Morris Minor Delivery

[Fletch]

Tonight at the June SABA meeting one of the members walked in and handed me this body. He ask if I had any ideas of how it could be built, My reply was that several came to mind. Next thing he says is good build it how you think it will look best.

I know nothing about this body except that it is a resin and appears to have been from a mold of a metal die-cast. There is a trademark logo inside the body the appears to be the letters OK inside a globe, with the lettering NO3725 and Made in Hong Kong.

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The body seems to be around 1/20th scale. The resin it was cast from is very light gray almost white in color. Who ever cast this body used what seems to be talcum powder for mold release in stead of the normal oil base we normally see used.

I don't know that I'll do anything more then add wheels/tires and an interior and leave it a curbside. There are a few pinholes that need to be filled and the body rough sanded to get past the baby blue paint.

Do any of you have any knowledge of which resic caster was producing this body and aprox when they were making them?

Thank you for any information

Fletch

Edited June 17, 2009 by Fletch

[Roadkill2525]

I believe that's from the Wallace & Gromit movie from a few years back, I think its made by Airfix.

[brian C]

hi this one date's back 15 years some one in the U S A was selling them the back wheel arch is move forword to make it look like a 60's drag car. it is a morris minor out of england. brian.

[Foxer]

It's a cool looking body. Should be fun making it look good.

[Fletch]

Interesting replies, I left this as originally posted to see what kind of information would get posted.

Here's the skinny on this body. The original appears to have been a Saico die-cast, it is suppose to be 1/26th scale.

http://www.toywonders.com/ProductCart/pc/S...031-77p3611.htm

The body that was given me is a resin repop from the Saico friction toy car. The resin body was part of a kit produced by R&R Vacuumcraft. The kit consisted of the body, and underframe, 2 seats, dashboard, and front and rear bumpers. The kit is still listed on Star Models as being available.

http://www.resinrealm.net/Star/RRGalleries...cellaneous.html

The body for the toy has been around for several years and been produced by several companies. The casting mark on the inside of the body leads back to the OK toy company from Hong Kong. The one thing all the different versions have in common no matter if it is cast in plastic or made as a die-cast or the resin version is the Model number 3725. The bumpers on all versions have a common license plate of B3725.

http://home.wxs.nl/~beere101/OKMAIN.html

There has emerged a common theme from the guys over on Traditional Rods and Kustoms to build it as a '60s era Gasser. Comparing the body to photos of a 1:1 Morris Oxford the wheel openings are to small in the front and the rear are to far forward. These are carry overs from the original OK production to the resin body.

If built as a '60s era Gasser, what do you think, Injector stacks or fully blown?

[James W]

Go with injector stacks Dave, tall and short like they use on BB Chev engines.

That was a nice gift, it will look good when you get done with it.

[84vanagon]

STACKS!

In this case I'd rather be injected than blown!

(If you remember the old tee shirts)

[george 53]

Blown BIG BLOCK CHEVY!!!! YES!!!! Party On,Garth!!!!! Oh yes, it SHOULD be BLOWN!!!!!Party on,Wayne!!!

[jbwelda]

[Fletch]

Dude, That is seriously outrageous. Did that start as one of the Morris Pickups or as the delivery? It looks to have the correct wheel base where the ones cast from the OK Toys body do not. Either way it is way to cool. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Edited June 17, 2009 by Fletch

[jbwelda]

thanks fletch, that started as a die cast delivery van; it was hacked apart by me and converted much the same way the 1:1 was converted, chopping off the delivery back, building wood stilts to hold it up off the bed and then adding panelling. lotus seven wheels and some other mods. jairus watson did the graphics. there is a thread somewhere in the mists of time on the build if you search for swing a ling or something. anyway just wanted to show you what could be done with similar. this one does appear to be 1/25 or so scale rather than yours which you say seems more like 1/20...maybe the diecast i used was used to make the mold for the one you have? anyway have fun with it, i want to do another but with a lotus motor and some other stuff but i doubt i will get to it anytime soon.

[Fletch]

The more I research this body I'm starting to come to the conclusion that there are 2 different bodies. One used bu Saico for their die-cast and one used by OK toys for the original plastic body they made into the mid '60s. The thing that is very noticeable is the difference in wheel bases between the 2. The resin body from R&R and the plastic one from OK Toys have the rear wheel opening aprox .250 closer to the cab then the die-cast from Saico.

After looking trough the Morris Oxford brochure the Saico die-cast is closer to the actual length and wheel base of the 1:1. When sat next to a Revell '37 Ford Coupe it does appear to be around 1/26th as indicated by different MFG.

As it sits now there are 7 other builds that have specific dates they need to be completed by. So, this most likely, will only get worked on during the down time of the other builds. It will resurface every now and then.

It looks like a BB Chevy with injector stacks is in it's future along with a flip front end. Got to do the Gasser thing justice.

Edited June 17, 2009 by Fletch

[Roy's Hot Rods]

Yeah, Pro Street the sucker with BIG tires and injector stacks! Then again, I might be bias. My FIRST car when I was 15 was a Morris Minor coupe with a small block Chevy in it! It was scary to drive!

[torinobradley]

You could always Ferrari-ize it like that Citroen 2CV in the general section a few weeks ago...

Okay, who am I kidding... Gas the darn thing...

What about SOHC-ing it to them with that big-ol crate Ford?

[Fletch]

All very real possibilities. I have thought of checking to see how much work it would take to convert an AMT Willys or Revell Anglia to fit up under this body. It might be the easiest way to make it into a Gasser, of course both of those could lend itself to a Pro-Street conversion as well.

I am doing my best to avoid temptation by leaving the Willys and Anglia kits in the garage so I can get the project ahead of it completed.