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[AndreasGR]

hi, this is my austin mini which has a two piece removable fiber front end, fiberglass doors with mk1 polycarbonate windows, miglia arches, multipoint safety devices roll cage, cobra classics bucket seats, full adjustable spax suspension hilos, camber kit etc.. ultralite xtreme 7x13 wheels, maniflow lcb and rc 40, twin HS4 with KN filters, rear antiroll bar, metro calipers, alloy radiator, and lots of other stuff..

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[babsey]

G'day.

I seem to be always building these cars but never get a chance to finish them.

I am now in 64 round nose - I was a test for a lot of modifications and trying out different things.

The old car is a 73 van. It had the basic wheel flares on it but I had made a full body kit for it. I had a few weeks off work, so I pulled it off the road to put on the kit and tart it up a bit, then I found a fair bit of rust in the floor, so I quickly finished off the round nose and got that on the road.

Since then, I've replaced nearly all the floor, some production panels, some made by myself. Modified nearly every panel and after a near complete stop after our second kid was born, I am finally getting close to getting ready to paint.

I have spent so much time thinking about and planning this car. I have done everything myself other than tint the windows.


In a nut shell;
De-seamed,
Electric Windows
Roll cage
Changed door handles
Customised door skins from a Hyundai
Steering column from the Hyundai
Dash board from Daihatsu Mira
With the heater (ooh a reasonable heater)
Custom fibreglass bonet with Monaro style forward flutes
Flat bar grill (GM style) with standard light surrounds
Rear spoiler from Daihatsu
Full custom body kit - changing the front skirt though,
Modified petrol tank neck
Petrol tank popper (got rid of the ugly spout sticking out)
Rear slimline LED brake/indicators
Rear seat from Suzuki Siera - Fits beatifully and folds down and then forward - still get the full cargo room.
Cobra racing seats - had to take off about an inch from each side to get reasonable clearance,


There's plenty more, but this is just a nut shell view.


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[Klevdo2202]

Hi guys,


Driving a 1989 City E, had it since I was 12 (now 20) restored for 6 years ready for when I passed my test.


Picture in about 2006, 3 years into the resto.




Latest picture I have taken during the snow blizzard we had.





Regards, Kelvin

[bluearmy999]

Just brought a 1988 Mini City which is pretty standard apart from being stage 1 tuned at jon speeds mini, also had the mini clubman dashboard put in as well as being re sprayed from blue to british racing green with white roof, looking at adding some stripes on bonnet and boot as well as 4 spot lights on the grill, will do more in the future but aint too sure at the minute if snyone got any good advise about minis as this my first it would be a big help also previous owner curbed the front passenger alloys so gotta get new alloy sprayed white..

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[kaellum]

Hi there i gotta 1980 convertable mini fully restored and resprsayed the seams have gone so nice and smooth the chairs have been restored and recovered can i come and play with some other mini people lol x

[Leacho]

1994 Mini Sprite ( Cooper Replica ) Black

[Richard.Jones93]

What mini do you drive and are there any mods done to it ?
Also what are your plans !

Austin Mini 30 1000CC want load to do to it, however at the moment i need some help seen as im a mini newbi, my front drivers side is looking pretty low i think it might be the ruber cones? need some help?

[JohnMcDonald]

hi, we (me and my dad) drive a 1973 mini 850. stage 1, original engine 63k miles.
it has 13/7 minilites and reaches max speed of 84mph.
fully restored over three years with lots of time and even more money into it.
its had new door skins, boot, bonet, front panel, front/rear valence, inner/outer sills,
wings, a-panels, lcb, alloy inlet, ported/ polished, front discs, seats/ interia, rear light convertors to mk1,
master cylinder (clutch) and slave, Twin tanks, twin carbs and lots more.

we payed £30 3 years ago for it But spent almost twentyfold that on it,

we call it sid

What do you think?

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[peachy94]

just got my 1989 austin mini 998cc
no mods yet but its in mint condition as one owner from new(an old woman, looked after it well) and only 46000 on the clock
would love some supertrax alloys

[tonic2k]

1978 austin 1000, see pic below, soon to be for sale

[mattw92]

1996 mayfair completely standard engine and body wise original colour flame red 89 SPI 1275cc. i paid £ 2995 i belive it should of been abit less but hey. It was from a garage so he was trying to get his monye back. originaly £5000!! glad i didnt think of it then! (The Lancashire Motor Company) near preston

can get it to 85 MPH before a roundabout gets in the way .

only mods are:
2 new under seat speakers and bracket
a new radio
chromed/ stainless wiper kit
uprated lights

soon to come:
boot liner
boot lid liner
metro turbo alternator

my minis perfect just needs some slight rust removing and what im already doing to it to make it more user friendly

Does anyone know the standard milage i should be getting out this beast ?
I'm doing a test now to see what i get but i would like a guide

Does anyone find the noise of a standared 1275 flat out a satisfieing sound to behold because i do!

its also my first car and what a first car to have!

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[Richard1]

I recently bought this beauty


It will be a while before I actually drive it though.




The PO cut out most of the front sub-frame to try to put a Suzuki engine in it. By the time he got finished it couldn't stand up.



Since I live in Bolivia, parts are interesting. I have a 1275cc engine and sub-frame coming from Santiago and a whole list of parts coming from the UK, notably a front panel, Stainless grill and mustache, minilites and tires, full brakes including disc conversions and master cyl., wood dash and a bunch more. In the body shop we will flare the fenders after the brakes and wheels get here (June, with luck)

I'm not in a hurry to finish. Maybe a year to 18 months. Hopefully less than the 30 months I took for the Corvair, but then I only do this in my free time, and only spend 40% of my time in the city where I have the car, as I have two offices and homes 700 km apart.

I'll be updating the build site as I go. Have a few dozen pictures up now: Richard's Mini Pickup
Here is the Corvair
Before




After

[DaveVader]

I'm currently using a '79 Clubby Estate as my daily



And that's my mate's '86 Park Lane.

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[minimel]

hi everyone this is my first mini, i always wanted one but never got round to getting one. and now i have im glad, even though its having a little problem with starting lol. it will be sorted soon i have faith in my future hubby )

its a mini thirty. in the wrong colour but i dont care because i love it xx

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