1949 Morris Minor

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SteveBudden

History

I bought this car sight unseen from Colac in Victoria and it had some rust problems but the shell has restored well after a full rotisserie sand blast and some carefull metal replacement. I hav been able to buy many new body replacement rubbers and components from England

Modifications

The engine is a Fiat 124 1970 model 1608cc Twin cam producing about 110BHP. The gearbox is a fiat 131 5 speed and the diff is a ford Escort mk2 with a 3.78 ratio with telescopic shocks. Front brakes are mk2 Escort ventilated discs mated to original Morris uprights. car weighs in at 750kg. Instruments will be Fiat 124.