my mum`s old smooth roof Austin station wagon

[MadMatt]

mum used this wagon to drive to TAFE college (she was a teacher there for ever) but we also used it as a delivery van for our family mini spares & repairs company (ReadSpeed MiniMecca) , it was a 1415cc stroker, discs blah blah blah,,, we had 5x of these mini delivery vans running around Brisbane delivering parts to all the service stations & mechanics & panel beaters back in the "hey days" of the mini... all had 1415cc stroker motors & discs & adjustable suspension etc etc etc

can you imagine me buzzing around dropping parts off to everyone at 100mph everywhere???

& my old morris woody wagon beside it (cant really see it that well in that pic) but i`ll dig her out soon & get it back to original & take some progress pics for you all soon.

years ago (when i was a young fella) my dad decided to help me "fix her up"... well he got our mechanics to rip the roundy front off it & slip on a clubby front, made it hydro suspension & took all the wood off, stuck an autospastic motor into it , so now it`s a piece of poop that i have to restore

stay tuned for more pics of both these cars & also some progress on my Monaco fastback mini
cheers all

[MadMatt]

& this Estate was the British Consulate`s wifes car when there were based in Canberra


It had a seized engine from a blown head gasket & sitting for a few years so we`ll be fixing the engine back up & getting her going again soon




we also have an old woody wagon (My first car) & will be restoring it to it`s new-ish glory at some stage soon
we have 2x Bill Buckle Monaco GT fastback minis, 4 wagons in total, a couple of "S"s & an old cooper & a couple of sports-sedan race minis & my hillclimb buggy too, among many other bricks & other silly stoopid cars like a 48 Packhard, an old humber super snipe & a couple of Daimler Barker convertables, triumph dolomite sprint etc etc etfc

too many cars,,, not enough time so a pile of them will be sold soon to make room & money

cheers
Matt

[JC T ONE]

Great story / pics & cars

love the "Woody" Clubby


Jens Christian

[surfblue63]

Nice solid looking estate.

Do you have any pictures of the Monaco GTs, and what's powering that Bay Window pick up, 'cos it looks like it has something a bit bigger that a flat 4 1.6?

[UHR850]

Just keep that way it is, I like ik the way it is !

[MadMatt]

UHR,,, yes i`m keeping it the way it is, all the history of the car is shown the way it is, if it were restored then all that would be lost,,, i was only a tiny weeny little fella when we got it & we did 500,million trips to sydney & melbourne etc with me in the far back & my 2 brothers in the back seat & mum & dad in the front , then we used it as one of our spare parts delivery vans after mum finished teaching

& the duel-cab Kombi pick-up???,,, well it`s a Quad Cam 32v alloy injected 4Litre toyota V8
& yes it goes ok




Monaco GTs you ask??? well-->
the old original one we`re keeping it like a Phat Rat Rod,,,turbo injected twin cam


& this is one we`re making for my girlfriend (Marly)


shes getting an auto rover 1300 motor eventually but we used her car to dummy-up & make a subframe for the nissan Micra motor








My Hillclimb buggy (Yamaha FZ1 injected) with mini running gear (suspension brakes steering etc)


My workshop (ReadSpeed Mini Mecca P/L)

[MadMatt]

Nissan Micra 1275cc injected Motor & frame in for another dummy-up to check clearances & such












I`d almost forgotten how good these things look on the ground it`s been so long
can`t wait to get both cars finished & big phat 13x8" wheels on mine

[mk1]

Glad to see that you are keeping as busy & mad as ever Matt!

[jambos]

UHR,,, yes i`m keeping it the way it is, all the history of the car is shown the way it is, if it were restored then all that would be lost,,, i was only a tiny weeny little fella when we got it & we did 500,million trips to sydney & melbourne etc with me in the far back & my 2 brothers in the back seat & mum & dad in the front , then we used it as one of our spare parts delivery vans after mum finished teaching

My workshop (ReadSpeed Mini Mecca P/L)

Who owns HOT 157 ? seen it at the Old Skool meet at Morayfield early this month.

[MadMatt]

it`s one of our customers,,, it`s the "Hotist" hey?
i`m funny sometimes hey?

[bpirie1000]

Like the cherry red progress. What's the roof from looks awful like that bmw coupe they call a new mini.....

Keep up the good work

[Spitz]

Like the cherry red progress. What's the roof from looks awful like that bmw coupe they call a new mini.....

Keep up the good work

Agreed….took me awhile to understand that sentence though….punctuation is important.

[MadMatt]

bpirie1000,,, it`s a conversion that Bill Buckle made here in Australia back in the 60s

i took a mould from our original car & made some skins so we can make some more cars

[Goldbrocade_62]

Like the cherry red progress. What's the roof from looks awful like that bmw coupe they call a new mini.....

Keep up the good work

Agreed….took me awhile to understand that sentence though….punctuation is important.

I reckon buckle looks good in the flesh there is a fully restored one near me I love looking at it

[MadMatt]

would that be the Black & Gold stripes one of John Centrone?

[Goldbrocade_62]

would that be the Black & Gold stripes one of John Centrone?

Most certainly is