WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

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Polarsilver wrote:Fantastic ... " with a sweet Patina with a slightly greasy sheen that appeals to so many " ..
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I really like the double rear wheels :!: What is that on the rhs inner wing, some American made brake servo perhaps :?: :?
No I was wrong :oops: on closer inspection it is electric perhaps a siren :idea:
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It really looks right doesn't it? Very cleverly done and I can understand the other positive comments.

The only surprise is that they kept with the original (??) 848cc engine. It would be wrong to change it now but I'm surprised that they didn't go for something bigger when the truck was built, which I assume wasn't 1961. As my mum would say, it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding!

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I doubt it was ever used in anger, so the engine size wont really matter
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GrahamWRobinson wrote:It really looks right doesn't it? Very cleverly done and I can understand the other positive comments.


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The Americans have always been good at custom work. I agree with Rich probably more a running advert. A nice one at that.
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You're right, I made the comment about the engine size but as you say it was probably built for publicity purposes rather than a serious work horse. A bit like the Outspan orange Mini. Eye catching but never intended for a quick trip down the M1!

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rich@minispares.com wrote:
Craig wrote:How about a mini tow truck :D
Not on eBay but at the Mecum auction USA

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0117-26937 ... tow-truck/

I quite like it :) Looks like an early shell ......

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that has been beautifully made hasn't it

id love to own it, its certainly different
Love to see some ones face when pulling up to recover an elcomino in that, it's well cool
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A lovely car but 1967 ;)
How eBay lets them get away with this .......... :roll:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Austin-Blu ... 2318566828

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Bronze yellow Mk 2 Mini? The chassis number seems late enough :geek:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Mini-Class ... 1743801405
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That is very nice. A real 'crossover'
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:shock: :shock:

How much are ones with full length hoses and hose ends worth :?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192045821386? ... EBIDX%3AIT
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:lol: , I was thinking the same Andrew , :o
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Andrew1967 wrote::shock: :shock:

How much are ones with full length hoses and hose ends worth :?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192045821386? ... EBIDX%3AIT
THAT is just mental

I'm going to sell my stash of displacers if that's what people are paying for them
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steve1071 wrote:
rich@minispares.com wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mini- ... 2044850745


strong money for an Austin 1100 gearbox.................


:shock: :shock: :shock:
I was going to bid on that having missed the obvious 1100 housing.

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so, did you win it?
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STG95F wrote::lol: , I was thinking the same Andrew , :o
So the 'complete' one I recently paid a fiver for was not expensive then :? :lol:

Total madness as Rich says.
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Quite odd that, hydro units seem to be going up ALOT very recently.
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Not a bad buy Andrew ;)

People must be swapping back to Hydro . Must admit i have never converted a car from Hydro to dry .
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STG95F wrote:Not a bad buy Andrew ;)

People must be swapping back to Hydro . Must admit i have never converted a car from Hydro to dry .
Converted my Mk2 to dry back in '86 before I knew better but changed back to Hydro about 15 years ago.

The displacer body was a bit rusty but has blasted up well and all the rubber bits seem in excellent order - worth a punt at that price. :) No prizes for guessing where it came from ;)
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;) ;) :D
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