Morris Minor Owners Club

Yes indeed, very droll! Because of the curves in the frame ,even trying to fit the parts as economically as possible there is a lot of wastage, mainly odd shaped bits which will be no use for anything, although I am throwing nothing away until the job is finished. Luckily the local sawmill is very u...

Thanks Steve, but I am making the frame from scratch.,Starting off with big lumps of ash,ending with smaller lumps of ash and a lot of firewood offcuts.

That's great thanks. I will go ahead with cutting from solid.

In the process of making new ash frame for traveller,(glutton for punishment) coming along very well if slowly. I am about to start making new rear pillars,. The existing rotten pillars from the car are laminated. Was this the original method of construction ? I am thinking that they might have been...

Apologies all round!!!! Should have checked.

Thanks Panky, it definitely is confusing.Obviously I realise that the rebate is on the inner face,but looking at the plan it does appear to be on the outside. Luckily I haven't cut the rebate out yet as I can leave it till later. I have the BMC plans, but they are very hard to interprete as there ar...

Having a bit of a respite from all this welding... I have begun to make replacement woodwork for the traveller,and planned to use the plans from the net by Alexander Posch. I found the plans somewhere on this forum ,but can't find them again otherwise would include a link. :( They are are in German ...

Yes Geoberni, that's the bit at the LH side of the repair panel.
Thanks to all .
Here is the photo. .... I thought that I had done something wrong in uploading.

Thanks Les & Phil, I figured it had something to do with the wing but couldn't be sure. Does the bracket touch the wing or is there any kind of spacer in between?

.. At the bottom of the new hinge posts is a small square bracket..it sticks out from the side,its a box section. Am I correct in thinking that it holds the bottom of the front outer wing in place, and if so ,does the wing have a tongue of metal which slips into it..a bit like a latch? I need to reb...

Hello.. the trestles are exactly a metre high, this means that if I turn the whole thing over,the roof clears the floor by about 100 mm. Luckily I have the 2 post lift ,otherwise it might be very difficult to lift the body up to the required height,but it should be possible using jacks or a block &a...

Yes, they do indeed turn the car, however as I continue the panel replacement, the car get's that bit heavier and it needs a bit more wellie to turn it over. To begin with I only had holes in the tube at 90% apart but as the work went on, it was really good to have the angle of the car set to suit t...

Rob, did you make the small channel which holds the rubber seal on the base of the door?
I would attach a photo, but my attachment refuses to attach. and the copy and paste thing has gone on strike.

Thanks for the photos Rob, very useful.

Hi again
just spent some time on his youtube tutorials. Excellent, he really knows his stuff and doesn't waffle like so many others.
I especially liked his tio about cutting at 45% before butt welding ,simple and makes sense!
Can't wait till tomorrow to try it out!
Thanks for the pointer.

Just had a very quick look at Fitzee, I wiil study all of it tomorrow, thanks for the reply.

Lockdown will have its advantages,plenty of time to spend in the shed.!

Thanks Geo.. I did as Rule 2, as you said, however try as I might I couldn't get them to come in the correct order (Last one clicked came out as first) and couldn't place the text between the pics. Be that as it may, hopefully my ideas might be useful. Apologies too anyone who thought if this method...

Next job is to sort doors ,rusty at bottoms. Question is .looking at the photos,is it feasible to make up repair panels myself to replace the rusty metal? or should I buy new panels. The reason I ask is that many of the panels I have bought so far quite frankly don't fit too well and often need a fa...

Faced with having to make an internal curved flange and not having a shrinker, I tried this.. First cut a piece of hardwood to the required curve.. Clamp metal in former, firmly in vice,using extra clamps if needed. Hammer down the flange,working from end to end Keep going,working it over evenly. Fi...

Hi Phil, good to hear from you. Believe it or not,I was given ,yes Given the lathe about 20 years ago,It was in a bit of a state but with the help and knowledge of a retired machinist pal, I cleaned it up ,had the bed reground along with a few other bits&pieces and learned how to use it. It i ha...