Hey all,
The seams on my 61 morris are pretty shagged.
Think I might just deseam it......

What is the go in SA with this. Do you have to get it engineered?????
Hopefully not cause the cars definantly going over regency when I go
to register it....

Cheers Hoba

Seriously thing about not doing it, not to a 61 850, bloody rare car!!! Once its done it can't be reversed, plus you will have body movement issues in the future, most deseemed cars i have seen crack the bog over where the seems once were.

Doogie

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Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

engineering in SA? we live in the dunger state!

i'm assuming it's only going to regency for an identity check?

mine went through absolutely no stress, hardest thing was chipping away the stonestyle/hammertone paint on the radiator shroud.

i went through the sturt station but regardless, if it's just an id check all they're looking for is identity and general tidyness.

i'm reliably informed there's an inspector at Regency who's a mini nut like us

Please not to a 61 model PLEASE! find another one to do it with, minis are still about.

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ok ok
you've convinced me not to

Its just gonna be hard to fix the seams that are bulging!!

De-seaming is a major structual modification = engineering certification.

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Is it just the seem covers? Available new for around $15 a cover.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

no its the metal underneath...
its only the drivers side rear thats really bad
the rest are pretty good
might attempt taking it off and welding some new ones in

SA - The backwater state

Having said that, YES it will need engineering. It's a structural body modification.
No matter where in Australia you go.

Thanks for the advice guys.
Ripped off the seam covers this morning....
with alot of brute force and ignorance
Turns out they aren't all bad.
Only one needs a little bit of the seam rewelded.

NOW I GOTTA DO THE ROOF

does that mean my car is defectable? how many cops would know about seams...

i'd be interested to hear from other south ozzie residents with their de-seamed experiences..

yes i appreciate it's a structural thing, yes i appreciate it's potentially an engineering issue, i'm just not sure other states appreciate just HOW slack our rego laws are ...

The same amount of cops that know what airbag suspension is.

If you haven't got anything nice to say stfu

Some would know what the various parts of a mini should look like !

all the years i've owned and driven combinations of hot/modified/dunger cars, my internal police/impending defect beacon has never gone off saying...

"bing, bing, bing - i hope that cop doesn't pull me over and defect me for all of the welding that's been done here, then smoothed, filed, filled and covered in a really nice paint job"!

i'll take my chances with plod on my lack of seams