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leyland brother
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Today while driving down the Craigieburn bypass extension of the ring road my wife spotted a red mini in the distance. As we caught up we noticed it had E4 MKII on the back. As we went past i looked at the front and saw it was a round nose, but to my amazement i wasn't like the ones i know of. It had a verticle grill in the centre of the bonnet (kinda like the old Mercs).

My thoughts are it could be a very early austin mini (seven) i think.

Anybody here know what it could be or is???

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Did it have a boot extension that looked sort of like a morris 1100 on it ? do a google search for wolsely hornet or riley elf and see if that's the critter you saw . Not sure of any other grilles but anythings possible to have been fitted .

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It did not have any extensions on the boot...

It looked like any other mini from the back to me.

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Ooh ooh ooh! Could be one of those Sth African Wolseley Minis. I'll look for pics...

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Here we go. Was this it?

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http://www.miniresource.com/elfhornet.php

The front of the car was similar to this, but it had a mini rear end.

WEIRD!

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chowdesu wrote:
Here we go. Was this it?

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YES!!! I believe that was it.

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What IS it???

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Tis a Wolseley 1000. Basically a mini with a Hornet front look. I don't know if what you saw was original or a copy, because they were only sold in South Africa and only around 480 were made from 1967 to 1969.

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I've never heard of that one , would be a nice little , different and rare mini if you could get your hands on one .

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It must've been an original. Why would somebody mock up a model like that.

BTW the couple would've been in their late seventies early eighties. Probably shipped the car over with them.

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not my cup of tea.

either you get a mini or you get a hornet, take my advice, don't go crossbreeding, and that goes to you people putting roundy fronts on clubbys!

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Hunt them down and offer to buy it. I would love one, but I think I'd be scared to drive it. I think the doors and whole front end are unique to that model, so replacing them wouldn't be an option if some idiot in a Falcadore ran into you.

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Riley Elf had badges "Elf" and "MkII" on the back. It's possible you read the "Elf" script as "E4". :)

Whatever, it's a ultra rare Sth African import Elf, if it has that grille and a normal boot! :shock:

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I didn't think about "E4" actually being "Elf". If it did say "Elf", that would make it a Riley and not a Wolseley like the 1000. Is it possible that is a case of model sharing (like the Austin/Morris minis) with negligable differences? Or maybe just an aftermarket badge? Or could it be another car entirely?

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