1969 BMC: The Coolest; Most Useless Car Hauler In America And It Is For Sale!


1969 BMC: The Coolest; Most Useless Car Hauler In America And It Is For Sale!

Useful and cool are things thatch exist in parallel with each other. Something cool does not have to be useful and something useful does not necessarily have to be cool. Case in point, a modern car hauler is kind of a thing that you just see and shrug off. It likely has a diesel engine, lots of creature comforts and can roll down the highway with its load at 80mph and not sweat. Meanwhile this 1969 BMC hauler is only big enough to fit a Bug Eye Sprite, has a tiny little engine, is right hand drive, and probably runs out of steam at about 65mph. Despite all that we want to own it and we bet you do as well.

We have seen BMC trucks before in photos and video from England but we have never seen one here in the USA outside of a bus that Wayne Carini bought and owned for a short time. According to the eBay listing, this truck was imported from England a couple of decades ago and after living life as a flatbed at a lumber yard it was converted into a car hauler/conversation piece at a California business.

The green paint is cool, the Minilite style wheels are cool, the 1,500cc MG engine is not really that cool. The little MG engine is backed by a four speed transmission and that is why we suspect that the top speed is well below the normal cruising pace of the average American highway. That little motor has to be braced up with a lot of gear to make it a work truck and that means at 1:1 in fourth the 90i engine would be singing hard even at 55.

The truck is in great shape and if you have a tiny car to tote around this is the thing for you. We have never see a Bug Eye Sprite look larger than it does sitting on the back of this truck. Truly and amazing little piece and you are surely to be the only guy pulling into your club race with your Formula Vee, guaranteed!

We’d swap in a three banger Ford Ecoboost engine and the five speed that comes with it. Why that mill? It just fits the whole weirdo quality this whole thing drips, right? We’re in love….in weird love.

Scroll down to see photos of this 1969 BMC and then hit the eBay link at the bottom –

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9 thoughts on “1969 BMC: The Coolest; Most Useless Car Hauler In America And It Is For Sale!

  1. Chevy Hatin' Mad Geordie

    You NEVER see one of these here in England as they all rusted out decades ago – and if you think this one’s slow you should have tried the diesel version. My cousin bought one in 1969, put his foot on the accelerator and hasn’t quite reached 60mph yet but he’s hoping to by 2020. He exists on food shoved through the window by relatives walking alongside and he can easily sleep at the wheel.

    The Ecoboost swap sounds a bit OTT – far better to put in a modern turbo diesel and continue using it as a transporter.

    I know what your’e thinking – my cousin can easily dodge behind a bush and catch up his truck when he’s finished..

  2. C Royer

    Moss Motors make a supercharger kit for MGBs that probably would give it over 110 HP and almost make it driveable, if I thought my MGBV8 (sbc) would fit I check this out, does not look like it would fit.

  3. mooseface

    Heck, I’d own this just to feel good about the paltry ~100hp 22R in my ’83 Hilux!
    Regardless, I have an open-door policy to ramp trucks, they’re all cool in my book!

  4. Caveman Tony

    Cummins 6BT swap!!!

    Oh, wait.

    That engine is longer than this truck’s wheelbase. My bad.

    LS drift machine?

  5. BeaverMartin

    OMG! I want it so bad to load my 76′ Mini. I think my Matador could even tow the both of them when they break down. Why can’t I have more money!

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