There is a guy in SA who has/used to have a bug eye sprite with a 13B turbo wankel under the bonnet.....That was insane!!!

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1964 Morris "Cooper S" Group Nb Racer
1965 Morris 850
ex 1967 Morris Cooper S
ex 1969 Morris Van (Rover SPI running gear)

Back in the 70s-80s when sprites were relatively low value cars fitting a cortina motor was a common thing. Both the 1500 and the crossflow motor went in relatively easily.

Fitting a lotus twin cam would have been equally as easy bar the cost.

Mike

Geees I bet a few of you wished you'd stocked up on them then hey

I spoke to a guy who bought a half finished Bug Eye and paid $12,000 for it, he tells me that a finished Bug Eye in reasonable nick will set you back $18,000 and that the show stoppers cost around $23,000... the MkIII's are cheaper (unless I'm thinking of the MKVI which I'm starting to think I am) from what I've been told, you can get them around the $5,000-$8,000 mark.....

Not that I would ever have intrest in one of those

Funny isn't it,,, they made more Cooper S's than Bug Eye Sprites, but even though the Sprites are rarer than the Cooper S's, they still go for similar money... I think its pretty obvious which one the better car is

The end result would of been two hundred cars of many makes lying around the paddock in various states of repair.

My mother used to tell me I need self discipline. Some of that message must have stuck

You've got the room though Mike , be more profitable than sheep too

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C'mon Mike..... thats good advice..... you can't argue with that

Yeah,,, I get the "when will it end", lecture from my very patient girl friend all the time... usually followed by the "you need to learn to say no", lecture... and then the "why do you always seem to have more money for cars than me", lecture ....

I get lectured a lot

In what context is the learn to say no Are you constantly exhausted ??

By comparison my spouse is goood at saying "NO"

The key point is to keep buying mini's the same colour , I remember red oxide primer being the best one at one stage I had 4 or 5 mini's I'd bought as projects from people (too cheap to pass on and have since been moved on to people who have used them) . It's surprising how many you can sneak into a yard on the pretence of taking one for someone to look at and bringing it home again when they didn't like it (until your parents go right down the back of the 2 1/2 acre yard and see 4 red oxide mini's lined up together ....)

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haha

Nah... sounds like our spouses might be good friends

Trust me... its all an act, they might be saying "NO",, but what they really mean is "wait here while I find slip into something more,, uncomfortable".. ..c'mon Truuuuuust me

Ahem, yes, well, right,, well errr... back on track then..

Personally, I would love to see a Twinky in Sprite, (or miggy),,

As far as guys who do it in Sydney go,,, well my spies tell me that there is a guy at Richmond RAAF base who is having one built,, being a mini fan, I'm sure he posts here?

Holden Grey also went into a Bug Eye in the olden days....fab!

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"Show me the Mini!"

Ah, but these days you can get more HP from an A series mate.

Grey motor was an anchor, really. Never trust a manufacturer who fails to fit an oil filter.... yeah aircooled VWs too.

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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.

My dad whacked a grey into a morry minor when i was , well maybe one or two years old,,, he has always sadi that he belives it was because of that car that Brisbane Machinery inspection dept became created (that`s Dept of Tpt for all you young-uns)

& the best use that i`ve ever found for anything from a holden grey donk was a con-rod we made work as the belt tensioner arm on our super-charged mini,,, serious,,, we still have it & yep it`s still doing the job admirably altho it hasn`t turned a wheel since about 1990 but it`s still there

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

There was the Morrari in Unzud....

Take one crashed sport racing Ferrari ...add MM and stir well.

Cheers, Ian