Readers,
Here is a response from a fellow in New Zealand on that Morris Isis for sale
that I posted - rarer than I thought. My friend Peter at Marina Motors does
5-speed conversions on Healeys using Toyota gearboxes that would be a great
upgrade - I wonder what disc brakes could be fitted?
Happy Hunting - A nice project for someone more ambitious than I....
Rick
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>> Hey Gang.
>
>> Here is a rare one that should not be hard to get up and running - Very
>> rare in the US - this one is in Canada.
>
>Ohhh! An Isis!
>Apart from my '58 Isis and Andrew 'Axeman' Pursey in Australia (a '55
>Isis), this is the first Isis I recall seeing in morris@autox.team.net
>Certainly rare worldwide from what I can gather. There were only 3,600
>made in the first place.
>
>
>> Kind of a British Buick - fun
>> for the whole family
>
>They are fun for all the family :-)
>One 12 year old, and 2 car seats with a 22 month old and a 3.5 year old
>fit into the back seat and can fit 3 across the front bench seat. My two
>youngest ones love the Isis.
>
>
>>- uses the same engine as an Austin Healey
>> 100/six......
>
>Yes indeed. Even with the standard cylinder head and 2639cc they can go
>quite well. My Isis has Austin-Healey pistons, twin 1.5" SUs from a
>Wolseley 6/99, electronic ignition and a slightly warm camshaft and goes
>well enough to antagonise modern traffic if they deserve it.
>Diesel people shifters going up hills belching black smoke struggling to
>keep up so they can overtake. They deserve it ;-)
>
>Pity it is an automatic - the 4 speed floor change with gearlever between
>driver's door and seat is a bit different!
>I see that spare manual gearboxes (most probably 3-speed with overdrive)
>are included along with a 3-litre twin SU engine from a '59 Westminster.
>
>28,002 miles. Unbelieveably low! Unless something is wrong, the power
>train and steering box/linkages etc. should be in excellent order.
>
>There is a club for these cars: the UK based Morris Oxford, Cowley and
>Isis club. They're very helpful, have a great magazine and hopefully a
>working website soon. I can supply an email contact for the club.
>
>regards,
>--
>Robert Greenfield
>In NZ.
>
><details below>
>
>2.6 litre, ohv 6 cylinder engine, Borg Warner automatic
>
>Owned since 1994, previously same owner 35 years. 28,002 documented
>miles. Not running. Stored inside. Complete.
>Body solid, with a few dents and minor surface rust. Paint faded.
>Interior tatty.
>
>Also included is the complete power train from a '59 Austin Westminster
>(manual trans, ran well), plus two spare gearboxes, two cyl. heads and
>some other spares. Need the storage space. $2500 for everything.
>
>--
>Robert Greenfield
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