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There was a time without the internet? wow dark ages they must have been LOL.
I remember way back when I was paying $5/hr for super fast 28.8k Dialup :shock: and a 1mb file was huge to download :!: :lol:


I received my first modem from the Government in 1986


i was 1 year old LOL


i wasnt even around :P :lol:


likewise :D


I was a bundle in my mothers tummy, and eventually out the same yr :P

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I remember way back when I was paying $5/hr for super fast 28.8k Dialup :shock: and a 1mb file was huge to download :!: :lol:


Muahahaha!! I remember when I was charging $5/hr for super-slow 28.8kbps dialup. 20 or so modems all supplied by one 64kbps ISDN channel :twisted:

They were the good old days :lol:

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Before Ausmini, before the internet, before Ebay and before this over supply of information... Ive just had my mates 71 HQ GTS Monaro Coupe at my place for a few weeks. Ive been learning quite a few things about it all simply by jumping online.

Ive stripped his Holley 750 double pumper down to bits and rebuilt it, found out what a small block chev firing order is, found out where the dizzy should be positioned and that the oil pump is driven off the dizzy..

I couldnt help but wonder how much easier it would have been when i was restoring my Mini with this influx of info. I mean back in the day if I needed help, I had to make a 1300 call to the Mini Kingdom Help Line... and get charged a fairly high rate per minute. .....


This is the first time I have seen this Post, I feel That Must Point Out That I have Never Had a 1300 Number, And I have Never Charged For Advice
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John Smidt wrote:
Hanra wrote:
Before Ausmini, before the internet, before Ebay and before this over supply of information... Ive just had my mates 71 HQ GTS Monaro Coupe at my place for a few weeks. Ive been learning quite a few things about it all simply by jumping online.

Ive stripped his Holley 750 double pumper down to bits and rebuilt it, found out what a small block chev firing order is, found out where the dizzy should be positioned and that the oil pump is driven off the dizzy..

I couldnt help but wonder how much easier it would have been when i was restoring my Mini with this influx of info. I mean back in the day if I needed help, I had to make a 1300 call to the Mini Kingdom Help Line... and get charged a fairly high rate per minute. .....


This is the first time I have seen this Post, I feel That Must Point Out That I have Never Had a 1300 Number, And I have Never Charged For Advice


Pretty sure it was Mini Clinic with the number......Didn't worry me as I always rang the switch and asked for the mechanic by name thanks to Biggles :lol:

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What you also did was to check out other cars, like come round and look at a real Cooper S to see how the flares were attached . . . :D

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This is the first time I have seen this Post, I feel That Must Point Out That I have Never Had a 1300 Number, And I have Never Charged For Advice


Im Sorry John, Ive amended my original post. It was The Mini Car Clinic who had a 1300 help line.

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What you also did was to check out other cars, like come round and look at a real Cooper S to see how the flares were attached . . . :D


I do recall that. Geez that was a long time ago!!!!

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Hanra wrote:
John Smidt wrote:
This is the first time I have seen this Post, I feel That Must Point Out That I have Never Had a 1300 Number, And I have Never Charged For Advice


Im Sorry John, Ive amended my original post. It was The Mini Car Clinic who had a 1300 help line. Thanks For That

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What you also did was to check out other cars, like come round and look at a real Cooper S to see how the flares were attached . . . :D


I do recall that. Geez that was a long time ago!!!!
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(wow , running crossplies on the back and wide radials on the front really isn't a good idea) ... You young'n's don't know the fun you missed .


Hehe, I recently blew a rear tyre on my Minor ute and had to put the old crossply spare on... that was fun :D :twisted:
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Im Sorry John, Ive amended my original post. It was The Mini Car Clinic who had a 1300 help line. Thanks For That


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I do Not Remember This However As we all Know I am Getting OLD


It wasnt a 1300 number after all, it was a 1902 number charged at $3 per minute. This was back in like 1997 I think.

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Biggles is still around isn't he John ! !

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In the old days we had the trading post and the mechanics that still worked on minis.

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I remember we used to place a lot of trust in our local Mini Mechanics, good or bad...and we relied on their advice.

I remember a friend of mine having to pay 50 bucks for a genuine Clubman GT bonnet slam panel, another charged for a rebuild on their entire distributor needing instead of a simple points/ condensor replacement...I had to buy a special 1275 primary gear case once cos I didn't know any better...

I like the fact that a popular furphy can be dispelled here, questions answered, and a popular consensus reached using the particular dynamics of your engine/gearbox/carb combination.

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I remember we used to place a lot of trust in our local Mini Mechanics,


I did that once. Got farked over good and proper.

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This trueth is out there Hanra, but so are the lies.

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