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
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..
Love it!
Both the Vitara and the Minor are great cars
But not a vitara body on Morris running gear.....
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.
👍😍
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.
Wow! This is a awesome conversion!! Good job!
Very nicely engineered!
Meticulously precise, superb attention to detail, a clever combination!
Now that is a truly inspired concept...and a stunning build! 😎👍🏼
So different, and so beautiful!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
It looks right. Nicely put together.
AMAZING!
Well done mate, you've made a cracking machine there !
That's one variant of the Minor that BMC didn't think of
My grandma would have absolutely loved this. She had the original version!
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.
Wow what a great combo, love it.
That is just the coolest 4x4 ever. Nice done.
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!
Looks GREAT, Love the Morris Minor.
Awesome job and beautiful car!!
Love it I think it's fantastic 👏
A brilliant build. Hats off to you sir!
I love it. Great build. Brilliant
So cool. Well done
That looks so good!
Really nice job. Love it.
Epic! Great ride
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 👌
What a great ride! cheers!👍😎
Whatta lovely fusion....cheers
Beautiful car, well-done, would love one
Awesome car. Congratulations mate perfect mash up
Excellent!
Wow old surfer dude..nice ride! ;)
Wow fantastic idea really well executed .. fair play !
That's one awesome Morris Traveller👌👌
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
Looks great well done sir
this car has made my day. xx
Such a perfect vehicle, I always fancied doing this with a modified range rover chassis. Thanks ;)
Now I've seen everything. What a great way to enjoy your day.
Hi Shane, very much admire your effort mate. Fantastic project !!!
Awesome!!
It’s gorgeous!
Looks fantastic. I want one.
Love it, looks so cool and also practical 😎😎😎
Wonova kind!! That is sooo unique. Great job!
Brilliant ! I like the matching shirt too LOL
This is a RIDICULOUSLY entertaining channel.
Very cool luv it!
What a hoot that looks amazing.
Beautiful.... well done ..
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.
Can do with this in my life right now - pure magic !!!
Crazy, but very clever dude, love it
Fantastic!
Brilliant love it 👍
Absolutely love it
A beautiful machine Sir, you are obviously a man of impecable taste.
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)
Great job 👌🏻😎
Bloomin awesome
Absolutely Brilliant, and so cute.
What a cool car!
He did a great job on this car/truck!
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!
😄👍👌
Beautiful just looks the part very well done
Genius... really incredible
Good job!👍
The proportions look perfect - much better than many modern SUVs!
brilliant job.
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
Good combination 👏👏👏👏
I had a pick up, standard except wheels. Everybody loved it. Once you have had one, your smitten!
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....👍😊
Living the dream dude
Congratulations on a stunning vehicle.
Beast 👍👍 love it 💚
Always loved morries but this is amazing!
So cool a car!!!! I'd love one of these for the beach in Puerto Rico!!!
wow it beauty 4x4 dreams
thank you for detail video
Brilliant!
Really nice looking car
Oh hell I love it.
Proper cool ✌🏾
Looks so balanced ...a good looker
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.)
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.
Very good changes
Masterpiece.
One cool dude.
One cool car. Really cool.
From the Eastern Island Qld across the ditch.
Just simply mean as bro, the perfect ride!!!
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.
Amazing car ! Fair play to him.
that is pure genuis.
Very cool