The Snotters back and now she,s black

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:19 am

1949 front (Steel grille, glass wings)
1971 cab
1971 box
1961 small window rear doors
1953 dash and banjo steering wheel.
Why? because I can!
Dont understand why they didnt build one originally it looks so cute!

Post by **Peetee** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:17 am

Sotter looks great

, but I'd like to see you explain that combination if you ever get round to selling it.

What year does it say on the V5?

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:21 am

Base vehicle (main chassis, cab van box etc), 1971 Austin 6 cwt van, registered as that, no worse than Fiat engined Ford gearboxed mongrels, nothing I,ve done isnt easily reversable thats the beauty of these great machines. big lego sets really.

Post by **ndevans** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:18 pm

So is it possible to fit lowlight front panel/grille & wings to any Minor then? Can you fit a later grille & wings to a lowlight car?

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:24 pm

Absolutley, its easy all you have to cut the inner wings to fit the 'headlight shrouds' and trim a bit of the valence to fit lowlight front wings.
Tha hardest lowlight bits to get where the Headlight rims NOS from America lucky e-bay find. going the other way is much simpler.
Its certanly been a ice breaker wherever I park up. Most people (non minorphiles) think its an actual production car. I even got one teary eyed old chap telling me how he and his long gone brother used to deliver pop around the streets of Manchester when they were younger. Didnt have the heart to put him right!

Post by **ndevans** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:49 pm

I think the earlier style grille looks better than the later versions. I have a Traveller-don't think there were any lowlight Travellers....

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:01 pm

I,ve a picture of a home brewed conversion in a scrapyard close inspections shows it to have been built using a lowlight convertible of all things (I think looking at the top of the screen). I found the photo on the net so cant credit the photograper I,m afraid.

Post by **ndevans** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:10 pm

I thought the bonnets were slightly different between MM/S2's & 1000's?

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:11 pm

They are, they are shaped along the back edge to suit the 'vee' of the windscreen.

Post by **dunketh** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:14 pm

That looks brilliant!
The lowlight front really suits the van shape.

Post by **motherofgod** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:17 pm

Very nice, I'll be joining you soon! with lowlight frontage!

James

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:06 pm

Cuple of other shots

Post by **motherofgod** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:51 pm

what wing mirrors are you using and is it satin black?

Post by **leyther8008** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:16 am

Yep satin black! looks better in the photos than in the metal but it was my first attempt, going for the old patina look, the wing mirrors are a pair of bike mirrors I picked up at the Ellesmere port autojumble.

Post by **MoggyTech** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:28 pm

Considering the amount of time I have spent polishing paint finishes, I have to say I quite like that satin black look. something quite spooky about it, 'The Ghostly Snotter'

Post by **dunketh** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:42 am

I like the polished hubcaps.
Are they standard fit? They look better than the M ones imo.

Post by **leyther8008** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:26 am

No another e-bay find, they are second hand Moon caps from America, they worked out cheaper than buying them here! not as much fun as mooching round scrapyards and Autojumbles though!
They also look better on the back wheels which are the wider van wheels they stick out a bit much on the fronts. The trim rings help to give an old style look as well I think!

Post by **Sidney'61** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:58 pm

ndevans wrote:I thought the bonnets were slightly different between MM/S2's & 1000's?

Yup the MM series ones are shorter, if you see on the MM traveller photo the bonnet doesn't go all the way up to the doors at the sides whereas the series II and 1000 ones do.