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Post by tommydp on Dec 18, 2010 10:21:03 GMT
Here's my 1971 Morris after restoration. It's repainted in Blue Royale, the original colour. New sills and a wing was fitted. The whole car was totally dismantled, and put together using quite a lot of "new" parts. A low mileage engine was put in, but I'm having another engine totally rebuilt for it now. Attachments:
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Post by tommydp on Dec 18, 2010 10:27:35 GMT
How it was... Being young I pulled it apart.. I learned a lot from it, for sure. It was quite rusty, especially the sills were bad Attachments:
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Post by Keef on Dec 18, 2010 10:51:06 GMT
Here's my 1971 Morris after restoration. A credit to you Tommy. Look forward to seeing more snaps. |
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Post by Admin on Dec 19, 2010 11:46:20 GMT
Lovely! Can't be many Crabs left in Norway now, have you any idea how many survive over there?
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Post by tommydp on Dec 19, 2010 21:49:16 GMT
Lovely! Can't be many Crabs left in Norway now, have you any idea how many survive over there? Well, it's hard to tell, I know of about 15 cars around the country. From time to time I'm contacted regarding parts, advice etc so I keep a record of the cars. I also keep a record of the cars advertised for sale. I have some contact with other owners here through a Norwegian club for British cars as well as a Norwegian Mini- website. From time to time Crabs come up for sale here, so who knows how many are out there, on and off the road? A total of 25- 30 cars perhaps? The 1800 was quite a rare car here, even when new. They where quite expensive, I guess most buyers were older, "upper middle class" people. Taking this into account, I would say an amazing number of crabs have survived here, judging by how they come up for sale from time to time after resting in a shed or barn for years. I don't think there are many more Marinas than Crabs in Norway today, even though the Marina was a common car here. |
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Post by tommydp on Dec 19, 2010 22:25:07 GMT
A car for all seasons:-) Attachments:
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