Did I know about a Moke copy from Barbados called the CariMoke? Reader Henk van Brakel asked me this and I had to admit I'd never heard of it. But I when I had a look at the pictures that Henk attached it seemed clear to me that this was a Jimini 2 with another name. Or was it? A closer look to the photographs of the car being built by a company named Revolution Cars showed that the bodies were actually made there, too. So a different car after all, not even assembled locally but scratch-built or so it seems. Still probably a Jimini 2 built under a licence? The factory pictures are made by P. Braun in 1998 on the island of Barbados. I would love to find out a little more about these cars.
They do remind me of that other Caribbean built Moke interpretation, seen previously here and here...
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They do remind me of that other Caribbean built Moke interpretation, seen previously here and here...
A Jimini 2 on Barbados. But actually it is a Revolution Cars CariMoke, built locally
Picture P. Braun / Flickr, via Henk van Brakel
Freshly laminated bodies ready to receive their mechanicals on Barbados in 1998
Picture P. Braun / Flickr, via Henk van Brakel
Mini engines and front suspensions in their subframes ready to go in in Evolution Cars' factory
Update: Hang on, they aren't Mini mechanicals! What are they, and were these used for the CariMoke or did that come with Mini engines after all?
Picture P. Braun / Flickr, via Henk van Brakel
Evolution Cars of Barbados appeared to fully produce these cars, probably under a licence?
Picture P. Braun / Flickr, via Henk van Brakel
Moulds seem to suggest that even the bodies were made locally on the island of Barbados
Picture P. Braun / Flickr, via Henk van Brakel
The finished product: the CariMoke is different in detail to the Jimini 2. Note tall windscreen
Picture P. Braun / Flickr, via Henk van Brakel
This CariMoke uses the same grille shape and simple front bumper as a Jimini. Other (later?) cars appear to have an oval shaped grille and moulded bumpers, as well as a different windscreen (above)
Picture via Henk van Brakel
Chassis plate shows Evolution Cars Ltd. Chassis number 10029 suggests at least 29 cars were made
Picture via Henk van Brakel