RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2013 I'm going to disagree Nidge , I think it's a Cox GTM, as per here . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTM_Cars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Thanks Mike - must have got my wires crossed somewhere... I think the Midas might have been a later offering from the kit-car trade, or possibly something else Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 The Midas was a development of the Marcos, so both Mini based kit cars. I always like the Midas it was sort of cute in an ugly way....!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2013 Midus info is here , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas_Cars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2013 Thanks Mike - must have got my wires crossed somewhere... I think the Midas might have been a later offering from the kit-car trade, or possibly something else Easy done Nidge , there were a lot of kit build Mini varients . Did you get any front on shots of the rally cars at the weekend ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 ISTR that there was a Midas Gold version basedd on a Metro and available ready-to-go. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 Easy done Nidge , there were a lot of kit build Mini varients . Did you get any front on shots of the rally cars at the weekend ? One or two Mike, but there are more elsewhere online... I'll have a look Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I was in Bourne, Lincolnshire, last weekend and the Bourne Motor Racing Club's annual car show was on I saw this rare Mini. Would it have been based on the van, or pick-up chassis? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 My last rally mini, a 1430cc clubman that went like s*** off a shovel, well airborn in this shot. Unfortunately it needed a new bodyshell after this event following an altercation with a tree. I should never have accepted running at 13! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I was in Bourne, Lincolnshire, last weekend and the Bourne Motor Racing Club's annual car show was on I saw this rare Mini. Photo03_3A.jpg Would it have been based on the van, or pick-up chassis? It's a Wildgoose. They were produced in the early 60's. According to Wiki you provided a minivan and the conversion cost in the order of £500 (which I suspect is more than the van cost). The ones I have seen have a vertically rising roof rather than the front hinged one shown. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2013 Back in the early 70's a friend of mine who was severely disabled by polio was provided with a special mini as he had very little use of his arms, he used to steer the car with his feet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I noticed the chap with the 'conning-tower' Mini had as much of a bother with the 'magic wand' gear stick as I used to with my brother's old van conversion! steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2013 I noticed the chap with the 'conning-tower' Mini had as much of a bother with the 'magic wand' gear stick as I used to with my brother's old van conversion! steve You've never driven a Ford E93A or 100E then? (First catch your gear lever.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 16, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2013 You've never driven a Ford E93A or 100E then? (First catch your gear lever.) Then remember it's a three speed box , so dont stick it where first would usually be or you shoot off backwards . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share Posted June 24, 2013 Another Mini Show yesterday, at Hagley... only a small gathering but some nice cars on dislpay... 1964 Mk1 Cooper wearing a nice set of 'deep dish' Minilite copies... 1962 Mk1 '997' Cooper in Surf Blue / Old English White... This '64 Mk1 Cooper was for sale... sold by the time I'd got there... Very tidy looking '67 Woodie... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2013 You've never driven a Ford E93A or 100E then? (First catch your gear lever.) No, but a friend had a 100E - "A wrong gear for every occasion" was his view. Mind you, it got worse the day the gear stick came off in his hand. In 2nd, natch..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2013 No, but a friend had a 100E - "A wrong gear for every occasion" was his view. Mind you, it got worse the day the gear stick came off in his hand. In 2nd, natch..... Fords seemed to make a habit of that - the gear lever of a BR Escort came off in my hand in the middle of Newport High St (which fortunately helped to explain my somewhat extended lunch hour ). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2013 Fords seemed to make a habit of that - the gear lever of a BR Escort came off in my hand in the middle of Newport High St (which fortunately helped to explain my somewhat extended lunch hour ). Yes - I had a Mk1 Escort GT that did that a couple of times. One had to screw the "lid" of the gearbox down harder and hope it wouldn't work loose again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 re: Those "deep dish" minilites. _____________________________ We would not have got away with those back in the Sixties in Essex - the Police were always on the look out for Mini's that needed wheel spats. He would have got a ticket, A friend of mine (Hi, Pete) got a ticket once for having two (large) stickers for Castrol R on the doors of his Mini.... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 No, but a friend had a 100E - "A wrong gear for every occasion" was his view. Mind you, it got worse the day the gear stick came off in his hand. In 2nd, natch..... And those bl**dy inlet manifold vacuum operated windscreen wipers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 _____________________________ A friend of mine (Hi, Pete) got a ticket once for having two (large) stickers for Castrol R on the doors of his Mini.... Eh?? What on earth for? I ran signwritten Escort & Avenger rally cars on the road for years with no problem at all - could have cost me a fortune! Getting a ticket for stickers is a complete new one on me (& probably also those who still have sponsorship on their competition cars!!) Those minilites outside the arches are still illegal though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 The law was changed sometime in the late '70's - but the Essex police tended to be a law until themselves... i.e. Don't ask me! Something to do with Adverts on Personal vs Commercial vehicles. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Well, I was road rallying in the mid 70's & have never heard of that one before - almost all the cars had advertising on them! I reckon the copper must have made that up for their Christmas bar fund....!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Nope. When the law changed it allowed London Taxis to cover their outside with adverts too. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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