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[Wickett McGibson]

I’ve always loved minis and in 2006 I purchased my 1st. It was a red Austin Mayfair. It was my pride and joy until someone drove into it whilst parked overnight and then drove off. The damage was too much for myself to fix so I had to sell.

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.

[In-a-mini]

nice colour and that engine is spotless looking good keep up the good work and keep posting

[Wickett McGibson]

nice colour and that engine is spotless looking good keep up the good work and keep posting

Thanks.

I will keep this updated until finished!!

[Foxy Mini]

Love the colour

[sheree&the-gt]

was you in the mini mag (a recent one)?? sure i've seen it!

[Wickett McGibson]

was you in the mini mag (a recent one)?? sure i've seen it!

Yeah i was in the "I love Mini" section of MiniWorld this month. Im hoping it may be worthy of a full article when complete.

[Wickett McGibson]

As promised, some pix of the seats I will be putting in. Purchased these of TMF member "Ali" about a month ago after he decided to break his mini following an accident. As you can see, the seats have Union Jacks stitched into the headrests - there are matching door cards to go with too.

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My old man has also nocked up a custom dash board - ill try n get some pix of that when i can.

Edited by MiniPowell13, 02 March 2008 - 01:03 PM.

[Wickett McGibson]

I think I have a problem with my fuel cap

Basically it seems that fuel is running down the back of the car under the fuel cap and bubbling my paintwork like a rite b**ch. Im not sure whether the problem is the cap or the rubber under the cap.

Has anyone else had similar problems in the past and if so, advice would be welcome...

[Pie]

Do you really want a list of every TMF under the title "add your name if youve had fuel spilling out the neck" lol

Looks like a decent project.

[Wickett McGibson]

Do you really want a list of every TMF under the title "add your name if youve had fuel spilling out the neck" lol

Its not spilling out as such. I just cant work out whether its my fuel cap or the rubber.

Its not a list of people im after obviously - Its as case of finding where the problem lies. Thanks for killing off my question.

Edited by MiniPowell13, 16 March 2008 - 07:55 PM.

[Wickett McGibson]

More work done thisweekend. Having a bit of trouble starting the new engine. Has been sat a little while though but she sounds like she wants to go. Here are the latest pix:

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2 months now until L2B - the clocks ticking and hopefully she will make it!!

[Albert Screwdriver III]

I want to see the new dashboard

[Wickett McGibson]

New dizzy arrived now!! Hopefully will get this baby started 2morro!!

I want to see the new dashboard

Will see what I can do Mr Screwdriver...

[Wickett McGibson]

YIPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEE!! She ROARS!!

Finally she ran 2day!! Took a while but we (me and my bro) got there! Not even the rain could stop us 2day!! Check out the smoke at the back of the garage!!

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All left to do now is finish the cooling system, lights etc and get the exhaust on - then she's ready for the MOT. Cant w8.

Also, as promised:

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[minili]

Hey, it's looking good! Well done for getting it running Good luck finishing it for L2B, should see you there!

As for petrol coming back out of the petrol cap, presumably just a bad seal, I'm not sure how much a new petrol cap costs but I'm sure it's not much - probably worth it to see if it cures it I have petrol stains down the side of my Mini too