Traveller wood fitting

[MorrismattVan]

Hi, I have oiled up all my new wood and am about to start fitting it. Just wondering if anyone has any tips and advice on fitting it all up?
- I'm thinking that it best to use a silicone or mastic type sealer for where the b piller bolts up, and along the bottom to seal up joint between any wood and metal
- also roof wise, I'm thinking stick the panel on, then nail it up, then stick gutters on with a mastic/ seam sealer and nail right through roof skin into timber
But the rubber what meets the cab roof and rear roof section; would this alone be a good enough joint ? Or should I use a sealant along here too? And should this rubber be painted to match the colour of the roof? Or just leave it as a black rubber- just to be honest I haven't taken notice of this when looking at travellers!
Thanks, matt

[simmitc]

Mastic sealer is better than silicone in these applications, not least because silicone would contmainate the area if you ever wanted to touch up paintwork.

Leave the rubber unpainted.

Best advice is to consult "MOrris Minor Traveller" by Ray Newell with specific sections by Steve Foreman; and/or "Morris Minor & 1000 Guide to Purchase and Restoration" by Lindsay Porter. Both should be available from your library so that you can read details before you start assembly. We also have plenty of posts on here that you can search, but the more you can read before tackling the job, the easier you will find it.

[taupe]

Yes as Simmitc above

Also if you get yourself a set of traveller timber pdf drawings there are details of all of the joints and lists of the screws, nails and sealants used at each seam.

Taupe

[MorrismattVan]

Ok thanks, that sounds like a plan! Just dry- fitted all the timber up on the traveller today, and it seems to have gone like a dream so far!