I’m Luke, I live in Chippenham (Wiltshire), and I’ve recently becoming the proud owner of a 1955 OEW Morris Minor Saloon:
I think I’ve been on this forum before, as I used to own a 1967 Morris Traveller, which I restored. Sadly I sold the Traveller back in 2015, along with my Civic, to buy a DeLorean DMC-12….. but I had the Moggy bug!
Welcoming my splitty to the family two weeks ago I have already tackled a number of tasks: replacing all exterior light fitments, taking back repairing and repainting the boot, professionally repairing the electrical systems in the boot (I was an electrical wiring specialist for three years), installing an in keeping radio (with blue tooth and Aux etc.), repairing the window winder mech, oil change, ignition service, stainless OEM style exhaust, seatbelts fitted (by C.W)
My next tasks are to: repair the passenger side door lock (thread elsewhere), replace the front seats with Newton Comercial high back seats, add a hidden electric valve to the heater matrix, replace the door tops with painted stainless, sound proof and restore the interior floor panels, re-trim the carpets, replace the front and rear bumpers (they are a little flaky)
Luckily for me, the floorpan was entirely rebuilt in 2009 (receipts came with the car etc), with minimal welding work since, so I don’t need to lay on the floor as much with this one. The engine was also allegedly rebuilt (no paperwork) when it was swapped for the 1098 currently fitted…. Which I think I believe after doing 300 miles last weekend in the ol’ girl as she ran well. One flaw is that it doesn’t like sitting in second for long (it throws out). Might be that it’s an earlier gearbox (haven’t checked yet….it’s on the never ending list)
I’m actually looking at buying a second engine and gearbox to rebuild this summer just for a bit of fun so the gearbox can be swapped along with this.
Any who, that’s a brief line up of what I’ve been up to so far, and hope to do. I look forward to meeting you all at a big meet sometime soon!
Luke
