Morris Minor Owners Club

hi all!

i am new here. i bought a unfinished 1950 lowlight from lee last week which i plan on building up (not a complete classic restore) as i might do this later on when i have more time on my hands, what i am planning is bit more RAW so will start off as a rolling restoration at first as i need to use the car for outings mainly so i can drive places to take photos (i am a photographer).

the cars style and look will reflect all the things i love dear to me. 1930s/40s, art deco/streamline moderne, industrial/machine age, rat/hot rods. pretty much what the name suggests. its not bought as a "show" car its for myself, styled specifically for myself, i've wanted a morris minor since i was a kid now i am happy to own one finally

i am keeping the original 918cc side value engine. cosmetics exterior - raw/bare polished metal. interior - stripped down very minimal matt/satin black with raw/bare polished metal & custom cutout sheet metal for panels etc. maybe turquoise/black leather seating. that is the look i am going for.

i took some photos of the shell the other day, please enjoy (they are very lowlight moody photos - my style so please take that in mind, more photographic/cinematic looking).












link to my flickr set, where i will be uploading allot more - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sputn1k/se ... 132786267/

cheers
dystopia

Very atmospheric, I particularly like the aura in picture 4 .

thank you!! glad you like. i am know for my atmospheric style of photography

Raw polished metal is rather prone to turning into ferric oxide I'm afraid.

yes unprotected it will but i am plan on buying a special metal lacquer (which protects it from rust, which is used allot in the hot rod community) its called Permalac. thanks

Cool pictures I also own a 1950 lowlight that pretty much all original.

I shall watch with interest!

great thank you david! cool will have a look for yours. love lowlights,,

Wow fantastic set of photos
your a true artist
they have got to be the best set of prints on here
keep up the good work and keep posting

thank you very much alex! what a great compliment thats very kind..

i will be uploading allot more images as i go along, keep an eye out thanks

I love the idea of a bare metal Minor The pictures you have taken really are amazing and would great blown up on my wall. I will be watching this thread with intrest.

thanks man! i am very excited to get it done i have already started stripping the paint off a few panels down to bare metal looking very raw atm and liking the look already

heres a couple of images of my stripped down dashboard

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Any progress with this project? I'm deffinately keen to see the results.

not much progress atm, its been to cold and have had a photography exhibition on so had absolutely no time to do anything atm. but have started working on it again so more updates to come cheers!

Wow! Blown away by the photos, looks really good, what a great idea, I normally like bulk standard original, but this is something special, looking forward to more photos soon!
Phil

thanks phil!! yes this should look pretty different i am sure everyone will enjoy. cheers again more photos to come!

Here's my 1950 lowlight:

Well that's lovely. Nice work. Any more photos?

Full story here:

http://mog.myfreeforum.org/about1082.html

Pete

looks very nice! - looks like allot of money spent on it ;0 mine wont look like that

Really nice. If I was going to mod a lowlight thats exactly how i'd want it. Nice choice of colour. I'm not a fan of the bright colours normally associated with hot rodding/modified motors. Always impressed with the amount of engineering and metal work that goes into these hot rods. Mostly unseen from the outside. Is it on the road yet?