Morris Minor ground up rebuild

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TerryG
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Re: Morris Minor ground up rebuild

#11 Post by TerryG » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:00 pm

Your mog's boot floor looks just like mine used to. Fortunately repair panels are very reasonably priced and easily available :)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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Re: Morris Minor ground up rebuild

#12 Post by Ian » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:13 pm

Already in the garage waiting mate, I must say, the service at ESM is fantastic, highly recommended :)
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Re: Morris Minor ground up rebuild

#13 Post by TerryG » Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:57 am

I've bough a lot of bits from them over the years and I certainly wouldn't disagree with you :)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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Re: Morris Minor ground up rebuild

#14 Post by Grumpy Northener » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:52 am

Ian - Just to wish you well in your endeavours - I have certainly not looked back since I started my business (unsure of your own setup but nothing beats walking out of the rear door of the house and walking the 20 metres to my workshop) along with working for yourself - I doubt that you will need it but as you a well aware by now there is a whole host of help /support via our forum members and is there for sake of asking - good luck and keep us all posted to how you get on ;)
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Re: Morris Minor ground up rebuild

#15 Post by Ian » Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:51 pm

Thanks mate, I have never worked for myself so will be doing this in baby steps for now whilst still being employed full time, just setting myself up very slowly.
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Re: Morris Minor ground up rebuild

#16 Post by kstrutt1 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:31 pm

looks pretty good for a minor, ours was far worse, some places it had 3 or 4 layers of patches. they are pretty easy to repair though, it starts adding up when you buy all the bits like seals etc though.

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