This is my sleeper
Isn't a sleeper something that looks slow but isn't? Because that thing looks hella fast
Posted 27 November 2024 - 02:34 PM
This is my sleeper
Isn't a sleeper something that looks slow but isn't? Because that thing looks hella fast
Posted 27 November 2024 - 09:51 PM
Isn't a sleeper something that looks slow but isn't? Because that thing looks hella fast
This is my sleeper
Posted 29 November 2024 - 04:00 AM
Maybe an oddity here. After a youth many many years ago spent driving around in Clubmans and 1275GTs I discovered Harold Dermott's Midas kitcar. It was love at first sight. This led me down the path of scavenging engines and heads from scrapyard 1300GTs. Little known at the time that these were the same heads as the Mk3 1275 Cooper S. My latest Midas has now been standing for many years unused. I wrote off the first thanks to a bad weather accident, one of only 3 people to have done so at the time. It now needs a complete body shell restoration having the worst case of ultra violet attack I have ever seen. It has an original Cooper S 1293 bored block with sports pistons, road rally camshaft, 2.95 diff, everything lightened and fully balanced, with a Stage 2 940 casting head. That engine has stood unused for over 10 years so it will need a complete rebuild and may not even be serviceable. Not built for outright top speed but the handling...
Posted 15 December 2024 - 07:43 PM
Posted 04 January 2025 - 01:55 PM
Hello guys,
my minis are as follows -
(Terry) 1979 850 sdl (1380cc) new bodyshell MK1 lookalike
(Liam) 1968 850 base model awaiting rebuild from ireland
(Harry) 1995 sidewalk blue version (currently on spit after major surgery)
(Toby) 1977 850 (original and not messed with even has the orignial rubber mat instead of carpet) awaiting restoration
(Charlie) 1978 1000 awaiting restoration after been eaten alive with rats (was a true barn find)
(Leo) 1986 piccadilly (awaitng major rebuild)
(Vince) 1984 mini 25 (awaiting rebuild)
1973 clubman 1000 awaiting rebuild
1976 clubman 1100 awaiting rebuild
1976 clubman 1100 awaiting rebuild
1972 minivan awaiting rebuild
1980 minivan awaiting rebuild
1981 minivan awaiting rebuild
1985 pick up (special factory build using spare shell) but on q plate awaiting rebuild
1995 sidewalk white version awaiting rebuild
1982 1000 hle (first car) awaiting rebuild
1981 1000 hl (worked on this during mechanics apprenticeship
Posted 12 January 2025 - 05:20 AM
Hi Guys
Just have two minis running atm. My record was six of them all on the road and get in and drive condition.
1965 Shell fitted with a 1071 Cooper S engine.
1979 1275 GTS Clubman, concourse and pristine.
Cheers
Posted 13 January 2025 - 09:55 PM
What mini do you drive and are there any mods done to it ?
Also what are your plans !
I Drive a 1968 Mini Cooper 1000, All standard at 47,000 miles and 1 owner.
I am looking for a set of GKN Silverstone 12" rims if anyone can help
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