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    "PHANTOM" Morris Minor Woodie

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    Following on from the thread in the UK History section on my old Pop GGL 306, I rashly said I'd send details of my current build.
    So for "Brizey's" benefit and anyone else that's interested, here's my take on a Phantom Morris Minor Woodie.

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    I'm slowly getting the hang of this, so please bear with me whilst I find my way around the picture/text interface.
    Living in the sticks, broadband speeds are glacial so I may have to restrict each post to a few pics at a time, unless any of you know a quicker way of downloading pics. (please keep suggestions in simple non-techy English!)
    Hope this will be of interest. It's not a blood curling, hemi engined 32, but it is my take on an English hot Rod.

    Full story to follow.

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    Cool, look forward to detailed explanations of that front end

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    Very nicely done, great concept changing the traveler to a complete woodie looking forward to seeing the rest of the build.
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    Do a couple of "enter" clicks after each pic before typing more text, then the text won't carry on from the side of the pic each time, but will be under each pic. HTH!!
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    Lotus that is awesome, were did you get the wood done ,was looking at a similar rear door arrangment for my 53 morris oxford mo was thinking of complete new wood,looking forward to the updates

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    Loving that woodie.....100e front panel ?

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    Looking good Merv`, keep the photos and info coming ...
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    love it, more pics please
    be quiet when you leave.... mr munn lives right around the corner

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    Thats very nice indeed.
    Real steel

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    Quote Originally Posted by crumble View Post
    Thats very nice indeed.
    X 2 Looking forward to the build.

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    Nicely done.
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    "Phantom" Morris Minor Woodie

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    Nicely done.
    OK so part two of the ongoing saga. Seems the early construction pics were on our old computer and am not sure whether the photo files were transferred. If not I'll scan in the copies from my photo album!

    In the meantime herewith two more pics of its current status.

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    WOW!! Thats is some wouderous craftsmanship,

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    Excellent work - I am always in awe of people who can successfully cut wood in straight lines!
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    And very nice to

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    Thanks for the positive responses. To answer the two questions, yes the front end is 100E although heavily massaged and yes I did all the work myself, including the wood work. More details beginning the next post.
    In the meantime I've established that I didn't transfer the pic file from the old computer, so I'll scan in photos from my album. Hope the quality will be good enough.

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    This is really, really nice. A bit of original thinking that has transformed the looks of a familiar car without destroying it's character, which is a good trick if you can do it. The woodwork is just plain gorgeous.

    P*rsch* 911 headlights?

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    That's great stuff.I'm going to enjoy reading about this one. I'm gathering parts for a minor project, love 'em.

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    Part 1

    It's lovely to see the interest shown in my project. Maybe I should run a competition to guess where the various parts come from. Then again when you see the following photos you may want to guess which way up the various photos are. They're taken from my photo album so may not end up the way I want.
    Finally to answer the latest question, yes they're 911 headlights.

    I bought the car 7 years ago as an MOT failure on a SORN. The owner had used it to run up and down his farm track (?) The woodwork was shot, as were the sills.
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    Everything got stripped out, including all the rust and wood rot.
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    Prior to the Morris, I'd restored an MGBGT and to do this I constructed a rotisserie to do all the underneath. So with a small adaptation, this was pressed into service for the Morris. Inside the cab, all was braced with 1" steel tubing and to replace the missing woodwork, I fitted a cruciform brace of 2" square wood.
    Steel repair panels were sourced from David Manners in Brum, along with a disc brake kit and brake booster kit.
    The passenger side sill and flooring were removed completely and gradually replaced using rosebud welds where there used to be spot welds. For the inquisitive among you I use Gas welding. Fortunately the front wings and inner wings were in good condition, so were cleaned up.

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    This is the front edge of the passenger side sill. The bottom left photo seems to have been taken from underneath, ie. with the car the right way up whilst still in the rotisserie (See the ceiling in the background) Haven't the faintest idea why.
    Maybe I should make that another competition question?

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    well cool

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