1968 Police Morris Minor

[cplnobbie]

Bought new brackets but once one was ground off the bracket was actually just covering the holes

[cplnobbie]

So 190 mile road trip to get an reconditioned rear axle with brackets fitted

[cplnobbie]

Great tool for easy removal off the rear nut absolute god send

[cplnobbie]

Cleaned these up from all the road dirt and grime the wires brushed and coated with some anti rust and given some coats of filler primer before painting a matt black

[cplnobbie]

All sprayed up now

[cplnobbie]

White grill now added

[cplnobbie]

Rear side windows all cleaned up and new rubbers on just need help when time to put them in.

[cplnobbie]

Found some rust already on the new paint job so not happy, treated it with some rust treatment.

[Murrayminor]

I'm afraid to tell you but that rust looks like it needs to be cut out and welded properly otherwise it will spread.
Having gone so far I would cut it out and repair it.

[cplnobbie]

I had the whole car welded and whole respray done by a company just over a 6 months ago and spent 5k doing it and they had the car for over a year doing it, I wont tell you that when It came back It’s missing lots of the parts that It went with, I thought this was caused by where the metal was rubbing on the boot above ie metal on metal.

Regards
Anthony

[Murrayminor]

I'm only looking at the picture on my tablet but it looks like it's perforated.

[cplnobbie]

I'm only looking at the picture on my tablet but it looks like it's perforated.

No thankfully Its just the new paintwork thats come off on there and also the lid.

[ian.mcdougall]

Hi
Sorry to say i agree with Murrayminor, get a thin sharp mini screwdriver and see if it pushes through the rust

[cplnobbie]

Hi
Sorry to say i agree with Murrayminor, get a thin sharp mini screwdriver and see if it pushes through the rust

Totally solid It’s the angle of the picture taken, just a bad paint paint job done and It got chipped off and started to rust as the car stands out In the drive with a cover and metal was hitting metal.

[philipkearney]

Glad to hear that it's nothing more serious than some scratching and light surface rust. You'll be relieved about that !

Just shows how photos can be misleading. Along with some of the others, I looked at that photo a few times and I was convinced it was far worse too.

[cplnobbie]

Bit of work on the doors today including new door straps

[cplnobbie]

Little update, cleaned these bits all up now

[cplnobbie]

Axle rebuild underway

[cplnobbie]

Leaf springs put back on with new rubbers and nuts ,screws and brackets

[cplnobbie]

Pain In the DONT SWEAR OR YOU WILL BE BANNED to get the front secured, seems the nuts that came with kit will not do up even tried a new kit same thing, ended up having to use cutting paste and tighten then slacken and take some metal off the pin.