Project Absurd FINISHED, 3.5L Mid engine Austin Mini

[Oldmopars]

Here is the build thread:

Two rednecks looking out at the back yard full of neglected cars collected from years of doing stupid things. Bubba says to Jim Bob while drinking his beer, "Hey Jim Bob, I betcha we could stuff the V6 from that smashed Plymouth Prowler in the back of the Mini with the blown engine". And so began the project of taking a rather rough and slightly rust ex-race mini and re-powering it with a way too big 253HP Plymouth Prowler V6, mounted mid-ship.

Because the Prowler engine was in the front and the trans was in the rear, I had to remove the adapter housings and mount the engine to the transaxle., thus making it just like a Chrysler LHS sedan engine.

The Mini, being an Ex-Race car had seen better days, so I gave the body a bit of rust and weathering. Because it has sat in Bubba's yard for a few years, the poor car is showing some neglect, but overall not too bad of shape.

Racing harness? Roll Bar? Nope, they have BEER. Who needs that safety stuff. Just gets in the way of the fun.

The last pictures show it next to my Scania 143 that is also 1:24 scale to show just how small this thing is and how absurd putting a 3.5L V6 in it really is.

Enjoy

 

Edited October 4, 2018 by Oldmopars

[landman]

Looks absolutely realistic and I bet it would smoke those little tires to kingdom come.

[Italianhorses]

Cool weathering!

[Foxer]

Very cool. I like how realistic it is!

[bobthehobbyguy]

Love it. Nice work.

[DPNM]

Excellent build!!! Looks realistic. With the radiator up front it doesn't leave much room for cases of beer. Guess they will need to use the Scania for beer runs.

[Rider]

That really turned out great, very nice weathering work. 

[89AKurt]

Very nice job making it realistic, the rust is not overboard and to scale.  And the really cool thing, you finished it!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Vey cool,  I dig it

Edited October 5, 2018 by Modelbuilder Mark

[Koellefornia Kid]

Massively OverPowered! Awesome! Respect!

[Classicgas]

Cool. Nice work. That thing have a hemi? Lol.

[peekay]

Fantastic model, totally believable beater look.

[DumpyDan]

Outstanding build, love the weathering, just how they rust.  NICE!

[olschoolkid]

I really like what you did with this concept. It's definitely thinking outside the box. I never would've thought about putting a mopar engine in a Mini, but it's a neat idea.

[Oldmopars]

Thank you everyone. I had a lot of fun with this one and I think I finished it in about a week I was having so much fun.

Thanks for the comments.

[Scalper]

cool build.. great weathering.. top notch

[cobraman]

Pretty cool model.

[BKF]

Very nice build. Weathering turned out great. Very realistic.

[da Speedinger]

cool - we have similar stupid ideas!

[El Caballo]

Fun build to watch.

[ewetwo]

Great build.

 

[Mike C]

Very nice build!

[vintagercr]

That is really cool and very nice weathering job.

[ChrisR]

COOL!!

[geetee66]

Fantastic! You really did get the weathering right. I've seen thousands of these, here in the U.K. and they really do look like this.

Very nice conversion. I appreciate the work and planning you put in, as I've just completed one myself.