"bshappy" (bshappy)
05/10/2018 at 15:08 • Filed to: None
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"bshappy" (bshappy)
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Always cool to get a notification that Jalopnik tagged you in a post. Saw this guy outside a comedy club in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago. Very interesting use of a Clubman.
And (shameless plug) if you like old trucks follow me on insta @trucksofthehamptons
AuthiCooper1300
> bshappy
05/10/2018 at 15:13 |
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As I commented there, the funny part is that it is an Australian Clubman ‘shell. Not exactly common.
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bshappy
> AuthiCooper1300
05/10/2018 at 15:22 |
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Is that right? I had done a little research trying to figure out exactly what it was but mid 70s Clubman was as far as I got. It has a “MINI special” badge on the back which I’m not sure the significance of.
How can you tell its Australian?
HammerheadFistpunch
> bshappy
05/10/2018 at 15:22 |
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I was mad they didn’t use the one I tagged, then I remembered that my IG is private on account of the countless spam accounts. oh well.
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bshappy
> HammerheadFistpunch
05/10/2018 at 15:24 |
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What’s your insta? One day I’m going to take my 40 out west and do some overlanding. One day.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> bshappy
05/10/2018 at 15:31 |
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same as here.
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AuthiCooper1300
> bshappy
05/10/2018 at 15:35 |
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The main bodyshell has external hinges for the doors. UK BMC/BL Mk2 round-nose bodyshells were the last ones with those. All UK Clubmans, therefore, had Mk3/Mk4 shells with internal hinges.
Doors have wind-up windows (instead of sliding ones as in UK Mk1s and Mk2s round-nose shells) and a little (fixed, I think) quarterlight pane.
Most importantly in 1969 or 1970 Australian Design Rules made it compulsory to fit burst-proof door locks. Which is why the door handle looks so startlingly modern.
just-a-scratch
> bshappy
04/17/2019 at 00:46 |
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So are you a fan of NPR’s Ask Me Another, which records at The Bellhouse? Why might I think of that based on the car picture? Well, I went there a while back and took this crappy picture.
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bshappy
> just-a-scratch
04/17/2019 at 07:21 |
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It is hard to miss!
I listen to a half dozen NPR pods but not that one actually. I will check it out.