Morris Minor Owners Club

Many thanks. Don't expect to get back to the paint till April, but this is valuable advice.

Kennatt, thanks for the advice, sounds like I'll be best flatting the existing celly, then recoating, reflatting and polishing. I'll have to accept that I'll need to touch in from time to time. Too late to start again in 2K, but I would do it differently if I was starting again. Keith, from memory I...

The dropbox link wasn't working when I tried it. However.....

www.dorsetmmoc.co.uk/wordpress/tech_art ... ebuild.pdf

Bloody good guide too!

Mark

Thanks Gavin, but looks like I have caused some confusion - my Midget 1275 is the engine, not the car! The carb is an HS4 on a mini manifold, and doesn't look to be in too much danger of fouling the bonnet on my Traveller

I was advised that the Midget boxes would be too restrictive as they are intended for twin HS2 carbs.

I second BrianHawley's suggestion of preserving the old board as a read-only archive. I fully accept the need to upgrade the current board for functionality and security reasons, but 17 years worth of collective experience is beyond price, and needs to be safeguarded like the crown jewels!

My alternative to using the 1098 filter case is half of a pair of MGB cases. I've got this on an HS4 on a Midget 1275 and I think it looks sort of in the spirit of authenticity! I may at some stage adapt the curved inlet pipe - because it is two bolt fixing you can't just swivel these cases round li...

It's not fair!

Just another thought. One of the crucial factors in positioning Traveller inner arches is the timber rear floor support, which is screwed to a small bracket welded to the arch. The timber support should fit snugly between the arches, so it is a good guide to whether the arch is correct vertically - ...

Mine also came from ESM and while they weren't perfect they were acceptable - and their panels tend to be a lot better than A N Other major supplier's. I did a lot of microadjusting with a large hammer as suggested by Kennatt. You've not much choice about the position of the inner arch as it's deter...

I've got my fingers crossed for late April! (or late May if April's not warm.....)

Thanks for advice. It didn't stay in primer for any length of time, and hasn't been out of my dry garage since before prep and primer. The paint was all from Jawel, which I think others have found to be ok, and I've never come across advice to add a hardener. I might be overstating the problem a bit...

I've finally got all panels (apart from the rear roof) fettled and tweaked into position - days and days of bolting and unbolting wings, doors, bonnet and front panel. I'd sprayed everything in advance, well over a year ago, so the paint has had plenty of time to cure. But I think I'm going to have ...

Many years ago, when I was a young a foolish 60 year old, I bought my Traveller without even knowing what was under the kick plates. Despite a lot of structural bituminous paint concealing the underside, and carpet glued to the inside I thought it looked basically sound, especially as the classic sp...

A bit surprised you noticed the missing bump stops from within the engine bay rather than from under the wing. Do you mean the reinforcing plates above the bump stops? Not a particularly difficult item to weld in, but a surprising omission suggesting that the car has not been in good hands. I suspec...

Mine is a later car, but the horn is mounted on an angle with a rubber block to provide flexible mounting. The bracket you show looks very much like a dynamo mounting bracket, eg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-MINOR-1000-DYNAMO-REAR-MOUNTING-BRACKET-FITS-ON-BMC-A-SERIES-ENGINE-USED/392215420638?h...

Ermm - this was in January 2013.

Wasn't automated in the current sense of the word, ie programmed - my father was involved in bringing the first CNC machinery to the UK in about 1965 or 66. In many ways analogue automation, as in the film, was far more impressive.

I cut a couple of holes, made my piece of curved steel, clamped with a long armed welding clamp and plug welded from above. Attached photos in wrong order but should give you the idea. i don't think I'd bother with the Haynes book unless you come across it for a few pence. Much better information on...