Mini Cooper "The Yellow Dart"

1969 through 1970s this pickup was a personal airline jet luggage truck in UK. Beat to hell and saved a previous owner in the 1980s. After bastardized by several other owners, I finally brought it back to life.
In 2000 February this car was purchased. The vehicle was supposably "restored," but was done poorly. I stripped every ounce of paint off of it and replaced 80 percent of the metal on teh vehicle. It was rusted away from tailgate to the lower firewall. Took 2.5 years to restore. Custom hand rolled bed, bulkhead, rear subframe support beams etc..
The Austin Mini Pickup was built from 1961-1982 with a total production of 58,179. There are very few still left and even fewer in the States.

***********Modifications*************

Engine
*Cooper S Block Bored to .060 over.
*73mm throw crank
*11cc Dished hepolite pistons
*Dual timing chain
*Center bolt main
*649 racing/grind cam
*Single Hif 1.75” carb
*Port and polished racing Longman Head
*alloy water pump
*1.3 Roller lifters
*ARP head bolts
*2 piece Header setup
*Super 2 core Radiator with tropical fan
*1 15/16” exhaust with dual outlets
*Urethane motor mounts

Suspension
*lowered 2.5” with fully adjustable trumpets
*13x7 minilites with 175/50/13 Sumitomo
*Late model 8.4”rotors with dual piston calipers

Transmission
*Later model A+ transmission 2.91 final differential
*Later model linkage

Interior
(Still under construction.)
*Currently corbeau seats
*Custom hand made Red oak dash and console
*Removable Steering wheel
*Hand made custom Carpet Loop Pile thick nylon with deaden mesh on the back
*Hand made baby soft vinyl headliner

Exterior
*Painted Lexus IS300 Yellow
*Fitted with a custom Zeemax Mini Pickup Body Kit
*Fiberglass Tailgate
*Dual running light grill
*Fully Removeable Front Clip
I am sure there is more to list but this is off the top of my head This was all done by me and some help of my father.

Now 10'9" of yellowness!

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