, Space frame car , BUT all mini running gear , Front subframe was chopped a fair amount , cannot remember much about it as its 45 years + , mini swinging arm on the back and i think Triumph herald springs and shockers ??? , the engine fitted ok BUT it was front heavy , meaning most of the weight was forward of the front wheels , i think i used two shorter drive shafts or maybe two short AD16 , i remember welding the mini yokes to the 1800 yokes , but probably a fair bit of butchering , gearshift was ok because its cable 
, engine came out of a 1800 land crab £30 , rebored + reground crank , I fitted bigger valves and gas flowed , full race ST camshaft , Twin two inch SUs , i had to cut pockets in the block for the valves to clear on full lift , was it any good , NO , good talking point though , Built the car and everything else minimum tools , This included Stick welder , Grinder , 7lb hammer , hand drill and not forgetting the wrecking bar nothing else , Sold it to a grass tracker and he put the engine back in a landcrabb , i heard he did OK
Time Bandit wrote:Not a 'B' Series engine and nor do I have a pic...but I noticed this while hunting some stuff out. If you look at the image there is a small bit about a prize draw...Mini based rally car with a Maxi engine...
Had a look thru' the programme but it mentions nothing else about the draw or the prize so I don't know anything else about it. I imagine the handling would be err interesting with that lump stuck in the front of a Mini!
Costafortune wrote:It's a pity the Maxi engine was such a nail - if it was any good (i.e tuneable - they were quite robust) it would have been a decent conversion for a road going Mini with the 5 speed gearbox.
Nissan licensed the B Series from BMC - their first car was the A40 Zummerzet. The first B was a 1200.Exminiman wrote:I believe the Datsun (Nissan) A series engine was licenced from BMC and then developed...
Very similar, ...
Hi,new here so thought I might add something to this old post the picture is me standing by the mini I built 50 years ago I continued modifying it with 12” wheels all round from a midget racer fitted a piper development head and cam and various other parts the bonnet was cut and a fiat 500 bonnet was blended in ,the Weber carbs I borrowed from a racing hydroplane I had at the time it went very well and I covered many happy miles before selling it.I missed it so much I made another this time a clubman with a 1750 engine it ended up with twin 45 dellortomab01uk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:14 pmTime Bandit wrote:Not a 'B' Series engine and nor do I have a pic...but I noticed this while hunting some stuff out. If you look at the image there is a small bit about a prize draw...Mini based rally car with a Maxi engine...
Had a look thru' the programme but it mentions nothing else about the draw or the prize so I don't know anything else about it. I imagine the handling would be err interesting with that lump stuck in the front of a Mini!Costafortune wrote:It's a pity the Maxi engine was such a nail - if it was any good (i.e tuneable - they were quite robust) it would have been a decent conversion for a road going Mini with the 5 speed gearbox.
, what an interesting car to have built in period, there are plenty of threads on here about modifications for you to read and enjoy 
Hi,it handled very well as of the twist and turns of the tri lakes I was driving back from yateley one evening just before going over the river bridge is a fairly sharp bend which I took much to fast but amazingly went round no problem (the large tree on the corner would have kept me on the road) my passenger said I did not think it would get round I replied me neither l have got a bit more sensible with age!rpb203 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:41 pm I must have seen this banging around Sandhurst and Crowthorne in the day, there were some interesting cars being pushed around the area mid-'70's and through the '80's.
How did it handle under the 'Happy Christmas Bridge' into the High Street and down the twist and turns through Tri Lakes?
Wonder what happened to them, probably as most thrashed to within an inch of their life and then moved on.
Like mk1coopers has said welcome to the forum and please share the stories/cars.
Cheers
Gary
3disco wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:08 pmHi,new here so thought I might add something to this old post the picture is me standing by the mini I built 50 years ago I continued modifying it with 12” wheels all round from a midget racer fitted a piper development head and cam and various other parts the bonnet was cut and a fiat 500 bonnet was blended in ,the Weber carbs I borrowed from a racing hydroplane I had at the time it went very well and I covered many happy miles before selling it.I missed it so much I made another this time a clubman with a 1750 engine it ended up with twin 45 dellorto and a Vulcan head and cam again went very well but did not rev so freely as the 1500 again many thousand happy miles before selling it in Devon were I moved to in 1977 the reg no was JRD892l I wonder if any or all of it still exists in some shed somewhere?mab01uk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:14 pmTime Bandit wrote:Not a 'B' Series engine and nor do I have a pic...but I noticed this while hunting some stuff out. If you look at the image there is a small bit about a prize draw...Mini based rally car with a Maxi engine...
Had a look thru' the programme but it mentions nothing else about the draw or the prize so I don't know anything else about it. I imagine the handling would be err interesting with that lump stuck in the front of a Mini!Costafortune wrote:It's a pity the Maxi engine was such a nail - if it was any good (i.e tuneable - they were quite robust) it would have been a decent conversion for a road going Mini with the 5 speed gearbox.
...forgive the rambles but a friend sent me some photos of AMO997J which I had not seen before and it ignited my interest.