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Car now safely in the hands of a much better company on the dockside at Barry. First bit of blasting so it is bare steel, not yet painted. Not bad for 1949!
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Car now safely in the hands of a much better company on the dockside at Barry. First bit of blasting so it is bare steel, not yet painted. Not bad for 1949!
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Love;y condition body shell!
But what is that hole for near to the rear axle floor bulge?
But what is that hole for near to the rear axle floor bulge?
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Diff filler hole.
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Aaaaahhh, we don't have that on the later Minors.
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Hi rob,
That link =
Went on flebay, there's 1432 of them
, can you show us a pic of the camera you recomend- it sounds usefull.cardiffrob
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http://www.flyonthewall.uk.com/micro-pocket-dvr-spy-camera-8gb-vga-p-321.html
This is the type I got. You have to get a card (8Mb=about 3 hours) for about £10. I paid something less than that for the camera so it ought to cost a max of £30 all in.
This is the type I got. You have to get a card (8Mb=about 3 hours) for about £10. I paid something less than that for the camera so it ought to cost a max of £30 all in.
got to be the starting point for a whole new rebuild thread 
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Lookin' good! Nice to meet a bunch of people who get on with the job and do such nice work. I'd recommend you to anyone. Can you just remind me of your website address? I can't seem to find it.
Cheers
Rob (just got back from a 42-hour-long day trip to Barbados and feeling rather knackered)
Cheers
Rob (just got back from a 42-hour-long day trip to Barbados and feeling rather knackered)
Cheers nice to meet you to..
our web site is http://www.customclassics.biz/home.htm
here are a few more pics from today
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Custon Classics have done an awesome job getting the grot off of the shell. You can see the spotwelds on this 62 year old Morris shell as if it was done yesterday. Nice that they bothered to go even up inside the chassis legs to get the muck out and to then extract as much of the grit as possible. The little bit that came out was tucked right up the end of the leg and only came out after tipping the shell up to get it inside the garage.
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I bet you're feeling a whole lot better now!
Grit breeds in box sections and inaccesible places, even after you've got it all out more appears.
The guy I blast scooters for shoots some stoneguard up hollow sections to seal in any dust or grit that might be lurking so it doesn't blow out when he's spraying it.
Grit breeds in box sections and inaccesible places, even after you've got it all out more appears.
The guy I blast scooters for shoots some stoneguard up hollow sections to seal in any dust or grit that might be lurking so it doesn't blow out when he's spraying it.
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Hmmm. Good tip!
I'm tempted to think about doing our other Morris. That one is in even better condition but soda might be a better bet since it only needs arches and floorpan done. The paint on that one has gone dull and can't be brought back to a shine of any sort. 40,000 miles, one owner and never been changed from the original spec except for tyres and a new carpet set.
I'm tempted to think about doing our other Morris. That one is in even better condition but soda might be a better bet since it only needs arches and floorpan done. The paint on that one has gone dull and can't be brought back to a shine of any sort. 40,000 miles, one owner and never been changed from the original spec except for tyres and a new carpet set.
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Found some minor pinholing in the floorpan where the soundproofing felt had kept in some water. Cut it out, formed a new shaped panel with a BFH and some plywood. Tacked it at the front from the inside on this one....
...and then welded both sides of the car using TIG from above for one end (butt weld) and MIG for the other end (joddled) from below. Naughty boy didn't clean off enough of the old primer, did he.
Grind, skim and paint.
