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Mini Shorty

Angelina Soul — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:10:16 +0000

Remember the half of half Mini created by Gary Houston and the matte black scissor doors Mini Cooper appeared in Malaysia? Today we have found another interesting classic Mini known as the Mini Shorty. Look at the photo of this car, isn’t it outstanding, eye-catching, and weird? It is shorter than the ordinary short nose Mini and without any doors. However, there is an original “bean locker” on the driver’s side. To get into the car, driver and passenger have to jump in.

This Mr. Bean Mini Shorty is powered by a very powerful 1275cc engine with “kick shit” selector (Kick shit is how it is advertised in carandclassic.co.uk). The UK registration of this car is D 319 RLV. By looking at this car, almost all the Mini fans know this is an interesting car and it is also a funny toy to drive around. Although it is not recommend driving over 100 km/h, the 1275cc under the hood is capable of bringing this car up to a top speed of approximately 170 km/h.

For those who are living in France, you might have seen this car as it has been used in France for commercial events and convention.

The chassis of this Mini was built in 1986. It has been chopped and rebuilt to the Mini Shorty in the town of Quincy Voisins. For those who are interested to own this cute toy, you may want to contact the owner before it is too late. The asking price is £2400 with free delivery to Calais, France.

As you can see from the photos, this Mini car is one of its kinds. The owner uses British flag designed side mirror, 12 inches Minilite wheel with tartan designed interior. The rest of it is quite standard with three clock center binnacle.

Oh yeah, £2400 for a Mini without doors, roof, main windscreen, rear windows, and both side windows. Are you afraid of it?

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Why self service car wash is better?

Angelina Soul — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:27:49 +0000

It was my first time traveling a few thousand miles to Melbourne from the United States. I stayed at a friend’s house in Melbourne and on one early morning, I was thinking to help my friend wash her car. So I reversed her car out from the garage, pull the water pipe out and start to spray the water on her car. Five minutes later, she ran out immediately from the house and closed the water tab. She told me that wash a car in that way is illegal in her housing area. Citizens are not allowed to waste water like that especially wash your own car in front of your house. I was like “Huh? WTF?”

This is really one great experience on me, I’ve never know that we are not allow to use water to wash car in certain areas in Melbourne because I did it in many places just like that. So I was asking my friend how the car owners wash their car. She gets her self prepared and brought me to a self-service car wash center. Okay, now I know how they usually wash their car.

We drove the car into an empty bay and centering the car nicely so that we have got enough spaces to walk around the car. The cost to self wash the car is $5 per time. We made the payment and started to pre-soak the car when the timer starts ticking. At the same time, we took off the dirty carpets and wash it with the spray wand. The spray wand is very light and it is really fun to wash a car in that way.

The next thing we did was foam brush using, and then rinse the car by turning the dial on. Then, we put the floor mats back to the car and drive it out from the wash bay. There is an alternative to wax the car for another $5 but we did not go for it. It looks like a tiring job. The last thing we did was vacuum job, there is a place prepared with a huge vacuum device for you. With one “ON” button, it sucks every trash or dust from your car interior.

It was a fun day to experience self service car wash. Personally I think it is a better way because you get to know your car more and it is cleaner because you love your car more than others do. Besides, it is much cheaper as I found most of the car wash services in Australia charge $20-$40 per wash. Other than that, you stand a chance to see many hot car wash girls if you go to the right place. PS: The girls in the photos is not my friend, she is just a gorgeous girl who enjoys a self-service car wash.

Article written by: Jeffrey Bengo

Image source: Facebook

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Matte black Mini Cooper with scissor doors

Angelina Soul — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:16:07 +0000

We are definitely not kidding, this is a classic Mini Cooper that has a pair of scissor doors just like what the Lamborghini Murciélago has. It looks like a new version of a Transformer car that can anytime transform to a small robot. Besides scissor doors, the car also has some distinguishing feature such as the hydraulic car boot, blue LED lights served as the illumination for the car door when it is opened up at night, rounded roof, and customized rear lights.

Painted in matte black, the car looks hot and cool with MK1 grille and a set of 13-inch deep dish wheels. The owner pick flat glass type signals lights instead of the traditional gentle slope orange signal light. Both the rear windscreens are sealed and we noticed there is a huge sub-woofer fitted in the trunk. It must be an eye-catching car when if it attend any car show. However, we were just wondering where is the chrome bumper for this car? As a Mini lover, how much you will rate this car out of 10 point?

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Taiwan Mini Day

Angelina Soul — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:56:35 +0000

25th and 26th of August was a very beautiful weekend in Taiwan because it was Taiwan Mini Day. Every year, the Mini club in Taiwan will organize big gathering like this once or twice a year. There were hundreds of classic Mini and BMW MINI gather together at Nang Gang Taipei. It was really two great days for Mini owners in Taipei to show off their cars. Taiwanese who do not own a Mini also stand a chance to join this wonderful day and get the opportunity to view the legendary car that has live half a century on earth.

Wow! Wow! Wow! Visitors always get vowed when they see all the beauties – beautiful Minis and beautiful Taiwanese girls who love Mini. Other than local Taiwanese, there were also some foreigners attracted to the vent and fly thousand miles just to join the crowd. How enthusiasts they are! We can see they are from different countries including UK, China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and others. Some of the photos shared here are taken from our Mini friend in Japan, Nishio Tadayuki, executive director at ALEC Classic MINI Japan. A thousand thanks to Mr. Tadayuki.

As you can see from the photos, there are a few MK1 Mini line up in the event up till MK7. Mini Moke, Mini Wagon, and Mini Traveler also appeared at the show to make it more colorful. We also spotted a white color Mini 40 which looks like a brand new car in the show. Except cars, there is nothing else more attractive than hot girls. We saw a sexy Taiwanese model sit in front of a grey Mini Moke, how lucky the Moke is!

Besides, there are also a few customized car appeared at the show. A very special chopped Mini has been turned into a coffee maker and someone actually selling coffees, foods, and drinks there. From A to Z, it was really a fun day for Mini enthusiasts, family, and car lovers who attended the event. We should have more of these events everywhere around the world as long as there are Mini cars. Taipei is a beautiful city, it has left us nothing but sweet memories.

Taiwan Mini Day

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Mini Cooper for kids

Angelina Soul — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:53:17 +0000

Do you remember your first pedal car? Most guys will not forget the first car they get into it during their childhood. If you love your kid and you are a huge Mini Cooper fan like I do, this mini car for kids may be a good choice for you. It is a mini Mini Cooper and it is a cabriolet. The exterior look very similar to the MINI from BMW except it is much smaller than the actual one. Inside, it features a big speedometer and the iconic rpm meter. The gear knob is placed on the right hand side and the steering wheel is at the center. Both side mirrors are foldable and it has only one seat.

The wheels are cool, door handle are shinning, headlights, rear lights, and everything works like a Cooper. If I am still a kid, I wish I can get this car. Now I am not a kid, but I wish I can still get into this car and test drive it!

Articles written by: Paul Kuan from Ireland

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Car logos that look luxury

Angelina Soul — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:56:30 +0000

Whether you own a Toyota or Honda, you can anytime pimp your car and make it looks cooler with these luxury car logos. The photo above was taken from a car accessories shop where they sell different types of car logos with background lights. It is available in different sizes to fit different car. No worry if you can’t read Chinese, you can simply read the logo from the photo above including Peugeot, Chevrolet, Nissan, Suzuki, Ford, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Mazda, Volkswagen, Buick and others. It depends on what background colors you prefer. They are available in red, blue, white, purple, and some other cool colors that are not shown in the photo.

By looking at the photo you may not be able to imagine how it looks like when it is fixed on the car. Here we have got a Toyota fitted with a Toyota logo that shines red at night. Isn’t it cool? Yay or Nay?

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Car Jokes: Ferrari vs. Train

Angelina Soul — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:13:28 +0000

One of the richest men in Dubai bought a Ferrari Enzo for his son to use it to college. Instead of the always red Enzo, he painted it to pure gold and makes the car a 100% head-turner. One day, he received his son’s email from college:

Dear Daddy,

I love the golden Ferrari Enzo very much. My college here is very beautiful and people are very polite to me. However, it makes me feel ashamed to arrive at my own college with my pure-gold Ferrari Enzo, when all my fellow teacher and classmate travel by train. Can you please give me an alternative instead of the pure-gold Ferrari Enzo?

Your son,

Rahmad

Guess what, this is the email he replied to his son from Dubai.

Dear son,

I have just transferred $30 million US dollars to your bank account. If you feel ashamed with the cheap Ferrari, go and get yourself a train and make it pure-gold too. Please do not embarrassing us.

With love,

Your dad

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It will be nice to have these wedding cars

Angelina Soul — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:14:04 +0000

Getting married and now idea about wedding car? These wedding cars can give you some ideas. They are small but they are small in style. Some of these cars are even a limousine. Look at all these lovely couples and their lovely wedding ride. You will love it!

If you too using an Austin Mini Cooper or any customized cars for your wedding and you would like to share it here. Please email us the photos. It will be great to include any nice wedding cars photos here.

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1960 Austin Seven 850 MK1 is expected to fetch £30,000 at auction

Angelina Soul — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:26:04 +0000

This super-duper brand new looking 1960 Austin Seven 850 MK1 isn’t recently restored. It has been preserved after the car covered 2,618 miles from new. Yes, it is 2,618 on the odometer, you did not read our article by mistake and we did not type it wrong too. Many 1960 Austin Sevens running on the road today (if they are still running) probably has clocked two rounds on the odometer. It is definitely a rare barn find and Mini enthusiasts don’t need a time machine to go back to 1960 to buy this car as it flew here.

Car Model: 1960 Austin Seven 850
Chassis Number: AA25755702
Engine Number: 8AHUH75901
Engine Capacity: 848cc
Registration: 137 PKX
Year of Manufacture: 1960
Body Color: White

The car was originally purchased by the respected collectors, the Shape Family, who kept the car until a Christies estate sale in 2005. It was then out on the road for the first two years of its life and then retired again into a heated garage.

As you can see from the pictures, the condition is immaculate and it looks like it has just been repainted and restored. Virtually every component is original from head to toe. The body is rust-free because of the car was well pampered by the Shape Family. Inside, the vinyl looks like it just came out from BMC factory. We can still smell the “new car smell” from this car. The car comes with original underseal, original handbook, service book, tax disc holder, rubber boot mat, original Austin Seven key ring, spare keys, jack, wheel brace, and the last tax disc bought for the car which expired in 1962. There is also a thick history logbooks provided.

This 1960 Austin Seven De Luxe is 100% one of the rarest finds on earth. Months ago, there was a 1959 Austin Mini Se7en De Luxe Saloon sold for £40,250. Compared to the car, this is much newer and in better condition with extremely low mileage. With just 2600 miles on the clock, it is even lower than the 1991 Mini Mayfair which has 2999.6 miles on the clock.

So, a rusty 1959 Austin Mini Se7en sold for £40,250 and a 1970 Morris Mini K sold for AUD$5,000 (roughly £3,316), how much would this superb condition 1960 Austin Seven 850 fetch? The auction will be held on 21 July, 2012. Silverstone Auctions estimate the auction price of the car will reach £20,000 to £25,000 and we say it probably will hit £30,000 due to its condition. What do you say then? Updated: Car sold for £24,080.00 on 21 July 2012.

That’s the look of a classic car engine that only runs 2600 miles.

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These Minis are green, but they are green in style

Angelina Soul — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:42:36 +0000

Want to put a new color to your car but don’t know what color to paint? If you love green but get bored with the ordinary British Racing Green, here we have got some really special Minis with different kind of green colors. The first one is nothing but Neil Turner’s Mini painted in Ford Ultimate green. The car is fitted with a set of 13-inch wheels painted in black. Roof and both bumpers are made to look like carbon fiber. Twin tank at the back with Aston style fuel cap, simple the best.

Image credit: Neil Turner

The next car we shared here is a MAD MK1 from Australia. The green is special and the car shines wherever it cruises around. Not to mention the crazy air intake on top of the car hood, the car is definitely one of its kind.

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