1939 Morris Eight V8

I started by swapping the steering column as it had been mocked up as a lhd, re-routed it all over the right rocker cover, then realised the hubs had been swapped left to right so ackerman was backwards



Here is a picture of the front end, it's had beetle wings added to the wings which needs finishing off



I also am waiting on the rear slot mags so I can remove the 21 inch landy wheels

Beetle light recesses look like a good idea if better executed. Rear arches painful to see.

I'm pretty sure my uncle had that for a while, about 25 years ago. I think he might have even cut the rear arches. I say cut, but AFAIK they had been banded with a oil drum attached in with filler and basically just broke off. I think it had a Viva front and pinto from memory, but never went on the road.

That 90° bend on the steering joint looks absolutely torturous. Is it not binding up like that?

Not a lot to report, swapped the hubs over made a rack mount and tacked it on, and got the steering wheels somewhere near, it should miss everything and I should be able to get in and out of the car. Was almost at the point of pulling the engine and box and swapping it to something smaller, but I think I can make it work.

The seat in the pic is not staying

Unusual choice of engine - any idea if it's a 6.2 or a 6.75? Guessing it still has the GM400 box? Btw, the carbs & intake look like the factory RR items. Not exactly a mega power unit (approx 220ish bhp?), but will happily lug the several tons of Silver Shadow around with zero drama due to the torque so should go very nicely in such a lighter car! Very understressed engines - when a friend took apart the one in his '76 Shadow 1 to recondition it (seals & gaskets etc were all ageing badly), all the bearings etc were still within factory tolerances despite having done 100K miles. If of any use, all the factory parts books and manuals (which are very detailed) etc can be downloaded from the heritage section of Bentley's website (due to how RR & Bentley were split between BMW & VW, all the data etc for pre-split RRs stayed with Bentley).

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses!

Checking info the rolls royce was a 1968 silver shadow

Have a look here for all the factory documentation:

heritage.bentleymotors.com/en/technical-library/1965-1980

or

rrtechnical.info/

The brackets behind the Box section are off the engine, maybe the aircon mount