Berry Mini-T UltraVW article

[Pine]

In response to Ron's project thread for Gill's buggy, click on page to enlarge

[Ron&Gill]

Thanks, Pine. I see quite a few of those pics come from the buggy archives site, I have them and a bunch of others on my harddrive. I'll read it in the morning, it's bed time now... There's one buggy that looks a lot like the MiniT, I think it was called an Action Buggy, it has the rear fenders that curve back down unlike the MiniT's that curve up. Like the green one and the two last ones in the article. I don't know if they were made by the same company. I'll research that later. Thanks again, any luck finding that movie??

[Pine]

Thanks again, any luck finding that movie??

Nope, they say Debbie hasn't been to Dallas for ages

[Ron&Gill]

Here's a pic of the classic MiniT with its canopy, and one of a MiniT that has been ...er... modernised. They look quite different.

Classic MiniT.jpg

Mod MiniT.jpg

[Ron&Gill]

And then...

As they mentioned in the article, Berry made a 4 seater LWB called the Maxi T

MaxiT.jpg

And then they also built the Maxi Taxi, with doors...

Maxi Taxi.jpg

[ZeroAxe]

The C-Cab canopy gives it s nice 'Cartoon look'. Something you will catch Noddy in....

[VWCrazy]

Might this be one?

t ford vw.jpg

[Ron&Gill]

I certaily looks like that it started off as one. The doors are a mod, for sure, and I don't know what he has done with the front suspension, but it's somewhat different to mine. It looks like he has actually widened it, if not, then mine has been narrowed (don't think so) because the body doesn't actually fit between the shock uprights, and they have to be modified unless the McPherson strut front suspension is used.

I need to do some measuring again...

[Chris]

Ron,it almost looks like the body is higher in the front.

[Chris]

I saw a Berry mini T in PE today.Has been standing for a while,as there is cob webs everywhere on it.

Ron,I took some pics of the suspension for you.Barbwire's colour though.

[Tom Bishop]

This body obviously needs the ball joint suspension with the bent out shock towers.

Ron, A couple of months I saw at DaveRs shop a ball joint beam converted to fit on a K&L chassis.

[Ron&Gill]

That's what I've been saying. The front beam on mine also has the shock towers bent out of the way. I'll have to speak to Dave.

[Pine]

Interesting Berry Mini-T build thread here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=359622

[Chris]

Saw another one in PE today

[VWCrazy]

Mines shock towers are also bent