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[TA2DMAC]

I saw this on ebay. They are made in China and Australia. Looks like they are looking to flood the US market with them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/...a6eb407bb#v4-38

[Ethel]

Minisport were flogging them in the UK until our new kit car inspection (IVA) made it nigh on impossible to put one on the road. If you find the Chinese manufacturer's website it looks like they're a full blown production vehicle with some different engines to the old A Series. Can't be bad if it produces some new Mini compatible spare parts. Who knows, we may end up importing them into the UK from the US as secondhand classics on dodgy documentation!

[TA2DMAC]

The sad part is the are titled as a 1967 Austin mini moke.

Edited by TA2DMAC, 13 January 2012 - 03:00 AM.

[adamstuart]

I saw this on ebay. They are made in China and Australia. Looks like they are looking to flood the US market with them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/...a6eb407bb#v4-38

These are not made in Australia

They are only made in China - referred to Chokes in Aus: China-Mokes

They are reasonably true to the original body to the untrained eye, however the floor pan and firewall are different, and they have the ugly side skirts on them.
They are also far heavier than real mokes, as they are made from a much thicker grade of steel.

We have an importer in Australia (Moke Australia), but no one is very fond of Chokes in the moke community here, and there are no Chokes legally on the road.
Only dodgey reshelled mokes.

The engines they offer are a 3cylinder thing, which they charge about an extra grand for I believe.

As a source of spares, they are okay, most parts are fairly true to original, but some are completely different and no very appealing - Like the bucket seats

[Bungle]

china and thicker steel

i thought they made cheaper not as good qulity copys

[adamstuart]

china and thicker steel

i thought they made cheaper not as good qulity copys

Depends what you deem as quality.

I prefer my moke light, not a load heavier to no gain

[JakeJakeJake]

china and thicker steel

i thought they made cheaper not as good qulity copys

Quality not quantity and all that?

[eeae6000]

does not accept cc or paypal, only cash what the hell? kind of sketchy

[MaxAndPaddy]

I was just reading through the ClassicCarsForSale auction news and saw


''Several marque and model significant prices were paid in the salerooms during 2011, many quite extraordinary valuations and some of them new auction records. Among the more notable blips on my radar were these results''.

1987 Mini Moke (Bonhams) £19,020

[TA2DMAC]

Yeah I noticed the cash quote. No paper trail I guess. Plus almost $20 grand.
I'm sure they'll find a few suckers. Wonder if I should report this to ebay.

[Mini_Magic]

It's not a proper British built Moke if it doesn't start rusting after a day.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Awesome I think. Mini-ish car still in production. Who cares if it's not British, isnt completely true to the British Moke and doesnt have an A-series... the fact that people still produce these in reply to demand is brilliant.

[lucas1amps]

wouldent surprise me if they had 848cc daewoo engines in them if there 3 cyclinders

[TA2DMAC]

Next thing you know they'll be making knock of mini's.
As a diehard I can see that being a bad thing, but as a fan I can see it being good.

Kinda like what happened with the 67 Shelby Cobra.

Origionals are worth a fortune but there are tons of replica kits out their. Good quality ones at that. It's when someone trys to pass off a kit as an origional to an unsuspecting buyer that the issue begins.

[CLM]

I wouldn't mind one I wouldn't call it original in any way shape or form, But it's almost like a kit car that almost resembles the original... I would have to paint it though, all the colors they offer seem way to neon for me. I actually contacted the manufacturer a couple years back, and got a quote for one CKD shell at around $8,000 or something like that shipped to the US. Someday I will own a moke, it will either be original or chinese, but it will be built up with good parts.

Chris