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Author:  1976miniss [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:31 pm ]
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Hi, may be a silly question but are the mini utes modified mini's or orginal factory release?
If modified, do you use a wagon or a sedan? :oops:
Author:  modelmaker [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:36 pm ]
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Thats a good question something I'd like to know as well . Also there must be someone that has a ute somewhere I'd like to see some photos ??

Sean
Author:  sports850 [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:37 pm ]
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There were factory pick up's (utes) availible elsewhere but not in Australia , I've heard there are a dozen or more original ones here but the majority you see will be cut down vans . The van and ute shared the same floor pan so it is an easy starting point .
Author:  1976miniss [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:37 pm ]
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sports850 wrote:
There were factory pick up's (utes) availible elsewhere but not in Australia , I've heard there are a dozen or more original ones here but the majority you see will be cut down vans . The van and ute shared the same floor pan so it is an easy starting point .


Thanks :)
Author:  drmini in aust [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:37 pm ]
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REAL Mini uses were made that way, in the UK. We never got them sold here.
You can cut a van down to make one, but the back is sloping not vertical.
Author:  sports850 [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:48 pm ]
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These are from a couple of van and pick up brochures I have ,

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Author:  1976miniss [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:53 pm ]
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sports850 wrote:
These are from a couple of van and pick up brochures I have ,

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That's cool Thanks
Author:  sports850 [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:56 pm ]
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You're welcome .
Author:  74snail [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:08 pm ]
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What I find interesting is that they seem to all have the solid grill, would love to get my hands on one.

http://trucks.about.com/od/classictrucks/ss/mini_truck.htm
Author:  sports850 [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:13 pm ]
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All UK commercial mini's (vans and pick-ups) had integral grilles up to a point , vans changed to removable grille before pick-ups did too but can't remember the dates ....
Author:  Kennomini [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:31 pm ]
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I never knew the utes had that "bulge" section behind the drive same as the vans do for the battery 8) .
Author:  sports850 [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:34 pm ]
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It was all part of their standardised metal stamping , a van floor is the same as a pick-up floor , they just reshaped the pickup rear cab panel to suit the shape (which is something most people miss when they make one out of a van) of the van floor .
Author:  simon k [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:49 pm ]
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74snail wrote:
What I find interesting is that they seem to all have the solid grill, would love to get my hands on one.

http://trucks.about.com/od/classictrucks/ss/mini_truck.htm


jeez it'd be a pain to work on - imagine trying to get the dizzy or starter motor out
Author:  Blokeinamoke [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:17 pm ]
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simon k wrote:
74snail wrote:
What I find interesting is that they seem to all have the solid grill, would love to get my hands on one.

http://trucks.about.com/od/classictrucks/ss/mini_truck.htm


jeez it'd be a pain to work on - imagine trying to get the dizzy or starter motor out


my Moke is the same - fixed grill - pia
Author:  jbeenz [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:29 pm ]
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simon k wrote:
jeez it'd be a pain to work on - imagine trying to get the dizzy or starter motor out


Uh Ha...I have a commercial van, to remobe the starter, you must first remove the dizzy!
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