Shorrock supercharged 850

[S33blo]

Not a lot to update but I’ve been tracking down some parts.

First up is a rare one correct 16oz glass washer bottle and lid

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A BMC accessory internal bonnet opening kit

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An optional 10 row oil cooler kit with pipes thanks to Nick W

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[S33blo]

Dropped a set of NOS steel wheels and a rivited 59 steel (for the spare) down to the sand blasters, they should be back any day now

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[SMOKE GREY]

Love this little car already!

[Pete]

You’ve collected some bazzin bits!

[coopertim]

Fantastic project! Very similar to my new one.

Tim

[gs.davies]

Absolutely love this!

Great project. Look forward to seeing it on the road.

[Old English White]

That is going to be BRILLIANT!
It looked a right horror to begin with All that rust and underseal - it reminded me of the first Mini I ever bought, well over 50 years ago. There's nothing new about Minis rusting

[Nick W]

This is definitely one car I can't wait to see!

[S33blo]

Wow thanks for all the positive comments!

It was definitely worse to begin with than I initially anticipated however I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. A big part of the parts have come from forum members. Hoping for the car to be at Blyton in may

[sugarhiccup]

Absolutely stunning project. You’re really cooking up a storm with this! Truly beautiful, and a pleasure to watch it unfold. One day I’ll get my car up to this standard!

Thanks for keeping us all up to speed!

[S33blo]

Not a whole lot to report, got the wheels back from blasting
Painted in some high build primer.

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Then some top coat and lacquer

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Not sure why I only have photos of two, gave the hubcaps a good polish whilst I was at it.

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[S33blo]

A friend gifted me some original interior parts that needed a small amount of DIY

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Also picked up this nice accessory brochure from 1960

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[Dan Fallon]

I love this build. Period correct mods, fantastic! Well done and keep up the good work!

[S33blo]

I love this build. Period correct mods, fantastic! Well done and keep up the good work!

Thank you!

[S33blo]

Done a few small jobs lately

Collected some nicer original dash board trims and a companion bin liner to replace my old ones from a friend a few weeks ago

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Very happy with those! Had to do some glueing to the companion bin liner but didn’t get any photos.

Started finishing up the engine, I had the primary gear re-bushed to suit my crank a while back but never got around to shimming it so did that. I also ordered the clutch and flywheel assembly from MED

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Nice bit of kit that you probably won’t see on many 850’s

Progress on the shell will resume next year now, very unlikely I’ll finish the car for Blyton unfortunately

[Fanfaniracing]

Think i have the same Flywheel on my 8Port and it performs well so far...

Keep going your nice build!

[S33blo]

Think i have the same Flywheel on my 8Port and it performs well so far...

Keep going your nice build!

That’s good to know, I’ve used a lot of their parts in my engine build so far and been happy.

[S33blo]

Plodding along doing a few bits here and there

Fitted the flywheel to the engine

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I also managed to get the NOS Morris horn push that was for sale on here (thanks Mark!)

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Thought mine was in good condition until I put them side by side.

Also treated myself to a part that I’d wanted to use from the beginning of the build. A speedwell GT 5 port alloy head, it’s had some porting and polishing work done. It came complete but I’ve stripped it down for inspection, only a few threads need repair which is nice!

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