{"id":7199,"date":"2015-07-31T17:49:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T21:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7199"},"modified":"2015-07-31T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T21:51:39","slug":"project-binky-episode-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7199","title":{"rendered":"Project Binky Episode 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=7200\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C668&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,668\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"project binky mini with celica awd swap 10\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Project Binky &amp;#8211; Mini with a Celica AWD swap&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?fit=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?resize=640%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Project Binky - Mini with a Celica AWD swap\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?resize=600%2C334&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/project-binky-mini-with-celica-awd-swap-10.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been almost four months since the guys at Bad Obsession Motorsport released their last episode of Project Binky. In case you haven&#8217;t been following Project Binky involves installing a Toyota Celica GT-Four drivetrain into a modified Mini chassis. In this episode they work on the controls, pedals, and steering.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X3DTTL9xRQ0\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHvBHWBzzB7NyU5tIiEZHBg\">Bad Obsession Motorsport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been almost four months since the guys at Bad Obsession Motorsport released their last episode of Project Binky. In case you haven&#8217;t been following Project Binky involves installing a Toyota Celica GT-Four drivetrain into a modified Mini chassis. In this episode they work on the controls, pedals, and steering. Source: Bad Obsession Motorsport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mini"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122488,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=122488","url_meta":{"origin":7199,"position":0},"title":"Project Binky Episode 39","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2013 Bad Obsession Motorsport started building a custom 1980 Mini 1000 called Project Binky. 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