Timo Makinen with his Monte Carlo Cooper L408 AUE
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58163: Rover Mini Cooper Rally
Status: Runner
Date: 7-Jan-2006
Comments: 3
Status: Runner
Date: 7-Jan-2006
Comments: 3
I bought this M01 new many years ago and its been well used & enjoyed. I have now restored it, and treated it to a new Monte Carlo shell - plus a super rare Tech Racing rollcage and driver. The rollcage mounts on to the resistor location, and the original bodymount posts. The driver's head then screws into the rollcage (ouch - painful !). The tyres have been given the chop-&-glue Rally Block treatment before the M-chassis versions were available as a Tamiya optional part.
I contacted the Mini Cooper Register who kindly sourced some private archive photos of the car so I could replicate Timo Makinen's overalls accurately to make it look even more like the 1994 Monte Carlo entry this model is based on.
Monte Carlo Cooper L408 AUE with Timo Makinen
The actual (1:1) Mini in action
Rallyblock tyres - bodyshell needed raising
Rallyblock tyres - thanks to tips on TC Forum
Now with added rare Tamiya Undercowl (painted)
Comments
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Very very VERY nice!
OCD
Excellent job you have done re-creating this classic racer! All you need now is a little dirt
scollins
This is really cool, I have never seen this tamiya hop-up rollbar set before- NICE!
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