Our old Morrison Minor convertible (1952, I think) required removal of the carpet, and then a bunch of screws in order to remove the access panel just to inspect or refill the fluid levels of the reservoirs for the clutch and brake master cylinder. Consequentially, the fluid levels rarel were checked unless a failure occurred.
I always thought difficult access just to perform routine service chores was sort of a tradition on British automobiles (not that other makes can't be just as bad, checking the air in the spare tire of my Honda Odyssey is just about as difficult as the Morris Minor's fluids).
Bill in FtL
