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The build up continues
outside where there is more room.
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Painting the rear door
hinges.
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The finished van. The
paint is Vauxhall life style blue as found on Corsa`s.
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The finished van. The
exhaust exits in front of the wheel, no part of the system protrudes below
the chassis rails.
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Me by the van. At the
National Morris Minor rally Knebworth house.
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I put a lot of effort
into lightening all the doors on the van, cutting out all the double skinning.
I was impressed how light the van is considering all the strengthening and
extra weight of the running gear.
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The scrap yard engine
was getting tired so I acquired another engine to rebuild. The engine stand
is cheap and makes the job much easier.
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The Fiat twin cams are
under carbed and respond well to twins. The normal route is Webers but these
are expensive so I decided to make a manifold for SU`s. This is before welding.
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Once the manifold was
welded I spent a long time porting to smooth off transitions. The faces were
also skimmed to make them flat. The SU`s were a great improvement over the
standard carb, better starting, smoother running, more power and better fuel
economy.
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The original upper 4
bar mounts were inboard and this produced some odd handling, so I moved them
out board above the lower mounts. The rear ride height was also lowered and
this improved handling
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