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Old 10-14-2008, 09:24 PM
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Hey guys,


Just wanted everyone to know that I am now the PROUD owner if the well known MiniPup!!!! This will be my very first classic mini and a truck at that!!!



I am sooooooooo excited!!!


Thanks Bill for a great transaction!!!


Ciao,
MiniPappu
 
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Old 10-14-2008, 09:28 PM
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Photos?
 
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Old 10-14-2008, 09:32 PM
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Here are pictures that Bill (the previous owner) has taken - http://flickr.com/photos/billadams/sets/1347203/

I will be getting the truck on or about Oct 27. I had to ship it from Hawai'i.

Ciao,
Minipappu
 
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Old 10-14-2008, 09:34 PM
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Nice ! Congrats !
 
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Old 10-14-2008, 09:37 PM
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Old 10-15-2008, 03:48 AM
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Excellent Mini! Congratulations!
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 05:28 AM
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I'm really excited!!! I can't wait to join up w/ the local mini club and go for rides..
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 06:18 AM
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Very nice! I bet your pup is going to miss the beautiful roads of Hawaii I think I would have shipped myself there
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 07:38 AM
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Very fun! What's the roof graphic? Oct 27? You're getting close .
 
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Old 10-16-2008, 08:29 AM
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The roof graphic is a Welsh flag
 
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Old 10-16-2008, 03:47 PM
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Very cool. Are you west coast oriented? I know of four pick-ups in the midwest area. It would be interesting to tally up how many trucklettes, utes, pups, pick-ups (call them what you wish) that reside stateside.
 
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Old 10-16-2008, 04:35 PM
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I'm in Los Angeles. I know a guy that has 2. He's in Northern California. I know that there were a few for sale in my area.
 
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Old 10-16-2008, 09:52 PM
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I like the look of your pickup. I had seen it on Flickr long before I bought my mini pickup last year.
 
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Old 10-17-2008, 08:42 AM
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I think there are at least a few pick-ups among the MOALA membership. I recall seeing photos, posts for sale for two in California last year. Don't know if they sold or where they landed... a recently restored dark blue one and a basically unrestored tan original with new canvas canopy top.

MiniPappu- congrats and let's see more photos once you get the little rascal.
 
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Old 10-17-2008, 08:56 AM
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SOOOOOO awesome!!!
(I wish MINI would come out with a new version of the mini pickup.)
 
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:22 PM
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LOL.. if the MINI came out with a truck it would look like this
 
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Old 10-17-2008, 08:06 PM
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Mercy-

That would be a teenager's dream... In reality, though, a current BINI pickup would look a lot like one of the Red Bull promotional MINIs, minus the giant can of course.

Wonder how long it'll be before Red Bull sells those and they become "pick-up" conversions? Based up the Red Bull models, a new pick-up would be pretty worthless, functionally, compared to the classic. Pretty amazing how the classic pick-up, which is a foot shorter than a new BINI, still has impressive cargo area in the bed. A new one would likely be two feet longer than the classic, and still have less cargo area.
 
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Old 10-18-2008, 09:09 PM
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Kinda like how the classic has more room in the backseat than the MINI.
 
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Old 10-19-2008, 07:58 AM
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if MINI does make a pick up it would most likely be based on the clubman platform.....
 
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Old 10-19-2008, 08:22 AM
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Agreed... which would make a hypothetical new MINI pick-up about 2 feet longer than the classic, and I'd guess that it would still have less cargo space than the classic. Simple comparisons, either way, are unfair as the world has changed "slightly" during the 50-year span between the initial design of each.

Awaiting new photos of the Minipup! Congrats, again.
 
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Old 10-25-2008, 07:27 PM
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I want to see a Clubman Woody (real wood please)!
 




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