Does anyone what happened to Lil Thumpa?

It was a white Mini Deluxe made to be a Cooper 'S' look alike (as you do) with the black out treatment, ie all chrome was black.
Lil Thumpa had a mural on each rear quarter panel of the cute bunny, Lil Thumpa.
It ran a 1400cc or something like that and was owned by a bloke who called himself Beppi who lived in Sunnybank, Brisbane.

I remember the last time I saw it was about 1986 or thereabouts and I was just wondering if anyone had any info on Lil Thumpa???

I reckon this forum needs a 'What happened to' section. Might be handy to find our long lost first Minis too.

It`s dead,,,no longer,,,gooonnne,,,Kapoot

sorry but it`s true,,,poor lil thing died a very rusty cancerous death,,,not enough shell prep went into her & it all rusted out, neglected by the owner after Marcos,,,we helped supply parts & work for Marcos as he was building it & we cetain;ly did the 1415cc stroker engine for him & also set up the suspension etc etc etc,,,we didn`t have anything to do with the paint or panel work tho, it was a real treat in the hot rod shows for some time tho

i have the rear subframes & some other stuff from the old girl here, but the rest is dead & buried

pity tho hey? was once a hot lil car,,,i have a picy of it here somewhere, i`ll try to scan & upload it

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Pity people do no do thing better in the resto and they get looked after better when sold on as they are getting hard enough to get a good one now days.

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1970 Mini K, 1380cc, 1.75 HIF SU, 30 70 Cam, 2" Zorts
1969 Mini K, Stock Standard and Orginal. (Slow as Hell)

"Pity people do no do thing better in the resto and they get looked after better........"

Bit early to be on the Bundy isn't it?

No i have the day off and when i at work I check the forum every now and then

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I've Got One
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We've All Got One
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A Bloody Mini

1970 Mini K, 1380cc, 1.75 HIF SU, 30 70 Cam, 2" Zorts
1969 Mini K, Stock Standard and Orginal. (Slow as Hell)