I've had a request from Racing Green (our resident Belgian mini ute fanatic) for some photo's and details of the yellow V8 mini ute that was at Summernats a couple of years ago . I'm coming up short so has anyone else got any info or photo's on it ?

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Is it the one that badassmini has as his avatar

No info other than WHOA!! but pics i got.





How's them apples?

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When does a Mini not become a Mini?

I was looking at the superfast mini site recently. It's a Honda VTEC engine coupled to a four wheel drive chassis. Internals were all non-standard. What made it a Mini - it had a roundnose body plonked on top!

By the sounds of it - if the windscreen to nose looks like a Mini then that's it?!

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Regards,

Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

I quite like this one because it has been engineered and by the looks of things, the owner loved it, for probably two reasons it was a classic minii turned into a crazy V8- it was personalised for his/ her taste.

It is much better in every respect, than the charade mini (penrith...i think) it was on ebay, charade front end (flared, then attempted a clubman front) probably all with bog. I think the cha-mini-rade started the swine flu epidemic.

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1975 Leyland Mini: 1060cc - resto/ ex-hsc project.

It used to be a teal green panel van. The original owner was a speedway guy. He just built it like all his race cars - chassis and driveline with a body over the top. Looked WAY cooler as a van.

The new owner then nade it a ute as we see here, and one stage after that it had $100 notes airbushed all over the floors.

Runs and drives from what i remember.

Yep i got a whole bunch of photo's give me a few minutes and i'll put them up.

Yes it does drive,

cheers Dan

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Cheers Dan

FIRST COMES THE MONEY, THEN COMES THE POWER, THEN COMES THE WOMEN.!!

Here's a few photo's of it.


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Hope this helps.

Cheers Dan

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Cheers Dan

FIRST COMES THE MONEY, THEN COMES THE POWER, THEN COMES THE WOMEN.!!

Like the clean look on the outside - did you make special hinges or just internal Mini ones?

Presume you can open the door because you have no window?! No door handle on outside.

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Regards,

Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

Its not just his avatar.

pity its a clubbie - just ruins the whole thing

mtsmini it's not my car mate.

It has custom internal door hinges.

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Cheers Dan

FIRST COMES THE MONEY, THEN COMES THE POWER, THEN COMES THE WOMEN.!!

Excellent , thank's NAV and Badassmini , Bart (Racing Green) will have to go get some tissues from those photo's

I believe we've found a friend of the original builder on another forum too so will get as many details from there too and post them here so it's all together

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No probs sports850.

That would be good, i would love to know the details and history of this car.

Cheers Dan

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Cheers Dan

FIRST COMES THE MONEY, THEN COMES THE POWER, THEN COMES THE WOMEN.!!

Thanks Ian and folks, there's some pics above I've never seen. I had that car in mind but couldn't find the pics anymore.

Its style looks like this american one, with the small axle, big wheels and even the flame job:



Not sure if it's a V8 but the front end does look a bit longer then usual so I suppose it's not an 850. It was offered for sale lately for the equivalent of about 25.000 euro.