guy66 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Inside of the bonnet into paint and started to assemble the front of the cabin. Getting there with the engine and will very soon be back in the chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 It will running and driving soon with that pace. What condition is the gearbox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 It will running and driving soon with that pace. What condition is the gearbox? Gearbox looks fine, will just replace the oil seal at the back and put the PTO back on to the side of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) painted some bits for the front of the cabin and reassembled the plate work and some wooden bits that go under the pedals. The passenger side plate is a temporary fit as the dashboard needs to be fitted first. Now the big puzzle starts as many bits came in boxes with the Morris C4 from France. Don't cam fit the rear of the cabin for good as we are making new petrol tanks, I think it is easier to fit these petrol tanks without the cabin over them ! Edited December 21, 2016 by guy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 painted some bits for the front of the cabin and reassembled the plate work and some wooden bits that go under the pedals.[ATTACH=CONFIG]107729[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107730[/ATTACH] The passenger side plate is a temporary fit as the dashboard needs to be fitted first. Now the big puzzle starts as many bits come in boxes with the Morris C4 from France. [ATTACH=CONFIG]107731[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107732[/ATTACH] Don't cam fit the rear of the cabin for good as we are making new petrol tanks, I think it is easier to fit these petrol tanks without the cabin over them ! Hi Guy top quality restoration once again, if your around this weekend we'll pop by & see you on route to Germany / Holland for 10 days in the motorcaravan (museums & battlefield tours) give me a call. Regards Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 Did some repairs on the battery box, painted and back in place. Will have to make the lid for this box ! The big regulator box (radio truck type) back in place and the identification plate fitted in the inside of the cabin on the passenger side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Steering box is back to original specification, the person go sold it to my had the sector shaft re grind and made also new bushes for the steering box housing. I replaced the tapper bearing and adjusted everything. Back to original, looks match better than the modified thing that came with the Morris from France. Modified French steering box. And now back to original ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Fantastic work as usual Guy. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Oil filter is in place and the cylinder head back on the engine. Fitted also the New old stock screened distributor I found on Beaulieu auto jumble last September , the C4 came from France with a radio type distributor but the screened top cover was missing. Also been at work on the passenger side foot well, had to ad a piece of missing thick metal plate on the back side off the foot well. The L profile used on the bottom off the foot well is off a size that's now longer available so had to cut a piece off U profile that is almost the same size. Luckily I found a side box, will need to reproduce this one as it is in a bad shape and now can lengthen the supports on the bottom off the side box. The supports where modified to fit tread plates on the breakdown truck. Edited July 31, 2016 by guy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Engine back on the chassis, it's really a tight fit to get the engine on its supports. when the front cabin section is in place, there is not match space left between the engine and front section. And don't forget to put the manifold back on the engine as I did ! If you do there are two solutions, take the engine back out are strip some angle iron on the front bulkhead..:cool2: Edited July 31, 2016 by guy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 :wow: pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 Is it possible that there is a section of the angle iron missing around the pedals, just have a look on the picture and you just can see a bit of a piece of angle iron?[ATTACH=CONFIG]104823[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]104824[/ATTACH] This was the bit of angle iron that was missing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 started to reassemble some bits around the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Reconditioned water pump by EP services back in place and the gearbox also back on to the engine. will also have a bit of work on the radiator duct, think the ventilator came louse in the past and did some damage to the duct. Edited November 28, 2016 by guy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Been collecting bits for the screened ignition. think I have the set up complete now ,screened distributor , coil, filter unit and screened high tension leads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Radiator in a fresh coat of paint and the front radiator cover also reddy for installation . But first need to repair the supports for the radiator , these are metal bits with rubber in between. We call it silent blocs to suspend the radiator. Made a jig for the supports and now these are off for some new rubber vulcanise in between the metal bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Impressive :goodidea: keep the photos coming, I like your attention to detail. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 Radiator supports repaired , new rubber in between the metal bits and started to tackle the worst dents on the bonnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Front section back in to place, next step is the bonnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) Made a pair new petrol tanks and the trays that go under the tanks. The problem with these trays is that they collect dirt and moisture and the bottom of the petrol tanks start to rust. Luckily we managed to reclaim the ends of the tanks with on one cover a small repair. The old trays. Edited December 3, 2015 by guy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Superb job as always, Have you tried to start the engine yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) There must gave been a problem with the radiator cooling fan ( broken are came unstuck ) in the past as the duct on the radiator had deep cuts in it and so was the bottom fan shroud. The duct is repaired and back on the radiator and this section is back on the chassis. Had a try to weld the bottom cover but it was to bad so made a new bottom fan shroud and the top one was till in good shape. Now I am looking to put the new petrol tanks back in to place but first I need to make 4 new fitting straps for the petrol tank and tray that go on to the supports on the chassis. More to follow. Edited December 6, 2015 by guy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1960 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Hi Guy....PM sent to you. Regards Andy and Maz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) Made a new start on the Morris, these last months I have been working on my classic car project that I started before the Bedford QL restoration and some work on classic motorcycles . Started to reproduce the passenger floor section and the little box on this side. Edited April 25, 2016 by guy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Picture of the passenger side, that's how it came from France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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