poanoi Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I saw this strange looking car at california gym, pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Reminds me of Buick 1948 Special :> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) The front fender looks late 40's early 50's Chev. It's had the turret lowered. The air vent on the scuttle panel has been welded over and the wipers hidden removed! The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. A bit of a ducks breakfast me thinks! Edited November 5, 2012 by BSJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcat Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 ...a one-off-dragster...??!!...I like projects like this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaustev Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. And I am sure if you opened the bonnet you would actually find a 15 year old Nissan diesel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 The front fender looks late 40's early 50's Chev. It's had the turret lowered. The air vent on the scuttle panel has been welded over and the wipers hidden removed! The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. A bit of a ducks breakfast me thinks! The 350 badge looks like a Chevy or Pontiac piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 The front fender looks late 40's early 50's Chev. It's had the turret lowered. The air vent on the scuttle panel has been welded over and the wipers hidden removed! The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. A bit of a ducks breakfast me thinks! The 350 badge looks like a Chevy or Pontiac piece. I was leaning towards Chevy because of the leaning numbers. Some SS models had SS350 with the SS leaning to suit the numbers. There was left side and right side badges leaning appropriately. Camaro and Chevelle come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. And I am sure if you opened the bonnet you would actually find a 15 year old Nissan diesel!! No, you are wrong. First of all it's a 350 Oldsmobile V8 under the hood. Not everybody likes diesels! Second: The car was a 52 Morris Oxfort. Yes you read it correctly. "IT WAS"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. And I am sure if you opened the bonnet you would actually find a 15 year old Nissan diesel!! No, you are wrong. First of all it's a 350 Oldsmobile V8 under the hood. Not everybody likes diesels! Second: The car was a 52 Morris Oxfort. Yes you read it correctly. "IT WAS"! That is/was no more a Morris Oxford (not Oxfort) than was it a GTO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebBangkok Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I was only kidding, I was in a troll kind of mood at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You're forgiven, but you should also know that Olds didn't start building 350's until 1968, the 350 prior to then was exclusively Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaustev Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. And I am sure if you opened the bonnet you would actually find a 15 year old Nissan diesel!! No, you are wrong. First of all it's a 350 Oldsmobile V8 under the hood. Not everybody likes diesels! Second: The car was a 52 Morris Oxfort. Yes you read it correctly. "IT WAS"! Well then here are our two suspects, neither of which runs a 15 year old Nissan diesel!! Are they the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) The one on the left is a Morris (1100?), the one on the right is a custom rod of sorts, the windows have been chopped, look at the rakish angle of the upright struts. Edited November 7, 2012 by chiang mai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The one on the left is a Morris (1100?), the one on the right is a custom rod of sorts, the windows have been chopped, look at the rakish angle of the upright struts. Sorry, Morris Minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The one on the left is a Morris (1100?), the one on the right is a custom rod of sorts, the windows have been chopped, look at the rakish angle of the upright struts. Sorry, Morris Minor. Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The one on the left is a Morris (1100?), the one on the right is a custom rod of sorts, the windows have been chopped, look at the rakish angle of the upright struts. Sorry, Morris Minor. Oxford. I can't see the difference between the two and I certainly can't remember! Do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The one on the left is a Morris (1100?), the one on the right is a custom rod of sorts, the windows have been chopped, look at the rakish angle of the upright struts. Sorry, Morris Minor. Oxford. I can't see the difference between the two and I certainly can't remember! Do you know? ํำ้Yeh, the Oxford was a bigger version, same profile but bigger with the B engine. Could be wrong here, my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaustev Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yeh, the Oxford was a bigger version, same profile but bigger with the B engine. Could be wrong here, my eyes. The one of the left is the Oxford and yes it was bigger than the Morris Minor. Looks like the one on the right has not only had the roof chopped but it looks stretched as well. Not alot of Oxford left there if that is what it started life as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) The only customised Morris Oxford I could find...some of the lines are still there Edited November 7, 2012 by Neilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalChris Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) The V8 badge looks Ford, yet it has 350 on the side of the bonnet. And I am sure if you opened the bonnet you would actually find a 15 year old Nissan diesel!! No, you are wrong. First of all it's a 350 Oldsmobile V8 under the hood. Not everybody likes diesels! Second: The car was a 52 Morris Oxfort. Yes you read it correctly. "IT WAS"! Cool, a 74 Olds 350 in an Omega was the first motor I built when I was a kid. Unfortunately, I wouldn't think this car has the W31 variant though.... Edited November 8, 2012 by SoCalChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 There are a number of early 1950 modified Morris Oxford.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 You're forgiven, but you should also know that Olds didn't start building 350's until 1968, the 350 prior to then was exclusively Ford. I don't remember a V8 350 Ford. The was the 351 Clevland and 351 Windsor V8 donks....but no 350. Back about the time of the XW and XY Falcons there were a few 6 cylinder aftermarket conversions that made the 250 cube 6 into a 332 cube or 360 cube donk. They used Ford truck parts: Crank (maybe modified), rods and forged pistons, modified head and bigger valves with sportier cam. You also needed a 350 Holley on a special manifold plus bigger exhaust system. For what they put out I don't think it was worth the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 My Aunty May had a grey Morris Minor similar to the one in the pix. I always though it was a heap of sh1t.....but then, I have always liked American and Aussie cars not English or Euro cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 My Aunty May had a grey Morris Minor similar to the one in the pix. I always though it was a heap of sh1t.....but then, I have always liked American and Aussie cars not English or Euro cars. My grandfather bought a new one 1959, real nice and easy to drive way back then, this replaced his Lanchester 14, biggest problem with the Lanchester was the clutch on the pre select box, would pop out and pin your knee under the steering wheel. needed a lot of force to get it back down again, me being 9 did not have enough force... Problem with the American and Aussie cars back then was the road in UK were to small [narrow] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I was thinking the SB Olds back then was badged 355, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalChris Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) I was thinking the SB Olds back then was badged 355, no? I"m an Olds guy and never heard of such a thing stock for a small block engine. A 0.030" overbore might produce this displacement though. You might be thinking of the 455 big block Olds. Edited November 10, 2012 by SoCalChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 My Aunty May had a grey Morris Minor similar to the one in the pix. I always though it was a heap of sh1t.....but then, I have always liked American and Aussie cars not English or Euro cars. My grandfather bought a new one 1959, real nice and easy to drive way back then, this replaced his Lanchester 14, biggest problem with the Lanchester was the clutch on the pre select box, would pop out and pin your knee under the steering wheel. needed a lot of force to get it back down again, me being 9 did not have enough force... Problem with the American and Aussie cars back then was the road in UK were to small [narrow] Well I was lucky enough to grow up in Oz, but those slow old English cars were all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Not all the old cars were small or slow, when I was of legal age and got my Licence my car was as photo, later later bought a newer one the 4 lt 'Star' before moving to Mk 2 Jags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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