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

[84vanagon]

AARGH.

I remember seeing them about five or
more years ago. Jimmy Flintstone comes
to mind, but I don't think that's right.
IIRC the kit came with the bumpers and
headlights, but nothing else.
I want to say they were bagged, and
had a "name card" stapled over the top
of the bag.

I'll do some digging through my old mags,
but I can't promise anything.

Cool score though!
Don.

[dimaxion]

I may have a hint as to the origin of the Morris . There are some casters overseas . They use Talc . ;D I read about this over a year ago . Thanx..God Bless