Interesting Mini.

[B7]

A pre BMW BMW Mini. By Rover........

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-COL ... _754wt_721

[harry_p]

From a time when bmw owned rover, and they engineered the car together.

I don't think anyone has ever said the mini was an entirely bmw vehicle

I know people who worked at long bridge at the time and designed various parts of the interior. British designed with bmws money and quality control, they knew they were into a winner which is why they kept it when they binned off the rest of mg / rover!

Its no coincidence the mini uses the same wheel pcd and centre bore as the bubble shape rover 200

[DanThe]

Its defo a Rover design, you only have to attempt to work on one to realise that!

[Speedtouch]

I see the same seller is also selling another quite special Mini - DeTomaso version:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-COL ... 7675.l4066

[Speedtouch]

Admittedly, it does look similar to the Talbot Samba.

[bss325i]

The R50 Mini has a lot of BMW mechanical and electrical layout to it.

The electrical system (along with the Rover 75) is E46 based and both the Mini and 75 have Z axles ala E36/E46 although slightly different as they are FWD.

I've virtually reshelled an R50 Mini cooper and i dont think i have seen a single Rover part on one.

[bab-91]

Could be worth money to the right sort of pervert....

[daimlerman]

There's little doubt that BMW bought into Rover for the FWD technology,this early pre production shell shows just how close Rover got.It would have been a little lame with a K series engine,though!

[Speedtouch]

http://sniffpetrol.com/2013/11/21/bmw-p ... ch-policy/