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  1. 17th January 2013, 12:00 AM #31
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    Hi Chris. I believe I have some photo's of the monster Mini at the Desert Challenge when I competed over there. Shows the undercarriage, under the side sills with the Carbon Fibre panel removed and in the "boot" where the spare tyres are. All space-frame tubing "chassis", Carbon Fibre bodywork and Titanium bits. Also stands head and shoulders higher than a Mini!

    The rules are extremely complex but there is a "Production" class that is very, very limited in what changes you can make. The best place Production car sitting around 15th in the cars. (I think it's a Toymota Prado or similar).

    The buggies get 2WD, much more wheel travel, ability to change tyre pressure on board, etc. I'll see if I can come up with a summary, but cars aren't my strong point.

    I'm also hopeful that Macman on here, that is at the Dakar doing photo-journo duties for the GHR Honda team, may have some photo's of the Land Rover team this year. I'll be prodding him to post a few up. I was looking forward to seeing those Bowler things this year, until work schedule changed and my plans along it.

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  2. 17th January 2013, 09:47 AM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by JayBoRover View Post
    I'm also hopeful that Macman on here, that is at the Dakar doing photo-journo duties for the GHR Honda team, may have some photo's of the Land Rover team this year. I'll be prodding him to post a few up. I was looking forward to seeing those Bowler things this year, until work schedule changed and my plans along it.

    Cheers
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    Sadly JayBo the budget wouldn't accommodate me being anywhere other than home for Dakar. Glenn calls most days but photos have been very hard to come by.
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    some interesting times in the last stage, but good to hear an aussie won a stage.

    Australian wins Dakar stage - Speedcafe
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  4. 17th January 2013, 07:29 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacMan View Post
    Sadly JayBo the budget wouldn't accommodate me being anywhere other than home for Dakar. Glenn calls most days but photos have been very hard to come by.
    Ah that's a shame. For some reason I thought you'd gone over too. Maybe if Glenn had bought a truck with only one spare wheel and just used a normal car for the support crew instead of an Audi Q7, he'd have the money for a team photo-journo. Maybe next time.
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  5. 17th January 2013, 07:40 PM #35
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    Speaking of photo-journos...

    Boston Big Picture 2013 Dakar

    So good...
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    Sorry for the "non Land Rover" content, but the Bowler LRs didn't come to the Desert Challenge when I was there, so we get Monster Mini's instead.




    Twin shocks.


    Quite tall with a raised roof that spreads fresh air.


    Spares, and lots of special bits and space frame chassis.


    Trick stuff hides under the Carbon Fibre skin of the sills:



    Lots of people to crawl all over it every time it stops:


    Lots of spares of course:



    This is just the service/support truck. The race trucks are basically hollow.


    I can't wait to get back out there with them all. Be a looong wait to December but it'll go waaay too quickly I fear!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JayBoRover View Post
    Ah that's a shame. For some reason I thought you'd gone over too. Maybe if Glenn had bought a truck with only one spare wheel and just used a normal car for the support crew instead of an Audi Q7, he'd have the money for a team photo-journo. Maybe next time.
    They're ready to torch the Audi actually. Complete POS for the job description. It has nearly every warning light showing, gets hot, has road car suspension, cramped space for the passengers and they'd have chosen a bog standard Hilux if they knew what it was going to be like.
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    I would love to be part of the support crew (let alone drive!) - I don't imagine it would be easy, but it would definately be fulfilling
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
    The MINI certainly doesn't bear any resemblance to any MINI you can buy off the showroom floor!
    In the 2012 Dakar coverage they did an article on the Monster Minis. Something like only 7 components inherited from the showroom mini. From memory, they only included the windscreen, door handles, headlights or tail lights and some of the dash. Whole vehicle is wider and higher than the standard car.

    And there's continued rumours that the Great Walls are nothing more than rebadged BMWs. The specs are strikingly similar.
    '95 110 300TDI, F&R ARB Lockers, Twine Shower, Aux Sill Tank, Snorkel, Cargo barrier, 9 seats, swingaway wheel carrier, MadMan EMS2
    '85 110 Isuzu NA 4BE1 3.6l Diesel, 0.996 LT-95, Rear Maxi (SOLD)
    '76 SIII 109" Nissan ED33 5-SP Nissan GBox (SOLD)
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