My 1969 Morris Minor van has been under restoration for about four years. It has been a rocky road involving failed rear main seals, broken transmission case (ouch), leaking radiators and other injuries, most of which have been self-inflicted. It has always been a work in process Along the way, I found an advert on an MG forum for what was touted as a “complete” rebuilt Morris Minor supercharger kit made by Judson and it pulled at something fundamental in my DIY soul. After some discussion and negotiation with the seller, I took the plunge and soon it arrived on my front doorstep. Like so many of my projects, it percolated in storage for a while before I was in a position to take it on seriously, but I finally dug it out and took inventory of what I had received. I wasn’t long before I realized some critical components were missing, such as the double row crank pulley and a mounting brace I called the gentleman who sold me the rig and after some hemming and hawing it became apparent he wasn’t going to be able to produce the errant pieces. My reaction was to go all Bruce willis on him and threaten him with annihilation, but I’m not very convincing in that role so I set about solving the problem myself.
I set about designing parts for my Morris Minor supercharger project in my sleep and realized I had a spare crank pulley, so if I just got a second one, I could hammer and grind and weld and create a two row pulley. Order second pulley from ESM, Drill, drill. grind. grind and voilà I had a second row to attach to the first row, but how? I decided I would get Rory at Abacus Racing to tig the two pulleys together. He did a nice job, but to find out if it ran true and if would hold together, I had to install it and that meant draining and pulling out the radiator with the front grill. I got it all together.
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