My kind of Mini...well sort of
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My kind of Mini...well sort of
http://www.rear-wheel-drive-rotary-mini.com/
I thought I was the only one with the dream of a really fast Mini
I thought I was the only one with the dream of a really fast Mini
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Not even close to the only one.
I saw a Mini in New Zealand once with a 454 Chev motor stting where the back seat used to be. Still front wheel drive. Those Kiwis are crazy!
I saw a Mini in New Zealand once with a 454 Chev motor stting where the back seat used to be. Still front wheel drive. Those Kiwis are crazy!
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Bummer. And Sunday afternoon, I was just sitting at home watching movies.
I have a photo lying around somewhere of a Mini van (traveller body shape) that had been converted to a drag car. The rear was fully tubbed, monster engine in front, there's a cutout in the windshield where the blower intake sits. Seat was about 3 feet back from the original mountings. The thing was very quick, since the only weight in the car was the engine and the rear tires.
I'll have to see if I can find the pic.
I have a photo lying around somewhere of a Mini van (traveller body shape) that had been converted to a drag car. The rear was fully tubbed, monster engine in front, there's a cutout in the windshield where the blower intake sits. Seat was about 3 feet back from the original mountings. The thing was very quick, since the only weight in the car was the engine and the rear tires.
I'll have to see if I can find the pic.
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I just last night put up some "converted Mini" pics from a guy who lives nearby ...
(also see the owners web site here)
(also see the owners web site here)
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that only works if he left it as front wheel drive. I'm gonna guess that that silver van is now RWD, and an absolute monster of an accellerator!
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Originally Posted by GBMINI
I just last night put up some "converted Mini" pics from a guy who lives nearby ...
(also see the owners web site here)
(also see the owners web site here)
That is an awesome conversion. I dream of someday being able to metal fabrication like that... first my 1800ES... then a Mini... then... ??? 
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Check out this British V8 in a Mini Clubman, squished up in the front where it belongs, a sleeper,
http://www.geocities.com/jharkola/Viku2.html
http://www.geocities.com/jharkola/Viku2.html
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