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[S4 NAT]

First post, thought I'd say hello. My name's Nathan. Current cars '89 3.2 911 Carrera and Audi S4 2.7 biturbo. Oh, and the wifes 206 :erm:

Been Mini-ing for years but sold my Minimag featured 66 Cooper S-alike 18 months ago and life hasn't been the same since

It's been 18 months too long, and despite having nice motors in the garage I've still the mini desire burning inside :grin: so just got a Mini 1000 (1973) to get me going again :grin:

Used to do a bit of sprinting and hillclimbing so still got my old 1380 ready to slot in. Can't decide just what style to go for with the car tho. I'm a sucker for the early looking stuff so prob OEW/black or maybe tartan red/black, with 4.5x10 minilites, or maybe some tasty rose-petals?? Any suggestions anyone?

It's good to be back..!

[CAU998]

Welcome! :grin: like the sound of OEW/black! same lines as im going with retro with a 1380cc wiv webbers eventually. So itll be nice to see what yours will look like. Goodluck with project!

[Bungle]

hello and welcome to tmf :grin:

rose-petals are nice


oew/black

[mattyoung69]

hello and at last, someone that seems to be within 50 miles of me!!

used to live in haworth as a nipper - love the place, great roads and lovely views!

[Dom]

Hello and welcome to TheMiniForum

and welcome back to the world of minis!

what month was your mini in?

Enjoy the site :cool:

[S4 NAT]

Is that your car bungle? Nice looker. Love works type arches. Did a red one a couple of years ago like that (another one I should have never sold)..

It think it was Jan03 when my Mk1 was in Minimag.

Any more pics of old looking OEW/Black mini's appreciated!

[Bungle]

its not my car its the wifes :wink:

[crocstarr]

hello and welcome to the mini forum. glad to hear youre back into minis. same here. whatabout almond green for a colour. hmmmm. lovely.

[S4 NAT]

Almond green is one of my favourites actually but couldn't ever dream of trying to replace my Mk1 This was my Minimag featured car (hope the pics work?)






Here it is on a historic rally in France




And outside the pits on the old Reims circuit



God I miss my baby

[Steve@RetroDash]

what a beut

who bought it?

[mattyoung69]

looking at the pics, some lucky blighter.

its a corker!

[Steve@RetroDash]

looking at the pics, some lucky blighter.

its a corker!

i want one in tartan red with a black roof but that looks sweet :cool:

[S4 NAT]

Thanks guys. A bloke from New Zealand bought it. His mate stores it for him (in the UK) and he just pops over from NZ to do the odd historic rally when he feels like it!

It took me 3 years (on and off) to build from the ground up and was properly sorted. All internal brake/fuel lines, seam welded subframes, avo dampers, hi-los, r/j arms etc. It had a nice torquey 1330, 36/31 st4 head, 1.5 rockers, 266 cam, although was strangled with the little SUs (was just about to upgrade the carbs before I was made an offer I couldn't refuse). Was certainly the nicest handling and most forgiving Mini I've had/driven, and got attention wherever it went.

Don't think I'll ever go to the same lengths on another (although the Mk3 I've started on is heading in the same direction)

Really regret selling it now

[Steve@RetroDash]

we wont make you feel any worse by complimenting it any more

what were its bad points ? we'll focus on those so make you feel better

[S4 NAT]

Only bad points... er... err....... it should have had an 8 port head :grin: Doesn't make me feel any better :sad: Thanks for all the compliments anyway

I also built a tartan red one. In it's 3 incarnation actually. Good excuse to post some more pics!

Started life as a 1983 Mini Sprite 1000 (the orange special edition)

I got it in 1993 and rebuilt it into this, complete with Weber fed 1380:



Evolved into a sprint/hillclimber:



Rebuilt into another shell with lots of weight loss and colour change(ran a 14.6 quarter mile)



And finally (on it's 3rd shell, 10 years later, and the best of the lot) turned into this.. (another one I was sad to sell but it had to make room for the 911 :grin: )