It's a Mini JIm, but not as we know it.....

Started by MiniDave, June 16, 2019, 11:22:26 AM

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MiniDave

Complete failure at retirement

1989 Cooper Racing Green
2009 Clubman S
2014 Audi Allroad

BruceK

Quote from: MiniDave on June 16, 2019, 11:22:26 AM
To use Bruce's intro..... ;D


I may have borrowed the intro from Star Trek.   ;D

Very interesting little tractor. As Spock would say: "fascinating".     Too bad we didn't get to see it run.
1988 Austin Mini
2002 MINI Cooper S
1992 Toyota LiteAce (JDM)
1997 Jeep Wrangler Sahara

MiniDave

I thought it was interesting how they got 4wd by turning the engine sideways, but they didn't explain how they got the steering to work - IE they said it had Herald differentials front and rear - those wouldn't have steering knuckles on them, and the one in the front would be working backwards - maybe that's why it was limited to 20 mph? That and the compounding of ratios - a diff running into another diff would give really low speeds.
Complete failure at retirement

1989 Cooper Racing Green
2009 Clubman S
2014 Audi Allroad