post subject: Morris Horn Push
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:09 am 
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It seems the Morris horn push has been remade. Both the centre M and the complete assembly are available from Somerford.

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http://www.somerfordmini.co.uk/eshop/in ... ts_id=3053

http://www.somerfordmini.co.uk/eshop/in ... ts_id=4867


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 Post subject: Re: Morris Horn Push
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It'd be nice to see how good they look in person, but for around $50 they might be a better option than trying to find a good condition genuine one.

They are bit closer to my budget than a NOS one
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/canterb ... 1190833134

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 Post subject: Re: Morris Horn Push
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:55 am 
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timmy201 wrote:
It'd be nice to see how good they look in person, but for around $50 they might be a better option than trying to find a good condition genuine one.

They are bit closer to my budget than a NOS one
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/canterb ... 1190833134


Photo below is overlay of new reproduced one to the original one.

They are totally different M font to the original and colour is wrong.

Not sure why they wouldn’t check the font before getting them made.

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 Post subject: Re: Morris Horn Push
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:43 pm 
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I wonder why they didn't just copy an original?

Someone did a run of repros several years back. The inserts were pretty good, but the black plastic horn press part wasn't great, they were thin and didn't have the same kind of gloss as the old plastic. They did both Morris and Austin ones but they mustn't have done as many Morris ones because they ran out a long time ago, but you can still get the horn press, and possibly the Austin inserts.

That reminds me, I should get back to my Mini K badge project.

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 Post subject: Re: Morris Horn Push
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Timbo wrote:
That reminds me, I should get back to my Mini K badge project.

Tim

Hey Tim. I agree - get back to your Mini K badge project. :wink: :)

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I have a few NOS ones of the original M if anyone is interested before they hit Ebay.

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 Post subject: Re: Morris Horn Push
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A NOS one on eBay

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/minipartsal ... 7675.l2562

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