Morris Minor Owners Club

maybe knows something we dont

i admire you for the work you have put in and the dedication you are showing. this will inspire myself and others to get on with projects

Did Frank Sinatra spray cars when he was "resting"?
Enquiring minds need to know.

I may well have a few regrets when Ive finished this pickup ,but then again there'll be far few to mention on this thread. Please don't think I'm ignoring advice, I'm not, I realise there are others with far more Morris knowhow than me, I just have to read the advice and formulate the best way for me to go. I am a bit of a Stuborn individual,but then again if I wasn't stuborn I'd probably have given up on the pickup Relic on the first day, and If I wasn't such an Individual I wouldn't be hankering after my own Morris 1000. I'd probably be doing up a Nissan Sunny like the one I owned in the mid eighties in BAOR. (Perish the thought)[frame][/frame]

Was thinking 'My Way'

You'd be better off removing all the panels off the Minor and spraying each panel and the body of the car seperately. The way you are painting the car will leave a lot of areas in primer or etch primer and that is not good for keeping the rust at bay.

On a cellulose based paint system it is the top gloss coat that seals out the moisture.

Maybe this is the way to go as Pickups are just a lego set. Get it looking ok, drive it for a few years and enjoy, when all the rust starts coming back it will be easy to take to bits, acid dip and do it all properly. This time around it is to get experience.

The rust WILL be back due to reliance on "rust converting" products and not painting all the edges and shuts of the panels.

Unless David only drives the pickup in the dry!

As you can see, and I'm sure have experienced yourselfs, the weather was not perfect for car restoration, or any other outside activity. I managed to get another thinner coat onto the rear bodywork interior areas before the compressor stopped working, I later found out it was an intermittent wiring fault with the extension reel, how many of us have been there. So it was a good time to stop for the day and sit back and let it dry, read my Haynes and generally chill out. The coverage looks patchy when viewed with the discerning, all seeing eye of the camera flashgun.[frame][/frame]

The tailgate is simularly patchy and has limited coverage at this early stage. On the whole I'm very pleased, its my first time with the spraygun and I'm learning fast. Next time my dilution will be improved, so my coverage will be more thorough and the paint layers will start to thicken up and give a deeper colour, Ive only used 1 litre so far, four more to go. The little amount of gloss I have on here will help to dispell moisture retention that I was getting on the primer paint while the vehicle waits in the garage.[frame][/frame]

The first coat under and inside the dash, patchy so far but getting there, once I get her back on four wheels I can wheel her out and start removing some of the panels I want to spray individually, like the bonnet and front panel. I'll have some space in the garage then. I may have a long wait until the weather improves, we are in for a very wet Autumn. I'm kinda liking this semi gloss, I think it looks good, something to think about there, so long as it stays waterproof there can't be any harm in having a halfway between matt and gloss, lustre finish.
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Quite a difference from primer to the first layer of colour coat, comparisons like this show that quite clearly.[frame][/frame]

I also had the same issue with an extension lead heating up and cutting out, very annoying!!

Question asked and answered via PM cheers David.

I'll get an extension lead with the cut off switch in future, at least I'll know where I stand when it cuts off, and I guess you shouldn't leave it roled up, even partially, the cable needs to be run right out to stop it overheating.[frame][/frame]

Can anybody help me out with images of a pickup seat belt anchor points. Ive not seen how they connect or where they go on the floor, a picture of the interior of an existing pickup cab would really be usefull.[frame][/frame]

Did you dust coat and flat the primer before spraying the top coat??

It doesn't look as though you are getting any gloss finish at all out of the gun.

I hired the compressor again but it cut out and wouldn't re start once it had been going for a few minutes. I now realise its because I had turned it off before the tank was up to minimum pressure, I was using it like an airbrush compressor. you have to let the tank pressure build and let it cut itself off automatically, I'm pre-warned for next time. The weather co-insiding with my shift pattern will preclude any further spraying this winter unless we have more sunny weather, which is doubtful, Plenty of time to flat back. Next year I'll take it all apart for the spraying to resume. And I'll have an empty dust free garage.[frame][/frame]

The forecast for this weekend looks very promising, big yellow sun!
Quick make hay.

I know Marky, but my wife and neighbours want to enjoy the last of the weak sunshine this weekend too, I'm restricted to weekdays off when I'm using a annoyingly loud air compressor. Lucky for my "project time" I do shift work so there's plenty of those.