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Aethien:
I love cars with wood paneling/framing. Looks so cool.

MillionDollar Belt Sander:
Now that is an interesting car!

...and good to see I'm not the only welder out and about.   I'm scrounging up some metal for a couple of projects.       Plan to make a table out of angle-iron -- that's one of the standard "weld class" projects.   Ms. Beltsander buys/sells/trades/makes "vintage bras and other fine undergarments (*)",  I've sketched out a couple of display-racks/photography stands for her. 





(*) yes this is actually a thing and there are times where she makes more money with the "hobby" than her real job.

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 28 Feb 2013, 09:54 ---Now that is an interesting car!
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The Morris Minor was designed by Alec Issigonis, the man who a few years later designed the original Mini (originally called the Morris Mini Minor, in fact).  The initial plan was for it to have front-wheel drive, but materials for good-enough constant-velocity joints were not readily available that soon after the war, so the plan was shelved - and came back for the Mini, of course.  But the "Moggie", as it was known, became a truly classic small car, perhaps second only to the Beetle.  It's the only car I can think of whose front suspension is held up, not by coiled springs, but by straight torsion bars.

Carl-E:
I think I posted about this before, but I have a project that's going to need some welding...



1967, sat in a shed since 1984.  Given to my daughter for her 18th birthday by the person who found it, and hadn't had time to restore it. 

It's a bit of a rustbucket...



But the engine turns (with a wrench), so there's hope! 



So, any advice on the type of welder I need to get to put this little beauty back on the road? 

Or to at least give it a floor...

catflea:

--- Quote from: Aethien on 28 Feb 2013, 05:47 ---That's a pretty cool looking car. What model/year is it and are you going to do a complete overhaul or just have it working?

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1971 Morris Minor Traveller, one of the last 300 to leave the Factory.  I dont own it any more.  I sold it for approx 20 times what I paid for it and bought a different one...  a 2 door Saloon in Maroon.  Planning on selling that this summer for something wholly different.


Carl-E for car work a MIG welder is probably the easiest.  TBH you describe that as a rust bucket but the beetles over here have pretty much rotted away entirely for the most part

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