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Neat work and well presented at Cartier.



If, like the Thunderbird class, Cartier had a Morris class, this beauty would have perhaps got the recognition it deserved. clap:


Congratulations from someone who always appreciates the love and care taken , irrespective of the Marque:thumbs up

Thank you Sir, means a lot !

Meanwhile when the body work was being attended to, I got on with attending to the other bits.

The radiator badge was restored at a Jeweler friends workshop







The suppliers badge was cleaned and chrome plated.





The data plate was attended to.







Original Bonnet catches were imported from UK



Bonnet handles were out of shape and were remade.



Side curtain support was crude and locally made, they were imported too.





The instrument panel was cleaned properly so that the engraved letters are properly visible.



The carb was cleaned and buffed.



On my car the door threshold plate was missing and 1 half cut plate rested below the radiator, new one's were made locally, on original pattern





The dash board was small and not original, a new dash board on correct pattern was made.





The bumpers received a thin line of black paint just like it should be



All the bits were chromed in house, we used to work for many automobile companies from 1981 and for Maruti from 1984 until 1992, plating all the headlight rims which were manufactured and supplied by Autolite India.









The interior locks got a proper cover



Imported these interior door handles which were missing earlier.



Imported used old screws, correct for the period



to be continued.....

Amazing attention to detail, Hats off to you young man and may your enthusiasm remain forever.clap:

what wood did you use for the dash? a solid plank or a veneer?

Used a solid plank of Burma teak.

For a while I also thought about going in for British racing green as the choice of colour but then decided against it.


Floor received a coat of black


Hood frame was painted


The car in the paint booth


Entire wiring was redone and cotton taped to get that period look


Engine was repainted


The engraved chassis no. on the front dumb-iron was filled with white paint


The instrument panel after the detailing, note the period screws.


Parts of carpeting was pasted


The headlight reflectors were silver plated



more later....

Hi Kartik I have seen the actual car and your attention to detail is very remarkable. Where did you find these old second hand screws? I would like to buy some for my cars also. cheers and looking forward to your next project.

Thank you so much for your kind words.

Second hand screws are available on ebay UK, but there are 100's of different styles and sizes and you have to know what you want.

Check out this link

Check the sellers other items to look for what you want, screw sets are also available on ebay USA, which should suit American cars.

If I am not mistaken, one should never buff aluminium parts. Applies to motorcycle engines as well.
Good job on the chrome too.

Cheers harit

I never knew that, matter of fact I had searched online and there are a lot of pages where the proper way for buffing Aluminium parts are illustrated. I was happy with chrome as well, thank you.

It took a while, 6 years to be precise to change the number plates from white to black, hope you like them. :D


Finally on 22nd February, I took the car from the workshop and to my grandpa's house which is stone's throw away from Rambagh palace, we spent a good 3 hours cleaning and polishing it.


and then finally, at the Rambagh lawns


Prince Michael of Kent was very kind in posing for a picture with the minor.


Pictures from 23rd and 24th February






Here is yours truly, with Sandra Button and William Connor, one of the pair of judges.


This shot was captured by Sanket ( he was visiting with the FHVI team from Bangalore)


Proudly sporting the Cartier and the Pre war minor network badge

Something exciting to report here, I was told when I bought the car that it once belonged to Raja Saheb Ayodhya and then was gifted to its second owner.

Today, after all these years I managed to get in touch with the former owner, and his daughters, and the story is true & I quote

The family has promised me old pictures and I hope to visit them soon. :)

Wonderful news that the car is indeed a Maharaja Car. Congratulations Kartik. Tracing the history of the car, makes the ownership so much more complete.

I am sure the previous owner will be very happy that the car is with you. Your commitment to the car has been outstanding.

Wish you many more happy miles and great reunion with the previous owner.

Cheers

KPS

The daughters of the ex-owner were devastated when the car was sold, they had some wonderful memories with it.

Here is one

Also received a couple of old pictures from the ex-owners family

This is with Mr. Misra (IPS, retd.) in uniform, who was also IG fire department.



This one from early 1990's, contrary to my belief the car was well in use till the 90's.

Making some international news.

Our Sunday drive's picture made headlines on the PWMN

www.prewarminor.com

The little Morris Minor made the cover page of the magazine of the Vintage Minor register, summer edition 2019, also featured is a small write up by me.