1967 Morris Oxford Traveller - off to a new home

After spending about 10 hours with a grinder in one hand and a welder in the other......
It was time for a change a pace, and take the only working classic in the fleet, out for an hour in the New Forest.



With batteries charged - the cars and mine, back for a couple of hours in the garage.

Finished off the rust repairs on the inside of the bonnet.



The rusty outer corners, I'm going to do with the bonnet back on the car, so I can check the fit.
But I think I'm going to have to finish the filler work on the passenger side first, so I can get it back on the wheels, before I try fitting the big awkward panel.

Thanks for looking.

Great job on the repairs, I think you're right to have a break away from things from time to time. Personally speaking I can get weighed down by everything that needs doing so walking away for a few hours at least clears the mind.

Some say bodywork is only done when your fingers hurt.
Well I'm at that stage, so time to start masking.

Masking takes me ages - there is probably 2-3 hours work here.



The side opening bonnet isn't a modification, I have just run out of space to store the body panels.

Tomorrow I should be able to spray the etch primer.
Then the inner wing will get seam sealed and stone-chipped.
The back 2/3rds will get some primer/filler.

Thanks for looking.

A busy weekend

First light coat of etch primer went on without drama, but now with the car all one colour, it revealed a few area such as this scuttle that needed a minor rework.
I thought I'd caught all the edges, and got them as a constant radius - but seems not.
A few hours detailing with glaze will hopefully pay dividends.



Seam sealer on the inner wing.



Then a 2nd heavier coat of etch over everything on the passenger side of the bodyshell
Upol-gravitex on the inner wing.



Then it was time to lay the cellulose primer filler.
Lots on the sill and rear wing so it can be blocked down.



Hours of masking gets ripped off in just a few minutes, but it is satisfying.



Lots of paint and stuff went on, possibly too much, but the weather was nice, and I wanted to crack on.
But I'm going to give the body shell some time to harden off.

Next job is to get the front wing etch'd and stone-chipped ready to bolt back on.

Thanks for looking.

Just read your build thread from start to finish cant believe your doing such an ace job on one of my Dads old show cars he owned it pre-websto sun roof and jag seats ect and used it for classic rallies hauling me and my two sisters around the south west  and even to a few of the C.O.O.c Rallies i'll try and dig out some photos of when he owned it and post up if you want?  will be book marking the thread and will show my Dad when i next see him :

Sure my Dad will have loads of pics and details from when he owned it he even has a huge mirror with the car on that still hangs in his spare room will defo get a pic of that and post up. It was origianly two tone red and grey but when he had some body work done and rear doors replaced he opted for the two tone maroon & grey as per the Australian cars spec. We've moved on/back to ADO16s these days i'll start a thread on them soon/ I'm over the moon the oxford is still alive as we feared it had been raced or broken up i found it this am here in work bored and googled the reg.

As far as first posts go, this rocks.

Time to get rid of some of the 50 shades of grey.

But first get the outer wing sorted. 
Quite a bit of detailing on the various repairs.
Then etch primer, seal sealer, and then more etch before the Gravitex.



Slather on some cellulose top-coat, taking care to get some paint on all the edges, so it can be bolted on.



I still need to finish the filler work on the outside of the wing, but I'll do that when it is back on the car.

Back onto the bodyshell, I'd previously blocked the primer filler, and re-masked.
A very short garage means I've got to paint in sections.
First pass of colour will allow me to get the panels back on, and the car back on its wheels.



The inner wing is done too, so the outer wing can go on shortly.



I was only using my little cheap touch-up gun.
Something like this


But even so I managed to get a pretty decent finish out of the gun on the sill.



I've only got enough space in my garage to work on one loose panel at a time, but once the paint has hardened off a bit, I can get the wing on, and then start painting the doors one by one.

Thanks for looking

i don't know anything about their construction methods, but it looks like paint coverings and seam sealing far surpasses the factory, in areas exposed to water and debris thrown from the road surface ?