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Post by firefighter on Dec 18, 2016 19:04:10 GMT 10
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Post by brenten on Dec 18, 2016 19:17:00 GMT 10
this is the morris j van i found. the first photo is what we are aiming to build ..the second photo is what i brought with is green harrington bakery paint ..the 3 rd photo my wife stripping its great being married to a stripper...paint stripper that is... what,s there is in very good cond for a 60 year old commercial vehicle brenten and robyn a big thank you to gay and geoff for posting the photos for me
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Post by brenten on Dec 18, 2016 20:21:54 GMT 10
after sitting for 42 years the motor turned over by hand so i sprayed a lot of crc drown the plug holes and spun it over on the starter motor...i tried to start it but it would not start so i cleaned the points and it fired up it now been running for 50 mins there no smoke or blow by the motor seems to be realy good ..when its done i will rebuild a teardrop size v.van to go behind....brenten
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Post by Mustang on Dec 19, 2016 7:27:05 GMT 10
What a vehicle,what memories have flashed back, I learnt to drive in one of those, that was a couple of days ago!!
With all your spotters I,m sure there is a barn find out there somewhere.
Have you tried a "wanted" ad in Gumtree/Ebay?
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Post by margra on Mar 8, 2017 20:14:23 GMT 10
Good on you Brenten love those and remember nearly every bread bakery had them as delivery vehicles. Tip Top had them and so did the baker at the bottom of the hill in Burgundy St. It was a few years ago and I cannot remember the name.
Graham
Actually it was a bit more than a few years ago
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Post by brenten on Mar 8, 2017 21:05:43 GMT 10
thank you graham for your memories im having a lot of trouble finding body panels ..v vans are so much easier to find and restore....brenten
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Post by margra on Mar 9, 2017 14:27:57 GMT 10
going to leave the big four in or going to update to something a bit bigger those vans have so much charactor
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Post by brenten on Mar 9, 2017 14:55:54 GMT 10
hi margra im going to leave the morris motor in for now i have so much body work to do ...but i have been told they only do 70 ks per hr so i will give it a new heart later but im keeping the body looking stock.....brenten
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Post by margra on Mar 9, 2017 18:27:09 GMT 10
You might find that the motor is a base for the MG and with a bit of work might go ok if not you might be able to fit an MG motor without much trouble. might be worth looking into.
lot of those were interchangeable depending on what block you have
the bodies looked good standard
Graham
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Post by brenten on Mar 9, 2017 22:36:39 GMT 10
thanks graham the problem is the 6.56 /1 diff gears. going to try a mgb cly head a side webber carby and a hei ignion and some headers with some wolseley 3.10 /1 gears and maybe a 5 speed gear box with over drive to get the van to cruise at 90 the motor will have to spin 50% faster and i dont think the stock rods and pistons would like that long term plus the noise and poor mpg ...brenten
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Post by brenten on Mar 22, 2017 11:20:17 GMT 10
im getting there i found the 4 door hinges for the rear doors on saturday... and i have been offered a loan of the rear mudguards to make a fibre glass mold so i can reproduce them...brenten
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Post by robbo3 on Mar 22, 2017 19:43:49 GMT 10
Granny Davis bread, were at the bottom of Burgundy street. We supplied them with changeover carbies and fuel pump. That was around 1970s But they weren't using those vans at that time. I can't remember what they were using to be honest.
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Post by margra on Apr 30, 2017 18:20:34 GMT 10
G'day mate how is the van coming along some photos please
Graham
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Post by Don Ricardo on May 12, 2017 15:13:28 GMT 10
Photos of the latest work on Brenten's Morris J Van, posted on his behalf: 
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Post by brenten on May 12, 2017 15:23:38 GMT 10
thanks don,, hi graham the body work is coming along slow but yesterday i brought a shrinker / strecher and a folder ..last week i had dies made for my swager so now i can really get moving i have to make all the bits theres nothing on ebay or swap meets,,,brenten
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Post by Mustang on May 12, 2017 16:56:13 GMT 10
Spotted in a car yard on Moggill Road Brisbane, looked like a Morris van, I was going the other way in 4x lanes so didn't get a decent look.
Some one local may be able to enlarge?
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Post by brenten on May 12, 2017 17:13:09 GMT 10
there a few morris miner vans i wonder if it was one of those...brenten
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Post by margra on May 14, 2017 17:06:45 GMT 10
Hey its coming along nicely but a lot of work hours as I am finding with my Inter. Looking foreward to seeing it in the metal mate. I saw the same van that Mustang saw but I think it is a display unit
Graham
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