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1977 V8 Morris Marina Van by Austin7nut, on Flickr

1977 V8 Morris Marina Van by Austin7nut, on Flickr

1977 V8 Morris Marina Van by Austin7nut, on Flickr

WOW,If only

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.

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)

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

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

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:

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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