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| Author: | danidad [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | top opening van door?? |
going to look at what the owner described as a one piece top opening van rear door(among other things).. he said it came from the UK.. never heard of such a beast b4.. anyone know anything about it?? will take digi camera along |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:50 am ] |
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I reckon its a one piece side opening door. A place here in Sydney built a custom Mini Hatchback with top opening door / hatch. I will see if I can find pics, as I did post them ages ago (before your time Jeff) |
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| Author: | danidad [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:55 am ] |
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that would be cool... I dont want it anyway, but sure i will get it cheap, and Tzi and a few other van owners have been asking about opening alternatives. should be interesting |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:58 am ] |
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| Author: | JC [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:59 am ] |
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There was a mini on the Cold Toast a while ago that had been coverted to a hatch back. Was White with a Pearl through it. Was neat as it can be. Had featured in a few mags. The guy traded it for like $3-4k. The modified sheel had to be worth that alone. |
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| Author: | danidad [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:10 am ] |
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thanks Anton... thats a niffty bit of work.. looks good, as to wether its practical or not??? but at least you could carry something bigger than a pencil in it LOL |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:13 am ] |
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Apparently one of these was made in the 60's for Ringo Starr, so he could carry his drums around easily.....not a word of a lie! |
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| Author: | czerial [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:24 am ] |
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there was also a actual prototype hatch that bmc made back i the day and is still floating somewhere in england. was that one in the pic at Mini and Moke world |
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| Author: | ausminis4u [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: top opening van door?? |
danidad wrote: going to look at what the owner described as a one piece top opening van rear door(among other things).. he said it came from the UK.. never heard of such a beast b4.. anyone know anything about it?? will take digi camera along the one piece rear doors are fibreglass, they CAN be made to open upwards rather than sideways .
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:32 am ] |
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Yes Chris. |
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| Author: | poeee [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:17 am ] |
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J_A_M wrote: Apparently one of these was made in the 60's for Ringo Starr, so he could carry his drums around easily.....not a word of a lie!
Correct. Coach built thing, i've seen pix of it before... anyone got any? Edit/ hooray for google! http://www.minispace.co.uk/beatles/ringo/ringo.htm |
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| Author: | mickmini [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: top opening van door?? |
ausminis4u wrote: the one piece rear doors are fibreglass, they CAN be made to open upwards rather than sideways .
just make sure you can make it open all the way to vertical, otherwise you continually bash your head on it unless you are a dwarf |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:36 am ] |
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poeee wrote: hooray for google! http://www.minispace.co.uk/beatles/ringo/ringo.htm
VERY INTERESTING....... 
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| Author: | Wombat [ Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:01 pm ] |
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bit of trivia ; my second car after the Mini in the 70's was a Morris Nomad - 1300 motor and a lot of innovations that are all taken for granted today but was a pain in the a*** as they had a lot of teething probs. The hatch back air struts kept leaking and the thing would come down on your head without warning or would take all your muscles to lift in the first place. The back seat could be folded forward or the rear parcel shelf could fold against the back seat giving more vertical space behind the seat - only trouble was the "locking" mechanism didn't hold and if you pulled up suddenly the whole thing would fall down with a bang and scare the sh*t out of you - worse for any passengers in the back as they suddenly found themselves horizontal |
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| Author: | danidad [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:59 pm ] |
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well it turned out to be (according to me anyway) a new?? rear section pannel for a morris minor ute from roof curve to behind the tray The bit with the rear window) .. probably not a lot of use to anyone here unless you have a morrie grinder and want a ute. anyone interested?? |
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