I bought the 1275 of a kindly spanish fella called Manuel off ebay, she looked a bit scabby so there was not a lot of intrest by looking at the pics I reconed that though it was a little rough the car looked solid, and it came with a lot of spares (which I will go into later) so I toddled up the M4 in the transit to reading to go and have a closer look. On arrival Manuel strted her up and the motor ran like a little watch, only 1000cc at the mo, on going for a test drive I found the steering and handling to be nice and tight so i guessed the rubbers down front are all in good nick and the car braked well AND in a straight line! Back on the driveway over a cuppa I began lifting the carpets to see what delights this would reveal, to my pleasure everywhere was solid and sealed, also the fella has had it since 1987 and kept it garaged, by this point I had decided to take the car! Here are a couple of piccies.
Woo Hoo Bunny Dazzlers so I can actually see at night like on a normal car!
3/4s
Front wing, a little dinged and unpainted A panel, but good and solid!
We have a webasto roof again just like on the yellow un!
The Interior is nice and clean too, with the welcome addition of an oil pressure gauge!
Anyway I bought the car and drove it home down the motorway back to swansea in some of the heaviest rain in ages, the true test of any mini! Well gotta say she never missed a beat crusing at 70-80 mph all the way home, and next day everything was dry under the carpets too! Anyway Its currently at the paint shop being sprayed top to bottom in black! Will update on spares and stuff when i get some pictures.
