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sports850
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One of the goodies that Santa bought me was a nice little mini book (who's identity will be revealed shortly) with this interesting photo in it . Anyone want to guess what Sir Alec Issigonis was putting in the mini ????

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Radiator Shroud on the wrong side..

but otherwise no idea

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its an electric engine...

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A jet engine to make it easier to go side ways! :lol:

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No and No :lol:

Gaf , check out the extra vents on the front apron as well .

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steam engine.

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steam engine.


:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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The book is "A mini album" by Rod Ward and it is a "mini" mini book , about the size of the owners handbook but some good info and pics in it .

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A flux capacitor? :shock:
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No , you're looking at the wrong picture , the flux capacitor is quite clearly visible in the bottom right photo .

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One picture is a Clubman :)
The other picture is a round nose :?
Lots for steam and puff...

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electric like I said :D

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Two different mini's ...... Top one is steam powered (turbine presumably) , bottom one is electric . Were your psychic abilities letting you see the photo I left out mini-dunger ???

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sports850 wrote:
Anyone want to guess what Sir Alec Issigonis was putting in the mini ????

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So was it an Issigonis project or was he just walking past when the photo was taken? :wink:
I have never heard of any Leyland steam projects from any of my Leyland contacts. (unless I have forgotten it in the back of my mind :lol: )
Pellandini was working on steam cars and he moved back to England in the 70s. :?
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I saw an old coot on the Leyland Brothers once who did this to a XP falcon (I think). He used a flash boiler which raised steam by squirting water onto a red hot surface, hence very little time to raise steam.

You could start off in fourth it was so full of torque. It must have been snapped up by the oil cartels and put in storage with that engine that runs on water and the flux capacitor...

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what would the chance be of a heated-piston 4 stroke steam engine the size of the a-series?

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