Imagine catching this on the road

[V8MoneyPit]

We have a customer who tries to build a custom Mini each year. This is the 2009 one. Can't really imagine peoples first reaction when they see this in front of them on the motorway  :lol:

[Llanigraham]

Now how did he manage to keep the original number when that is a "radical altertion" to the original monoque?

At least you can see he has got red bulbs in those lights.

[V8MoneyPit]

It isn't an original number for the donor car. The car is much later than '71. So it has an older registration transfered to it.

I believe it had to go through an SVA, or whatever it's called these days. I pointed out to him that it didn't have reflectors on the 'rear'.... his reaction? Oh yes, I forgot those!!!  :lol: It still got it's test though  :shock:

The rear 'headlamps' are two pole stop/tail lamps with red bulbs. I believe he also has red angeleye type headlamps to give an extra tail light.

[Bush Tucker Man]

There's a couple of Landies about that are built the same way



That's not forgetting that Citroen also tried it on the 'mass-market' with the 'push-me - pull-you' Picasso :D

[Mutz]

Then there was the MiniMerc and MiniRolls and the streched Mini, roof chopped mini, shortned mini.

Had driven the MiniMerc and sat in the strechedmini ( just a tubular frame with fibreglas shell wrapped round it)

[Saffy]

Then there was the MiniMerc and MiniRolls and the streched Mini, roof chopped mini, shortned mini.

Had driven the MiniMerc and sat in the strechedmini ( just a tubular frame with fibreglas shell wrapped round it)

have seen the custom minis (cropped and short) at kit car shows. Had fantasised about making my mini van into a shortened as I do not think one had been done before and it would have looked funky. Then a bought a series1 landrover and got shot of the mini for 50 quid...  had been dry stored for about 10 years previous wit only about 24k on clock :(

[muddyjames]

I'm not a fan of minis really but this one is COOL

[ben-dent]

the guy i rent my unit off has a mini shorty (as they are called) will get some pics of it next time it comes out to have more work done on it

[eugene]

ive seem a yellow shorty around where i live and its bright yellow but only see it in the summer months

[V8MoneyPit]

ive seem a yellow shorty around where i live and its bright yellow but only see it in the summer months

Does it have 'Noddy' on the side? If so, it belonged to another of our customers.