Morris Minor Owners Club

First paint not on the car, but my colour matched coms gear, love the colour BMC tweed grey

Lovely colour what car was this used on any idea ??. what year is the equipment 60,s ?

irmscher wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:08 am Lovely colour what car was this used on any idea ??. what year is the equipment 60,s ?

BMC tweed grey was a mini colour, looks good with raw carbon and black, my accent colours. The comms are from military chopper pilots, Racal RA 155 Atlantic headset, need to replug because they use peltor or nexus plugs. One they are expensive and two everything else is 1/4inch jack. Com pack is a gutted terratrip, I am reboxing and hiding cable routing.

some images, BMC colour chart, Mini in tweed grey and comms kit

fixwheelmad wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:58 am BMC tweed grey was a mini colour, looks good with raw carbon and black

Tweed grey. Pretty popular Austin colour. Used widely across their passenger car and light commercial ranges from 1955-ish onwards.
I had a two-tone '58 Tweed grey / Court grey A55 Mk.1 Cambridge for several years. My mate (slightly colour blind) insisted it was green and white

I love the colour the colour chart is brilliant .The comms setup Is great and looks really period all you need is a Les Leston window light

Today was a good day as they say, finished all the front chassis rails, the chassis strengthens and cross rail as per JOHN Beardmore design, slowly working back. Have bought a new toy a Cut50 plasma cutter, buy one they are quiet and really easy to use, I reckon I’ve spent at least £50in cutters over the last 6 months.

Cut 50

Cut 50

Lots of welding, a new complete leg, and both strengthen boxes either of engine, still to do top baulkhead panel, straitened out the Jenny roller with a new guide, should prevent any wayward movements. Also under gone mods are the Sandblaster, new lights, full caulk, gravity feed gun, fixed cabling and new cyclone extractor. Really need and justifiying a English wheel and a hydraulic plansiher. Enjoy

I do like a bit of organisation, old tools on new stand, saves dragging to the bench vice all the time, Jenny roller and sheet folder sharing a stand, back bench sorted, and prepped stove for the coming winter.

Today was a good day, got the front floor in and finished the sand blaster, day off tomorrow to do all the drawings for the CNC parts, going to need them soon!

Today was a good day got loads of making done, will weld up tomorrow

Having the day off, really pleased with how things are panning out. Started to build a nuematic planisher, finished my Jenny roller/folder stand. The media blaster works a treat, and I can see the what I’m blasting. Finished most of the rear strength Inf prep too, very happy with how the portable hydraulic press is working too, think a bench one would be even quicker!, most of the photos are the plates to strengthen the rear axle, panhard rods and four bar link, enjoy

More images

fixwheelmad wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:28 pmCut 50

Images of the plasma, best bit of kit bought in a while

Bit of an update , I have a completed floor rebuild, totally stoked, flipping the car next week and cutting metal, this now is the turning point, even chopping out the rear boot!

Organised tools, love it

Whilst it is good to have an organised workshop I personally would be reluctant to tell and show the whole world what I have.

Just shows how different we all are, some let it all hang out, others, like me, won't open the garage doors if there's someone about! I'm quite organised but you'll have to take my word for it!! . Nice project though.