PROJECT MORRIS MINOR PART 9: SORTING OUT THE REAR SUSPENSION

When we assessed our new Morris Minor project car back in the February issue, we noted a problem with the rear suspension on the offside whereby the rear spring eye was fouling on the bodywork and not allowing the shackle to move freely. Initially we had assumed that either the hanging plates were too short or the locating hole had been welded on in slightly the wrong position, but closer inspection showed that the chassis rail had been repaired in the past, and a flange added below it on one side that had not been there on the original – this was what the spring