Too far gone?

[pandaselecta]

Well here are the first lot of pictures of my '59 Minor. These were taken by the recovery guy, and it does seem to suggest that the car is more than a project, and is in fact in need of substantial welding. I will leave the pictures here for your perusal.

[The vast minority]

They are never too far gone, you can fix any Minor.
However, unless a particular car is the only one you want, for example because it was a family members, then ask yourself if it's worth it.

Without a doubt you will spend far more putting this right than you would spend just buying a good one.
Are you cool with that?

Al

[ianmack]

Yes that's a fair bit of welding, but it is restorable. Cost is probably the deciding factor, can you weld or are you willing to learn? If you pay a welder by the hour it will be very expensive but treated as a hobby and progressively restored as time permits it can be done. Most of the rust prone areas have repair sections available which are not expensive.

I learned to weld after I took on a Traveller which was considered past it by the man who did my welding and completed it after two years. Acquiring a skill like this is very rewarding.

[kennatt]

the sills will also be none existent once you take the covers off, as above a money pit, sometimes ,even with sentimental attachment they are just not worth the effort, if you can do it yourself and have the time then maybe, but a pro rebuild, start looking for a second mortgage

[MorrisJohn]

Someone should restore this lovely old girl to her former glory. You just need to decide if it's going to be you and if you've the patience and pockets to do it.

[pandaselecta]

Not going to be me sadly, so it will be up for sale soon

[pandaselecta]

Its been decided - the Minor is going, because if I'm going to do the amount of work needed on it, I might as well just buy a Minor van and do that up, then at least I can paint it up for my plumbing business and use at shows

[chris1968]

People in the past have offered me cars for spare parts.I have let them go because I haven't got the space or the hart to brack any Morris only to hear that that have been scraped at a later date.

[IaininTenbury]

Yeah, likewise. I;ve saved a few over the years and rehomed a lot of them. Some have been restored, others didn't make it - presumably the owners decide they had got in too deep. Just a shame they didn't find someone else who could do it, like I thought I had...

[pandaselecta]

Had a few timewasters, so going to give it a little more time, and if nobody buys it, I will start to gather parts to get it solid and usable

[les]

What's a time waster, someone who has a look at a car and decides they don't want it? Or simply anyone who doesn't buy it?

[pandaselecta]

Timewaster is someone making an appointment, and you don't hear from them again (usually on a weekend when you could be doing something else). A timewaster can also be someone who has asked all the question in the phone, knows its not going to pass an mot, then gives you lip for the state of the car when they turn up, which one guy saying "I got the train here expecting to drive it home, now what do I do"

[amgrave]

There is some thick people out there Looking at the pictures no one could expect to drive it home!!!!!!!!!

[bmcecosse]

Catch the train home ?

[pandaselecta]

Catch the train home ?

Basically what I said, and he wanted me to pay for the ticket

[bmcecosse]

Aye right.... Was he an MMOC member ?

[pandaselecta]

Might be, don't know, he saw my advert on car and classic.