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Hi all. Thought I would share three of my old mini's with you  .: 1984 (B) 998 Mayfair ( My first car  :. I brought this mini just after my 16th birthday to learn in and modify ready for when I was legal. This is a picture of the car before I started doing my bits on it.  After a while I put a Stage 1 kit on with straight thru exhaust & K&N filter, 4 spotlights, minilights and a few chrome bits. .: 1975 (P) Mini 1000 :. This was a very fun car too drive!  Died of a mystery engine problem and a tin worm. Despite a lot of work & money put on the car, nothing seemed to work     Again I had a Stage 1 with a straight thru exhaust and K&N, 13" Starmags, GMax shocks & springs, Cobra bucket seats, Replica Momo steering wheel. .: 1976 (R) Mini Clubman 1098 :. This was one of the best cars ever!!! Brought it originally to completely modify, but after looking at the gorgeous Harvest Gold for a long time, I decided to keep it relatively standard.   I added the minilites and did out all the interior. Unfortunately I had a bit of a mishap on the M6 and lost the front passenger wheel.  Got it all sorted about a week later, cost about £50 I think, just needed 4 nuts, a new bottom 'A' panel and a brake disc.  |
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Nathan
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Old Minis. Mayfair, 1000 & ClubmanNathan
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Clubmans are the mutts I reckon, My ex missus used to hanker me to get one. I Will one day
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you know u want a clubby! u can make it look like mine then! sex on wheels!  |
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thevert
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a wheel came off on mine once, luckily made a hell of of a noise before it did and i was doin about 20mph. Still not good seeing your wheel overtake you  lol |
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Is this one of the Mini typical faults, i don't think i'd like to lose a wheel on the go!  |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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qwerty
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@ the vert is that your Mini in your avatar??
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don't think its a typical mini fault, can just happen. ive never heard of a mini wheel coming off until i read this thread and ive been into minis for 8 years
i wanna see pics of the hornet now please minidan
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I lost a wheel on my 100E twice. First was when the wheel bearing broke up and the stub axle melted (that did loads of damage) then when the nuts kept coming undone and I gouged the road with my TCA. I just walked back, found the nuts and wheel and put it back on and drove home. Oh and apologised to my mate who was in the car at the time having his first ride in an old car |
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J.P
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I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
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Nice Minis, liking the white starmags.
Heard of a couple of minis having overtaking wheels
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i wanna see pics of the hornet now please minidan I will go down my garage on the weekend and get some pics... Not a great deal done though, haven't had the spare money/time. The interior has been stripped out, the headlining has been sent off to a specialist to get a match, the leather seats and carpets (both in really good condition!) are having a damn good clean & its sitting on axle stands with the wheels off so I can get some new period tires (whitewalls if I can find them in 10"). |
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J.P
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I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
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some new period tires (whitewalls if I can find them in 10"). If you do can you keep me informed ive been searching a while too! |
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some new period tires (whitewalls if I can find them in 10"). If you do can you keep me informed ive been searching a while too! Yea, sure thing. I think I seen one of the kits in the back of Practical Classic. The ones where you deflate the tyre a bit and stick them on. don't want them on the Hornet though, want the genuine artical. |
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they advertise retro tyres in the back of mini world i think, they might do em. don't newton commercial do head liners for the honets and elfs??
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don't newton commercial do head liners for the honets and elfs?? Yea, they do, I think its called cream crackle. The one in my Hornet is different though, from what I can remember it is like a shell type shape. Yes, I am being a bit anal arn't I  |
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not at all mate, if u want it that way the do it that way. i always thin it take alot less effort to painstakingly restore something than it does to mod it.
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Right, went to the garage tonight to get some bits out and took a pic of the Hornet.  Not the best picture. The seats are back in except the rear & theres a new back window. Thats about it so far. The next plan is to shotblast the wheels and get some new rubber on there. As you can see on the pic below, the old ones have had it  What can you expect from the original tyre it had when it left the factory. 41k on the clock if memory serves me right. |
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ChasR
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Some nice modifications to those Minis . Loving the Clubman |
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Died of a mystery engine problem and a tin worm. Despite a lot of work & money put on the car, nothing seemed to work 
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