1967 Morris Oxford Traveller - off to a new home

I've put the bead roller and door panels to one-side, as I've been concentrating on the bodywork.

The current goal is to get the rear door hung, with the hinge areas/shuts painted, so I can mask, and continue working on the outside of the panels.
This slightly strange way of working is due to 

• The two-tone makes the shuts quite complicated
• I've got limited room in my garage to work on panels off the car

But that door is two-toned now, and ready to bolt on. I've got a bit of overspray to cleanup at the end of the job, and I'm going use some pinstripe tape to cover the join.



Difficult to see, but the finish from my new spray gun is pretty good straight from the gun IMHO. So there is no need for any flat/polish on the internal surfaces for now at least.

My rear wing has led a 1,000 lives, and needed quite a bit of metal work.
The first coat of primer filler reveal high-spots and low-spots.



But I did a bit of remedial work with the DA and some glaze, and shot the 2nd coat.
Along with some grey top-coat so I can get the striker into place



The A and B pillars have also been receiving some bodywork and paint.
The new sill plates have been adjusted to fit, and are just resting in place in this shot.



Getting close to bolting that back door on which would be a good milestone.
Then I can mask the bits I've done, and lay down more primer filler on the exterior panels.

Thanks for looking

GSP (Great Solid Progress)

What he said. If you must hand panels with the car supported, put the stands under the rear axle and front suspension points so as to mimic the car being on the ground. This especially goes for welding on structural panels.

Will it be the lighter colour first or does it not matter?

Had a few days off work, so I pushed on.
The primer filler in the previous posts was blocked, but I wasn't quite happy enough, so I laid down some more and blocked that off.
If you like masking, then paint a two-tone car in a small space - then will keep you happy.



Now the car can do its hovercraft impersonation 



The original plan was to get some body colour on the sills and edges, so I can get the car back on the ground.





But I got carried away, and started laying down some colour on the main panels.
I believe the sill looking darker is just the light in the garage.
But the reflections of the tool chests bodes well for the final finish.



Being impetuous - after a short while I whipped off the masking paper and tape, and dropped the car back on its wheels.



The rear valance is done too



There is dust in the colour coat, but I couldn't clean the garage until the car was back on the wheels, hopefully it will polish out, if not it won't be too much work to lay down a clean coat when the garage is cleaner.

Next step is to get the rear tailgate into colour.

Thanks for looking

I know what you mean! I painted the inside of my van white, then masked the inside off, leaving the returns of the door skins etc for outer colour, then two toned the outside of my van along with a pinstripe. I put the top colour on the sills too. Took me about 7 hours to mask it up! And i had the luxury of space. Worst part of the whole job imo.

Still, your cars looking great!

Car's looking great, I'm really impressed with what you've been able to do in such a small space.

Mega! Love seeing an update! Keep up the good work sir

So I had a hunt around, and found some plastic just 0.2mm thick, so made up some shims/gaskets which would allow me to adjust the hinges without scratching the paint.



That worked well, and I was able to get the tailgate bolted on without scratches.
As a bit of a boost I put various fittings loosely in place, yes I've got new number plates on order, as this one is past its best.



Oh yes - liking this a lot 

Fitting the tailgate has allowed me to set the masking for the two-tone break accurately.



Yet more masking before spraying some grey is in my future.

Thanks for looking.