the thing I love the most about that car
really is the reaction to get from other
people people love the car my name's
Chris and this is my classic mini limo
for me the word limo conjures up images
of luxury which isn't really what you
get when you own a mini but chris has
managed to create a vehicle where the
words mini and limo come together this
is the mini limo you'll see that we have
an extra door this door is exactly the
same size door as this one inside we've
got two rear-facing seats these were
donated from a Land Rover Discovery
they're good seats out the back that
fold down the rear seats has actually
been extended by four inches to make it
four inches deeper all right let's take
you for a spin
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because it's got a longer wheelbase
rides bunks more smoothly and it's got a
bit more stability
top speed it'll cruise at about 85
comfortably it costs approximately
thirteen to fourteen thousand pounds to
build them in a limo including the parts
that we used at the time we have a
slightly modified 1275gt engine this has
been bored out to twelve ninety three
and then it's got a long gearbox in it
so then it cruises at a high speed quite
nicely with a few extra trip bits on it
just to give it a bit more power and
what was the reason for building such a
unique mini conversion for love of
course I had a Classic Mini and I joined
a mini Club I met Chris and then then
you asked me out
ago and the rest is history
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I'd say it was my idea thought it would
be a nice wedding car for us seen as the
ministers together but we still got to
find one didn't we so Chris thought he
would just build one easy now I did a
lot of a assembly of the car she built
the one-piece headlining that's in it
and she recovered all the interior
working very later nights working
weekends on it there's a lot of stress
and a lot of expense it was ready three
days before the wedding
it made the wedding who did man away it
made it very personal to us in there
after all the effort building this car
it served a couple well as their family
is expanded it provides the perfect
vehicle for family days out albeit would
be a kaenel difficulty
you don't really want to do a
three-point turn in it eats you really
heavy on the steering
there is no power steering and it's long
we really just want to back it up until
you find somewhere where there's a
supposed to back it into and it's not
just Kristin his family but love the car
it picks up new fans at every turn it
gets a lot of attention wherever you go
people love the car and my kids love it
my wife loves it this car is part of my
life now
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