I drove a 351 straight gas 3000 stalled falcon yesterday.....

i now have even more incentive to get my mini back on the road!

How well did it corner?
How easy was it to park?
How fuel efficient was it?
How cheap are parts for it?
Don't get me wrong I like V8 power (I got one) and that sound but the mini is better because we can prove mini's are capable of beating the V8's

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Was this on the Zipple cruise?

i take it for granted that most young guys here have never driven aussie muscle before
The 351 cleveland would have to be the leader of the pack behind the 350 chev.
gee i miss the smell of super fuel and burnt BF goodrich rubber

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Nah, it was the brother'in'laws... they were moving house.

as for handling i'd assme woeful it was a ute fully loaded towing a trailer.

steering? dreadful an xf poorly converted to rack and pinion.

consumption, straight gas so i reckon would be ok for a 5.8litre...

minis for me!

What about the 269.7cu in (4414cc) Leyland P76. At the time it was one of the most Australian car being built in design and parts built both in Australia (take that Folden) and with 192bhp and weighing 1260kg it has a decent power to weight ratio plus it's got good handling and brakes .

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And rusted out around the rear window in a matter of months from new ( take that leyland)

And their wind screens fall out and they blow up in fire balls and their gear box's fall out if their is a bunny rabbit in front of them
Don't believe all the negative hype you hear about a car especially when it's their competition fueling the wirl wind
To be honest I've never heard the rust one until now . Although I did hear that Bini's were rusting out with in 12 months and let's not forget the problems the 850 mini had when it was 1st launched.
Every car has teething troubles. Leyland Australia could still be in operation today if British Leyland hadn't ordered them to be shut down, they had the products, ability and drive to out perform all their rivals.
End rant.

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P76---> he First Australian designed & built car with rack & pinion steering & the first Aust built car with Macpherson strut front end,,, the Force-7 being the first Aust produced Hatch-back

I love P76`s, great for sex in the boot,,, on the boot, on the bonnet, on the roof, anywhere really,,, room for the whole orgy

I still have about 12x alloy V8 engines sitting here,,, i`ll make one of em into a coffee table one day

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I hear the boot was designed and built around a 50litre drum...
I would love a p76 coupe, but there are only a few about.

I love it when you see the blokes in our club bangin sh!t loads of fuel in their muscle cars
just to go for a half day run somewhere, whilst i might only need $15 worth of fuel .
Don't get me wrong i still love a big cranky V8.

that was actually a 44 Gallon drum

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Which is like a 150litre drum

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That p76 weighs less that my 97 1.8Litre Golf...

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Theirs a lot of things about them that is impressive, and then you need to remember they are from the early 1970's

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