Morris Minor Owners Club

the rear arch[frame][/frame]

Had a couple of hours on it yesterday, the rear wing is off and seems perfect with just a couple of small dents needing sorting out. The mounting flange has already been replaced but not very well there is some rusting around some of the welds where it looks like they have not painted the inside and...

For the indicators you can alwas fit motorcycle ones hanging down from the bumpers.

Its possible the chassis is sagging but more likely is the A pillar is crumbling. If you can lift the back of the door until it fits the apperture around the roof and is parrallel to the b pillar it is probably the A post.

You will need to find out if the new paint is compatable with the old, try an area and see if it reacts, if all is ok and the exiting paint is in good condition, flat it back with something like 400 grit paper, prime, flat back with 800 grit then topcoat, severel thin coats are better than overdoing...

Firstly buy a decent socket (my sets tend to end up with all the commonly used ones replaced with good quality hex sockets), heating the alloy case with hot air gun or blowlamp arond the plug may also help.

Andrew polished up the chrome, most of it came up as passable. We have also now removed the glass and trim and cut the lower bodyside behind the door away which revealed the ususal corrosion and dodgy patches, there is a bit of rust around one of the rear quarter windows, but otherwise no great new ...

someone has recently fitted new front wings, they have even painted over the label (on the outer surface!)should these seams be lead loaded?[frame][/frame]

and the centre X memer I will fit a complete new one.[frame][/frame]

and the sill, from the other resorations I have seen this looks pretty normal, interestingly the inner sill seems to have a wax coating and has hardly any rot, the jacking point fell off just after this!.[frame][/frame]

inside the same area plenty of rot here.[frame][/frame]

the outisde of the roof to rear panel after a bit of grinding, a few holes and pretty thin in places[frame][/frame]

quite a bit of rot in the lh base of a pillar the rh is Ok though[frame][/frame]

the rh inner wing[frame][/frame]

some photos, firstly the engine compartment, the inner wings are rustyalong the top edges and around the bump stop but seem repairable.[frame][/frame]

Started stripping down today, floors look pretty good, there are patches over the centre x member and in the rear corners which I will cut out and redo otherwise they are sound, the A pillars look fine on the outside but have obviously rusted inside so will need removing and re building, inner sills...

Picked it up today, all went well, it's now currently sitting on my 4 post ramp, lesson 1 is don't prod too much on a rusty morris minor when your classic lotus is parked underneath! (fortunatelly no damage just mud / rust all over it). Frorm the initial inspection: -Floors / inner sills don't lok t...

Looking at the pictures it has a dynamo, I have 2 or 3 17ACR alternators around, I assume they are what is normally used? What about brackets do I need parts from a midget or are there other sources which will do?. For the brakes I would rather keep them standard so this is the way we will go strip ...

Well I have bought a minor, unseen from ebay, I know I should have looked at it but simply did not have the time (busy finishing the garage to put it in). It is a 69 two door in white, it appears to be 100 complete and I paid £460 for it, I figured I will probably need to replace all the usual rust ...

Well the garage is built, yesterday I bought one, today after had arranged the trailer etc they reneaged on the deal , marvelous. To re cap we are looking for a late saloon as along term restoration project, idealy somewhere in the south east max budget around £400 does anyone have anything? There i...