I feel so stoopid sometimes...many Seniors Moments lately.

Of course it is the good time of year down there - it's summer. I knew that.

What was I thinking. Is it winter in the Arctic perhaps? Maybe that's what I did, got my Arctic and Antarctic all confused.

I'm tired. Leave me alone. I'm old (at least I feel old - just ask my wife).

Yes, we had a very busy time at the Mini Muster. As usual, Jayne did all the work and I did a lot of talking.

Cheers,
Watto The Daft.

One of my co-workers and her husband are in Antartica at this very moment on a 31 day cruise on a Russian Icebreaker ($31,000 a head ) - so jealous

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

I an so jealous Tim don't worry , it isn't still at wilkes , i found someone who did a full photo survey during the big thaw a few years ago and searched every photo for it it did come back to aus and was last seen in the victorian alps (i'm still searching though) .

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I know, I just said that I was looking for it as a pretext to bragging about being there.

There is a lot of junk still there though, including some bits of old vehicles that would have been quite interesting. There was something about the size of a moke but with skid steering, I reckon it was an Weasel, probably no. 4 in the photo below.



Its well beyond salvaging, but they did retrieve one and restore it for display at work.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

can you get photo's of whatever vehicles are used or are sitting around down there and email them to me please Tim ? The guy's on the snow-cat forum will drown in their own drool over them

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I do have a couple of news articles about tracked vehicles for the ANARE in my dads old Truck & Bus Transportation magazines. It may take a while to dig through them.

Will give it a go. The bus is pretty cool, there are also several Hagglunds and big tractors. Not much else that's interesting or old now. There's a Ford F-350 with tracks up at the air strip but I won't be going back up there and didn't get a picture.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Bart over on the IMMCC pointed out that another mini based snow vehicle has surfaced , for sale in Canada and this time the body is a local Canadian one . I still think the Mini-Trac looks better





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Ew

The Datsun engine I could live with, but putting VeeDub parts onto a mini is unacceptable!

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Too many cars, and too little time.

I know this hasn't spoken of for a while but having done some googling this morning and I've re-kindled my interest!!!

Has anyone ever looked for it in Flynn's wrecking yard outside Cooma?

I can't believe there is a chance its still somewhere in the Australian snowfields!

I just have one question about all of this....why a mini??

why not I guess..

.. I'm going to find the thing!!!!

Good luck Mike, but I've been over a lot of Flynns over the years and I've never found it.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

because back in the 60's there were so many of them about, and it was just the simplest package

Yeah I can imagine it's not at Flynn's. It's bound to be tucked away somewhere in the mountains.

On that note however, have people checked Flynn's for rare minis? I know he has a few but last time I was there he wouldn't let me in