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450 Posts Member #: 10396 Advanced Member Formerly mk2turbo Stoke-on-Trent |
28th Dec, 2018 at 09:59:27am
Picked these up just before Christmas, no turbos involved but I thought some of you might like to see them.
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450 Posts Member #: 10396 Advanced Member Formerly mk2turbo Stoke-on-Trent |
28th Dec, 2018 at 10:00:47am
I don't no a great deal about the history of the vans, just trying to find out more about them. The story of how I found them...I needed a tyre for a LP883 rim I have recently blasted and painted as a spare for my cooper. So I went round to my tyre fitters, they were coming out quite expensive so he told me to go see a mate of his round the corner who used to have minis, he used to give him any mini wheels and tyres he came across. He then tells me that his mate used to have two mini vans running consecutive number plates, but this is going back 15 years so probably hasn't got them anymore. So I think nothing more of the vans as I think they are long gone and just go round to ask about the tyre. "I'm sure I have got one, I will go down the workshop at the weekend and have a look" he says. Get a call a few days later and he has the tyre, so I go round his house to pick it up and get talking about minis, turns out he still has the vans! I tell him I would love to go see them if he didn't mind, a few days later I go round and have a look at them. I say to him if you ever think about selling them give me a call as I would love to own them. A few days later I get the call, "I'm going to sell the vans as I'm not going to do anything with them, you still interested?" I go to have a good look at them and we sort a deal and two weeks later they are in my workshop! |
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 112 Posts Member #: 10125 Advanced Member Zoetermeer, The Netherlands |
28th Dec, 2018 at 10:34:07am
...make a His & Hers version..? nice cars |
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 4625 Posts Member #: 20 My sister is so fit I won't show anyone her picture Lake District |
28th Dec, 2018 at 10:52:03am
Very cool !
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264 Posts Member #: 11029 Senior Member Crewe |
28th Dec, 2018 at 02:53:33pm
i miss my van sold it to a British airways pilot and it now has an export maker on it Edited by monsterob on 28th Dec, 2018. Outside the box |
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 9317 Posts Member #: 59 First mini turbo to get in the 12's & site perv Herefordshire |
28th Dec, 2018 at 03:15:17pm
They look brilliant, what a lovely thing to find.
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 7763 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
28th Dec, 2018 at 05:59:14pm
Never ever should you split these :) On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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 2094 Posts Member #: 9894 Post Whore Dorking |
28th Dec, 2018 at 06:48:50pm
That is awesome Callum. What a lovely find. |
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3588 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
28th Dec, 2018 at 09:26:25pm
That's a hell of a purchase !
Edited by stevieturbo on 28th Dec, 2018. 9.85 @ 145mph
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4625 Posts Member #: 20 My sister is so fit I won't show anyone her picture Lake District |
28th Dec, 2018 at 10:31:09pm
On 28th Dec, 2018 Nic said:
They look brilliant, what a lovely thing to find. Could I trouble you to take some photos of the inside please? I have a van of a similar age and would like to see how mine compares. You still got the same van you've always had Nic ? Phil. |
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9317 Posts Member #: 59 First mini turbo to get in the 12's & site perv Herefordshire |
29th Dec, 2018 at 06:19:44am
On 28th Dec, 2018 Turbo Phil said:
On 28th Dec, 2018 Nic said:
They look brilliant, what a lovely thing to find. Could I trouble you to take some photos of the inside please? I have a van of a similar age and would like to see how mine compares. You still got the same van you've always had Nic ? Phil. Yep, it’s tucked up in the garage waiting for me to have the ability to replace the floor. One day..... |
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450 Posts Member #: 10396 Advanced Member Formerly mk2turbo Stoke-on-Trent |
29th Dec, 2018 at 12:49:27pm
Cheers lads
On 28th Dec, 2018 Nic said:
They look brilliant, what a lovely thing to find. Could I trouble you to take some photos of the inside please? I have a van of a similar age and would like to see how mine compares. Yeah no problem will take some later. Anything in particular you want to see? |
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Forum Mod 10980 Posts Member #: 17 ***16*** SouthPark, Colorado |
29th Dec, 2018 at 02:11:08pm
That’s a great story! On 17th Nov, 2014 Tom Fenton said:
Sorry to say My Herpes are no better Ready to feel Ancient ??? This is 26 years old as of 2022 https://youtu.be/YQQokcoOzeY |
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9317 Posts Member #: 59 First mini turbo to get in the 12's & site perv Herefordshire |
29th Dec, 2018 at 03:18:17pm
On 29th Dec, 2018 Callum said:
Cheers lads Yeah no problem will take some later. Anything in particular you want to see? Not at the moment, it would just be good to see how they compare. I was going to upload a picture of mine to compare, but I don’t have a good photo on the phone and I am away at the moment. Do you know the history of the twins at all? |
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Site Admin  15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
29th Dec, 2018 at 05:53:57pm
Excellent find
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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