A Minor Restoration - Part 1

[@wrayxphoto]

I am so glad that you have posted this. I bought a 1958 last year that needs a little welding and respraying. But today I picked up a 1955 series 2 split screen the outer shell panels and body are good but the floor is completely rotted out. Loads of work and like you I have no history of welding or spraying. Joys of classic cars I guess...lol

[@steveporritt1550]

Great job and a great sense of achievement once you have finished. My only bits of advice for anyone starting a rebuild are: It's going to cost twice as much & twice as long as you estimate. Clean the underside of the car as best you can, working on a car with dust & rust falling in your eyes reduces your urge to just spend half an hour working on it. Angle grinders are cheap & keep swapping cutting blades to grinding, to flap wheels takes a lot of time. Often cheap lighter grinders are fine for cutting & using a flap wheel & reduce the strain on your arms when holding them over your head, lying on your back. I agree, buy a good welder & use the unseen parts of the car to practice on, once you can do basic welds. Check the penetration of the welds by looking on the back of the panel. Once you have dialled this in for a set of panels, note down the settings, so you can quickly reset a welder for the other side. Auto darkening helmets, even cheap ones, are a game changer but sometimes there just isn't space, so protect your skin & especially your eyes. Arc eye is very painful & quite concerning, ask me how I know. 😏

[@chrissandberg8856]

Fantastic presentation. For a first time restoration you are doing ALL the right things. For it being a UK car it's in very good shape. Here in the States we see them in varying states of rust depending on which State its from and if it was outside for years or not. All I can say is keep it coming and your doing a great job, you're very through which will preserve it for a long time. looking forward to the next installment.

[@tonploem6959]

Impressive! In a basic setting with basic tools anyone could afford and basic skills anyone could learn you achieve professional results! Thanks to your inexhaustible energy, perseverance, improvisation power, technical talents and... courage! Thanks also for taking the efforts to film the whole process, edit the raw material and post it on KZbin! Ton

[@Tomthumb222]

You seem to be doing a good job of the restoration. Well done.

[@craigmartin6457]

Can't wait for the next!

[@hanvyj2]

Just put out the next episode, which I'd mostly already filmed. Hope you like it

[@scottsimons5814]

Great job I am in same boat working on a Morris never done it before. Learn as you go.

[@stephengirling7859]

I'm impressed. Looking forward to part 2. Just subbed.

[@thebarleymow]

Great job my man. You’re doing well. Don’t forget seam sealer.

[@hanvyj2]

Yes, I'm planning on doing it in all one go after I've done all the welding, before I put on the base coat of colour on top of the epoxy primer.

[@kellygiddens3356]

Nice Work!

[@hanvyj2]

Thanks!

[@tobymiddleton6763]

I'm also restoring a rather rotten Moggie. Fun isn't it? 😅 The whole coatings subject is a minefield especially around the whole "weld thru" issue. Regardless of opinions You've just got to get on with it haven't you. I've used em121 and liked it so may well use it again but am currently working through a batch of Bilt Hambers version. Much of a muchness probably... Hope to see more of your work

[@hanvyj2]

Yes it's definitely a much... debated subject. I figured so long as I seal it up well, and treat the cavities with a good rust inhibitor any choice will be sufficient.

[@tobymiddleton6763]

@@hanvyj2 yeah fundamentally the design of the cars is not on our side. Gonna be interesting to look at these treated panels in a few years time. Big believer in the epoxy mastic but let's see eh? 🤞

[@richardmoorhouse9951]

Thanks for this I’m doing the same,do you know the colour of the car? mine’s the same ,

[@hanvyj2]

It's "Smoke Gray" I think. BMC colour code 15, ICI colour code 3301. There are some similar slightly more blue colours used for moggies though, like Bermuda Blue, I'm pretty sure smoke gray was a pretty common colour though.

[@richardmoorhouse9951]

That’s what I thought, but it’s not, smoke grey is the police car blue, I tried dove grey but that’s miles away, the previous owner thought it was Toga white but that’s not a Morris colour I think, but anyway I can take it to a paint supplier and get them to scan it. But thanks for your reply 😁

[@hanvyj2]

@@richardmoorhouse9951 what colour is the interior? Smoke grey came with a pale blue interior. Other grays often came with red. But there's definitely some non standard colours out there! This is worth a look, www.minimania.com/Austin_Mini_Paint_Color_Codes_481

[@richardmoorhouse9951]

Red interior black carpets, farina grey or toga white looks close

[@keithwalker6892]

Can we get something on its larger version .the 1952 Morris Oxford. Many of these manufactured in India

[@JoeShepherd-kw8ni]

I have the MO van👍 great machines

[@jeyasealamkunjan2609]

Is it for sale

[@hanvyj2]

The car? In it's current state it's in pieces! But no, unlikely to ever be for sale. First car, had it for over 10 years, will have spent a lot of blood sweat and money restoring it when I'm done. Financially restoring cars is a terrible idea haha, it'll be worth less than what I've put into it. But it's a hobby.