Fellas, the local British Motor Corporation operations at Zetland in Sydney started building round nosed Minis. Then they went through a reorg where they became Leyland Australia hence the "Leyland Mini" (and BLMC). Keep in mind "Leyland" trucks had also built up a reasonable reputation around this time so the Leyland name had some street cred.

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"Show me the Mini!"

street cred? leyland!?? hahahaha

well maybe, at least until they brought in shockers like the Marina and the dreaded P76....

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P38 we called it then, as it was only 1/2 a car...

Actually the 4.4L V8 wasn't a bad thing, it went OK and had rack & pinion steering which Holden, Ford & Chrysler could only dream about then.. The bonnets never did fit properly though..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

oh and u could fit a 40gallon drum in the boot.. cos everyone needs to do that!

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Alloy wasn't it?

I know a guy who slotted one into a Torana. Was an impressive conversion around 12 years ago.

great boat motor ex's old man hade one in his boat blower and injection thing fuggin flew man i crap the first time i road in it then he taught me the finer points of driveing a inboard with the lil flat bit's at the back to trim up used to do around 150kph it was damn fast scary to when it got choppy water under it
makka

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