Aircooled minor?

Post by **Kustom** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:35 pm

I vaguely remember, seeing on some website a few years ago, that someone out there was building a front engined air cooled minor, using a lowlight I think, and very early beetle running gear in a bid to replicate what the original Minor would have been like. Can anyone help me find that page again? Google has been no help!

Any further pictures/info welcome

Post by **bmcecosse** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:58 pm

All Minors are air-cooled. Admittedly there is a water filled interface, but the cooling is definitely done by air!

Post by **Kustom** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:02 pm

You just made my day

I'd never have figured that one out!

Post by **FrankM83** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:28 pm

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on topic, I have the article on Practical classics from June 98 when they did a special feature celebrating 50 years of the Minor, but ave no idea if the car was ever finished!

Post by **Mick_Anik** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:28 pm

This looks.......different

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Post by **PSL184** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:12 pm

The original concept for the Minor was not air cooled - True it was a flat 4 engine but it was water cooled with the rad mounted behind the engine, hence the slats cut into the bonnet to direct the air to the rad....

Post by **Kustom** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:33 pm

Frank : Oqod hemm ghax nisraqlek il metro!

Mick: I had to do a double take on that one hehehe I just browsed past your reply thinking it would be yet another post pulling my leg for the request...but my mind kept telling me something was not right....then I noticed the very well edited picture

PSL: Thanks for the clarification

In my mind flat 4 engines tend to be VW aircooled first and foremost.. then anything else

Always had a soft spot for Beetles really.

So does anybody know about the project which I am referring to? I'm 100% sure I did not dream it up....!

Post by **angrydicky** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:14 pm

It was in Minor Monthly a couple of years ago I believe. It was a bit of a mystery. An early lowlight had been discovered, apparantly it had never been on the road due to being in an accident while on its way to the dealer. It had been converted to front wheel drive using a combination of early Beetle and Nazi amphibious landing craft parts, many of which carried the Nazi cogwheel logo. I think it did have a flat four engine. At some point it had been fitted with later front wings.

I'm sorry I really can't remember any more than that.

Post by **motherofgod** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:06 pm

Mosquito is what you should search.

Have a pic
James

Post by **h20_mako** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:50 am

nice