Floor and sills

[Garym]

Hi.I am in the process of replacing the floors and sills in my 61 minor.I know I need all floor sections,boxing panels,centre cross member,and outer sills,but are there floor edge panels to go between the floor and the boxing panels ? These sections are rotted out,so I am not sure what I need.Also,can anyone tell me the best order at which to weld in the new sections.

[alainmoran]

bah I need a scanner .... yes there are ... if you download http://www.zen30458.zen.co.uk/morrisminor.pdf

Then go to the bodywork sections R.34 then you should see the underside of the sills.

I have no experience of such a complete replacement, but I would imaging from the inside out would be a good idea ... if you wish to cut out the old stuff first then you should brace your door-frames before you cut the old cr*p out.

[britab1967]

Garym

Her's a link to the thread where I posted pictures of the sill & floor repair panels for my '59 traveller.

http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... highlight=

You don't say what model you have, but the sill strengthener is only used on convertables and travellers.

When i did the job, I did one side at a time & braced the door opening and diagonally to the other B pillar. Then replaced the box plate leaving the existing sill step in place to help keep the shape. Then cut out the sill and floor. I removed the door to remove some of the stress from the A pillar, but kept re-fitting to check alignment as I progressed.

Hope that helps.

Brian

[Garym]

Hi.Thanks for the info,it is excellent.Did you replace the centre crossmember on your car,and if so,at what stage did you replace it ?

[Garym]

I forgot to say that my car is a 1961 2 door saloon.

[britab1967]

Garym

I replaced the crossmember after I had done all of the floor & sill sections. By doing one side of the floor at a time and leaving as much of the crossmember in place as I could, this gave me someting to gauge the floor placement against.


Brian