Nick W wrote:are the new first gears different to the ones sold in the past ,or were they not quite correct ,and are they the same as fitted to the sprite
My mouse hovered over the buy it now too.
Good to see it's gone to a good home, or should I say 'estate'!
Nick W wrote:are the new first gears different to the ones sold in the past ,or were they not quite correct ,and are they the same as fitted to the sprite
the new ones are correct for transverse application
they are not modified sprite ones (or sprite ones that need modifying)
"In the mid 90s Marcos cars of Wiltshire , famous for the Mini Marcos and the Marcos Mantis had a contract with Checker Motors of Tokyo to build 100 special edition Mini Marcos Coopers S for Japan Jem Marsh of Marcos built the cars new as a replica Cooper S using a Richard Longman modified 1300 twin carburettor engine and supplied complete with period changes." http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Cooper-S ... 1283069145
That looks like the same model of van that appeared at Tatton Park a couple of years ago, except someone has raised the roof to make more comfortable when standing up.
Stu that ice cream van used to do my local round! The lady that ran it used to sit down on a stool in the back, you can't stand up in it and I've never seen another like it with such a short body.
I used to own that car. Keith Bird did a great job on the body, absolutely mint and it's got a very expensive tastefully tuned Sims engine it it as I remember that John Casey had done when he had it . Fantastic car.
Pete wrote:I used to own that car. Keith Bird did a great job on the body, absolutely mint and it's got a very expensive tastefully tuned Sims engine it it as I remember that John Casey had done when he had it . Fantastic car.
Belongs to a chap fairly near me, has Hill-climbed several really nice Blue Oval products over the years, his portfolio of old cars is pretty fine, always beautifully turned out cars !
Steve "Murph"
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1960 Morris Mini-Minor 1380 KEC112
1976 Mini 1275 GT 1293 NVM265P
very interresting VAN with a very nice conversion.
