Morris Minor Owners Club

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:08 pm**

Hiya everyone, have just joined the club, despite having owned 3 morris over the past 20 yrs. My morris is vry sad at the mo but have taken control back from my husband and gona try to smarten it up. Having nearly died of cancer I have decided to hand paint my moggie purple in the summer. Well cant afford a paint job and ne thing must be better than rust. Always wanted a purple car and a near brush wiv death has made me decide Im gona go for what I want!! Hi again. Kathy

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:45 pm**

Hi Kaf. Welcome from a nearly newbie. Would love to know what area of the country you are in. I'm in Wiltshire and look forward to speaking to local (and not so local ) owners.

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:46 pm**

Welcome Kathy,
Go for it,lets have some pics before and after?

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:53 pm**

Hi Kathy,
going to be doing the same to mine very soon - its a terrible handpainted job at the moment, I'm currently sourcing the most effective (and cheap) way to do it so migth be able to have you learn by the mistakes i will no doubt be making along the way

Kevin
(there are too many Kevins on this board so people just call me orkney or the mad bloke with a pig in his traveller

)

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:44 pm**

hinkathy welcome to the mad world of moggies,and go for what you want out of life

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:54 pm**

Kaf - welcome. Good to see you on the winning side. Keep it up, and don´t worry about the paint job being "just" a hand paint job. I have seen hand painted cars that were beautifully done. And I used to be a car painter in a previous life. It´s a matter of a) the right paint b) the right tools and c) the proper technique. Go for it!

Cheers /Richard

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:02 pm**

Hey you ,mad bloke with a pig in his traveler , sorry couldn't resist that one

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:14 pm**

Your handpainting will probably be a better job than my "professionally sprayed" minor!

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:48 pm**

Go for it kaf. If ya want it purple paint it purple. If the moggy men get away with painting an important car like the Minor Million lilac then purple is fine by me!!!!!

Posted: **Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:53 am**

If you're going to hand paint, then using a roller rather than a brush can get you a much better result:

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/body ... index.html

http://carpainting.wetpaint.com/page/69 ... s%20Method

Posted: **Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:47 pm**

Hi Kathy and welcome aboard, purple sounds good

what colour interior have you got as its possible to get paint for the seats as well.

Posted: **Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:56 pm**

We have 5 Series MM's in our Branch, and one of those is brush painted

Posted: **Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:23 am**

Thanks for all the replies, nice to meet you all. Im in Plymouth in the southwest and we've just taken a battering from the gales. Had a 'well' day ova the weekend and went out to clean car and scrub moss off her!!! Got a quote for welding door panels and bought some parts for a service. Having lots of fun!!
Kaf

Posted: **Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:40 pm**

Hi again Kathy,
Dont forget the pics?We all love to see them and even if you dont want to put them on the board the're great to look back on from your own point of view,before and after jobbie.We've missed the moss already

Posted: **Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:58 pm**

We've missed the moss already

For that Down To Earth look I suppose

And different to the CAL look

Posted: **Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:49 pm**

Kevin wrote:Hi Kathy and welcome aboard, purple sounds good what colour interior have you got as its possible to get paint for the seats as well.

As a man of taste Kevin, what would you suggest, possibly a nice shade of yellow?

Posted: **Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:59 pm**

No thats a little bright for me but black would be nice.