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I had 3 Minis over the years, starting with a '69 1000 estate that still had a dynamo, sliding windows and bits of wire to open the doors!
Then a '73(? - L-reg anyway) 1000 saloon which (strange but true) I co-owned with a blind guy. The arrangement ceased when he started calling my parents house at 2AM wanting a lift because he had the munchies!
Last one I had was an R-reg Clubman which wouldn't have been so bad had it actually had the 1100 engine it was built with
Some feaky snucker had switched it for a 1000. Still, what can you expect for £50. I welded up the sills, sold it for £120 and bought a Skoda Estelle, a much nicer car! 
Then a '73(? - L-reg anyway) 1000 saloon which (strange but true) I co-owned with a blind guy. The arrangement ceased when he started calling my parents house at 2AM wanting a lift because he had the munchies!
Last one I had was an R-reg Clubman which wouldn't have been so bad had it actually had the 1100 engine it was built with
Some feaky snucker had switched it for a 1000. Still, what can you expect for £50. I welded up the sills, sold it for £120 and bought a Skoda Estelle, a much nicer car! 
I recall a custom car mag article back in the 80s about a guy who'd bought an ex-GPO Mini van with the intention of squeezing a Rover V8 into it. Then he found someone had beaten him to it, so instead he went for a small-block Chevy driving a Jag rear axle!
The whole transplant was accomplished without changing the outside appearance other than two large rear wheelarches to accommodate the fat alloys!
Inside it was a different matter with the seats moved rearward and angled outwards to clear the transmission and a big alloy box to hide it all.
The whole transplant was accomplished without changing the outside appearance other than two large rear wheelarches to accommodate the fat alloys!
Inside it was a different matter with the seats moved rearward and angled outwards to clear the transmission and a big alloy box to hide it all.
What do you get if you mate a Wedge with a mini ?
I liked this one because from the outside it still looks so 'stock'...must be a right laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iK4dy74ibY&fea...
I liked this one because from the outside it still looks so 'stock'...must be a right laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iK4dy74ibY&fea...
Wedg1e said:
I recall a custom car mag article back in the 80s about a guy who'd bought an ex-GPO Mini van with the intention of squeezing a Rover V8 into it. Then he found someone had beaten him to it, so instead he went for a small-block Chevy driving a Jag rear axle!
The whole transplant was accomplished without changing the outside appearance other than two large rear wheelarches to accommodate the fat alloys!
Inside it was a different matter with the seats moved rearward and angled outwards to clear the transmission and a big alloy box to hide it all.
Street Machine...The whole transplant was accomplished without changing the outside appearance other than two large rear wheelarches to accommodate the fat alloys!
Inside it was a different matter with the seats moved rearward and angled outwards to clear the transmission and a big alloy box to hide it all.
still got that issue!
I love the fact that there are some crazy clever people out there who understand the meaning of fun when it comes to driving..I bet a V8 mini is a right laugh..Beats the money grabbing capitalist pigs hands down with their economical boring concept crap..I Salute you,You crazy mofos..
mrzigazaga said:
I love the fact that there are some crazy clever people out there who understand the meaning of fun when it comes to driving..I bet a V8 mini is a right laugh..Beats the money grabbing capitalist pigs hands down with their economical boring concept crap..I Salute you,You crazy mofos..
I once stopped next to a Reliant Kitten at some lights.At first I sniggered because it appeared to sit too high, as though the wheels were too big for it.
Then I chortled as I heard the loud throbby, crackly exhaust note emanating from it.
Then the lights changed and as it disappeared into the distance I caught sight of the V8 badge on the back...
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