Past history.

[les]

I don’t know what brought this to mind but I was thinking of Johnathan Heep of JLH, is the company still running ? However that’s not the reason for this post. I seem to recall something happening, I don’t know what, or I’ve forgotten but I think he was banned from the forum over something. Am I right and if so what had he done wrong to be dismissed? I found him quite a helpful chap. I’m pretty sure the, below the bulkhead, plate shown in the attached picture was one of his products.

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[philthehill]

Les
Do you mean the toe plate additional strengthening plate which is part of the kit in the link below:-
https://www.jlhmorrisminors.co.uk/chass ... g-kit.html
I have never seen the need for the additional strengthening in this area especially as BMC recognised some short comings in the toe plate area and introduced additional structure strengthening of the toe plate.
The main distortion of the chassis is just in front of the crossmember and that is why I have fitted two braces between the main crossmember and the front chassis crossmember. The braces get rid of any distortion and improves the chassis handling under hard braking. Below is the O/S brace:-

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This may not be the primary cause but If I remember correctly there was some discussion and disagreement as regards the failure of some Minor rear shackle plates.

As far as I can tell JLH is still going strong.
https://www.jlhmorrisminors.co.uk/

Phil

[les]

Yes that’s the plate Phil, I bought it separately because I had a crack in the floor pan (photo attached) I drilled a hole each end to stop it spreading, then fitted the plate to consolidate it, maybe unnecessary but I felt better for doing it ! The picture makes the crack look massive, although only about 4 inches in length
Yes I can’t recall myself what happened, it seems shrouded in mystery, regarding Johnathan.

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