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Making good use of free time

Since the spread of coronavirus, I like many others have been furloughed. This has enabled me to make significant progress on the restoration of my Morris Minor Lowlight Tourer. I hadn’t worked on it for many months, apart from sourcing parts for the Alta head, and so I was looking forward to having the opportunity to move it along.

The last time I worked on this I had focused on replacing the chassis legs to strengthen the front of the car. This meant that it wouldn’t distort, and also provided a solid base to

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