Morris Minor Owners Club

Are the doors on a 1970 2 door saloon the same as fitted to a traveller of the same age??
Nick.

Yes, all Travellers have the same doors as the 2 door
cars. CARS, not vans!

well.. with the small exception that the traveller has stainless steel door tops, but these are interchangeable with some effort.

but they are the same size.

On the subject of replacing doors:

When I swapped the driver's one on my pickup (several years ago) the hinge plate dropped down inside the A post and was a PIG to get out .
Are they normally atached, or is there a trick to doing this?

Ben

They are normally attached (held captive but loose with some brakets)...
but unless the car has never had any rust, don't trust it.
The trick to doing it is to feed a loop of thin welding wire or gardening wire through a couple of the bolt holes before removin the final hinge bolt/s

I was thinking along those lines Ray, but I didn't realise they were held on by brackets.

Benjy, I assume the hinge plate dropped down quite a few inches. How did you get it up again (if you'll excuse the phrase)?

Benjy, I assume the hinge plate dropped down quite a few inches. How did you get it up again

The plate dropped down, almost to the bottom of the A post. This happened with both top and bottom plates.

Thankfully at the time the bottom of the A post had rusted out slightly and I was able to bend a flap of metal open. A length of hooked wire was passed down the A post (glove box out - actually it was never there) and a finger through the hole at the bottom guided the hook onto the plate.

The hard part was getting the plates back into place. One person held the door (with some supports), bolt in hand. The other (me) lowered the plate down on the hooked wire, with another bit of wire through a bolt hole ready to snag it when it came near. Once one bolt had bitten, the rest was easy.

Ben

I believe that you can use one of the front shocker bolts with the head cut off as its the same thread to replace one of the screws and this can remain until its all disasembled and then reasembled.

While on the subject of doors/hinges.

Im trying to swap doors on my cars so i can check sill alingment, however on the drivers door both the hinges are bent. What would be the best way of straitenig (if possible )

Or is it a recon hinge job.

Cheers

Edd

can't see the pics edd, but hinges shouldn't get bent. If they have, then they must have been rusted solid, so probably best to replace / recon them.

Ive got a feeling that it was bent on purpose to get the door fit correct with a rusted a post. The hing itself is fine with no play. But as you say it is probably best to get recon ones (Why did i ever think to myself ill only doo the things that are needed to get it beack on the road???)

Cheers

Edd

Ah - if it was bent on purpose, then maybe best to keep them in case you'll need them to get the door to fit

in case you'll need them to get the door to fit

I hopefully will be able to sort the fit out with normal hinges when i sort the hing piller cover out after ive finnished mucking around with sills.

AS its only one side thats like it it pushes one wing 10 mm forther forward wich makes lining the front panel / boonet fun!

I just wondered if there was an easy way of bending them back to shape as they are cast and i dont want to break them.

Chreers

Edd

just purchased two doors on e-bay cost £16, does that sound a fair price the ones i have fitted are shot to pieces so even if they are not mint they are better than what i've got.

vulc

Sounds good to me if they are reasonable doors, just think how much replacement window winders etc would cost.