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Old English White wrote:When you think (in those fantasy moments) of which classic car you would buy with your spare £14,000..
How many of us have thought........Mmmm, What about an Austin A30

That's pretty OTT.

I had an A35 once. Island Blue, 1958.....

Midget Disks. 1953 Morris Minor Postvan Diff. (5.3:1) if I recall correctly. 1275 midget engine, 649 cam, big valve head, twin HS6's, original gearbox! (I was 18 at the time and just swapped the backplates over).

It was perhaps the most dangerous, mental thing on the road.

Handled like a waterbed, went like a superbike.

In the shed wrote:That's pretty OTT.

I had an A35 once. Island Blue, 1958.

It was perhaps the most dangerous, mental thing on the road.

Handled like a waterbed, went like a superbike.

sounds like a handfull ---

That sounds ace!

My pal owned the A30 in the clip below before it was turned into a racer. When he hasd it it was the most straight, dry shell, on wires, midget disks, lowered and with a mild 1098 engine. It was a hoot!. Then he sold it and this happened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9UPiCNzCM

Sorry to continue OT.

I remember going to Finlake Hillclimb, Devon in about 02. There was a 4 door 1380 A30 competing.

His was perhaps more crazy, but he had some wide minilites, rather than the standard 5.20 crossplies!

It was utterly incredible how that thing managed to somehow get around the harepins. There were wheels going everywhere!

RS6 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221092814761

Ted, stop laughing!

Pandora wrote:

RS6 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221092814761

Ted, stop laughing!

Al, I just can't! Thank you!

(Mrs. is now tearing my ear off, she won't believe me!)

Tedwong wrote:

Pandora wrote:

RS6 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221092814761

Ted, stop laughing!

Al, I just can't! Thank you!

(Mrs. is now tearing my ear off, she won't believe me!)

Joking aside that is f'*#ken madness lol , if that was a genuine sale i bet the seller is wishing he had bought a few of them at the time.

Tedwong wrote:

Pandora wrote:

RS6 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221092814761

Ted, stop laughing!

Al, I just can't! Thank you!

(Mrs. is now tearing my ear off, she won't believe me!)

Oh your wife is giving you grief? I'm just hoping mine doesn't find out!!

Well, the Goodwood revival is coming up and if you were to take the missus spending loads of money on outfits would be ok.......!

Springall steering wheel on feebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300770554958? ... 5049wt_922

A nice wheel, but incorrectly described as being the type in the Works car shown in the listing. Those were 14" Monte Carlo wheel with a tulip shaped boss... this is the more common 15" Springall.

Thanks, thought it didn't look quite right.

Was there a chap making replica's?

Yep - not sure who it was/is.... see this thread from the MCR Forum

http://forum.minicooper.org/showthread.php?t=13911

I'm sure someone here will know the real identity of Speedhell..?

Thanks Ant. Will drop him a pm on MCR forum.

Ant Hines wrote:Yep - not sure who it was/is.... see this thread from the MCR Forum

http://forum.minicooper.org/showthread.php?t=13911

I'm sure someone here will know the real identity of Speedhell..?

Len Chandler aka 'Speedwheel ' on here. len.chandler@btinternet.com

Not on the bay but WTH £6500 for a log book some seats and a gearbox

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C326865

mk1coopers wrote:Not on the bay but WTH £6500 for a log book some seats and a gearbox

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C326865

Makes KWJ,s 1071 S seem cheap, it had the original body incl front end & body no.

It also had all the other bits, and it went for 7987,73