Whilst doing a google images search for something I came up with this guy's flikka page with some photo's from the 1970's .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugo90/

This one is claimed to be taken in Melbourne in 1974



and someone's comment

Secondly , this is claimed to be from the 1976 Castrol International Rallye in Canberra , pretty impressive pipe work at the front to extend the nose and protect the winch/driving lights .



Anybody know anything about either car ?

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That Moke is FANTASTIC!

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Thought I saw a mini-mini same size for sale on ebay or carsales a few weeks back - it had been registered also...

Don't think I could find it again........bugger

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Cooper S Mk2
Cooper S Mk1
ex Cooper S Mk2, various Morris 1100s, 1300s, 1500s, Leyland Sherpa!

Not sure if its the same car doubt it... one had sliding windows the other doesnt??

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I remember someone saying ages ago there was a panelworks (possibly in Sydney) who did 4 or 5 of them but can't find it now .

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That's a Geelong car. As far as I know it was built down here, too.

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I remember a yellow shorty like the first one at a servo in Launceston when I was a kid (so early '70s).

I knew a guy that had a shorty Cooper S in Hobart in the mid '80s. It got t-boned at an intersection and broke in half. The ambulance driver thought the owner was in pain, but he was crying because he'd killed his car.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

poor guy

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I remember that car as kid. It used to go down Tramway Pde Beaumaris all the time. I think one of the guys kids went to the same primary school as me. My dad used to point it out to me - that and a stretched 6 wheel Moke.

The 70s would be right - 1975 ish

which someone resistantly told me where i would find one in a paddock near by.

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Im pretty sure the stumpy Mini was used in the Mooroolbark Red Earth festival many moons ago, was draggin a float i think......an some school kids had given it a watercolor paint brush paint job, looked like a lil rainbow warrior twas followed by a moke in similar skin

I know where there is a shorty mini just like that but red with pink pearl. Can remember it from about 10 years ago driving around and have seen a couple of times since then. I know the owner is now thinking of selling it but is away on holiday at the moment. I have his contact details and will be ringing him soon so I'll see if it is similar or even the same one as in the photo. Not sure how much he'll want for it but am considering buying it for a bit of fun if not too dear.
Either way I'll take some photos of it if I go for a look.
Phil

Allen's Motors (The Morris Minor Centre) in Parramatta has one. It has a towbar on both ends, is used for shunting dead Morries, Austin Lancers etc about the workshop & yard.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I remember as a kid at the Royal Show seeing a show before the holden stunt drivers....

clowns (the type with red noses, big shoes and face paint) in shortened minis, with large external circular roll cages. they would drive, hit the skids which were biased to the front creating a massive endo but due to the roll cage the car would somersault over onto it's wheels again. pretty easy in a shorty i would imagine.

I can remember the the ads for miniworld on the TV and in the classifieds - I think they were a chain of car yards at one point

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'62 Morris 850 (Marion)
'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi