Morris Minor Owners Club

What areas am I looking at to tell if the chassis has broken?

front and rear of the chassis legs

Can it be repaired (easily?) or is it terminal?

Nothings terminal with a welder and grim determination.....

I think theres a bit of scaremongering going on here. Unless Tim is pretty damned rusty then the chassis rails are unlikley to have snapped. I'd be inclinded to have a look but unless theres a glaring problem (i.e torn metal) then I'd be looking at the engine mounts.

Absolutely - engine mounts first!

Not good Here's the chassis leg on the drivers side. You can see how close the oil filter is to the chassis as well.

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Also there is a patch on the chassis leg on the passenger side. So whether there was as crack on that side as well and someone has just patched over it I don't know

Yup - that looks like it needs some serious attention, more likely to be a new leg than 'cut out the bad and weld in some new' as there doesn't look to be much sound metal in the locality - and as for the other side, I haven't pulled off a patch yet that hadn't made the problem it was 'curing' worse. Sorry.....

Sorry Matt, thats going to need a fair old bit of work to put right

I know Having a good look over the car it doesn't look like it has had a full restoration in its 55 years and is now due one.

I think it's the time now that Tim when to a new owner who has the time, skills and money to give him the attention he needs.

Shame, he looks temptingly nice in your sig photo...

Don't give up hope- someone in your neck of the woods must be a sympathetic Moggy welder! Not much to pulling the engine out and climbing in there! ( I'm trying to make up for the "scaremongering"!)
A rusty mass always looks a lot worse than clean, cut back metal!

It appears that Tim hasn't liked me from the beginning - I've never had an easy time with him - he'd develop a problem for me just sitting there

I think it's time to let someone else have him. Maybe he'll behave for them But I will be VERY sad to see him go

Any offers?

I'd take him if I had any cash.......

I wouldnt worry about the oil filter being near the chasis leg, you car should have an 803cc engine fitted which had the filter further up the block. You have a later engine fitted, the later cars had a 'bent up' flange to clear the oil filter.

I see. Well the car is for sale now if anyone would like to make me an offer.

I tried to find a pic to show what I mean, this one of Davids pickup sort of shows it. Check out the engine bay in the first pic
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/index.php?name=P ... 20&start=0

Aha! I see what you mean.

A picture can say so much so easily!!!!!!