Van on flickr

wedgeprincess · Post by **wedgeprincess** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:01 pm

anyone's on here??

1977 V8 Morris Marina Van by Austin7nut, on Flickr

Pont.skins · Post by **Pont.skins** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:17 pm

WOW,If only

jiversteve · Post by **jiversteve** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:37 pm

Thats a nice looking conversion, not for the faint hearted.

I wonder what he did with the front suspension, it looks like the standard tie rods?

Any more photos on flickr or is there a user name attached. Just off to have a look myself.

EDIT

Have emailed the guy who took the pics.

JubileeNut · Post by **JubileeNut** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:37 pm

He has telescopic coil overs with a double wishbone by the looks of it?

Very nicely done and very cool.
Even the bonnet alignment is better than factory :P
But I think I would be proud to own it, but if I had done it very very proud 8)

jiversteve · Post by **jiversteve** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:41 pm

Photo from The Kent Classic Car Show at Aylesford. Not so far from us Paul.

JubileeNut · Post by **JubileeNut** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:59 pm

I have been to Kent a couple of times at shows but not seen it yet.
Be good to have a look.

locost_bryan · Post by **locost_bryan** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:28 pm

JubileeNut wrote:He has telescopic coil overs with a double wishbone by the looks of it?

Very nicely done and very cool.
Even the bonnet alignment is better than factory :P
But I think I would be proud to own it, but if I had done it very very proud 8)

Inner wings replaced by that big tube from the bulkhead forward and down to the chassis rails?

Wonder what was under the rear - Jag IRS?

Looks very professional! 8) :shock:

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:38 am

Nice find.

I would imagine it is a Viva front sub frame and Jag IRS. I know of a couple of van's built this way with the tubular chassis or space frame type.

This is certainly a build that has had a lot of thought gone into it.

Ben

marina1300coupe · Post by **marina1300coupe** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:15 pm

No door handles. Several months back on another post someone provided details of the electronics involved in achieving this.

jiversteve · Post by **jiversteve** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:42 pm

Its quite easy to do simply fitting a central locking kit and finding a way to spring the door open so you can get your finger in to open it fully.

It looks nice but will fail the MOT unless there is an external means of opening the door, Emergency services would not necessarily know where that was, and if the battery were dissconected, one of the first things they do, there ought to be a mechanical overide.

There are always solutions, like fitting a Renault (and others) keyless entry system.

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:55 pm

How old are these pictures - is it a new car or are the old shots rehashed - either way I like it a lot.

JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:40 pm

Apart from the rear lights I think it's fantastic 8)

jiversteve · Post by **jiversteve** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:04 pm

The show was 25 Sept this year. Owner is allegedly local to maidstone area, now to talk to the Show organisors.

Marinanut · Post by **Marinanut** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:14 pm

Where the hell did he get PURPLE brake fluid from?????

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:23 pm

That's the fully synthetic brake fluid - jubileenut also uses it I think?

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