SPACE TRAVEL

This once tired-looking ’71 Neptune blue Bay looks a universe away from how it did when Steve Morris got it over two decades ago

WORDS & PHOTOS JON CASS

We see lots of Bay Window Buses but now and again we come across one that hits the spot; that instant feeling when everything looks just right. From the spotless Neptune blue paintwork and custom interior right through to those BRM replica wheels and perfect stance, we reckon Steve Morris’s ’71 Danbury is right up there with the best. “When I got it the bodywork was fairly good with no signs of previous bodges, but it had obviously been well used,” Steve recalls. Meanwhile, the 1641cc twin port engine ran, though it consumed lots of oil, while the interior was in a sorry state, but it was all original and it appeared to be all there. “It had its faults, but it was ideal for us,” Steve laughs. With general…

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