Hi fellow Miniacs.

I recently bought myself a new toy in the form of a Mini (as referred to in my question about approximate power output), and figured here would be a good place to find lots of useful (to varying degrees) info.

As far as I found out from the previous owner, my Brick started life in 1970 as a locally-built Mini K 1100. Some time ago the engine was replaced with a single-SU 1275, which has since been bored to 1330 & fed by a Weber 45mm DCOE & (possibly custom) manifod to suit.

Underneath it has Cooper 7" disc brakes on the front, wrapped in 12" Superlite wheels. The standard drums remain at the rear.

Welcome to the forum Ducky. Nice looking ride where your Number plate on the front and whats the road bike in the back

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

Thanks for the welcome.

The front plate was removed prior to the car being freighted from Perth (I'm in Melbourne). The WA rear plate will soon be off & a shiny new pair of Vic plates will go on.

The bike in the back is my usual daily commuter. I had the car delivered to my workplace; I thought through several options, in the end deciding to just have a go at stuffing it in the back, much to the amusement of my colleagues. And it fits, if only just.

For those who may be interested in bikey things, it's a 2006 Giant OCR3. Alloy frame, nothing special in the way of bikes. It's my all-weather commuter hack & does the job well.

Hay Ducky just a word of advice get it around to some one who can get it running perfect specially as it has the carb on it or ask a number of questions around here in mini chat. Minis can be a Joy or frustrating but if You get in good you will have some one to help you out which is why the forum is here.

On the Bike.....don't feel alone also as we are not a few but many I have just recently purchased a BMX reliving my youth again but still have my Softride and you will find a great thread on Fixwheels in General Thread

Its a busy forum you will enjoy

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

After a bit of a wait, I'm officially a ausmini member. Been lurking for around 6 months and found lots of useful info, but it sucked seeing great stuff in the for sale thread and not being able to contact the sellers. On second thoughts probably a good thing as I would have 3 or 4 minis now!

When i was younger i owned a few minis and now am in a position to have a weekend car to mess around in. It was a toss up between a mini or a 65 mustang fadtback. I ended up buying a 66 mini deluxe sight unseen from eBay. Yep, you guessed it overpriced and poorer condition then I was led to believe. It has a 1275 with some sort of cam, twin su's and 12 inch wheels.

Currently the car is stripped of interior,engine and wiring, halfway through repainting. It was easy to pull apart but a bit daunting now i realize i have to put it back together. I 'might need some help in the coming months.

Cheers

Clovus

Welcome to the farm clovus. Since you've been around unofficially for six months, you know what to expect!

Great start Clovus! (I think I met your brother Cleetus once in Tully )

Have fun putting it all back together

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"Show me the Mini!"

hey guys

i have just join this forum , just purchase my first mini leyland 1974 i think , such a lovely car to drive , I live in sydney , fairfield area , so if anyone live near by give me a buzz ... go for a cruise

hi all

i live in adelaide and am also at uni and loving it.

I just bought my first mini a 70 mini k and i think its fantastic. i'm glad to finally be a member and getting everything on the car working again!

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1969 mini k

Hi minilee & samcar,

Glad to have you aboard! I hope you enjoy your time on ausmini. Feel free to post some pictures of your cars in the Members Mini Gallery.

Cheers, Nick

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Hi All.

My name's Matt. I live in the Blue Mountains (aka God's Country).

I'm currently neck deep in the restoration of my 78 Clubman. It's presently getting rust removed and a full respray. I've owned it for about 7 years, but it's been garaged for about 5 while I wait to have time, money, space to attack it. It's finally happening. (I'll put some pictures up when I get more time).

I bought it when I was at school and on my last day I parked it in the front office, right in front of the reception desk. It turned a few heads, especially since I was school captain and my mum worked in the library. I love the options afforded to mini drivers that others don't get. And I love the potential for head turning.

I'm a primary teacher, not a mechanic, but I like to try my hand at stuff. I come from a pretty mechanical family, but my brothers get stuff that I don't.

I've read a lot on this forum while I've waited for my account to be activated. Seems like there's some pretty knowledgeable people out there. I've found some really useful stuff on here. I'm likely to ask simple questions, and need simple responses, because I'm a bit simple.

Looking forward to many happy years of chat about mini's.

Matt

Welcome gruhms...For the most part this a great place, plenty of genuinely helpfull and sociable people. You've been around for while so you know what to expect.

Hey guys, new to the whole mini scene. Been reading through the forums to gain some knowledge, and as a result I've stacked up tons of questions too :p

Currently mini-less, but hoping to find a nice one at the mini expo here in melb. had a few questions about it though, how're the prices of the minis at the expos? would they be overpriced due to the exposure they get? would all the collectors grab em there before everyone else?

Eye'n up the clubmans, and looking for a good condition car as I dont have time to restore one, nor the knowledge (yet) but hopefully once I'm off my P plates ill have enough free time, and then ill also legally be allowed to chuck a supercharger or turbo in one

Anyway, i will deffinately be around alot, so ill see you guys around..

Shaan

Hi Shann,

Hope you enjoy you time on ausmini. Searching the forum is always a great place to start otherwise start a thread and ask a question and usually someone will be able to answer.

Cheers, Nick

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Hi Ausmini,
Im back Ive been browsing for a while but I have not
had a mini for a year or two now, so I havent been around the forum.
Realised its not the same without a mini in your life. My first two minis were a 1965
1100 deluxe than a 1963 1400 850. So Im on the look out now for a mini
again, unfortunately I have to sell my car first. Its good to be back, is there
anyone in my area on here or know of any one.

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Morgs