was never my intention....

i was thinking about going to hay next year, as it seemed quite the earnest mini festival....

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Its great fun, whatever you bring. Something for everyone.

Best to think of the Show and Shine and Motorkhana as two seperate events. Many of the show cars don't compete in the Khana and of course the non-Minis are not displayed at the show.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Hi Brett...this is a public forum.. I would delete that one if I were you

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"Show me the Mini!"

that's what every other khana event in australia is for...

it brings extra exclusivity to the event..

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

I had known that you could Khana anything I would have brought the jag. It would have been rubbish but it would have been fun.

i'd love to have seen the jag try and make it through the cones with out knoking them all down...

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One year after Hays Heroes finished they run a grudge match between a hot rally prepared HK Monaro and a stock Rolls Corniche (spelling?). Watching the Rolls was like watching the QEII doing a khana, but in the hands of an experinced driver it was surprisingly quick. Funniest bit was the Rolls won. The Monaro got sideways and wiped out four or five flags.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Class A - up to 1050cc Mini Won by NSW
Class B - 1051 to 1250cc Mini NOT contested by NSW
Class C - 1251cc and over Mini Won by NSW
Class D - BMW Mini Not contested by NSW (Should be another non mini class anyway)
Class E - Mokes (all capacities) Won by NSW
Class F - All R.W.D. vehicles Won by NSW
Class E - All non-Mini F.W.D. vehicles Won by NSW
Only classes A - D are eligible for the Hay Hero Challenge. A & C won by NSW

I see a pattern emerging,

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

i was going also going to add that i think hay heroes looks too easy to win aswell..

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Cush,

The question you asked about non-mini classes I asked last year at Hay, and made a joke about a little Mazda, No one found it funny, and people take this subject very seriously, I was totally unaware but apparantly this goes back along way!

I have my opinions, which happen to be similiar to Hotbricks', but a little different on what they consider a 'Mini variant' and other things like 'originality of cars' but I agree, with the Mini nations, for mini, and moke, and mini variants only too.

Which brings about the define a variant. Is a Morris 1100 a mini varaint, I say yes. Many others say no. And so on, I'm thinking about joining Mini Club of SA to see why there rules are their rules and what's what.

On the Hay weekend, here in SA, there was an weekend of the MG, a hillclimb, and supersprint, I was going to attend but too busy, but I was not going to enter my car (I could have, but it's not an MG, so yeah why would I enter?)

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

The Show and Shine would be good if the Best Original categories only had ORIGINAL cars in them, not cars with fricking leather seats and stereos (original my ass)

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1978 Leyland Mini 998LS All Original *Sally*
2002 Mini Cooper *Coopa*

i think the issue is

class F and class G give points to the gbs (overall trophy)
but are non-mini classes

i think they give as much points as the mini classes, and theres 2 non mini classes so it can and has made a big difference determining the winner of the gbs.

In addition there is one mini club which prohibits the use of non mini derivative vehicles in competition under its banner.

Sorry my Internet is playing up!

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1978 Leyland Mini 998LS All Original *Sally*
2002 Mini Cooper *Coopa*

rover mini?