A great Austin tow vehicle

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Re: A great Austin tow vehicle

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1969-AUSTIN-1800- ... 33634d9af6

What about this as your race car tow vehicle?
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Re: A great Austin tow vehicle

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Mike wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1969-AUSTIN-1800- ... 33634d9af6

What about this as your race car tow vehicle?
That is nice.

With the one that I linked why not put a modern tdi engine in it and be done ;)
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austinisuseless wrote:
Surf 1275 wrote:Charming Mr Useless, ever the dipomat. :roll:
The vans and the pickups made the money for this country first, and personal carridges and toys on a circuit came later. It's a horse and cart/chicken egg type of thing for an SE Englishman, it seems.
Yeh, Surf, you right total plonker.
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Nice Cooper, sracing, very very nice - me, jealous? :D

And BMC vans and pickups always had character, and Bedford vans as well, like these two,

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links, http://www.visionmotorservices.co.uk/cr ... e.jpg.html
http://www.classicvehiclesunlimited.co. ... ?page=home

Few minis and mini vans in the last link, but site doesn't work well for me, can't click photos.
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Re: A great Austin tow vehicle

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tomkidd wrote:With the one that I linked why not put a modern tdi engine in it and be done ;)
My local Mini specialists have a Morris J2 bus, they are looking at doing exactly that.

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