"TheJacobJones" (fartyjr)
10/02/2014 at 13:07 • Filed to: Project Binky
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"TheJacobJones" (fartyjr)
10/02/2014 at 13:07 • Filed to: Project Binky | 3
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Seriously, these guys are crazy. But good crazy, because most people would shy away from dropping a Toyota Celica GT-Four drivetrain into an old Mini. Not these guys. And they call it (JC Pause) Project Binky.
These guys, more specifically Nik Blackhurst and Richard Brunning, run Bad Obsession Motorsport out of Shropshire England. From looking around their !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , they do tuning, fabrication, and other cool stuff. Oh and of course awesome custom projects. Besides Project Binky, they've done another (much less crazy) Mini, a Ford Anglia restoration, and a RWD Peugeot 206, so they've got some solid experience under their belts.
This is their goal for Project Binky:
Take one rotten 1980 Mini 1000 and one Toyota Celica GT-Four and use all their guile, cunning and skill to graft them together to create a Frankenstein's monster of a car.
I like the sound of that.
They're documenting the whole project in classy twentyish minute videos. They popped up in the recommended section of my YouTube page and I watched all of them last night. Initially, I thought that it would be a somewhat straightforward project, but I couldn't be further off. The amount of fabrication, grinding, and welding they've done so far is ridiculous and taken quite a long time, but the results so far are awesome. There's also some lovely, quirky British humor throughout the series which is a welcome element. Listening to them just talking about what they're doing would be a lot less entertaining.
Anyway, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . It'll make you want to go tear apart your car and jam a Veyron drivetrain in it or something. And if anyone on here is nearby their place, stop in and give them a shoutout from us here on Oppo.
Photo from Bad Obsession Motorsport
BATC42
> TheJacobJones
10/02/2014 at 13:13 |
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Yes, yes, yes! I've been following them for the past year, this project is just insanely awesome! And the work and the engineering they're putting in the car is astounding!
Mattbob
> TheJacobJones
10/02/2014 at 13:15 |
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I watched all these the other day! Its wild what they have done. I think all that is left of the original mini are the window sills and the roof at this point. I wonder when the next one will come out. There seems to be pretty big gaps between the videos time wise.
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TheJacobJones
> BATC42
10/02/2014 at 13:43 |
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I know right? It's going to be the highest quality and best built Mini around.
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TheJacobJones
> Mattbob
10/02/2014 at 13:43 |
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Hopefully soon.
Svend
> TheJacobJones
10/02/2014 at 22:18 |
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Just been watching some of these. I'm half way through the third one now.
Paused to make a pitt stop.
Bad Obsession Motorsport
> TheJacobJones
10/03/2014 at 04:17 |
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Thanks very much for the feature! We're constantly amazed by how many people are watching us go through this crazy build. Never expected such a great reaction. Had no video production experience whatsoever going into it so we're kind of making it up as we go along. Thanks for watching and spreading the word!
Cheers,
Richard - Bad Obsession Motorsport
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TheJacobJones
> Bad Obsession Motorsport
10/03/2014 at 13:54 |
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No problem! Keep up the good work.