I guess.. Would just be a lot of money to spend for.. The same as what you had

Because it seems that no one has ever done it, I will be modding a 1275 to go with the rwd, I'm thinking twinky, efi, small turbo.

Thanks again for the info, been reading those articles with a lot of interest.

Paddy

If you want a 1275 and rear wheel drive just buy a Sprite or a Midget.

Yes, you'd want to take the drive directly from the output pinion in the gearbox. The 4wd Mokes passed the drive through the crownwheel of the diff then out the rear, but if you didn't need a front diff you'd run the drive through bevel gears straight out the back. It would need some good machining though.

From a purely theoretical engineering standpoint its quite interesting to think about, but as the others have said, its a heck of a lot of effort to go to to make a crap car from a good car.

Tim

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You know, the easiest way is probably a chain drive...

Yeah, I was thinking that, but there would be as much, if not more, engineering to design a housing for the sprocket to keep the oil in the gearbox and the chain would be so long that it would need something to support it to stop it slapping and sagging down. It wouldn't take much stretch to make a mess of it.

A shaft drive is much tidier.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Take the chain drive off the outside of the diff housing and not straight off the pinion. You might need to remove the steering rack and half the floorpan to give adequate clearance but I can't see any major problems.

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Cut the firewall out. Fit 1275 from a midget, regret deeply.

I can only imagine that a short wheelbase and rwd would make the mini a demon for handling. Twin engined minis aren't known for their predictability (some were known for their sucidal tendencies) you will miss the understeer after it becomes horrendous oversteer.

Special Tuning built a 4WD Clubman GT up for rallycross in the '70s but it had major reliability problems. A while back MinWorld did a story on it - it was recovered from a barn an few years ago and has now been restored in the UK and the powertrain 'upgraded' to make it more viable.

There was also a Mini Sports Sedan that used to run at Oran Park that had a Holden motor up front driving through the rear wheels.

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1970 Mk2 Cooper S (1310)
1978 Rover SD1 V8 (4.6)
1996 Land Rover Discovery V8 (4.0)