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[Ryan n Angela]

Rear View ish... gives a kind of idea of a Hornet pick up. I think which ever way you go mk1leg its gonna be a big job whether converting the Hornet to pick up or Hornet-ing a pick up. very cool idea but i have to agree with Duggan17. Converting either would be 1 less of either rare beast

 

[DugganC17]

thats why i said go for turning a pickup into a hornet as easier to do and easier to turn back to standard and cutting the roof short on a hornet wil result in the dreaded iva test as would be a radically altered shell

[Ryan n Angela]

the pick up would require a lot of fabrication at the rear though to get the hornet tail end. front is simple to convert really.

on the other hand. doing a hornet would allow you to extend the cabin a couple of inches to rectify the driving position issues in the pick up cab.

[Colinmac1330]

There was one like this on ebay a while back (an elf pickup), half way through the project. It had been roof chopped also though.

[BVY]

I remember seeing one in Mini World years ago where he made the whole back open like a hatch back, so he could fit his drum kit in the back. 

 

Maybe someone on here still has it??

Edited by BVY, 28 October 2013 - 10:54 PM.

[ministar]

Ringo stars!!

 

 

And I would speak to IVA before even thinking about carrying on.. As someone has said previously the mini is a monocoque shell and removing the rear bulkhead is a pretty big modification..

[DugganC17]

yeah have thought a bout it a call will be made to iva before i even think about starting to cut

[mk1leg]

 

 

 

I thinking of a mini Mini pickup.....got the rear window from a scrapped pickup and thinking of putting this in a hornet and fabricate the boot into a tailgate........will hopefully try and start this in the new year and try and finish it by IMM & mini55....

so are you thinking of having the boot open the elements in theory by cuttingthe top of the boot

 

well yes I will be using the rear screen panel and fitting thid as per norman mini pickup and then fitting a new rear of a pickup but cutting it to fit in the confines of the hornet rearseat and boot area....well thats the plans.......

 

A bit like this then mk1leg?

wolseley pick up mock up.jpg

 

not quite......

 

 

wow that looks neat but the load bed for  a pickup isnt cheap (or they werent when i priced it up for my pickup) so wouldnt it be easier and cheaper to swage a larger sheet and then you can make it to the correct size then

I will be making an ally replica floor with mods.....

[Colinmac1330]

Stumbled across this while looking through saved photos

[Colinmac1330]

oops! hopefully here this time

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[Ryan n Angela]

Hey dude, did this idea ever get off the drawing board?

[DugganC17]

i definately havvent forgoten about itbut im jugglng it betweenrestring my pickup aswell and work and college but im getting it to a slid first then will start a thread then

[Ryan n Angela]

i definately havvent forgoten about itbut im jugglng it betweenrestring my pickup aswell and work and college but im getting it to a slid first then will start a thread then

Cool, keep me posted. Really interested to see how its gonna work out. Got a load more pics of the "Shorting Break" hatchback mini now too if your still thinking down them lines.

[DugganC17]

yeah i am still thinking along those lines so any chance to see those pics ?

[DugganC17]

Just been looking a random pics online and see this it's just a saloon with blocked of windows and not a mini minivan as I intend to do but the idea is similar apart from I won't debase am it and will try and incorporate the beading in the side panel to look more retro as well as some retro tens an speedwell blue or a tweed grey

Edited by DugganC17, 14 February 2014 - 10:52 PM.