Just as a follow-up to the "850's fact or fiction" thread that mentioned a plastic bodied Mini, plus the photo showing one (i personally don't like the roof seams on it, but the rest of it looks good. Any more photo's???), I found this piece of craftsmanship that might be of interest.

http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/MMFG1 ... Detail.cfm

I know I'd shell out for it (pardon the pun ).

Then there are these: http://www.domino-cars.co.uk/index2.htm

I remember seeing a variant of the fibreglass ones where a guy had a twin headlight set-up made when the shell was laid. Basically had the standard shell, but with the top part of the guards added on and blended to have the 2nd headlights sitting at about 45 degrees to the originals, kind of strange, kind of cool...

Can't find his web-site though....

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sorry, that's the only one I took of it - someone may have others


a car matching that description was in miniworld once - I hated the look of it... but it was a steel shell

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The cars i wrote about never survived. They were a plastic body that the factory were
trialing. supposedly none survived the crash testing... Later came the fibreglass one.

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Do you know of any web sites with articles about the plastic and fibreglass factory variants on them?

I think it'd be quite interesting reading.

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Mini Cord from Venezuela..
http://www.minipassionmini.50megs.com/g ... nicord.htm

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Thanks Doc, very cool site.

I'm guessing that the red and white one that skssgn photographed is the one they mention in the article.

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There is a guy (DOLFY) on the www.minimania.com site, he had some for sale for US$5,000. Maybe all gone by now. At least they don't rust...

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Before the fibreglass cars in Venezuela there was the fibreglass cars in Chile... http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?chileindexf.htm

That's interesting too.
I believe there is a fibreglass body available in UK, not sure who is building it.
Also, MiniMania in US were going to release one for sale there last year, for US$7,000- they showed a prototype, I dunno what happened after that.

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did any one see the raceing twin cam i wonder whats in it 1400 cc motor
makka

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good one Doc - the car I took the picture of is a venezuelan built one - it's mentioned on the site above

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The guy i was speaking to was an ex english bmc designer.
but last i heard he wasn't to well. I'll see if i can find him,
he had some real interesting stories about what went on.

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Um I don't know if this is the one you mean but they are plastic and they do mention a four headlight front end

http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/fra.html

Bye Arrin

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the white with blue and orange looks sweeet

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