Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi this is my new van I’ve just brought needs a lot of love and attention work will start soon

A lot of work ahead, will be worth it though, good luck.

I love Van's.Why do I love Van's.I just love Van's.

I love vans and pick-ups too, but sadly have never owned either of them

Thank you for the good luck this is the first van i will be tackling with my dad will post more once work starts thank you

Had a burgundy van when I was about 19 for 5 minutes until someone rear ended her and that was it.Gone too soon

looks very saveable

Update on the van chassis will
Need a bit of work possibly will save and get a new one due to safety a lot of work to come with any luck she will be back on the road in a few years

It seems like the restoration journey just started. I wish you luck with this project. Keep us posted with the progress when you have the time.

Yes it’s just started will be a slow process getting parts to replace all the rot I will post as and when works been done thanks

Love the way it is concealed from any passing surveillance overflights....

Best wishes for the next few years!

You make a good point there berni.
I had the tailgate stolen from my pickup a few years ago.
My pickup is out in the open and visible on google maps........

Not only google earth but watch out for drones having a look around

It does take some effort to do but you can get street view pictures taken off the google site. It was my children who informed me that a car I was building at the time was in full view to everyone, as I had left the garage door open when the survey vehicle was passing. I contacted the website to confirm that my car insurance provider was not happy with the situation and may not pay out if the car was stolen as a direct result of the google image in which case I would be coming after google for the loss. I had a total of four photos taken down.

Street view pictures yes; but not overhead picture as far as I know.

It is not possible to look directly at my house on google maps because I asked them to remove it. You can just about identify my modern car from what you can see down the street and on either side of the house.
However, there is another street on a T junction directly opposite my house, and if you move the pointer to this street, you can clearly see my morris minor parked on the drive. This image was taken years before the street scene that my house was removed from; when my minor was my only car. Bizarre.

OK, so apologies for the huge Tangent I've got people on, by mentioning Camouflage from prying eyes...
See here for further chat about Google Streetview.
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=73924

geoberni wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:44 pm OK, so apologies for the huge Tangent I've got people on, by mentioning Camouflage from prying eyes...
See here for further chat about Google Streetview.
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=73924

For those with security in mind we should be careful about what is posted too in the photos.

There’s enough info in the above pics for me to spend about 10 mins on Bing Maps and take an educated guess that the address is 36 S******d Road, Great Yarmouth…

Got around to getting the engine and gearbox out of the van never will take it out as a complete unit again used the trusty pressure washer has got a gold seal gearbox does anyone know where I can get the correct paint for the gearbox from as want to try keep it as original as I can thanks

I don’t think the gearbox was painted.