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[Pickup76]

Lovely mini, its got charicter! I saw a simular mini when i was in tamworth last year and acording to the owner its rare to find an early ozzie mini with sliding windows as they soon went to quarterlights and then the minik??? Anyway nice project im sure you'll be burning up manaros in no time!

[Morris850]

acording to the owner its rare to find an early ozzie mini with sliding windows as they soon went to quarterlights and then the minik???

bah.. people just say that so they can up the price..

Anyway nice project im sure you'll be burning up manaros in no time! 

if i don't i'm sure there's plenty who will

by the way... do you mean our Hahlden Muhnahros or your Vorkshaul Mornoros?

:grin:

[Pickup76]

holden manoros and vauxhall manaros are the same thing surely? just cosmetic differences as far as i know, holdens are the original though

[Morris850]

i was refering more to the pronounciation


but i suppose this is a bit of a project update....



this whole disc malarky is quite nice....not that i really used them... but it's good to know they're there..

i must say that a new rear subframe, new shock, cones, hilos and with the track an couple of inches wider, the grip is fantastic.

[Pickup76]

lol love the pic! sorry i totally missed the mahnahro joke, having a dull moment i think

[Morris850]

A few more piccies after a wash and painting of some bits...

[Bungle]

how rust free is that compared to our MK1's

[AlexM]

Like the Reverse rims!

Model it on this one!

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[Bacon]

Love it mate,she is real little gem.In my opinion I wouldn't paint it,its just oozing with patina.Not many of the GB minis have old original paint like yours.I've got an old cali vw bus with original paint and I'm keeping it like it is for as long as possible.Gives them feel.Anyway all the best with your project,you've got a goodun.

[Morris850]

how rust free is that compared to our MK1's

how's my floor?

Like the Reverse rims!

They're actually the right way round, they've just been widened. And then dremeled a bit to clear the calipers.

Model it on this one!

hmmm.. it's interesting but it seems (and i hope i don't offend anyone here) a bit bland.

I've basically reached my styling goal, except for the cooper s flares and new paint.

Love it mate,she is real little gem.In my opinion I wouldn't paint it,its just oozing with patina.Not many of the GB minis have old original paint like yours.I've got an old cali vw bus with original paint and I'm keeping it like it is for as long as possible.Gives them feel.Anyway all the best with your project,you've got a goodun.

cheers... but.. it'll be painted.

The same colours, however. I found someone who'll do it for a carton 'o beer...

I just hope a wire wheel can get rid of all that patina....

[Morris850]

Just a little addon (aren't they all on a mini )

A nice mesh grandpa sunvisor..







i'll be the hit of the bowls club now..


i'm thinking of colour coding it.. ala





or just hangin on to it until lunatics want to pay far to much for it

[* Specialized *]

lovely little mini mate

[Minwah]

I love this mini, looks fab Think I would prefer to see it without the spats but I guess you may not get away with it with the wider rims.

As the others said the side trim looks fantastic

[Ratbag]

Wow, how clean is that! I paid 4 times that amount for my MK1 and then spent a month welding the floor up, he's still scabby now but at least he's road worthy! What a find hope you have fun doing her up!

[Morris850]

Some updates, that aren't particularly visible on the car.... and a couple that are...

The front suspension geometry is now nearly fully adjustable (no front hilos yet).

I've already been in trouble with the wife for the time it takes me to get places now.

"There's no way you should've got there that fast."



Now I take detours and have more fun on the way there.. all's good

We had a Local Mini Show on at the end of last year (in comparison to the UK shows it really is a "Mini" show, 150 or so cars)

I decided that the show needed something new and , perhaps, a little unusual.

So I worked a little creative magic and here's the result....





nice 'ey?

here i am coming 4th in the exhaust sound-off with 102.5dB... (the muffler's in the boot )



all that effort didn't go to waste.....

I won people's choice!



since then, things are getting dangerous...

i've just bought myself one of these....



It's a supercharger from the toyota 4agze....

I'm now setting the wheels in motion to get my kit ordered (made by a local guy).

An idea i had is to take the S part of the BMW MINI Cooper S badge and stick that on the tail end of my Morris 850 badge..

I figure if a Morris 1100 S can have a 1275 engine, my 850 S can have a Supercharged 1100 engine..

Here's the installed kit in another car.. nice and snug...



that's a 998 (stock inards) with a mildly ported 1275 head and it gave a nice 78hp at the wheels on a dyno that was under reporting..

should be interesting....