Morris Minor Owners Club

Hello,

Apologies up front and feel free to roll your eyes and tut!

The bracing bar under the bonnet from left to right is creased & nearly snapped (where the hinged arm from the bulkhead is bolted to it) and barely hanging on to the inside edge of the bonnet. Although this bar is listed as a seperate part on the charles ware web site it has no price and I've emailed them to ask if can I buy one but they've not got back to me.

Ok so a couple of questions :-

Is the bracing bar actually a spare part that can be bought seperately or is it, in fact part of the Bonnet, and not a seperate part?

Would it work to just bolt a shaped bit of steel the length of the brace from left to right , but how would I fix it to the inner edge of the bonnet without welding it ( i don't own a welder)

Thanks all

Si

This is what I would do.
Purchase a cheap Minor bonnet
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-Minor ... SwINJfDccR
Remove the cross member and after removing the old damaged cross member carefully weld in the replacement cross member.
Then touch in the paint.
I am certain that you can find a local body shop to do the job as you do not have a welder. Try and negotiate with the body shop that you do all the prep work so as to reduce the costs.

Thanks Phil much appreciated

Just make sure the cross member is included. it's not in this one....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-MINOR ... 100623.m-1

You could probably make a bar up that is held in by countersunk screws through the flanges on the sides.

I would suggest you take the welded route - my bonnet brace has been repaired by bolting with countersunk screws, and the paint has failed around the bolt heads - with the stresses and flexing of the bonnet encountered in normal use any bolts used in this way are likely to move even slightly resulting in the paint cracking