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[domdee]

It says England on his profile, so one would assume so,

and yes

we all know what that means!

IVA talk !

all i get is

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but lets educate him and maybe he will be the first ever mini owner to do the conversion properly with all the correct paper work

I've got a life besides the mini forum thanks.

[Carlos W]

'that'll do'

Ah, the Brumees favorite phrase

[JustSteve]

That is all

I love the clubby estate, but for me its just the rear side windows let the whole car down. They dont look that proper. And yes before you say it, I know they are factory standard. I just think the design is a bit of a 'that'll do'. They should be fitted like the rear door windows... In my opinion.

Thanks

Agread. I think this conversion is really cool. That's not my CE by the way, although I am looking to buy one

[sonikk4]

Clearly you are right i did miss the Radford bit in your first post.

[olds_kool_lews]

I'd be tempted to have a go at building one myself, but id get a practice scrap shell to try it on 1st, n if you can get it to work on that shell, its just a matter of copying the framework from the practice shell, onto the good shell, and using the pre-fabricted "doors" that were made in the practice run, as long as u got everything measured right, it'll all fit :)

[domdee]

I'd be tempted to have a go at building one myself, but id get a practice scrap shell to try it on 1st, n if you can get it to work on that shell, its just a matter of copying the framework from the practice shell, onto the good shell, and using the pre-fabricted "doors" that were made in the practice run, as long as u got everything measured right, it'll all fit :)

thats a great idea... never thought about a trail run. could save a lot of heart ache and hassle!
thanks!

[ToddM]

Looks interesting mate, would love to see how you get on if you decide to do it! Good luck! ^^
PS: I also thought you'd misspelled shooting brake, never seen one of these before

[Alex_B]

Looks interesting mate, would love to see how you get on if you decide to do it! Good luck! ^^
PS: I also thought you'd misspelled shooting brake, never seen one of these before

thank you! I thought I was being mental the only one who thought it was shooting brake!

now i promise I wont mention it again ;)

[Rog46]

It is definitely shooting brake! They (shooting brakes) were originally used to transport shooting parties round the grouse moors to where the shoot was actually being held. Not sure about "brake" but I believe it comes from an old carriage (horse drawn type) as do many car part / style names!

[big yin]

Rog46, this car is the one built in france by Auto BMC... they called it the Shorting break as a play on words, its even badged on the back in the photos as shorting break...

There was an article on this car in mini magazine a year or two ago, but cant remember which issue! Very nice car, love the conversion.

[tiger99]

So when you go on holiday in it you have a short break in the shorting brake.....

Seriously, I think Rover should have build a batch of these. They would have sold very easily. It just looks right.

Edited by tiger99, 08 December 2012 - 11:06 AM.