Morris Minor Owners Club

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...

It has a mildly warmed over 2.25 petrol running on LPG

(9:1 Compression ratio, cleaned out ports, unleaded valve seats, 1.75" su, free flowing exhaust and distributor-less mapped ignition)

Thanks for the replies, A good point about location, We live in Chelmsford Essex. When we get a vehicle and get started we will post a blog somewhere ( assume there is a restoration section on this site somewhere?) I've added a pic of the Land rover which was my latest resto, (don't worry we won't l...

Hi, I have just joined the forum, my 11 year old son has asked for a car for myself and him to restore for his birthday and we figured something which keeps him from becomming adicted to a computer is no bad idea, firstly I am extending the garage to make room, by knocking 2 buildings into one, we w...