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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:56 pm
by steve1071
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'!
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:10 pm
by rich@minispares.com
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)
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:49 am
by smithyrc30
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 5:06 pm
by Frogeye61
Wow
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 4:40 am
by smithyrc30
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 1:16 am
by Tim
Thats a rare one, I hope someone saves it. Its a factory hi-top van.
Tim
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:56 am
by mab01uk
"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
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:20 am
by UHR850
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 7:17 pm
by mab01uk
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 12:12 am
by surfblue63
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.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 9:34 am
by Pete
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.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 12:42 pm
by UHR850
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 3:51 am
by mini63
very nice....not sure that 42K is though.
The add does suggest non-standard parts fitted and extras supplied but if I were parting with 42K I would prefer the car to be 'factory'.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C609627
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 9:58 am
by Pete
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.
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 11:01 am
by mini5967
Er, how much?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181734504579? ... EBIDX%3AIT
For some perspective, I paid £15 for a pair about 9 months ago…
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 12:25 pm
by billycooper
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
!
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 3:11 pm
by newtune
That's very nice ! I like that a lot !
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 4:02 pm
by Gareth Brandt
Have a bunch of those......cheap as chips in Sweden
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:05 pm
by WMU 211G
Gareth Brandt wrote:
Have a bunch of those......cheap as chips in Sweden
I've got a pair on my car which I was going to bung in the bin! Damn things rattle like buggery, going to put the original Cooper handles back on.
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 11:08 pm
by mab01uk
very interresting VAN with a very nice conversion.