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Re: Mini Convertibles...

To: pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@medtron.medtronic.COM (Philip J Ethier)
Subject: Re: Mini Convertibles...
From: nigel@socs.uts.EDU.AU
Date: Fri, 29 May 92 9:09:43 EST
> 
> >Aparently the Convertible is a fiberglass body
> with a Targa type roll bar.
> 
> What are they using for a frame?  Moke? :-)
> 

        Minis don't have frames as such. Mini bodies are monocoque, they
are load-bearing. In the case of the mini, there are front and rear sub-
frames which hold the suspension and engine/transmission. The moke body
style is the same (although it is a little less stiff than a mini sedan).
All the fiberglass mini bodies work the same as the steel ones, they hold
the front and rear sub-frames together, and keep the occupants off the
terra-firma.

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    Nigel Pearson, research dog's-body @ University of Technology, Sydney.

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