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Author:  speedy [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:25 pm ]
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This mini is actually 1978 clubman GTS 1100cc .......... Great for a first car or collectors item. $15000 ono!!!


Its got one more letter than a GT, costs more than a GT, must be better than a GT right? :wink:

From
http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales ... istance=25
Author:  drmini in aust [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:33 pm ]
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If a GTS it must be seth efrikan...:)
Author:  Mini Mad [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:37 pm ]
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Erm...I reckon that aint no GTS..was there even a GTS? I have heard about one somewhere...

Single tank, Clubby S badge, me thinks it's an 'S'...15k :roll:

Not to mention that he contradicts himself in the ad, 998cc and 1100cc...worth nothing even it it was a GTS with not matching engine..

Also putting a MORRIS sticker on the rear window? It's a 78' model..GT's weren't even around then?

6x9's too? there goes the body rigidity :idea:
Author:  drmini in aust [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:59 pm ]
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Yes there was a GTS in Sth Africa, 1275 I think.
Author:  LS1380 [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:11 pm ]
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It's that word "RARE" again-must be worth $1000.00 for each letter in the word.
That make $4000.00.
Look out for "Very Rare" :roll: :roll:
Author:  chopchop [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:37 pm ]
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$15,000... tell him he's dreaming!
I cant believe that clubby van has'nt been bought yet. Its down to $3500.
Also a pretty good mini deluxe in Vic for $3500.
Author:  czerial [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:44 pm ]
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yup i agree with Doc, there was def a GTS in sud efrika.....
and they would have been badged as a morris over there maybe??? not
too sure..

there was also a mini sunshine and moonlight mini in south afrika as well!!! :wink:
Author:  K-Bar [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:46 pm ]
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i think its just a clubman S.

lol

1978...998 cc.

and the S badge on the back. :lol:

when i was looking for a mini...a came across one guy who told me his mini had a 1275..i got there, looked at the numbers, and well it was only a 998.
Asked him why he said it was 1275, and he proceded to tell me it had been bored out to 1500cc.

lol.. i laughed and left.
Author:  czerial [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:51 pm ]
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just looked at it HAHAHAH

it def aint no sud efrikan car,,, it has Aussie ADR brake fail and hand brake lights
Author:  Gerard [ Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:33 pm ]
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Which Clubby van u look at chop chop - in Maryborough???
Gerard
Author:  FATKiD [ Tue Dec 13, 2005 4:52 am ]
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Yea the Clubman GTS were built over here.

You can get a good condition one over here for under R20000 thats about $4200 Australia Dollars.

Here's a little histrory about the car.

On 26 July 1973, Leyland launched the Leyland Mini GTS (1275 c.c.) as a successor to the high performance Cooper ?S? and Mini GT models at a price of R 2280. The GTS featured 10? Rostyle wheels, wheel arch extensions, servo assisted disc brakes (190,5 mm), a 36 litres fuel tank, matt black grille, distinctive side identification stripe running over the bonnet and thickly padded and well-contoured front seats as well as maintaining the 3 pot instrument cluster that included the tachometer. Engine has a compression ratio of 9,75 to 1, (bore 70,6 mm x stroke 81,3 mm.), producing 74 b.h.p. and a top speed of 155 km/h (96 m.p.h.), maximum torque (N.m) of 103 at 3500 r.p.m. and a final drive of 3,44:1 was used with twin 1?? SU carburetors. Dry-cone suspension was used.

CAR road-tested the GTS in their January 1974 edition and was very impressed with this newcomer. In their opinion ?the Clubman GTS probably deserves the title ?the most exciting Mini ever built? and a worthy model in the Mini-Cooper tradition. The over-the-bonnet stripes in contrasting colours were considered ?to add to the provocative charm of the little car?s looks.? The GTS was considered to have all the elements to make it a smoking-tyres performance model; it produced some exciting figures in their performance tests: 0-60 mph inside 11 seconds and 150-plus km/h in a straight line. CAR summarized their impressions on the GTS as follows: ? This is the glamour car in the Mini family, and intended very much for the young at heart. It has the ability to hold its own against some pretty hot GT machinery. A combination of snappy looks and potent performance make this the most exciting Mini. As the manufacturer suggests, this is no car for the legendary ?little old lady? but for someone looking for a potent and exhilarating little chariot, the GTS has a lot to offer for the price.?

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Author:  FATKiD [ Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:08 am ]
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Only 1275cc GTS's were built :shock:
Author:  czerial [ Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:07 am ]
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yeah thats what i remember it as from some website..

hey FATKID got some more pics of your van? it has one of those badges that
were recently on ebay, we was talking about it!
Author:  FATKiD [ Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:54 pm ]
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I got a Clubman Estate badge off eBay that i'm going to fit,

And its not a van its an Estate, Clubman van's were never built over here.

Production of the mini stopped in 1983 over here, so spares are still freely available and
with the exchange rate so high it might be Cheaper to get spares from over here. 1 AUD = 4.78618 ZAR
Author:  Mick [ Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:23 pm ]
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I saw that badge on the back of a roundnose van over castle hill way last week, it spun me out for a while till I spotted a nice looking girl. Then it slipped from my mind.
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