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Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:47 pm
by alexandermclaren
looking real good Josh
like the new floor panels
worth it in the end
for years to come she will sail through the MOT
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:43 pm
by mmjosh
tonight i painted the drivers side dash panel[frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:00 am
by don58van
Nice restoration work Josh.
BTW - Where did you get the chequered paint?
Well -- someone had to ask.
Cheers
Don
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:53 am
by mmjosh
What I done was spray paint the panels black then mask it all up and then spray over it in white then carefully remove the masking tape
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:48 pm
by les
Bet you had fun smoothing the paint edges!!
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:52 pm
by mmjosh
ive left the edges

Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:27 pm
by les
mmjosh wrote:ive left the edges

Oh dear.

Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:22 pm
by mmjosh
You can't really see them so I thought I'll leave them
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:37 pm
by les
Mind you don't cut yourself then!

Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:31 pm
by mmjosh
today i picked up 2 banded steel wheels for the back and 2 original wheels for the front so i decided to see what they looked like on the morris.[frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:17 pm
by mmjosh
I have now fitted the o/s/r wing and piping[frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:21 pm
by chrisryder
those wheels look great!
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:18 pm
by mmjosh
last weekend i managed to get most of the welding done apart from a small area of rot on the drivers rear chassis leg and the drivers side jacking point but all the passengers side is completed and sprayed in dinitrol waxoyl[frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:40 pm
by mmjosh
Well today i finally finished all the welding and painted the floor inside the car[frame]

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I then moved onto the engine bay and painted it in red oxide then primer[frame]

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Then i painted it in the final colour trafalgar blue[frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:24 pm
by mmjosh
1275cc head with new valves and has been painted ready to fit on the 1098cc engine[frame]

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Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:24 pm
by chrisryder
I presume you've check that there is sufficient clearance for the exhaust valves to open?
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:45 am
by mmjosh
yes i had the valve seats sunk

Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:44 pm
by Greengrass
Well you lot it could be my turn it looks like we all get a good stuffing when we buy one mine is a convertable ive started it and if we get the pictures on you will see what i got BUT if somebody can tell me how to get pics on i will there is a lot 50+
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:48 pm
by LouiseM
Greengrass wrote:if somebody can tell me how to get pics on i will there is a lot 50+
Details are here:
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36971
Re: my 1967 morris minor
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:24 pm
by StaffsMoggie
Nice welding work there.