Morris Minor Owners Club

That looks better, much neater.

[puts on pedant hat] but of course, the weight of the typeface is too heavy to be legal [takes off pedant hat]

but by the very nature of a custom, why follow the rules

The process is called 'pancaking'. Honest. To do it you need to do a small section at a time, say 4". Cut the bonnet moulding away leaving a hole, which then needs filling with new sheet steel cut to size. When done, dress welds nicely, quick skim of lead and you're done!

There was a fibreglass kit available once, that could turn a Minor into a Willys. Except it didn't of course.....

Hello 4.3,
Dropping a V8 in sounds reasonable to me! Are you going gasser style? It's been a while since I saw a Minor like that.

Sorry Naadeslaus, I might have confused everyone here. Wide whites refers to whitewall tyres, not wide rims.

How much are those sun visors please?

Never mind the rims, where did you get that great sun visor?

Oh, it looks great in satin black by the way. Red rims might be too obvious anyway. Mid green or something a bit more 'period' would be better, especially with some wide whites as well!

Thanks for the links, I think I've found what I want close to home. I just need to measure and send a photo of the damaged one I have to see if the replacement is right. Then I as reminded that we have an agent in Italy at work! I forgot........ dp, ignition mods sound good, I'll keep your info file...

Ooof! Makes me want a V8 now, curse you

Nice! I like the colour too. With the speed of your work, I expect to see it finished by lunchtime tomorrow

Thanks for the links DP.
The engine is already installed, I'm just getting the car back on the road so the work is relatively easy!

Hi all,
I've rolled my sleeves up and got stuck in with my car. The question is, are engine parts still available for the twin cam from breakers or even Fiat dealers?

ta

wagoneer

This is a real shame, having previously owned a 240 estate, the forum was invaluable as a resource.
I'm also a member on retro-rides, where there is no animosity at all, it's probably (current posting position excepted) the best forum I'm a member of!

Thank goodness for moderators.

Bookmarked!
What a fast and inspirational build. It's great to see the pictures of the panel replacement. I bought the Haynes restoration and repair manual for my Minor, and the pictures are so old, and all single colour and not very good.

I can't wait to see it finished! Good luck.

Better than removing the bumpers to clean the lines up is to lessen the distance between the bumper and the body, and remove the overriders.

As an ex Volvo 245 owner I value bumpers in low speed impacts!

jonathon wrote:Is it black with a red engine bay? OOOhhh and a welcome to this forum

That one sounds nice! No, it's white with rusty bits. A bit of a project as well, although it was running a while ago. A very patient friend is waiting for me to move it from his driveway - hopefully quite soon.

Hi all,
I saw a link to here on Retro-rides, posted by bigginger and followed it. Having almost taken possession of a 1956 split screen 4 door with a 2ltr fiat twin-cam, I guess I should be here!