FrankenMini still around?
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FrankenMini still around?
Back in the dawn of time when I lived in Alexandria, we used to autocross at the parking lot of the Hoffman building. Not long before I left there a group of loons showed up with the absolute ur-Frankenmini. It was a tube-framed car with no body and a 1275 Cooper S engine, tranny, and front suspension mounted at the rear of the car and ran on slicks. It was ugly beyond belief and ran like stink. As I recall, they were required to compete in some insane class like A-Mod, which was IIRC for things like Lotus 7s with Mazda rotary engines and such.
That was probably twenty or twenty five years ago, but I was wondering if anybody in the area ever saw it or has any idea whatever happened to it.
That was probably twenty or twenty five years ago, but I was wondering if anybody in the area ever saw it or has any idea whatever happened to it.
Originally Posted by SpunkytheTuna
Back in the dawn of time when I lived in Alexandria, we used to autocross at the parking lot of the Hoffman building. Not long before I left there a group of loons showed up with the absolute ur-Frankenmini. It was a tube-framed car with no body and a 1275 Cooper S engine, tranny, and front suspension mounted at the rear of the car and ran on slicks. It was ugly beyond belief and ran like stink. As I recall, they were required to compete in some insane class like A-Mod, which was IIRC for things like Lotus 7s with Mazda rotary engines and such.
That was probably twenty or twenty five years ago, but I was wondering if anybody in the area ever saw it or has any idea whatever happened to it.
That was probably twenty or twenty five years ago, but I was wondering if anybody in the area ever saw it or has any idea whatever happened to it.
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You're right, it's not the same car, but it's very cool. The car I'm talking about wasn't called FrankenMini, it just was a FrankenMini. Rear wheel drive, rear/mid engine, tube frame, even more minimal than an Ariel Atom.
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Originally Posted by SpunkytheTuna
Back in the dawn of time when I lived in Alexandria, we used to autocross at the parking lot of the Hoffman building.
That was probably twenty or twenty five years ago, but I was wondering if anybody in the area ever saw it or has any idea whatever happened to it.
That was probably twenty or twenty five years ago, but I was wondering if anybody in the area ever saw it or has any idea whatever happened to it.
also- I work right near the hoffman bldg now, i wish we could have lunchtime autocrosses!!
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