Anyone ever heard of a Minor based Kit Car?

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Anyone ever heard of a Minor based Kit Car?

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Check out the following website. It has loads of information and photos. :D
http://www.britishexplorers.com/Griffin/homepage.html
Bearing in mind the Minor van's rarity, and DVLA's current stance on modified vehicles. I'm not sure it would be considered prudent these days, to dismantle a van in order to build a kit car :-?
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What a nice looking car. The Fiat twin cam would be perfect for that.
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There were about six kit car manufactures making kit cars using Morris Minor parts.

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philthehill wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:35 am There were about six kit car manufactures making kit cars using Morris Minor parts.
That's really interesting Phil.
I never realised there were any, I must admit my memories of the late 70s only recollect Kits based on Escorts or Minis.
A friend/colleague of mine back then had a Mini Bug Mk2. There was only about 150 of those made, it was a fun little thing, freezing in winter though!
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Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised but kit cars always look like kit cars !!
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What a shame. A friend of mine had been talking about these for years and had always said he would buy one if I found one for him online (was not an internet user). He died last year, but would have snapped that up in a second!
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When I was editor at Minor Monthly I ran a number of features on Minor based kit cars..... 7 parts I seem to recall
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Just 7 parts in a kit? That shouldn;t take too long to build. :( :roll: :wink:
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simmitc wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:03 am Just 7 parts in a kit? That shouldn;t take too long to build. :( :roll: :wink:
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there is always one Mike!
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