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M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« on: April 07, 2009, 01:35:21 AM »
What is it?

Name, what type of racing was it built for, Owner/Builder?

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Re: M#2
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 09:07:58 AM »
ferrari dino F1 car built intop morris minor body in new zeland .
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Re: M#2
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2009, 12:43:19 PM »
Yes.

The Morrari.
Works Ferrari Chassis, SBC power, lowlight Minor Body.

Raced in the NZ All Comers class.

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Re: M#2
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2009, 01:38:22 PM »
Please, no...
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Re: M#2
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2009, 02:20:11 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on April 09, 2009, 01:38:22 PM
Please, no...

Ohh yes... ;D

It was a 555 Super Squalo if my Info is correct.

Now restored back to original.

So I guess you could argue Garth Souness, who built the Morrari, took better care of it than Enzo did with the 156 Sharknose racers ( they were scrapped...)
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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2009, 03:08:10 PM »
Morrari, Jerrari, Ferrambo...I'm waiting for a Ferroda, (a V12 Fabia), a Volgarri, and a Ferrerschmitt (3-wheeler).
Sic transit gloria mundi...
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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2009, 03:28:11 PM »
Yep, history is full of cars like that.


History isn't always pretty, it is what it is...

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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2009, 03:33:54 PM »
Well, there is also the Thomassima...
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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2009, 03:41:36 PM »
You seem to have a huge problem with this car.

I dont really understand why...

Was it too pure of a Thouroughbred to be bastardised for racing?

Botom line is, it survived to live as a racecar in different versions, and still does as far as I'm aware.
That has to be a lot better than a puddle of melted down metal.

( it seems to me few Companies were as careless with their Old Racers as Ferrari was...)

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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2009, 04:57:02 PM »
I think You misread my words...I do not have a problem with any car, but just opinions...about this car my opinion is that a Ferrari-based Morris Minor sounds a bit outrageous. But this does not mean that I'm somewhat against this car. About the Ferrambo or the Jerrari, the consideration is the same. Who on earth would make a Jeep out of a Ferrari? Somebody did it and the result may be questionable, but we are in a free world. I do not think that exist a car that can be considered too pure to be customized or "bastardised", but I think it is common sense to find at least funny a Rolls Royce radiator on a Beetle.
My replies were probably to ...dry... I forgot to add some smiley to make them more friendly, but in the end, no I don't like it!  ;)
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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2009, 05:19:14 PM »
We're cool Paul...  ;D

I personally like the oddball, deadend, and outright failure projects.

If for no other reason than the creative thinking behind them.

But yeah, a Rolls Grille on a Bug doesn't impress me either....
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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2009, 04:44:54 AM »
If it eases your mind, PJ, this car is now back to the Ferrari specification :D
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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2009, 05:15:58 AM »
My replies were hilarious, I'm sorry I wasn't able to transmit that.
This sort of cars must be considered in their time. Nowadays will be unthinkable such a work, but when it was done it was a good, quick and unexpensive way to use such a good chassis. I got that.
I'm not such a snob when we talk of Ferraris or other "aristocratic" brands. I love cars, homemade, one-off, oddball, customized...and this one was a child of his era.


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Re: M#2 Solved Morris Minor " Morrari"
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2009, 05:26:00 AM »
I did a bit more digging, this car has had a really interesting history...

In '55 the chassis was stretched for a 860 Monza Engine, and renamed FL/9001.

It was raced in NZ & Australian Formula Libre untill '63 when it was crashed.

The Engine went into a Speedboat, and the chassis became part of the Morrari.

After its boating carrer, the engine went into a museum.

And was later reunited with its chassis.

And later still those parts were used for the restoration/reconstruction done in England
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