Author Topic: Djetset #557 (Read 3803 times)

kwgibbs · « **Reply #25 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:22:53 PM »

The front resembles the Biota?

Djetset · « **Reply #26 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:23:43 PM »

Marketed commerically (but seemingly without much success, judging by the fact that it has been sat here for since 2011)

Djetset · « **Reply #27 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:26:29 PM »

Not a Biota.

woodinsight · « **Reply #28 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:26:53 PM »

Quote from: Djetset on February 14, 2013, 03:23:43 PM

Marketed commerically (but seemingly without much success, judging by the fact that it has been sat here for so long)

Thanks
- did the year of the registration (1968) reflect the year of the manufacturer or the original date of the car prior to alteration?

Djetset · « **Reply #29 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:27:54 PM »

The original date of the car prior to alteration.

woodinsight · « **Reply #30 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:30:18 PM »

Quote from: Djetset on February 14, 2013, 03:27:54 PM

The original date of the car prior to alteration.

Okay - was the manufacturer of this conversion active in the 1970s?

Djetset · « **Reply #31 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:30:46 PM »

kwgibbs · « **Reply #32 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:33:00 PM »

Is It a newer version of a broadspeed gt?

Djetset · « **Reply #33 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:34:18 PM »

No Broadspeed link (apart from the Mini base, naturally!).

woodinsight · « **Reply #34 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:35:12 PM »

Just one last question for the moment - did the company offer similar conversions on other makes?

Djetset · « **Reply #35 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:35:52 PM »

Not to my knowledge.

woodinsight · « **Reply #36 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:40:45 PM »

Quote from: Djetset on February 14, 2013, 03:35:52 PM

Not to my knowledge.

Okay - time to dig into my magazine library but perhaps they never advertised in sources such as Motor Sport, Autosport, etc.
Probably Triple C, Kit Car, etc. that I don't have access to.....

Djetset · « **Reply #37 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:44:34 PM »

I did find this in a magazine Woodinsight, but I would hate for you to waste hours trying to find this as it is quite obscure. As a clue, this Mini modification first appeared in 1971.

kwgibbs · « **Reply #38 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:56:51 PM »

Mini-jem?

woodinsight · « **Reply #39 on:** February 14, 2013, 04:22:38 PM »

Quote from: Djetset on February 14, 2013, 03:44:34 PM

I did find this in a magazine Woodinsight, but I would hate for you to waste hours trying to find this as it is quite obscure. As a clue, this Mini modification first appeared in 1971.

Okay thanks Djetset - rather I'll keep my eyes open when I'm searching my library for other reasons and who knows - I may strike lucky!

Carnut · « **Reply #40 on:** February 15, 2013, 04:26:15 AM »

Does it have any connection with Nottingham?

Djetset · « **Reply #41 on:** February 15, 2013, 06:45:01 AM »

Sorry, but no Nottingham connection. Another clue; further north!

Carnut · « **Reply #42 on:** February 15, 2013, 07:22:41 AM »

Quote from: Djetset on February 15, 2013, 06:45:01 AM

Sorry, but no Nottingham connection. Another clue; further north!

Leeds?

Djetset · « **Reply #43 on:** February 15, 2013, 07:24:53 AM »

No, Leeds is too far south (that's not a something you read very often!).

nicanary · « **Reply #44 on:** February 15, 2013, 07:39:29 AM »

Scottish?

Djetset · « **Reply #45 on:** February 15, 2013, 07:46:20 AM »

Further south than Scotland.

Carnut · « **Reply #46 on:** February 15, 2013, 08:58:11 AM »

Newcastle then?

WayneB · « **Reply #47 on:** February 15, 2013, 09:08:52 AM »

Quote from: Djetset on February 14, 2013, 03:44:34 PM

I did find this in a magazine Woodinsight, but I would hate for you to waste hours trying to find this as it is quite obscure. As a clue, this Mini modification first appeared in 1971.

Hot Car magazine?

It looks typical of the type of "custom" car they featured back then.

Djetset · « **Reply #48 on:** February 15, 2013, 03:11:28 PM »

Not from Newcastle, and I don't think it was featured in Hot Car magazine. Remember this is not a one-off 'custom' car though, as it was commercially available.

Carnut · « **Reply #49 on:** February 15, 2013, 07:05:50 PM »

Hmmmm, so where's north of Leeds but south of Newcastle? Middlesbrough?

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