Morris Minor Converted To 4x4 Off-Road Beast | RIDICULOUS RIDES
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GOING off-road in a classic British family car has become a daily pastime for one New Zealand mechanic. Shane Armitage has converted a 1950s Morris Minor Traveller into a 4x4 off-roading beast that he can take on both roads and sand dunes. On first look, ‘Woody’ as the car is known, appears to be a British motor corporation classic, but is actually built on a Morris Minor shell and a Suzuki chassis with a second Morris Minor used for donor parts. Shane, of Muriwai, told Barcroft Studios: “I use it every day, it’s my daily drive but I also really like off-roading. This combines the two together. It’s really cool, two-for-one.”
Videographer / Director: Chris Sutherland
Producer: Stephanie Stijkel, Frazer Randalls
Editor: Ian Phillips
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"It's a mean as woka bro!" 🤣
You just have to love Kiwis, and this awesome Morrie 👍
Waka, the Maori word for boat or vessel. Now used to talk about cars and stuff too hahaha
The best part is its daily driver. I love it. He is a cool dude
Fabulously well concieved and executed, it simply looks right.
Agreed. I am not a fan of the original Traveller but this looked so good. It would have been wow to have shifted a Moggie onto a V8 Landie back in the day!
Yes, all the proportions are right, he didn't overdo it like most people would
I absolutely f*cking LOVE it!!!!! I would totally daily drive that here in Wales.
I concur
Well, You've got the countryside for it over there.
Mind you, there's also some pretty kick arse drivers roads in mid Wales too...... Unfortunately, you also have the Welsh traffic police hiding in every other layby and friggin' hedgerow with their speed guns. Even a lot of the regular police think that the local traffic cops are bastards !
Someone built a very similar Moggie on a Vitara chassis in Swansea some years ago which is still running around.
This little Morris Minor 4x4 would have some tremendous advantages over larger 4x4 vehicles, as it would be able to get into areas that it's larger counterparts couldn't get into
Love it!
Both the Vitara and the Minor are great cars
But not a vitara body on Morris running gear.....
This is real nice. Some hybrids turn out very well, I remember seeing an MG two seater on a range rover chassis and running gear ........ looked great and with a low centre of gravity, it was very good off road..
I thought I was seeing things when I passed it on the way home, fantastic Kiwi thinking outside the box and well executed tranformation. Glad I know the story behind it now.
Absolutely brilliant. I love what you created.
I built a woody beetle a few years back. I love to drive it. So I know the amazing feeling you get behind the wheel.
👍😍
Very nicely engineered!
Meticulously precise, superb attention to detail, a clever combination!
Wow! This is a awesome conversion!! Good job!
Well done mate, you've made a cracking machine there !
Now that is a truly inspired concept...and a stunning build! 😎👍🏼
lovely job. My father had a Moggie when I was a child, so have a lot of fondness for them. This is a cool conversion you've done.
So different, and so beautiful!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
It looks right. Nicely put together.
AMAZING!
Best conversion I have ever seen excellent n very well done
Ultimate Morris minor custom car... seen many and had one in my younger years... this is a beauty!
My dad had a Moggie Traveller when I was a kid. I used to stand in the passenger footwell so I could see over the dash. Long before seat belts. This one is awesome 👌
A brilliant build. Hats off to you sir!
Wow what a great combo, love it.
Love it I think it's fantastic 👏
That is just the coolest 4x4 ever. Nice done.
Wow old surfer dude..nice ride! ;)
One of the coolest rides I’ve seen. Want one!
I have 1in zimbabwe neat js don't know how you can get it there
My grandma would have absolutely loved this. She had the original version!
Looks GREAT, Love the Morris Minor.
Awesome car. Congratulations mate perfect mash up
Hi Shane, very much admire your effort mate. Fantastic project !!!
Awesome job and beautiful car!!
Awesome little car, when I first saw it I thought it must have had a Harry Firth running gear from Oz , if you remember the Holden HQ to WB in limited 4WD numbers.
However, youve cleared that one up with the Vitara running gear given the shorter wheelbase, hope it gives you years of satisfaction!
Thanks for the video clip!
😄👍👌
I love it. Great build. Brilliant
Thats so cool. I'm now inspired to have a go at something similar, maybe with a big old Humber and old Range Rover. Good job.
Beautiful car, well-done, would love one
That's one variant of the Minor that BMC didn't think of
I really hope he washed that thing pretty good after going through that saltwater cuz all I can see in my head is him 6 months from now patching up rust
Those are freshwater streams running down the beach to the sea, but yeah still not great.
And it seemed as if a fair bit of it was carbon fibre anyway...
Also half of it is wood & carbon fiber
Hate to see cars going into the sea, it wrecks them, no matter how much you wash them down afterwards.
He looks like the sort of guy that probably knows what he’s doing....👍😊
Such a perfect vehicle, I always fancied doing this with a modified range rover chassis. Thanks ;)
I seen one today here in Egypt looking to see one that was off road based. Well, it seems I'll definitely build it and lift this rare find because I thought it was the most beautiful chunk of metal I've ever seen. Half ton solid axel swap with a custom 6inch lift on a new stronger chassis running on leaf spring and shocks. Your build inspired me to take this and run with it. To top it off, your paint job on this beast is effin brilliant. Cheers from Egypt man
Really nice job. Love it.
Wow fantastic idea really well executed .. fair play !
What a great ride! cheers!👍😎
Here in Aussie I meet up with a English bloke who did a conversion with a Landrover and old Anglia body, -- that would have been back in the 1980's, he had it on with beach and it went really well, he did say he had done a couple of conversion's back in England as well.
Wow..I wasnt expecting the carbon fiber. Very cool suv
In fact. I was thinking about the weight of the original Morris body.
@@smkh2890 On the original travellers the roof and rear and side panels are aluminum: at the rear the weight is in the wood (and rear axle, diff springs etc.)
Now I've seen everything. What a great way to enjoy your day.
That looks so good!
That's one awesome Morris Traveller👌👌
Brilliant ! I like the matching shirt too LOL
Wonova kind!! That is sooo unique. Great job!
Wowowowow! Wow! Wow!
I just love the Morris Minor Traveller!! (1958 model). It was my first car and would have been with me today, if I could have restored it myself…. I also had one of the first Suzuki SJ 10 off road vehicles.
Gosh!!! 😮. Imagine if I could have done what you have 😱❤️❤️❤️
Have fun and enjoy.
(An enthusiastic from South Africa)
A beautiful machine Sir, you are obviously a man of impecable taste.
Looks great well done sir
So cool. Well done
Epic! Great ride
this car has made my day. xx
Can do with this in my life right now - pure magic !!!
This is a RIDICULOUSLY entertaining channel.
Love it, looks so cool and also practical 😎😎😎
Whatta lovely fusion....cheers
Crazy, but very clever dude, love it
Excellent!
Love this,my brother has an Austin mini van,always thought it would be great on a vitara platform. Only improvement I would make to this one is to have it in pickup truck body. 👌
The proportions look perfect - much better than many modern SUVs!
Looks fantastic. I want one.
It’s gorgeous!
What a hoot that looks amazing.
He did a great job on this car/truck!
So cool a car!!!! I'd love one of these for the beach in Puerto Rico!!!
That is fantastic I thought, if only he had made it out of plastic when I saw the salt water use, but hey, he did make it out of plastic, well as near as you can get! Well done sir, congratulations, wonderfully conceived.
Absolutely Brilliant, and so cute.
Congratulations on a stunning vehicle.
Beautiful.... well done ..
Beautiful just looks the part very well done
wow it beauty 4x4 dreams
thank you for detail video
One cool dude.
One cool car. Really cool.
From the Eastern Island Qld across the ditch.
Always loved morries but this is amazing!
Pls feature this again! Pls talk about this some more! Really nice ride!!!
Awesome!!
What a cool car!
Absolutely love it
Just simply mean as bro, the perfect ride!!!
Fantastic!
Just shows how good the Suzuki Vitara is! My first car was a Morris Minor!
Great job 👌🏻😎
Bloomin awesome
Living the dream dude
Brilliant love it 👍
Really nice looking car
Genius... really incredible
I see what my old man says now about fast changing shots which don't let you focus on the car, and I'm young. Stop with the clever editing and show us it in nice and steady shots.
Ab Fab bro , love what you have done
Looks so balanced ...a good looker
Very cool luv it!
Good job!👍
brilliant job.
Good combination 👏👏👏👏
I had a pick up, standard except wheels. Everybody loved it. Once you have had one, your smitten!
Lot of hard work.. I like ti.. let's, keep it up...😎
Oh hell I love it.
Excellent good car good thinking superb result I LIKE IT 😀😁😀😀😀😎
Beast 👍👍 love it 💚