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Moke Twin
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This looks innocent enough, just an old
Mini Moke,
but if you look more carefully you might notice an almost
complete lack of space behind the seats and a strange
bulge over the rear wheels.
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Inside there is the (usual) most basic of instrument panels
and surprise, surprise, not one but two
gear levers. That's right, one for the front engine
and one for the second, rear engine.
There are also two ignition keys.
This is a prototype twin-engined four-wheel-drive Mini Moke.
The Moke started as a light 4x2 military project but did not have sufficient
offroad capability and this was one attempt to rectify the problem
with drive at both ends.
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The twin gear levers should be joined by a linkage
which is missing.
There is only one clutch pedal and one accelerator,
which serve both motors.
It must have had quite good performance,
being a light, minimalist vehicle with
8-cylinders and 2 x 848cc to urge it along.
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The twin engine idea was not new -
Citroen
actually put a twin-engined 2CV, the Sahara,
into production.
Anyone who watched British RallyCross in the late 1960's
may also recall one or more twin-engined mini-car specials
in the competition.
- Larry Stanley
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See the
Moke
and
Austin Ant
pages
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