SiC Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 15 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: Frogeyes are brilliant little things. My father owned one in the late 1960s and I recently tracked it down. I've also found out my old A level DT lecturer found and restored my father's old one and has owned a few since. His current project is an American dry state import which he reckons is structurally amazing. Worth a consideration. I'd consider anything if it's the right price 🤣 LHD to RHD conversion I imagine would just be a new rack and dashboard. I think the rack is a Moggie item too, so should be reasonably easy to source. Dash may be harder but possibly something that could be fabricated by a professional quite easily. Edit: or even fibreglass. They're vinyl lined so probably wouldn't be too noticeable. https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/sprite/inner-body-panels/dashboard-rhd-fiberglass.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000 Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Back today after having the head gasket replaced after it went pop on the way to Hooky Classics at Hook Norton Brewery. So far today I’ve done about 60 miles just enjoying it!! SiC, timolloyd, GMcD and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Frogeyes are wonderful. Absolutely shit compared to a modern car, but wonderful. I am now a bit too big for them and with my dodgy right knee would need a left hand drive one to stand a chance of getting in. I miss my old one. (Rev counter should be driven by a cable and little gearbox on the back of the dynamo on that) This was it I googled the registration and found yhe pic of it outside the garage where I lived. It looks like it was up for sale last year. SiC, HMC, J W Pepper and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 Just having a random ebay wander. @Gerrymcd, noooo. What are you doing?? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134163482562?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=gioZ6pdgQW-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3Da_rdIpStK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Matty said: @GerrymcdWhat are you doing?? Sometimes I wonder! I've tried on here to keep it in the fold but haven't had much interest so eBay it is (although so far mostly all I've had is complete time wasters). I've still been driving it whilst the Toledo is in bits at the back of the garage. Smoll car: Six-cylinder, LightBulbFun, Remspoor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Yoss, J W Pepper, Shite Ron and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 @64A60 I saw a notification that you posted but it appears your post disappeared. What happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/16/2022 at 1:24 AM, SiC said: @64A60 I saw a notification that you posted but it appears your post disappeared. What happened? Typical BL it quickly turned to rust. Matty and Dan_ZTT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Shite Ron, Six-cylinder and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Boys night out from the readers wives. triumph advert.mp4 Noel Tidybeard, Six-cylinder, ProgRocker and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 ^^^ love the way it's gently rocking on its springs even at a standstill. Mine does that too 🤣 Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Not my image. camryv6, Blake's Den, LightBulbFun and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 and now a musical break..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champion_Jack_Dupree Vantman, Matty, ProgRocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225142846833?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_kE3nYHoRXu&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=svwv9r4orxa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I'd bloody love this if I could. But I can't ProgRocker, Joey spud, Vantman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I saw this on a diy leccy vehicle Facebook group. It's powered by a forklift truck motor,four deep cycle (120Ah) batteries and a simple motor controller/ potentiometer. Dan_ZTT, Asimo and Matty 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 12 hours ago, Matty said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225142846833?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_kE3nYHoRXu&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=svwv9r4orxa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I'd bloody love this if I could. But I can't Perfect for banger racing (in the 1980s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Joey spud said: I saw this on a diy leccy vehicle Facebook group. It's powered by a forklift truck motor,four deep cycle (120Ah) batteries and a simple motor controller/ potentiometer. Clever looking thing. Wonder how fast it is? TBF anything s quicker than a 1098 so it's all relative I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155172469800?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=RYN1SUxhRr-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=svwv9r4orxa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Nice cars and a clever piece of design at the time but surely not at this money? It's a ground up job. Shite Ron and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Matty said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155172469800?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=RYN1SUxhRr-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=svwv9r4orxa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Nice cars and a clever piece of design at the time but surely not at this money? It's a ground up job. That's a massive project. At that price, it's one of those that is quicker and cheaper to buy a better example. It's either stripped for parts (which many don't look that good) or someone restoring it because they want to have something to fiddle with. Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 High Jetter, Matty and Insideimsmiling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 28 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Arrrggghh why is fucking everything worth going to in the South of England (actual completely immaterial as I'm on my way to Kos right now) 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, SiC said: That's a massive project. At that price, it's one of those that is quicker and cheaper to buy a better example. It's either stripped for parts (which many don't look that good) or someone restoring it because they want to have something to fiddle with. Absolutely. Kudos if it gets done but there's not enough wiggle room at the money. Like you said, just buy a better one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 This is perhaps the right place to ask. Was there a Pickup version of the Minor or is this one that has come up for sale in Norway homemade? Because I've never seen a Minor pickup before and this doesn't look factory. https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=277321632 Remspoor, LightBulbFun and Matty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 They did make one but it didn't look like that. That one looks home made. Remspoor, Matty, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: This is perhaps the right place to ask. Was there a Pickup version of the Minor or is this one that has come up for sale in Norway homemade? Yes they did make Minor pick ups - as both Morris's and Austins - both in the UK and in Australia ('ute' of course). UK made Morris UK made Austin version. Australian made 'ute'. However, I think 'yours' is a third party build as they could be supplied as a chassis and cab to body builders. Here's one in Australia with what looks like the same body. 'Flat bed ute' conversions, another third party variation, were popular in Australia and New Zealand - Dyslexic Viking and Matty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Thanks both. Was what I thought because the pickup part on the one for sale seems too advanced and expensive for a mass produced commercial vehicle. I've looked a bit more at it and wonder if it was originally a Minor Traveller or chassis version? martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 Just now, Yoss said: They did make one but it didn't look like that. That one looks home made. Ironically the homemade one looks less homemade 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 If only I had the folding. Even her indoors reckons these are cool as fuck. The Triumph straight six symphony. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325380068181?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=E8JaGl9JTx-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=svwv9r4orxa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, martc said: Yes they did make Minor pick ups - as both Morris's and Austins - both in the UK and in Australia ('ute' of course). UK made Morris UK made Austin version. Australian made 'ute'. However, I think 'yours' is a third party build as they could be supplied as a chassis and cab to body builders. Here's one in Australia with what looks like the same body. 'Flat bed ute' conversions, another third party variation, were popular in Australia and New Zealand - Mr Bailey, the fishmonger who had a shop near my Grandmas house in Birmingham had a flat bed Morris pickup from when I was first aware of these things at age 2 or 3up until the shop closed down, presume he died , in about 1996. That’s at least 30 years of being washed down every afternoon by hose in the street. I remember him letting me “help” when I was little and my Gran was chatting to his wife. It still looked immaculate in later years when I drove past, the chassis could have been like Triggers Broom though, I suppose. martc, Matty and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 @Dyslexic Viking Scandanavian Morris Minor commercials - DOMI (Dansk Oversoisk Motor Industrie) made a Minor van, unique to them, that was used by both the Danish and Swedish post offices. This is a DOMI which has found itself in the UK. UK made vans look like this Austin version - But what may be of interest is that, according to a book I have ('The Minor Commercial') Lillehammer Karosserifabrikk made commercial vehicles based on Morris Minor chassis but I can't find any pictures of them. Matty, LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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