Show us the last picture you took on your phone. (VW related or not!)

Hahahaha sorry dad

 

New Forest? Hmmmm, must be Roundhill?

 

I think where it’s done so few miles over the last 10+ years, at the first sign of any usage all the seals and gaskets have fallen apart! It’s leaking oil from pretty much everywhere, but as the seal between the engine and the flywheel (?) has gone too, it’s an ‘engine out’ job rather than enjoying all the wonderful space to work under the bonnet with the engine in place.
It’s a good excuse to get the dynamo changed to an alternator, and also to add a couple of ‘extras’ in the form of a temperature gauge and a hazard light circuit.
Hopefully only away for a week… I’ve become rather fond of it!

 

Hahahaha, it fairly flies in comparison to the Bay as it is…..

 

Oi! No woodworms have been spotted in the vicinity
Proper British madness… build an estate car that actually relies on a wooden frame for its structure in a country that rarely stops raining!

 

Looking at the MOT history, it’s done 1300 miles in the last 16 years, so it’s short time with me has probably been a bit of a shock!
I was recommended a chap in West Moors by the Dorset branch of the owners club. I went down to chat to him… he’s got a few engines kicking round that he’s rebuilding, a couple of Minors having full restorations, plus various others things in for small jobs…. It’s always a gamble finding a new mechanic, but he seems a good bloke and obviously knows his Morris Minors.
< fingers crossed >

 

Had to leave the festival to swap empty gas bottle and decided to stop off for a quick beer out of the heat. Saw this rather nice estate car

 

That’s lovely! I do like the early Mk3 with the single round headlights. I do so want the saloon version one day (although an estate would be very practical!)

 

For sure! I did ask at what point the costs of rebuild became higher than a 'ready-reconditioned' one, but Nigel the mechanic said it was nowhere near that and he would definitely be working on the original
It is really just gaskets/seals, but pretty much every single one of them! Sump off, head off, tappet covers, crank out, valve stems... hey ho!
I'm just hoping there's nothing lurking unseen, but I guess we'll cross that bridge if it happens.
There's a couple of other bits that need addressing - the usual perishing rubber boots, the exhaust heat shield, and something to do with the clutch seal... I did have a bit of paper which I scribbled notes on whilst Nigel was walking around and commenting, but needless to say I'm damned if I can find it
I also need to sort out the rubber seal on the rear doors at some point - the most likely culprit for the exhaust fumes I reckon.... on inspection it's just nailed on at the corners rather than glued all the way around, and there's a big gap where it's flattened with every nail.
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