Tea? (Part 2)

[Arch]

Well done.

I think the Morris 8 body was the basis for the MGYB that I used to have.

You had that!? I never saw that picture before!

I guess the Matador and Land Rovers slightly overshadowed it..

It looks like the sort of car Top Cat would slide down the wheel arch of...

 

[Night Train]

You had that!? I never saw that picture before!

I guess the Matador and Land Rovers slightly overshadowed it..

It looks like the sort of car Top Cat would slide down the wheel arch of...

Yup, there are probably quite a few of my previous 20 cars that I haven't told you all about yet.

Anyway, here is proof a photo of me and my Y type. It did need restoring though.

The glasses, long hair and silly shirt date it a bit....
Still have my trade mark steelies though.

 

[Arch]

Gorgeous!

And the car....

Just needs a bit of a going over with a duster....

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Well done.

I think the Morris 8 body was the basis for the MGYB that I used to have.

I'm pretty sure you're right. Just put in a different engine, lengthen and restyle the front end and you can sell a cheap car to a whole different market.

Good job they don't do that now.... oh, hang on a minute.

 

[Night Train]

I'm pretty sure you're right. Just put in a different engine, lengthen and restyle the front end and you can sell a cheap car to a whole different market.

Good job they don't do that now.... oh, hang on a minute.

I think the engine was from a Morris 10.

MG had a habit of using Austin, Morris and Rover cars to adapt and re-badge as their own.

I didn't have the chance to restore it myself and sold it prior to leaving London.
The new owner recently forward me work in progress photos.

 

[Arch]

It's looking good! Is that a broom handle across the chassis in the middle picture?

More and more I think I'd like a project one day, when I have some spare money...

I hope NT thinks this is good news, bearing in mind it's his driveway I'd be clogging up....

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I think the engine was from a Morris 10.

MG had a habit of using Austin, Morris and Rover cars to adapt and re-badge as their own.

I didn't have the chance to restore it myself and sold it prior to leaving London.
The new owner recently forward me work in progress photos.
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Oooh, double wishbone front suspension and rack & pinion steering. I wish the Morris had those.

 

[Night Train]

It's looking good! Is that a broom handle across the chassis in the middle picture?

More and more I think I'd like a project one day, when I have some spare money...

I hope NT thinks this is good news, bearing in mind it's his driveway I'd be clogging up....

Ummm, depends on what it is dearest, and how big!

I think that might be a broom stick for alignment or something.

I really wish I had been able to keep the YB, and the Matador, to work on, both had so much more character then many of the other cars I had.

 

[Night Train]

Oooh, double wishbone front suspension and rack & pinion steering. I wish the Morris had those.

I think they were quite sporty, for saloons, in their day. And also luxurious.
Mine had leather seats, walnut dash and door cappings, a heater, a rear window roller blind and a built in jacking system for lifting an end, or a side, or the whole car off the ground.

 

[potsy]

* reads card list to see if Potsy was on there *

Jo made me say it, wolly

NT- Nice pic, 2010?

 

[Night Train]

NT- Nice pic, 2010?

No, about half my lifetime ago.

Think on this for a while Potsy.

http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=144.1700
No, its not photoshopped.

 

[Arch]

Ummm, depends on what it is dearest, and how big!

Well, so far the favourites are a Mini or a Haflinger, so not very big...

 

[potsy]

Looks like the cat on the left is lay on top of the cat on the right
Great pic

 

[Night Train]

Well, so far the favourites are a Mini or a Haflinger, so not very big...

Shame, only little.

So not this then?

 

[Speicher]

Looks like the cat on the left is lay on top of the cat on the right
Great pic

I think you are right there.