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Morris 1100
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A former owner of the Project X is trying to find out if it is still around. He has some parts that may help to restore it.

So, who has it?

For those that don't know, Project X was a Mini based sports car that was built by Sports Car World Magazine in the 60s.
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I tried to locate it several years ago but ran out of leads , would you be able to send the name of the person you know to me to see if it's before or after I had traced it please ? Might take a while to dig up my info again though :oops:

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This bloke says that he had it in the 80s, he reunited the body and the chassis after they got separated.
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Wow, that's so ugly it makes Delilah look like a DB5 :shock:

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awdmoke wrote:
Wow, that's so ugly it makes Delilah look like a DB5 :shock:


Thanks for goin in to bat for me AWD! :lol:

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Ugly ugly car :P
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MiNi MuLiShA wrote:
awdmoke wrote:
Wow, that's so ugly it makes Delilah look like a DB5 :shock:


Thanks for goin in to bat for me AWD! :lol:


When I first saw pictures of Delilah I thought it might have been project X rebodied so I had to ask you about it .

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Ahhh come on..the bird is a tad chubby...but the car is quite elegant :!: :D

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spot on AWD, no denying that car is ugly.

Hit every branch of the the ugly tree on the way down.

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And you can't park it in the rain in case it all swell,s up ,
" Does this color red make me look fat"
"No your just retaining a little fluid"

At least you can go to a timber yard and ask for a boot, bonnet and matching panels :D

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At least you can go to a timber yard and ask for a boot, bonnet and matching panels :D


Nope , all hand shaped aluminium , it was an exercise by the magazine to handbuild a cheap sportscar but it ended up more complicated than they planned (mid engined instead of front engined) and more expensive (aluminium body instead of steel ) ...

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Reminds me of a TR7 meets an X19.

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Nope , all hand shaped aluminium , it was an exercise by the magazine to handbuild a cheap sportscar but it ended up more complicated than they planned (mid engined instead of front engined) and more expensive (aluminium body instead of steel ) ...


Oh, I got my wires crossed I thought it a relative of Delilah !

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I didn't want a discussion about how ugly it is, I just wanted to find the owner of it.
I don't know why I bothered. :roll:
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