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are you selling your Moke
I've just been on eBay UK and I have a question - Is that your Moke that's just come up for sale Phil ?
It is in your neck of the woods after all
It is in your neck of the woods after all
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Hmm, even mine was in seemingly MUCH better condition than that one.
If it is this one : ber: 130080072819
I may be going under a false belief but I was led to believe that the Aussie Moke was more robust than the Mini Mokes that were made in England.
Com'n Carrie/Phil that one seems ideal for a base to put Roy's restoration guide to great use.
If it is this one : ber: 130080072819
I may be going under a false belief but I was led to believe that the Aussie Moke was more robust than the Mini Mokes that were made in England.
Com'n Carrie/Phil that one seems ideal for a base to put Roy's restoration guide to great use.
Having a moking good time!
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Doug its not the Australian Mokes that are more robust (apart from the late galvanised ones) its the weather. Britains salty roads eat everything up.
I have just received my 47 year old Mini Traveller. It has spent its whole life in inland Australia and won't need any panels replacing (it has a couple of small holes but nothing bigger than about an inch in diameter).
Tim
I have just received my 47 year old Mini Traveller. It has spent its whole life in inland Australia and won't need any panels replacing (it has a couple of small holes but nothing bigger than about an inch in diameter).
Tim
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. . spent its whole life in . . the outback. Are you sure that the holes, nothing bigger than about an inch in diameter, are not bullet holes ?????Tim wrote:Doug its not the Australian Mokes that are more robust (apart from the late galvanised ones) its the weather. Britains salty roads eat everything up.
I have just received my 47 year old Mini Traveller. It has spent its whole life in inland Australia and won't need any panels replacing (it has a couple of small holes but nothing bigger than about an inch in diameter).
Tim
Seriously though it sounds like it is in very good condition, particularly for its age.
Having a moking good time!
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Don't worry Doug, not the outback, Canberra our nations capital, famous for dry cold winters and lots of hot air.Doug G wrote: . . spent its whole life in . . the outback. Are you sure that the holes, nothing bigger than about an inch in diameter, are not bullet holes ?????
Course you can, theres a 1978 Aussie moke on ebay with 10" mini wheels fitted.Nigel Jones wrote: Can you put English wheels (the real proper ones) on Aussie Mokes?...........I don't think so!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mini-Moke-1978_W ... dZViewItem
It looks pretty stupid because they still have the flared arches and the extended rear guards, but the old 10" Mini drums are still there under the 13" wheels.
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Now Tim, it's well known that the early Aussie Mokes are really leftover English ones. Later ones with flared arches using the English drum brakes are simply still using the best engineering available to them at the time.
Then someone designed the Metro............it ruined everything!
Apart from bigger wheels, bigger engines, better seats, better hoods, galvanising, seat belts, better ground clearance, more instruments and more macho image............what did we ever get from the Aussie Mokes?
Jim Lambert's view on this is interesting............ and from someone who, after using leftover Aussie Mokes, came up with the non beach-going beach car, the Portuguese Moke!
I'll let you comment on that.
Then someone designed the Metro............it ruined everything!
Apart from bigger wheels, bigger engines, better seats, better hoods, galvanising, seat belts, better ground clearance, more instruments and more macho image............what did we ever get from the Aussie Mokes?
Jim Lambert's view on this is interesting............ and from someone who, after using leftover Aussie Mokes, came up with the non beach-going beach car, the Portuguese Moke!
I'll let you comment on that.
After 28 years, not Mokeless any more!
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