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Convertible Conversion Information
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:43 pm
by scottie
Have bought a Minor Saloon 5 years ago which was in one family until I purchased it and am thinking of having it converted. Can anyone recommend a quality conversion company which is also able to do some restoration work?
If anyone has had a conversion done could they please get in contact and let me know how it went?
Not too sure if I should go down this route or perhaps go out and buy a factory original convertible.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:16 pm
by moggyminor16
i did mine its not that hard as long as you get the pillor around the screen right youll be fine a mate dose them all the time
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:32 pm
by Kevin
Hi Scottie you havent filled in your whereabouts in your profile so I dont know how far away from the specialist that now deals with these conversions near the south coast, they were originally done in Yorkshire but the company no longer exsists and the patterns etc wrer taken over by the other company who I believe have made improvements to the original kits.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:32 pm
by scottie
Hi Kevin,
thanks for the reply.I live in Wraysbury,near Windsor.Do you have details of the company that does the conversions please??also would like to see a couple that have been done,cheers Colin.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:05 pm
by LouiseM
I think this is the company Kevin is referring to:
http://www.midsussexminors.co.uk/
They also sell the kits if you want to convert it yourself.
If you want to see some that have already been converted just go to your nearest morris minor rally, or contact your local branch of the mmoc. There's bound to be a few there.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:12 pm
by jonathon
I think you will find that John has retired
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:38 pm
by aupickup
yes john at mid sussex minors has retired now, he is in dorset way
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:25 pm
by Kevin
Interesting as the website still appears to be up and running and there is still an email link for him, is it being run by someone else or has he just moved.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:06 pm
by aupickup
john has indeed moved
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:21 pm
by 8009STEVE
yes john at mid sussex minors has retired now, he is in dorset way
He is in Somerset. The car he was in broke down and I had to recover him and car back to his house.
conversion
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:23 pm
by Willie
The worst part of the conversion was shaping the section at the top of the windscreen but this is now available preformed so the job is easier.