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Old 11 Jan 2024, 11:28 (Ref:4191417)   #1
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BUFI Mowog Twin engined mini special?

I have been asked to draw a plaque to Tony and Pat Fisher who ran in the 70's a successful twin engined mini special in autocross known as the BUFi car built by Tony and long time friend Dave Butterworth.

I have a technical sectioned sketch of the car off AROnline.

Anyone have one of the car in action at all please?
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Think I've cracked it.
The car was featured in Oct 1968 Hotcar magazine (I was still at school!) so have found a copy on ebay. Car was on the front cover.

I saw the car in the metal in Tony's garage way back, about 2009, around his death.

Not sure what happened after that, I know Barrie Wizzo Williams went to sort the garage out after Tony's passing.
Barry was a good friend of Pat and Tony.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7ygAA...zkh/s-l500.jpg

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Graham, have you seen this?

From https://www.aronline.co.uk/opinion/b...er-twini-mini/



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Yes, saw that yesterday, but for the plaque I'm doing I need a simpler drg, the sign maker will not deal with that detail.
The pic on the front of the Hotcar magazine is just right, there will be more in the magazine article arriving in a week's time.

When I saw the car last it certainly was not as smart as the picture!

Plaque needs to be ready for mid March so ok for time.
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Yes, saw that yesterday, but for the plaque I'm doing I need a simpler drg, the sign maker will not deal with that detail.
The pic on the front of the Hotcar magazine is just right, there will be more in the magazine article arriving in a week's time.

When I saw the car last it certainly was not as smart as the picture!

Plaque needs to be ready for mid March so ok for time.
I was going to say I remembered the car being featured in a magazine (when I was at school too), and would have said CCC was the one in question. Now you say it, I do remember it was Hot Car (and I may still have my copy in the loft!).
I did see it in action once and it was spectacular. An anorak fact is that I seem to remember it used a manual gearbox for the front wheel drive part, and an auto for the rear...
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Indeed it did, the rear unit eventually chimed-in to the front at some time...
A car that has 'Tony Fisher' written all over it.

A very pleasant man to have know.
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