Great find Brimmen-

Hard to believe another one popped up 47 years later-

Although they show it as a "1969" model, l believe it to really be a "1963" model-

It appears fully original from the exterior, with the exception of the rear tail lights (for Spitz), which have had the red lens replaced with 3 bulbs-

The original tail lights were the same as the Morris Oxford -

If it were in N/A, l would be all over this one-

BIG AL-

A new bus located in UK !!!

For sale at E-bay:

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That make the total to eleven "on wheels" today.

Many thanks,

Brimen

NORWAY

Thanks for the info, "Cosmowog" !!!

Appreciate that.

Seems like a very high price, but you never know...

The blue "Hayward" bus were stored for years in the backyard at:

21965 Meekland Ave.

Many thanks,

BRIMEN.

Yes Terry, that is Mike in the backround of the Choke photo. He turned up in a lot of my paddock  pictures that day. We were trying to picture the 10" wheels, tires and brakes off of the P34 on a Mini. I'll have to post a few more photos on Don's  Historics post. 

Looks like Mike K. in the background Charlie...

I wonder where in Hayward that bus was stored?

I spotted the BMC Bus while at the Monterey Historics a couple of weeks ago. Seems the owner, Wayne, doesn't want to pay to have it transported across the US to Connecticut, nor does he want to drive it there either, so he has it for sale. The asking price is $95,000.00. Also spotted this orange Choke there.

Not the former BigAl bus, but the blue on the photo, discovered in Hayward sep. 2009.

It's one of the four US Units.

Todays owner is Mark Mitchell, the one who sold BigAls bus on RM auction, January 2010.

Wonder if "anyone" know "anything" !!!

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This Unit is now in LA area for a "tune up" !!!

Does anyone now anything about it??

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27560220@N03/sets/72157621848910413/

Brimen-

I need your e-mail addy , so that l can send you the pic of BMC # 29 taken in Austria-

BIG AL

"Mr. Big Al!!!

Is it OK for you that I post the photo you gave me of the two units you owned???"

Certainly-

Just a little clarification-

I know for sure from BMC personnel here in Canada, that both of the units that l owned were the only two in Canada-One served Ontario Dealers, whereas the other one, ran across Canada-

There is evidence and a picture of one unit on display at the Chicago Auto Show in the sixties-Where the other 4 units in the U S A got to, is a mystery-

Keep in mind, the original batch of units were destined to be unveiled at the same time as  the launch of the mini but BMC missed the mark by a couple of years-

I also have a pic of a unit in Germany (Austria) on a training mission-BMC 29-

BIG AL

HOW MANY ARE LEFT???

It seems to be different numbers on how many were made and how many were "here and there" !!!

I will try to give some help, but I'm only 98% sure. 

As far as I know, there is nine survivals today:

#1.  The Norwegian unit that were based in Sweden.

#2. The first unit that Big Al discovered 1998 and exported to UK 2000.

It is license BMC 27, but I have no photo of that vehicle.

#3. Second unit that Big Al discovered in 2000. The one you ALL know so well!!!

#4. 960PJO. Seen at Silverstone July 2005.

#5. NWL683H. Seen at Clackett Lane 2007.

#6. 168UXS. Converted to a Race Transporter in the nineties.

#7. The Unit that appeared in the Bay area, Aug 2009.

#8. BMC 25, the unit converted to a race transporter by Mr. Stanworth. It's a copy of

the original transporter, BMC34, that were burn out in the nineties.

#9. The AU Camper, almost unrecognizable, but it's the Unit based in Victoria, AU.

Used by The Young Lions Race Team early seventies.

There were build a total of 33 Units, (ref: BMC Rosette 1963),

6 of the first series 1959-60), 

then 27 of the second (1963). (ref: BMC Rosette 1965).

There were one in Scandinavia, two in Australia (one of each series) four in US and two in Canada. The CanadaUnits are well known, and it now seems that one of the US Units have appared.

Some says 17 in UK, but I'm not sure of that.

I'm sure there's more Units out there, YOU NEVER KNOW!!!

Mr. Big Al!!!

Is it OK for you that I post the photo you gave me of the two units you owned???

I will mail you scan of the Newspaper article this weekend !!!

Thank you very much, appreciated it.

 If anyone got some facts, don't hesitate, TELL ME!!!

Many thanks,

Brimen

The pic Dan posted is of aul Stanworths' converted Bus to a transporter-

It took Paul, 3-4 years to complete this as the engineering to finish it off correctly was daunting-

I believe this particular vehicle was made in the original batch 0f 9 units, whereas mine came out in 1963, as a slightly re-designed model-

BIG AL

there ya go!

To post a photo, I open two browser windows, one with the source image and the oterh with this post message editor. On the original image I right'click and select "copy image location". The I go to the message editor and select the little tree icon from the toolbar, and paste in the image location URL. PRESTO!

Here's the BMC25 again on this years' IMM:

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I'ld like to post them as thumbs but I still don't get how to do this.

"As you can imagine, I declined his kind offer"

Really??

Isn't that a bargain???     25K !!!

My oh My...

As you can imagine, I declined his kind offer:

From: Mark Mitchell <[email protected]>
To: Marcel Chichak <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: '63 Pininfarina/BMC Competitions Dept. Support Vehicle
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:01:57 -0700

Hello Marcel, I have a proposal from RM to sell my nicer bus in their January auction. 

I would consider selling the 2nd bus for $25,000.  The busses are identical and are believed to be the only 2 that exist in the US.

If you have interest, please let me know-

Regards, Mark