Here`s a little story if anyones interested

I was promted to type this from the Valla thread & i didn`t want to fill that thread with my sh!t, so here you go-->

---age 18 i started buying a few splitty & bay single cabs & i used to carry the minis with them
but stoopid me off-loaded the things "Just" before the boom :-(
anyways ,,, i already had been bitten by the Vee_Dub bug as my dad used to work for Henk at Auto center (Way way way back in the day) so i was already born both a mini & vee-dub nut-case :-) (see, it`s not really my fault) :-)

anyways, long story short, over the years i had always carried my minis & customers minis & race minis all over the place, Literally years & years & years i did that,,,, anyone in Brisbane who hadn`t seen me carrying minis in the back of my Spittly utes (Oh & a few bay Single cabs too along the way) well you must-have had your eyes shut for a damn long time :-)

we even went & did this thing (Targa Tasmania rally)



in this thing-->


& ... carried the whole package all the way down to Tasmania & followed the event as crew-vehicle & then all the way back to Brisbane, with basically a whole spare mini mechanicals in it & 2x fuel tanks, tools & water & oil & & & & & & , so much stuff that (1.92tonnes all up actually) ,,, well,, ah,,, does "on the bump stops" mean anything to anyone for this entire distance??? :-) :-) :-)--> with this thing-->

that`s Bondi sydney


even stopped off at (The Pass) at Byron for a surf on the way :-)


it was pure "GOLD" that whole trip :-)-->

:-)

Here`s the story i typed up for the Targa tassie Rally web-site-->
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ah damn , can`t find the thing

ah well,,, there you go... alloy foiled again :-)



here`s another old one with my Turbo charged Alloy V8 sports-sedan mini in/on the back :-) (a fair bit earlier in the peace tho)




& even further back in the early days (early 20s)


i have heaps & heaps more old storys & pics & shots & "episodes" etcs of carrying minis on my kombi utes,,, & trips all over the place,,, ahhhh,,, really wish i still had my first one tho,,, These are 2 of very few pics i have of it tho sadly,




it ended up becoming this un-breako monster, alloy V8 , 4 wheel discs, IRS rear , full roll-cage, winch,
twin tanks, etc etc etc & just awesome car,,,

funny enough it was even better than my Alloy V8 powered off-road race buggy :-)


i had plenty of single cab bay utes over the years too, but my favourites are the early splittys of course & i dearly wish i still had at least 2 of em, but some day soon i`d be keen on a duel-cab splitty with R32 or R33 turbo 4x4 Nissan Skyline running gear under it :-) but just looking stock with "maybe slightly wider std-ish steel rims--> soooo sleeper its just sick :-)

sorry to the purists for that remark, maybe try to blame the insanity from the mini disease ok??? :-)

sooooo,,,, cutting that long story short--> i have this "package now"-->


the buggy is only 290kgs total, has 160hp injected 20v yamaha R1 motorbike engine in it :-) Does 12grand :-), front wheel drive, :-) think of it as a cross between a mini & a go-kart :-) & yeah it turns & stops pretty good if you can imagine :-) :-) :-) :-) the Kombi is 32v Quad-cam Alloy Injected V8 powered, pretty good auto-cross kombi :-)

anyways,,, there you go,,, a bit of reminiscing for you all, hope you don`t mind
cheers
Matt

Mate thats a classic.....great to see pics from back in the day

cool!

Some great shotsof old

Well done .Cheers Les

The single cab with the falcon tail lights was owned by cousin for a while a few years back. Suffered a bit of fatigue from a few a big wheel stands on the beach. Tarted it up and sold it from memory!!

great stuff to read, i know some one in melb would be over the moon
to see that last pic with daulcab.