Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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SMM139436
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Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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Hello everybody,


I bought the car, SMM 139436, in 1993, started the restoration a year later, and now, just 20 years later, its almost finished.... :D

I will start with some random pictures and in the next few weeks/months/years I hope to post more photos, restoration 'text' and (still) a lot of questions... :D



Greetings from Holland/Belgium,

Michiel Brouwer
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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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wow!
My Minor:
A Clarendon Grey 1953 4 Door Series II.
MMOC - 66535


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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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Very nice car.
Best wishes,
Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Back on the ground with (slave) wheels, now being sprayed by me, slowly......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
1952 Morris Minor MM highlight with sidevalve engine still fitted, wants work, so joins the queue for now......
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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

Post by Dean »

one wow!. for the car

one wow! for the workshop..

another wow, the the frame. You've given me an idea for when I do my Mini up. :D
My Minor:
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thank you :),

the frame made things a bit easier...... and it is simple and cheap to make
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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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Lovely car, Im sure you are looking forward to driving it after all that time working on it!


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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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fantastic motor, many happy yeas driving.

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Congratulations what a superb looking car - love the colour too
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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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Great looking car!

We have a quite similar project, nearly finished:
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=40385
If you wanna run cool, you got run on heavy, heavy fuel..
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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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Congratulations on not throwing the towel in, not for you-----abandoned restoration!!

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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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Magnificent restoration, it looks fantastic.


1955 4Dr Series II
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Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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1993

Bought the car in England and imported it to Holland. A brake not working properly, no remote brake fluid reservoir and some other small things not ok. After a week it was fixed and the car ( Herbie ), became a dutch licence plate; DH-75-53.

We (me and my dad) drove the car for one year and then we started a long Morris Minor Discovery Project :D


1994

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The original engine.
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