Morris Minor Owners Club

Replacing rear floor. The new panel sits a little proud on the lip shown. The lip is double thickness. Is it best to remove the lip and plug weld the upstand to the seat support. or is it best to leave the lip and try to fashion it to close the gap.
Any advice most welome

I scraped and chipped off the very effective 1950s under seal to reveal to my surprise quite a lot of shiny black paint. Then applied strong paint stripper and washed off. I wire brushed the whole ares then applied Bilt Hamber Deox gel (amazing stuff) to the rusty bits. Then scoured with an aluminiu...

Great restos, feeling inspired......I think for a 57 mine is quite a solid basis. Have started with front NS inner wing and chassis rail.[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1433194884_15892 [/frame] Made my first weld of many today.....not too bad I suppose :)[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimag...

Thanks very much guys. I think I will go belt and braces (literally)and put the support in. Steveys restoration is brilliant I have looked through loads of it and found it very useful. I suppose now is the time to start documenting my job on here

I have just started restoring a 1957 4 door. The front and back floors, sills, boxing plates and cross member need replacing. The main question is, what is the best order to carry this out or is it best to weld a frame between the A B & C posts and across the car and cut the lot out in one. The ...

My 1957 4 door has a red fan....looks original.

I must say your car is just fantastic. I have just started stripping a 1957 4 door for full restoration. If it comes out anywhere nearly as good as yours I will be a happy man indeed.