my 1967 morris minor

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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looking real good Josh
like the new floor panels
worth it in the end
for years to come she will sail through the MOT

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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tonight i painted the drivers side dash panel[frame]Image[/frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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Nice restoration work Josh.

BTW - Where did you get the chequered paint? :D

Well -- someone had to ask. :oops:

Cheers
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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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What I done was spray paint the panels black then mask it all up and then spray over it in white then carefully remove the masking tape

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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Bet you had fun smoothing the paint edges!!

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ive left the edges :D

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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mmjosh wrote:ive left the edges :D
Oh dear. :-?

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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You can't really see them so I thought I'll leave them

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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Mind you don't cut yourself then! :D

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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today i picked up 2 banded steel wheels for the back and 2 original wheels for the front so i decided to see what they looked like on the morris.[frame]Image[/frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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I have now fitted the o/s/r wing and piping[frame]Image[/frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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those wheels look great!
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last weekend i managed to get most of the welding done apart from a small area of rot on the drivers rear chassis leg and the drivers side jacking point but all the passengers side is completed and sprayed in dinitrol waxoyl[frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame]

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Well today i finally finished all the welding and painted the floor inside the car[frame]Image[/frame]

I then moved onto the engine bay and painted it in red oxide then primer[frame]Image[/frame]

Then i painted it in the final colour trafalgar blue[frame]Image[/frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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1275cc head with new valves and has been painted ready to fit on the 1098cc engine[frame]Image[/frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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I presume you've check that there is sufficient clearance for the exhaust valves to open?
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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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yes i had the valve seats sunk :D

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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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Well you lot it could be my turn it looks like we all get a good stuffing when we buy one mine is a convertable ive started it and if we get the pictures on you will see what i got BUT if somebody can tell me how to get pics on i will there is a lot 50+
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Greengrass wrote:if somebody can tell me how to get pics on i will there is a lot 50+
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Re: my 1967 morris minor

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Nice welding work there.
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