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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

& 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

Great story / pics & cars

love the "Woody" Clubby


Jens Christian

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?

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

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)

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

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

MadMatt wrote: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.

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

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

bpirie1000 wrote: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.

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

Spitz wrote:

bpirie1000 wrote: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

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

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

Most certainly is