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Hanra
 Post subject: Anyone want a Moke?
PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:24 pm 
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Just spotted this in our little local paper. Mite interest some?

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Galv'd body, late model (latest?) with the nice column, heater & side screens.
Definitely worth a gander.

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But how do we know if it's a genuine Californian?

HOW DO WE KNOW?!?!

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ALPINE MOKE
 Post subject: how do we know
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Well all mokes are californian mokes, nobody ever purchased or owned a bog standard one,

Its the same as the mini's everybody has owned a cooper s, once again no one has ever had a 850 or a deluxe and all the leyland and clubmans & rovers are not real mini's.

And out of all the 7,500 cooper s models manufactured, there is still 10,000 plus of them still on the road and in sheds under restoration.

So how do we know. ?????

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Hanra
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Perhaps its worth sending the owner a txt asking for comp plate details?

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With the California stickers, Cooper S badges etc etc all freely available it seems that is all true. Some may argue it adds to the fun and mystery of determining what is kosher & what is fake. Clearly, the concept of caveat emptor has never been more important.

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300ZX twin turbo, sub woof system, fully sik!

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If it helps:

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'77 clubby van
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slinkey inc wrote:
300ZX twin turbo, sub woof system, fully sik!


also quicker and probably a lot more comfortable to drive than a moke.... all for almost $1G less!! :P :P :P

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Probably more comfortable?

It has doors, doesn't it?
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Mr Orange wrote:
Probably more comfortable?

It has doors, doesn't it?


Yes, but it probably has the customary oversized cannon mufflers and "slammed" springs (of course matched to standard shocks) installed. :roll:

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micowen
 Post subject: Re: how do we know
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ALPINE MOKE wrote:
Its the same as the mini's everybody has owned a cooper s, once again no one has ever had a 850 or a deluxe and all the leyland and clubmans & rovers are not real mini's.


I've never owned a cooper or a clubby GT.
I do on the other hand own an 850 and a deluxe.
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Some old geezer at every car show! wrote:
I once had a mate that had a Cooper S. Fastest thing on four wheels! It had 200hp and did 160mph down the hume hwy I tell you....

:roll: :lol:

I am so sick of people asking if my Moke is a Californian. :x

I don't like Sunraysia wheels or Cali bumpers anyway. I prefer the straight blade bumpers and my Hotwires.

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I have the opposite problem. Any number of know it all's come up to me and say "But its not a real Californian is it". Then they usually start rabbiting on about it having to have a 1275, disk brakes and galvanised body.

Luckily in '77 the compliance plate said "Moke Californian".

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