Morris Minor Owners Club

I want to repaint the grille on my 1970 saloon but dont have a workshop manual, is it easy to remove the grille or is it better to paint in situe.
Nick

you will have to take the bumper off, hockey sticks, the bolts at the bottom and top left and right pair of bolts, to remove the front panel first, and then you can take the grill out,

to get a good finish this is the way to go, or you can hand paint in situ, not so good a finish though

it is also possible to spray the grill whilst it is in place, but probably a lot of effort for the end result. If you want a quick result then I'd handpaint and if you want the best result, you have to take it all apart.
The sownside of taking it apart is that the nuts on the back of the chrome trim can be difficult and don't be surprised if some of the studs break off

Many thanks, will take the easy option.
nick

I sprayed mine without too much hastle. Turned out a right classy finish too. No spray over onto the bodywork, chrome or rad either. You just have to slot loads of card down between the rad and push balls of screwed up paper into the crevices on both sides of the grill. Well mask off the bodywork and chrome too and all should be fine.

have a look on my website ,theres a pic of mine midway,steve

well i must admit i took the front offf my van to do the job, i was lucky in so much that all the nuts and bolts came off ok.

i like your trav pick up steve, will we be seeing at the national rally next week/

too far for me dennis mate,thinking of going to norfolk on august 22 though,steve

that is a shame, i have further to go than most, being right on the south coast.

what is at norfolk then

If I remember right you could aso take the slatted grille section out without taking the whole front panel, bumpers, chrome etc off. If you take the radiator out, can you not undo the 4 screws and get the grille out the back? or is the rear plate the radiator attaches to in the road?

eastern regoinal rally,thats the trouble with living on the coast mate, ive had a few people interested in my fiat engine ,untill they cop for the map

hello

first you can not take the grill out without taking the front off.

hello steve just might take a look at that rally.
yes it is a bummer living on the coast
our lcv meeting is in birmingham

maybe next year the mmoc rally will be further south, hopefully

organizers please take note

Dennis,
Next years MMOC rally is down for "the South West" so it might be slightly nearer!

regards

Michael

that will be good
many thanks

dennis, im in hastings
kim

too far from the south coast to donnington! I came down from Edinburgh this year you load of shandy drinkers just get in the car an put your foot down!!!

you load of shandy drinkers just get in the car an put your foot down!!!

That a good remark from someone from the region of Heavy Beer
I think I may have spotted your car on the Sunday Rupert is it not the infamous colour of Highway Yellow, if so does it match the family Tartan

I'm from Burton on trent so I don't think that actually applies to me !

I'm afraid my car wasn't there on the sunday as we disapeared for few halves of shandy on the saturday night with my dad (ok it was the rain ) and didn't come back! quite glad of it now as we must have missed the traffic jams!

Sorry about that Rupert but I am sure there was a Highway Yellow car travelling from Scotland with an owner named Rupert, it just goes to show what old age and an even older memory does for you

oops crossed wires! We were there but only on the Saturday (due to shandy tendancies ) And I grew up in Burton (the home of beer) but now live in Scotland! ( hence the heavy / light beer remark)Hey this would all be easier if we were all stood around in a pub with a pint wouldn't it!

Rupert (In Scotaland(from Burton(with a highway yellow minor)))

http://www.littleyellowcar.co.uk