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[Whatty]

I've post a few questions on the technical section but overlooked posting an introduction. Bought my Mini last year as a third car for weekends and general tinkering. Its a genuine LHD Morris Mark 2 sporting very non-original primrose yellow with a not so fast 998cc motor. A few pics for your viewing pleasure.

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Edited by Whatty, 21 April 2009 - 05:29 PM.

[Whatty]

[Git]

Morning/evening Whatty. nice looking Mini you have there and welcome (officially) to TMF.
What plan have you for the car?

[yorkshirechris]

Welcome to TMF

That is a fantastic looking Mk2 !!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

i agree with chris great lookin mk2 like it espcially the colour

welcome

[Whatty]

Morning/evening Whatty. nice looking Mini you have there and welcome (officially) to TMF.
What plan have you for the car?

Welcome to TMF

That is a fantastic looking Mk2 !!

Thanks guys - I'm such an attention *woman of ill repute*

I bought the car last year from a bloke who restored it for his wife , I'd actually gone to look at a Porsche 911 he was selling and rather impetously came home with the Mini as the prospect of maintaining a Porker was beginning to daunt me - I'm not that technically minded but I was itching to get my hands dirty. In the end it I decided that I'd rather have a really good Mini than a ticking time bomb of a Porsche......

The Mini didn't really need that much doing to it. Body wise it had had a bare metal resto' and respray and while I'm not totally sold on the colour (the PO painted it to match his Bugeye Sprite, the guy was a bit of a petrolhead) the standard of restoration was pretty good. It was done in 2000 and the car has subsequently never been driven in the wet and always kept in a climate controlled garage.

Here's a pic of how the car was when I first saw it. The PO had a nice garage set up, lift ramp and rather a lot of tasty Snap On gear - makes my 150pce tool kit look a bit Fisher Price to be honest.

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First thing I did was to get rid of the Union Jack roof decal as it was a bit too Austin Powers for my taste and it clashed with the yellow. Half an hour with a hair drier - job done. Chucked a bit of rubber trim twixt the body and the arches and she looked much better.

The engine was also rebuilt 998 + 20 thou, new pistons, nitrided crank, Pertronix ignition, Densu starter motor and electrics changed to alternator, negative polarity etc. Converted to dry suspension with a new rear subframe, shocks and Hi-Lo's.

I'm planning to fit a Stage 1 kit in a bid to pep things up a bit as she gets a bit wheezy over 55mph. That said she doesn't leak a drop of oil or coolant.
She holds great oil pressure at 50psi and I run 93RON with a leaded additive

[Git]

Nice... do you think you'll keet the colour?

[Whatty]

Nice... do you think you'll keet the colour?

Not sure, I found the original colour was Maroon when I was poking about under the dash, bit subdued for my taste, I quite fancy Island blue or Almond green both correct for the year. On the other hand it seems a shame to mess with the existing 2K paint which is really very good.

[Git]

I think yellow or red look really good in bright sunlight... unlike in this country (most of the time)

I guess, the lighter the better what with not having A/C

[mk1leg]

Hi..and welcome to TMF and thats a real nice mini................