Here we go then, me and my dad have just purchased this little project. We have spoken to many of our friends who have never heard of or seen one of these and i was wondering if anyone on here could identify it.

This is what the finnished artical should look like with any luck.

It's Mini based isn't it?

No! I can usually have a stab at most things but that's got me baffled. Where does the engine go, for one thing? Assume it's at the rear ...

I agree it looks mini based but I can't find anything that looks like it.

Yes it is mini based. I have 1/2 and A serise for it outside. Uses standard front subframe, and is definaltly front engined. (The fibreglass fuel tank is in the back!!)

Is it some sort of GTM?

Looks a bit like the GTM on this page..........

GTM Cars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chris

An early Marcos?

Gizza clue:confused:

Its not a GTM, or a marcos, but you are on the right sort of lines.

So is it a well known make like Clan or Dutton etc

Biota ?

So is it a well known make like Clan or Dutton etc

NO. It is quite rare, until we bought this i had never heard of them, it was my dad that put me on to them. They can be found in the right places on the net, but there is next to no info on them.

A clue is they were all built in Yorkshire, (as far as i know).

Biota ?

Well done we have a winner. Now just to find some useful information

Im still interested to know if any of you have ever seen/heard of one of these before?

deffo heard of them , i will hunt through some mini books later on to see if i can get any info on it

deffo heard of them , i will hunt through some mini books later on to see if i can get any info on it

Any info on these is greatfully recived, i have been told that one of the magazines did an article on them a few years ago, but i have so far struggled to get hold of them to get any more info from them.

i hope these are of use to you , i may have the magazine with the article in it but , i don't think i would find it , as there are about 15 years of Miniworld and about 7 of Minimagazine to look through:(

Yes thanks thos pics will help us alot, it is a later car than ours, according to the regestration, and it seems to have things a bit different to ours, but that could jut be because we dont have the bits at all! If you stumble across anything else at any point it would be great to see it.

Biota

this might be helpful also

Yea i found that initially, also found quite a good site written by a japanise guy, the english translation is rubbish, but it was also quite helpful. Apparently the car when complete only weighs, 540Kg!!

Yea i found that initially, also found quite a good site written by a japanise guy, the english translation is rubbish, but it was also quite helpful. Apparently the car when complete only weighs, 540Kg!!

yeah and 500kg of that is the engine/gearbox LOL , Good luck with the search , is it you that is asking for info on Ebay , its just that i noticed that last night whilst searching

Yup thats us too.

Just sent a reply to (I think) another of your threads but not sure if you received it.

I have a Biota in the Netherlands and know of several more (plus lots sof documentation).

Regards,

Peter Niessen

Hi Peter, yes I have seen your replies, I will email you now. You may not want to leave your email address on the site though.

NO. It is quite rare, until we bought this i had never heard of them, it was my dad that put me on to them. They can be found in the right places on the net, but there is next to no info on them.

A clue is they were all built in Yorkshire, (as far as i know).

An "EEH BY GUMM!"???????