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My dads Moggy Minor
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iain
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dosn't sound out of the way, the 6mm. Its really the worst possible place for a jacking point on a convertible, but thats how they were....
I've just rebuilt an awfully bad convertible. (Look down the price list of moggy repair panels and tick everything - thats how bad it was). Didnt have that much movement, but it was a bare shell with no weight on it, then it went back to the owner for biulding up. My own convertible, I'd say is similar in flex. When you drive, if you rest a finger on the top of the door window frame at the corner, just touching the rear side window frame you can feel a little bit of movement between door and body as it travels along the road.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for that info Iain, that puts my mind at rest somewhat !!, when you look at the whats between the A & B posts its not surprising there is some flexing.

Cheers Dave
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thought it was about time I posted an update

I have completed all the welding at last, I found far more to do than the MOT inspector found, but it is done. There were a couple of places on the bodywork that looked a bit suspect, so I attacked them and ended up cutting out more old metal and welding in new stuff.

If you look on the original photo of the car on the trailer, you might spot that here are different shades of green, this is where Dad had panels replaced and painted individually, and unfortunately none of the paint is a really good match! This never bothered my Dad; it was far more important to him that the car was solid and reliable than any cosmetic value.

Anyway with this in mind and the fact that I have done some bodywork repairs. I have decided to re-spray the whole car, so have spent today rubbing the paintwork down, applying stopper to the scratches and stone chips. I dont know how the pro's do it but every time I walk round the car I find a new place to apply some stopper!

I’m going to paint it in 2 pack, which gives you a bit of leeway with the prep, the finest paper I have use is 800, 2 pack will cover the production marks.


I have been using a cellulose stopper and a can of Halfords primer, used this combo before with 2 pack, its handy when you just have small areas to prime, to have an aerosol to hand.


So the plan is to spray it tomorrow (Sunday) I have stripped loads off it prior to spraying, (pet hate of mine is overspray!) so it currently looks 10 times worse than when I picked it up!

These cars look quite mean when the front bumper is removed!


Sad footnote to this project is that my Dad passed away a few weeks ago, so won't see the end result, he was 85, was driving and fixing cars untill a year ago, never taken a driving test, had driven cars from 1939 to 2006 and never had an accident, he was brought up in the depression of the 30's and then shortages of the war, and had a real "make do and mend "mentality, he taught me than eveything is fixable without throwing loads of money at it or having to have a load of training, you just "work the problem" and come up with a result.

I'll keep you posted on how the car progreses.


Dave
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Sorry to hear about your dad!

The moggy should look good!

Cheers

Dave
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sympathies also. and why of course he's going to see it. he's always going to be there in your heart and your memories, and will be riding along when you take her out again. BTW; lovely job so far!
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Painted the Morris today, spent the morning masking the car up, I hate overspray on cars, ideally I would have taken every thing off, but some things were too stubborn and other involved too much dismantling!

I find it quite satisfying masking up, the wheels are covered with ordinary bin liners, far easier than masking them

Have the additional problem with a convertible of no roof, so had to tape in a temporary one.

Painted the car in is original Almond green, got a couple of small runs and a little bit of overspray, but they will cut and polish out. I used 2 pack with a winter hardener, going to leave the paint for a couple of weeks before I polish it up, overall not a bad result. Working out the order of painting the car was a bit tricky, lots of double curves, which is why I ended up with some overspray, no doubt a pro would have done it differently, but I happy with it.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Looks good to me!

I think you are wise to leave it at least a few weeks to harden up.

Cheers

Dave
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Dave

That photo was taken about an hour after painting, so it was touch dry. I gave the car 2 coats. 2 pack paint gives you a gloss that would have taken several coats in cellulose. Total cost to spray the car was less than £50. Smile

Dave
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks great, what extraction gear did you need to do that at home?

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Rick

I have an extractor that is deigned for woodworking !! just to get some air flow, I find you don't get the cloud of spray like with cellulose.

I have an air fed mask with carbon filter, however talking to the guy in the paint shop you can now get 3M disposable masks for 2 pack, they are about £17 will only last 28 days after being removed from the bag they come in, great advantage is you don't need a big compressor to feed both the mask & gun.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Do you need a special compressor to feed the mask, or does the carbon sort that out?

Cheers

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Dave

The mask is fed directly from the compressor, the filter sorts out all the nasty stuff, you can't smell anything (if you could I guess somethings not working!) I think it uses about 7 CFM of air.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

how is the MM coming along now Dave?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Rick

Its not changed much since the last photo (except the masking has all been removed) mainly because I have been away the last 3 weekends on hols. But i wanted to leave it a few weeks for the paint to harden anyway.
There a re a couple of runs and a bit of orange peel (where I had the gun pressure to high) which I hope to sort out this weekend. I'll take some pics and post them as I rectify the paint faults.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Was your Holiday good?

The Horse Shoe show was great, There are some pictures in the show section I think, some Rick took.

Cheers

Dave
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