After three long tedious years building it, I finally drove my Morris a couple days ago. It's still in need of a lot of finishing, but it actually went and stopped and steered and shifted gear as it is meant to. The puke green fenders will be black, like the body, pretty soon. And one day be swapped for old style cycle fenders all around, the ones with the cool rib down the middle. This was the state of play when I first got on the HAMB, looking for a little encouragment and inspiration, some two years ago.
Nuthin like the first time. Dig it! Tell us more about the rear hatch deal on the left side. Whats up with that? More Pics!
That is cool but you need a few more lugnuts What are you running for a mill?? Is that one of those Aluminum Rover V8s I see in the last picture??? Dawg
There are so many cars in the world to build that we never had in the US.I love the creativity and imagination people in other countries show.Your car is cool as hell.But what is the gullwing L.R. door about?And a first drive without a story isn't right at all.Please post more.
Congratulations on getting it to this stage. Everyone on here that's done it will say what a great feeling, running around the block the first time was! (and still is) I was also wondering about the mill.........I see the two pipes coming out the back and wondered what they terminated on. I figured the hatch on the side was just access to the back so you could throw in some tools and kids and tires and other necessities! You have the body looking good and I like the fender combo. That car says hot rod all over! Man, you're gettin ready for some fun driving and getting a lot of thumbs up! Thanks for posting the pics!
dude, leave the fenders just as they are, that thing is the*****! proof that a sweet rod doesnt have to be american (or a gasser if its euro). keep it up mate.
Glad you got on the road is it MOT'ed yet. Its looking good You can't beat that first time you take a fresh car out
I like,Ilike it . What are the gizzmos that look like hinges over the top of the left center window opening. Is the car a three door?I swear I could see a door seam for a rear door on the left and not on the right. What kinda car is that anyway ??? T.OUT
Looks great! I dig that little hatch door trick. What size are those tyres? I can read 'Kingping Pathfinder 4x4', but a search turned up junk - what are they from?
Glad everyone likes my efforts, and many thanks to mucho inspiration from the HAMB over the years. Including the 3" top chop, which I'd never ever have contemplated without the lessons I've learned from the HAMB and other forums in the UK. The motor is an all aluminum Rover 3.5 litre. that's basically a Buick 215 cu in, from the old American days where it was designed. It's basically standard, with block huggers, electric water pump, and fan, and a carb swap. Carb is a two barrel Weber mounted on an Offy manifold, using a home made adapter plate. The hatch on the side was a result of my overzealous sheet metal working skills, after reading so many tech pages here on the HAMB. I kinda got carried away after chopping and two-dooring it, so retained the upper half of one rear door, and moved the original hinges to the top. Apart from the hinges it sort of blends in with the body line when shut, sort of, well that was the plan. makes for great access to the rear, as the front seats don't tilt or slide, yet. Lug nuts. I only really drove it back and forth, up and around my shortass drive, as it's not road legal yet, luckily. It's on my 'to do' list right now, but it could have been a sad end to three years work! Surprising how such things can be overlooked in the excitment. I found the rear tyres in some 4 x 4 shop, whilst looking for some tall thin rubber. Not too sure of anymore than you can see on them, apart from '205 X 16 radial'. Interior is heading towards the classic slit-screen view I first saw in American Grafitti some 20 years ago, but there's still loads to do to it. I'm not even trying to final finish anything yet, as with so many home made one-off parts something always needs modifying to fit something else. It won't be billet and Dakota Digital though, just homely trad looking and practical. I do have an electronic speedo, as there are so many 'speed cameras' in the UK you just can not take the risk of not knowing how fast you are going, if you want to keep your license.
Paul - excellent mate. Your next job is to get it sorted to drive over to Wrexham and introduce it to my modified.
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