Hello from France...

[Mere-Grand]

Hello,

My name's Damien, I'm in France and I have several Minis and I'm actually restoring a Mini based three-wheeler. This kit-car is named Mosquito. It was then sold under the name of Triad.

Maybe some of you know those cars. If you have any info to give me, I'm very interested.

If you want to have a look at what is a Mosquito, visit my website dedicated to those kit-cars: www.mosquito-triad.com

I also have some others Minis, like an Austin Cooper MkI 998cc. I also have a Countryman MkII and 2 Minis 1000 MkIII. Unfortunately, those 4 cars are unrestored and need some work.

For a long time, my daily driver was a Mini Racing Green. I still have it and it's in good condition.

[TONYELF]

Welcome to the Forum! We do have another French National on the forum (Minico) We will certainly look out for the copy of mini world. Have you tried the magazine themselves to see if you can obtain a back copy? Might be worth trying.
You sound like a miniaddict already with that little fleet of yours! Our members would like to see a photograph or two of them. Can you oblige?:)

[Siano :)]

Welcome to the forum, What a great site you have their full of lots of info :) as tonyelf just said, you should try miniworld themselves, you could even see for a subcription to the mag to be delivered over to france evry month for you :cool: if not, im sure one of us will obtain one :D

[Deano]

Hi & welcome to the Miniaddicts forum hope you enjoy:)

One of our members Alastair used to build 3 wheel kit cars with an A series engine`s in then Morgan replica`s

Cheers Deano

[Cooper D]

Hi and welcome to the forum :) Enjoy

[@lex]

hello and welcome. those three wheelers look like the one i spoted in that guys paint shop a while back. i must pop back there to see him (with my camera). cheers

[Mere-Grand]

hello and welcome. those three wheelers look like the one i spoted in that guys paint shop a while back. i must pop back there to see him (with my camera). cheers

That would be great, I'm interested in everything regarding those Mini-based three wheelers.

Thanks

[lester]

Hi Damien and welcome to the forum. The Triad was made in Malvern where i live. I use to work with the guy that produced themand in fact helped him move all the moulds and jigsout of his workshop and over to a farm where he actually dumped them as far as i know they are still there! There was a sort of roadster top manufactured for them to turm them into a single seater which looked very smart. I haven't seen one for a while now i think he sold about 18 kits. Hope this is of some interest to you and good luck with your Triad they did perform very well as i remember.
Cheers lester:cool:

[Mere-Grand]

Hi Damien and welcome to the forum. The Triad was made in Malvern where i live. I use to work with the guy that produced themand in fact helped him move all the moulds and jigsout of his workshop and over to a farm where he actually dumped them as far as i know they are still there! There was a sort of roadster top manufactured for them to turm them into a single seater which looked very smart. I haven't seen one for a while now i think he sold about 18 kits. Hope this is of some interest to you and good luck with your Triad they did perform very well as i remember.
Cheers lester:cool:

Thank you very much for your message. As I said in my previous messages, I'm very interested in everything concerning Mosquitos and Triads.
As far as I knew, Malvern Autocraft sold about 10 Triads but if you say that they sold 18 kits, it's very interesting.
I've been in touch with Ian Browse, who was one of the 3 guys of Malvern Autocraft but he doesn't reply to my emails so I don't have many informations from him. Maybe the guy you know is Ian Browse.
Do you know if he would be interested in selling moulds? Do you have pictures of Mosquitos or Triads? Do you know someone who has one?

Can you send me your email address? (meregrand2003@yahoo.fr)

Thanks again;)

[K333th]

Hello and welcome to the miniaddicts website

[Andy]

Welcome to MiniAddicts!!!!

Enjoy the site

Andy

[RSP]

Welcome, hope you find it useful.

[@lex]

hello and welcome. those three wheelers look like the one i spoted in that guys paint shop a while back. i must pop back there to see him (with my camera). cheers

Hello mere-grand,
I am hopping to get photo of three wheeled mini today. I will try and get also some information / history of the cars.

Regards

[Mere-Grand]

Thank you very much Alex ;)

Did you get pictures?

Some news of my Mosquito... Its body has been completely repaired. A brand new paint job will follow soon... :cool:

The site have been updated with new pics: www.mosquito-triad.com

http://www.mosquito-triad.com/_wp_generated/wp7f302f1c.jpg

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[Mere-Grand]

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http://www.mosquito-triad.com/_wp_generated/wp22735dfb.jpg

[TONYELF]

It's looking good. Merv has posted a photo of a three wheeler that I spotted last year. Look at the "Spotted " section:)

[Deano]

Nice car:D and some workshop too:eek:

[Cooper D]

Lookin good! Few mint cars there 2. Is that a Mustang i see peeping over the top?!

[Deano]

:) its like eye spy vauxhall vx 220 pug 205 gti & old beemer at the back:)

[Mere-Grand]

Yep, nice cars, all for sale! That's my job ;)

www.auto-sport-collection.com

[Deano]

Nice cars nice job:D :D :D

[Mere-Grand]

A little news of my Mosquito...

The left hand side door was completely destroyed. It has just been repaired. The job done on this door is just perfect! It's been repaired by a mate.

I'm also working on the passenger area. I want to make a red leather belt around the passenger area. It's not easy to explain in English but I'm sure you'll understand with pictures. ;)

The trailer should be finished and delivered next week. I can't wait to have it in the garage!

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/9210/mosquito494mediumec0.jpg

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3729/mosquito495mediumpl4.jpg

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[Mere-Grand]

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[Mere-Grand]

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[charlie_mini]

looking really good mate :D:D

[Mere-Grand]

I'm very happy, I've just finished the first part of the new dashboard of my Mosquito.

I make the same than the original one, in fiber glass, but this one is in machined alloy. Instruments will be fitted as in classic Minis.
I've fitted the chrome ring to add a "Mini touch" ;)

You might wonder why the dashboard is black... It's just a black plastic fitted to protect the panel. I don't want to remove it as long as the dashboard isn't finished.

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4589/mosquito503mediumlw6.jpg

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[Mere-Grand]

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[Mere-Grand]

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[Mere-Grand]

D-Day for my Mosquito's dashboard today... I've drilled the last holes and I've done what I was expecting for a long time now: I've removed the black plastic protection!

Here are some pics...

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7710/mosquito516mediumop2.jpg

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[Mere-Grand]

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9563/mosquito522mediumhv7.jpg

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http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/2203/mosquito528mediumla8.jpg

[moddinmad]

that looks cool :D

[Mere-Grand]

Thanks.

The website has been updated today with new pictures in the restoration page. ;)

http://www.mosquito-triad.com

[Mere-Grand]

Work in progress ;)

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7254/mosquito540mediumst8.jpg

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[Mere-Grand]

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6452/mosquito543mediumbb7.jpg

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[TONYELF]

It is really looking grand (if you pardon the pun!) Thanks for keeping the forum updated. Did Lester give you any useful information from Malvern?
Good luck with the rest of the restoration.:)

[Mere-Grand]

It is really looking grand (if you pardon the pun!) Thanks for keeping the forum updated. Did Lester give you any useful information from Malvern?
Good luck with the rest of the restoration.:)

Thank you

I received many emails from people giving me infos about Mosquitos and Triads so maybe Lester was one of them

:cool:

It's not finished yet but it already looks very nice ;)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9049/mosquito550mediumcf9.jpg

[TONYELF]

Lester lives in Malvern where they were made and helped remove the moulds from the factory,I think you enquired if they were for sale.
Your project really does look nice!:)

[Mere-Grand]

Oh, yes, I remember now. Yes we get in touch ;)

[Mere-Grand]

I'm still working on the dashboard...

Which one do you prefer?

This one? ...

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/1087/mosquito527mediumsw5.jpg

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5286/mosquito530mediumqj3.jpg

Or this one?...

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1360/mosquito551mediumbd4.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7756/mosquito552mediumxr1.jpg

Which one do you prefer?

[TONYELF]

I think the first one. the second is "in your face" if you know what I mean. stands out too much. the first is very subtle.

[Mark"H"]

I agree with Tony

[Gr4H4m]

I agree with Tony

I agree with Mark H:D

[Mere-Grand]

I've sent the same post on all forums I'm member of, and regarding answers, it's "fifty / fifty". As far as I'm concerned, I have no idea of which one is the best.

I think that in a first time I won't put the red leather on it, and once the car finished, I'll see if I keep it this way or if I put the red leather on...

My wife prefers without... :D

[moddinmad]

My wife prefers without... :D

is alwasys a good idea to do what they say but have to agree it does look better without

[TONYELF]

I've sent the same post on all forums I'm member of, and regarding answers, it's "fifty / fifty". As far as I'm concerned, I have no idea of which one is the best.

I think that in a first time I won't put the red leather on it, and once the car finished, I'll see if I keep it this way or if I put the red leather on...

My wife prefers without... :D

Kinky!:D :D :D

[Mere-Grand]

:p




:D

[TONYELF]

Glad you got a sense of humour Damien. May I compliment you on your command of English. It is impeccable if I may say so. I wish I could speak French but with being partially deaf I find listening to some English people talking quite hard ,never mind the French!
A good friend of mine loves France and has a time share in a boat (an Ex-Shell tanker now converted) at the moment it is moored on the Yon in Sens) he is determined to teach me and to a degree has succeeded with quite a few words but at 61 years of age I think it's a little bit too late!
By the way the dashboard is definately better without the leather. I like your wife's taste!!!

[Mere-Grand]

Glad you got a sense of humour Damien. May I compliment you on your command of English. It is impeccable if I may say so. I wish I could speak French but with being partially deaf I find listening to some English people talking quite hard ,never mind the French!
A good friend of mine loves France and has a time share in a boat (an Ex-Shell tanker now converted) at the moment it is moored on the Yon in Sens) he is determined to teach me and to a degree has succeeded with quite a few words but at 61 years of age I think it's a little bit too late!
By the way the dashboard is definately better without the leather. I like your wife's taste!!!

Thank you for your message. It's never too late to learn French! ;)
As far as I'm concerned, I've learnt English at school and then, a few ears ago, I went to England for a bit more than one year. I used to work there as a barman, and I also worked in an estate agency. I miss England now. What a great country for cars! :)

[Mere-Grand]

I've just finished the red roll around the passenger cell... I've also made the red piping by myself ;)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4835/mosquito556mediumij7.jpg

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[TONYELF]

It's looking really good. Keep it up!:) It's probably better that original?

[charlie_mini]

Thank you for your message. It's never too late to learn French! ;)
As far as I'm concerned, I've learnt English at school :)
la voiture est tres bien! :D je parlez le francais en ecole un peut (?)
not for a about 9 years though so appologies for any incorrect spellings etc! but went to paris about 2 years ago and that 'jogged' my memory a little! the car looks very good mate, keep up the good work!

[Mere-Grand]

Thanks ;)

The website has been updated with new pictures: http://www.mosquito-triad.com/uk-restoration5.html

[TONYELF]

That's a fantastic website you have there Damien. The mosquito is looking really good. Thanks for sharing it with us and good luck with the finished job,looking forward to seeing that.:)

[@lex]

That's a fantastic website you have there Damien. The mosquito is looking really good. Thanks for sharing it with us and good luck with the finished job,looking forward to seeing that.:)

what he said....... :cool:

cheers

[Mere-Grand]

Thank you very much guys ;)

[Mere-Grand]

It's quite a long time since I've post messages on the forum! I've worked a little on my Mosquito.

Last Monday, I've worked on the single wheel trailer...

Have a look at the pics...

The rear suspension is hidden in the chassis. I still have some welding to do and some finishes but it'll be done soon.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9382/mosquito592mediumkj6.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2573/mosquito584mediumxj1.jpg

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[TONYELF]

Welcome back ! Trailer is cute and looking good. Enjoy the forum.
Have you you had any more feedback on the mosquito history ?

[Mere-Grand]

Welcome back ! Trailer is cute and looking good. Enjoy the forum.
Have you you had any more feedback on the mosquito history ?

Thanks Tony ;)

Regarding the Mosquito history, no more news at the moment. The red Triad Sport is quite often on eBay.de... I don't think it has changed hand but the owner is decided to sell it.

[Mere-Grand]

I've drilled holes for rear lights and the suspension has been modified. The shock absorber has changed and is now outside the chassis. The first solution wasn't effective at all :D

Rear lights would have look nicer if fitted lower but because of the shock absorber, it wasn't possible...

I've also removed the spare wheel as it was not very beautiful.

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/691/mosquito599mediumly2.jpg

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[Mere-Grand]

Hello,

It's a long time since I've left a message here...

I've just finished my new website dedicated to those rare Mini-based three-wheelers: Trimins, Mosquitos and Triads.

www.mosquito-triad.com

When I've created this website 2 and a half years ago, I had knowledge of approximately 9 cars. Today, thanks to a lot of visitors, I've found out 21 cars over a total production of 24 or 25 cars! Some of those cars are now in Australia, Germany or even South Africa!

I'm still looking for the last few missing cars and for any information regarding those cars.

Please, have a look and maybe you'll recognize a car or could give me some interesting informations.

Regarding my Mosquito, the restoration is not finished yet but I've done some work since the last pictures left here. You'll find the pictures on the restoration page of my website.

Thank you very much for your help and enjoy the visit.

Damien

[RSP]

Keep up the good work.

[Mere-Grand]

:)

Thanks