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zulu_warrior1976
 Post subject: Flip Front Clubman
PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:48 am 
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Hi All,

I have seen many fibreglas flip front conversions for roundy's but none for clubby's...

Although, I did find one short video of a guy in UK who had fitted one to his wifes red clubby...

Haven't seen any evidence of this here in Oz though...

Anyone know of any street legal fibreglass flip front minis here in Australia?

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Dont know of any on the road now. But dads old 71 clubby had a fiberglass flip front. Was fully road legal.
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there is a pic of a flip front clubby here:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=72709
Dont know if it has an A-series though.

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The main issue here is getting it Engineered. Clubmans and the later Leyland Mini are all covered by ADR's and putting a flip front on changes the Structual Integrity that they were complied with.

I'd love to put a Flip Front on mine but can't see it happening.....

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Thats why you need to get a engineers cerificate and make sure its all ridgy didge
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not much of an issue just read ADR65A, talks about front end modifications and you can't do anything if its after july 95, i think. its been a long time since i read that ADR

however you will need an engineers approval to be road legal. and he'll make sure that you comply.

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Good to know.... Now to find an Engineer in Newcastle.

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There are a couple of engineers around Newcastle, I can't remember the guys name but the guy at Cardiff is a bit of a knob, you can go to the RTA and request a list of local engineers.
If they say you can flip front a post 73 model car just hang up or walk away.
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Here's one I took at Minifest in 91

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That car above looks wild!

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slinkey inc wrote:
That car above looks wild!


Like a Transformer.
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d1ck0 wrote:
Good to know.... Now to find an Engineer in Newcastle.

Cheers,

Dicko.


I was told of a fellow in Lambton a couple of weeks ago , i'm thinking of contacting him re: my cobra seats .i can get his details for you if you like .

Colin .
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That'd be Great Colin. Still need to get on to that Car and Trailer for the Rotisserie too. I'm just getting over an infection under my Surgical Scar (what next?) so hopefully I'll be fighting fit again soon.

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I'm pretty sure the engineer I was going to use in Newcastle was something Mackay(Mckay?) he had a Mighty Boy set up for track use and was a super knowledgeable and friendly guy.
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slinkey inc wrote:
That car above looks wild!


Agreed. The method they have used to engineer the flip front looks sensible too...

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