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#1 Sean C

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Posted 01 September 2018 - 10:15 PM

A few months ago when I was at work one of my elderly colleagues approached me and said that she had a mini that she was thinking of selling and asked me if I would be interested as she was giving up driving. I asked her what condition it was in. Her description was it's black and it's a limited edition. After a few weeks of thinking about it I agreed to have a look at it just for my own piece of mind. The minute I seen it I knew I had to have it. She went on to say that she's had it since new, has a private plate (again since new) and it's had a fair bit of work done to it over the years. It's had a complete front end which looks spot on (possibly heritage panels) and sills, not genuine but they are vented. The flutes look longer than standard so could they be Mk1 sills? It's also had a section welded in between the boot hinges but this isn't a tidy job and one which will need corrected at a later date. 

 

 

Car when purchased

 

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New pressed plates, headlights and stainless steel bumper fitted. 

 

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The plan for now is to just keep it on the road, tidy it up and enjoy it until I get a chance to fully restore it. The MOT is due in October and already I have a few jobs to do to it before I put it up for test. Jobs include Balljoints, CV boot and a few small bits of welding. 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Posted 01 September 2018 - 11:01 PM

:shades:



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Posted 02 September 2018 - 06:31 AM

cracking little number



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Posted 02 September 2018 - 06:52 AM

Looks ace!

 

Plus looking forward to the next video mate!



#5 Sean C

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Posted 02 September 2018 - 06:42 PM

Looks ace!

 

Plus looking forward to the next video mate!

Cheers bud, Angus is at a bit of a standstill due to work commitments at the moment. Will hopefully get a video out soon



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Posted 02 September 2018 - 06:44 PM

cracking little number

Yes it is. I think I got a decent buy with this one. It drives really well and once the bodywork is tidied up it should look better



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Posted 03 September 2018 - 05:35 AM

 

Looks ace!

 

Plus looking forward to the next video mate!

Cheers bud, Angus is at a bit of a standstill due to work commitments at the moment. Will hopefully get a video out soon

 

Not to worry I feel you pain with our projects as well work takes over...



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Posted 03 September 2018 - 08:16 PM

 

 

Looks ace!

 

Plus looking forward to the next video mate!

Cheers bud, Angus is at a bit of a standstill due to work commitments at the moment. Will hopefully get a video out soon

 

Not to worry I feel you pain with our projects as well work takes over...

 

Work, life, money. It's never ending :(



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Posted 04 September 2018 - 05:26 AM

 

 

 

Looks ace!

 

Plus looking forward to the next video mate!

Cheers bud, Angus is at a bit of a standstill due to work commitments at the moment. Will hopefully get a video out soon

 

Not to worry I feel you pain with our projects as well work takes over...

 

Work, life, money. It's never ending :(

 

True that :(



#10 Sean C

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Posted 04 September 2018 - 10:52 PM

 

 

 

 

Looks ace!

 

Plus looking forward to the next video mate!

Cheers bud, Angus is at a bit of a standstill due to work commitments at the moment. Will hopefully get a video out soon

 

Not to worry I feel you pain with our projects as well work takes over...

 

Work, life, money. It's never ending :(

 

True that :(

 

The BINI now needs attention so that's another set back/ cash drain on the classic mini projects. Oh well I guess I best put some overtime in at work :(



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Posted 05 September 2018 - 05:32 AM

Sorry to hear that Sean, I am in the same boat with project wedding car my daily land rover has decided it doesn't need things and broke :mmkay:



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Posted 05 September 2018 - 09:32 PM

Sorry to hear that Sean, I am in the same boat with project wedding car my daily land rover has decided it doesn't need things and broke :mmkay:

Cheers bud. I'm on top of the BINI so will be fitting a new fuel filter as it must have taken on dirty fuel but it's running fine now plus I am also going to do the ELOYS fluid as that's never been done and it's sitting on 150,500 miles. Just waiting on the parts coming now then that can go for MOT and I can turn my attention to the thirty. Got 2 extra shifts at work so that will help 






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