1946 Morris 8 Series E - off to storage

[jonomisfit]

I'm running on low burn on the motivation front at the moment, so there was minimal progress on the car.

Tidied up one of the patches





then trimmed back the end of the sill to make the closer panel



painted the inside with uber primer



rough clamped in place



buttoned up





cleaned back a bit



side view



Under view



Now its on to the other side

Cut along the previous weld points to start





give you a sense of the state of the sills....







there wasnt much mettle left in some of the bits that were being retained....







buffed back the inside and lathered on some rust killer





That was it for the weekend. Might be a few weeks till there's any more progress as have some other things on.

[jonomisfit]

cleaned off the rust killer and gave everything a clean up and a lick of zinc primer.





then onto making a cap up for the bottom of the B pillar



welded in





the holes in the corners are to let moisture out.


also put a few stitched in on the joint line whilst i was at it



then onto making the sill end closer

I formed a circle with a raised lip. Mainly by bending a return round and continuously rotating the cap against a tub whilst tapping it.



didnt come out too bad.

The cut half of it away and welded it in



still needs a clean up, but i gave it a buzz of zinc primer anyways as it might be a few weeks till next slot to work on it.



short weekend again, so not huge progress.

[vulgalour]

There is so much welding on this car it makes mine look easy peasy, which it probably is. I have the greatest respect for your determination to see it all through.

[Paul Barrett]

Aug 21, 2016 21:31:44 GMT vulgalour said:

There is so much welding on this car it makes mine look easy peasy, which it probably is. I have the greatest respect for your determination to see it all through.

Ditto to this.

Thanks for sharing every update too. Keeps makin me feel guilty about not being in the workshop!

[jonomisfit]

Cheers dudes.

There is a small amount of welding to do. Wouldnt have been so bad if the original shell wasnt such a basket case!

There's still quite a lot left to do as well

Why didnt i pick an easier project......

[mk2cossie]

Aug 22, 2016 18:52:18 GMT jonomisfit said:

Cheers dudes.

There is a small amount of welding to do. Wouldnt have been so bad if the original shell wasnt such a basket case!

There's still quite a lot left to do as well

Why didnt i pick an easier project......

Where's the fun in an easy project though

[jonomisfit]

I've not been having much motivation to be working on the car recently, but headed out there for the afternoon.

More making of sills. First one was "easy" but this one is more of a challenge as I need to make it match the otherside for depth etc.

forming some metal



formed.



etch primed



in situ



forming next section



formed



tacked in





With the amount of "repairs" i cut out, there's quite a lot of additional metalwork on this side







Will see how my motivation levels are tomorrow for doing some more.

[mk2cossie]

I know what you mean about motivation levels, but it will come back



Nice bit of progress as well, should be quicker doing the second sill with the practise gained from the first

[strikey]

blimey.....I'm exhausted just having sat and read through this build from start to finish. I'm torn between it being totally inspirational or an documentation of a compulsive fabrication obsession?!! either way it's mind blowing to see what you have achieved , truly amazing. to my mind the only shame is that the original patina will be lost by the end of the build. totally bookmarked!

[mrchappers]

Just read this thread through, strange that I hadn't caught it before.
I love the idea and the execution, really great fabrication and thought gone into each piece, I got some great tips I can use and I can't wait for the next update.
I bet after the epic welding sessions you see weld beads in your dreams? I know I do.

[shinerunner]

Jun 15, 2016 18:39:01 GMT jonomisfit said:

I've been following that one.

I do like the front grill they've made.

If i was going steampunk it'd have to end up looking like this model.



or Nemo's car from the league of extraordinary gentlemen

Much appreciated :-)

Loving your build fella, serious amount of awesome going on so far, I registered on here purely to subscribe to your build, looking forward to seeing it finished now :-)

[jonomisfit]

Thanks for the nice words folks.

I like the patina look, but i think i'll struggle to get it IVA friendly without resorting to some filling. I don't think filler looks good mixed with patina, it just look unfinished.

will see what happens as I progress though.

My motivation levels have been low for the past 6 weeks (plus i've had other things on). They feel like they are rising thought, so hopefully i'll be back in the workshop next weekend and there'll be some more pics.

[jonomisfit]

Well, stone the crows I finally woke up with some motivation today after only 7 weeks.

where was I again.

oh yeah, the sill



start the front closer



patch in a hole I made when trimming the shell....



then start on some more pieces of sill



cut roll fold




and another piece



start welding them in





and then start the rest of the taper / closer.

Made more difficult on this side as there's even less original metal left.

Start with a bend



where it needs to fill the hole



decide i'd be better off getting the edge nicely squared up first



then after much much adjusting weld in







it all looks like a patchwork quilt a bit, but hopefully will look ok once I clean it all back up.

do some more stitching and plug welding





Next on the list is start cleaning back all the welds on the underside, fiish any other inaccessible welding inside and out, then look at fitting the sheet aluminium floor. It'll be bonded and blind riveted on. I just need to check if bonding has to be bare metal to metal or if I can zinc prime first to prevent corrosion.

[logicaluk]

So glad youve got your mojo back. Properley impressive work that is.
Dan

[jonomisfit]

No much work today, or at least not much to see.

I've mainly started cleaning back welds etc. and doing some finishing welds where they are needed.

flipped over on the spit



some more cleaning up and zinc priming



started welding the roof / cage interface gussets in



Thats it picture wise, and likely to be that way for the next few sessions.

Probably be a few weeks till another update as i've got some things on.

[darrenh]

to be frank, the car is very symmetrical with its triangulation and sort of "truss bridge" construction. it doesnt look like a patchwork quilt at all, i think the section by section angular tubed sill works fine. its kind of like "lames" , the overlapping fillets between joins in a medieval suit of armor, an automotive armadillo

[Paul Barrett]

Armadillo, haha that's a good name for a car

[vulgalour]

It does look very neat, an awful lot of work in such a small space of a car too.

[jonomisfit]

I like armadillo, that could make the list for the cars name. :-)


I spent a bit of time today on the car, mainly welding / tidying up lots of little bits.

Rear module corner gussets bottom closer plates





more stitches



and more



and more



these dents were irritating me. So tacked on some washers and slide hammer applied









not completely gone, but much better





again, not perfect, but much better than it was





more stitches



and more





welded in the gusset plates



finished seaming some bits i'd only stitched on the sill



then decided, whilst i'm here i'll make the template for the aluminium piece of the floor





finished template






seamed up this previously stitched section as it will run in the front wheel spray area (both sides done)



more stitching



filled some holes



welded the other tub stiffener up




i'm now trying to decide if swaged hole gusset plates are needed on the door x bars, and the point where the upper door back reaches the screen tube. Just for aesthetics reasons



Then again, making more of these bits might just be a way to prevent actual progress on it all.

I need to drop it off the spit so I can do the rear panel / boot opening.

Will see what motivation grabs me.

[vulgalour]

That's a lot of work and you can really see the finished shape appearing now that you're joining it all up. For the door openings, I'd leave the holed plates off, it looks really smart as it is now and doesn't need to be made fussier. Adding more plates in may make the cabin feel even more cramped too, at least as it stands you can see past the bars which gives you the illusion of having more space.

That last picture feels like a milestone snapshot with all the sills a uniform shape, the inner arches panelled in and the cage all welded in place. The pressings on the panels lend it a nice finished look that smooth panels wouldn't have. I'm glad you're still working on this project, updates are always exciting to see how much closer you've got to it coming together as a car.