For the LALD peeps

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 03/17/2018 at 10:34 • Filed to: lald

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My younger sister wants a Riley Elf. (My fault). For those unfamiliar, it’s a Mini with moar fancy and a “boot”. I just got her a diecast of one for her birthday.

On left. It’s a used 1:43 scale Vitesse, seen here with a <1:48 Matchbox Mini. There are very few models of the Elf in existence, so I was lucky to find even this one.

Here they are from behind:

You can see where the trunk adds on relative to the normal Mini. The Vitesse is Chinese, but has some very nice features. In particular, a decal dash (though this one is peeling), a chrome exhaust stub, and quite realistic tires and wheels.

shop-teacher > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/17/2018 at 11:00

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Cool! I had no idea these existed.

Shared to LaLD.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > shop-teacher 03/17/2018 at 11:08

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There were two versions of FancyHood ExtendoButt Minis that were made, the Riley Elf and the Wolseley Hornet. IIRC neither outlived the sixties, because their parent marques got the ax. They were much nicer inside than the base Mini, as was the LHD Mini made by Innocenti in Italy.

Grindintosecond > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/17/2018 at 11:16

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Talk to tttyyymmmmm (however he spells it) about importing one through san Antonio pet of entry. Also check minimanias for sale section. Minis, clubmans, other things show up time to time at good prices.

smobgirl > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/17/2018 at 11:17

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I’m starring for ExtendoButts but would like to correct you to “Kardashiass”

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > smobgirl 03/17/2018 at 11:32

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It was the sixties. A simpler time, when advanced Kardashiass technologies had not developed and people had to craft ExtendoButts by hand. PEOPLE DIED.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/17/2018 at 11:44

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On of the cool facts about the Lane is they have Minis from 4 countries I think. Italy(Innocente), GB(Austin and Morris), Chili(fiberglass mini), and Germany(MINI)