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[MateyTheMini]

Very Nice Mini Mate

[Mr Joshua]

Cheers.

[goose the DJ]

Geezers and Geezettes!!
Hi, Claire and I are the proud owners of MAGS the 1982 Y Reg Mini 1000 HLE.
I bought Mags for Claires wedding present, she really wanted one and obviously budget was limited at the wedding time. Found Mags in the back of a guys garage behind 10 1930's engine scrapheaps..and the guy wanted £150 for her!
Cost £1100 total garage bill at a so-called mate of a mate...but was well worth it i think.

Mags breaks have proved the biggest nightmare, but having them sorted last month for MOT means shes now PUCKA.

Engine is sweet, shes got 8000miles on the clock, deffo been round once...perhaps twice. It does of course leak oil...i have done rocker gasket, fuel pump gasket and near side driveshaft/CV cup gasket...but it still leaks. NExt job is the timing cover gasket...but that means radiator out...which for me is a bigger job than i'd prefer. But will give it a shot.

Bodywork is generally good. Worst rust in front drivers side floor and under rear seat. Next worst areas being A frames, rear corner, front headlight areas. The usual really, but not being a welder...i'm always on the hunt for someone who can put new wings, a frames, and floor pans in for me.

Ok enough banging on from me.

Lovin Mags work on the roads especially on the corners...totally choice!!
Future holds a stage 1 kit hopefully for mags, and some new wheels...and one day a respray to sort all the tatty bits out...but funds, and up and coming baby...will no doubt delay that lot.

Adios for now,
Goose.

[goose the DJ]

Sorry...forgot a picky...how do i do that???

think ive managed it...
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[Mayfair1986]

Our Mini is a 1986 Moonraker blue Mini Mayfair, with a genuine 11300 miles on the clock from new, owned since 2004.
It's never been restored or welded, and is completely original apart from having had the original matt grey bumpers, front grille and wiper blades replaced with chrome ones and a Rover radio cassette player in place of the original MW/LW radio which could no longer tune into anything.

Edited by Mayfair1986, 23 July 2009 - 01:48 AM.

[Leykor]

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What mini do you drive and are there any mods done to it ?
Also what are your plans !

Hello to all...

Im an final year Electrical Engineering student in Johannesburg, South Africa. I am also a aspiring mechanic/panel beater and I have choosen an Austin Mini Leykor as my first project.

I love how mechanically simply mini's are and I belive them to be a great car to learn on.

Here Is a picture of my mini ...

This mini is a Leykor ... and was manufactured right here in South Africa in the early 1970`s during the Apartheid era.

I purchased it from a guy on a farm who had it laying around in his back yard for 5 years, so although on the outside it looks okay, there is alot of rust in all the nooks and crannies.

Managed to get it started (surprisingly) after much work.

And ive joined the forum because i`ve hit some complications.

Im really looking forward to learn from this forum.

Big Hi to all.

Leykor

[karlbuttle]

mini thirty 1989. very rusty no mods but planning to make it a hard top shorty. i've had it four years it was my eighteenth birthday present.

[littleritz]

1985 Mini Ritz
1994 Mini Grand Prix

Still checking on the authenticity of these models, as some facts are a little daunting.

The ritz would be one of 2,200 sold in the UK
The Grand Prix would be one of 34 sold in the UK

The Ritz is in work, I hope to have some pictures soon!
The Grand Prix is losing its engine to the Ritz so my toy can have a nice powerplant!

Paul

[mrmoo]

This is my mini, 1992 mini city, I've owned it for nearly 10 years now, with the help of a mate who is an expert in welding and panel fitting and who is also mini mad, we restored it 2 years ago, I've done nothing to the 998cc engine except fit a stage one kit, bodywise, I've fitted a new front panel, 2 wings, 2 'A' panels, 2 new doors, new boot and new bonnet, then a full re-spray inside and out... Oh and added a mk1 grill...

Edited by mrmoo, 31 July 2009 - 05:53 PM.

[Figs122uk]

I think i just came! lol

That is beautiful !!!

There the seats i want, but with a red strip!

[littleritz]

1985 Mini Ritz
1994 Mini Grand Prix

Still checking on the authenticity of these models, as some facts are a little daunting.

The ritz would be one of 2,200 sold in the UK
The Grand Prix would be one of 34 sold in the UK

The Ritz is in work, I hope to have some pictures soon!
The Grand Prix is losing its engine to the Ritz so my toy can have a nice powerplant!

Paul

Well, The grand prix is definetly not a grand Prix, they only came in injected models >

either way i get a juicy 1275 to drop into the ritz

[minibill]

Just bought my first mini, a 1996 Mini Cooper. Standard 1.3i and all the rest.

Plans for it are to halt the rust and eventually mod it to become a Cooper Sport.

Nothing major, signed up to chat and learn about how to restore mini's.

Will post pics at some point.

[boobegger]

What mini do you drive and are there any mods done to it ?
Also what are your plans !

hello ive brought a 998 mini mayfair for £400 and plan to do it up, not sure what engine? ( any sergestions ) im giong for lime green and black paint job,
deep dish minilights,13inch, i will post picks as i go....

[trafficface09]

Rover mini City 1000 hes called Dave

Just finnished putting the subrame back on . The so call mechanic who owned the car previous, who was restoring to sell, was a cowboy and did silly things to make restoring my beloved mini that much harder.

i have spent monthes undoing his mistakes. anyway Dave is almoust done and features some rare parts donated from my best friends mini 25

oh and i have a spare head for sale and a spare engine the engine was left out in the rain (not by me) but if anyone wants to try and fix it just ask.

thanks for listening to my rant im rather pasionate about minis

pic shows the mess it was in

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[+jbrockz-mini+]

1982 austin mini 1000

I plan to:

Fit 12" Minilites
group 5 arches
blue bucket seats
blue centre console
blue dashboard
umm... and other stuff