DaveDorson Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 Waiting in for a delivery (about mid day) then I'll be headed up there . The Moog and aldo135 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I'm hoping for an early Minor (like an MM) but also it may well be nothing like what the guy says so I'm gonna raise my expectations sky high with a Dacia Denem. What? A man can dream can't he? SpareSnare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooner Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 It'll be a mint, one owner from new peach of a Morris 10/4 that has been sprayed with oil underneath and has a like new interior. It will also only need an oil change and the enjoyable fetting that we all like to get it fully functional.How do I know? Because its not me. eddyramrod and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I'm hoping for an early Minor (like an MM) but also it may well be nothing like what the guy says so I'm gonna raise my expectations sky high with a Dacia Denem. What? A man can dream can't he?Even better a hoard of Lonsdale YD41s. MorrisItalSLX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 It was an eight and it's fucked Cavcraft and Squire_Dawson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 sooooo... you bought it? LightBulbFun and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 It was an eight and it's fuckedStop making it sound more tempting and hurry with the pictures and price, please! richardthestag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 IMG_20190305_132649343 by davedorson, on Flickr IMG_20190305_132655658 by davedorson, on Flickr Vantman, eddyramrod, danthecapriman and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 IMG_20190305_132701574 by davedorson, on Flickr IMG_20190305_132714998 by davedorson, on Flickr richardthestag, danthecapriman, Vince70 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 IMG_20190305_132746518 by davedorson, on Flickr Squire_Dawson, loserone, richardthestag and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 That looks quite sleek and aerodynamic. I spot some AA Book of the Car repairs also. GiB. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 I'm quite willing to pass details on to any utnerrsedi party, but he wanted a grand. I walked away chuckling to myself BorniteIdentity and Squire_Dawson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Special light weight racing edition, that's why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Got a V5? Gotta be worth something to a hot rodder if so. Otherwise, walk away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 It's got a v5 yeah. It's properly hanging. I've enough to be getting along with so it's staying where it is for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Got a V5? Gotta be worth something to a hot rodder if so. Otherwise, walk away!Separate chassis on these so ripe for a nice 1950s plastic kit to be cobbled onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 It's got a V5? Now it needs a V8...Seriously, that could make a lovely hot rod project, but you would need to have the time, space and skills. So that's me out... The Moog and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Underdelivering somewhat on the running boards. LightBulbFun, inconsistant, Rocket88 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Dentressangle Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Underdelivering somewhat on the running boards. The earlier 8's seem to have had them, but the Series E would have looked like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-8-Series-E-1948-/372604667595?hash=item56c0f806cb%3Ag%3A3HYAAOSw6nhcauXA&nma=true&si=oN%252FiotSdVQVH6EhpO1UmA2Gvbg8%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Given this one actually sold for £2.5k, the asking price for a collapsing heap of rust seems a bit optimistic: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-8-SERIES-E-HOT-ROD-RAT-ROD/143090937664?hash=item2150e26f40:g:m2IAAOSwPrdcPOrX Squire_Dawson and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 What I meant was that whether we're calling them sills or running boards, they seem to be missing/mangled/rotten, at least that's what it looks like on my phone screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 The earlier 8's seem to have had them, but the Series E would have looked like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-8-Series-E-1948-/372604667595?hash=item56c0f806cb%3Ag%3A3HYAAOSw6nhcauXA&nma=true&si=oN%252FiotSdVQVH6EhpO1UmA2Gvbg8%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Given this one actually sold for £2.5k, the asking price for a collapsing heap of rust seems a bit optimistic: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-8-SERIES-E-HOT-ROD-RAT-ROD/143090937664?hash=item2150e26f40:g:m2IAAOSwPrdcPOrX Those headlights look very odd. I always remembered the Series E having headlights almost completely cowled in to the front wings and sloping headlight glass. Perhaps difficulty in finding replacements has resulted in modern or more easily obtainable conventional units and the slightly gawky look. Squire_Dawson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I think the historic racer towing arrangement could do with refinement............. Christine and DaveDorson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 It's got a V5? Now it needs a V8...Seriously, that could make a lovely hot rod project, but you would need to have the time, space and skills. So that's me out... I don't have close to the time. That's the biggest issue. It needs literally everything. I was hoping it'd be a bit rough, and need a bit of welding doing and could then be freed up, cleaned up with new tyres and brake bits and then make a reasonably easy to run about in, albeit rough as anything car. It's really at full restoration stage, and I'm not sure the finished car is close to the cost of doing it in terms of time and expenditure. Friend of mine is currently building an 8 based hotrod with a ford BOB V6 24v, auto box, and some other tweaks, he's interested in some of the parts on the car, so it might end up in my ownership yet, even just to rape the parts off eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I was at a local open day yesterday, it was miserable weather, but the allure of rusty cars, a bacon roll, and free coffee was very strong, especially after a Saturday night with someone sending shots to my table at the local Weatherspoon's. Were you at Ross's ? I was going but my arthritic knee was playing up so didn't. He dropped the R4 van off tonight before I left work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Those headlights look very odd. I always remembered the Series E having headlights almost completely cowled in to the front wings and sloping headlight glass. Perhaps difficulty in finding replacements has resulted in modern or more easily obtainable conventional units and the slightly gawky look. I believe that the 'standing out' headlights were a conversion so that standard Lucas lights could be used, in which case the original faired in ones must have been as effective as a glow-worm in a jam-jar Squire_Dawson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 A grand for an old heap like that, what planet are they on. It wouldn't even break for anywhere near that. I thought I heard mention of the word FREE though? I believe that the 'standing out' headlights were a conversion so that standard Lucas lights could be used, in which case the original faired in ones must have been as effective as a glow-worm in a jam-jar Yes, a popular upgrade was marketed by Lucas specifically for these cars, using the latest block pattern lenses, i.e. the standard for the next 30 years. These cars were still plentiful in the 1960's and there seems to be no shortage of them even now. Buy it and use it as your very own tradesman's preferred transport.... Vince70 and inconsistant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Were you at Ross's ? I was going but my arthritic knee was playing up so didn't. He dropped the R4 van off tonight before I left work.I was indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 A grand for an old heap like that, what planet are they on. It wouldn't even break for anywhere near that. I thought I heard mention of the word FREE though? Yes, a popular upgrade was marketed by Lucas specifically for these cars, using the latest block pattern lenses, i.e. the standard for the next 30 years. These cars were still plentiful in the 1960's and there seems to be no shortage of them even now. Buy it and use it as your very own tradesman's preferred transport.... If it was free I'd have taken it on. Unfortunately offered a car translated to "I might know a bloke" and then actually showing an interest made the chap think it's worth money. Never mind eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpareSnare Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Pity about the eight, but the Alfa looks lovely. Just as nice in the metal? Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Pity about the eight, but the Alfa looks lovely. Just as nice in the metal? Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using TapatalkThe Alfa is beautiful, and it goes like hot snot. Friend of mine did a lot of work on it, and it does get used in anger too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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