Discuss all aspects of Classic Minis in Motorsport be it historic or current, the cars, the personalities & the venues
nick@dunsdale
1275 Cooper S
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by nick@dunsdale Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:48 pm
Not mini related but one of my fave trucks
I have a print of this on my office wall and there are often comments from customers on it's unusualness
Apparently in it's day it was the fast transporter in the world, by a country mile, traveled across the continents at over 100mph
It used to get just as much attention at races as the cars did
Scrapped in 67, but has since been build again by Mercedes from archive photographs
Original truck
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. todays version
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The best repairs go un-noticed
smithyrc30
1275 Cooper S
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by smithyrc30 Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:12 pm
Hmm, nice model.
surfblue63
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by surfblue63 Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:54 pm
Yes that looks like a CMC 1/18th scale model to me.
surfblue63
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by surfblue63 Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:56 pm
nick@dunsdale
1275 Cooper S
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by nick@dunsdale Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:58 pm
surfblue63 wrote: Yes that looks like a CMC 1/18th scale model to me.
Your right looking at it again the colour pictures are of a model...........whoops lol
The best repairs go un-noticed
Pete
1275 Cooper S
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by Pete Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:45 pm
Perfect for Blyton, weather's even the same!
Ronnie
1275 Cooper S
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by Ronnie Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:38 pm
NICE TRAILOR
Pete
1275 Cooper S
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by Pete Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:06 am
su_mark
850 Super
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by su_mark Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:57 pm
minitravellerman
1275 Cooper S
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by minitravellerman Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:29 pm
I reckon they need a lesson or two in grammar, punctuation and spelling!
Ian Campbell
JohnA
998 Cooper
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by JohnA Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:51 pm
I attended a 3 day training course on A series automatics in one of those in 1969, small classroom and workshop,excellent. I got volunteered because nobody else wanted to go.
LuisM
998 Cooper
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by LuisM Tue Nov 24, 2015 6:46 pm
BLP_comp.jpg
Hi,
found this nice pic taken here...
anyone recognize the make of the white BL Portugal service van ?
pic taken 1972.. 73 maybe.
Cheers
Luis
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Tim Harber
998 Cooper
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by Tim Harber Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:41 pm
Glad you said this as its down the road for me and belongs to one of our customers. Had a look and it's basically salvageable and straight but presents the usual money pit and isn't a guaranteed result on getting your money back after its done should divorce approach as has been proved by others bar one
It needs both screens as well as well some of the basics. Will post some pics of the race stickers inside at some stage. There is some from the 1000 lakes but most of the stickers relate to 1981-2
Pete
1275 Cooper S
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by Pete Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:26 pm
And that's just the running costs!
9 mpg anyone?
su_mark
850 Super
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by su_mark Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:39 pm
Pete wrote:
And that's just the running costs!
9 mpg anyone?
Tim Harber wrote: and isn't a guaranteed result on getting your money back after its done should divorce approach as has been proved by others bar one
Come on boys.... We all know we look because we don't really care about mileage or getting our money back.... But I really do value my marriage and Rich is right!
Tim, you'd only need to replace one screen if you were putting doors on the back....
rich@minispares.com
1275 Cooper S
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by rich@minispares.com Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:59 am
Tim Harber wrote:
just looking at the photo of that two speed is giving me flash backs to taking the diff out of my coach to fix that one in that
horrid things
su_mark
850 Super
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by su_mark Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:23 am
That needs a little bit of work.....
