I knew I’d want another mini so I started to look and came across a 1990 Rover Mini City recently modified into a Purple Cooper look-a-like. Here they both are below:
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I drove her for about 8 months day to day with only the usual classic car tweaking problems, which never bothered me too much. Here she is again on one of my little adventures:
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I guess the day to day driving of her eventually was too much as she gave up on me in September 07. I didn’t have the heart to sell her, or break her, so I put her in garage and set about fixing her. Fixing quickly became totally changing and the begining of Mini-Bop II. Here are some pix of the progress so far:
As you can see, the engine and engine bay were a let down to the rest of the car
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This is the day she went into the garage
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This is her being taken apart bit by bit
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The 998 lump that came out
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And the 1275 going back in
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The work done on the engine bay - totally transformed
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With the new lump in now - this is how she stands
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Along with the engine which still requires slight work before she's back running again, I have been changing the interior from the standard grey Rover City interior into something really original.
Pix of the new interior will follow shortly.
Hopefully Mini-Bop II will be ready for L2B cus iv got a ticket and wouldnt want it to go to waste
Edited by MiniPowell13, 01 March 2008 - 09:35 PM.