Morris Minor Owners Club

That Parkside is an ARC. I used an Clarke 110EN for years and years, and only upgraded to an expensive Lincoln last year. You want something that will wind down to 25-30A for bodywork. It all comes down to your budget. “Not too expensive” means different things to different people. I have seen good ...

I would say no. But everyone’s opinion differs on this.

A good friend was left stranded in his GT6 as a result of electronic ignition modules. Once they fail they are irreparable. A set of point can be cleaned or adjusted at the side of the road to get you home.

It now has a face.

That just leaves the leading edge to sort out before the inner wing can be fitted.

All being well we should get the A post fitted this weekend, and therefore the door. This will be a massive milestone as that will mark the fitting of all the replacement panels.

The inner wheel arch was in much better condition than the other side, so I wanted to save it.

It needed 3 repairs to make good and none of them are really very difficult, so it seemed feasible.

So got the car turned around to work on the O/S wing. Got everything stripped back, cut out and prepped ready.

Looks very similar to ours!.

Don’t be put off replacing the A-post if you’re going down that route. They’re not as bad to re-align as people make out.

This post concludes the welding of the complete N/S of the car from front to rear.

There is some seam sealing left to do, then we get to turn the car around and repair the front inner wing on the O/S. Thankfully it is nowhere near as bad, and the inner arch looks saveable this time.

I remember it coming into force, doesn’t seem that long ago.

Anyway…. Less about legislation. We’re here for old cars.

It depends when you applied. GDPR came in effect 2021, you’re very very unlikely to receive a full list of unredacted names now, unless someone hasn’t done their job properly.

The N/S A-post has now been fully welded in. I’m honestly astonished with the door fit, considering how much has been cut out and replaced. It goes to show how important welding in braces and taking many measurements is. There’s a little bit of fettling to do with the wing fitment, and the bottom of...

Ahh yes, the old GDPR.

Anything, however, is better than the nothing we have at the moment.

It did around 60,000 miles in the 22 years it existed on the roads. I can only imagine the life it had.

There’s a reason why anything built in the last 40 years or so doesn’t come with a dynamo. It depends as said whether you’re ever likely to want it changed back to original. Personally I like to have reliability and minimal maintenance, as it makes the car more enjoyable, so I’d fit the alternator ...

There’s a reason why anything built in the last 40 years or so doesn’t come with a dynamo. It depends as said whether you’re ever likely to want it changed back to original. Personally I like to have reliability and minimal maintenance, as it makes the car more enjoyable, so I’d fit the alternator l...

I have used Würth DIchtfix /sealfix before but it’s quite expensive now. It’s a sprayable sealant. There is similar available from other suppliers.

Thankyou.

Oh that’s very interesting!. It’s staying at home then. I would love to find out more about its past life. The gent we purchased it from told us it was owned by his father, and the V5 shows 3 previous owners.

Last little bit to add here for the time being. I’ve shown the repair to the bottom of the window aperture, but here is the repair to the top. Thankfully all this needed was a new lip flange welding on which made things easier. Obviously these both need replication on the other side when I rotate th...

Ours took two of each of those.

The replacement floors didn’t come with mountings or even punched holes for seatbelt mounts however. They had to be swapped over

That’s the general plan. It’s done well to last this long in fairness!

The most important thing is to seal both sides of repairs, seams, welds etc wherever possible, but sadly it usually gets forgotten about. By sealed I mean seam sealer, or paint where external, inside and out. This stops moisture encroaching into the bare metal joins where welding has occurred and bu...