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[QuasiMondo]

Hi guys,

I'm an American living in South Africa, and this is my mini:
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This beautiful '79 1100 Special was the project of a nice gentleman who started restoring it with the intention of gifting it to his daughter who had moved to London, but she lost interest in minis and it ended up sitting under wraps in his garage. So now it's mine, and with the high elevation and low humidity of the area, I'm glad to say that rust is not a problem with this beauty.

Unfortunately, everything else is. The car was repainted and given a fresh set of wheels, but that's as far as he got with the restoration. Interior, wiring (definitely wiring), gearbox, and maybe the engine all need attention, some serious, some not so serious.

Luckily, I have at least two years to get it all sorted so when it's done I can bring it back to the US with me.

I'll post more pictures in the Rebuilds section.

Edited by QuasiMondo, 29 June 2010 - 08:13 AM.

[IFlingPoo]

Welcome to the forum. Good luck with the Mini, especially getting it back stateside. I plan to take mine back home with me as well.

[miniman retford]

Hi & welcome to TMF

[IWasNotYetBornIn1959]

I'm an American living in South Africa [...]
I'll post more pictures in the Rebuilds section.

Hello and welcome.
I have a query : if you find such cars, could you please post photos of the South African only Mini Mk3 or Wolseley 1000 ?
Such as http://www.aronline.co.uk/ado15saf.htm
Many thanks in anticipation ; I am fond of those odd cars ...

[Scallywag630]

Hi and welcome to TMF