Suicide doors on moggy 1000

[oldisbetter]

I have mate that is doing a moggy 1000 and he is going for a more custom build rather than a standard restoration, one of the things he is wanting to do is fit suicide doors has anyone tried this or got any info on a way to do it, the car is a 2 door so i think it will look good.

[oldisbetter]

This is it before it left my garage and it has had a bit of work done since

[comfortablynumb]

What had suicide doors from the factory? Could you copy something from them?
Sorry I don’t know much about them

[igor]

Morris 8 is the first thing that springs to mind.

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Apr 29, 2020 18:45:38 GMT comfortablynumb said:

What had suicide doors from the factory? Could you copy something from them?
Sorry I don’t know much about them

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very similar profiles too - oldisbetter I can post has many images details that you would like - possibly the very thin Jowett door hinge pates / hangers would modify ok for the job too

[oldisbetter]

@grumpynorthener any pictures could be very useful, they do look a very close profile.

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Apr 30, 2020 0:41:15 GMT oldisbetter said:

@grumpynorthener any pictures could be very useful, they do look a very close profile.

Here is a selection of pics to get you started - I appreciate that these are external hinges in the respect that they protrude outwards beyond the profile of the door but I would have thought that it be major surgery time to both the doors & B post to fit something that was enclosed or integral - but it could be done - the Javelin door hinge hangers & plates are available if required via the clubs spares scheme - just let me know if you wanted them - unfortunately I don't have anything used amongst my stash that I could loan for you to trail / mock up

[Paul H]

May also be worth looking at the hinges used for the rear doors on a four door Minor, and whether they could be switched so OSR hinges goes to NSF, and NSR to OSF? Perhaps a scrap four door Minor could also donate some appropriate panel sections from the rear door frames & B pillar too?

[oldisbetter]

Thanks guys this could be a good way forward for him

[thomge]

Here’s some useful information. Good old Beardmore Bros! www.beardmorebros.co.uk/website%20pages/roadster_pickup_page3.htm

[oldisbetter]

If anyone wants to see this lads build of the moggy from above he has now put a bit of it on YouTube or Yow Tube if you are from the midlands, Be kind he is only just 17 and is learning on the go

[jim]

I'll have a watch of this - good on him for giving this a go, it's the best way to learn

[kevins]

The front door hinges on a range rover classic before around 1990 are external and mount on 2 flat surfaces a pair of these might do the job.

[MkX]

Someone was trying to do something similar in this old thread;
www.morrisminorowners.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4187&start=15