1954 Miss Rachel is my redemption Morris series II

[mikec4193]

Waiting for parts from Old Phartz Partz...and Mini City too...

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Oh this should a be quick fix...well it sorta was but it sorta was not at the same time...

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Still not sure what this medal means...the car originally came from Denmark....so it could be something...just not sure what...

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Then you start poking around and you get the ole Swiss cheese tin worm farm...

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This hurts looking at it...

Have now fear...the patch panels are here....

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Let the games begin I say....

fire up the ole pipe and get the grinder all warmed up too....

More to come

[mikec4193]

More to come...

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Trimming out the rusty stuff and making all this stuff fit together again...

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I have never done one of these before but my theory is save as much OEM metal as you can...it is way better quality than the new repo as far as the weldability of the steel

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Trying to make stuff look like they belong there...

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Last week I did a very bad thing...I welded into the quarter panel flange area...5/16x18 UNC weldable nuts...

I know this is NOT a good thing...but I have wrenches that I can use for this size fasteners...

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Still not sure what I am doing with this car but I am having a blast cutting and welding...

My great grandfather was a blacksmith...maybe that is why I like to weld and cut and tack and repeat this stuff over and over again...

[geoberni]

DOMI Dansk Oversøisk Motor Industri A/S
The Danish Importer of British Motor Vehicles after WWII; it lasted until the 1990s.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOMI_(Unternehmen)

Many counties where Morris exported to had specific national Importer organisations/companies; depending on the country, they had a degree of autonomy, Australia for example even had their own local paint colours.

I believe the USA never had such a set up and Morris/BMC instead dealt directly with multiple US Dealerships, whereas VW did have such an importer organisation. Perhaps one reason for VW success with the Beetle.

[mikec4193]

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Still fiddling with this left rear wing...I think I counted 10 separate patches that I welded into it...and I was not the first guy doing this before...lots of older patches that still looked decent too...so I left them...

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Had ordered these new rubbers for the I think it is called a "strut rod"...the new pieces looked great too all tightened down...

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Installed a new fuel line as well...I figured what the heck...for the price is it worth not to swap it out...

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Someone before me had installed this little set up where the fuel line runs into the tank...so I thought that was OEM...well according to my Morris Minor guru...this was not a stock item...

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This is the bottom of the left rear wing...not sure how it was supposed to look so I cobbled up these patches...

Still smiling we are....

[mikec4193]

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Time to reassemble as much as I can...

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As I bought it...

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It does look pretty cool inside the car...

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Still not sure what is going on here...

We will figure it out...

Still waiting for parts from the fine folks at Old Phartz Partz...I guess they call them wing flanges maybe???

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I think I bought the wrong fuel line...I had to cut it off and run flexible fuel down to the old school fuel pump...

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Next step get rid of the tin worm infestation...

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cutting and fitting as we go along...
hopefully by the end of the next week we will have side buttoned up...can not wait to get it back together...been apart way too long for me

More to come

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She is a little rough but way more solid than what we had going on before...

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I keep finding little pin holes in it...

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The left side rear panel flange almost kinda fit the where it was supposed to set...

I cut both panels in pieces so I co get everything to fit...

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I think I am done grinding for a while...

Kinda sad but I have this car sold...so I am looking for my next project...

My rat rod will be getting pulled back into the garage...that is early 1950s Morris Minor on Cutlass (sorta) chassis...

more to follow