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[UKdave2002]

Picked up my dads Moggy Minor today, he has not used it since Dec 05, and has now decided to give up driving.
I’m going to get it MOT’d and then sell it for him, it will need some welding round the spring hangers which I‘m hoping to do this week.


Mentioned in another post the sort of modifications he did, always for a “practical” reason! this car has a brake servo, unleaded head, and the extras on the dash below!, it wouldn’t take much to put it all back to original.

Hoping to get it MOT’d in the next couple of weeks,and then sell it, if you are interested in it let me know.


Dave

[Rick]

Hows it going with the MM then UKD? ready to hit the roads, it'd have been a nice runabout for the weather over the bank holiday weekend!

R
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[UKdave2002]

Hi Rick

Waiting for an inner wing panel, so didn't end up starting it. instead spent the weekend demolishing an old barn at the back of our house!!!!
(actually got some child labour on the job !!)

[Rick]

looks like it was a useful parts store that!

to be replaced by a nice big garage perhaps???

R

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[UKdave2002]

It was a great parts store and workshop !!! the garage on the right is what has replaced it, would have ben nice to keep it but unforntunatly it was in the wrong place and is to become a patio (we all have to comprimise!)

[Rick]

mmm I'll have to look that word up

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[Old-Nail]

And aren't patio's for putting cars on?

[Rick]

thats it, then you can sit in your car, on the patio, to sup a refreshing cup of tea regardless of the weather, perfick!

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[buzzy bee]

Hi

Dmolishing an outbuilding sounds a very upsetting experience but like you say, your new garage has probably made up for it!

Cheers

Dave

[UKdave2002]

It now looks like this

[OJSouth]

Whats the lastest on this car?

[UKdave2002]

I did the welding that it failed the MOT on ( a couple of small holes near the rear spring hanger, but when I jacked up the driver side the door gap went from about 1/4 inch to over 1" !!, so obvious problem with the sills (which were all done about 8 years ago together with the cross member), took the sill cover plate off the sills are ok (have the correct addditional soft top sill strengthener) its just the metal they are welded to at the front is shot, so i'm goin to put new sills in anyway when I do those repairs. Ironically this would never have been spoted on the MOT as its all hidden!
I'm also going to replace to replace the floor panels, they are not too bad, but my Dad in his wisdom coated them with glass fibre , because on his last morris the carpets used to ge a bit wet through some minor leak, never dry out propperly and would rot the floor, trouble is whilst it is stopping this it looks like a huge bodge! ( which its not), so have a couple more weekend work !

Dave

[pigtin]

Hop you have better luck than me Dave. This started as a sill and door repair.http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t103/donthebat/sprdiscpanels.jpg

[pigtin]

And at least this much work at each corner.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t103/donthebat/rearquarofsprite.jpg

[UKdave2002]

The sagging car was due to a lack of good metal at the bottom of the A post, all the inner components of the sills have only the lightest of surface rust.

When I jack the car up now (bearing in mind the jacking point is right in the middle of the car) I still get about 6mm increase in door gap at the top of the door, the other side is the same, is this normal for a soft top moggy ?

Dave