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1954 Morris Minor Restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:10 pm
by mmjosh
1954 morris minor bought from a man who owned a boatyard for £300.00 and needed welding to the floors and innerwings picture of it as bought.<br>Image<br>

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:14 pm
by mmjosh
floor been welded<br>Image<br>

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:16 pm
by mmjosh
inner wing been welded<br>Image<br>

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:16 pm
by andrew.searston
looking good josh. i think you made a wise dicision on not buying that 2 door trafalger blue saloon. a good polish would make it look a million dollers.
have you got any more pictures?????????

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:37 pm
by mmjosh
948cc engine and engine bay ready for painting<br>Image<br>

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:39 pm
by mmjosh
underneath all waxoyled<br>Image<br>

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:41 pm
by mmjosh
underneath<br>Image<br>

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:44 pm
by mmjosh
underneath
<br>Image<br>

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:45 pm
by mmjosh
front
<br>Image<br>

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:47 pm
by mmjosh
front<br>Image<br>

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:40 pm
by Peetee
A good buy and looks a neat job. Well done :)

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:43 pm
by d_harris
Did you waxoyl the exhaust pipe? That might be a bit interesting when it gets hot.....

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:45 pm
by MColes
Dan_Harris wrote:Did you waxoyl the exhaust pipe? That might be a bit interesting when it gets hot.....
:lol:

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:12 am
by mmjosh
no that was like that when i bought it

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:49 am
by d_harris
might be worth trying to clean it off a bit, unless you want massive smoke when you run it!

Looks 10 times better than my trav when I got it! (and the paintwork looks about 100 times better! :oops: )

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:59 pm
by Sidney'61
Dan_Harris wrote:Looks 10 times better than my trav when I got it! (and the paintwork looks about 100 times better! :oops: )
And he hasn't covered all the windows in chalk.. :roll:

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:35 pm
by mmjosh
what would be good to clean the exhaust off with

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:49 pm
by andrew.searston
thinners might do it. paint striper
i dont realy know try scraping it off first

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:01 pm
by ASL642
White spirit on a cloth.

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:02 am
by tortron
personally i would get the engine up to temperature and enjoy the smoke screen :lol: