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| Author: | sports850 [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:33 pm ] |
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Saw this in Port Macquarie today on the way back from Sydney , it sounded like a moke , looked like a moke from a distance except for the extra height , but isn't quite a moke .... Anyone want to guess what it is ? I was talking to the owner about it so I know ....... 
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| Author: | Mike_Byron [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:35 pm ] |
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VW based german thingo to compete against the moke |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:39 pm ] |
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Mike_Byron wrote: VW based german thingo to compete against the moke
Nope .... |
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| Author: | ryan [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:45 pm ] |
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is it one of those things that bmc tried to use to replace to moke, or something along those lines? More pics? |
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| Author: | Mini Mitch [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:46 pm ] |
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Feeding cars steriods for better performance is not a good idea..... So What is it?? |
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| Author: | YoungMiniac [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:54 pm ] |
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Is it the German on Adolf Hitler had? |
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| Author: | Hagar [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:13 pm ] |
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Is it one of the Moke variants that BMC tried (unsucessfully) to sell to the military? |
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| Author: | demonic1100 [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:32 pm ] |
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by the look of it it is moke related to some degree it looks like either a modified moke with some sort of 4wd leaf spring suspension looks like a custom made subframe the only notible thing other than the height and leaf suspension that makes me think it's not a moke is that the mud guards go straight down where as on every moke i have seen they go backwards diagonally slightly i'm going to take a guess if i'm wrong about the 4wd mod it could be somthing that Charles Anderson may have designed called the CUB if it's a 4wd mod i'd love to know how the hell they got it passed a blue slip as that alone would have been a task and a half... OR it's an import moke that has been modded |
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| Author: | marcello [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:42 pm ] |
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looks to be some sort of modded small wheel moke. looking at how much space it takes up in the car park, i would say that it is about the same size a moke. just higher. dont know about the side covers though. its a tough one. maybe a small wheel with suspension and engine mods including mods to the sides for some reason. |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:43 pm ] |
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Some good guesses , and some bad ones ..... It's owned by it's builder , an ex mini racer and enthusiast from the 60's who grew up and bought a 6 cylinder valiant when he got married etc . He is a vehicle body builder by trade and decided to build himself a moke from scratch but in the process decided to improve on it . It uses morris 1100 subframes but the hydrolastic units are replaced with coil springs (no leaf springs , not sure what you were looking at , front arm perhaps ?) , it's got a couple of inches extra clearance compared to a moke , the bonnet opens like normal but then everything else will hinge forward for ease of work . The body is made of 1/8" plate (around 3mm thick for the non metric people) and is fully welded so very , very strong and will take forever to rust .The side pods were narrower and a lot more interior space . The owner builder made it about 15 years or so ago and it's been fully engineered (he had a couple of engineers working where he worked and they watched over the whole project) and has been registerred in 3 states (Nsw , SA and Vic) as he's moved around for work . Motor is straight out of a Morris 1100 . |
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| Author: | simon k [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:11 pm ] |
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I was gonna say home made, it definitely wasn't one of the scamp etc. variants, and wasn't 4wd.... but 3mm plate! must weigh more than a commodore! |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:35 pm ] |
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It says on the right rear guard "maximum speed 110kph" , with the weight of the body I think it was an exageration ... It had a rear half cage , but the windscreen frame was 1/4" (6mm) plate bent into shape . it would have bee stronger than the rear cage .... It was a very neat job all up though , complete witha digital speedo .... |
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| Author: | Betty [ Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:28 pm ] |
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wow. that is crazy! how grey was he? |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:19 am ] |
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Betty wrote: how grey was he?
Very , he's retired now .... |
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| Author: | Blokeinamoke [ Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:33 am ] |
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sports850 wrote: Betty wrote: how grey was he? Very , he's retired now .... so thats what that is. I seen that floating around PmQ and wondered what is was. |
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