Morris Minor Owners Club

Yes - go for the painting yourself provided it's celly and not 2 pack - you can do it panel by panel, the roof being the largest and most difficult to do. Warm dry weather required though - may not be thios week-end!

may not be thios week-end!

Second that, I live fairly close to Andrew and had to abandon work this morning. Welding in the rain and that wind was no fun. Then I ran out of has and gave it up as a bad job. so close to finishing the welding and getting some paint on.

Car's looking good Andrew. Good call rolling it on its side, far easier.

Andrew

hey, looking good, so how hard is the axle and that to remove?

The axle's pretty simple, and I don't know what "and that" you mean, but it's all Meccano engineering around there

I just meant the parts like the spring hangers and the actual driveshaft

As I say, all simple nuts and bolts stuff

Hi Guys!!!!!

Havent posted on here for a while! sorry for being so quiet. Ive been a bit caught up with uni work. While being at uni I havent been able to do much work. My summer time was mainly taken up by getting drunk and going to festivals but I did get a bit more work done on the morris.

Just for those who have forgotten I took my 1959 Morris minor 2 door off the road at the start of uni to reuild it and get it to the standard that I am happy with. So far I have done a fair ammount of work and it is getting closer to being ready to re-spray!

Since being online I have re-fitted the cross member, engine and gearbox, repainted inside floor of the car, re-painted the boot, re-painted the fuel tank, polished the fuel sender unit and refited the tank. Below are the pics of what I have done.

Hope you enjoy and dont hate me too much for not being online

It's looking very shiny!

AndrewSkinner wrote:polished the fuel sender unit

Hey guys!

Just thought I would resurect this thread. will be working on the car over my nice long summer holiday so hope to have the shell re-sprayed soon! how is everyone else getting on with there moggys?

My thread is so old it needs moving to the restoration section please

Car is at last going for its re-spray next week! only been 3 years!!!!!

Hope to have my baby back on the road in under a month as it is in bits ready to be sprayed and then all needs bolting back together.

Wish me luck with the re-spray and if anyone has a car trailer or dolly that I could borrow near cheltenham I would be forever in your debt!

just been reading though, looks very good, how many coats of hammerite did u put on, i put about 6 on the floor and 7 on the suspension and the rear axe has next to none left on and bits are flaking off so its need another couple of coats

hotrodder13 wrote:just been reading though, looks very good, how many coats of hammerite did u put on, i put about 6 on the floor and 7 on the suspension and the rear axe has next to none left on and bits are flaking off so its need another couple of coats

SIX COATS!! lol ok no way near that amount. I did two coats of hammerite on the bottom of the car. Hammerite is a fabulous paint if used well but I know that it wont last long up against stone chipping. My plan is that once it is back from the spray shop I will be giving it a coat of underseal.

My plan is that the hammerite will provide a tough waterproof coat between the metalwork and the road grime and rain, and then the soft underseal will provide protection against the stones flicking up from the road.

At least now if the underseal does dry up and start forming cracks that hold water against the cars underside the hammerite will still be there to protect it.

what do you recon to my master plan? or should I rush to halfrauds now to get some more hammerite lol.

well i didnt put underseal on just hammerite, its lasted about 16 months on the floor and only bits are flaking off, its just the axel most has come off and a bit on the front suspension

but u can see all the salt on it in winter so its easily wiped off

AndrewSkinner wrote:My thread is so old it needs moving to the restoration section please

Done How about posting some more pics up? It's been 2 years since the last ones!

Just been re-reading this...



Have you noticed one spring is on one way round, and the other the other (look at the banded straps) Ideally you need the 2 straps at the back on both!

Yes I saw this too - but if you look on the assembled picture of the car it has been changed!!!

The only problem is that the two straps should be located at the front so now they will both have to come off and be swapped around.

See section I of the manual ' the spring must be replaced with the two spring clips forward of the axle'

Sorry I havent put up any pictures yet, have been very busy but they are coming.

Thank you very much for pointing that out! That is something I did not realise and im glad you saw.

I know what my first job will be tomorrow.....

hey guys! sorry for the lack of replies yet again! its been super busy here. Managed to have a nice crunch in my Range Rover so have had two cars to rebuild!

Anyway the Morris Finally came back from the spray shop and its very good but it has to go back to have some work done on the roof. The car has been slowly coming back together. Here are a few photos of it being trailered off by my dad and me to the spray shop and then the start of the re-essembling! Hope you enjoy! cant wait to get it on the road again, been waiting for 3 1/2 years for this


92. Car loading to take to sprayers by skinnerpot, on Flickr


93. Car loaded by skinnerpot, on Flickr


94. Car on its way to sprayers by skinnerpot, on Flickr


95. Car back from sprayers by skinnerpot, on Flickr


96. Rear of car being put back together by skinnerpot, on Flickr


97. Rear Complete by skinnerpot, on Flickr

My pal's moggie has just come back from the paint shop recently as well.It's always a great time in a restoration and really fires you up again, to get everything fixed back on the car !
The paint job is "looking good ".Keep cracking on, Spring isn't far away.
Bob

Hi Bob, Thanks for your kind words. Managed to pretty much assemble the whole car in 3 days Been working flat out but so worth it. Just got a few jobs left now like the wiring for the lights (just re-connecting) and a few small bits of trim oh and the last door but they are suprisingly easy to hang and get the shut lines correct.

I would say the hardest part of re-assembly was the evil wing beading on the rear wings.

Hope your mates car goes well!