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[MiniCityEm]

First of all Hi!! My names Emily

So I'm new to this, in fact new to the whole mini scene

For my first car I've just bought a Mini City E 1989 998cc. Its a bit of a resto job, as the money kid who owned before me, crashed it and then had his parents buy him something more expensive to prang.
Anyway like I said I'm new to the car scene and hope some people can give me some advice as I go along. I hope to do most or all of the work myself, in between uni and part time work in order to pay for my mini resto

Some of the things I might ask you might seem totally daft, but I know hardly anything, but hey, we all gotta start somewhere

[minimininut]

Hi Emily,

Welcome to theminiforum! Good luck with your 1989 bundle of joy,and like you say, everyone starts somewhere, and there's loads of info on the forum

[miniadventure]

Hi, welcome to TMF!

[miniman44]

Hi Emily,I bought JB,oh,must be ten years ago.She was my first,and at my age,I think my last Mini.And I'm still asking damn fool questions,so dont let that worry you.Stick around,ask your daft questions,and enjoy.

[miniman86]

Hiya Emily, welcome to TMF! any pics?

Alex

[Scallywag630]

Hi Emily. Welcome to TMF. Well done you for wanting to learn about mini restoration. I would suggest you become a TMF+ member (£5) as the discounts you will get on parts will save you a fortune. Post some pictures of your car and start a rebuild thread once you get started.

[MiniCityEm]

This currently is my only picture of Eddie, at the moment a category C write off, but I'm gonna soon change that.

Thanks for all your replies and I am sure gonna need a lot of help, as I'm gonna be doing all the work myself, with the wise words of a few friends.

So far I've done the HPI check and had a viewing (both car & documents) , so I'm taking a knowledgeable friend with me tonight to give him the once over and hopefully bring him home. Was a little unsure about buying private but wouldnt be able to buy a mini otherwise. Any points on buying private I should consider?

Very happy about him, .

Thanks again.

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[me madjoe 90]

Front looks low recon cones and that may need replacing unless it broke something in the crash other than the damage looks like a tidy and standerd mini wich is unusual nowerdays good resto/project car. Hope u get a fair deal on it.

Edited by me madjoe 90, 09 August 2010 - 03:56 PM.

[MiniCityEm]

It was a complete steal, just over 50000 on the clock, mostly all bits there and the crash damage was pretty minimal for what the guy did :L

But for £350 I couldn't really say no, going to be a beautiful little car

Edited by MiniCityEm, 09 August 2010 - 04:13 PM.

[Mini_IoW]

First of all Hi!! My names Emily

So I'm new to this, in fact new to the whole mini scene

For my first car I've just bought a Mini City E 1989 998cc. Its a bit of a resto job, as the money kid who owned before me, crashed it and then had his parents buy him something more expensive to prang.
Anyway like I said I'm new to the car scene and hope some people can give me some advice as I go along. I hope to do most or all of the work myself, in between uni and part time work in order to pay for my mini resto

Some of the things I might ask you might seem totally daft, but I know hardly anything, but hey, we all gotta start somewhere

Hi!!!!

I too have just bought myself a Mini City E =D

Looks like we are in a similar boat here, like you I have to save up and do some work to my mini myself whilst at uni!

Good times!

Hope your project goes well!!!

[MiniCityEm]

Thanks we can guide each other along
I know I'll need it.
Thanks and I hope yours goes well too

[Midas Mk1]

Welcome to TMF! Enjoy

[mk1leg]

Hi..young lady and welcome to TMF and nice first project.............

[miniman86]

doesn't look too bad from that pic, for that kind of money. what are your plans for it? has it got a name yet?

Alex

[MiniCityEm]

His name is Eddie and yeah, a few - as i said I don't really know all that much, just gonna be taking it all back to standard, making sure he runs, fixing body work and giving him a good old paint BRG with white roof. I'm posting it on here as a project so should have bit by bit sections showing what I'm doing with him.