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#1 valve bounce

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Posted 22 April 2009 - 10:40 AM

just popping in to say hello im new to the site. i own a 1975 mini1000 which i have had since febuary last year did a fully rebuild and respray on it nut and bolt rebuild in just 4 months ready for learning to drive in, i learn in th mini and took my test in the mini passed first time with 1 minor. im also studying to become a mechanic only got 10 weeks of my course left
anyhow the car it has dunlop d1 alloys, high mounted cibie oscars, corbra classic bucket seats, at current for insurance purposes it is stilla 1000 but its benn fully rebuilt including a rally cam 1.5 rockers, stage 1 kit, lightened flywheel, electronic ignition, 12g295 head, (ill start another topic and go in more detail with pictures etc) planning to get it on the rollling road in the next week or so then off to the cumbria mini cruisers splash dash,
i have done all the work my self with help from my dad as he had more spraying experience than me (dads done 2 ive done 0) i rebuilt both engine and gearbox my self and im expecting to get approximatly 50-65 bhp from the engine mabey a bit more when my insurance goes down and i get my twin cars on

any how enough talk time for a picture

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#2 miniman retford

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Posted 22 April 2009 - 10:55 AM

Hi & welcome to TMF :teehee: Well done passing your test 1st time !
Lovely looking mini :proud:

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Posted 23 April 2009 - 08:30 PM

Hi..and welcome to TMF and congrats on passing your test ...................... :)

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Posted 23 April 2009 - 08:48 PM

Welcome to TMF and congrats on passing your test. That mini is one lovely shade of blue.

#5 valve bounce

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Posted 23 April 2009 - 09:28 PM

Welcome to TMF and congrats on passing your test. That mini is one lovely shade of blue.


yes i was going to do it surf blue but the 3 diffrent paint codes i did find they looked o green so that was the closest i could find in the flip charts

cheers for the welcome robert

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Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:19 PM

Welcome to TMF and congrats on passing your test. That mini is one lovely shade of blue.


yes i was going to do it surf blue but the 3 diffrent paint codes i did find they looked o green so that was the closest i could find in the flip charts

cheers for the welcome robert


welcome to the site dude :) newbies make the tea.. i have two sugars :)
nice one on passing your test :dontgetit:

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Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:28 PM

Welcome to TMF and congrats on passing your test. That mini is one lovely shade of blue.


yes i was going to do it surf blue but the 3 diffrent paint codes i did find they looked o green so that was the closest i could find in the flip charts

cheers for the welcome robert


i have two sugars >_<


sorry ran out of milk

thanks for the welcome

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Posted 25 April 2009 - 09:09 AM

Hi and welcome to TMF, and nice mini man :( , and well done for passign first time :) .




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