my 51 minor

Post by **tortron** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:36 am

shown is one that i pulled out and one of a spare set that came with the car - which i have put in

Post by **mike.perry** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:08 pm

I hope that you gave them a good twist to check that the rubber was not coming unstuck from the metal plates.

Post by **tortron** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:20 pm

yea the "new" ones were in fair order

Post by **tortron** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:52 am

did i mention i took it in the beach hop?
pics follow

and just got sent this one - it appears i had some admirers

Post by **tortron** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:32 am

sanding sanding sanding sanding

still more sanding to go

have had everything apart, done all necessary welding and body work. Everything but the body shell is now in its final primer coat. Cant wait to get some colour on there

Post by **issigone** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:08 pm

nice ride, liking the no bumper pic on first page.

Post by **tortron** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:04 am

slow going with this weather, not to mention having the man flu

stopped raining long enough to dry out - so i rolled her outside and got to work

When i first got the car, in fact one of the very first things i did, was to por-15 the interior floor (due to it being entirely surface rust. Not quite at the pitting stage, but with no covered storage and crusty window rubbers it wouldnt have lasted). That was over a year ago now and it has held up amazingly (picture constantly wet, brake fluid spills, engine oil spills, dragging parts (including an engine and box) across it) and no sign of failure. So it meets my tests

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So today i cleaned and brushed out the sills and chassis rails as best i could. Then sprayed thinned por-15 using an engine cleaning gun/cavity wax gun into every nook and cranny i could find; sills, chassis rails, those bits where the rear wheel wells are, the rails in the boot, rear seat box section- you get the idea. Then gave the cavitys in the boot a good dose before moving onto the wheel wells and boot floor.

Still to do is the underneath of the car (planning on re-bushing all the suspension at some point so will do it then), behind the dash (as i somehow missed this last time) and inside the doors.

This is then to be topped off with a healthy dose of cavity wax, overkill? i think not!
If this car needs any further rust work in the next 60 years i will be surprised

- (my "new" 1960's electrolux in the foreground - im a sucker for period accessories)

edit: more work

Post by **mmjosh** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:08 am

what colour you painting it mate

Post by **tortron** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:10 am

black, wanted to paint it black as soon as i saw it.
was originally going to be satin black - but i think a mirror finish would look good after all this work

Post by **mmjosh** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:20 am

are you having it gloss black like mine

Post by **tortron** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:28 am

possibly something similar

Post by **beechford** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:48 am

do you use vacuum cleaner to spray paint as well ? Not a silly question they used to come with a spray bottle and you reversed the hose to blow .many a handyman has used this method but your proably too young to know such things eh.looking good though

Post by **tortron** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:55 am

haha, actually i have a Bakelite electrolux spray attachment in the shed somewhere - never used it however.

The black primer back on page 1 was sprayed with a circa 1950's electric paint sprayer.

This primer is being sprayed with a 1960's devilbiss gun

- what can i say, born to late clearly

Post by **tortron** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:04 pm

paint going on

nother few coats and the interior will be done

Post by **RussLCV** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:04 pm

tortron

Great car my friend we should talk sometime

Editor@minormonthly.co.uk

Post by **tortron** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:04 pm

was hoping to get it done today, the weather yet again has turned against me (was sunny 2 minutes ago i swear)
anyway
a slightly better photo of the interior, its actually quite hard to get a good photo of the rest of the inside. Too black i guess

Post by **limegreen** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:15 am

lookin' good so far!

Post by **tortron** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:00 am

busy morning today
paint still wants 48 hours to settle down - but i got excited

Post by **rich-legg** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:25 pm

Nice!
I like the beach pics!

Post by **tortron** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:08 am

so got sick of working on the morrie today.
so tried something different. Made up my carb manifolds (well 1 and a half as i must have put 1 of the flanges somewhere where i would remember it :? ).

will be using these filters rather than the previously shown ones

perhaps not as much flow through these, but they are more period looking and gives me better clearance to the passengers shock