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20 Apr 2021, 12:24 (Ref:4046868)
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Rotel Porsche Mini
Does anyone have any images of the Rotel Race Team Porsche-engined Mini ? I've found a few but I'm sure there are more out there.
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20 Apr 2021, 12:25 (Ref:4046870)
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Rotel Mini
Another one
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21 Apr 2021, 08:25 (Ref:4047020)
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I've never heard of this one before. Looks purposeful!
Looks like it's Swedish. Do you have any more info on it such as when it was built/raced. Successes. Where is it now? Spec. |
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22 Apr 2021, 11:57 (Ref:4047275)
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From - https://www.classicandsportscar.com/...t-racing-minis
5. Rotel Mini-Porsche Perhaps the most extreme Mini-based racing car ever made was this tubular-framed ‘silhouette’ Super Saloon built at the behest of Tore Helle’s ambitious Rotel equipe. That said, there wasn’t much actual Mini within. The car was mapped out by prolific pen-for-hire Len Terry. With a CV that included the Indy 500-conquering Lotus 38, not to mention the sublime Eagle-Weslake Grand Prix car, this was an oddball project, to put it mildly. Helle had previously commissioned Terry to design the Viking Formula Three car, before changing tack and asking him to draw a spaceframe chassis for a Mini packing – cue disbelief – a Porsche 935 flat-six engine sited amidships. The car appeared in early 1978 and was raced sporadically in Sweden into 1979, mostly with young charger Conny Ljungfeldt at the wheel. Its subsequent fate remains a mystery, however. |
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23 Apr 2021, 14:57 (Ref:4047546)
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Love to see or read more about this.
Graham. |
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23 Apr 2021, 16:52 (Ref:4047562)
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A bit about it here: https://www.pressreader.com/ . And it was raced in Sweden, but the article doesn't say anything about it's success or not. And it was designed by Len Terry, and was his last project.
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23 Apr 2021, 20:09 (Ref:4047595)
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23 Apr 2021, 20:39 (Ref:4047599)
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A 935 engine!
About 350 bhp in nothing but a bubble of weight. Hard work I think. |
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24 Apr 2021, 11:29 (Ref:4047649)
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Wonderful story and enjoyable press article. Thanks for the link. Much better than a R5 Turbo.
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