About thirty five years ago I made the mistake of selling my running and driving Morris Minor Pick-Up.
I was escaping CA for NV and just could not make even more trips to move cars, new owner drove it away for $500.
It made sense at the time but I have kicked myself ever since.
A year or so ago I bought a replacement, just a roller with very little rust.
Paid a LOT more for it.
I had no plan to get into it right away but after selling my one-ton Chevy flatbed I find myself needing a truck far too often.
Also need something with an engine that is not too highly tuned for use as a daily driver.
Lotus and El Camino are both over the top and may need race fuel.
So I have reluctantly moved the Morris/Ford to active build status.
Ford Kent 1600/711M and T9 overdrive.
This will be a "Vintage" build as this was a fairly popular conversion a couple of decades ago.
Now it is Zetec's, which I am sure are harder to make fit, but of course there are kit$ to make it simpler.
But I'm a vintage guy and already have the Kent.
I do have to hope it is not too hopped up.
It came from a Birkin 7, has dual Dellorto 40's and a ported head.
I have no idea of the cam or compression but the Birkin was a street car.
Hope to just go through the Dellortos and do some normal clean up as the Kent was sold to me as good to go.
I've managed to get the Kent fitted to my engine test stand and should be able to run it around the end of the month.
Still waiting on some small items like a new distributor cap.
Here is an old pic from the MAC, I have to find my camera battery charger to get more.