Minor van in progress

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CustomMoggy
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Minor van in progress

#1 Post by CustomMoggy »

1969 Moggy van project, will update as we go. from start to finish, a rusting wreck to a modern funcional vehicle, retro van with modern mechanicals, a bit like what VW did with the beetle but keeping the original shell.
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1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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Re: Minor van in progress

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next pics, front suspension on the new chassis, ford escort van shortened rear axle, cab preparation
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1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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Re: Minor van in progress

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Being stripped back to the bare metal, front showing new chassis arrangement ready to take the front wheel drive unit. note the firewall has been changed to accommodate the engine, steering rack and servo. The lower arms are renault clio, as they are A frames there is no need for an anti roll bar. the piece of dexion you can see is temporary, it's there just to hold the wing trough in the correct position.
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1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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Re: Minor van in progress

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Stripped Bonnet, front strut in place, custom built fuel tank.
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1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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Re: Minor van in progress

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Doors blasted and bottoms repaired, note steel not filler. The yellow paint on one door would suggest it's not the original, probably taken from a gpo van. Decided open air blasting is too messy so today we are going to build a cabinet, details will be posted on this thread.
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1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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Re: Minor van in progress

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Fuel tank fitted, approx 20 gallons, with an approximate consumption of 60mpg the range should be about 1200 miles.
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1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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#7 Post by 22900013A »

60 mpg! I never knew they did that well!
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#8 Post by paul »

Wow

That looks amazing!
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Re: Minor van in progress

#9 Post by CustomMoggy »

It's getting a 1.5 diesel peugeot engine
1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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Posts: 121
Joined: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:21 pm

Re: Minor van in progress

#10 Post by CustomMoggy »

Built a blaster but decided it's better on it's own topic, so see blaster.
1951 Morris Minor split screen fwd diesel
1961 Morris Minor Ford 1.8 CVH rwd
1969 4 door Morris minor fwd diesel
1970 Morris Minor van fwd diesel
1983 Lola S2000 group C
2004 rover 75
2001 Fiat Ducato
1996 Transit recovery truck.
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