Here is the story so far:
I bought my Mini back in January of this year,
I went all the way over to Surrey to view it and kind of fell for it straight away.
It was a completely standard 1992 City, with only 62000 miles on the clock, complete with added lightness in the form of rust holes in the rear arches
(although I am not certain whether the alloys are standard or not - maybe somone can enlighten me on it 
) on the drive back on the day, i didn't realise that the fanbelt was a bit loose and so when my dad (who I was following back) pullled in at Marlborough to check as to why my headlights were so dim, he wouldn't start again, which in a way, was a good thing, as I then had to call the AA out on the first day of membership (they probably werent best pleased about that 
) and they tightened that up for me 
This is also where the name came from, I had my girlfriend, Bryony with me, and when the lights were refusing to flash, she decided that the name had to be "Flash - because he wouldn't"Since the eventful drive home, I have managed to do several things, I have replaced the front trumpets with Hi-Lo's, I had to go out to my friends - Sven (J322OverTheTop) - at which point he agreed to kindly weld up me rear arches.
I then got a puncture which led to getting two new Yokos on the front. I have also made a couple of small changed to the interior, I got hold of a red gear knob and gaitor, along with some decent 3 clocks. I decided that buying a 3 clock dashboard was too expensive and so decided to make my own one, with my own hands, which hasnt gone too bad (or at least I think so anyway ) and I also got a steering wheel which may not be in the best condition, but i still quite like the look of it Anyway, it is currently in a garage, as some silly lass decided that it might be a good idea to go into the back of me at a set of lights. luckily, there isn't too much damage, although it does mean that I have to have the rear panel replaced, along with the bootlid and bumper, and rear offside light unit along with possibly the rear valance. I also have to get a V.I.C done along with a fresh M.O.T on it before I will be insured to drive it again.
Anyhow, i'm sure that will probably be boring you all already, so, the plans
Engine:
I have already got hold of all of the required parts for a Stage One Kit : Twin box Rc-40 and link pipe, LCB exhaust manifold and Y-piece, minispares inlet manifold, Pipercross Airfilter, AAU Carb Needle and of course, the manifold gasket. So I will be fitting that once I get Flash Back! and then I will get it rolling roaded, to make sure i am getting the most out it!
Then when i have some more money after the repairs, I'm not entierly sure where to go next, although I am sure that I would quite like to put a slightly longer diff on it, (3.1 I think) - not entirely sure whether that can just be changed at will or not though...
and I am also sure that I want to keep it naturally/normally aspirated, just because prefer engines like that 
Bodywork/Exterior:
I think with this, i quite like the standard look, although some offset/wider wheels would be nice along with some wider arches I think.
I'm still undecided as to whether i should go for 10'' wheels and tyres, as I have seen some on him and they do look good... which is just making the decision harder still!
but apart from that and maybe changing the colour of the car, i think I will keep it nice and standard.
Interior:
This may see a lot of changes. as above I have already gotten different steering wheel and gear knob and gaitor. along with the homemade dashboard. i am still curently undecided about the colour scheme to go for on this one as he is currently silver with a black roof and stripes on the bonnet, so I may go for a blue and greyish interior colours as it would fit in, or i might go for something completely different, i don't know yet
The radio that come in the car, is incredibly old (still has a tape player), had some very confusing wiring (wires changing colour several times on the way) along with what i believe to be the ground wire gone completely. It was also fused in using the blade for the rev counter, so I have got a replacement (and more modern) head unit on the way along with a set of four speakers, 2 6X9's and 2 4" speakers so hopefully that will work well in the Mini but all the wiring will all have to be redone again, which could go okay, or may go catastrophically badly
I know this is a long first post, but thank you for those of you that have stuck with it all the way through
I will add pictures of all of, well everything soon, once I work out how to use the whole photobucket thingy..? it'll happen as soon as I can make it
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