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sports850
PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:38 am 
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Going to Hay , can't fit all your gear into your mini , you need a minatic trailer ... Pic borrowed from Stuart on the IMMCC board and further info from Bart (aka racing green here) . Who thought 5th wheel trailers were a recent creation :D

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I've got a copy of the brochure and know a Dutchmen who owns 2 of these, none other are known to have survived. He pulls it behind a Morris Minor, the Minatic was designed to fit on the Minor pick-up and mini pick-up.

Here's where you might recognise it from:

http://www.traffic-modelcars.com/minimo ... 3-2003.htm

They did come as Minatic 7, 9 and 11, difference being the length. The one BMC calls a Minatic 7 actualy is a 9.

The hardtops as on the yellow one can be seen on shows, it had something to do with Landrover but I can't quiet remember what exactly.


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Hahaha - in those days houses in Glasgow were two up and two down with an outside dunny. Not a lot furniture in those houses.
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Mike_Byron wrote:
Hahaha - in those days houses in Glasgow were two up and two down with an outside dunny. Not a lot furniture in those houses.


what do you mean in those days - apart from the new trendy stuff its still like that
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I'm wondering how it would handle with a load of furniture on board , even light stuff considerring how far back thetrailer wheels are and how big the storage area is over the goose neck connection . Lot of weight in the middle of the utes load area that's have to pick the nose up . Still , it's probably the best it could be but surely not suited for a full load .

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If you had the load far enough back you wouldnt have that much load on the ute tray. I would be more worried about the brakes.
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Blokeinamoke wrote:
I would be more worried about the brakes.


That's a given , imagine the combined weight of trailer , cast iron bed frames , a club lounge and various cutlery , crockery , manchester and clothes pushing on mini brakes ....

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sports850 wrote:
Blokeinamoke wrote:
I would be more worried about the brakes.


That's a given , imagine the combined weight of trailer , cast iron bed frames , a club lounge and various cutlery , crockery , manchester and clothes pushing on mini brakes ....


you forgot the pot plants and boxes of books
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Yeah , boxes of books especially :shock:

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There's one on this vid, on 2:32: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=70125
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It'd be very exciting in a breezy cross wind too I'd imagine! :shock:

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