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Morris 575 2.0 16v

v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 8, 2018 11:40:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I believe it was some kind of undercover surveillance vehicle and it was originally red. I’m thinking maybe 7x13 superlites or banded MGB rostyles I really don’t know what to do with the paint yet, I don’t want to spend £££ plus my last experience with a bodyshop put me off of ever having a full respray ever again
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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 9, 2018 20:25:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I don’t think that’s supposed to look like that, after cleaning this of, getting rid of what I think was probably 20/50 in the dashpot and cleaning the points it runs It had new pads in it but no clips to hold the pins in! Why do this when it took me literally 90 seconds to get the broken bits out
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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 9, 2018 20:36:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I can kind of see what the old boy was thinking putting this stuff under the front arches to protect it from the weather but no that will soon turn into a water trap I did uncover a hole once I removed all that gunk
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79cord Posted a lot Posts: 2,617	Morris 575 2.0 16v 79cord @79cord
	Jun 10, 2018 8:47:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Just cries out for white stripes &/or signage livery doesn't it! Glad it still looks like a manageably sized project alongside the others.
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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 10, 2018 12:42:52 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	My aim is to have it on the road inside a month then put some miles on it before I start with any mods
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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 10, 2018 14:50:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Eww yuk that will have to be replaced then
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Spudgun Part of things Posts: 272	Morris 575 2.0 16v Spudgun @oilyaudi
	Jun 10, 2018 18:34:00 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Looks a cracking van. I have owned many marina's and ital's but never a van and I had forgotten how cool the interiors are. The SU's on my SD1 were just as gummed up. The black plastic sheet is it some kind of tar?
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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 10, 2018 19:25:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Yes it was sticky tar type stuff a bit like sound deadening you’d stick on the inside of the floor
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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 14, 2018 21:48:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This definitely isn’t a professional paint job but the original colour is still under there I just need to get to it and that’s not a job I’m looking forward to
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kilroy Part of things Suit you sir... Posts: 251	Morris 575 2.0 16v kilroy @kilroy
	Jun 15, 2018 7:00:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Yes.! Liking this indeed. Never got Itals over here but I find the frontal treatment grows on you. Meanwhile I am plugging on with a Marina version..
	I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left... www.kilroy.co.nz/cars/

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jimspolicev8sd1 Posted a lot Posts: 1,921	Morris 575 2.0 16v jimspolicev8sd1 @jimspolicev8sd1
	Jun 15, 2018 7:30:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nice van. And I’m sure a rewarding project. Love those 80’s Austin rover badges like you have on front grill.


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samta22 Club Retro Rides Member Stuck in once more... Posts: 1,276 Club RR Member Number: 32	Morris 575 2.0 16v samta22 @samta22 Club Retro Rides Member 32
	Jun 15, 2018 8:09:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I've a set of MMAA's (similar to the below) that should fit if any good? Came off my Celica and am unlikely to use them on that again. Interesting where the van came from, regularly drive past there on my way to my parents place near Rye.
	'37 Austin 7 '56 Austin A35 '58 Austin A35 '65 Triumph Herald 12/50 '69 MGB GT '74 MGB GT V8 '73 TA22 Toyota Celica restoration '95 Mercedes SL320 '04 MGTF 135 'Cool Blue' (Mrs' Baby) '05 Land Rover Discovery 3 V8 '67 Abarth 595 (Mrs' runabout) '18 Disco V

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darrenh Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,656	Morris 575 2.0 16v darrenh @darrenh
	Jun 15, 2018 16:03:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	btitish leyland achievement unlocked! is that battery home made? it looks a little small (smug grin)
	1989 Astra Merit estate 1991 Astra GTE 16v group A build 1982 land rover 88 sw

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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 23, 2018 17:23:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	It did a silly thing today, l took the front floor liner out to clean up the footwells and it looks like they have been “repaired” before
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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 23, 2018 17:29:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	28 tiny screws and two bits of tin later and the passenger side looks like this This is turning into a bigger project than I had planned for
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tonytantrum Part of things Posts: 54	Morris 575 2.0 16v tonytantrum @tonytantrum
	Jun 23, 2018 22:15:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Wow thats some rampent rot!


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darrenh Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,656	Morris 575 2.0 16v darrenh @darrenh
	Jun 24, 2018 12:40:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	maybe they owned a landrover before. except those aren't unitary construction
	1989 Astra Merit estate 1991 Astra GTE 16v group A build 1982 land rover 88 sw

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dickie12 Part of things Posts: 878	Morris 575 2.0 16v dickie12 @dickie12
	Jun 24, 2018 16:03:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	i wouldn't say u have done a silly thing you have done the right thing. the passenger side was cut out on mine when i got it but luckily the repair panel came with the van


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daklone Part of things Posts: 425	Morris 575 2.0 16v daklone @daklone
	Jun 24, 2018 17:52:08 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Just a suggestion:


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v8jim Posted a lot Posts: 1,304	Morris 575 2.0 16v v8jim @v8jim
	Jun 24, 2018 18:19:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I do like the gas van but that would mean a full paint job inside and out
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