Hi, some of you may recognise my car from the attached photos as she's been in the Mini World magazine twice. I have had her since 2001 and had some changes made to make it a slightly more practical to drive on today's roads. Whilst she was off having some alterations I moved home and spent all my spare time fixing up the house.
Anyway to cut a long story short I have finally started working on the old girl again this summer. So far I have rewired and added a few extra bits (Central locking, DRL's, additional guages, remote boot opener etc.) replaced the coolant hoses, and changed over to electronic egnition.
I've still got a long way to go and If all goes well I'll be getting her resprayed yellow in the new year.
Welcome To My Rebuild
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, Dec 18 2014 12:26 PM
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 12:26 PM
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 12:45 PM
That is very unusual
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 01:46 PM
That is odd but I like it :)
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 04:25 PM
I fell in love with it when I was 18, and had the opertunity to buy it eight years later (which I just had to do, even though it needed a bit of TLC).
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 04:54 PM
Um...........
I thought it was an old Renault 5 Gordini when I 1st saw the pic.
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 04:54 PM
Would those be Mk1 Sierra rear lights by any chance?
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 07:08 AM
Would those be Mk1 Sierra rear lights by any chance?
To be honest I'm not sure, I've been told differently by three people
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 07:39 AM
Don't know if it's just me but the front looks like a mk1 escorts and the rear looks like an old school porsche.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 07:44 AM
What engine has it got?
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 10:46 AM
Hi I remember seeing this in the magazines. I'm pretty sure the lights are Rover SD1
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 11:15 AM
They are rover SD1 rear lights, as for the engine, I cant find any info on the car....
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Posted 20 December 2014 - 06:08 PM
What engine has it got?
1380 stage 3. The head has MED200 stamped on it but I can't seem to find any information as to what it relates to.
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Posted 21 December 2014 - 07:26 AM
Would those be Mk1 Sierra rear lights by any chance?
To be honest I'm not sure, I've been told differently by three people
I'd have thought MK3 Escort.
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Posted 21 December 2014 - 01:14 PM
I'd have thought MK3 Escort.To be honest I'm not sure, I've been told differently by three peopleWould those be Mk1 Sierra rear lights by any chance?
I've been looking and they are definitely Rover SD1 rear lights
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 09:34 AM
Can clear this up, was it mini?
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