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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:59 am 
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Nope, but might try one from Mitre10! (I'm IT systems admin at Wallington M10).

Ya can get new ones. They from a landrover? I saw one at a stall selling Mini and MG bits at the Ballarat swap, wanted something crazy for it (cant remember if it was $170 or over $300!!).

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The vents were used on Austin Healey hardtops or something similar, so maybe some MG's as well.

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poeee wrote:
I've toyed with the idea of making a floor to extend to the front of the floor. Remove seats and have a removable floor in there. Never actually given it a go, but will do one day!


I slept in my pano, for 2 weeks over new years 06, only made an extenton for the pasanger side. im 6"2.
Takes 1min to remove the seats in a mini.

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There`s no problem shagging in a mini van, :-) they`re perfect for the job :-)

I used to just turn the front seats around, drivers seat sat nicely against the steering wheel & the passengers seat against the dash & then just throw your excess clothes & stuff onto the area between the tray & the passengers seat to make it a level "Playing field" :-) easy-peasy, there`s plenty of room. Have done it millions of times.


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what about shagging, thats the main reason why im after a van, :wink:
I had a high roof for a while, was perfect for the job.

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INternal measurments of the van , 90ish cm between the rear mudguards , 130ish cm from back door to front end of load deck (drivers side 8ish cm shorter) , further 90ish cm from load deck to dash rails so there is 2.2ish meters from rear door to front if you make a false floor and move the seats . Just means someone has to deal with the steering wheel .

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Just means someone has to deal with the steering wheel .


the short one :P

i've slept in the FRONT of my sedan, across the two seats. vry uncomfortable but do-able. if you just want a party sleeper then im sure you can manage a night or 2 of druinken sleep curled up a little :D

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I used to sleep in the back of my clubbie sedan for big parties , turn the passenger seat around and rest it on the dash , put my bag/backpack/whatever I could find between the back seat and the bum part of the front seat and a few pillows in the drivers side rear bin till it was to a usable height . Did it work and was it drier and more secure than a tent or tarp (or long grass...) , YES . Was it comfortable , surprisingly yes once you got used to sleeping bent at right anlges :lol:

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buztoy wrote:
what about shagging, thats the main reason why im after a van, :wink:


Thats perfectly feasible in a sedan, probably about as uncomfortable too.

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Might be time for a poll on that one , I was chatting to someone here who admitted to convincing a previous partner to try it in the mini to see if it was possible ...

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i've managed in the back of my mini as well, its possible but bloody uncomfortable! but still fun :wink:

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One of the US Mini Clubs made up number plate frames:

---------MINI OWNERS---------
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---DO IT IN TIGHT PLACES---

Make of taht what you will! :lol:

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buztoy wrote:
what about shagging, thats the main reason why im after a van, :wink:

I tried shagging in a Mini K when I was 17 (thats around 30years ago) and eventually gave up and moved to the grass next to the car.
That had its own complications but.............

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I have also slept in a Mini sedan.

It was in a Rover that Steve and I were transporting to Qld.
Steve got the truck; I got the Mini on the trailer - we parked in a Truck stop.

VERY uncomfortable.
You'd think you're the one who's gonna be better off - reclining seat and all... NOPE.
Bloody pocket in the back stops the seat from going on an angle greater than about 120 degrees.
So I slept with my arms on the steering wheel and my head between them.

Worst sleep ever, I reckon i'd have to say.


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