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Oct 27, 2006 13:13:00 GMT
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My brothers beloved mini set fire this morning, he got the fire extinguisher onto it but it kept re-igniting. It's a total write off and he's gutted!  Basically he's not going to get as much as he paid for it from the insurance and he had spent alot of time and effort on it. He's going to salvage as much as he can. Does anybody know of a good solid mini for sale in the Newcastle area? Something reliable that he can bolt all his bits back onto and do it up slowly? It might not even have to be a mini, he's generally a fan of classic cars. He doesn't have alot of money to spend (definitley less than £1000) but is a total computer whizz and could maybe offer his technical knowledge and ability in addition to whatever he can pay for it? Any help would be appreciated, he's just left uni and is job hunting so needs his car for getting to interviews and stuff. I just really want to help him out. |
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qwerty
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Car fire! Can anyone help?qwerty
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Oct 27, 2006 13:16:26 GMT
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There's a couple in the Autotrader this week. Ones a nearly finished project in the under a grand section. Think its pretty close to a grand though.
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Oct 27, 2006 13:16:42 GMT
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Bad news, sorry to hear about it.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Oct 27, 2006 13:17:53 GMT
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damn that sucks  |
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 once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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Oct 27, 2006 13:37:19 GMT
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why did it catch fire? must ahve been electrical if it continued to re-ignite?
J
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tigran
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Oct 27, 2006 13:42:35 GMT
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*adds lifeline plumbed in system to list of rally design shopping list*
Sorry to hear about the car, best of luck to him with getting another on the road pronto.
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Last Edit: Oct 27, 2006 13:43:47 GMT by tigran
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Oct 27, 2006 16:12:16 GMT
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Thanks to everyone that has replied so far and yes it was an electrical fire. here are some pics RIP Bert   if anyone can help or suggest anything then pleas get in touch. |
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Oct 27, 2006 16:15:13 GMT
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So it's really just trim parts and electrical gubbins then?? Shouldn't be so hard to put it back to how it should be  |
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Oct 27, 2006 16:22:11 GMT
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the insurance will probably write the car off, buy it back off them and spend the money getting it tip top / even better than it was.
And do the electrics properly!
J
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Oct 27, 2006 16:40:10 GMT
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If the shell is solid then I can guarantee that car will end up back on the road. The insurance will put it through a salavge auction and it will probably fetch around £3 - 500. Probably donate its shell to an older mini as well
If you can get it back of the insurers its probably worth trying to rebuild it. Even modern mini`s havent got that much in the way of electrics to rewire.
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Oct 27, 2006 17:51:22 GMT
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doesn't look so bad to me! I woudld defo try to get it back and fix it rather than spending a grand on another one.
Got to be the easiest car to do a 'dashboard swap' in.
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Oct 27, 2006 17:55:10 GMT
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doesn't look so bad to me! I woudld defo try to get it back and fix it rather than spending a grand on another one. Yeah and the rest mate!!! Any mini for a grand will be maybe 2 MoT's from the scrappy at current prices  |
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Oct 27, 2006 19:46:33 GMT
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It is posible to revive your brothers Mini. Mine was in a fire about 4 years ago, unknown electrical fault. 2 Years later:  I will dig out the photos of the before. |
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Last Edit: Oct 27, 2006 19:47:22 GMT by MiniDan
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Oct 27, 2006 23:23:15 GMT
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Do not let the insurance company spirit it away into a compound whatever you do, judging by the photos it cant be beyond repair, its a Mini, they aint that complicated! Get it bought back and fixed up and stop all this silly talk about it being dead!
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i have to agree with above, ive also had a fiesta that had caught fire, there pretty easy to fix too, only took a day and a half to do mine will try to dig out some pics
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2006 4:19:53 GMT by madmart
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Oct 28, 2006 13:01:07 GMT
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Insurers almost always write off cars that have any kind of fire no matter how small as they are very time consuming to repair properly and the true extent of the damage can be hard to find. Not a problem if your doing it yourself though!
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qwerty
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Oct 28, 2006 13:21:51 GMT
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I would definitely say repair it!The damage doesn't look as bad as I was expecting. Whereabouts are you from in the Newcastle area? I work in newcastle. I'm sure I could lend a hand if you need one.
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2006 13:22:20 GMT by qwerty
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Oct 28, 2006 15:17:29 GMT
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Thanks for the replies, I've just been on the phone to my brother to tell him there is hope! I think once he had recovered from the shock he had also been thinking the same thing. The insurance have already taken it away to assess the damage, but I told him to get it back! So if anyone has a mini dash for sale or knows of any garage space round newcastle for rent then let me know! |
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