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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #225 on: Wednesday,August 10, 2016, 05:20:41 AM »
It doesn't look like it's going anywhere soon!

Do you know who did it and/or why?

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #226 on: Wednesday,August 10, 2016, 07:50:15 AM »
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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #227 on: Wednesday,August 10, 2016, 08:13:28 AM »
Yep and seen similar in the UK, usually not a real car as such, a moulded shell with real trim bits. Hence the black glass as nothing inside (usually).
Even F1 teams have show cars which made just for show too (not normally cut in half)
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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #228 on: Wednesday,August 10, 2016, 09:12:47 AM »
 :)

Here's the view from the other side......

(this one is ex BL motor show exhibit I think, to show how you could fit a family of 4 plus luggage in the original mini.....  people were obviously smaller in the olden days !

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #229 on: Wednesday,August 10, 2016, 10:31:45 PM »
I work for Red Bull now and I had this done for one of our new buildings it's made from one of our decommissioned sampling Mini's

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #230 on: Wednesday,August 10, 2016, 10:33:55 PM »
Other photo angles

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #231 on: Wednesday,August 10, 2016, 10:45:37 PM »
Very neat cutting there !

Does your new job mean the Europa will be "getting wings" ?     :)

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(the Red Bull adverts over here say "Red Bull gives you wings" in case that didn't make sense)

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #232 on: Monday,August 15, 2016, 09:15:27 PM »
Wings or maybe a can for the top

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #233 on: Monday,August 15, 2016, 09:44:35 PM »
I know where you can get a mermaid rear engine cover...

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #234 on: Saturday,October 19, 2019, 04:33:34 PM »

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #235 on: Saturday,October 19, 2019, 04:54:29 PM »
Welcome back, John! I enjoyed that video! It was great to see the enhancements you made since it was delivered to you.

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #236 on: Sunday,October 20, 2019, 07:49:52 PM »
This is not an exotic car.  Sure it looks like a million dollars, but with an 87 HP engine on the S2, it ain't exotic class.  If they had built it as a 300HP monster, like an Alpine or a Cobra, it might have gotten there, but as it is, it falls in the cute and fun category at best.

The Foos rebuild could have been truly exotic, if that were the production version.

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #237 on: Monday,October 21, 2019, 02:40:42 AM »
I liked all the custom work done to John’s Europa. AND, I really liked the complete story or reality of what it took to finish the car that made it able to driven on the street. Appreciate all the insights John. Nice !

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #238 on: Monday,October 21, 2019, 09:25:15 AM »
Yeah, I reckon once you get used to the changes, it looks really good.
The best mod IMHO is the "rounding off" treatment just aft of the side windows.

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #239 on: Monday,October 21, 2019, 08:02:27 PM »
This is not an exotic car.  Sure it looks like a million dollars, but with an 87 HP engine on the S2, it ain't exotic class.  If they had built it as a 300HP monster, like an Alpine or a Cobra, it might have gotten there, but as it is, it falls in the cute and fun category at best.

The Foos rebuild could have been truly exotic, if that were the production version.

The car has 320 HP  :huh: