Epic Morris Wedge restoration.

[adw1977]

This car is definitely in my mental "after the Euromillions win" garage.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Yup, those photos are shiiiite. I do hope it sells, and goes to a good home though. Fantastic looking thing.

[Bilbobill]

Well, after 18 months of restoring and owning this 1974 Morris 1800 it's time to say goodbye and pass it on to its new owner. We had a great time restoring this rare car after its 20 year slumber and hope the new owner appreciates all the hard work that went into it.

 

It's been sold for a sum I'd rather not disclose but it's a fair bit more than it cost us to restore, so we're happy about that. 

Hello rovamota

 

I am the proud new owner of YJO 71R!

 

Lovely car, a real period piece. Turns more heads than a Ferrari

 

Just wondered if you could tell me, with she run on unleaded petrol?

 

Cheers

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It won't. But a nice gas flowed MGB head with steel seats certainly will - nice skim to bump up the compression a bit, run the MoFo on super.

[mercrocker]

I have run B Series motors on a practically daily basis for years without ever putting unleaded heads on them.  Certainly have not molly coddled them but Castrol Valvemaster Plus has been used in conjunction with Shell Optimax or Esso Supreme if pushed.    Not a scientific answer but a real-life one, on my fifth different one now with no noticeable deterioration in compression on any of them.     

 

Not particularly recommending this regime but I have taken the view that if something goes amiss upstairs then that is the time to consider hardened seats.

[rovamota]

Hello rovamota

 

I am the proud new owner of YJO 71R!

 

Lovely car, a real period piece. Turns more heads than a Ferrari

 

Just wondered if you could tell me, with she run on unleaded petrol?

 

Cheers

 

That's great news and I hope you enjoy using it on a regular basis. How about joining our club and forum? http://leylandprincess.co.uk/forum/index.php

[Angrydicky]

Yes I too run a B series on a daily basis, and use Valvemaster Plus with no ill effects. 25,000 miles covered in three years and no noticeable valve seat recession.

 

Lovely car by the way!

[Bilbobill]

That's great news and I hope you enjoy using it on a regular basis. How about joining our club and forum? http://leylandprincess.co.uk/forum/index.php

Thanks for your reply, I'll look to join the club

 

I'm looking for replacement gutter trims, still not sure if has been modified to run on unleaded or not though

 

I am lucky enough to have a local mechanic who trained and worked with a garage selling BL, Austin-Rover and Rover group products, he's ace!

[rovamota]

Thanks for your reply, I'll look to join the club

 

I'm looking for replacement gutter trims, still not sure if has been modified to run on unleaded or not though

 

I am lucky enough to have a local mechanic who trained and worked with a garage selling BL, Austin-Rover and Rover group products, he's ace!

Correct drip rail trim is hard to find but it's possible to find an alternative We overhauled the cylinder head but we felt there's no need to make it unleaded compatible considering its mileage and the fact that it will run perfectly well on unleaded. It's not as if it'll be doing 20,000 miles a year pounding the motorways of the UK so we left it alone.

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[Dick Cheeseburger]

Still looking immaculate and soon up for auction...

https://wbandsons.com/listing/morris-1800-prototype/

[Amishtat]

Been looking for some old photos and came across this one, which belongs here. Seen in an Essex scrapyard back in 1997, I probably wouldn't have noticed it at all if Nick Larkin hadn't written about KJO a few months before. 

[UltraWomble]

On 11/18/2015 at 11:49 AM, Christine said:

Tell us about this one ..  

 

On 2/12/2016 at 7:19 PM, rovamota said:

The yellow one is a photoshop someone did of my car. I doubt (and many would hope) that anyone will ever modify a Wedge to that extent.

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