I used to have my leyland van registered as an LS.... Made the insurance cheap because the sports steering wheel, disks brakes, 1275, etc were all standard on a LS

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How can it be rusty when it's covered in so much oil?

These so call experts will call any standard car a Cooper S or LS or GT just to make more money out of the sale... don't even start me ....

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"Your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

Damn I must have had LS VAN cause mine was 78 model... I sold it as a mini van, craps I lost out on heaps of money!!

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I think it may of started life as a sports 850 van...

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Have a Nice Day.
If already having a nice day please disregard.

Seems to me like what you got there is another genuine, fake, sports850-1275ls-cooper S-clubmangt-4WDmoke, probably filled with genuine fake stole parts out of other customers cars... Hypothetically of course... Lets not up set any rip off merchants here.. thats just not cricket.

oooooohhhhhhh... Guys, hang on a sec. Now I love nothing more that putting sh!t on hyppthetical business's that don't exist and don't rip people off... But I owe them an appogly this time round. When I read the add at 12:09am eastern standard time australia on the 1/10/2009, the only LS van I could see listed on their site was clearly labelled as a "CUSTOM BUILT CAR"... So they aren't really trying to pull the wool over anyones eyes on this one as far as selling a non genuine Item as a stock one..

Sorry Graham

not sure about you guys but being custom built doesnt change the make or model of a car, just means its been modified. Now if i modify my actual LS1275, does that mean i can advertise it as a 1978 cooper S - Custom built car?? of course not because clearly it is not a cooper S its a LS, now that van is clearly not an LS, it might be LS inspired or how ever you wish to spin the B*llsh*t but it isnt an LS, so its wrong to advertise saying that it is...

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Hi-Ho Silver LS1275
Charlieeeeeeeee Come to Candy Mountain!

I thought that was what thet were getting at by saying custom built? that it was LS inspired... Not actually a LS... If I'm wrong can I continue being facicious? (oh man I hope I spelt that right!)

It doesn't state clearly that it is LS inspired, It's advertised as a 1978 Mini LS panelvan, wile on another ad on their site they cearly state cooper s replica on another car. So my understanding is that they are using that wording to deliberately mislead those who aren't as knowledgeable on minis as we are.

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~~ REDUCED DRASTICALLY FOR THIS MONTH ONLY ~~:lol:

95BHP!!! from an 1100 haha

GR's LS Stroker 1401cc Makes 82.4HP ATW or 'BHP' Their 1100 would be lucky to make 45BHP

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Christ. Sixteen thousand dollars.

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

yeah it just says its an LS, not a replica/inspired/used LS parts/someone is telling porkies/ :p
I would love to see that dyno sheet!

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Hi-Ho Silver LS1275
Charlieeeeeeeee Come to Candy Mountain!

Careful with that "F" word boys. The mods will getcha!

PRICE:
$15,995.00

Hah.

Tell him he's dreamin'!!

It's not even that nice a van... that rear door is horrendous, not to mention the incredibly out-of-proportion wheels/arches.

Bleurgh. I wouldn't pay $6k for it, let alone $16k.

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges