A bit strange. Not a mini though
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Car Unearthed In Back Garden
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Black.Ghost
, Apr 09 2020 04:06 PM
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Black.Ghost
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Posted 09 April 2020 - 04:06 PM
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surfblue
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Camshaft & Stage Two Head
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Posted 13 April 2020 - 07:09 PM
MOT exempt too, that will be back on the road by Friday! 
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Avtovaz
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Posted 13 April 2020 - 08:21 PM
Yorkshire people never throw anything away...
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Big Sam
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Posted 17 April 2020 - 02:18 PM
Beats the mattress i found in mine!
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Posted 18 April 2020 - 10:55 PM
Beats the mattress i found in mine!
At least that one is understandable.... someones prepared the ground ready to plant SPRING vegetables 
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Posted 19 April 2020 - 08:13 AM
Beats the mattress i found in mine!
At least that one is understandable.... someones prepared the ground ready to plant SPRING vegetables
There's no way I could give that a like, but it deserved recognition.
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Posted 19 April 2020 - 01:13 PM
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mister bridger
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Posted 19 April 2020 - 05:09 PM
Beats the mattress i found in mine!
A flower bed?
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Posted 21 April 2020 - 09:06 PM
Beats the mattress i found in mine!
A flower bed?
Bedding plants?
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Posted 21 April 2020 - 10:39 PM
In the late 1960's there was a very well-known Mini race driver and preparation person, who will remain nameles.
A member of one of the motor clubs of which I was a member wanted a Mini Cooper 'S' in which to compete in autocross, sprints and hill climbs and he spoke with our race-driver friend, who quickly 'found' him a car for not a lot of money. It was not road-registered, but was definitely a real 'S'.
However, our race-driving friend was arrested and the Old Bill started tracing the Minis which he had 'dishonestly handled' (nicked!).
The guy who had bought the 'S' for autocross used to run a sand & gravel business and he was concerned that the Old Bill might 'come looking', so he dug a very big hole at his gravel pits and buried a complete Cooper 'S'.
I often wonder if it was ever found when the site was developed for houses about 35 years later in the late 1990's.
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Posted 22 April 2020 - 12:48 PM
In the late 1960's there was a very well-known Mini race driver and preparation person, who will remain nameles.
A member of one of the motor clubs of which I was a member wanted a Mini Cooper 'S' in which to compete in autocross, sprints and hill climbs and he spoke with our race-driver friend, who quickly 'found' him a car for not a lot of money. It was not road-registered, but was definitely a real 'S'.
However, our race-driving friend was arrested and the Old Bill started tracing the Minis which he had 'dishonestly handled' (nicked!).
The guy who had bought the 'S' for autocross used to run a sand & gravel business and he was concerned that the Old Bill might 'come looking', so he dug a very big hole at his gravel pits and buried a complete Cooper 'S'.
I often wonder if it was ever found when the site was developed for houses about 35 years later in the late 1990's.
Could possibly be better preserved than if it had been left out in the rain?
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