Morris Minor Owners Club

Good progress

hi David found that lead loaded seam you were talking about

hi just an update, the welding rear chassis legs, boot aperture,bootwell panel,inner rear guards, rear mounting lip, sills rear only, boxing panels spring hangerswill be finished in around 2 weeks, its then going to the paint shop besides the welders to have to repairs touched in, then to the mot after a complete brake overhaul including m/c, then it will be for sale
thanks
michael

just an update the welder has been working on some stuff off his own lately, but hes back to day, and hes been out with the grinder again,[frame][/frame][frame][/frame]we thought the boxing panels were ok as they had been painted in hammerite, but they had been fiberglassed & filled then painted, the front spring hanger looked good to, until a sustained hammer attack by stevie, i think these bodges happened between this being an old banger and dare i say becoming a classic

Good to see some more progress, but make sure the door is still closing ok as there is an awful lot of sill cut out there. I would suggest closing the door and carefully placing a bottle type jack under the crossmember area to make sure it doesnt start to sag in the middle and definately dont move it around on its wheels.

hi david door still closes ok, but will place a jack underneath as you suggest, thanks for the advice, looking forward too getting it all welded up, then starting the other side, going to hang on to it as i sold it once, and id only miss it & buy another one that would prob need all this work & more lol

hi just an update anyone from health & saftey should look away now,[frame][/frame]

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stevie the welder said dont worry about the brush propping the minor up, it has a metal shaft

The health and safety bloke just fainted .

When a Minor is on it's balance point you can keep it there with one finger so there is very little pressure at all on the props.

nice balancing act

It kinda looks like Stevie is kneeling to pray for guidance in that pic

think your right david every time we hammer at it, some part its rotten, i bought two cross member ends but when i started to cut the cross member the bottom of it fell off, it was patched up with filler & underseal, you get to a point when you think is it really worth it, standing there gutted because youve cut out & disguarded 35% off the car you bought, because you thought it was a" good one"

Ive know the feeling all too well I found a nasty lot of patching on the drivers hinge pillar of the black one today.

Dont worry you will be minoring again before too long!

hi just an update stevie welded up the floor & springhangers today, then attacked the xmember with a 9" grinder[frame][/frame]

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i havent seen a xmember this rotten but a new one will soon be fitted and after i paint it with hammerite no1, then waxoil or dinitrol it shouldnt need doing for another 40 years hopefully

looking good michael, wish i was making as much progress with mine, but i'm still cutting out rotten bits everything from the floor pan out on the passenger side is just a jumble of rusted patches welded over more rusted patches. its so bad i can't even recognise some of the parts i need from ESM. what i need is a list of the components in that area???

i may have a parts book that will show you what you need, you near belfast anytime & i can meet you?

found this today isopon in the front chassis leg why do people do this[frame][/frame]

once this was plated that was the drivers side finnished, so we turned it run & took off the rear wing & yes its as rotten as the first side[frame][/frame]
the front wing has been filled in the past & is starting to bubble again so i managed to get a good second hand one, so the front wing came off i was expecting the inner wing to be rotten but no, its ok, well i havent went over it with a mini grinder Yet[frame][/frame]