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#1 Boab

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 11:46 PM

Hello
My name is Carl, and I live in Livingston, Scotland. I am also known as Boab (out of the 'oor wullie' book) as the folks here tend to pronounce my name as Carol due to them rolling their r's.

I have lived in Scotland for the last 21 yrs and have picked up the Scottish twang.

I recently bought a Mini from a girl in Bristol, drove it all the way to Edinburgh, went to work in it the next day only for it to breakdown with a very bad rattle and loss of power. It turned out to be the big end bearings. Another engine was sourced and fitted. Only problem I have now is that it will only run with the choke fully on.

I have taken it off the road for the winter and I'm in the process of rebuilding the interior as it was pretty gairesh, carpets were poorly fitted, the dash is a one piece aluminium mish-mash of clocks that don't work. The dash is being renewed and built by myself at the minute, so it is going to be a busy couple of months.

Hope to speak to some of you soon.

Cheers for now

Boab

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#2 Brawlyrox

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Posted 07 January 2005 - 10:54 AM

Hi Carol :tongue:

welcome to the site, keep us updated on the dash build, and hope to see you at some shows!

Nick

#3 CharlieBrown

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Posted 07 January 2005 - 12:36 PM

Hi Carl, welcome to the forum.

Can you post up a pic of your mini for us to see. please.

#4 Boab

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Posted 16 January 2005 - 10:09 PM

Find pictures of my mini by clicking here.
http://uk.msnusers.com/MiniPics

#5 Dom

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Posted 17 January 2005 - 09:04 AM

hello and welcome to the mini forum carl, smart mini

#6 centralminiTC

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Posted 17 January 2005 - 11:20 AM

Nice looking car! welcome Carl. :grin:




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