Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi,
I'd be interested to know peoples experiences, good or bad, with fitting fibreglass panels - wings, boot etc. I know about the non rusting but what about things like flexing, panels gaps, finish quality etc. I am considering fitting some in order to reduce the weight but am not yet sure.

Regards,
Wal

i dont like them.
no strength,

paint will show stress marks over time,

there just a cheap option,

unless you racing then those factors become important.

Many years ago with my first Minor when I was ppor & impoverished I used GRP wings. Three were perfect fits, the 4th was a right b*****d requiring some chopping & glassing to make it fit. I've still got the car in the garden, and the wings are rust free! Note that there can be a great deal of difference in quality between different suppliers. Gelcoat craking only a probelm on porr quality parts, or if you hit them - boats & plenty of big things are made from GRP with no problems. However, I don't think that you'll save much weight, and I'd stick with steel for most parts, although I've currently got GRP valances on the bumpers.

boats! imagine how thick the grp is compared to a grp wing
no wonder it dosent crack.

I dunno, I've considered them and would consider them now - but then I'm poor and impoverished. I've forever regretted not salvaging the four wings off a sad little moggie in a scrappy in Hemel all those years ago. They'd obviously survived a long time and weren't cracked (the gel-coat was fine) despite the abuse of being on a scrap mog. The only sign that they were GRP was that someone had had the electrics off the car. Was a red 2 door 1000, incidentally.

I fitted a pair of cheap rear wings to my old saloon and they
crazed badly within three weeks of finishing a two year rebuild!
My convertible has one fibreglass front wing which is well made
and strong BUT it has 'starburst' marks where stones are thrown
up by the front wheels. I would only recommend that the front
and rear valances are a very good idea in glass because of the
value for money compared with the steel type and for their rust
proof qualities.

youve got a fiberglass wing on your morris willie
i'm shocked

Can any of you point me to a website where someone offers a fiberglass valance panel? I need one, and fiberglass would be ideal for my application.


Thanks

The best ones are available from Smith and Deakin and they are listed under BLMC not Morris
http://www.smithanddeakin.co.uk/

BRIXTON, yes,one glass wing but I draped my body over it when
I met you so that you didn't notice! It's on my 'must do' list.