Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi All, though id post up my little resto project of a 1960 2 door minor.

last refurbished mid 90's buy a chap who lived in Essex and sold onto my Mother, car has not been used for some years now, probably last used regularly 2000-2002?? and been a front driveway ornament since. The local pikeys have been looking at it for some time now and feel that if left on the drive for much longer id come home to it not there so it resides on a hardstand in the garden. When the car was last restored it was done fairly well but now its in need of some patching up.

The boot floor was shot, the outer side panels have seen better days, door bottoms are holey, the front outriggers were shot, boot lid has some corrosion to the bottom. Pretty usual stuff i suspect. last year I tackled the front and now all is fine this incorporated fitting marina front brakes with a complete trunnion/suspension refurb from new parts. I started on the back about a month ago. I really need to get this a rolling chassis by next week as its a big milestone and it means I don’t have to get welding burns in my arms anymore. When its rolling i will have to sort out brake lines from a marina pedal box which means welding in the box to the front. Then start playing about with fitting the engine which will be fun and games but i dare to say more pleasurable to do than grinding and welding. I have tried my best to get as many stage shots as possible but get carried away so bit are missing between steps

driver side shot



passenger side shot



driver side prior to being cut out



the cutting out of rust metal to sides and boot floor and remaking sections of boot floor








the welding on of lower boot floor









rear section without sides welded on



sides welded on




in progress driver side arch repairs






driver side cut out lower section



welded but not painted passenger rear arch



primed but not under sealed welded inner arch repair




driver side finished inner arch repair



shot of arch repair to driver side showing shot of cut away side section



much more to follow..

Looks a really nice project, and great workmanship "fast road" so a 1275?

Welcome and great job,looks like you have done it before .
Looking forward to see the updatings.

cheers Daniel

thanks for the comments, bit of a leaning curve really as ive never cut open a car so much, my weldings not the best in the world but as i have heard, practice makes perfect!

little bit more than a 1275, im fitting a fiat twin cam, ive got a 1600 at the moment. more than likely going to make that fit then get a 2000 lump as the 1600 needs new rings which would probably mean a mild strip down and id rather prefer to get a working 2000 to save time but ill fit the 1600 and see if its a runner first. that would be the fun bit though ive got to get the escort axle in place and all the brakes working first and that will probably keep me busy for a good few weeks.

Need a bit of advice on ordering a panel

The section of the car behind the door on underside of the car near where the spring hanger is there is a Cill that is coroded it runs under the car from the rear wing and up to the centre crossmember I only found it when I have rolled the car on it's side it's the passenger side or ns that I need

Thanks for help

Hi

Its probably this one 024/5?


Taupe

thanks for help seems like its the one, to be sure ill take some pics at the weekend then ill try to souce part from esm as they have diffrent part numbers to the hadrian panels although i think they use them

cheers

looks like you know what you are doing and doing it well

little update

I have now successfully welded the floor to the car and the car is now on the ground again, today i fitted up the rear shoes on the escort axle, and changed the front standard marina wheel studs to Rover metro items which have a larger bore to suit my Weller wheels, the studs off a metro are a direct replacement believe it or now its was so easy to change them, pulled them through and you wouldn't have thought they were for a different car.

However with the studs using steel wheels they will probably need a 5mm or a 10mm spacer as they were designed for the disc brake to fit over the studded hub as to the setup on the marina, i would have thought if an alloy wheel was put on i would get away with it as the back plate of the alloy would be much thicker than a steel wheel.

Next step is to fit the marina pedal box, marina front calipers that i rebuilt in the winter, and fit new brake lines all round, oh and also sort out the issue with handbrake cable not being long enough etc. etc.