Vintage Thing No.96 - Morris Minor special

This Morris Minor looks a little deflated but in a good way

Posting about the Kilo Sports reminded me of this car which I spotted in the tax exempt car park at the 2010 Goodwood Revival. It's not been chopped and channelled but it's been sectioned in the style of the US hotrodders and could have been what the Barris Brothers would've produced had they gotten their grubby mitts on a Moggy Thou during the fifties.

However, as it's a monococque, the sectioning process is much harder. It involves chopping right through the car not once but twice and removing the strip that's left in between these tow cuts. Of course, being a well-rounded little jelly-mould, the cuts are not going to be straight, at least not if the end result is to justify the effort.

Nice picnic basket madam. Perhaps a bit more bulge to the bonnet, though?

What is so clever about this is that the unaltered greenhouse area doesn't look out of place on the lowered shoulders of the sectioned car.

When I saw it, I was in a party and couldn't linger to ask questions as we were on our way in. One thing I did notice about it is that the wheels are not Morris Minor pattern so maybe under the skin it has different running gear. Anyway I like what's been done with it and the way the proportions have been altered.

Somebody obviously knew what they were doing when the altered the proportions of this little baby

This post is me flying a kite again. I've spilled what I know about the Morris minor-based Kilo Sports kit car. Now I hope someone can inform me about this device.