JJK 78J maroon Mini van

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Mick Lynch
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JJK 78J maroon Mini van

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Okay, it’s not a minor.

Wondering what happened to this unusual vehicle. It was a wheelchair accessible Austin Mini.
Originally a van, it has a glass fibre roof with three doors at the rear - the two normal van doors and a third up and over. The top windscreen was a regular mini sallon rear screen.
The rear subframe was modified and the number plate panel hinged down to become a ramp.
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Bought in Newburn about 1995. I had plans to remove the roof and weld in a regular van roof. Never happened because it could carry two adult bicycles and a child’s bike - which it was great at.

It was clattery as hell to drive and there was always a lot of body shimmer and rough roads would pop open one of the rear doors.

Sold it in 1999 to a man in Throckley and I think I heard it eventually ended up in Manchester...
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Re: JJK 78J maroon Mini van

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Been untaxed since 2009, but it might be getting restored somewhere as a new V5C was issued in 2017....
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Scratting through paperwork found these and paperwork, MOTs and tax discs 1974 to 1999. If anyone knows current whereabouts I’d happily forward on to new owner.
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Re: JJK 78J maroon Mini van

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Might be worth checking out project pages/asking around on some classic caravan/campervan sites as that looks just the sort of vehicle to be turned into a micro camper.

I wonder why the top front window wiper was made in reverse to the main cars' windscreen wipers.
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