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1989 Austin Mini (Gavin)
John Stevenson:
I have a soft spot for Mini's - Romney Marsh ::)
No seriously I have had quite a few, a couple of vans and 3 pickups, no cars thought.
The vans and pick ups were more basic than the cars, heaters were an optional extra [ no joke ] and they had rubber suspension and not the hydrolastic as fitted to the cars.
BTW you can get 17 people in a mini pickup if 14 of them stand up in the back holding on to one another, no mean feat as we were coming back from the pub to the paddock at a race meeting.
And you can get 14 one hundredweight paving slabs in one as well.
Not bad to work on.
remove the exhaust, a few wires, fuel pipe, clutch cylinder, front brake pipe, track rod ends, 8 bolts and lift the body up and walk backwards and put it down.
the engine and front subframe is still sitting there. Better with two people but it can be done with one determined guy.
JS.
Divided he ad:
Mini's :D
My first car was a Mini convertible (Cabriolet) it was the best 1000cc car a 17 year old could have. Metalic red paint, cream roof (with crappy plastic windows...But hey!?) big fat GB alloys (the real macoy!) and a 4" oval tail pipe!!! :thumbup: :headbang: ::)
So much fun, driving down the duel carriageway in the summer to Chester at 4am with two of my friends standing up holding on to the roll cage top bar at 70Mph.... Your right Stew... The parents should always be the last to know!!! :bugeye: (no real reason... it was just fun :D )
Fixed many of them in my time too.... 15 years in various garages saw to that.... Welding all BL, Austin and rover vehicles was quite the norm!!
Got all the flywheel tools and everything you could want to fix one Stew... Just shout up if you ever think you need one :thumbup:
I'll have to see if I can find a photo???? It was a long time before digital photography!! There may be one in the archives somewhere? Don't hold your breath :lol:
Thanks Stew, you just cheered me right up :)
Ralph.
Bernd:
John,
There are salt mines just south of where I live. They ship all over the place. It's one of the many salt mines in the US. The first one had a colapse in it a few years ago. Sink holes all over the place. So know what your talking about.
End of :offtopic: subject.
Bernd
SPiN Racing:
GOD I loooove real Minis.
They are one of those cars that I want so bad I can taste it.
Im telling you guys.. Im gonna find one one of these days and spend a ton to hop pacross the pond and pick it up.
I remember looking through a British auto trader type mag.. and there were tons and tons and tons of them for cheap.. Not sure thats true anymore. But seriously want one.
Prefrably a cooper.. and early 70s. I think... (But I am by no means a mini expert)
Scott
sbwhart:
Mini in trouble.
Went to the club track to help on some maintainance work this morning, and passed a red Mini just like Gavin in the ditch
:( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Some one will be up set.
Stew
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