Morris Minor Owners Club

When the panels come back from the spray shop what the order of re-assembly?

Guttering, should this be painted before or after attaching to the roof/sides?

Presumably it doesn't make any difference whether the doors are put on first or the wooden sides?

I look forward to having your advice[/i]

Guttering should be fitted before painting as it has to be fixed with tacks (ie hit with a hammer) and then folder over to cover the tacks. Obviously if it was painted first then the paint would suffer during fitting.

Fit the doors before the front wings. This is so that you can get the best door alignment on the roof and B-post and then adjust the wing to get the correct gap at the front of the door.

The side panels can go on at any time, they just screw to the wood.

GAZ has the aluminium guttering on his car just polished up - looks great!

simmitc wrote:The side panels can go on at any time, they just screw to the wood.

The aluminium side panels have to be fixed to the wood before the wood is attached to the body shell because not all the screws are accessible otherwise (I figured this out the hard way).

Alex is right- paint the ali side panels, screw to the wood (don';t forget the dum dum sealer) then fit the side.

I built up the rear of my car before fitting,rather than seperate sides.
As BMC says I polished the gutter,only because i could not be a#sed taking the car back to the painters.

But i'm happy with the results.

Hello Millerman,

do trial fit the roof before fully tightening the wooden framework together and to the shell.

Alec

Thanks all for advice. Panels should be back tomorrow, all that is required now is time!

Do you advise using a sealant on the rubber seal between cab and roof?
If so which is suitable?