Monthly Archives: September 2011

Firewall firesale…

After a rather frustrating day at work with many setbacks on projects, I felt like I had to get something done today… so I went after the Morgan. I finished off removing the heater system which I’d started on a … Continue reading

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The parts pile grows…

Dug into the Morgan some more this afternoon, pulled off the glove box, the framework for the convertible roof, and started removing the firewall. The latter’s held down by a number of other parts that’ll have to be removed first. The … Continue reading

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What a tool(box).

After much fighting with a number of bolts that just refused to come loose (until I persuaded them with a drill), I’ve managed to remove the “toolbox” that sits up on the dash under the hood (bonnet). This will go … Continue reading

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21st Century Morgan

This was actually from about a month ago, just forgot to upload the photos. I took the +4 emblem from the front of the car and used the CNC router at work to point-scan it. I mounted it to some … Continue reading

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Getting blasted.

Pulled together the stuff that needs bodywork and needs to get cleaned up, sending it off to Spray Technology to get media blasted and a rust inhibitting primer.

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Pulling (even) more stuff off…

Minor update, got the driver side fender support off tonight. This side proved to be a lot easier, about half the bolts running along the bottom didn’t have nuts on them and the rest came apart relatively easily. At some … Continue reading

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Pulling more stuff off…

Took to wrenching off one of the the two fender supports this evening. I probably used half a can of WD-40 to clear off all the gunk on the nuts and bolts. For the most part getting everying off wasn’t … Continue reading

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Tools ‘n such

Minor update – picked up a nut splitter from Harbor Freight, only one they had was a large one. It was useful for removing one nut… one… for a $10 tool. Ended up removing the other two nuts with the … Continue reading

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The emperor’s got no clothes!

Really tore into the Morgan this Saturday. Pull all the loose body panels off the car and set them under th awning out back, and then spent the whole evening getting the ‘dash panel’ removed. That will make up the … Continue reading

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