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[leaky]

Heres the only pic of my car I have at the show at the moment.



I got borad and fitted an ah-ooo-gah horn to her so I would like to apologise to anyone I annoyed with that.

[Heather&Henrietta]

Well, I had a wonderful day today, not only my first trip to Beaulieu, but my first ever mini show Henny was sat on the 50 Mini Line up all day, despite how tatty she looked against the beautifully restored ones around her But I didn't care


I bought: -
A towing eye for Henny
Some in line fuel filters
A new rad cap for the 1275cc
Lots of stickers (including 2 personalised stickers labelled "Henrietta", which now have pride of place in the rear windows
A classic 'Austin' Badge for just a quid!

[mab01uk]

Well I’m well and truly burnt, completely knackered as well seeing as my day started with me setting of at 6am only for the mini to play up big time on the way down, but still managed to get there for half 8.
Soz I missed the photo by all of five minuets, I was buy another coil in the hope it would fix the mini, which so far on the way home it has, just the fuse box and alarm to do next, oh and the drivers door to which one of the clips fell of meaning I could open it from the inside.

Thanks for representing 1984 at short notice for the MCR 50 display and hope it was worth the early start!

[mab01uk]

Well, I had a wonderful day today, not only my first trip to Beaulieu, but my first ever mini show Henny was sat on the 50 Mini Line up all day, despite how tatty she looked against the beautifully restored ones around her But I didn't care

Thanks for representing 1986 at short notice for the MCR 50 display and glad you enjoyed your first Mini show!

[Roo]

Theres the Beast




Yeah that was her mini-jon.... She was like above when i first moved her towards the end of th day... went and wondered around, came back, and shifty had opened the flip front LOL!!!

EDIT: Did anyone like the paw print effect on her? Dirtiest mini in the field

Edited by Roo, 14 June 2009 - 10:42 PM.

[Burnard]

yer it looks great, must have been cheatah prints, the rate ur car was going down the motorway

i dont think it was as dirty at the MK1 we parked next to.

[sweetser]

Jono tell me you got pictures of the britax next the that mini!!!

[Down&Out]

I got borad and fitted an ah-ooo-gah horn to her so I would like to apologise to anyone I annoyed with that.

haha so that was you!. wasnt sat too far away, and shamefull i just said "oh dear"

[Down&Out]

Well, I had a wonderful day today, not only my first trip to Beaulieu, but my first ever mini show Henny was sat on the 50 Mini Line up all day, despite how tatty she looked against the beautifully restored ones around her But I didn't care

tatty?? was alright . what i didnt like was the light metallic blue clubby estate woody that had a spoiler on top of it

[Heather&Henrietta]

Well, I had a wonderful day today, not only my first trip to Beaulieu, but my first ever mini show Henny was sat on the 50 Mini Line up all day, despite how tatty she looked against the beautifully restored ones around her But I didn't care

Thanks for representing 1986 at short notice for the MCR 50 display and glad you enjoyed your first Mini show!

You're very welcome! I thoroughly enjoyed it thank you!

Well, I had a wonderful day today, not only my first trip to Beaulieu, but my first ever mini show Henny was sat on the 50 Mini Line up all day, despite how tatty she looked against the beautifully restored ones around her But I didn't care

tatty?? was alright . what i didnt like was the light metallic blue clubby estate woody that had a spoiler on top of it

She needs some TLC you gotta admit! Am in the process and saving money to do her up! I want her body work sorted, a 1275cc engine to replace her shocking 998 eni8gne and wiring loom, and a full prim and spray - etallic kingfisher blue Got 13x7 superlights to fit too along with wide arches She'll look great one day, just going to be a long painful process to save the money up


P.S The clubby estate wasn't to my taste either

[leaky]

Jono tell me you got pictures of the britax next the that mini!!!

Theirs a video of that mini on youtube from last year.

[MR-SKIMMED]

I didnt make the show, got as far as Honiton before i had an over heating problem with semi, first of all i thought it was fan belt slipping as the bolt for the tensioner had failed after i fitted a new cowl, then after replacing

temp sender
fan (4 blade export)
thermostat - 88 degrees to 82 degrees
new bolt to tensioner
reverse flushing the cooling system (& forward)

i still had an erratic temp gauge :?:

it wasn't miss-firing or losing power or using any water or any water oil-mix :shock:

So i decided to go for a run to beaulieu to see what happened (after 50 miles local testing Saturday)

The result....

I got picked up by Keith who just happened to be wearing club colours





Then after i got home, i stripped semi to see what the problem was...




The gasket had failed, not between 2-3 or even 1-2 or 3-4, but look at the fire rings (silver bits around the pots), they have melted/discintegrated.

So i spent all day down the pub's whilst my good friend emalee was collecting bits from the show for me.

Semi is now fixed with a new head gasket, roll on next year!

[mab01uk]

Pictures of all the 50 years of Mini Display at Beaulieu 2009
Link:-
http://forum.minicoo....php?albumid=54
(Sorry not my own album so you may have to register to see them all)

[Roo]

yer it looks great, must have been cheatah prints, the rate ur car was going down the motorway

i dont think it was as dirty at the MK1 we parked next to.

[Charliebird]

Got one before you moved her...

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