Morris Minor Owners Club

well, cut chassis leg off today,and have discovered front floorpan & engine bay tie plate r not good enough to weld too , thin/weak in places so im not messing about, theyll have too come out ,more time/money , its enough to drive a man to drink any sympathy welcome

I will have a pint of sympathy tonight on your behalf.

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Oh, Bu£$%er!

I'm sure you'll sort it Steve! It might be worth asking round at the club- as you sometimes get folk selling good second hand new/ old stock type panels.

more time and money? Just don't tell the missus! ;)

ello john,im gonna order them monday ,also phone butterworths plating for a price on galv; or zinc plating off chassis leg, i hoping to make the meet on the 13th ,u going mate?

Yup! I'll be there, as I missed the last two, and I might (fingers crossed) be arriving in a freshly road legal 1969 Traveller!

Are butterworths the company that also does chroming?? I'm going to make the car look a bit prettier, once its MOT'd.

Galvanising would make the leg harder to weld on??

yes mate they do chrome, ill have too grind off galv on flange for welding but i want the bottom half protected mostly,still,see how much they want first!, also fumes,cyanide i think, but if it dont cost too much they should last a long time with drain holes and waxoil too,steve

Or a much cheaper way to get most of the protection- weld thru zinc primer on the welded flanges, zinc primer (applied to bare keyed metal) on the inside and outside of the leg, and a tough coating on the outside (hammerite or stone chip).

Then keep the outside waxoyled and squirt thinner stuff on the inside- such as dinitrol 3125.

OTOH, freshly galvanised pieces do look lovely!

let us know how much.

well, got a price from a firm in ashford, roughly £25 to zinc plate one chassis leg ,which i thought was ok,so looks like ill be going for that,steve

Thats not bad!

how much to do the whole car?