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[MrBounce]

MiniMadNox's thread got me thinking. A lot of us have had little indiscretions with large immovable objects; some of us have also had crashes in our Minis

What happened? Were you ok? Was the Mini put back on the road? Show us some piccies.

I had a balljoint collapse on a country road and suddenly turned left into the hedge back in 2000. Claimed on the insurance and had a Mini-friendly bodyshop put on new front end, sills and doorskins. Then I went back for boot floor, valance and roof.

From this...



...To this:



Sold the car in 2004 though. It now resides in Clacton where I used to live, having been to Farnborough then Ipswich when I had it, then on to Nothern Scotland, then Oxford before returning to Clacton. Bizarre!

[miniman24]

This is mine, this time last year when I went into a huge pothole full of water which made me loose control and hit a kerb very hard. Snapped the lower arm pin, hence the camber on the wheel (the steering wheels straight in the pic!), and bent the subby and the steering rack



Shes back on the road with a new subby, steering rack and suspension but still not driving right Gonna see if I can get her sorted in the new year

Edit: And after, looks exactly the same though

Edited by miniman24, 13 December 2011 - 12:30 PM.

[oliver122]

a little off topic , but miniman24 do you go uni ? because a friend of mine is at uni at hull and sent me a picture of a mini that looks like yours

i came round a corner and my mini hit diesel slid on and i went head on into a curb i had a sump guard on so didn't knock my sump out , but ended up pushing my floor pan up , bending my wings out dragging the front end in sort off , but having it pt back right , just dropped a floor pan off to him today and should have it for the end of the week hopefully , i wasnt hurt hardly moved in my seat

[Tommyboy12]

Previous owner did this:



Then looked like this once I got it:



Then I went mental and spent lots of money!

[miniman24]

a little off topic , but miniman24 do you go uni ? because a friend of mine is at uni at hull and sent me a picture of a mini that looks like yours

i came round a corner and my mini hit diesel slid on and i went head on into a curb i had a sump guard on so didn't knock my sump out , but ended up pushing my floor pan up , bending my wings out dragging the front end in sort off , but having it pt back right , just dropped a floor pan off to him today and should have it for the end of the week hopefully , i wasnt hurt hardly moved in my seat

Yeah, I go to Hull uni Couldnt PM me a link to the pic? Be cool to see a "spotted" type pic, not been spotted before this and Im doing an album of the Mini atm, wouldnt hurt to have an extra pic

[mk1leg]

this is not mine but one of our club members mini..........

[oliver122]

a little off topic , but miniman24 do you go uni ? because a friend of mine is at uni at hull and sent me a picture of a mini that looks like yours

i came round a corner and my mini hit diesel slid on and i went head on into a curb i had a sump guard on so didn't knock my sump out , but ended up pushing my floor pan up , bending my wings out dragging the front end in sort off , but having it pt back right , just dropped a floor pan off to him today and should have it for the end of the week hopefully , i wasnt hurt hardly moved in my seat

Yeah, I go to Hull uni Couldnt PM me a link to the pic? Be cool to see a "spotted" type pic, not been spotted before this and Im doing an album of the Mini atm, wouldnt hurt to have an extra pic

thought i seen it before ahh sorry it was sent on my phone on bbm , will tell him get one next time he see's it and i will upload it for you

[minisam92]

this is not mine but one of our club members mini..........

was they ok ?
surely thats not back on the road ?

[miniman24]

thought i seen it before ahh sorry it was sent on my phone on bbm , will tell him get one next time he see's it and i will upload it for you

Cheers dude

[yeti21586]

from this


to this


back to this


then to this


then this


then this


and now this is his current state



oh so nearly finished I CANT WAIT!!!!

YetI

[samsfern]

i had a bottom balljoint let go at 65mph+ and rolled/flipped multiple times through a fence, into a field, ended up quite a way in the field, also there was a pretty hefty oak tree 6ft away from where i went through the fence, i wouldnt be here if i hit the tree, and chances are the roof would have hit the tree. you can see how far the rear subframe has moved from the impact as well. Whilst stripping it i discovered the seatbelt also come apart.

Edited by samsfern, 13 December 2011 - 07:31 PM.

[racingbob]

this is not mine but one of our club members mini..........

i thought there was a 40mph speed limit in jersey !!

[Tommyboy12]

samsfern I still want that plate when I can afford it!

[samsfern]

Lol, I think I'm going to put it on the next mini, maybe then we can put two side by side at a show, would look great, lol

[MaxAndPaddy]

This thread is a right butt clench'er

Yikes