Hot Rods Anyone ever build a Morris Minor?

Can always cure the lack of power, sadly not the look.

 

dude...you're the size of a sasquatch...you'd hafta sit in the backseat

 

ROFL!

 

Neanderthal maybe,Sasquatch is pushing it.

Remember,I did fit in a Deuce pickup,it was tight but I fit. HRP

 

I think at that age, the impressions things make on you are so powerful. I see the same thing with my daughter, shes six now, but she will mention things that happened when she was three that I was so sure she had forgotten about, and her recollection is clear as a bell.

 

The Datsun 1200 engine is a generic copy of the original Morrie Thou engine .
Get the Big version from a C20 Nissan Vanette [they are 1400cc]

Those things can rev to the moon if you lack mechanical sympathy

 

Here a 500 hundred dollar truck on Buffalo NY Craigslist

 

Bad link. HRP

 

Worth a looky-see.... Beach Street Revival in Santa Cruz,CA. 1989. Saw it up front and personal....... Just had to search for it.but pics are there...... Wild for the time....

 

First off cool choise, cute car!

Second off; this is a small, cheap and popular car, then and now.
This car had the world's first anti block brakes, the brakes are bad! Upgrade!!

Then little a series are easy to service and reliable, but compared to a v8-60 they are small and low on power, but there is a major shitload of parts to be had!
But since we can't cut much in then and pass MOT, so we push the envelope all out for power upgrade. So my help might be limired to our ways of build.

That engine compartment is small, so I would recommend a MGB 1.8 4 banger or a Rover 215 or 3500.
They are smallish, powerful for size and can be build to be fast and tough as nails.

Steering is good, handling is fair. Can be rusted, but can be undercoated from its own oil leaks.
I'd a brit car dosent leak oil, it's empty.

But the mgb with a bump in compression, hot street cam (dare I say 3/4 racecam) with better intake. Two SU are fair, but 2 2bbl Weber or dellortos will do great. A T5 or an MGB 4+OD would do fine too, and some better gears.

When looking at one, look at the steering wheel and seat backs. There should be some cracks from braking.
The stock mills are 0.9 liter, or 1.0. That's small then some Harleys

Even the starter motor in a leopard combat tank is bigger, it's an 1.1 liter BLMC 4 banger.

 

I'm working from my phone, funny it won't copy and paste, tried twice.

 

I remembered my old school mate had one, that he had me paint 'Mildred' on the trunk.
I drove it at top speed (45mph), towards raised railroad tracks one day, with him following behind on a motorcycle. When I hit the raised tracks, that ol Morris had all four wheels off the deck.
The owner sure got pissed about that!

 

I built a Morris sedan delivery about 20 years ago. Hot Buick even fire 231/350 combo. Chevy Monza rear, with strut frt end. If you have any height at all you'll have to move the seat back. The guy I built it for was 6'7" tall and I moved the seat back a foot into the cargo area. You couldn't even see him sitting in it.

 

There was a BITCHEN PU in PHR in the mid seventies, metallic green with a Cleveland, mid 11 second street car, which was fairly quick in those days.

 

there was one that raced in new zealand in the 60s i think it had ferarri running gear

 

http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?76-The-Morrari-recreation/page4

here is some info on it

 

I seem to recall something like that.

 

Knew I'd saved that somewhere...

 

Garth Souness's Morrari was a built on an outdated Ferrari 555 Super Squalo F1 chassis.
It was powered by a Chevy V8

Check out the Borrani wires on it ^^^^

 

it still has a number plate in that photo, was it road driven?

 

From the rules:
4. We cover traditional '65 and older American cars only. All other threads will be deleted.

But hey, I'm not in charge, I was just having a dig.

 

I was looking into a Morris Traveler for the girlfriend (wagon version), I found a few with fiat, toyota, sprite motors. I have a few german 2.0 pintos that I was going to use, but body parts are hard to come by if anything happens....personally I like the Hilmans better.

 

There are exceptions to this!

Volvo' and VW are normally in bad standing. But the brit made cars with a V8 built in a Altered, Gasser style or the likes there of, usualy passes scrutteny, but wait and see how it plays out, before you deam it out!!

Fiat Topolini, Ford Anglia/prefect/popular, and a few holdens and Utes, wille passe the bar, and this migth do too. only time will tell.

 

You will be surprised what you can fit in the engine bay. It was designed for a flat four but was built with Morris 4 cyl engines.
We used to put MG 4 cyl or Holden 6 cyl in them but I knew a guy who fitted a V8 60 from a Simca Vedette.
I found one 20 years ago that had a 327 and powerglide fitted in the '60's and was still road registered. That was a frightening toy.

 

I spotted this one at a show last year.
I only have 3 x photos. It's quite a bit different

 

With your interpretation, an Anglia or Bantam Gasser would be off topic here [ along with European 32 Fords ]
There is a lot of threads here about James Dean [who was driving a Porsche] Maybe you should get these banned. Then you can start on the cyclecar thread with over 7000 replies,


Don't be such a pedantic nitpicker trying to sabotage this fun thread

 

Does a flattie make it traditional

 

Don't be to hard on him,the rules are guide lines,I understand that and remember when they were cut and dry pre 64,they underwent a slight change when guys were building 1965 Buick Riviera's,even the Boss has one.

There is a exception to the rules every now & then and some are given a pass.

There have been many English cars posted over the years and a few other exceptions such as the 1948 Thames panel thread,they have been interesting reads. HRP

 

Good taste in engines,bad taste in wheels. HRP

 

Makes me want to sing that song........."She's real fine, my Morris Mine".