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February 10, 2005
The Twinni came about because one of the reasons given for the rejection of the Moke was the lack of 4 wheel drive, so Issigonis thought he would fix this by adding another engine/suframe assembly at the rear. Then John Copper saw it and realised there was no reason they could not do this with a mini.. IIRC there were about 2 or 3 Moke Twinnis, and one Cooper S version (this being the one that snapped a track rod at some silly speed causing John to loose control of the car and thus destroying it and nearly himself (it had two fully prepped works 1275 engines). I also believe there was a spell in hospital. There is a twinni moke at Gaydon, you may notice it has a tax disc and registration plates.
Stewart
"Ford Prefect" < f_prefect@... > 36042
Posted on February 10, 2005 08:57 PM
Posted to category(s) Braking System | Engine (external) | Engine (internal) | Title & Registration | Tuning | Wheels
