Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
Squeezing in some hours in the garage after work last week was difficult. One of the important tasks I had to get done was to cut out new floorboards from waterproof plywood. I already dropped off some smaller parts at the paint shop last week and I also want the underside to the floorboards to... Continue Reading →
Especially when you just have a few hours after work to spent in the garage you sometimes feel that you are not making any progress. Well one of the larger tasks was completing the wooden frame and this is king of sorted now. Ok - I know that it isn't. Two more coats of black... Continue Reading →
Although I only had 4 hours in the garage today I feel pretty exhausted and fired up at the same time. The fixed corner in the rear wheel arch turned out quite nice. With this out of the way I started to assemble all wooden parts both old and as well as the four new... Continue Reading →
By now even native english speaker should have heard this word-for-word translation for the german saying "Auf dem Holzweg sein". And if you have read one of my d a previous entries who know that I still need to fix the wooden frame. After I took the frame from the chassis a couple of month... Continue Reading →
We just returned from the UK where we stayed a couple of days for family reasons. This trip was planned for quite some time. A perfect opportunitiy to pick up some new parts for the Morgan. I had already ordered the essential wood replacements for the rotten sill and door rocker from Melvyn Rutter. I... Continue Reading →
It is exactly 5 month ago that I unscrewed the first bolt on the Morgan. Today I switched from disassembly/cleaning/repair into "assembly mode". It took 7 weeks until the end of May to take everything apart. The chassis, bulkhead, crosshead and some other parts came back from sandblasting and painting exactly 3 month ago. A... Continue Reading →
One of the benefits of homeoffice work during these Covid19 times is that I was able to start working in the garage - or actually in front of it - in the late afternoon already on two days this week. Back in April I started taking the Morgan apart. After I found the rotted left-hand... Continue Reading →
Today I finally got around to remove the last panels from the frame which needs some fixing. The only parts that need to be replaced are the lefthand sillboard, door rocker and latchpost. Initially I thought about leaving all other panels on the frame - but I decided to do it properly. The best method... Continue Reading →
Fixing C6622 