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[samjames]

i cant drive

but i do have a 1000cc 1988 mini designer

[BEGY]

Hello people,
im Begy, a mini mad chap from bolton, and just finished my monster project building my mini cooper,
im new to all this forum stuff, so please excuse me if i send something wrong or attach something and its not there!!!
i'll try and put a pic on of my ikkle min on here.
Would love to get to know like minded mini nuts to chat, exchange pics & poss meet up for the od mini run.
Cheers for now,
Begy

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[Racer_Pete]

Thats a nice looking mini Begy,

Heres my mini, Its bacially a racing stockcar mini with a 998cc engine which has had a couple of tweeks done to it to. (hope ollie doesnt see this )

Edited by BoyRacerPete, 17 May 2007 - 08:14 PM.

[Mini-Limo]

Mini Limo! All 14 feet of it.
Met my now wife through out local mini club, got married and built the car with Surf Blue Garage so we could get married in it, well get to the wedding in it.

Mods... extra 6 feet, 2 more doors, 2nd sunroof.... etc.

Grooved disks, stage 1 kit, about 3 meters of SS 2" bore exhaust, twin side to side exit exhaust. central locking and electric windows on rear doors. Couple of CD players etc.

Plan to redo the interior, extend the rear seat and cover it in leather. redo the dash and various other bits...

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[BEGY]

Mini Limo! All 14 feet of it.
Met my now wife through out local mini club, got married and built the car with Surf Blue Garage so we could get married in it, well get to the wedding in it.

Mods... extra 6 feet, 2 more doors, 2nd sunroof.... etc.

Grooved disks, stage 1 kit, about 3 meters of SS 2" bore exhaust, twin side to side exit exhaust. central locking and electric windows on rear doors. Couple of CD players etc.

Plan to redo the interior, extend the rear seat and cover it in leather. redo the dash and various other bits...

Hello mate, what a fantastic job youve done on this min - would love to see some pics of the interior.
keep up the good work buddy.
Begy

[BEGY]

Thats a nice looking mini Begy,

Heres my mini, Its bacially a racing stockcar mini with a 998cc engine which has had a couple of tweeks done to it to. (hope ollie doesnt see this )

hey matey, nice motor, looks the part.
thanks for the compliment about my motor.
Begy

[gnirdlog]

Hey I'm Tom, about to turn 18 and been bombing round in my '83 Mayfair since October! Also got a 1980 Mini 1000 Cooper look-alike that I did up with my dad over about 6 years - was meant to be for me but we went a bit o.t.t. and insurance was a bit of a bugger... it was actually cheaper just to buy the mayfair and insure me on it for a year than to be on the other one!

Just been to my 6th form May ball last week - we thought we'd be a bit different to the usual limo-crews so got together 5 minis and did the Italian Job all the way (annoyed a few people in the massive queue behind us but we didn't care, it looked awesome : p) My 2 are the blue one in the middle and the green one on the far right

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Edited by gnirdlog, 22 May 2007 - 03:49 PM.

[Mini-Limo]

Thanks Begy
And it only took 3 months!
pics should be here somewhere. The rear seat base is being extended and recoverd. The centre petition needs motorising and I have some new smiths clocks for the dash, which will require a new dash...
Then its LCD and DVD etc.

Cheers
Chris

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[the_random]

Hey!!

well i drive this:

A 1990 Rover Mini 1000 City E
It has a custom manifold kit and a custom exhaust
Got Hi/Lo suspension on it
Superlite Wheels
Spacers on the axels
Chrome wing mirrors
Dark blue exterior, white checkered roof
Chrome kit on the bumpers/grill hinges etc.

Interior:
1/2 leather cream/blue
JVC CD player
2X infinity 6x9s
Silver Dash
Astrali steering wheel








Problems/Accidents(not a section i should have lol):

- Went into the front of another car in the snow....brakes/steering locked up - lost the grill/bonnet/starter motor/distributor cap
- Someone driving into the back of me - no damage, just a couple of scuffs
- Most recently the piston shattering ripping up the inside of the engine so now i need a new engine....and i cant find one

Love the car such a good car to drive!!!

[belacreilloc]

I bought a "1977 Mini Cooper" from a guy in Ontario Canada and brought it back to Utah. I have since rebuilt both the front Hubs and suspension stuff and put Hi los and coils on her. she also has 7'' 13's now and I am getting ready to rebuild the engine. But I am not entirely sure of exactly what model Mini i have. It has the large disc brakes on the front and drums on the back. But I am totally new to the whole Mini thing and there aren't a whole lot of people to talk to about them here in the middle of the desert. I would assume that it would have a 1275cc engine since it has S brakes but am not positive since the guy I bought it from was french Canadian and the car wasn't in very good shape when I bought it, I would like to bore it out to 1380cc, how do I go about finding out if this is possible on the engine I have and what would be necessary to accomplish this?

Your information and Guidance would be very appreciated!
Caleb

[sarahjk]

I currently have 3 Minis

A 1990 Flame called Little Red, with a fibre glass front, stage 1, she's a wonderful car, I have owned her for about 8 years

A 1983 City E Convertible, just bought her off eBay, she's called Belle,

And Pebbles the donor!!!! Due to become a trailer!!!!!

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[JBlinston]

Heya, this is my Mini Mia. 1986 Mayfair, with a stage one, minus the needle so she chugs without the right mixture. Dressed up as a cooper sportspack, with massive spacers on that are screwing up my bearings. Hopefully that'll all be changed when I come into some more money. Just fitted a pug 306dturbo battery, replaced the head gasket and bought some new sparkys. When the head came off, we noticed cylinder 1 bore is pretty scarred up, and have a fairly strong feeling the piston ring is gone URGH!

Anyway, I love her, she's a great little car and with the spacers but small wheels, hugs those corners better than ever! As soon as i've got a new needle profiled and her rr'd it'll all be smiles .

Here's some pics...





Old Dash and centre console



New dash, no console. Much Nicer!



And this is me, desperately looking through the Haynes manual for torque wrench settings for the head nuts.

[westeydragon]

I have a 1984 Mini mayfair. I have turned it into a rsp cooper lookalike in Blue. I have Added Stainless Steel Wing Mirrors, Bumppers and Grill To it as well. I have also got MK1 Mini seats in it as well as Elm Dash, Stearing wheel and Gear Knob.

I also Have A 1993 Limited Edition Mini italian Job in BRG metalic which I am Restoring To Original Spec.

[backstreetclassics]

this is my lil red mini

[8ball]

hey just joined the forum thought i would let you know im currently driving a ford escort. but after my 998 stage 1 jet black conked out due to a cracked cylinder head. i decided to rebuild it.

am learning how to weld so i can do
new scuttle
new rear valance
front floor pans
inner and outer sills
part of the door step
new a panels
and a few other patches and repairs
oh yeah and a bulk head box
and a steel clubby removable front
de bumpered rear
grp2 arches

engine is gunna be a 998 turbo
running a 12g295 head once i manage to find a decent one.
mg metro cam or sw5 probly metro tho cheaper
t2 turbo from a nissan bluebird
metro turbo manifold customised
hiff44 turbo carb modified to take intercoller and dump valve
probly a cossie intercooler
custom exhaust down pipe probly usin my straight through rc40
probly metro 4 pots with vented disks
oil cooler
megajolt

still need most of the bits so if you got anythin let me no

ideal world i would have it done for southern min i days but judging by the fact i havent even learnt to weld yet i cant quite see it happenin