Progress on my 75 Morris Mini Pickup

[widman]

A little for today

 

[OVERKILL]

Fantastic work!!

 

[Cubey]

Holy [censored] that's tiny! That's even smaller than a Kei truck! It almost looks like a shiner's truck.

Don't get me wrong.. I'm not putting it down in any way. It's an awesome little piece of history and it's great you're restoring it.

Just... DANG!!! It's small!!

 

[widman]

I can actually take the frames in my Corvair with the back seat folded down.

Now fully assembled.

 

[widman]

here is the front clip, in theory, Monday is the official start of the fusion of the two halves.

Engine/transmission assembly to be redone next month

And the Toyota seats I will be recovering

 

[Garak]

Thanks for the pics, Richard. When you need a vacation, come on up here and give my F-150 interior and body a little TLC.

 

[TooManyWheels]

Why would you ever want to re-cover those seats?

 

[Virtuoso]

That is great stuff!

 

[2oldtommy]

Great job Richard! And I thought the Corvair was a really hard core restoration. I admire you man! Looking forward to the next posting of your progress.---- Oldtommy

 

[KrisZ]

This is simply fantastic. Superb work and thanks for sharing.

 

[Cujet]

Very cool indeed. Are these more common there in Bolivia? Here in the states, I don't think I've ever seen one, and I had a job working on vintage European cars for a while.

 

[ls1mike]

Good stuff! Love the time and effort you put into it!

 

[widman]

Quote:
Why would you ever want to re-cover those seats? grin2



I considered leaving them that way, but need to match the door panels, the exterior will be red, and the material is worn at the arm rests.

Not very common, I know of one running (Suzuki engine) and one in worse shape (too far gone). Also know of 3 Clubman wagons (one runs), about 8 or so saloons, and 4 Mokes.

A really cool pickup is the one in this picture, behind my car. It is a 1956 Austin. Only 485 were ever made.

 

[widman]

Now it starts looking like a pickup again. All the parts are aligned, maybe tomorrow he will start welding things together.

 

[cchase]

Pictures aren't loading for me.

 

[widman]

try again, or refresh. They seem to be from here.

 

[morris]

TO:WIDMAN wow o wow i really like your posts. thanks.

 

[cchase]

What a transformation! Can't wait to see it painted and assembled...

 

[L_Sludger]

Looks great Richard!

 

[widman]

Cleaning up a little and took things apart to order rings, bearings, etc. I'll replace the timing chain with a double chain.

Also have some progress on the welding of the parts together