Woody
Woody MegaDork
5/12/17 2:08 p.m.

Not mine, etc...

1962 mini Cooper project car tube chassis no front end. Narrowed rear asking 1500 no trades

hobiercr
hobiercr Dork
5/12/17 2:12 p.m.

You could make your own Binky.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
5/12/17 2:18 p.m.

"Narrowed rear". He's not kidding.

Indy-Guy
Indy-Guy Dork
5/12/17 2:28 p.m.
Keith Tanner wrote: "Narrowed rear". He's not kidding.

Ooooohhh........ isn't that Cute.

tr8todd
tr8todd Dork
5/12/17 8:48 p.m.

That looks like something that should be in my garage, but I have to stop dragging these orphans home.

GTXVette
GTXVette HalfDork
5/14/17 8:40 p.m.

C'omon man, a straight axle, remove the doors to shorten, 392 blown Hemi, AA/FA vibe....... Or build a Mini.

GTXVette
GTXVette HalfDork
5/14/17 8:43 p.m.

Oh oh, FWD 4t65 /ls, and a straight axle in BACK or Not.

Chadeux
Chadeux Dork
5/14/17 10:56 p.m.

This definitely has wheely potential.

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
5/15/17 7:43 a.m.

It would tempting if he had the title for it. A potentially good basis for a "no berks given" mid-engine build, since you have to scratch build it all anyway. Could probably recoup some of the purchase price selling the narrowed rear.

But like Todd, I can't bring home any more projects.

T.J.
T.J. UltimaDork
5/15/17 9:54 a.m.

Wonder what his original plan was. The engine bay is very small and trying to put in a longitudinally mounted engine pretty much means a good bit of it is in the passenger compartment. I guess you could always move everything back so you sit where the back seat is supposed to be, but then ingress/egress would be comically difficult.

T.J.
T.J. UltimaDork
5/15/17 9:56 a.m.

I think he started cutting, bending and welding tubing without a plan and then realized there was no space for a driver and abandoned the project.

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
5/15/17 10:37 a.m.

In reply to T.J.:

I've seen a few RWD-converted Minis and yes - the driver essentially sits in the back seat, or just slight ahead of it since the sheet metal required for the rear axle and tires moves all that forward a bit.

BrokenYugo
BrokenYugo MegaDork
5/15/17 10:40 a.m.

In reply to T.J.:

I'd say drag car based on the rear end width.

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