« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2015, 10:47:38 AM »
Its not. Its a Type 14 or 15, like the pair we collected from Trysul a few years ago. The Mk15 had uprated front suspension from the Mk14 carried over from the Mk12. All had central spar chassis, not dissimilar to the Mk12.
The Type 70 was developed out of the Mk14/15. It gained the plateform chassis and the Steyr Puch engine / Salisbury drive after supply of the Fiat 500 engine failed. The rear suspension is straight Fiat 126. You will notice that the Mk14/15 does not have enlarged rear wings for the 10 inch wheels that replaced the 12 inch wheels used with the Villiers. (Thought the Fiat and Steyr used 12 inch wheels rather than 10 inch!) This required a adaption so Girling brakes and Mini wheels could be fitted. So to gear up the Type 70 you could go to 12 inch skinnies, which would see something over 80 mph up!
That said I think you could convert the Mk14/15 to fit a Type 70 chassis. But really it needs to be an example that has the floor hanging, or the engine robbed. The Mk14/15 is much rarer than the Type 70. I no longer own nor control the massed ranks of Mk12 that were here. I discharged my duty and returned the buyers their expenditure, as promised. Simon Mackoen now has the residual cars. So you might get a Mk12 shell off him.
This example for sale looks OK and wants bought.
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