Mini with MINI parts is a bad idea

Kamil Kaluski

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Mini MINI headlights

Worst. Retromod. EVER! And what’s worse is that it comes from my home country. I don’t feel so bad knowing that we have recently been showcasing some amazing horrific U.S. made custom cars, but this one really bothers me. I guess crack is available everywhere.

What really grinds my gears is the fact that they ruined an innocent Austin Mini. Unless they ordered the wrong parts, from a MINI and not a Mini and just went with it, I have no idea. Note the //M mirrors. More pics after the jump.

[Source: Zlomnik.pl]

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What are these taillights off of?

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Interior looks surprisingly not horrible.

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And finally, why is there a Union Jack in a German car?

 

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Kamil Kaluski

Kamil Kaluski

East Coast Editor. Races crappy cars and has an unhealthy obsession with Eastern Bloc cars. Current fleet: 4Runner, Integra, Regal, Lada

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23 responses to “Mini with MINI parts is a bad idea”

  1. Vega Avatar
    Vega

    Taste is a rare commodity in Eastern Europe.

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  2. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    <img src="http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/tickford/p1.jpeg&quot; width="500">
    Hi.

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    1. jonathan Avatar
      jonathan

      Still looks better than that Mini/MINI thing.

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    2. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      I'd rather have a cage put on my head, and bees poured in it.

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      1. CherokeeOwner Avatar
        CherokeeOwner

        You and a man named Nic have a lot in common.

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  3. fede6882 Avatar
    fede6882

    the taillights are from a 90s corsa (chevrloet where i live)…
    why use that? MINI or even lifan lights would at least keep with the theme.

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    1. duurtlang_ Avatar
      duurtlang_

      You're right. To be more precise; the 3 door version of the 1993-2000 Opel Corsa B.
      As evidence I'll attach some pictures of the 3 door Corsa B in its average condition in its natural habitat.
      <img src="http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/astrawes/Album%203/0-SAM_5222.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://www.aston-martin.com/files/2013/03/Pink-Corsa-crashed-into-black-Aston-Martin-DBS-1.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  4. Manic Avatar
    Manic

    Rear lights are from a vaux hall Corsa B.

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  5. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    The front looks like a cross between a bad cartoon and a London Taxi.

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  6. mseoul Avatar
    mseoul

    It is very odd piece of work.
    I missed the photo opportunity a few days ago in Korea but imagine this: a tiny Japanese/Korean square box city van, the length iof a real Austin Mini perhaps, fully painted in two-tone old VW Van style, sporting a seemingly genuine "VW" van badge on the front. Somehow, it worked. The paint and emblem made it look just like a tiny VW van.

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    1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
      FuzzyPlushroom

      Here, have a Subaru Sambar.
      <img src="http://www.subarusambar.co.uk/images/subaru_sambar_vw_retro_style_1_2421214434.jpg&quot; width=600>
      This would be a Nanobus, right?

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      1. humblejanitor Avatar
        humblejanitor

        I like this. It's cute. But it's not a Type 2.

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  7. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    <img src="http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/14755334/images/1304117467218.jpg"&gt;
    What I heard in my head when I read that title…
    "Updating a vintage Mini with modern performance parts? Good idea…
    Backdating a Modern MINI with vintage Mini body parts? Bad idea."

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  8. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
    BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

    Looks like a bad Lifan copy, and that is very bad indeed.
    Lifan 320
    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Lifan_320_at_a_dealership_in_China_in_2010.jpg&quot; width="550">

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    1. fede6882 Avatar
      fede6882

      to me, it's always better a bad design that tried to be original, than a lazy copy.
      the lifan looks like they took just 15 minutes to copy the MINI

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  9. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    It looks like it just saw itself in the mirror!
    <img src="http://img01-otomoto.sogastatic.pl/400×300/C28966034_2.jpg"&gt;

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  10. JayP2112 Avatar
    JayP2112

    The kid made a pretty good observation at the British-Euro car show last weekend.
    Old Jags parked next to new Jags. All the TRs were in the same area. The MGA's, B's and C's were there with the TF''s and TC's.
    But the Minis were parked 50 yards away from the MINIs.

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  11. Van_Sarockin Avatar
    Van_Sarockin

    More evidence why cousins shouldn't marry. But, perhaps this is just an awkward phase, before the ugly duckling grows up to become a Traveller?

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  12. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    It's an Austin, no innocenti.

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    1. mdharrell Avatar
      mdharrell

      The poor thing is indeed far from Innocenti, but it's got concealed door hinges, so it's not an Austin, either.

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  13. Rover 1 Avatar
    Rover 1

    I must say what a surprisingly successful attempt at distracting the viewer from how awful the wheels are !

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  14. topdeadcentre Avatar
    topdeadcentre

    Why all the hate? It's really not all that bad, compared to some other crawling horrors we've seen around here…

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    1. dead_elvis Avatar
      dead_elvis

      Yeah, but it's a pretty small car – the suckitude/pound (or should that be per some unit of volume?) rate for this one is off the charts, even if its net suck is less than some of the gems to which you refer.

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