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R50/53 One Wild Mini - Looking for Info!

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Old Jun 21, 2007 | 05:42 AM
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One Wild Mini - Looking for Info!

I was walking through Morristown the other night and spotted this "slightly modded" Mini... I can on it guess it was a R53 at one time, and no I didn't have my cell phone with me, so no pictures (sorry)...

It looked like someone turned the MCS into a RWD Group B rally car (like the Renualt R5 Turbo from the 80s... what was FWD eco car w/ ~100hp turned into a ~350HP RWD monster.)

The fender flares are what caught my eye initially... they held what looked like 10x18" and 15x18" rims!

As I went over to investiget this beastie, I notice something very, very wrong... There was a BMW engine in the back, and it looked for all the world like a new 335 engine... the twin-turbo 3.0L six!

The car was a dark color (not sure what as it was parked under those orange sodium-arc lights)...

If anyone knows ANYTHING about this beastie, I'm buying the first round!
 
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