Here's a very nice overview of all those funny Mini based 'specials':
http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/index.html
I'm reading this book ATM:
"the story of a 140mph Mini engined world record breaker and how to build it" - very inspiring book!
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| Author: | roleyfoley [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:29 pm ] |
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Just picked up a copy of this months Unique cars and they have an article on 10 of the mini based cars that were made including a tractor, trike and a camper van!!! |
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| Author: | Asphalt [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:32 pm ] |
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Here's a very nice overview of all those funny Mini based 'specials': http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/index.html I'm reading this book ATM:
"the story of a 140mph Mini engined world record breaker and how to build it" - very inspiring book!
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| Author: | Bubbacluby [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:13 pm ] |
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ashphalt that is a great link thankyou for posting that.. Very interesting |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unique cars - mini specials |
roleyfoley wrote: Just picked up a copy of this months Unique cars and they have an article on 10 of the mini based cars that were made including a tractor, trike and a camper van!!!
Did they use predominately Australian ones or just web sourced stuff (did the Mini-Trac make it  ) ?
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| Author: | roleyfoley [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unique cars - mini specials |
sports850 wrote: roleyfoley wrote: Just picked up a copy of this months Unique cars and they have an article on 10 of the mini based cars that were made including a tractor, trike and a camper van!!! Did they use predominately Australian ones or just web sourced stuff (did the Mini-Trac make it ) ?The ones in the mag were all ones that were brought in or made in aussie and also mentioned how many there were around nowdays, also had pics of the red jem that one of the guys in canberra owns (forgot his username on here) |
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| Author: | Mattmini [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:51 am ] |
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Asphalt wrote: I'm reading this book ATM:
Is that bout building a terrapin? I'm lookin at doin that |
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| Author: | Austin850 [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unique cars - mini specials |
roleyfoley wrote: sports850 wrote: roleyfoley wrote: Just picked up a copy of this months Unique cars and they have an article on 10 of the mini based cars that were made including a tractor, trike and a camper van!!! Did they use predominately Australian ones or just web sourced stuff (did the Mini-Trac make it ) ?The ones in the mag were all ones that were brought in or made in aussie and also mentioned how many there were around nowdays, also had pics of the red jem that one of the guys in canberra owns (forgot his username on here) Tspeed Jem |
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| Author: | Asphalt [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:27 pm ] |
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Mattmini wrote: Asphalt wrote: I'm reading this book ATM: Is that bout building a terrapin? I'm lookin at doin that Yes! It's the book by Allan Staniforth, the inventor of the 'Terrapin' I'm very tempted myself to build a Terrapin - once I have a good workshop
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| Author: | Danny [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:50 pm ] |
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The specials they included are 1. Broadspeed 2. Tractor 3. Lolita 4. Trike (not a production model though) 5. Monaco 6. Mini-Trac (there you go Iain  )
7. Fang 8. Unipower GT 9. Wild Goose 10. Mini Jem Some interesting info.......I'd never heard of the Wild Goose before. THe trike doesn't count though, it was just something some guy made in his back yard. THey should have axed it and put the Midas in instead. |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:10 am ] |
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Their website still only has the previous edition on it  http://www.uniquecars.carpoint.com.au/ going out shortly to try and find the mag though .
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| Author: | slide [ Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:20 pm ] |
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Also a nice Mk2 Cooper S for sale with Weber and roll bar - $28,500 I think they were asking. |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:27 pm ] |
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Got the mag today , you could have said it was nearly all the cars in TME issue 17  It's a decent spread of cars over 10 or so pages . Well done watto (well , if it wasn't watto his lawyers will be busy) for getting the mini derivatives into a mainstream car mag read by thousands of people .
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| Author: | Graeme H [ Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:48 pm ] |
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I had to look hard to find Watto's byline, but it's there. Great work. How about the $30,000 Morris 1100 on the previous page? |
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| Author: | rehab1964 [ Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:44 pm ] |
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Graeme H wrote: I had to look hard to find Watto's byline, but it's there. Great work.
How about the $30,000 Morris 1100 on the previous page? that would be the Vanden Plas Princess? - somewhat over restored by the looks of the website but enough for me to up the insurance on mine
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| Author: | Tspeed Jem [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:55 am ] |
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HeHe, it's funny discovering my car come up in various articles. They've put the engine pic for the uni-power on the page with mine for some reason?
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