1961 Morris Oxford V Estate

[morrisoxide]

Well its about time I shared my 1st real ebay purchase. I've had it about three weeks now and there's been some rust and then some more rust then silicone welds, cardboard inner sills, rubber matting and fiberglass holding it together but on the upside the brakes work the engine runs and drives and I could put a surf board on the roof (but I can't surf)
Anyway new panels arrived today and the welders standing by in the garage hopefully I will be a half decent welder by the end of this ;D
Some pictures


Removed those horrid wing mirrors and nosed it (If that's the right term) and that's not my tub of Stevens fiberglass filler I use Isopon




The not so good pictures. This fell of when I started digging (Its the bottom of the wing below the bumper) I'm thinking mini back valance cut in half quick trim and weld on both sides hopefully.

This pic sums it up (someone had to save it)

[TurboDieselWeasel]

Wow - another excellent estate to please my estate fetish

One would not guess it's that bad just by looking at it... Keep us posted and good luck fixing her! I love the split tailgate!

Cheers,
Jan

[mk14dr]

NOMNOMNOM....
I want to fly by and have a little looksee at this at some point and I see you've already got giddy with the squirrel brush.

The question is, when its done, which will your dad be driving so you can have your own little convoy

I might see if I can convince you to do a little bit of striping on escRot when it comes back.

[luckygti]

That is cool as a very cool thing Love the pin striping as well, your work obviously? I'd love to see one of these done in a Foose style, although it probably just needs a surfboard like you say who cares if you can use it

[foxy99]

Am confused about a couple of things....

• you are in UK I assume....are those actually USA plates, was this (re)imported from USA?
  
• is the other car in the pic the same type?
  
• I can't see any wing mirrors or tub of filler
  

Good luck with it tho. The sight of all that rust can be disheartening but it isn't really harder to fix a big rusted area than a small one. You just need to focus on one bit at a time.

[stealthstylz]

Filler is middle left of the pic. When I went to the states none of the cool surfer guys had boards on the roof, they just smashed the back window and chucked them in through there.

Matt

[Seth]

Cool! As I'm sure you know early estates are pretty thin on the ground. Hope its not too bad underneath.

[RA40tony]

very nice and nice pinstiping too

[morrisoxide]

Thanks for all the kind words

Apr 27, 2011 23:48:07 GMT foxy99 said:

Am confused about a couple of things....

• you are in UK I assume....are those actually USA plates, was this (re)imported from USA?
  
• is the other car in the pic the same type?
  
• I can't see any wing mirrors or tub of filler
  

Good luck with it tho. The sight of all that rust can be disheartening but it isn't really harder to fix a big rusted area than a small one. You just need to focus on one bit at a time.

Now to clear some confusion

• The US plates are just for a quick picture it has not been (re)imported.
  
• The other car in the pic is virtually the same only a saloon.
  
• As for the wing mirrors forgot to take a picture, they where rusty, flakey and cracked.
  

Yes like you say focus on a piece at a time that sounds like a plan

[Knugcab]

I love the farinas...

[morrisoxide]

I think it's about time I updated this it's been a while. I knew there was some bodges, but I still found some unexpected things & don't quite know how to explain, so I'll let the pics do most of the talking.

This is the bit bellow the back door and the start of the back wing. It was made out of 30 ish year old aluminium signs.


A tad worrying at this time because the pop rivets extended all the way along the back wing.




The only thing that I can think of is a dent in the wing years ago, It's beyond me why they didn't just try popping the dint out from the inside because it's easy to get to.


The back wing bottom I knew this was riveted on. Any guesses what sign this could have been ;D


The drivers side back wing wasn't too bad considering



Out with the welder and grinder and some filler bobs your uncle



Things are a lot further along but I need to sort out my pictures from different cameras computers and phones etc

[Pid363!]

great work but we need some more pics. I know you are a lot further with it ive seen the vid on the farina forum!!! Look forward to more updates

[airspeed]

Very cool car. More pics of the estate and the saloon please!

I bought my own clipper blue series V Oxford when I was 17 for parts to use on a Riley 4/72, but restored the Oxford instead because the fins were bigger! When I got mine, you could open the passenger door, catch it as it fell and move it out of the way. If you ducked, you could then walk to the gearbox.... So I can safely say been there, done that, but it will be well worth it when finished.

[sheffieldcortinacentre]

michelin sign, as that looks like part of bibendum

[Seth]

That's a pretty amazing old riveted 'repair' on that wing! Good to see you're making progress on it.

[contractman]

Thats going to be brilliant when its done

[bryn]

I heart these... Good work for making with repairs. You will be rewarded with ultimate cool

[mk14dr]

This is so cool, arguably cooler than the saloon

Also, having seen it in the flesh I can say the work you've done is amazing and the custom touches are so choice.
You really do have some skills and a bloody good eye.

So, have you and your Dad worked out whos driving which to the next Leeds cruise?

[luckygti]

Wow, thats some top bodging Repairs do indeed look good, really looking forward to seeing how it's come on now

[morrisoxide]

Thanks for the encouraging comments

pid363: Yes my Dad is on the farina forum he posts up on there occasionally. Were just testing the water on how much the purists react to a rare car being modded??

airspeed: Yes bigger fins are better. Clipper blue is one of the colours I have in the line up

sheffieldcortinacentre: Winner There was also a glycol thermometer ally sign and some early reflective road signs.

Seth: Glad to see your making progress with your oxford as well. I will park next to it one day ;D

contractman: Hopefully is should be in the end.

bryn: Thanks I will have to hit it with the stick very soon

mk14dr: Yeah I should be down at Leeds Cruise but I have no one to drive the saloon?

luckygti: Yeah I'd love to know who did the bodges I suppose it would have gone to the scrapers if they hadn't bodged it up (So I should really thank them?)

So after some more digging about I found some more rust holes.

this was also found under a pop on ally sign

popped front outriggers??


So after discovering all this a trip to the nearest classic scrap yard and I come home with these

Even bigger fins of a recked A55


Near perfect passenger's front door and a carpet set now half eaten by a rat that use to live in the garage!!


More updates to follow