Bitten off more than I can chew? Time will tell.
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:56 pm
Picking up a 56 Minor travellor in the morning, or what is left of it. It's been moth balled outside since '94 and cas collapsed on itself and siezed solid. Gives me good excuse for to build the car of my wifes dreams though.
The plan is to make it look as original as possible, sprayed in old english white with new wood all round and the original red interior. The fun comes in when I try to fit an 1800 Marina engine in as my wife has a bad knee and wants an auto 'box. I will also be uprating the brakes and suspension as well as fitting (probably) a new floor and strengthening supports.
The really fun bit comes when I want to try to conceal an air con system in there using the original controls and also to attempt to use the existing window winders fitted with micro switches to control electric windows.
This may be taking things too far, but all I have to work with at the moment is a pile of rust, 2 wings, half a roof and the doors. Watch this space.
Any advice (apart from go and buy one that works) would be appreciated. Has anyone attempted to completely modernise a moggy before whilst keeping the heart and soul intact?
Hopefully a full photo restoration will follow over the next 2 years.
The plan is to make it look as original as possible, sprayed in old english white with new wood all round and the original red interior. The fun comes in when I try to fit an 1800 Marina engine in as my wife has a bad knee and wants an auto 'box. I will also be uprating the brakes and suspension as well as fitting (probably) a new floor and strengthening supports.
The really fun bit comes when I want to try to conceal an air con system in there using the original controls and also to attempt to use the existing window winders fitted with micro switches to control electric windows.
This may be taking things too far, but all I have to work with at the moment is a pile of rust, 2 wings, half a roof and the doors. Watch this space.
Any advice (apart from go and buy one that works) would be appreciated. Has anyone attempted to completely modernise a moggy before whilst keeping the heart and soul intact?
Hopefully a full photo restoration will follow over the next 2 years.
