Re: Riley Elf -- Prototype ?--- booted mini badged as Austin

Sep 29, 2013 2 Replies


Back in the early mid sixties I had a customer with booted Mini just


> like the Elf/Hornet but it had a normal MK1 min front and the boot had
> no fins --- very proffesional appeared to have been converted by the
> factory. Was it a conversion or a factory prototype ?

Hi my friend has just told me that his dad has a booted mini as you state it and that it is a prototype from the late 60's, i have researched it and the closest thing to looking like it is the riley elf mini ? Any expansions on this ?

Do you realise you are commenting on a post dating from 1998? ;-)

Glory days of this NG, for sure.

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