1968 Police Morris Minor

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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Bought new brackets but once one was ground off the bracket was actually just covering the holes
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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So 190 mile road trip to get an reconditioned rear axle with brackets fitted
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Great tool for easy removal off the rear nut absolute god send
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Cleaned these up from all the road dirt and grime the wires brushed and coated with some anti rust and given some coats of filler primer before painting a matt black
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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All sprayed up now
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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White grill now added
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Rear side windows all cleaned up and new rubbers on just need help when time to put them in.
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Found some rust already on the new paint job so not happy, treated it with some rust treatment.
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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I'm afraid to tell you but that rust looks like it needs to be cut out and welded properly otherwise it will spread.
Having gone so far I would cut it out and repair it.
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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I had the whole car welded and whole respray done by a company just over a 6 months ago and spent 5k doing it and they had the car for over a year doing it, I wont tell you that when It came back It’s missing lots of the parts that It went with, I thought this was caused by where the metal was rubbing on the boot above ie metal on metal.

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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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I'm only looking at the picture on my tablet but it looks like it's perforated.
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Murrayminor wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:10 pm I'm only looking at the picture on my tablet but it looks like it's perforated.
No thankfully Its just the new paintwork thats come off on there and also the lid.
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Hi
Sorry to say i agree with Murrayminor, get a thin sharp mini screwdriver and see if it pushes through the rust

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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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ian.mcdougall wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:17 pm Hi
Sorry to say i agree with Murrayminor, get a thin sharp mini screwdriver and see if it pushes through the rust

Totally solid It’s the angle of the picture taken, just a bad paint paint job done and It got chipped off and started to rust as the car stands out In the drive with a cover and metal was hitting metal.
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Glad to hear that it's nothing more serious than some scratching and light surface rust. You'll be relieved about that !

Just shows how photos can be misleading. Along with some of the others, I looked at that photo a few times and I was convinced it was far worse too.
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Bit of work on the doors today including new door straps
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Little update, cleaned these bits all up now
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Axle rebuild underway
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Leaf springs put back on with new rubbers and nuts ,screws and brackets
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Re: 1968 Police Morris Minor

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Pain In the DONT SWEAR OR YOU WILL BE BANNED to get the front secured, seems the nuts that came with kit will not do up even tried a new kit same thing, ended up having to use cutting paste and tighten then slacken and take some metal off the pin.
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