It is transferred to Vendas Novas in 1984 and is closed down completely by the new owner, Rover Group, in 1989. However, production of the Mini Moke in Portugal only starts up properly in 1983. at 5250 rpm and travelled at a top speed of 121 km/h.ĬKD parts are already being sent from Australia to the British Leyland plant Industria Montagem (IMA) in Setubal from 1980. From October 1967, BMC also supplied the more powerful engine with 998 cc displacement in the pick-up as an option. As with the saloon, BMC marketed the pick-up as Austin and Morris models, distinguished only by their emblems. No chrome trims were fitted to the bodywork and the grille characteristic of the pick-up was simply made of stamped sheet metal painted in the colour of the car. Designed as a utility vehicle, the pick-up was provided with Spartan equipment. The construction of the bodywork was identical with the van up to the B-column and the new pick-up also provided a generous cargo platform. It generated 39 hp at 5250 rpm and travelled at a top speed of 121 km/h.Īlongside the van, the pick-up was the second utility vehicle in the product range of the Mini. The two models were only distinguished by their emblems.Īlongside the van, the pick-up was the second utility vehicle in the product range of the Mini. As with the saloon, BMC marketed the pick-up as Austin and Morris models. Austin and Morris models were simply distinguished by their emblem. Designed as a utility vehicle, the van was provided with Spartan equipment. Even its first version saw more than 12,000 units being produced by 1964.Īustin Seven Pick-up / Austin Mini Pick-upĪfter the British Motor Corporation (BMC) had launched a bodywork variant of the Mini for the first time in January 1960 with the Mini-Van, another utility vehicle in the Mini family was launched on the market with the Mini Pick-up in January 1961. The substantial demand ensured the Austin Mini-Cooper, as it was known from 1962, became a fixed element in the Mini series. It delivered 55 hp at 6000 rpm, had newly developed disc brakes on the front axle and achieved a top speed of 140 km/h. After some intensive persuasion, Cooper triumphed and in 1961 the Austin Seven Cooper was launched on the public stage. As far as they were concerned, the Mini was an affordable and practical small car, but it wasn't a potential sports car. However, the British Motor Corporation (BMC) was sceptical about the idea of a works-tuned Mini-Cooper. Successful racing-car designer John Cooper was quickly won over by the sporty potential of the Austin Seven.
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