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9YaTaH
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Mini powered golf buggy! :D

[were 300 Cooper type Minis or big wheel Mokes raided to produce these? or were the engines just sourced?]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1978- ... 2018-09-30

PS: note the use of Two (2) rear sub-frames...would be hard to roll with all that down low weight:-)

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9YaTaH wrote:
[were 300 Cooper type Minis or big wheel Mokes raided to produce these? or were the engines just sourced?]


it's a closed tappet cover type engine, so not from an S...

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simon k wrote:

it's a closed tappet cover type engine, so not from an S...


Yep...and extremely difficult to change a rocker cover, ditch twins etc maybe to comply with US smog compliance for this particular one of the 300 built...

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Click Bait. I had to go and look. Now my eyes hurt.

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Its pure 70s kitsch GTO :D 8)

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I tried buying one of these back in the late 80's. It's an alto duo, mini based kit car. The company went belly up just before i was due to pay..........could have lost $1,000's.


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I tried buying one of these back in the late 80's. It's an alto duo, mini based kit car. The company went belly up just before i was due to pay..........could have lost $1,000's.


A neat looking device! 8)

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Probably what the Smart for Two was developed from.

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