http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RILEY-ELF-196 ... 058wt_1271

thoughts?

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Interesting, but would be quite a project to:
a. Get it over here
b. Get it engineered & registered

Don't like the floor pan in lieu of a ute tray, but the rest is well done.

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Picked up a Riley Elf myself on the weekend

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S

That ute is horrible!

Babes that Elf is a ripper! What colour is that?

Not sure of the proper name, but it is a pale yellow and I quite like it.

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S

I think they were "Fiesta yellow"

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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 like the Ute its different and has potential

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1967 Deluxe (Bluey)

Looks similar to my mk3 Al in NZ said mine is prob april green my mk2 is creamy white

Yes Rob I was thinking it looks a lot like your MkIII colour.

Ours was a sort of Crystal white, now damask (ish) red with white roof.

Is yours a 65 Babes?

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Yes 1965 mk2

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S

I think Babes' car belonged to Stef****? On this forum. I looked at it at Minishow last year.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Yes had my eye on it a year ago but we didnt find a mutual agreeable price back then. Stefan sent me an email about 2 months ago saying I could have it for the price I wanted. Stefan was great and trailered it from Vic to Adelaide and put it on the train for me.

The email came through the day after I had just bought the 1275LS, I came out to the wife all broken assed and told her the deal. Suprisingly she said I could have it too as she knows how long I had been after one.

Was made to agree that I would buy no more for 3 years, which is fair enough as I bought 3 this year....plus my shed is now full so I have 3 years to fit hoists for extra parking and build another parts shed before I start collecting again. Hopefully I will end up with one of every model, thats my aim anyway.

Oops, sorry for the thread hijack btw!

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S

Thoughts Matt?

it's a posies abomination.

The other elf's, that have been left alone, are perfectly lovely though

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Baby I don't care

Yeah, nah.

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Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

What does your heater look like?

Is it a silver box with National Radiators sticker? NZ made?

Cheers

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