On arrival in Surrey, we had a look at Juicy and I heard what I was expecting to hear. The rust had taken hold and I was going to have to pour a bucket load of money into her to get her back, which unfortunately, I just can't come up with at the moment
Fortunately though, my attention was quickly diverted when I was told that there was a blue mini for sale "around the back". Nothing to lose I thought and off we went to have a look.
Well, he was gorgeous! 1992 Mini City, 998cc, 22,000 miles on the clock, minimal rust.
As the story goes, someone had already bought him but a few days before he was due to pick it up, a group of arseholes jumped all over him >
He was dented from top to toe and the buyer decided he didn't want him. After some TLC from the seller, many of these dents were pushed and pulled out. Luckily, none of the paintwork was damaged and he started to look good again. In my opinion anyway. He still has some dents here and there but I'll try and sort them.Well, my boyfriend, my Dad and me poured over the mini for a good two hours and decided he was in great condition. Dad and Oli took him about for a quick tootle and came back and said he felt and drove really well
Having not expected any of this, we negotiated a price and told the seller that I'd let him know by 5pm Saturday, whether or not I was going to buy him. (What a silly idea! I already knew!)
Anyway, we drove Juicy back to Hertfordshire, jumped in the car and drove back to Kent to spend the rest of the weekend working on Oli's Viva. Come 5 o'clock, I spoke to the seller and agreed to buy.
So, ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to meet Ernie:
I'm so pleased! I picked him last night for a wonderful sum under £1000
He has an MOT until early December and no tax but hopefully, not for long 
He has a tiny hole in the boot that needs to be welded up and a wheel arch that needs putting back on after it was kicked off and then he should fly through an MOT I'm hoping to have him back on the road by the end of January 2011, meaning I can use the winter period to work on him... what little there is to do.
Plans are minimal. I might put Juicy's interior in him, otherwise, I love him just the way he is
Be sure to look out for him and say hello at shows next year
Whilst I'm here, I'd like to say thank you to:
- Martin and Karl for trying to help me with Juicy.
- Dave for trying to help me with Juicy but actually selling me Ernie.
- Oli, for being an amazing boyfriend and supporting me all the way
As for the future of Juicy, I'm unsure at the moment. I know one thing though, I DONT want a flood of PMs asking me for bits of her or the remainder. If I decide to sell her off, you'll all know about it
