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[wile e coyote]

Just thumbing this months PC mag and theres a "barn find" article - which got me thinking, with dwindling supplies of minis in the ever decreasing number of scrappies in our green & pleasant land coupled with want ads popping up all over the place the only remaining sources of obtaining a car would seem to be either fleabay or classifieds - all 3 of my minis have been acquired by either knowing a friend of a friend who has a mini in the garage they want rid of, or by spotting a familiar shape under a tired tarp or through an open garage door and getting cheeky - door knocking. The right attitude and a few quid often yeilds spectaular (and cheap) results - to illustate mine:

Mini equinox - all complete - major MOT fail £300 - back of a local garage
80 Mini city - rust free 50K from new £200 - friend of a friend
Mini Picaddily - fully resprayed Aston Maroon, loaded with "s" parts, spax's , hilo's, a 1380, corbeau seats, genuine minilites £100 - work colleague

so to my point - theres hundreds of us on the forum who must know the wherabouts of loads of suitable resto projects / parts donors is anyone prapared to air to the wider world where these are?

Here's one for starters:

Nailsea (near Bristol) - spied in poor condition but intact a late 70's clubby estate - back of a drive and looks a very long term resident, No contact made with owner so may not be open to discussing its future (or lack of) - but if anyone wants to have a go PM me and I'll tell you where it is......

(I'm not mentioning a 3k from new MG Metro though - am playing the long game to get that one myself.....)

[pariahcreative]

Mudford near Yeovil there is a drive with a handful of minis in various states. Is that somebody here? Seems like a collector but never had time to stop and look/ask.

[mini-man-dan]

Ooo I live in Nailsea! Where abouts is it And don't look at my drive at the mo, got 1 under a cover and one behind it ! And no the Pickup isn't left out on the drive, that's tucked away in a hidden place atm! (Not my garage, so if you're thinking of trying to find it, don't bother looking there )

Edited by digi-cars.piczo.com, 15 October 2009 - 07:52 PM.

[minimininut]

If anyone fancies a rescue mission?? About six weeks ago there was a mini sat in a field/end of a track behind a car parking layby bit next to the Druid's Arms in Stanton Drew (near Bristol). I doubt very much it's gone anywhere, it looked a bbit abandoned and unloved just sat in the grass going rustier and rustier

I've no idea who it belongs to but maybe if you went during pub opening hours the owners might know?

Edited by minimininut, 16 October 2009 - 06:33 AM.

[leaky]

Theirs loads in Tadley that haven't moved in ages.











Their the ones I have pics of. I know of another 3 that I don't have pics of.

[Pitcrew6464]

good thread!!!

[skaterava]

I agree This is similar to the "rescue me" section of Mini Mag. This thread should be stickied

[wile e coyote]

digi - YHM