1 Day Morris Minor Fix Up
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- I answered a call to go and take over the repair of a 1955 Morris Minor that needed the engine and gearbox installed and finished off. This was a half finished project and it turns out that taking over someone elses work is a bit of a mission!
Here's the restoration series of my Morris Minor so far:
Part 1
• Barn Find Project Car ...
Part 2
• Barn Find Morris Minor...
Part 3
• Morris Minor - Coolan...
Part 4
• Morris Minor - Cleanin...
Part 5
• Morris Minor - Compres...
Part 6
• Morris Minor Engine Re...
Part 7
• Pressure washing the A...
Part 8
• Morris Minor Cylinder ...
Part 9
• Morris Minor - Cylinde...
Part 10
• Morris Minor - Strippi...
Part 11
• Morris Minor - Removin...
Part 12
• Morris Minor - Finding...
Part 13
• Morris Minor - Rust Re...
Part 14
• Morris Minor Project U...
Part 15a
• Morris Minor - Windscr...
Part16
• Morris Minor - Clearin...
Part 17
• Morris Minor - Cutting...
Part 18
• Morris Minor - Inspect...
Part 19
• Morris Minor - Checkin...
Part 20
• Morris Minor - Welding...
Part 21
• Morris Minor - Fitting...
Part 22
• Morris Minor - More Pa...
Part 23
• Morris Minor - Prep an...
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Awesome. Just found my late fathers 1947 Morris Minor and Morris Eight Pitman’s owners manual. Mint condition. Wish I had his vehicle from those years, lol. What memories.
Ak NZ
Gosh, I love your videos. I'm watching this one in December of 2023, and am hoping that you produce some new videos soon. For everything you do.
The fun starts when the sparks fly!
Always! Never managed to do that before and hopefully never again!
Very impressive, and very kind of you to take the time and the trouble.
It has been fun helping out 😀
I always get a extra big dollop of job satisfaction out of fixing and finishing off something that somebody else has started but has not been able to complete, for whatever reason. Big pat on the back Johnathon, you have done a good job there. Looking forward to seeing it driving on the road soon.
Thanks David, it was a satisfying job. I'm looking forward to the test drive and a good look around the car too
Lovely car, great result, nice to see that others can make mistakes as well. All the best!
Thanks. I make mistakes like a pro 🤣🤣
Great work buddy i loved the firework display lol
That was a bit of a shocker 🤣
Very nice job sir
Thank you
Good on ya Johno...You did more in that one day than I've gone all week...But I am on holidays....
Thanks mate. That was during my holidays. Was nice to get a full day working on something
I would have checked the carbon clutch release bearing before bolting the gbx to the engine.
Nice work. Sucks looking for nuts n bolts when someone else took it apart
Thanks. Yeah that's the only downside to this project. Missing little pieces and nuts and bolts. I'll get there
Nice work. Charley could have been your wingman on that one.
It would have been handy to have a helper. Too many nice cars there for Charlie to help with 🤣🤣
Sounds just like your tractor :)
Similar but the tractor is better 😉
Great job Jonathan! Cute little car ☺️ Are you thinking now that you'd like to chop the roof off yours? 🙈😂
No roof means less rust I guess 🤣 thanks Niamh, this has been a fun little project
Yes a very sweet little car there, now I may be wrong but I have a vague memory that the "proper" convertible had some extra reinforcement at sill level to compensate for the lack of a roof structure, which may account for the added flex of this car what do you think. Best regards from Ireland.
This is only the second Morris Minor I have ever worked on and I know very little about them. I would have thought that a factory convertible would be slightly stronger. Cheers
Can't believe you didn't fix the dodgy gearbox first
Nice but the exhaust seems to be blowing , did you put sealant on the mated surfaces of the exhaust manifold ?. Regarding the body flexing , if it was originally a saloon then it should have the body strength plates fitted that the factory convertible had .
There was no exhaust 🤦♂️
Careful, or your Morris Whisperer reputation may get out of hand. This was certainly a step in that direction. Good job on something that ain't that easy....
Thanks. The bulk of it has been straightforward but all the odds and ends are taking a while
That 4-headlamp front end had me puzzled. The grille with the embedded lights is the original design, the fenders/wing mounted ones came later. The two styles seem to have co-existed in the early 1950s, but not on the same car. The hybrid must have been a custom job. Maybe there's a Minor geek around who could cast some light on the matter?
It was a chaps retirement project before he passed away. It's far from standard and I'll give you a good look at all features when we go for a drive
Well I am a Minor geek as I rebuilt my first one aged 14 years old, and worked on these great cars ever since. On this car someone has fitted a lowlight front panel from the series MM which was made from 1948 to 1950. After that date the headlight were raised to the wings to comply with U.S.A. laws. From 1951 until 1955 the Minor used what we call a "cheese grater" grill with sidelights in the grill/front panel. This car in the video is a series 2 split-screen of 1955. and should have had the slatted grill as used in all later Minors. The engine that the car should have had as original would have been an OHV 803cc unit with smooth case gearbox and long gearstick. The unit taken out was a 948cc engine with the original long gearstick smoth case 803cc gearbox. The engine put in was a 1098cc unit with the backplate, flywheel and clutch from a 948cc engine. You have to do this as the 1098cc flywheel and clutch are to big to go into the smooth case gearbox. Also the pressed steel 948cc engine backplate is slightly narrower than the1098cc cast steel backplate which gives better clutch adjustment.
I think that the Minor is earlier than 1955 with that dash in it and should have had the 803cc engine when new.
The 948cc is a much better engine.
It shows as first registered in New Zealand in January 1955 and having an 803cc engine. It could have been registered overseas earlier.
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