Morris Minor Owners Club

I got new bumpers, hinges for trunk and hood, missing chrome parts otherwise and some new rubber parts including piping for rear wings, so I will remove hood and trunk lid also to paint them separate as I want paint under the hinges.

The paint is in good condition so I will leave it there and just sand it down, put epoxy primer over all, fix any scratches and the bad area on the front wing, make it flat and nice, more epoxy primer and paint on top of that (single stage, no clear), I did it before on my Dodge Lancer so it should be ok, it will not be a show car, but that is not what I am after either.

Bought vinyl for the interior (white), can't have red interior with a blue car, not sure what to do about the seats yet (worn maroon vinyl).

I cannot see any bad rust under either so I think I got lucky there, breaks look brand new and the brake hoses are new.

Well, that was all for today.

Floor is looking good, there are some repairs, but they are well done, no rust and no holes, there was some water at the rear seat foot area and it started to get some surface rust there, but not too late to stop it.

Just red rust protection paint there now, so there is room for improvement there.

Well, it is getting there, it is now Honolulu blue, all is painted, now I "just" have to put everything back together, most rubber will be new, new bumpers, new chrome parts (hinges and so on).

I did get a few runs in the paint of course, so I have to wait a few days before I take care of them, otherwise the paint is pretty good, some polishing will be needed of course.
That photo does not show the color correct, this is a better representation of the actual color.

Almost finished now, painted, new rubber and new chrome to replace the bad parts. all glass got new rubber also, the only thing missing are the door cards and seats, the need new vinyl, but I will put in the old parts for now, it's getting winter so it will have to wait a little.

Yes, there is some orange peel, but there are plenty of paint so it will polish away, just more work.

Well done. Great to see your car coming together. Isn't it getting a bit cold for painting in Sweden? I know that at this time of year I can usually only restore small parts in the house because my garage is unheated and too cold. I have tried of course and made a mess of the painting jobs!

Stephen

jagnut66 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2026 11:41 pm That does look alot better.
But you missed the gear lever?
Easy fix though, even in the cold you can 'rattle can' it back to black.
Best wishes,
Mike.

Funny you should mention that. My gear lever is probably the only thing left on my car that hasn't had a lick of paint. It's rusty and shabby. I think I'll rub it down and brush paint it with black enamel to save having to remove it or worry about spray drip from a rattle can.

Stephen

Funny you should mention that. My gear lever is probably the only thing left on my car that hasn't had a lick of paint. It's rusty and shabby. I think I'll rub it down and brush paint it with black enamel to save having to remove it or worry about spray drip from a rattle can.

This stuffs good and requires no primer:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144885850320 ... R_629b6waA
Best wishes,
Mike.

I painted most of it in August so the temperature was good, the last few parts was painted inside (hood, trunk lid and some smaller parts), now it is a bit cold for painting outside.

My basement is ok temperature all year around and with a little heat in there and a dehumidifier it works great.

I did one big mistake, I had some nasty paint runs in the left door and it was getting cold so I decided to remove the door and get that done in the basement, the lower plate with the threaded holes for the hinge screws was loose and fell off inside the door pillar, it was a pain to fix that, had to use magnets to lift the plate back in place and make new threaded rods I could screw in to hold it in place while putting the door back on again, took some time but it worked out, the threaded rod actually worked well to keep the hinge in place while putting back the bolts, as far as I understand this is a common problem, I should have checked before I removed the door .

The gear lever will be painted also

It's getting there, not too bad (I did the vinyl myself so don't expect too much )