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[Rosslin Racing]

has anyone out in mini land got info on how these minis were built.
i have seen a few photos from the outside and you can see the car is low, what i want to know is how did he lower the front by the large amount he did.

[pickmeup]

I owned the maguire that was featured in miniworld many moons ago, i thnk it was 96? Ive got some photos of it, the subframe was heavily modified to cut down the towers to lower the COG and raise the engine up hence the hig bonet
Im currently building a semi spaceframe maguire which im unfortunately going to have to sell to und buying a flat, if you want any photos I will try and dig them out!

TDK racing currently have the moulds to make a maguire including the spaceframes!

[olds_kool_lews]

i very very nearly bought one of these a few years ago off ebay for £600, it was a mid 70s clubman in blue, cut and modified for the track, i was gonna try get it on the road, but the guy pulled the auction a few minutes before it was due to finish, i was gutted! would of loved to have got it on the road, would of definatly turned some heads! lol

[mk1leg]

Yes its a Space framed with a ally come fibre glass shell poped over frame, uses a beam axel at rear and a cut down front sub, with an 1380 8 port head, 140bhp approx ....we used to race one over here in the early 80 up our Bouley Bay hill climb...................

[mab01uk]

Some pictures of the spaceframe in this thread:

http://www.16vminicl...ead.php?t=17316

[Ivor Badger]

The rules allowed the shell to be modified below the wheel centres. So when TS made the frame, the base of the frame was in line with the sill flange under the door. the subframe towers were cut down and the bolted onto the frame, at the wrong angle by the way. The towers didn't matter or cutting them down lowering the overall hieght, it was just a way of tucking in the coil spring dampers. So basically looking inside a standard mini, the floor was at the height of the top of the seat cross member.

If the Maguire mini you looked at a few years ago was in the Reading area, I suspect it was the one I looked at on Ebay and it wasn't a Maguire mini

[Rosslin Racing]

Thanks for all the info, I have been following the K conversion over on 16V, intresting photos it was the subframe and steering rack that was giving me a headache! The R1 that i am building at the moment wants a very low front and i wanted to keep as much suspension movement as possible

[Rosslin Racing]

I owned the maguire that was featured in miniworld many moons ago, i thnk it was 96? Ive got some photos of it, the subframe was heavily modified to cut down the towers to lower the COG and raise the engine up hence the hig bonet
Im currently building a semi spaceframe maguire which im unfortunately going to have to sell to und buying a flat, if you want any photos I will try and dig them out!

TDK racing currently have the moulds to make a maguire including the spaceframes!

photos of your car would be of help I might even win the pools and buy it off you

[mini-man-dan]

I owned the maguire that was featured in miniworld many moons ago, i thnk it was 96? Ive got some photos of it, the subframe was heavily modified to cut down the towers to lower the COG and raise the engine up hence the hig bonet
Im currently building a semi spaceframe maguire which im unfortunately going to have to sell to und buying a flat, if you want any photos I will try and dig them out!

TDK racing currently have the moulds to make a maguire including the spaceframes!

Was just about to say Gaz owns a semi-spaced framed one, but he's beat me to it!
When are you thinking of selling it Gaz?
Dan

[olds_kool_lews]

The rules allowed the shell to be modified below the wheel centres. So when TS made the frame, the base of the frame was in line with the sill flange under the door. the subframe towers were cut down and the bolted onto the frame, at the wrong angle by the way. The towers didn't matter or cutting them down lowering the overall hieght, it was just a way of tucking in the coil spring dampers. So basically looking inside a standard mini, the floor was at the height of the top of the seat cross member.

If the Maguire mini you looked at a few years ago was in the Reading area, I suspect it was the one I looked at on Ebay and it wasn't a Maguire mini

it might of been, it was blue, and it was a steel shell, so might of been a looky likey, had 13" revos in white, looked nice but needed los of work

[pickmeup]

heres the link to my current semi spaceframe on 16v, i think if you are looking at a blue clubman with white revos this could be it! I will be selling it in March probably as I need to sell it before i move into the flat and give the goverment a couple of grand for the privelage

Semi Spaceframe Maguire

[Rosslin Racing]

thanks for that, i have been following your project for a while now.