Don't worry I wasn't accusing you of making it up, just genuinely interested.. I am a huge mini fan (first two cars I owned were minis) and that fireball car is mental! Little investigation shows it has had bottom end and transmission work though, which is only sensible.. or as sensible as you can get in a 10 second mini

It's uncanny too how similar the stories are to the old golf IHI kits when you dig into the history of it all. Pictures of conrods blown out the side of the block galore
