Thanks for the add to the group.
Little background on myself and Mini history. Growing up my best mate had several Minis and I was always a part of any restoration works, where I could help and spent many hours at car meets with him. I fell in love with Minis from that point but sadly in 2006 we lost him too a bad accident and my world flipped upside down since then I swore one day I would own my own mini as a tribute to him and everything he taught me Life started flying past and the more time went on there was always a reason getting in the way of getting my dream car.
I hurt my back at work last week and spent a few bored hours on the sofa and happened to stumble upon a compitition page, advertising, you guessed it, a classic 1996 1275cc mini. tickets priced at £5.99 I thought why not, ill buy one. low and behold the same night, a mysterious number calling and BOOM!!! I now own my dream car in the form of my own little piece of mini history. Anyway, I am looking forward to getting deeper into the mini world and going to meet-ups again and finding new friends hopefully.
Any hints tips or things to look out for will be really appreciated as my buddy was the mechanical guru, I was just the brawn