ausmini :: View topic - Plastic/fireglass bodied Mini's

Just as a follow-up to the "850's fact or fiction" thread that mentioned a plastic bodied Mini, plus the photo showing one (i personally don't like the roof seams on it, but the rest of it looks good. Any more photo's???), I found this piece of craftsmanship that might be of interest.

I remember seeing a variant of the fibreglass ones where a guy had a twin headlight set-up made when the shell was laid. Basically had the standard shell, but with the top part of the guards added on and blended to have the 2nd headlights sitting at about 45 degrees to the originals, kind of strange, kind of cool...

Can't find his web-site though.... :oops:

Author:	Jedi665 [ Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:35 pm ]
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Just as a follow-up to the "850's fact or fiction" thread that mentioned a plastic bodied Mini, plus the photo showing one (i personally don't like the roof seams on it, but the rest of it looks good. Any more photo's???), I found this piece of craftsmanship that might be of interest. http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/MMFG1 ... Detail.cfm I know I'd shell out for it (pardon the pun ). Then there are these: http://www.domino-cars.co.uk/index2.htm I remember seeing a variant of the fibreglass ones where a guy had a twin headlight set-up made when the shell was laid. Basically had the standard shell, but with the top part of the guards added on and blended to have the 2nd headlights sitting at about 45 degrees to the originals, kind of strange, kind of cool... Can't find his web-site though....

Author:	simon k [ Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:48 pm ]
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Jedi665 wrote: Just as a follow-up to the "850's fact or fiction" thread that mentioned a plastic bodied Mini, plus the photo showing one (i personally don't like the roof seams on it, but the rest of it looks good. Any more photo's???), I found this piece of craftsmanship that might be of interest. sorry, that's the only one I took of it - someone may have others Jedi665 wrote: I remember seeing a variant of the fibreglass ones where a guy had a twin headlight set-up made when the shell was laid. Basically had the standard shell, but with the top part of the guards added on and blended to have the 2nd headlights sitting at about 45 degrees to the originals, kind of strange, kind of cool... Can't find his web-site though.... a car matching that description was in miniworld once - I hated the look of it... but it was a steel shell

Author:	brickworx [ Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:34 am ]
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The cars i wrote about never survived. They were a plastic body that the factory were trialing. supposedly none survived the crash testing... Later came the fibreglass one.

Author:	Jedi665 [ Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:30 pm ]
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Do you know of any web sites with articles about the plastic and fibreglass factory variants on them? I think it'd be quite interesting reading.

Author:	drmini in aust [ Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:00 pm ]
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Mini Cord from Venezuela.. http://www.minipassionmini.50megs.com/g ... nicord.htm

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Author:	Jedi665 [ Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:12 pm ]
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Thanks Doc, very cool site. I'm guessing that the red and white one that skssgn photographed is the one they mention in the article.

Author:	Morris 1100 [ Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:33 pm ]
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Before the fibreglass cars in Venezuela there was the fibreglass cars in Chile... http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?chileindexf.htm

Author:	min13k [ Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:47 pm ]
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did any one see the raceing twin cam i wonder whats in it 1400 cc motor makka

Author:	simon k [ Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:41 pm ]
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drmini in aust wrote: Mini Cord from Venezuela.. http://www.minipassionmini.50megs.com/g ... nicord.htm good one Doc - the car I took the picture of is a venezuelan built one - it's mentioned on the site above

Author:	brickworx [ Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:54 pm ]
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The guy i was speaking to was an ex english bmc designer. but last i heard he wasn't to well. I'll see if i can find him, he had some real interesting stories about what went on.

Author:	fuzzy-hair-man [ Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:19 pm ]
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Um I don't know if this is the one you mean but they are plastic and they do mention a four headlight front end http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/fra.html Bye Arrin

Author:	simon k [ Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:19 am ]
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the white with blue and orange looks sweeet

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Author:	drmini in aust [ Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:47 pm ]
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That's interesting too. I believe there is a fibreglass body available in UK, not sure who is building it. Also, MiniMania in US were going to release one for sale there last year, for US$7,000- they showed a prototype, I dunno what happened after that.